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that James Harden was gonna show up. Come on, Brian, you me, we all we know what's going on, and you think it's gonna be different because why because James Harden showed up to some some random media availability on some random practice day. You're outrageous. Okay, he's now deciding that he is not going to show up and James Harden. Someone wants to know, why is he playing in any preseason games? I don't know, because James Harden has decided

he's going to make things uncomfortable for the Sixers. As it turns out, there is a major sticking point in Harden's life right now. Turns out his name is it's this personal issue named Terrence Man. Terrence fucking Man might as well be Michael Jordan, the second Coming. The way the teams are talking about him, everybody wants him. He's holding up the whole works of the James Harden trade.

So here's the deal. The Sixers leaked out to the media that if the Clippers included Terrence Man, an unprotected first round pick in a first round swap, matching salary and Terrence Man, they could they could be the rightful owners of James Harden. They could own James Harden for the last last year of his deal. Enter my man, Lawrence Frank, probably Jerry West. Let's be real, Jerry West

doesn't want James Harden. But anyway, enter Lawrence Frank, GM executive of the LA Clippers, and he says, and he's made it quite clear that Terrence Man is untouchable. Terrence Man is untouchable. Folks, we haven't seen a player who hasn't done anything get this much hype since the Laker days of Taylor Horton Tucker. And I like Terrence Man, I do. And boy oh boy is holding on to Terrence Man making somebody mad. And that man that someone is Daryl Moury. Daryl Moury is quite frustrated over it.

How do you think that, Daryl Moury responded Sam Amick, not Friend of Show reported, Maury expressed his disbelief and accuse the Clippers of being unseerious about getting a deal done. He even quipped that they should just trade Clippers star Paul Georges for James Harden if they were so determined to keep all their yet lesser assets, a request that obviously was immediately denied. You guys are jokes. You guys

are clown shows. You clearly don't want James Harden. You're un serious people, which I feel is the most funny way of putting people you think very lowly of. It's like you're just very very clear, unseious. Not only that, but apparently Daryl Moury is telling Harden that he should actually be pissed at the Clippers for the deal not getting done and not him, because listen, the deal would already be done if they would just let me have

Terrence Man. Because the Sixers apparently already have trades lined up for Terrence Man. If he comes out east. It's like, we'll get your first round pick, we'll get your swamp, and we'll get Terrence Man. We'll probably throw in a pick of our own. And they've got someone in mind that they want. I don't know who it is. Color me Tias Jones. I don't think he's worth that much. So you know what we have on our hands. We have a pointing Spider Man meme on our hands, folks,

That's what we have. Absolutely just despicable. We have a good old fashioned Mexican standoff on our hands here. And why, I have no idea. I don't think the Clippers actually want James Harden. That's the only thing that I can really think of. And Harden apparently now is going to do Harden things, including now missing practices without notice and of course games. Ramona Shelburne writes, this is an escalation of tactics by Harden. Actually, I think she might have

said this on NBA today. She says this is I'm not happy, And someone close to him told me that this is only the beginning of what he plans to do here. What else can he do but not show up? That's like about as bad as it gets. I don't know how much worse it could be. Besides, like I take ball, I don't pass ball, and I throw it to the other team. Poor Nick Nurse, Poor Nick Nurse. I knew it was not going to be good for him as soon as he got the job. He doesn't

know what to do. He's having to do like I don't know. I like he has to pull a good old Steve Nash in the hardened days. Remember when Steve Nash had to do the same thing. He's like, I have no idea what's happening. I don't know what's going on with James. I don't know where he is. He doesn't answer my calls. He's now the second coach who has to be like, I have no idea where my player is. That's amazing. Harden is out here sharing his side of the story, which is this when I got

traded here. My whole thing is I wanted to retire a sixer. I wanted to be here. I wanted to retire a sixer, and they did not have that in their future plans. AKA, they did not want to pay me what I believe I am worth. He's not budgeting an inch, folks, he is not. He's this is going to be so ugly from his past actions. We know it's going to be so. I have no idea how much more this can escalate. I am fairly convinced, though, that James Harden is more stubborn than Darryl Moury. So

what is next? Apparently more Shenanigan's, more Domino's falling. We will leave that up to Joel Embiid, who, when asked by a reporter on Harden missing practice, he said, maybe he had something else to do. Maybe I don't know, like maybe something came up. What else? What could come up where they're not going to tell you that they're gonna miss work. Even my low level ass has to call in sick and be like, hey, I'm not coming in tomorrow. Hey I've got something happening in New York.

I'm gonna miss Wednesday. That even that is better. James was just like, didn't tell anyone, didn't call anyone, didn't leave a note, didn't leave a text, didn't leave a voicemail, didn't have his agent reach out. Just decided I'm going back to Houston to hooka party. Baby, little baby, Me and some bitches are going to be there. And now today he's out for personal reasons again, Me, little baby,

some voi gras bacon wrapped steak, and some bitches. And now apparently also Joe ellenb might want to go to New York. There's a lot happening, a lot to catch up on with the Sixers. All I have to say is they're clearly speaking of unserious, not a serious contender in the East. Looks like sarcasm is the gord of the day in Philly until this comes to a head and either Harden gets suspended or traded, or he goes to China or something happens. Maybe they trade him to

the Clippers for a box of basketballs. Moving forward, speaking of Embiid, his decision to play international basketball for Team USA has caused some how shall we say it, hard feelings in France. Sacrabi oh no a of what Embiid Jean Pierre Sutat, the president of the French basketball Federation. Well, as you might imagine, pretty upset was almost as so as the Italian head coaching basketball when Pawelo Benco decided

to play for the US instead of them. The French federation had planned on him playing in twenty twenty two and even got him a French passport, which is like, very weird that he doesn't already have one. But hey, which is why Sue Tatt was pissed and said this. He ghosted him. Let's be let's just get cut to the chase. He ghosted him. We met Joel Embiid together with Boris Diao in March of twenty twenty two, but

we didn't ask for that meeting. He had shown interest in playing for France and we helped him get French citizenship upon his request. Oh Embiid, you sneaky devil, but we were never demanding of him. I'm just sorry that we spent so much time and energy on a file that should have never been opened. A file that never should you mean, Joel Embiid is simply a file to you. I am sure he finds that to be funny. Here's

my thoughts. Embiide is from Cameroon, which is an African country dealing with the Civil War, a cultural and economics split between English and French speaking territory that dates back to long, long, bullshit type of days of imperialism and everything, all of it, all the isms, right, is Embiid turning his back on this colonial past by playing for the United States where he spent all of his adult life. What like, why are we mad at him for that?

Why is this something where you're like, oh, yeah, Embiid just played us. His mind probably is also like you have the center of the future of France. You don't need me. I am playing for the place that I grew up. And he's not playing for Cameroon because they're not competing on any level. And they also have Rudy Gobert, They have women Ama, they have Rudy Gobert playing center. Where does Joelmbid actually fit on this team? Does he fit? No?

He does not. The bottom line though, is that the US needs him more than they need air because Steve Kerr is going to need some help to compete against Serbia and Slovenia and France and Germany. They can legitimately get bounced by any of those teams, and the legacy of Steve Kerr will take a massive hit if that happens in France. Cannot wait though, for mb to drop thirty eight points on Rudy Gobert's head of what Rudy oh Sacra blue in Patty, that is, if Joel Embiid

is healthy. Moving on, there's some shit popping in Memphis where Tim McMahon and Baxter Homes dropped the nuke of an expose on Ja Morant. In this last eighteen months, this has been absolutely awful. And as a quick aside, if you see Baxter Homes writing something, if he's the byeline on an article about you or your team or your favorite team, you are fucked. You are so fucked you better high tail it to witness protection because he's

dug up everything. If he has written a story about you, he's been working on that story for twenty four months. Because Baxter Holmes. The last time I saw Baxter Holmes in print, it was he got Robert Sarver removed as owner of the Phoenix Suns. He digs up everybody, every single piece of DNA, every phone call, everything you said to a uber driver in passing in your second home

town where you spend three months a year. He has dug it all up right, Like he has found every random side piece that you met on bumble and they have they have quotes, they have DNA, they have samples of this, that and the other. He's all up in your business. Yes, you look at his Twitter profile. He has his telegram on his profile. He has his cell phone number in his bow. Anyone who's like, hey, hit me up if you have any information on this that shows you he is digging at all times. Well worth

the read. But the crux is that the driving force behind John Morant fucking up is as we might have all suspected, because he's been a little too involved since the beginning, Team Morant, John Rant's dead. The pair reported that Team Morant has been spending the entirety of his time in Memphis acting like he is John Rant, acting like he is Usher, he is the star. Apparently, t has been hosting VIP events at parties and nightclubs, with TV cameras always panning on him. This is a quote.

Tea also confronted former NFL player Shannon Sharp at a January twenty twenty twenty three game in Los Angeles, where he argued with Pacers players. During a Grizzlies game January twenty ninth, He's present at the spade of incidents dismayed some of the Grizzlies organization. Team sources said, you fucking think the guy is everywhere. They're panning to him like he is usher all the time. This is just not

a great look. One Grizzlies team executive is on record saying he has been the major driving force in all of this. He never made the NBA, but this was his chance to live like he's an NBA superstar. That's been the problem for the beginning. Where is the mom Are they together still? Because I remember seeing Jaw in this little picket fans family when he was growing up, and where is the family at The only problem is that the only one? No, it is almost certainly not.

Is it the issue? Is it the only issue? I don't know. It is absolutely bad. It was a scathing report. The evidence is pretty damning and due to this article, the Grizzlies are already in crisis management. There's been an emergency players only meeting. And keep in mind, Jaw's not even playing basketball with the team yet until Christmas. This

is absolutely absurd. You should read the article. I'm not going to recap every detail, but if half of what is said is true, especially the part about how Jaw has been largely insubordinate to the Grizzlies organization. We're like, hey, Joe, you're fucking up and he's like, yeah, fuck you, when they're like, uh, what, yeah, I said it. I Am going to the strip club with my gun. Memphis has

a job problem. Memphis, actually, Memphis has a morant problem, and it is going to threaten to derail the entire season before it even begins. Can you say the Draymond punch only way worse? We move on? God, this is supposed to be like a ten minute update. Jesus Christ. The La Clippers are having a rough twelve months, especially at the end of last season when a lot of their alleged front office dirty laundry got aired for everyone to see. These rumors paint the Clippers front office in

the C suite rife with dysfunction, full of shenanigans. As we know, not good. The latest news out of the Clippers front office a Clippers employee was responsible for get this, spreading the rumor that Taylor Swift and Austin Reeves were dating. What in the name of I don't have anything going on is this? Because there is no shot in the world that Taylor Swift, if you look at her prior boyfriends, would ever date Austin Reeves. No fucking way. There is

nothing for Taylor Swift's ladder climbing ass. And I mean, she's already at the top of the ladder, but when you're a ladder climber, the ladder spans to the top of the jack of the jack and the beanstalk type of scenario, and what is she getting from that? There's no way anyone would have ever believed that. I know you're going to look at this and be like, Oh,

that's funny, who cares? But let me explain something. According to Melissa Role in that Fox Sports, Zane Fahimullah, who works social media for the Clippers, was in an airport when he heard Taylor Swift had broken up with some boyfriend like a musician or an actor or something, one of them being a dude on the internet. He just started jumping in on the dogpile and he tweeted out a photo of Taylor Swift and Austin Reeves with the caption.

Following her breakup, Taylor Swift was reportedly seen in an Arkansas a bar this weekend with Starlakers basketball player Austin Reeves. Okay, yeah, that's really believable, just like that, because people are thirsty for Taylor Swift news. Why I do not know to the tune of eleven million likes that, folks, is why I'm ready to just hang it up. I'm just ready to close my laptop and get into my bed because you have a Clippers employee spreading rumors about a rival

teams player and that got megatraction. And the worst part is that, of course he didn't do it with his own account. He did it with a burner so that it couldn't get tracked back to them. This is so la toxic. Can you see why this is an issue? Like?

What's to keep this organization from say, saying and sabotaging James Harden's value by organizing an online hit campaign, sending out false messages about him a little baby, false narrative like using the things that we know to be true about him a little baby to spread lies about him as someone who's also been a subject of lies on the Internet by anonymous trolls, literally sent to destroy my character, my career, and probably my self esteem. I do not

find this to be funny. I do not find this to be I mean, I find it to be a little funny for Austin Reeves, but not for Taylor Swift. Come on, don't I'm not going to Arkansas and fucking Austin Reeves. No chance you can say, oh yeah, Austin Reeves thought it was funny. But the truth is, like, how do we know, How do we trust this guy

in this entire organization not to do something nefarious? After all, it does not appear that anything's going to happen to him, does not appear that knowingly spreading a lie about arrival teams player is in any way blowing back. So yes, go ahead, troll do your dirty work. But the matter is the thing that bothers me is that Clipperland says that they're better than Lakerland, and the truth is they're both fucking toxic. We got to do an update on Calvin Booth. Oh baby, Oh we knew it. We knew

it when we said it. Okay, if you didn't listen to the last episode where we talked about this, because we were talking about the news, not just previews. Otherwise how would we even get on this topic. So Calvin Booth GM of the Denver Nuggets, I talked about this last episode when I previewed the Pacific last episode, I

talked about it. So Calvin Booth went on record with the Kevin O'Connor from the Ringer and he said some shady ass things about his former players and his current players, one of which was Michael Porter Junior, where he called him a me guy and said that he couldn't have Bones Island on the team because neither him or Michael Porter Junior played defense. And to that, I said, Ooh, I don't know how that's gonna go. I think it's

gonna go bad. I think you're gonna realize the mic was on and the recording was on, and you didn't realize that shit's gonna blow back. And that is exactly what happened. And just like that, folks, we got ourselves an apology tour, actually more of a bad act pedaling tour. Let's play it, Let's see what happens. So Calvin Booth was on UH was on a broadcast, and they asked him about it.

offensive defensive prowel. So you know, I think that was, you know, unfair for those things to be put out there and hopefully don't happen to future.

Michael Porter Junior. What do you mean you said it? You said it to Kevin O'Connor, and now you're saying that you did say it, but it doesn't reflect who you are. I don't understand. Dog. I actually am starting to you know, how you have those things where you question everything that you think about somebody that you thought was smart. This is maybe the dumbest fucking thing I've

ever heard an executive do. Welcome to the NBA. You one hundred percent said that shit in front of a reporter who had a recording device out or a notebook and was taking notes. And now you are forever the guy who's like, hmmm, I did not say that. Uh. And you're the guy who tosses fucking shade at a guy who got his money after he helped you get a ring, and you're like, yo, buyer, beware, that is shady. And Mike Malone wanted fucking Bruce Brown back. He said,

we're bringing Brucey back. And what did you do? You fucking said negative things about him when he got his money. God damn it, Calvin, don't do it, baby. You got me all upset at midnight for better or words. Now the league knows that you're shady too. We're moving on. We're out of here. We're not doing this, Terry Stotts. Terry Stotts, We'll just do this really quick. I'm not going to read this whole thing. Terry Stotts has left

the Milwaukee Bucks organization. Why probably because new head coach Adrian Griffin has a power problem and he wants to assert his dominance because he's a puppy and he wants everyone to know he's a big dog. So now the coach that's been with Damian Loward for nine years of his career. Dame was so excited to have him back in the fold. Now he's gone, he has quit, he

has said fuck you, I am out of here. That is all the time that we have for the episode of the Heat Check check out the feed for past episodes and many episodes, and do not forget to download and subscribe and tell your friends