00:00I'm your Miami Heat.
00:01They are back on the hardwood today as the play-in game gets going from Chicago.
00:09The Heat take on the Chicago Bulls tonight at 730.
00:13Last I checked, the Bulls were one and a half point favorites for tonight's game.
00:17But, Leroy.
00:19Yes.
00:20Big news.
00:21What's up?
00:22I had to deal with stupidity on the phone.
00:25I don't blame you, dude.
00:26When you say, so you have physical therapy, right?
00:30Yep.
00:31He says, what time are you available?
00:35I said, it's got to be before like 9 or after 2.
00:41Right?
00:41I do a radio show from 10 to 2.
00:44He goes, how about Tuesday at 11?
00:48I'm like, are you bleeping kidding me?
00:51Did you not understand the window, sir?
00:53Like, it baffles me.
00:59So, the, but yeah, the big news.
01:03What's the big news?
01:05Jovich questionable for the game, baby.
01:08All right.
01:10Man.
01:10I know what I like.
01:12He's tall.
01:13Oh, tall, fast.
01:15I'm excited.
01:16Wait.
01:16I wonder if we do intangible on intangible, if they understand each other enough to where
01:26he can nullify that.
01:29You're saying like a Balkan showdown of Bustovic versus Jovich?
01:35Yeah.
01:36I don't know.
01:37But I'm still wondering how good is his ankle?
01:41Have we cleared this intangible and European intangibles?
01:44No, we haven't.
01:46We haven't.
01:48Because guess what?
01:48I think if you're a European, you're not an intangible.
01:51What about Josh Giddey?
01:52He's Australian.
01:59That's tough.
02:00It's tough.
02:00It's a judgment call.
02:01Right.
02:02It's like, it's like, wait, but think about this, Vlad.
02:04But when an intangible sees like a Haitian, right, do they call him a Haitian or do they
02:17call him black?
02:22I mean, I think they're going to call him black.
02:24Okay.
02:24Then, it didn't, oh, fair, fair point.
02:27But he's free older than they think he might be French.
02:30So what?
02:32The way it works in America is, right, we look at your skin to determine before we know
02:39your nationality.
02:41That's how it works in this country.
02:43In other countries, they might ask first where you're from.
02:48But here, here is by the color of your skin.
02:54It would look like, hey, I didn't make those rules.
02:58I like Eurotangible, but I like the word that.
03:02Eurotangible?
03:02I like Eurotangible.
03:05Eurotangible.
03:06Now, I got to tell you, when he told me Giddy was Australian.
03:10Yep.
03:11Threw me for a loop.
03:12Oh, you didn't know?
03:13No.
03:14Yeah, he's Australian, dude.
03:15I thought he was Cooper Flagg.
03:16Nah, did you read New?
03:18Yeah, Dr. Toboggan came up with Eurotangible.
03:21I think we should use that.
03:22And then Tangibles for the name.
03:24So we got levels to this.
03:26Yes.
03:26Because guess what?
03:29I mean, what about the black guys that are Canadian?
03:36Like Shea.
03:37Yeah.
03:39How do we do that?
03:41See what I'm saying?
03:42So we can't.
03:42Yeah, but if those five Canadians went against five Americans, who are we rooting for?
03:46Well, there's been a few Canadians that I didn't know was Canadian.
03:54You're still rooting for Duclair.
03:57Yeah, I did.
03:58Okay.
03:59You still rooting for Duclair.
03:59Yeah.
04:00Well, because that's a whole different ball of wax.
04:06I'm sorry.
04:07I just wanted to get a clarity on this.
04:09That's like Toby Roof and Dejean.
04:10Intangible and Eurotangible.
04:12Now we have clarity.
04:13I just wanted to make sure.
04:14Hey, that's like Toby Roof and Dejean.
04:16He's, you know.
04:17Like, there's no way I can't call Pella Larson not intangibles.
04:22He's, the game is literally intangibles.
04:24Right.
04:25But he's not.
04:26But he's Swedish.
04:28Right.
04:28Like, what?
04:28Like, I don't know.
04:30Eurotangible.
04:32See?
04:33Dr. Tavokin.
04:34Eurotangible.
04:35But he played college ball.
04:37Like, he didn't go.
04:38Like, it's not like he came through the EuroLeague.
04:39Like, he went to Arizona.
04:42Was he born in the States?
04:43No.
04:44No.
04:45Eurotangible.
04:45Interesting.
04:47What about Kyrie Irving?
04:48He was born in Australia.
04:50Yeah, but his daddy's from Jersey.
04:52Well, I don't know.
04:54Mama call him Clay.
04:56I'm going to call him Clay.
04:57So, anyway, the, yeah, Jovich is back.
05:02It's not an ankle, Eurotang.
05:03He had the hand.
05:03The broken hand.
05:05Oh, I'm sorry.
05:05The broken hand.
05:06I'm thinking of Pella.
05:07Pella had the ankle.
05:08He is also questionable tonight.
05:10It's possible he goes.
05:11That would be huge.
05:12I feel like Pella would be huge.
05:13If they can have Pella.
05:14Pella would be huge because we have some more grit on the defensive end.
05:17Yep.
05:18And we could get, look, that means we got 12 fouls.
05:23That's how I look at it at the point guard position.
05:25Him and Davion.
05:26The fouls.
05:27Yeah, just go get him.
05:29Now, you know Spoh's had some doozies this year.
05:33Oh, he did one.
05:35Another one?
05:36Oh, no.
05:38He had one yesterday.
05:39The only reason why we don't call Spoh Mike McDaniels is because he's won championships.
05:43Exactly.
05:44Oh, no.
05:44Spoh's the only coach.
05:45He's one of the few coaches that has ring protection that protects him.
05:48Ring protection doesn't protect you now.
05:50But if you have multiple rings, it protects you.
05:53Well, it also, it depends on what organization you're in, too.
05:57I don't want to hear this.
05:58I want to hear what he says.
05:59Yeah.
05:59All right.
05:59Here's Spoh on the matchup and the offenses between Chicago and Miami.
06:04Look, we don't want to play a prevent offense or prevent type game.
06:08We want to attack this game.
06:11And, you know, you can dance with the fire, but you got to be smart about it because, you
06:18know, getting relief points, you know, for us is also important.
06:21And we don't want to play just a snail's pace to try to slow them down.
06:25They'll still score, you know, or find ways to get, you know, that ball up the court.
06:31But, so, again, who can control the game?
06:36Who can impose their will?
06:37We know what their will is.
06:39We know what their game is.
06:41We have to be able to, you know, get to ours.
06:44Did he say he wants to dance with fire?
06:48What the hell was that?
06:53I'm like, listen, I've watched some of the greatest lines ever performed on, in film.
06:59And ain't nobody talking about dancing with fire.
07:04Not even in dirty dancing.
07:07Right.
07:09Right.
07:10Flash dance.
07:13She danced with fire.
07:14Save the last dance.
07:16What the hell does that mean?
07:20Wait, do you know what's funny?
07:23Every time we interview Smo, the only thing I'm thinking of is all the crazy stuff.
07:29He said, and we got to play nice.
07:32Because we, the most we ever got into was the, the walking.
07:37And he goes, I don't recall.
07:39No, he gave us a look like we were crazy.
07:41He's like, right.
07:42What do you mean traveling?
07:43How I act when I dance with the fire?
07:47D.E.
07:47Soul says, I'm sorry.
07:49Smo gives me hope when he says things like this.
07:51Just for what?
07:52It ain't about basketball.
07:55Like, what is this?
07:56The white Lotus?
07:57Like, you have the fire dancers there?
07:59I feel like a whole guy's going to come out with the fire, the fire on the sticks.
08:07Oh, man.
08:08And just start, like, what you doing?
08:11Yeah, when they hit you there.
08:12Man, what you doing?
08:12Dancing with the fire.
08:14Dancing with the fire, baby.
08:16Like, what?
08:17You're afraid to dance with the fire.
08:18Hey, you know what?
08:21Here's the worst part.
08:23I can picture Tobin cutting that sound up and replaying it back and going, Leroy's going
08:30to love this.
08:31No.
08:32The first thing I said, I read the quote and I was like, I got to hear what he said because
08:38that doesn't make sense.
08:39But can we get the beginning again, Vlad?
08:44Because I am confused.
08:47Look, we don't want to play a prevent offense or prevent type game.
08:51We want to attack this game.
08:53And, you know, you can dance with the fire, but you got to be smart about it.
08:59Because, you know, getting relief points.
09:02Because you can get burned?
09:04That.
09:04Yes.
09:05We want to dance with the fire, but you got to be smart about it.
09:11Wait.
09:12You know what the smart thing we'd do is?
09:14Don't dance with fire.
09:16It's like, Billy and Cha, you can play with matches, but just don't light it up.
09:21Don't lose.
09:23What?
09:23Don't, yo, Billy, clearly he hasn't heard the story of my childhood when I danced with
09:31fire and got my butt beat.
09:37Dave South makes a great point.
09:39Like, that's ayahuasca straight up.
09:40If Aaron Rodgers said that, we would need him to be put in a straitjacket.
09:45Yes.
09:45I'm telling you.
09:47Vlad said it best.
09:49Spoh got that ring protection.
09:50He can say anything.
09:51Man.
09:55One at a time.
09:56Wait a minute.
09:56Hold on.
09:56Hold on.
09:57Hold on.
09:57Hold on.
09:58I'm sorry, guys.
10:02After hearing that from yesterday and hearing some of the stuff that Chris Greer said yesterday,
10:08who said the most ridiculous thing?
10:12Well, because here's why.
10:15Here's why.
10:16Here's why.
10:17Because we all know what the situation is with Chris Greer.
10:26And there's not a whole lot he can say about the factual things that have happened with
10:32the organization in the last couple of years in the decisions that have been made.
10:37So he can kind of go around it.
10:40But the facts speak for themselves.
10:42When Spoh speaks.
10:45This is something that came from nowhere.
10:48No, dude.
10:48This is the thing with him, right?
10:49Like, because Pat Riley's got like four that he goes to.
10:53Like, main thing is the main thing.
10:54Like, you know, he's got he's got like four that are in the box that he'll go to suppose
11:01like he's like he's like a veteran reliever.
11:04He's like, I got a new pitch.
11:05I got a new pitches.
11:06Yeah, I got something like he remembered today this year when he's like, I really, truly believe
11:11something beautiful is on the other side.
11:13And I'm like, dude, you just got the doors blown off you by the jazz.
11:18You want me to tell you what's on the other side?
11:20If you keep playing like that, Cancun is beautiful this time of year.
11:26Like, I like it.
11:28And look, I, I, I'm never at a loss for words with many things that people say, but then
11:38I listen to Spoh and I don't know if maybe my vocabulary or my mind is too much of a simpleton
11:48to pick up on, you know, the, the, the wise words of Spoh, but I'm lost.
11:57I just feel like I look like when I hear this, I picture Chris Quinn looking from his coaching
12:01cubicle and he looks in the main office and he sees a fire and he goes, Spoh, what are
12:07you doing?
12:08He goes, giddy.
12:11What giddy.
12:14He goes, you're right, man.
12:17Vucevic.
12:18All right, I'm gonna leave you alone.
12:20And then he just like closes the door.
12:22Hold on.
12:23Now, let me ask you this guys.
12:26If Paul Maurice said that, would you be looking at, would we be responding the same way?
12:31He wouldn't say that.
12:33He wouldn't say that.
12:34No, Paul Maurice would be like, Paul, Paul Maurice has two speeds.
12:39It's like, he's either angry or he likes the game.
12:41Like, that's pretty much how it is.
12:43Like, he, you know, he's.
12:45Well, look, he deals with things with punitive skate.
12:48Like, so, like, yeah, so, so, you know how he's feeling based on them practices the next
12:55couple of days.
12:56But I like the way, like, the thing about Paul Maurice is he's mellow to us, right?
13:07But he'll tell you how it is and how he really feels.
13:15Well, hey, I'm not too discerned about how we played because we played pretty good.
13:21We just got a bunch of bad breaks or we got a lot of shots on goal.
13:24I can't believe nothing went in.
13:26You know, he'll say it like that.
13:28Spoh has never given an explanation that simple.
13:32He's never after a game said we were just terrible from three.
13:35He's never, it's always.
13:38You could be like, you could shoot 15% and he'll be like, I like their looks.
13:43Right.
13:44The process was great because you could dance with the fire, but you got to be careful.
13:49Huh?
13:50Who's the fire?
13:51I'll be smart.
13:51You got to be smart.
13:52Is the fire Gideon Vucevic?
13:54I think so.
13:55Or Boozelis.
13:57Boozelis.
13:57Or Kobe White.
13:58I mean, they've got, I mean, everybody's gotten them.
14:02Yeah.
14:02I was worried about Kobe White the last time they played and he didn't do nothing.
14:07Yeah.
14:09Don't worry.
14:10You don't want him to start waking up tonight.
14:12Nope.
14:12I know.
14:13I know, Vlad.
14:17It feels to me like if the game is close, the heat will blow.
14:20They got to blow these dudes out.
14:22Because if this is going to be like anything, if it's going to be another one where it's like nine points,
14:30I just know there's going to be a fourth quarter collapse.
14:32Even with a double-digit lead, can you trust this team to hold on to that lead?
14:36So, come on now.
14:38It's going to be a nail-biter.
14:40This is the only season where I watch the first half.
14:49And I'll go to take a break or whatever and get some drink or what have you.
14:53And sit back down and know that this game ain't close to being over.
14:59That's how I feel every time.
15:00Well, every time they play the Bulls, it's always like a 12-point game.
15:03I need it to be like a 25-point game to feel safe tonight.
15:07Because every time they play the Bulls and it's like 12, I'm like, too much time left.
15:11There's eight minutes left in the third quarter.
15:14There's too much time left.
15:15I need it.
