What’s the Point of an In-Season Tournament? | Heat Check

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🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Instant Replay: The Denver Nuggets’ sneaky resurgence, a Siakam-less Raptors comeback, IT suspended because of … Frosties?, and Pop goes Pop on plus-minus (4:48). The Main Event: A bizarrely structured in-season tournament and other proposed schedule changes (21:47). Good Call/Bad Call: The Milwaukee Pro Wrestling Bucks, Romeo Langford heart-emoji Celine Dion, and Tacko Fall fever (31:28). Host: John Gonzalez Guests: Haley O’Shaughnessy, Dan Devine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bringer NBA show is presented by state farm just like basketball.
0:04.5	The game of life is unpredictable.
0:06.6	Talk to a state farm agent and get a teammate who can help you navigate the unexpected
0:10.0	and help you handle whatever life throws your way.
0:12.2	Like for example, you're the Toronto Raptors, you're down 30, going into the fourth quarter.
0:17.2	What do you do?
0:18.2	You stage the biggest comeback in franchise history against, you know, Wamp Wamp, poor Dallas
0:23.3	Mavericks.
0:24.3	We're going to talk about that in just a second.
0:26.2	That teammate who can help you navigate the unexpected talk to a state farm agent today
0:31.0	about combining your home and auto insurance and now Heat Check.
0:35.4	He's got smoke coming off his face.
0:42.2	He's as hot as a blowtorch.
0:44.2	Yes, he checked.
0:45.2	He knew that was coming.
0:46.2	Is Heat Check time.
0:47.2	Welcome to Heat Check.
0:56.2	I'm your host, John Gonzalez.
0:57.3	And normally I would be joined by our long time producer who's just been here forever, Steve
1:02.0	Almond.
1:03.0	But instead we brought in a villain.
1:04.8	Oh my God.
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