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Heat Check with Trysta Krick

Warriors New Diamond in the Rough

Heat Check with Trysta Krick

The 8 Side

Basketball, Sports

2.21.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Trysta discusses the potential new diamond in the rough for the Golden State Warriors, Patrick Baldwin Jr. What does she expect from the 19-year-old out of UW Milwaukee? And why is this another reason the Warriors remain the top franchise in the NBA.

 

 

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.3

So the schedule just came out, like I said.

0:07.0

That was the day that LeBron James decided he was going to announce his contract.

0:11.2

And just randomly.

0:13.1

And we talked about this last week.

0:17.0

And because of the nine and one fiasco last year where I incorrectly forecasted what the Warriors would do,

0:24.9

I was asked by Warriors Reddit and Warriors Twitter whether I would do that prediction again.

0:30.8

So I did.

0:31.5

So I was looking through the schedule.

0:34.0

I think they're going to go 10 and 0.

0:36.3

I think they're going to go 9-1, 10-0. They play Miami. They play Denver. They play Phoenix. And, of course, they play Sacramento, which will probably be their toughest test. I know they've a lot of hype around Sacramento. So I think that's the case. But then a lot of people are like, okay, well, they lost Gary Payton a second. They lost Otto Porter, a huge role player there.

0:56.6

They lost Bialicha to overseas.

1:00.3

They are still getting Wiseman back into the fold.

1:02.5

They still need more consistency for Cominga.

1:04.4

It doesn't seem like Caminga really has his head on straight.

1:07.3

But then it's moves like this that make me confident in the Warriors moving forward to their commitment to continue to find uncut jobs and turn them into certified dudes.

1:23.6

Every year the Warriors find value in the draft and every year we dummies are shocked when they do.

1:30.3

So the person that's going to shock us, my prediction, is Patrick Baldwin, Jr. this year.

1:37.0

If you don't know his story, he's fascinating.

1:40.7

At one point, Patrick Baldwin, Jr. was a lock for the lottery. He was supposed to be that guy.

1:46.6

He had offers from every D-1 school under the sun. Everyone was salivating over him. He decides to turn down Duke and instead choose to play for his dad at UW Milwaukee to rebuild their program.

2:07.7

He's a sixth, I mean, stupid.

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