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Brooklyn starts with an 0-2 record since Kyrie's return, always subject to change. They have three big ones and they are trying to fix things. On the other hand, the Los Angeles Lakers on the road, tremendous efforts by the Lakers, can they continue that streak? as they play tonight hello, wel

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inside the studio. I'm ready, Stephanie, accompanied by Greg Anthony and Channing Frye. We have a lot available for you tonight on the Carmax pregame show. We will prepare you, of course, for the game that will be on our air but we will discuss some other things, let's start although, gentlemen, let's talk about the Brooklyn Nets because there is a lot to unpack while we talk about the Nets, um, let's go with the defense of the um Nets, oh.

Don't laugh yet, shotgun, we haven't shown anything, this is their defense, the last two games, guys, of course, against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Everyone expected the result to be different. I draw your attention to the last line, the opponents paint 64 in the first game against the cavs 70 in the second game, you know that it is difficult to achieve victories when so much scoring is allowed in the defense of the paint, it is something in which the Nets know they have to work. In fact, Nets head coach Steve Nash had this to say about it. some improvements and adjustments for your team we just have to find the things that we've been doing, you know, we haven't done them well enough, we haven't communicated enough, we haven't given a second effort, you know, sometimes it feels a little like we want a solution instead of a fight and um, so we just have to make sure our mentality is strong and we stick together, we keep pushing to, you know, refine those details like I keep saying and then we can get better. defensively, you know, I don't think there's a magic answer, you know, you know, no matter what plan you choose, you have to be five men in concert defending actions with intelligence and passion, okay, Greg,

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To start with you because you had a little response before we even saw the Brooklyn Nets defensive graph. What do you say about how they can make some improvements? What has to happen? It's going to be a challenge for them and again, this isn't an Excuse me, but it's a reality because you didn't have a

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training camp, you didn't have a chance to build habits and establish a defensive culture and listen, let's face it, it was never a challenge to begin with. the identity of this next team, so that will be a problem for them in the future, they will have to continue to work on it and emphasize it, and one thing I will say is that everyone will point to Kyrie James and Durant, those guys are honestly, they are also defenders.

They are not bad defenders, their problem is that they have a hard time controlling the defensive board and they don't contest shots as truth

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y and I'm talking about this group, as a whole, they depend on a lot of players who really aren't ready for prime time, but they go to take some time to adjust, the game is still easy for Durant Harden and Kyrie, those guys on that side of the court offensively are fine, they are playing well, but on the other side they will have to have stronger leadership and more responsibility and the problem is with the way the season is presented and with Channing.

You know all you can do, like Steve Nash, is what he just did in that sound bite: talk about it, you can't practice, you can. Don't put pressure on the guys, you've got Kyrie coming off injuries, you've got Durant coming off an Achilles tendon, so it's going to be tough for them, their games are going to be practiced, they're going to have to establish habits and culture within the games. and by doing so. that you are going to have some lumps that are going to catch you a lot of times and also remember that they are going to bring out the best in everyone, it's almost like they are the defending champions right now because what is everyone in the NBA talking about the boys?

Brooklyn Nets The Lakers will play tonight They are the defending champions and are arguably the biggest star in the game. We're not talking about that. We are focusing on the Brooklyn Nets. Channing. We know that defense is something that builds up over a period. of certain time, you have to build it with building blocks, you have to work on your strategies, what is the quick solution for this Nets team. I think you know being on a veteran team and guys coming off injuries. For me, they are tutorials, right? If you don't want the kids to be on their feet, we did a lot of tours in Cleveland where we watched film and literally went over what we were supposed to do over and over again.

It was tedious. I did it in Phoenix, we went to the Western Conference Finals, they were tedious, but they created habits like Jay says, so for me it would be keeping the ball away from the paint like their power comes from keeping the ball in front of them and not letting go. that it hurts them. and obviously the cavs are a different team, they have six gigantic men like a trio of ogres down there, you know, and jared allen, andre drummond and mcgee, we're having a field day, but to me it's for them if they keep the people away from the paint and made us make them settle for jump shots and come out and come out on a fast break they are almost unstoppable they have the games three of the best offensive players in the game right now and if you can stop and come out and run The teams can't compete, I'm glad you mentioned that.

We were talking about this, right? The offensive power of this Nets team, so we all know that there is a defensive deficit, they have even recognized it, but the offense is so strong, so what is it? You know the potential of this team and I believe it. I don't know if there has ever been a trio as offensively gifted as this trio. And this is not hyperbole if you look at the game historically. some great teams and usually you know you can have those two guys that are on the right, but they have three a, you know, think about Kyrie Irving, he's supposed to be the third guy, he averages 29, six and five and it's not in volume. 52 from the field 40 I think three from three and 97 from the line he has been efficient in scoring durant efficient in scoring he toughens up he has been efficient so offensively the only advantage they have is that they do not have to be as good defensively as other teams because their power offensive fire is such that they can make up some of the deficit, but when you get to the postseason and we have a long way to go and if they are healthy, the problem is, as you go, we will play against better teams and those teams will be able to plan the game and will have a small effect on the greatness of that trio, so you should be able to offset that with some confidence. the defensive side of the floor and I said this before durant is a plus defender hardin had six in the league in deflections last year and led the league in steals he is not a broke defender kyrie can defend is not his staple but when he has the right mind and if he's held accountable he's not a horrible defender but he's not part of the dna of this group and that's where steve nash and mike d'antoni and i know it sounds like an oxymoron to mention those two with the defense , But that is the reality.

They're going to have to find a way to fix it. If I were them, I'm not even an offensive coach, I wouldn't spend time on their offense because you don't need plays with those three guys. You just play a random offense and they will be able to consistently score the basketball and create opportunities for everyone. What you have to do is focus wholeheartedly on defense to get better, not become great, but they have to be you. I know the best defensive team of the 12, I think we really have a legitimate chance to get out of the East, well it's still early so we'll continue to watch and monitor the net's defensive prowess and see if it can grow in the meantime though Kyrie Irving , who is one. of the leaders of this team said this on social media.

I won't read the whole thing, but it basically starts. We will be on that stage, the stage where the best of the best gather. You already know the main scenario so you can. Read on from there, he's basically saying you're with us or you're against us, Channing, I'm coming to you because you've played with Kyrie, should we read this or is this just one of those throwaways that maybe he's just venting? I mean, honestly, you could do whatever you want, I think for him, right, I think everyone will look at it, but for me, I look at it as, hey, we have to know that as a team, this is a new situation, not for James Harden or kd or kyrie, but for the guys that are off the bench, then you know there's a lot of pressure and like he said, it's like the Lakers are the champions, but every night we talk about the Nets, what they're doing and what they do.

You're not doing it, Kyrie says the start of the season alongside James Harden have been the two biggest stories in the NBA, which is crazy, so for him I think he's just trying to tell his teammates. and all those who supposedly believe or not. He's like hey, it's a long season, let's write it down, but if you're with us, you're with us, but that's not how life works, it's our job to dissect every game, right, we're not dissecting him as a Human, we're breaking down the game and they lost to the worst offensive team in the league and put on a show so give the Cavs credit but as members of the media we have to judge just by playing so you know.

I'd probably say I'd laugh at him and make fun of him, but as a teammate it's kind of my trick so don't read it and just okay, let's see what you say tonight, don't tweet or the Instagram thing comes out. and you won't get a winner next night because then you'll look crazy uh yeah well we'll find out shortly look don't post it now look get roasted that's what we're really going to talk about Greg. Let's talk a little about James Harden, we all know what he can do well, he has averaged triple doubles before the assist, I feel like it's an underrated part of his game, we always talk about his shooting and his ability to score at any time. time, but now that he is with another MVP and another All-Star, how important is his ability to create plays.

I think he is fundamental for this team because he gives balance to the trio and I have said it before. Listen to James Harden, one of the five best. passing in the NBA, I mean, it's not just about people equating your passing ability with assists, no, it's the angles you can create, the type of mentality you have for the game, the one who has the next step, the vision he has in terms of opening guys up by creating easy opportunities. for guys that aren't as skilled offensively and I think he's also a willing shepherd, I think he always has been, you know, it's not like he's played with Kyrie and Kevin, uh or Kevin Durant before, like he's never had the type of firepower those guys possess and I think you're looking at how he's played, he's still going to score the basketball, but he's their primary ball handler and facilitator and don't discount the passing ability of both Durant and Kyrie as well, I just believe.

Those three guys do everything very well, but I think he's by far the best passer and I think he's the guy that's taken over. I'm going to be the facilitator. You can see the ball is in his hands to do. makes a very interesting experiment this next team I'm really looking forward to seeing how it flourishes now they actually have an opponent tonight they're playing the mic not that team none of them playing unfortunately omg all the pieces are missing for the

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tonight by several reasons, you can see under their names Butler still out due to protocols.

The hero with the next situation of him is out. This will be the fifth game he will miss due to his neck injury. Bradley Kobit 19, Leonard again with the shoulder and Silva with it. modern, so I mean this is a different Miami Heat team, obviously Butler is a huge piece, but those other pieces aren't bad either, so what kind of team do you expect to show up against the Nets? Channing, I'll tell you this, listen. You're going to play hard, right, I don't care who's out there, it could be five big balls, you know, set up and have them ready to fight, so, for me, you know every time you play a Miami Heat team, They are not going to defeat themselves.

So you're going to come out aggressive and prepared and they may be missing a lot of their scoring and defense, and all but the guys that are playing are trying to get minutes. This is a championship caliber team. Garan Dragach is one of my favorite teammates. of all time, he can play, you know, bam is legit, they have other guys on that team that are going to go out and be pros and give themselves a chance, so for me it's always interesting to watch, they could just plug in and play, guys. I've never heard of them and they're going to go in there, they're going to stay within themselves, they're going to play hard, they're going to hit the ground running and you're going to have to go in there and beat them, they're not going to beat themselves, okay, it's going to be interesting, Kendrick Nunn.

After a great performance, 22 points in the last game that you mentioned, Bam Adebayo, he has a couple of games that I know he wishes he could have gotten

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to 14 points, so we'll see how that goes here on NBA TV James. welcome

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is only averaging 31 points seven rebounds six assists i mean that's nothing in the last three games he played he scored at least 30 points remember he missed the last game trying to rest and managing achilles tendon recovery, we'll see what he wears tonight. talking about setting up our own roe parish and charles barkley had a good session discussing chuck's guarantees, let's listen up, it's charles barkley's garam teas and this is all presented by fanduel sports book, you will be able to witness the pride of leeds, alabama, make their picks for the last week, chuck, we were both 500, did you know that?

Okay, now you were terrible on milk day, you were one in four, how about those

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against those lakers? Oh come on man come on that was just I can't hey that's the first one. What I thought when the game ended I thought too and I texted you, you conveniently ignored me, I appreciate it, I was one on one, but it is what it is, I'm not the expert. you texted me after the lakers game, i did, you conveniently ignored it, you know why dumb, because i was working, you know what, when you write you're right and let's go ahead and work on this week's pick, so we got brooklyn and we got miami miami going to brooklyn for two games he saw the big three when they got together they combined for 96 points kyrie is going to shoot that thing hard and get some triple doubles miami has been playing a little short, so who will win each? game brooklyn or miami brooklyn both games why they won both games because you know jimmy butler hasn't been playing cali hero hasn't been playing they can't score enough so uh brooklyn will win both games garam t got a backslide for I know you love to Bam, so between him and Deandre Jordan, who will have the highest total of rebounds and blocks?

Are you kidding? Bam, yeah, okay, I like revenge games, Minnesota at Golden State, Deangelo Russell, Andrew Wiggins, both facing the teams above. Who will have the highest plus-minus that night? Oh, uh, Deandra D'angelo, oh, would you rather do better in total points, rebounds and assists than each other, yeah, yeah, yeah, give me Deangelo on that one. Okay, I got you and why do you like it? As far as that goes, because I think he's just going to play Steph, so he's going to take it personally, but he doesn't want to play nice, okay, he got that one, so triple double threat, we've seen that the wild card is having a ridiculous situation.

The current season he averages a triple double, but we know that Luca died, it's nothing to play with, he just passed Michael Jordan on the all-time super doubles list, so Denver has doubts about who has more chances of having a triple double between them. Those two you have, I'm going to go with Luca because I think he got Porzingis back now. uh Porzingis is only going to get better so that will give him a chance to get another four or five or sisters game so I'm going to go with luca. dunn gabriel so one of the best weekends in pro football the nfl conference championships are here you got tampa bay going to green bay and then you got the tickets going to kansas city so first thing is who will win these games, aaron rodgers and josh allen. the packers and the bills gary okay hold that thought for a second slider bet right here for the tampa bay green bay game who's going to throw the most touchdowns tampa tom or aaron rodgers uh tom brady okay we'll mark that one.

I'm going to go with a little pink. I'm going to say Aaron Rodgers. Those more touchdown passes and it's not enough. Green Bay we will accept the defeat. Although Tampa Bay will win that game on the road. Oh, okay, so I'm going to invoke chuck veto uh, everything's fine, that's chuck beetle no, okay, you can't skate here and say the dollar will win, but I'll let you get away with it. Hey you got that little crazy guy or Roby this is the chuck b though hey listen you're johnny carson I'm just jim mcmahon I'm the guy on the side this is where you go man hey listen food jim mcmahon is the quarterback ed mcmahon oh man big guys times charles barkley always fun These are the guarantees of Charles Barker.

Hey, it originated from him and can never be duplicated. Thank you. Jim. It was never duplicated. Don't forget it on Monday right here at center court at the NBA TV Heat Net 7 30 Tip Wolf Warriors. At 10 o'clock, all times, Eastern, of course. the carmax pregame show at 7 00 pm don't miss it joel embiid arriving philadelphia 76ers taking on the detroit pistons on the road they haven't been playing very well on road two and four so far phillies defense welcome to state farm saturday night at miami

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will appear right here on nba tv kyrie irving hoping to get in the win column kendrick nunn has been playing excellent for the miami heat in the absence of some of their stars 22 points that he scored in the last game looking like kendrick nunn from last season when it was very explosive free bubble many ranges pre-bubble many buckets for none Hi guys, I'm Stephanie Reddy, we have Greg Anthony and Channing Frye on the side, let's talk a little about the Nets and The Heat, there's a lot to talk about, so we know the Nets have more offensive power than we've probably seen before, but Greg, what does this team have that you think will make them an elite team other than the offensive?

Well, I think first and foremost, how often those guys play, I think that's going to be really critical in terms of them developing the stamina and the mental toughness to compete defensively and I think that's going to be a critical boost for Steve Nash. With this group because they have to play, they're not going to practice, there's just no time because of the way the schedule is set up, so I think it's critical that they play together and try to create those habits within the playing process. we know three guys right, harden, irving durant, how do you do against a team like that?

How do you face a team when you have those three names against Cleveland? You're right, listen, look, to be honest, you have to win the boards and attack them again, be fierce, get to the rim, don't settle for jump shots, limit turnovers and make good shots, you have to limit their offensive possessions, they're too good and you know, for me, Kevin Durant, just for me. I thought he was the best scorer of my generation, so if he gets a steal and goes out, you might as well count it as three points, and I think that's what makes them so dangerous, it's like if they get a steal and go out.

You have enough firepower to go up and make these 3 6 9 12 runs but if you're getting layups or if you're getting offensive rebounds, you know you have a chance to set your defense and make them play in the half. court where you are going to play, you know, slow down the game and take advantage of your opportunities, but that will be the only way to compete with a team with so much firepower, my God, okay, so the firepower is there, The defense is lacking a bit. They've even acknowledged it, let's take a closer look at what the defense has looked like in their last two games.

They played the same opponent in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Cleveland did some work. I draw your attention to the last line, the opponent's points. Greg in the paint Yeah, and get some perspective with this, the Cleveland Cavaliers came into those two games as the lowest-rated offense around, so for them to have that and not to mention they were shorthanded, yeah, Andre Drummond looked like Kevin Durant there for a while. a little bit and you can basically see that they're getting what they want in the paint to your point, Stephanie, and they're going to have to try harder and the thing about defense is disrupting the clock and facing the basketball is a rhythm game.

And offensively, if you don't interrupt that rhythm and allow the guys to see the ball well through the basket, their confidence will increase and you will give your best because everyone is eager to compete at this level. powerful nets offense, okay let's see what happens, they play well against the Miami Heat. Well, they're missing some guys, unfortunately, they won't be on the Heat tonight. Butler hero Bradley Leonard and Silva. You can see the reasons under their names. Hero, this will be your fifth hero in a row. game missed due to neck injury Channing the Miami Heat, who has to step up for them in the absence of these guys.

I think their biggest attribute is that they don't have one particular type that can make you win a game that they have. A lot of great professionals in their cultures are going to come in and stay within themselves and play hard and I've said this before, but when you play on the Miami Heat you have to beat them well, you have to go in there, be prepared, be focused. Everybody coming off the bench, whether it's your front row, the bench guys or someone you've never heard of that just picked up from the G League, that guy is going to be in the best shape of his life, you'll know it.

The plays, he'll know the defensive rotations, he just may not be as talented as Bam or Meyers Lander, so for me, when I come into this game, especially from the net, I use it as an opportunity to play. A very solid and well-coached team that is going to play hard and I am taking this opportunity to get back on the right track. They see what the Cavs did against them. They need to make those adjustments offensively, defensively and they need to get out there. And go to work, Greg, what's up with the Heat? I mean, what do you think needs to happen for them to be successful?

Well, I think Channing made some great points, first of all, the Heat, probably the best team in the league in terms of ball movement space and cutting, they have five guys that play the game the right way, they try to make the best shot on every possession, it's not about someone going to take a shot, it's about creating the best shot and they do a great job at that and I. I think that's that guy, Duncan Robinson has a chance to have a big night because he knows he's going to get some good looks, especially in transition and especially with the way they play, they run a lot of their offense through Bam outside. of biology and is averaging. about five assists a game in that high post, which means it's a lot harder for you to score because you're going to have guards watching on guard, so it's going to be a challenge.

I think Miami is going to compete tonight.