Washington Wizards are Actually Winning?
Heat Check with Trysta Krick
The 8 Side
2.2 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The season is still young and not every team with a nice looking record is as good as their percentage might indicate. Who have those teams played? How are they winning? When asking questions like that about the Washington Basketball Team, the answers point to the reality that they are not frauds and have put together a repeatable recipe for success. How much better is this team than expected?
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | On this episode. On this episode of the heat check, it is a special deep dive into, I would say the most surprising team in the East in the NBA. |
| 0:28.8 | In a good way, there's been plenty of surprising clunkers. |
| 0:32.5 | But holy shit, the Washington Wizards are relevant. |
| 0:36.5 | We are going to do a breakdown in week two of the NBA seasons about the Washington Wizards. |
| 0:44.9 | We're going to break down why they're playing so well. |
| 0:47.7 | Why Bradley Beal? |
| 0:49.2 | And more importantly, really, why Bradley Beal will never, ever leave Washington, D.C. |
| 0:56.5 | So do me a favor, Brock, and drop that motherfucking bean. |
| 1:09.9 | Remember last year when it was clear that the Wizards didn't deserve success? |
| 1:18.6 | I mean, they certainly weren't going to get success, but they didn't deserve success either |
| 1:22.9 | because they were getting rid of their stars. They were making strange moves. |
| 1:28.6 | They offloaded one overpaid star for another overpaid star. |
| 1:32.8 | And then you had Brad Beale throwing chairs, which is very mild-mannered guy. |
| 1:38.4 | Like for Brad Beale to be throwing chairs and losing his shit on the sidelines in front of nationally televised. |
| 1:45.3 | Cameras right there. |
| 1:46.3 | People right there. And he's like, I don't care. Bubble no bubble, whatever. COVID, no COVID, whatever. Like, this is terrible. And then they ask him at that point, like, what's up, Brad? And he's like, you, listen, we can't even guard a parked car right now. They were the most COVID-affected team in the NBA, probably because of a close contact |
| 2:03.7 | between Brad Beal and Jason Tatum, as we found out later. |
| 2:07.2 | Like NBA fans were starting hashtag. |
| 2:10.1 | I mean, really me. |
| 2:11.2 | Hashtag free Bradley Beale. |
| 2:13.9 | There was a movement. |
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