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Kel'el Ware strolls down memory lane with the Miami Heat. A discussion breaks out on who would make a better fit on the Heat after the Giannis trade if Andrew Wiggins were on the outs: Klay Thompson, Khris Middleton or Bradley Beal?
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00:00Miami Heat traded for Giannis this week that was awesome shout out shout out shout out making it
00:09happen Pat it has been a it has been a whirlwind week a lot of takes out there about whether
00:15or
00:15not Miami is going to be able to uh turn this into something uh something tells me that it's
00:20going to go absolutely fantastic so you know I think I think they're going to figure it out
00:26all right guys like the hard Pat Riley's always been it's been the hard part getting the guy
00:30getting the surrounding pieces he usually does a pretty good job that the organization does a
00:35pretty good job of that I can't remember being down here that three stars have come to one city
00:42from three different in three different sports like so you got um Giannis you got uh or two sports
00:55and and Brady Kachuk yeah it was crazy crazy week like I can't I can't think I know we've had
01:04you know substantial trades but not this close together for two different teams because I don't
01:09think to be honest with you I don't think they all been good at the same time
01:15yeah I mean outside of the 23 row when they're both when we were doing finals in Stanley Cup every
01:19single night oh that was a crazy day that was a crazy year crazy year but um yeah man I
01:28mean like
01:28this this is this is going to be a fun season regardless I think that it is you know I
01:33see
01:33like uh Kalel wears doing some reminiscing on Instagram he's posting a lot of photos of himself
01:39with you know Jaime and Tyler and Heat jerseys and that's cool I'm going to miss Kalel I think those
01:44guys are are fun players I think some of them can have really good NBA careers but I mean you
01:50know
01:50you cannot deny like having somebody of Giannis's ilk here is going to bring a different level of
01:57enthusiasm to the fan base this year yeah uh and especially the coach I mean the coach looks like
02:01he's you know 10 years younger after you saw him peacocking at the draft with his second round pick
02:09um that next move is going to be interesting though because like how they go about this I'm
02:13very I am very curious to see what happens with norm and what are they going to do as a
02:18mechanism
02:19does he just you know there's not a ton of places you could just sign straight out I don't even
02:23know
02:23what the market is right now for Norman Powell and what happens with uh with Wiggins do they keep
02:29Wiggins right because I think they would keep Wiggins I don't think they're against keeping Wiggins
02:32but I also think that they I think they're thinking big and I think that they they're going to turn
02:37over
02:37every stone I think that they would kind of snoop around trying to just find something if it feels
02:42like it really uh boasts their chances this year right um yeah I like it there's still a lot to
02:51be
02:51done I'm interested to see how they put it all together right um because I would almost guarantee
02:59you that they'll come up with a couple of names that we haven't heard of and talk about how this
03:05guy
03:05is gonna you know be an impact kind of like a Duncan Robinson or Wayne Ellington or you know
03:11somebody who can really really shoot the ball so I'm interested to see who that guy ends up being
03:16um the great thing about it is is that when dunks was here the defense isn't going to be as
03:24good as
03:24going to be now and so there was more of a demand on him to play defense
03:32yeah I'm not I mean like look you're not going to have five all-world defenders it doesn't really
03:37exist uh you know it's nice not to have one of the worst defenders in the league on your team
03:41I mean
03:42that's for sure uh ole but um you know the thing you always got to watch out for Duncan he's
03:50you know
03:50with the quick two for twos I don't know I don't know the one thing I would say with Duncan
03:54is
03:57obviously has a great chemistry with Bam on a bio I'm sure that he would be down playing with uh
04:01with
04:01I will wonder like where is his relationship with Spoh like are they cool because Spoh kind of uh
04:08threw him threw him you know to the uh to the to the back of the bench by the time
04:14it was all said and
04:15done putting him in 50 point blowouts for the first time for a guy that you've been uh playing for
04:19a
04:19while so I wonder if that's all kumbaya I I mean maybe if this does become a thing I'm sure
04:26being
04:26back with Bam will be a uh you know a a suitable thing for him it's obviously a comfort those
04:33guys
04:33have I mean undeniable chemistry with how much you know great two-man game they have with one another
04:39with the dribble handoffs they're finding on the rolls to the to the paint they did they just know
04:43each other so well um so yeah I think that I think that bringing Duncan Robinson back would be
04:50would be awesome but I'm not I'm not necessarily counting on it I think that I'm still in this
04:56mode where my expectations are not there's going to be another seismic move my expectations more are
05:02in the realm of like I think Wiggins will be back and that there'll be some pretty reasonably priced
05:09shooters will one of them maybe be somebody younger like Anthony Simons who could be in his own audition
05:13for a matador outfit I mean like he's not exactly a stopper yeah that dude's uh that dude's uh that
05:19dude's been all laying in his career as well I mean besides Wiggins who else is there that plays
05:24dn shoots the three that well um of the guys of I mean Chris Middleton's been you know I don't
05:32know
05:32if he's still defending like that because of his knee issues right you know I'm not gonna sit here
05:37act like I was watching him on the Wizards so he wasn't watching him on the Wizards yeah and I
05:42wasn't watching him on the Mavericks I'm not really into the Klay Thompson thing people are like oh would
05:47you do the Klay Thompson trade um I don't know he seems he he seems pretty cooked I'm not giving
05:53up
05:53nothing for Klay especially for him making 17 million dollars this year I think you know I'm more for
05:58Middleton on the cheap skis uh not even that it's not worth 17 million for me I got to be
06:05more
06:07um I got to be better with my money with the last 15 20 million have to
06:14yeah and even if it was in like some ilk of a trade or something like that but
06:18I don't know the Klay Thompson thing on that salary is not exactly uh not exactly something
06:23that would be uh I've seen him play uh three games I didn't see him make a shot
06:28Smith that says that it would be on a buyout theoretically I mean we got to see what you know
06:32what things are going to go on with Dallas and whatnot for sure but um I don't know
06:39uh Texas says Tobes reasonable since when I just dude they got Giannis like I think that's the thing
06:44is is you know you're supposed we're gonna sit here we've been chasing the whale for year after
06:49year after year and now I'm just I'm supposed to be expectant that they're gonna get two I just
06:53think it's a big ask I think I'm setting myself up for disappointment and it's all fun I love conspiracy
06:58theories I love like the breadcrumbs that are being out there with LeBron um but I just I don't I
07:05think I still expect LeBron to probably be a cavalier I don't think that this is going to end up
07:09with
07:09him coming back here right but if I was him I mean I wouldn't want to play with James Harden
07:14who would
07:22I think a lot more people like James Harden than you think who strippers
07:33Brittany was aghast she's like oh heavens to Betsy heavens to Betsy for real
07:47she means this is choose one on the cheap skis clay Middleton or Beal yeah I feel like I'm picking
07:52Middleton just because of the relationship with Giannis and I mean wow you want to talk about injuries
08:00yeah that knee injury certainly was uh was was rough on him Beal what about Beal he doesn't play
08:07basketball nah I'm I'm I'm a no fly zone on on Bradley Beal he had his chance I'm I'm I'm
08:14ready
08:14I'm I'm I'm ready to move on from that one I think I think I think Chris Middleton and Tim
08:20Hardaway Jr
08:21on the cheap skis sign me up hopefully Niko Jovich isn't a isn't a bum next year and
08:30that would be that would that would be a game changer that if Niko comes back and he can fill
08:37you know one of those consistent roles yeah then it won't be as important to have another guy
08:45yeah no he's he's a wild card for them for sure if he can if he can have a bounce
08:49back from that last
08:50year stinker because remember if this happened last summer everybody would have wanted Niko
08:59right if this would have happened last summer I would think so last year yeah he would be here
09:04and Jaime would not Jaime would be here and he would not correct but but but people keep throwing him
09:10in
09:10trades with things and I'm just like I don't think anybody's taking 64 million dollars of Nikola
09:15Jovich's money I think you guys are crazy right I I just you can't have a year that bad with
09:20that
09:20much money left and think that's gonna happen the only way the heat are gonna get him is if they
09:25put
09:25perfume on his season and they can get his value back up but I I don't think that's happening now
09:30I
09:31don't think the coach and him I think there has to be a lot of uh Niko earning that trust
09:36back because
09:37of how things ended and I don't think Spoh loved the attitude from him last year right um so they
09:44got
09:44kind of kind of men fences but you know we'll see if he comes back a little bit more uh
09:50humble
09:51seasoned ready to go we'll see what uh what that what that entails from

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