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00:10online at hollywoodkia.com last official 15 minutes of heat day of the season how does it feel
00:17not good tupac not good not great dude season's over i mean it was over three four days ago
00:25but we didn't know we didn't it was it was it was over but it got it it wasn't it wasn't even like
00:34we got to have an unceremonious closing like we got we got evicted we got evicted from the season
00:40the cops came over and kicked us out of the house i've been there
00:43yeah were you running down the street with a keg at the time perhaps
00:51i like one time there was a time when we had a party down the it was actually just blocks away
01:00where our house was and uh we had buddied up with the knights of columbus who had a lot of cops and
01:07uh then the cops came by to the party and then everybody's like swarm swarm get out of here
01:12i'm like i don't know those are our friends
01:14so here's
01:21the problem i have with the way this season went
01:26you won two games in the play-in against two teams two teams that
01:33were equally as bad as you
01:36but you didn't win anything
01:41right you won
01:45but in the end they win
01:48because now they get a better pick or a better opportunity
01:52that's true and the only thing i would say is for the heat and and i think this is what they wanted
01:58because
01:59the pick
02:02that they would have gotten most likely would have been
02:0513 14 12 13 14 somewhere in there maybe they had the chance to jump up maybe something crazy would happen
02:12maybe but if it didn't and they would have been stuck there
02:17then you are hung out to dry because let's say things go really bad next year let's say things take
02:22a step back let's say something horrific happens to one of your guys and you're not mediocre
02:27you're got an unprotected pick out to okc
02:30because it would have been unprotected and then the terry rogier pick two years later would have been
02:35unprotected so you've been really hanging out without a safety net
02:39right now
02:40your debt is paid
02:41your debt is paid for the jimmy butler thing
02:43you got the 20th pick
02:46so you didn't drop that much in the draft this year
02:48you know you kind of made up for it
02:50you got your own pick next year
02:51so
02:53they can do whatever they want this year if the heat did want to take a step back here in tank they could do it this year
02:58because they got their own pick
03:00uh and now they got protections on the charlotte pick for at least a couple of years
03:04so
03:05i think that's why the heat were so intent on making the playoffs if you if they wouldn't have done it it really was
03:12well we better get a top five pick to change this franchise
03:14or
03:16you're really screwed
03:18so
03:19that's uh
03:21that's that's kind of the the one benefit leroy of like yeah you didn't get a better pick than those guys
03:26but you also didn't get that much worse a pick of a situation if things would have stayed the same outside the bounce of some lottery balls
03:33um
03:34the heat had their chance to go for lottery balls
03:36it was after losing 10 straight games and the decision was
03:40should you shut down and just have a real shot at a top four pick
03:44because they could have really gotten the pooper if they wanted to
03:47they could have gone behind toronto
03:48and they didn't they bounced back they won six games
03:51so like
03:52you're talking two percent
03:54like it's it there's there's
03:56you're not getting 20 percent
03:58at a top four pick
03:59or 15 percent to be in the
04:01no
04:02so once you once you went back to
04:05you know below media
04:06slightly below mediocrity instead of god awful
04:09you might as well just try and gun for the playoffs
04:12yeah i'm i'm never i'm never a fan of setting that
04:16precedent in your building
04:18right
04:19there's one thing to just be bad
04:22it's another thing to go out of your way
04:26to let your players
04:29who've been in an organization
04:31for however long
04:32thinking that that's not acceptable
04:35agreed
04:36i mean i'll give you an example of somebody who did it recently
04:39and got crushed for it now this is a bad person to go to now
04:43because man
04:44all-time gaffe trade
04:46but the bavericks did it
04:49the year before they made the finals
04:51they tanked the end of their season
04:53they end up getting a draft pick
04:55because it would have gone to another team
04:56and they got lively
04:59who was obviously very big in their finals run
05:01right
05:02so i think you're i think any good organizations allowed
05:06a mulligan year to do it
05:08yeah but
05:09but
05:10it
05:11here
05:14if you're still preaching the same things you preach and you lose
05:18that's different
05:20than preaching something totally different
05:23and bsing your players
05:27and having them go out there and lose
05:29or putting them in a position to lose
05:31to get a pick
05:33you see what i mean and so
05:34from that standpoint i understand
05:36that if you put that heat uniform on
05:40you're required
05:41and we are required
05:43to play and perform a certain way
05:46as it's been done
05:47for years
05:48and so from that standpoint
05:51to say okay we're gonna sit bam
05:53or we're gonna sit tyler
05:54we're gonna do this
05:55right
05:56but everybody
05:57but everybody
05:58but
05:58we go up and down
06:00give me the team that hasn't done it
06:02everybody
06:02no i know
06:03i know i give you an example
06:05of how it happened
06:07but
06:07even though he did it
06:08i mean they did it
06:0915 years ago
06:1016 years ago
06:11they did it
06:12uh and understand
06:13so dwayne way was hurt
06:14it was over
06:15like the the championship window had closed
06:17it you know
06:18yeah but it's not that situation
06:20see
06:21dwayne way got hurt
06:22and then
06:23boom
06:24okay
06:24that's not what this situation would be
06:27and so
06:30that like
06:30you
06:32the one thing you have to be in
06:34your front office
06:35in
06:35in in your organization
06:37is consistent
06:38right
06:39you can't
06:40ever
06:41the way this heat team
06:43and the organization
06:44preaches and promotes
06:46you know
06:47effort
06:47and and whatever
06:48you can't ever give the impression
06:50that
06:52we're giving up for whatever reason
06:54and fans don't see it that way
06:57but
06:57you don't ever want to set that tone
06:59i.e. philadelphia
07:00right
07:02um
07:03because
07:04philadelphia
07:05set that tone years ago
07:07with the process
07:09and now
07:10all those guys
07:11they acquired
07:11and got in that process
07:13don't know how to win
07:14oh
07:15does
07:15i mean
07:15did that
07:16did that stop shay
07:17with with okc though
07:18you know
07:19like
07:19maybe it's just because
07:21yeah but okc was just bad
07:23understood
07:24but they still had
07:24they still have
07:25they had an mvp
07:26like
07:27it's not like shay gildress alexander
07:28is a loser
07:29no no no no
07:30see i'm not
07:31um
07:31but but
07:32you miss what i'm saying
07:33like
07:34going out
07:35and trying to win
07:36but lose
07:37is different
07:39than
07:40going out
07:41and say
07:42we're gonna lose
07:43if you're the heat
07:44i understand
07:45i understand
07:47but i appreciate
07:48i appreciate the fact that
07:49they
07:50stay consistent
07:52as an organization
07:53with who they are
07:54however
07:55times have changed
07:57and
07:59you need to know
08:01what you have
08:02well this is
08:03this is the thing
08:03that's tough though
08:04right like
08:05because
08:05you guys know
08:06all right
08:07old tobes
08:07i love the whales
08:08and i love going after orcas
08:10and i'd love today
08:11to talk about
08:11yannis antetokounmpo
08:12and his wife's instagram post
08:13could be something
08:14could be nothing
08:14which maybe i still will
08:16but
08:17it is a fair question
08:20to anybody
08:21other than
08:21milwaukee sucks
08:23and i want to live in the sun
08:24what
08:25what
08:26is he going to get
08:27here
08:28if he was to leave
08:29because
08:29i think it would have been
08:31one thing
08:32if
08:32tyler and bam
08:34would have even put up
08:35a valiant gentleman
08:36sweep
08:37but to have a
08:38record-breaking
08:40curb stomp
08:41series
08:42what
08:43what
08:45star
08:46is gonna look at
08:47those two guys
08:48and be like
08:48yeah let me hitch my wagon
08:50to them
08:50now maybe you just
08:51trust the heat
08:52because they'll have
08:52more assets
08:53it's a more clean slate
08:54than milwaukee
08:55because milwaukee's
08:55dead dead team walking
08:56right now
08:57if you get
08:58if you get yannis
08:59you ain't gonna have
09:00no assets
09:00probably yeah
09:02you're gonna have
09:02to give up a lot
09:03you are gonna
09:04it has to be
09:05it has to be
09:06the guys you have
09:07on the roster
09:08right now
09:08and you're drafted
09:09i think that's the thing
09:11where it's like
09:11look
09:12and maybe this is
09:14me maturing
09:14i don't know
09:15because
09:16maybe riley has a rabbit
09:17out of his hat
09:18the fact that you
09:18said mature
09:19no no no
09:20i think i'm maturing
09:20but i was talking
09:22about this
09:22i was talking
09:23about this
09:23with joe
09:23we were walking
09:24up joe forgot
09:25his phone
09:25so i had
09:25i walked up
09:26the uh
09:26the the stairs
09:28with him today
09:28and i was like
09:29maybe it is a
09:31step back year
09:31maybe it is one
09:32of those years
09:33where you let
09:34bam
09:36you you you
09:37have a talk
09:37with bam
09:38i don't know
09:38what you do
09:39with tyler
09:39because tyler
09:39wants an extension
09:40and i think
09:41if you're gonna
09:41take a step
09:42back
09:42you know
09:43maybe that's
09:43that maybe
09:44it is time
09:44for that
09:45for that
09:45you can't have
09:46him averaging
09:4630
09:47yeah i don't
09:48know you know
09:49maybe that's
09:49one of those
09:50maybe bam's
09:50like no
09:51trade me
09:51and they have
09:52to make that
09:52decision i think
09:53there's gonna
09:53have to be a
09:54tough decision
09:54with that
09:54bam don't want
09:55to be true
09:56i don't think
09:57so but maybe
09:58the point maybe
09:59the point is
10:00you know
10:01and i'm not
10:03calling for
10:04anybody to leave
10:04their job or
10:05whatever but
10:05maybe the point
10:06is this is the
10:07year where the
10:08heat say we
10:10take a step
10:10back we get
10:12whatever pick we
10:13do maybe it's
10:13top 10 i don't
10:14know i mean
10:16hell they were
10:16a win better
10:17than the blazers
10:18this year
10:18they weren't
10:19very good guys
10:20yeah but
10:22you play
10:23you didn't you
10:24didn't want to
10:25say that i did
10:26say it okay
10:27we replayed a
10:29clip of me saying
10:30there would be a
10:30unicorn running
10:31through my house
10:31if there were if
10:32they weren't uh
10:34for them to for
10:34them to win the
10:35plan so where's
10:38that unicorn now
10:39they were and by
10:39the way the
10:40the they were the
10:41worst fourth quarter
10:42team in the league
10:42this year oh my
10:44goodness they were
10:44awful they're plus
10:46minus in the
10:46fourth quarter
10:47was league
10:48leading they were
10:49awful and so
10:51maybe this is a
10:52year where you
10:52like you look
10:54around and he
10:54and you're like
10:55bam this one's
10:56gonna suck but
10:58dwayne way went
11:00through it he did
11:01it with all the
11:01kids where he
11:02wanted lamar
11:03odom now they
11:04still made the
11:04playoffs and they
11:06were able to load
11:07up a little bit to
11:08to obviously get
11:09the cast base but
11:10your cast base is
11:11going to be in a
11:11better position next
11:12year because terry and
11:13duncan i mean they
11:14could clear duncan
11:15and clear 10
11:16million but you
11:17could have one
11:18more year duncan
11:18robinson have him
11:19come off the books
11:20with terry a lot
11:21of money coming
11:21off and then you
11:24could figure out
11:26wherever that pick
11:27lands maybe you
11:28want to trade it
11:29maybe you want to
11:30use it i don't know
11:31but you'll be in a
11:32clearer spot luca
11:34doesn't sign an
11:35extension goron's in
11:38the front office you
11:40have talk with body
11:40you talk with
11:41i just think that
11:43you'll be in a
11:45better spot than
11:45right now because
11:46we've talked about
11:47the options what are
11:47the options leroy
11:48we're talking star
11:51with a lot of
11:51baggage or young
11:53star with a lot of
11:54baggage i'll use that
11:55star loosely we've
11:57said the name zion
11:58trade whatever and
12:00then hail mary's
12:01which okay you use
12:03all your assets to
12:04get those guys what
12:06are you left with
12:07right are you left
12:08with this with the
12:09five seed maybe
12:10i don't know
12:11unless like it'd be
12:14the best you've done
12:14in three years even
12:15if you ended up with
12:16a five seed yeah i
12:18guess but that's
12:19where the bucks are
12:20like is janice signing
12:21up to leave the bucks
12:22to go to the bucks
12:22yeah but you have to
12:25understand all the
12:27other teams ahead of
12:29janice do they really
12:32need janice so from
12:36that standpoint i think
12:37there's gonna be a lot
12:41of teams if this should
12:42happen that would have
12:44an opportunity right to
12:48get him now i would say
12:51what's kind of crazy is
12:54look at a team like
12:55detroit
12:56who would they move to
13:00get janice with kate
13:01i mean they could trade
13:05one of the thompson's
13:07they could trade
13:07durin they could
13:08trade holland i mean
13:10they got pieces i mean
13:11is that is that you
13:13know this is the other
13:15thing too like look are
13:17the bucks gonna pull a
13:18blazers and trade him
13:20wherever they want or
13:21are they gonna do right
13:22by him and say okay you
13:24only want to go to a
13:24premier market like the
13:25knicks or miami or la
13:27will they do right by
13:28him look we're scarred
13:29usually that always goes
13:31in the direction of the
13:32guy gets to go where he
13:33wants to go that's
13:34usually how it always
13:35goes except when you're
13:36dealing with it and it
13:38ruined the franchise i
13:40mean so did we dodge a
13:41bullet i feel see i don't
13:44think we did i don't think
13:45we did because i feel like
13:48if damian lillard was here
13:50last year i feel like
13:52everything changes i feel
13:54like because maybe jimmy
13:55wants to stay yeah maybe i
13:57think so i don't hear i
14:00don't care what the
14:01circumstances are i don't
14:03think pat riley was
14:04extended jimmy i well
14:07what if they make a deep
14:08run that year like if
14:10they make a deep run with
14:11damian lillard and
14:13things change leroy yeah
14:14yeah i mean i can't i
14:16guess i understand you're
14:17right you're right i
14:18understand why people say
14:19dodge the bullet but i
14:22mean we can you know why
14:23because we get that from
14:24you me dude that's that
14:29is your way of being a
14:30flip-flopper that's not
14:31true that's the bullet
14:33that's not fair that's
14:34not fair really like that
14:36dan no i'm saying
14:38everybody plays the result
14:39but honestly damian
14:41lillard the past two
14:41seasons has been a top
14:4210 score and a top 10
14:44assist guy you think last
14:45year with jimmy butler
14:46they couldn't have made
14:47some type of deep run
14:48well the other thing too
14:49is for whatever reason
14:52and it's a him and
14:53janice worked like
14:56mayonnaise and peanut
14:58butter like it just
14:58didn't work to my
15:00favorite thing it was
15:01strange he had a very
15:03very this is the place
15:04he wanted to be he is
15:06very close with bam and
15:08jimmy was all on on
15:10board with it and it not
15:11happening him going to
15:12milwaukee where he's like
15:13coming off a divorce
15:14didn't want to be there
15:16you know you make it good
15:18because it's like i'm
15:18playing with janice i
15:19can't be a rat bastard
15:20about it right but like
15:22also janice isn't we've
15:24talked about how bam and
15:25jimmy are not
15:25conventional stars like
15:26they want to defer a
15:28little bit janice doesn't
15:29want to defer he wants
15:3030 20s which by the way
15:32i mean that loss they had
15:33yesterday we got to get
15:34into that too oh my god
15:36wait and and leave it to
15:38halliburton he is he is
15:41like basketball kachuk
15:42right he is a little bit
15:44and now and now we see
15:45where he gets it from
15:46everybody's irritated and
15:50pissed off at him
15:51everybody's irritated and
16:10everybody's irritated and