Break was breaking down all the biggest NBA storylines did so the Heat Check. The Heat Check was just a cracker, the best podcast covering all the drama around the association. Number two pick Brandon Miller. Brandon Miller, Paiging Brandon Miller saw his first game in the NBA and it was as delicious as I expected. Struggle Bus City. I don't want to like, I don't dislike Brandon Miller. I'm just glad my team dodged a bullet and didn't get him.
So it's like a Sam Bouie Michael Jordan's situation, you know what I mean, only we didn't get fucked. That's kind of what I'm thinking. Eight three three in twenty two minutes. He was three for nine for shooting. This is a guy though, that was supposed to be a sniper from three and he was zero for four and he had three turnovers. Deer in headlights, paging, Paging, Brandon Miller. On the plus side, his MIDI his mid range looked
pretty good. On the negative side, his spacing was absolutely atrocious, which was often an issue in college. The floor is supposed to get wider, Brandon, except for that he could get away with all that shit in college because he was the focal point of the offense and he was so athletic and everybody just moved around him. Considering that, I just read an article where Scoot Henderson was called the steal of the draft, I'm gonna guess that is going to be an indictment on the pick of Brandon
Miller at two. Don't you think will he blossom into some all star? I actually hope, so, I just don't think he's gonna be as good as Scoot. A lot of what I saw in twenty two minutes was reminiscent of what I saw at Summer League. A lot of skill, bad hips, big holes in his game, and flashes when he actually finds a way to stay locked in. His first Summer League game was a mess, though, but by the end he was playing really good basketball. So I
wouldn't hit the panic button just yet. But I do like making fun of him because he's an easy target and I'm cheap. Uh. Maybe all is not lost in Miami, after all, there's more folks, more players that they find out of nowhere, out of fucking nowhere, like Cole Swider. Cole Swider, I think the Lakers fucking released him for nothing, so they get him. He balls out, highlighted by two things. Jimi Hawkes. He was rumored to be a part of the deal for Damian Lillard. They did not want to
give him to us. The Blazers were interested in himie, but they were interested in a lot of picks and some other players that can contribute right away, and he was not that. But he had thirteen points on five for eight shooting, which is definitely something that this team needs. I love Haymi hawkez of other great interest to Heat fans. I am sure is like I said Cole Swider, He's going to be the next Max Strus. I can just
feel it. Fuck though Guys, an undrafted six' nine forward out Of villanova And, syracuse spent the last year on The LAKERS G league. Team he got called up to the Real lakers team, too BECAUSE i remember seeing. HIM i don't know WHY i would know his name otherwise BECAUSE i don't really FOLLOW G league players on The. Lakers that would just make me. Sick he bawled, out though he Made heat fans. Swoon he went five for nine from three for seventeen points in thirteen and a half.
Minutes that feels reminiscent Of Max strus in The Summer. League god damn, it his pedigree is. Good the only team better at extracting value from undrafted players than The lakers is The. Heat so it was a good, Idea, Rob it was a good, idea Mister. Buss you shouldn't have let him go that. Soon you never can get over being dumped by a. Supermodel but, maybe just maybe getting Col swider will help you. Heal let's move forward To.
Phoenix The suns and The nuggets engaged in a heavy white heavyweight, fight even with all of their stars not on the. Floor it was super, fun even If Kevin,
Durant Bradley, beal And Devin booker didn't. Play athletic dropped its annual think piece On, katie this time about turning thirty, five which is not really like a reason to create a feature, article but, hey, WHATEVER i think we're just reaching very very much a puff, piece and it obscured WHAT i think is far more interesting that emerged About Kevin durant around the same. Time according To New York, Post durant would have been happy to remain A Brooklyn
net if Only Ben simmons would have been. Healthy excuse, me what what hold? On Kevin durant would have been happy to remain A brooklyn net If Ben simmons would have been, healthy that is fucking. Wild Ben. Simmons Ben simmons was the lynchpin Of. Kevin he was, LIKE i don't, know, MAN i don't know if he's ever getting back on the. Floor he keeps coming to practice these multi Colored versace sweaters AND i just can't stand. It, ben get back
on the. Floor help, me help. Me he said that this was true even if and When Kyrie irving got. Traded we never got really too much on What katie thought Of ben during the time. Together but that is an endorsement no matter how you slice. It, Really Kevin durant is all about winning, titles and if he thought he could win With ben And ben was driving the, ship that is a fascinating. Comment fascinating. Comment all of that Makes ben simmons back issues even more of a
bummer for. Me ben's back really did read derail the, season but also the Entire Kevin durant era In. Brooklyn that era of those guys was just kind of one of those things you would have loved see for. LONGER i would have really loved to See, KYRIE kd And harden play together for more than what was, it twenty two, games because they were taking the league by. Storm they
were a machete chop on everybody that they. Played and then if you would have gotten a Healthy Ben simmons When harden got, traded that would have been an interesting dynamic as. Well another one of the great what ifs in THE, nba just adding another layer of depth to its and a puff piece About Kevin durant during thirty, five which is fucking. Crazy we've talked a lot about the expansion on the heat check the past couple of, years and it looks like it might be coming sooner then.
Later according TO, oaj all Of Adam silver's attention right now is on THOSE nba media. Rites, baby give me those give me all that, Money give me that money for that. Betting give me that seventy five billion. Dollars that's what they're. Saying it's worth seventy five. Billion and when they get, it what are they gonna. Do they're gonna spend. It oh, yeah well they spending it. On
they're spending on, teams new. Teams adrian War janowski, says once the league gets done with these media rights, negotiations the league will start to look towards Expansion Las vegas With. Seattle thank God seattle is getting a team. BACK i love that because they used To, Portland portland And. Seattle they used to drive TO uh to play one. Another it's not that far at. All so they used to get into a little bus LIKE aau players or their cars or their fancy little, cars and then they would
go up To seattle and. Play it was The battle OF i. FIVE i remember one, TIME i think it Was Damon. Stoudamire If i'm, wrong it Wasn't Damon. Stottamayer it was Probably Rashid. Wallace one of them got stopped FOR uh for. Weed they ended up getting pulled over on the way back from a game on THE i five and they FOUND i think they found weed inside of like A teni foil. Ball it was just a hilarious. Story it's, like why would you travel on a road trip with a tinfoil ball of? Weed look up the.
STORY i. DON'T i, mean this is all off the top of my, head so look it. Up it was fucking crazy. Anyway league just getting bigger and bigger every. YEAR i for, one love. It two teams on the same, timeline which is. Great we'll see who ends up getting that, team whether That's lebron or whether That's, mayweather or maybe
they'll do a little. Collabo and then Onto europe in the two thousand and, thirties which is where all go when our healthcare has been stripped of us and we're no longer in, Democracy so look forward to that as. WELL a little end of the week treat for the real ones out, there