Tobin gives us a tour of new features within the Miami Heat arena and team's performance during the Red, White and Pink game. Things get dusty and goosies are had when watching the Miami Heat honor Pat Riley with the court being named after him. The Miami Heat announced yesterday that for his 30th season with the franchise they are naming the court at the Kaseya Center after Pat Riley.
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00:00Heat, they start preseason action night against the Charlotte Hornets.
00:05Tip off is at seven o'clock there.
00:06You can hear that here on five six WQAM.
00:09How do they do preseason basketball or preseason hockey versus football?
00:15Do they, they seem like they play, they play and then they'll stop playing by like the
00:20fourth quarter usually.
00:21Right.
00:22But sometimes even in the second, they're trying to build up to playing a full game.
00:25Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:26They do like, I imagine Jimmy didn't play at all last preseason, but he didn't play
00:31a lot at all.
00:32He didn't play a lot during the season either, so he played, he played yesterday in the scrimmage
00:37a little, a little, didn't score any points, but he played a little.
00:42And how was it in hockey?
00:44Hockey is weird because hockey does like split squads.
00:47They play a lot of young guys.
00:48They have a lot of guys up from camp, you know, so they'll do some games to warm it
00:53up.
00:54They'll split the games between Bob and night, you know?
00:56So a little action, baby, a little, a little bit.
00:58They're all getting back to build into the season, right?
01:01There's no, no playing and then starting to play, right?
01:04Except for Jimmy.
01:05See where I'm getting here.
01:07So tonight I would imagine you're going to get a little looky loot.
01:10Now you, I know everybody kind of rolled their eyes last night.
01:13You showed up for the red, white and pink game and immediately you hear Tyler Hero,
01:17Jaime Hawkins out, groin injury, and they're like, I think, suppose like I could already
01:24see the headlines now.
01:26It's like, well, you know, you can understand.
01:29He said nothing to worry about.
01:30So we'll see tonight.
01:31They always say nothing to worry about.
01:33And then a month later, the guy's playing his first game month later, the guy's got
01:37a foam, a foam neck holder to keep himself going.
01:41My goodness.
01:42Yeah.
01:43Um, so I don't know, you know, but last night it looked very much like the starting line
01:50that they rolled out yesterday was Jimmy Bam, Nico Terry.
01:55And then they put Alec Burks in the, what I imagine is going to be Tyler's spot.
01:59So Nico looks like I would guess he's got the inside track to, uh, to get that starting
02:03fifth spot.
02:04There's been some questions about what, what competitions are here in the middle of camp.
02:08Um, but it was fun.
02:09It was, it was fun.
02:10You said Bam was lighting it up from three yesterday.
02:14You got fuzzy.
02:15You got all warm and fuzzy.
02:16He was dude.
02:17He was hitting.
02:18I think he hit five from downtown yesterday.
02:21Five from downtown yesterday from Bam on a bio.
02:24How many did he take?
02:25Uh, 11.
02:26Oh, that's good.
02:2711.
02:28He hit a big five.
02:29He's the damn league.
02:30He had five out of the last, I think he had five of his first six.
02:34And then, uh, then he missed, he bricked his last like four, but he was, I mean, it wasn't
02:40like, you know, spot up, you know, sometimes a big man takes a three, he's wide open or
02:44whatever case.
02:45No, this, it looked like, I mean, yeah, there's no defense being played, but no, he was, he
02:49was, he was shooting them things up.
02:50He was, he was getting it going.
02:52You know, he was, he was letting it loose with the, uh, with the scrimmage.
02:58I like the red, the red.
02:59Yeah.
03:00I like the white on red with the pink, fancy, fancy pass by Terry.
03:05Ooh.
03:06You see that though?
03:07That was a quick release on that one.
03:08Yeah.
03:09Well, he was definitely, you know, one thing that was noticeable about Bam yesterday, boots
03:12on the ground, uh, during warmups, he's at like, even in his warmups, he's added different
03:19three point shots that he's doing.
03:20So he's doing a lot of stuff off movement and things like, he's not just doing spot
03:23up threes as the warmup.
03:24So most said, like he's shown he's capable.
03:27He's ready to, he said yesterday, he's ready to step right into the system and shoot them.
03:31And so I think, I think there's really something to SPO really trusting him now.
03:35And we talked to him a little bit about that.
03:37They bring in, um, Kaleo off the bench, Kaleo did come, come in off the bench.
03:45He came in off the bench, Niko, lighten it up from downtown there.
03:49Um, Kaleo look good.
03:51This team.
03:52And I said this when we were interviewing guys, in the course of six months, this team
03:58got big.
03:59Yeah.
04:00Right.
04:01Well, I'll tell you about that.
04:02Kaleo.
04:03Where?
04:04Oh, wow.
04:05Good call.
04:06I'm just saying way to go.
04:07Captain.
04:08Obvious.
04:09No, I'm just saying, see any flashes from him though.
04:15Did you see some stuff you liked?
04:17Yeah.
04:18Yeah.
04:19Larson.
04:20Great hair.
04:21Great hair.
04:22Really?
04:23I saw that bouncing just now.
04:26It was like, it was very flowy.
04:28Yup.
04:29Get ready for that.
04:30Great.
04:31Pella Larson hair.
04:32You see anything in oppressive, uh, out of number nine, he had the best game.
04:35I think Pella Larson had the best performance in the, in the scrimmage yesterday.
04:39He led him in scoring.
04:40He was everywhere.
04:41He was making every shot, every cut.
04:42He took the only, he made the only defensive player of the scrimmage where he took a charge
04:46and dad got to stay true to who I am, baby.
04:52Uh, Pella Larson was awesome yesterday.
04:55I'm trying to think who's the, well, it would be, um, who do we have that?
05:02The nine of tangible took a lot of charges.
05:04Uh, Duke Lowry, Lowry was the, Lowry took a lot of charges, but so did, um,
05:09no, no, no, not PJ.
05:10You D uh, not yet.
05:11Yeah.
05:12Baddie.
05:13Yeah.
05:14Baddie.
05:15It was bad.
05:16It was in there.
05:17That's the name of his foundation.
05:18Take charge.
05:19Oh, it's not take a charge, but I don't know, but it's, it's okay.
05:24I mean, that was some slack minus one for nitpicking.
05:28Oh, now we minus one.
05:31Wait, now we nitpick him and you laugh frog boy.
05:36If I, last time I recall the slightest slip on the work, no, we just go
05:44so demoralizing to me, right?
05:46I don't know why I read this guy's, I don't know why I read this.
05:51I don't know why I read this guy's a comment in Tony Romo voice, but
05:54whoo, bam, corner three leagues in trouble, Jim.
06:01What about a number 12?
06:03You see anything cool out of number 12?
06:05Uh, yeah.
06:06So some great assist from Drew Smith.
06:07He had a nice, uh, basket off the glass.
06:09You don't even call him by his name.
06:11No more.
06:12Number 12.
06:13Great assist there by Drew Smith.
06:15He didn't have a great assist.
06:16I don't like what you're doing to Drew Smith.
06:18I'm going to tell you like this.
06:19Yeah.
06:20The Heat really liked Drew Smith.
06:23Spode loves him.
06:24Spode loves him.
06:25And so from that standpoint, I'm gonna ride with Spode.
06:29Can I tell you something I saw yesterday?
06:31What?
06:33I didn't get video of it, but suppose, suppose little kid, his son.
06:37Yeah.
06:38This kid's got the handles been in one mixtape guy.
06:41What?
06:42Oh my God.
06:43Look at this kid.
06:44I was like going behind the back.
06:46I'm like, he's not even the size of the ball.
06:48Okay.
06:49It was incredible.
06:51Spode's probably got him.
06:53We're not going to be tall.
06:54So we, we got, we got to do all the intangible thing.
06:57Ball handling.
06:58Shoot three.
06:59Kid was handling like Kyrie in kindergarten.
07:02It was incredible.
07:03I was, I was, I was very, very impressed.
07:06I was like, what is he like six or seven?
07:09Would you say that Kyrie has the best handles in the league?
07:12I mean more.
07:13Little Spode.
07:16But I would say, yeah.
07:19Probably.
07:20Yeah.
07:21Nice.
07:22Probably.
07:23It's definitely fun.
07:24I'd say Terry's got great handles.
07:26It's fun watching him go up the court.
07:28He does.
07:29But, but he has that thing that we only saw once.
07:32Where he can get hot and just make everything.
07:37The, uh, the heat also announced yesterday that they are honoring Pat Riley.
07:42They are honoring Pat Riley.
07:44They are naming the court after him.
07:47Uh, I got this for video audience here.
07:50This is courtesy of the Miami heat.
07:52They, uh, they put a little montage together and then here is a Mickey
07:57Harrison, surprising Pat, giving him the news.
08:00The Miami Heat are going to be champions of the basketball game.
08:06I think, uh, the fortunes of the team dramatically changed with Pat
08:09Caperboard.
08:10It was clear that the heat were determined to make a statement about
08:14who they were.
08:16I believe that we can go down and change the culture and we can turn
08:19it quick.
08:20Don't back up.
08:21Run to it.
08:22All of a sudden the Miami Heat had something it never had before.
08:25It had an identity.
08:26He immediately made us relevant.
08:29Wait.
08:30Oh, put the ball behind the alley.
08:31And a jab, body shot.
08:35We're going to play with a lot of pride and I think you're going to
08:38take great pride in watching us play.
08:43Pat.
08:46We're entering our 30th season.
08:48Nick and I have been talking about what would be the best way to
08:53commemorate really the tremendous effect you've had on our
08:56organization, the Miami Heat and the city of Miami.
08:59We came up with the idea of naming the court after you.
09:03I hope you enjoy it.
09:06Are you kidding me?
09:10That looks great.
09:11And we got the logo.
09:15Wow.
09:17Enjoy it.
09:18It's going to be there forever.
09:20That wasn't the goal, but I appreciate it.
09:23Congratulations.
09:25Thanks for the gift.
09:30Damn, dude.
09:31Man.
09:33I'm not crying.
09:34You're crying.
09:40It's hot in here.
09:42The Lord.
09:43Jesus.
09:45Wow.
09:48If Pat Riley could cry, damn it, I could cry.
09:50Damn, dude.
09:51Wow.
09:53Wow.
09:54Earned it, dude.
09:55Earned it.
09:56Absolutely earned it.
09:58Oh, my God.
10:00Pat Riley.
10:01Pat Riley Court at the Casaya Center.
10:04Man.
10:06And no matter who purchases, whether it's AAA, Casaya, that fake Bitcoin,
10:14it'll always be Pat Riley Court, man.
10:16It's amazing.
10:17I like the autograph thing next to it, too.
10:19That's cool.
10:20That's like, you know, because I think they said in the statement,
10:23the only other guy who has this is Red Auerbach in the league.
10:26I think in college.
10:28I know Coach K has it, I think.
10:30Don't they have it?
10:31Wooden?
10:32Wooden.
10:33Yeah.
10:34John Wooden.
10:35John Wooden.
10:36That's a really cool.
10:37Like, look, I know maybe people were talking about Pat Riley statue.
10:39It is.
10:40It is.
10:42Now that you think about it, a lot of people have statues.
10:47Yep.
10:49If somebody came a field or court after you.
10:53Right.
10:54It can't be missed.
10:56If you watch any basketball, it cannot be missed.
11:00That's good, man.
11:02Great job by Mickey.
11:04He got him, too.
11:06Oh, did you see him?
11:07They got him, too.
11:09Got him to a theater or something like that?
11:11Hey, what's this?
11:13Heat TV's got a little montage here, something.
11:15I don't know.
11:16You do this.
11:1730 years with the Heat.
11:19Awesome.
11:21Awesome.
11:22Pat Riley's definitely changed the game down here.
11:24Needless to say, well-deserved.
11:26Oh, unbelievable.
11:28Yeah.
11:29Definitely deserved.
11:31Here's the one person down here.
11:33If he gets in front of a mic, the room's full.
11:35Yep.
11:36No, he gets a whole contingent.
11:38Right.
11:39Pat Riley speaking.
11:41I don't care where they are.
11:43That room is full.
11:45They'll ask divisive questions.
11:47I didn't ask divisive questions.
11:48I didn't ask divisive questions.
11:50You're a part of his history.
11:52What do you mean a part of his history?
11:54Astrid will always remember you.
11:56Dude.
11:58Somebody said Pat thought he was going to see Inside Out 2.
12:02The Kansas court is named after Naismith.
12:05Oh.
12:07But yeah, that's more of a college thing.
12:09Yeah.
12:11It's pretty cool that the Heat are doing that.
12:13Really, really great job by Mickey.
12:15That's what I said.
12:16That's what I said.
12:18Go to break.
12:20It got dusty.
12:22It got dusty in here after that.
12:24Wow.
12:26Hey, the delivery caught me off guard.
12:28Right.
12:30Yep.
12:32Good job.
12:34Damn.
12:36Don't it make you just want to give Pat Riley a hug?
12:38Right.
12:40Yeah.
12:41Doesn't do it.
12:43Doesn't do hugs.
12:45How do you feel?
12:47Do you think they know it's his last season?
12:49Do you think they're doing it for a particular reason?
12:51I mean, 30 is obviously a big anniversary.
12:53He's turning 80.
12:55Do you think that there's any hint that maybe he's done?
12:57I think that sometimes you should be celebrated before the end.
13:04Yeah.
13:06And show your real appreciation rather than after it's done.
13:09So I don't know if this is his last year.
13:12No.
13:13But even being discussed, you want to honor him in some way beforehand.
13:20Yep.
13:22So it'll be interesting with every.
13:26We were here.
13:28Pat Riley Court in the Casillas Center.
13:30Yep.
13:32Right.
13:33Jackson, Jackson, you know, Jackson.
13:35I can hear Jackson, Eric now already.
13:37Yep.
13:39From the P.
13:40Wow.
13:42No, dude.
13:44How'd you make it weird?
13:46Minus one for ruining a.
13:48Why?
13:50Minus one for ruining like a tear jerk moment.
13:54You just made it.
13:56You made it weird, Pat Riley.
13:58Yep.
14:00I tell you what, that is also true.
14:02Dave Jones.
14:04Miami Heat world class organization from top to the bottom.
14:06Yeah, definitely.
14:08We'll show you.
14:09We may have complained.
14:11About some of the moves they made, but we have never questioned.
14:17The way and the manner in which they do things.
14:20Definitely.
14:21Ever.