1 00:00:15,119 --> 00:00:20,320 What is a crack of vacuum, Fellow thermonuclear afforts. I am at Dan 2 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:25,039 Valley coming at you with the first of two Warriors is one with two New 3 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:29,359 Year's theme pods. I'm gonna go through. I did a project where I 4 00:00:29,399 --> 00:00:34,520 pulled people on every NBA team's biggest regret from the twenty twenty two calendar year, 5 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,320 and then we're gonna go through New Year's resolutions at some point my release 6 00:00:37,399 --> 00:00:40,799 it on New Year's Day or maybe the day after since that's a since that's 7 00:00:40,799 --> 00:00:44,200 a Monday, so it'll be New Year's Resolutions for twenty twenty three before we 8 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,960 get started, and we're going through every every NBA team here. 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Helps us out if you follow us there too. 27 00:01:49,519 --> 00:01:53,040 Let's dig into this though, so I did. Every NBA team's the 28 00:01:53,079 --> 00:01:57,480 biggest regret of two twenty two, and I think it's kind of important to 29 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:02,159 note that this is not meant to be a pessimistic exercise. This is I 30 00:02:02,239 --> 00:02:07,640 call it the Welcome to the Season of No Regrets, a glorious time of 31 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,159 year in which we reflect on the past twelve months of the NBA calendar, 32 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,960 never once actually lamenting our fandom interest or the hours upon hours we've spent watching 33 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,639 this league, but we dutifully acknowledge that, yeah, things could have always 34 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,319 gone better for each and every team, including our favorite. Now, as 35 00:02:23,319 --> 00:02:28,039 far as criteria for this goes, I didn't go with injuries, since those 36 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,960 are not in within a team's control. Regrets are also relative. Some teams 37 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,439 barely have any from which to choose, and they forced us to split hairs 38 00:02:37,439 --> 00:02:42,960 and picnics and obsess over the particulars. That's perfectly fine. Other franchises, 39 00:02:43,039 --> 00:02:46,319 yeah, well, there will be stronger, louder, more painful pangs of 40 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,800 if we only had a time machine or just flat out oh crap moments. 41 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,960 But many of these mistakes that I'm going to point out their mistakes right now 42 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,039 or regrets right now, it doesn't mean that they're irreversible. And so don't 43 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:59,639 you know, don't go through this if you don't have a thick enough skin 44 00:03:00,159 --> 00:03:02,159 or you think that all these are reversible. Some of them might be irreversible. 45 00:03:02,439 --> 00:03:07,639 And I also think, finally, if you prodded team executives for their 46 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:12,520 responses here, they would give you a bunch of different answers. These regrets 47 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,960 are not meant to reflect what the team would say, because they're going to 48 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,479 give you the party line instead. I informally pulled people who cover and follow 49 00:03:20,719 --> 00:03:25,120 every team for their thoughts, suggestions, and confirmations with one goal in mind, 50 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:30,639 spotlighting moves or overarching themes from the year twenty twenty two, so part 51 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:36,520 of last season, part of this season that each franchise should be regretting as 52 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,599 of now as we enter two twenty three and the actual last final. Aside, 53 00:03:40,199 --> 00:03:46,400 I did steer clear of anything that wasn't purely related to basketball. There 54 00:03:46,439 --> 00:03:50,479 are a lot more important things that have happened off the court this year that 55 00:03:50,719 --> 00:03:53,400 deserve focus, but they're also debatable. Those should be regrets everyone involved, 56 00:03:53,439 --> 00:03:57,319 everyone related to the team should regret all the stuff that we've seen happen, 57 00:03:57,439 --> 00:04:00,800 with Miles Bridges pleading no contest to a felony domestic violence charged, then the 58 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,120 Hornets news dumping that they were in contracts talks with him right before Christmas, 59 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:13,800 Kyrie Irving's anti Semitic propaganda, Anthony Edwards saying homophobic comments and then being fine 60 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,480 for such. Anything related to Robert Sarvern and the Phoenix Suns doctor Hillary Calvin 61 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:23,959 alleging that Josh Primo indecently exposed himself during their sessions. She was a former 62 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,759 team psychologist, and he was subsequently released. All this stuff, Boston Celtics 63 00:04:27,759 --> 00:04:32,199 and Emai Adoka being suspended for having an inappropriate workplace relationship and making unwanted comments 64 00:04:32,199 --> 00:04:35,720 toward a female employee. These are regrets. They should be regrets. They 65 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,800 just weren't the focus here, and I don't mean to downplay them. They 66 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:44,319 are inarguably regrettable, so I'm not intending to ignore marginalize them. This is 67 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:49,120 just a basketball exercise, as callous as that sounds. With that, though, 68 00:04:49,319 --> 00:04:51,240 as we're already enough to a better pace, as I say that, 69 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:56,360 I'm gonna go blow through this. We start with the Atlanta Hawks. This 70 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,480 was interesting. The regret I have is trading Kevin Herder Sacramento, but also 71 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:09,120 letting Travish Schlank direct their entire offseason before putting into different front office leadership less 72 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,040 than halfway through the year. We know that now Dave McMillan's thinking about resigning 73 00:05:13,439 --> 00:05:15,920 because you know, not because of what's going on. Talks he said that 74 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,079 maybe he's thinking about retiring after this year. I believe he was the latest 75 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,920 Landry Fields feels like he's already gonna make changes. It's weird to let Schlank 76 00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:26,120 go three your entire offseason, spearhead, the de Jante Murray trade, your 77 00:05:26,199 --> 00:05:29,319 draft, all that jazz, and then for him to sort of step down 78 00:05:29,319 --> 00:05:31,399 midway through the year. If he was that close to being fired or demoted, 79 00:05:31,439 --> 00:05:35,959 however you want to frame it, you probably should have made that call 80 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,920 sooner. I would think or not let him make such wholesale decisions. But 81 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,040 I think that's the easy one here. Like Kevin Herder, the Hawks are 82 00:05:43,079 --> 00:05:45,920 in the bottom three of both three point percentage in a tenth rate. Kevin 83 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,240 Herder is a lights out shooter who was killing it for the King, shooting 84 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:54,079 over forty percent on his triples the Boston Celtics. The regret turnovers and poor 85 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,160 defensive rebounding to close out the twenty twenty two NBA Finals. I think that's 86 00:05:58,199 --> 00:06:00,160 a no brainer here. You can't really lament William was the third injury. 87 00:06:00,199 --> 00:06:03,120 I guess some people could say, could they have gotten Malcolm Brogden at last 88 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:08,319 year's trade deadline? He was battling achilles injuries all year last season, so 89 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,519 I can't say that. And when you look at the Celtics, they jump 90 00:06:11,519 --> 00:06:14,079 out to a two to one series lead in the finals, and over the 91 00:06:14,079 --> 00:06:16,879 final three games they turn the ball over more than twenty percent of their possessions, 92 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,920 and they allow Golden State to rebound almost thirty percent of their own missus. 93 00:06:21,079 --> 00:06:25,160 And then game six, in particular, they turn the ball over on 94 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,600 twenty five percent just about of their offensive possessions, and then they allow Golden 95 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,199 State to board thirty seven point three percent of their friendly misfires. They'd like 96 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,920 to have those back. The Brooklyn Nets probably don't regret a whole lot right 97 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,879 now, but taking so long to carve out some zeblence of stability here, 98 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,439 it's a no brainer. I think you can equate this. They should have 99 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,000 fired Steve Nash sooner if you weren't going to give into Kevin Durant over the 100 00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:50,040 offseason. But then fire Steve Nash seven games into the year. That's weird, 101 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:54,680 and you've been basically the best team in basketball under Jacque Vaughan. But 102 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:59,120 it's also just the extracurricular stuff taking so long to kind of draw a line 103 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:03,560 in the stand with Kyrier, not just with their response to his anti Semitic 104 00:07:03,639 --> 00:07:08,319 propaganda, but also his contract talks, like that's not on. If they 105 00:07:08,319 --> 00:07:10,439 didn't want to sign them, that's fine, But they let that drag out. 106 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,839 They let the Kevin Durant trade demands circus play out for so long you're 107 00:07:13,879 --> 00:07:16,399 hedging on Steve Nass there. They let this, even the James Harden stuff 108 00:07:16,439 --> 00:07:18,839 before he was traded last year. They let this team turn into a three 109 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:23,600 ring circus and then let it last for longer than it really needed to. 110 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,480 And that's just that's a no brainer regret there. The Hornets, I think 111 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,720 some people are going to point to, all, why are they still aiming 112 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,120 for the middle and just can't blow it up? How are you going to 113 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,160 blow it up with this? Seem like who has net positive trade value? 114 00:07:34,319 --> 00:07:39,519 Aside from LaMelo? There's Cody Mark's not healthy, otherwise he might, but 115 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:44,199 there's PJ. Washington and Mark Williams probably has it at this point, and 116 00:07:44,319 --> 00:07:46,439 maybe Kelly Bridge Junior. And that's just kind of sort of it. At 117 00:07:46,439 --> 00:07:49,360 this point, the Hornets sucked right now and so they don't need to blow 118 00:07:49,399 --> 00:07:53,399 it up. They're going to be organically bad. I don't understand why they 119 00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:56,279 dealt out of number thirteen in the draft. That's their biggest regret. They 120 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,839 ended up getting a pick from that'll come from the Nuggets. That'll be worse 121 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,720 this year. It's gonna be way outside the lottery and then four like kind 122 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:05,399 of shitty second rounders. This isn't about them missing on jail and Derren. 123 00:08:05,439 --> 00:08:09,199 Mark Williams looked pretty good lately, but like, why not take a flyer 124 00:08:09,439 --> 00:08:11,839 on, you know, take Mark Williams, the guy you apparently wanted at 125 00:08:11,879 --> 00:08:15,199 number thirteen, and then they could have taken a flyer on Charison or Christian 126 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,079 Brown. Imagine any of those guys on this team right now. The Chicago 127 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,959 Bulls, their biggest regret has to be whipping on the twenty twenty two NBA 128 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,920 trade deadline. We knew that Lonzo Ball was having the issues at that point, 129 00:08:26,959 --> 00:08:31,000 but the Bulls were married to this wind now timeline at that moment, 130 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:35,639 regardless. His injury can't change that. Even Alex Caruso being banged up, 131 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,720 if you had the chance to flip Patrick Williams for Jeremy Grant or Harrison Barnes, 132 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:41,360 two perfect fits that were just sort of floating around on the trade market 133 00:08:41,399 --> 00:08:45,480 out there, and you didn't. That's a big miss because look at just 134 00:08:45,519 --> 00:08:48,559 where you're at now. Patrick Williams is kind of showing signs at both ends, 135 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,480 but then it's just maddingly inconsistent as stretches where you don't feel him. 136 00:08:52,519 --> 00:08:54,200 And the Bulls are not better off now for keeping him, nor are they 137 00:08:54,279 --> 00:08:58,679 more equipped to tear it down and start over because they kept him. Either, 138 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:01,879 they should have done something to maximized last year when they were thirteen games 139 00:09:01,919 --> 00:09:05,559 over five hundred at the trade deadline, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Caros Lavert 140 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,320 trade. This is it's not a huge regret, and they have his expiring 141 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,600 contract now, but they have other contracts that thin get like Jetty Osman and 142 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,559 Dylan win Windler, Like you can step out of your way with money, 143 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:20,480 even Kevin Love, who really needed to to bring in a bigger ticket player. 144 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,240 But you gave up a first round pick. You had to keep it 145 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,879 this past year, and you ended up sending it out in the Donovan Mitchell 146 00:09:24,919 --> 00:09:28,679 trade. But if you still had that just extra first round pick in your 147 00:09:28,759 --> 00:09:33,799 chamber, you could have used it to make a trade this year. Or 148 00:09:33,919 --> 00:09:37,080 does it save you a pick in the Jazz trade for Donovan Mitchell, where 149 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,919 maybe you're not going out as far on the commitments. I doubt it. 150 00:09:39,919 --> 00:09:43,159 Maybe Danny Ainge you even insists on getting that pick as well, but I 151 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,759 think you'd rather have the pick at this point for the flexibility it would provide 152 00:09:46,799 --> 00:09:50,799 you on the trademark. I think Carris Lavert, who's had an iffy season 153 00:09:50,919 --> 00:09:54,440 and becomes definitely redundant a little bit off the bench as another ball handler when 154 00:09:54,639 --> 00:09:58,200 and if Ray Rubio is healthy. The Mavericks, it's the jail, how 155 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:03,000 they handled the Dylan runs In situation and his eventual exit. I think we 156 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,279 can argue that most of the situation played out before twenty twenty two, because 157 00:10:07,279 --> 00:10:11,399 the Mavericks didn't offer him that four year, fifty five point five million dollars 158 00:10:11,399 --> 00:10:16,200 extension whatever it was leading into last season, and I'm sure they would have 159 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,759 offered it, or I don't know if they did. I think there's there's 160 00:10:18,799 --> 00:10:22,320 complicting reports about that he wasn't going to sign it with the way he was 161 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:26,759 playing last year. I think what's more problematic is they didn't capitalize on his 162 00:10:26,799 --> 00:10:30,480 value at the trade deadline, having to know he was a flight risk. 163 00:10:30,879 --> 00:10:35,159 Even more so than that, like they didn't put up an aggressive enough offer 164 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,600 to even like maybe poach him away from the Knicks. And even if you 165 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,200 thought he was already gone to the Knicks, how did you not try to 166 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,440 find leverage to broker assign in trade he saw the Knicks were going to lengths 167 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,639 to create cap space. Was it just a non starter? And even if 168 00:10:46,639 --> 00:10:50,320 you're going to come up with an excuse for all that, there's no defense 169 00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:54,720 for just not adequately replacing him. You have Luca being overworked still even though 170 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:58,120 they tried to use me different situations. And then you Christian would okay, 171 00:10:58,159 --> 00:11:01,960 you have Spencer in wity, but you already had Spencer Dimity. That wasn't 172 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,399 an addition. That was just him being promoted essentially because of the jail and 173 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:09,759 Brunson exit and now Kemball Walker plush Christian Wood. That's not enough at like 174 00:11:09,919 --> 00:11:13,879 extra shot creation there. You couldn't even bag going on drocket. You're a 175 00:11:13,919 --> 00:11:16,759 friend of Luca don Chich because you wanted him to be basically a shorter Bobon 176 00:11:16,879 --> 00:11:20,559 and sit at the end of your bench. You're also not built to make 177 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,360 a trade now because you have to convey that pick to the Knicks. I'll 178 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:28,120 excuse not making a trade, but not just even more capably handling Brunson's exit 179 00:11:28,159 --> 00:11:31,440 in general and the fallout from it. You have to regret that the Denver 180 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:35,360 Nuggets no major regrets, but I think giving the thunder a twenty twenty seven 181 00:11:35,399 --> 00:11:39,039 first round pick to take on ja Michael Green, it's conditional predicted that twenty 182 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,840 twenty nine that has to be a regret. It wasn't in either or proposition. 183 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,720 It was a way of cutting their tax bill and they are comfortably in 184 00:11:46,759 --> 00:11:50,240 the tax now. Also, the contagious called Polpe trade cut their tax bill, 185 00:11:50,279 --> 00:11:54,200 but that was also just a really good basketball trade from them. I 186 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,799 know the Nuggets got the number thirty pick in last year's draft as part of 187 00:11:56,799 --> 00:12:01,440 that Jamichael Green dump, But unless you're in love with Peyton Watson, I 188 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,279 would prefer the flexibility of being able to trade up to two first round picks 189 00:12:05,279 --> 00:12:09,279 conditionally because of their commitment to Is it Orlando? I think it's Orlando because 190 00:12:09,279 --> 00:12:13,759 the way they're commitment to Orlando shakes out, that would be more valuable to 191 00:12:13,759 --> 00:12:16,519 them. And I think you could also say, if you want to talk 192 00:12:16,519 --> 00:12:20,440 about the Monte Morris trade, there wasn't no way to figure that one out 193 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,879 without giving him up, because now you saddle Bones Highland with just so much. 194 00:12:24,159 --> 00:12:26,279 I think those reps end up helping Bones in the long run, and 195 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:28,919 the struggles that are sort of part and parcel here, it's really just the 196 00:12:30,039 --> 00:12:33,919 I'd rather have the pick. I don't care about saving billionaires money. You're 197 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,840 cutting their their tax bill. So even if you had your Michael Green on 198 00:12:37,879 --> 00:12:39,399 the roster, you just don't have Peyton Watson at that point. It's a 199 00:12:39,399 --> 00:12:41,759 body count wash and you could have waived your Michael Green. Like we're talking 200 00:12:41,759 --> 00:12:48,799 about billionaires here and a championship contender who I think needs to more more optimally 201 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,080 use their best assets. And I don't know that they would have went out 202 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,440 and made this huge trade, but those picks, to have them, not 203 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,840 only do they cost control the assets down the players down the line, but 204 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:01,200 their assets you can move in future seasons, even if it's not this one. 205 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,519 It just would have been more flexibility. So not a fan of it 206 00:13:03,639 --> 00:13:07,000 in hindsight. The Pistons, they're at a point in the rebuild where you 207 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:11,440 can't necessarily regret much unless you think that Jay Nivey was the wrong selection. 208 00:13:11,799 --> 00:13:15,240 Just why you give him Marvin Badley three yearant eight years? I know that 209 00:13:15,279 --> 00:13:18,720 he played well and developed chemistry with Kate Cunningham at the end of last year. 210 00:13:18,879 --> 00:13:22,360 What was his market that you need to give him twelve point five million 211 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,080 bucks a pop. That's above mid level of money. Why did it have 212 00:13:24,159 --> 00:13:28,279 to go out so long? He has been bad this year. He's shooting, 213 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,720 He's like an effective field goal percentage sub forty five on jumpers. Not 214 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,879 hitting his threes doesn't make sense in the dual big lineups, opponents are shooting 215 00:13:35,879 --> 00:13:39,360 over seventy two percent at the rim when he's on the floor. And he 216 00:13:39,399 --> 00:13:43,240 also hasn't been able to play with Kate Cunningham because Badley missed the start of 217 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,639 the season and came back just as Kate Cunningham suffered his his shin injury. 218 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:50,440 So that's just the deal that they should want back. It's not a moovable, 219 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,799 but it's at least one year too long, and it's a net negative 220 00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:56,440 asset at this point. The Warriors, look, they're catching some fire right 221 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,960 now. Jonathan Comingka doing great things on the defensive end. Patrick Baldam Junior 222 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,720 and Tied Roman looked fantastic. The fact that the Warriors are dependent on guys 223 00:14:03,799 --> 00:14:07,960 named Tied to Rome and Patrick Baldam Junior right now, even with step out, 224 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:11,360 is very concerning and they probably should have done a better job of I 225 00:14:11,399 --> 00:14:16,720 won't say keeping veteran bench deaf because Ida Porter Junior barely played this year for 226 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,759 Raptors. Gary Payton the second has not even played yet for the Blazers, 227 00:14:18,799 --> 00:14:22,519 and so they still would have run too issues if they kept those guys, 228 00:14:22,519 --> 00:14:24,679 but they could have been more creative and how they filled out the rest of 229 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,399 their roster where it's you didn't have to resign Andre Goadala, you got done 230 00:14:28,399 --> 00:14:31,320 to Devencenzio great ed, and then Jamichael Green hasn't worked out and you're calling 231 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,600 it a day. It's just we have Kamana and Wiseman and Moody and those 232 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,919 guys are going to step up. You trusted the youth and the unproven developmental 233 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,600 projects too much. I think you even trusted Jordan Poole too much. Playing 234 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:46,200 well right now, but it's had a pretty bad year overall, so I 235 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,320 would have liked to have seen them even make it. It wasn't assigning make 236 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:52,639 a trade James Wiseman. You should have dangled him more for bench step in 237 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:56,720 my humble opinion, someone who might be your seventh best best player, because 238 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,120 it's not him right now. We'll see if it pans out on the long 239 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,759 term, but at the moment, if you think Steph is gonna come back 240 00:15:01,759 --> 00:15:03,399 and you want to make a run, Wiseman is just not valuable to you. 241 00:15:05,039 --> 00:15:09,559 The Rockets no wild regrets here. If you want. Some people might 242 00:15:09,639 --> 00:15:13,000 want them to have fire Steven Silas by now. I'm just maybe I just 243 00:15:13,039 --> 00:15:18,639 think they took too long to, you know, uptick increase Alpert and Shane 244 00:15:18,639 --> 00:15:22,759 Gun's role. They've run a lot more stuff from him through Thanksgiving, but 245 00:15:22,799 --> 00:15:24,879 even so you can see dragged down by the beginning of the year. Like 246 00:15:24,919 --> 00:15:28,399 his touches in the front court are down this season per game compared to last 247 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,080 year. His usage is down. That has more to do with probably his 248 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,360 shooting. He's also cut down on his turnovers, which has helped too, 249 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:37,639 So I won't read too much into that. And again they're running more stuff 250 00:15:37,639 --> 00:15:41,519 from him, run even more. There shouldn't barring foul trouble, there shouldn't 251 00:15:41,519 --> 00:15:43,200 be a game where he's playing under twenty five minutes, and I think it's 252 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,799 good that his you know, paint touches for thirty six minutes are up this 253 00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:50,039 season, and like I said, they've really started to Juice's volume, juices 254 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:54,879 even more. He's your best passer right now, and I think you need 255 00:15:54,879 --> 00:15:56,120 to milk that even more than you already had, and also get some guys 256 00:15:56,159 --> 00:16:00,840 moving around him or too. There's like one cut on these possessions. They 257 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,120 have quarter one guy moving and then like the possession just dies if it doesn't 258 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,039 work out. So I'd like to see more of that. The Indiana Pacers 259 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,120 lack of clarity on the front line. I didn't want to just pick Miles 260 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:11,960 Turner, but there's a trickle down effect here. By leaving the Miles Turner 261 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,399 situation unsettled, you don't really know what you want out of your four spot. 262 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:21,879 So hat tip. Excuse me Rhet Bauer for chopping it up with me 263 00:16:21,919 --> 00:16:23,600 about this on the side. And also, you just didn't have wings on 264 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,600 this roster begin with. AARONI Smith has been really nice this year. Andrew 265 00:16:27,639 --> 00:16:30,559 Nemhar has been able to guard up a bunch guarded some threes, guarded some 266 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:36,320 fours two this year. I appreciate that Indiana has gotten gloriously weird at the 267 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,600 ford when you just look at like Benn Nick Mathren Is defended some fours this 268 00:16:38,679 --> 00:16:42,240 season, But like, you want to figure this out at some point, 269 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:47,159 And so if you're gonna renegotiate and extend Miles Turner, good work your way 270 00:16:47,159 --> 00:16:48,000 back from there. What do you want out of the four spot? Is 271 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,159 it a Jalen Smith type player? Is it someone is it someone else? 272 00:16:52,279 --> 00:16:56,120 Are you going to go with more of a power wing there at the four 273 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,840 spot? If you're gonna have Miles Turner, I would I prefer power wing 274 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:00,000 more than Jalen Smith, to be honest with you. But what are you 275 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,519 gonna do with the three spot? Then? Like Bennedict math and Buddy Heal, 276 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,000 Christo Wart like those are all swingmen guards. To me, you have 277 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:11,599 a shaper sett He's a free agent and criminally underplayed still and there's just that 278 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,160 lack of clarity. It's not just about Turner, it's what do we want 279 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:15,480 out of the rest of this. It's a lack of true wing options and 280 00:17:15,519 --> 00:17:19,480 then sort of a lack of an idea what you want at that second forward 281 00:17:19,519 --> 00:17:22,680 spot and then also just at the center spot, because are you going to 282 00:17:22,799 --> 00:17:26,960 keep Miles Turner or not. The LA Clippers, I think the biggest REGRETSS 283 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:33,079 has to be not being more innovative or experimental with their offense. And I 284 00:17:33,079 --> 00:17:36,079 would just phrase that as their twenty eighth and point score possession. But they're 285 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:38,559 killing people when Kawhi Leonard is on the court with Paul George and when Kawhi 286 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,039 Leonard is on the court without Paul George, their top end units are title 287 00:17:42,079 --> 00:17:47,119 contender material. But like the John Wall stuff just hasn't worked out. He's 288 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,480 not given you the same variable cadence in the half court, not getting to 289 00:17:49,519 --> 00:17:52,559 the rim as much as he was at the start of the season, bailing 290 00:17:52,559 --> 00:17:56,039 out a lot. I don't think you need to guarantee him minutes, even 291 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,720 you know he's not playing both ends of back to backs. But even beyond 292 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,000 that, we need to grett Reggie Jackson has been better, but you don't 293 00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:03,880 need to guarantee him in its normal palace played a lot better, so he 294 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,039 needs to be there. But do you need coming tends already out of the 295 00:18:07,079 --> 00:18:10,799 rotation? Do you need Marcus Morris and all these games, like, let's 296 00:18:10,839 --> 00:18:14,799 give some jet fuel in the form of Luke Kennard his just sort of functional 297 00:18:14,799 --> 00:18:18,480 shooting from me outside. And then also the rim pressure and defensive energy that 298 00:18:18,599 --> 00:18:22,799 Terrence Mann is going to give you the Los Angeles Lakers. This is easy 299 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:27,200 forgetting once again that wings are valuable rotation assets or the Rob Pelinka extension, 300 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,559 but they're both basically the same thing. To me, it's not failure to 301 00:18:30,599 --> 00:18:33,920 trade Russell Westbrook over the offseason. I don't think unless they could have had 302 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,000 Kyrie, that there's a trade out there that would have rescued them from where 303 00:18:38,039 --> 00:18:41,279 they are this season. You can't. You know, you weren't going to 304 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,480 prevent any Davis from getting injured with a trade, And I think that the 305 00:18:45,599 --> 00:18:49,000 roster was just so far gone. No single trade, barring one for a 306 00:18:49,039 --> 00:18:53,960 superstar, was ever going to save you from the faith that you're suffering now. 307 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:57,240 And so I just focused on why didn't you even optimize what the tools 308 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:02,920 you went with? You snapped up on guys under six five basically or under 309 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:04,000 six six, soever you want to look at it. Like Lonnie Walker the 310 00:19:04,759 --> 00:19:07,759 fourth has been like good fit better in the offense than I thought. He 311 00:19:07,799 --> 00:19:11,000 would, but like, why did you need him if you knew? You 312 00:19:11,079 --> 00:19:14,519 had to know. The Beverly trade was like in the fire, you end 313 00:19:14,559 --> 00:19:17,519 up signing Dennis Shrewder, you still have Kendrick Non, you added Troy Brown 314 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,599 Junior wants This kind of winners is not really a wing, but at least 315 00:19:19,599 --> 00:19:22,480 like SOT Accounts is one, There's him and Austin Reeves and Lebron and it's 316 00:19:22,519 --> 00:19:26,240 like kind of sort of hit for this team. Why weren't they in on 317 00:19:26,319 --> 00:19:30,759 Utah want a Nabby or TJ Warren? Did they? I'm sure wants Anaby 318 00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:33,279 definitely would have been an option for them to TJ. Warren not want to 319 00:19:33,279 --> 00:19:34,359 go there. It seems like he really wanted to go to Brooklyn. So 320 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:40,000 they needed to do more to get actual wings and to make the roster makes 321 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,960 sense, which is something they fail to do time and again during the Lebron 322 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:48,680 James era the Grizzlies. My regret is them not getting more of an established 323 00:19:48,759 --> 00:19:53,279 veteran to diversify the front court. I, however, will not pretend that 324 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,960 the Grizzlies have any regrets. They would probably trash talk me into a sobbing 325 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,960 fetal position if I directly suggest to them that this is what they should have 326 00:20:02,039 --> 00:20:04,240 done. And look, I don't blame them. They've They've had a lot 327 00:20:04,279 --> 00:20:07,480 of developmental hits. Bay might be an All Star if he didn't miss over 328 00:20:07,519 --> 00:20:11,319 a month with that right toe injury. Sandy Aldama is super useful and just 329 00:20:11,319 --> 00:20:15,480 sort of everywhere at David Roddy is this idiosyncratic utility. You can see the 330 00:20:15,559 --> 00:20:18,559 vision of Jakla Rabia and his outside values that here. Williams, who dealt 331 00:20:18,559 --> 00:20:22,440 with a knee injury to start the year, has the fluidity in length to 332 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,279 make things happen, even if he too often plays at a speed best described 333 00:20:25,319 --> 00:20:30,319 as buffering. Everything's sunky dory. But like we're talking playoff basketball. If 334 00:20:30,319 --> 00:20:34,160 you want to get to lineups and you are going to with Jarren Jackson Junior 335 00:20:34,279 --> 00:20:37,920 at the five and you don't have Anderson, you don't have melted anymore. 336 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:41,079 Yeah, your defense is fine, you're forcing turnovers again, but it just 337 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:45,799 feels like you need to upgrade the Aldama Roddy minutes here. Brandon Karkman. 338 00:20:45,839 --> 00:20:49,039 It's even because he's been such a matchup problem against certain teams, including the 339 00:20:49,079 --> 00:20:52,319 Warriors, someone like Kyle Kuzma would have been great. They should have been 340 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:56,240 in on the Jeremy Grant sweep stakes. The fact that they didn't go that 341 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:59,960 route, and they have the assets too, it's just a little bit disappointing 342 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,599 to me. And I get what they're doing, but I think it should 343 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:07,279 be regret Kiven, how good they are, they should approach the potential for 344 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:11,799 when now upgrades with more urgency Miami Heat. They regret inadequately replacing the PJ. 345 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,759 Tucker minutes. He was gone for feeling no matter what, even if 346 00:21:15,759 --> 00:21:17,759 they were going to match the money. I don't think they would have, 347 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,480 but they could have. If they would have, I think he still would 348 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:23,119 have left. So it's not about him leaving specifically, but you did nothing 349 00:21:23,319 --> 00:21:27,640 to replace him. And yes, I know you're limited in flexibility and spending 350 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,799 power. You brought back Kayla Martin those minutes with him at the flour been 351 00:21:30,839 --> 00:21:34,279 a net neutral about They've been okay and he's been good for them, But 352 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,200 Jimmy Butler's had to play more four than ever. That's got to be taxing 353 00:21:37,279 --> 00:21:41,640 on him. And then you're sort of trying to get by with Hayward high 354 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,119 Smith. We've seen the Corps of Duncan Robinson there for a bit, and 355 00:21:45,279 --> 00:21:48,640 as well as rookie Nikola Yovich, and we've seen the Heat's offense and offensive 356 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:53,279 rebounding in particular suffer. Accordingly, I get Miami Soul's time to exit this 357 00:21:53,319 --> 00:21:56,000 holding pattern, but like they also don't, the margin for error in the 358 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,160 East is not that great. They are worse, especially on offense, than 359 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,759 they were last year, even as they're starting to tick up at the moment, 360 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,720 and just skulking around the Jay Crowder roomoril doesn't count as making a move 361 00:22:07,839 --> 00:22:11,599 up. Its just it doesn't like you need to strike at some point. 362 00:22:11,079 --> 00:22:14,720 The Bucks, I think they needed to do more to beef up their half 363 00:22:14,759 --> 00:22:18,359 court offense. I know that Chris Middleton hasn't really played this year. He 364 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,119 drew Holiday and Johannis had played in just five games together as we talk right 365 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:26,960 now. It's an issue. But like signing Joe Ingles was a flex when 366 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,319 you knew that Middleton wasn't going to be available to start the year. Because 367 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,200 Joe Ingles wasn't available to start the year, I don't know if that money 368 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:33,880 could have gotten you TJ. Warren, And so we're splitting hairs over well, 369 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,599 who was available, why not be more aggressive looking for trades at that 370 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:41,240 point? Like Jordan Clarkson would have been eminently more gettable from Utah before the 371 00:22:41,279 --> 00:22:45,240 season started, and now you probably don't have the assets to get him, 372 00:22:45,279 --> 00:22:48,880 and you've been linked to Jay Crowder, who unlocks lineups if you want to 373 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,319 play Jannis is the lone big which I guess against certain teams, but Procopus 374 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,720 has been so good, why would you want to do that? Meanwhile, 375 00:22:55,799 --> 00:22:59,559 you're sitting twenty third and half court offense twenty six and half court offense is 376 00:22:59,599 --> 00:23:03,720 the start of December. Middleton might come back, but are like full health 377 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:07,759 is not a short for this team or any other team. I think the 378 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,039 Ingles signing and retrospect might have been a touch too ambitious for them. I 379 00:23:11,079 --> 00:23:12,759 just don't know that they had the runway to do that, and I would 380 00:23:12,759 --> 00:23:15,799 like to see them linked to, like you know, step Ladder, your 381 00:23:15,799 --> 00:23:18,480 way to Eric Gordon will go a long way for this team, even if 382 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,640 you have to give up your twenty twenty nine first would you put mar John 383 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,240 Bochamp on the table for certain players? I don't not Jay Crowder, would 384 00:23:25,279 --> 00:23:27,160 you do for Jordan Clarkson? He's gonna be inspiring. Whould do for Eric 385 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:32,039 Gordon? Probably not, but like, why weren't you in on the Kevin 386 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:33,799 Herder So we've stay it's given that the Hawks really only got a pick for 387 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,359 him. Luke Nard, it seems like he would have been gettable from from 388 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:41,039 the Clippers. So I would have liked to seen the Bucks to do more 389 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:45,000 to fortify a half court offense that was already fragile dating back to last season, 390 00:23:45,079 --> 00:23:48,200 the timber Wolves going all in on the Rigobert experiment. It just it 391 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,160 has to be this, Yes, they need more time. Towns missed most 392 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,000 of the preseason and training and a bunch of training camp, I believe, 393 00:23:55,519 --> 00:23:59,119 and now he's out again. Riobet's missed some time too, very stop and 394 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,640 start nature of the Wolves season. But they gave up what's the They gave 395 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,440 up Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, the Andrew Ball, Almo Walker Kessler, 396 00:24:06,559 --> 00:24:11,519 Jared Vanderbilt, four first round picks and one swap. Now, given Vanderbilt's 397 00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:15,880 contract and how well he played that season under team control still and then that 398 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,039 Walker Kessler was just drafted at the time, that's really the equivalent of six 399 00:24:19,079 --> 00:24:22,880 first round picks in the swap and you can argue the equivalent of seven first 400 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,119 round picks depending on how you feel about Malik Beasley. You don't make that 401 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,920 move, you don't pay that bounty unless you know this is going to work, 402 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,200 unless you know that Gobert is your line to title contention. He has 403 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,359 not been that. And it's not just the partnership with Towns. They've lost 404 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,640 the minutes those two share at the floor, they've gotten obliterated. When Gobert 405 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:44,759 is by himself and testing out more of his offense, it's been interesting to 406 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:48,799 watch, Like when he needs to make more complicated or intermediate decisions, it 407 00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:52,119 doesn't always look pretty. He's taken more jumpers this year already than he did 408 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,920 all of last year. He's still hitting him at a sub thirty five percent 409 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,480 clip. This has not worked out. And if you wanted to test it 410 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:03,119 out, and you didn't think Jared Vanderbilt was sort of enough of a proxy, 411 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,880 why not go the Miles Turner out? Why not? Even like even 412 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:10,440 for Shawn Holmes would have been too low level at that. I just you 413 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:15,119 should have waded into this and not gone immediately all like Jeremy Grant even would 414 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,480 have made more sense. Like play him is just the with Towns and give 415 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:19,799 him a lot of the center responsibility to see how that works. It would 416 00:25:19,839 --> 00:25:22,200 have cost less than what you did for Rudy Gobert, who was now on 417 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,559 the wrong side of thirty and just doesn't really look the same. Opponents are 418 00:25:26,599 --> 00:25:30,759 shooting almost sixty percent against him at the rim. It's it's below the league 419 00:25:30,759 --> 00:25:34,119 average of what opponents hit it shoot at the rim. But it's also the 420 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,880 worst mark Rudy Gobert's ever allowed in his career the Pelicans. This one was 421 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,079 tough for a team at the nev Zion last year. They don't have a 422 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,480 lot of regrets. I think you go back to starting Hayes in every game 423 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,680 of the playoffs last year against the Suns and hats hit Mason Ginsburg for really 424 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,359 shining a light on this for me from the in the No podcast. That's 425 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:55,400 a great podcast. Check it out. He played eighty three minutes and most 426 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,960 of those came alongside Jonas found Tunis, and the Pelicans were outscored by twenty 427 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:03,279 one points in seventy seven minutes with those two on the court. Why like 428 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,440 like like why those two were effective, especially on the offensive glass when they 429 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:12,440 played it together. They weren't good enough overall for the Pelicans to view them 430 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:17,200 as the staple in the playoffs. They were playing free of expectations, So 431 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:18,920 I get it. Some people think Zion could have gone. Imagine if he 432 00:26:19,039 --> 00:26:22,240 just played Jackson Hazes eighty three minutes, like he doesn't play any other other 433 00:26:22,279 --> 00:26:26,799 than those eighty three minutes, the Pelicans win that series. I'm reticent to 434 00:26:26,839 --> 00:26:30,839 say yes, just because you would be throwing him in Zion and cold at 435 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:34,680 that point, but like you could have gone other routes, just you're basically 436 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,039 you want to found Tunas with all wings or ball handlers around him, they 437 00:26:38,079 --> 00:26:41,400 might have won that series. If you also want to nitpick that it took 438 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,440 really Green too long to go from Garret Temple to Trey Murphy and the rotation, 439 00:26:45,519 --> 00:26:48,279 that's fine, but they kind of figured that out earlier in twenty twenty 440 00:26:48,319 --> 00:26:51,880 two. The Knicks, this one's easy. It's taking too long to clear 441 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:56,079 the runway and continuously confounding and obvious getting their direction. It's not the Donovan 442 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:57,680 Mitchell trade. That wasn't. Yes, you assembled all these picks to a 443 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,720 trade for a star and then quite really didn't trade for a star using those 444 00:27:00,759 --> 00:27:03,799 picks who wanted to play for you. I understand some people want to pick 445 00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:07,319 that. I won't argue. I just don't think the Knicks would have given 446 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:08,720 up that ransom. They wouldn't have been good enough to win a title and 447 00:27:08,759 --> 00:27:12,839 wouldn't have had enough assets to turn around and get another star immediately. It's 448 00:27:12,839 --> 00:27:15,920 okay, whether it was by choice or by force, that they didn't end 449 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,079 up with Donovan Mitchell. This tendency for them to sort of just fuck around 450 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,680 in the sub middle. I know they just wanted eight games. They followed 451 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,279 up with a five game losing streak. I don't care that Channel Brunson and 452 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,720 RJ. Barrett suffered injuries. You don't get you know, pretty much just 453 00:27:29,839 --> 00:27:33,079 your defense was embarrassed by the Spurs. There have been high points. You 454 00:27:33,079 --> 00:27:34,759 know, Tips has gotten away from Derek Rosen to Evan Fournier. We've seen 455 00:27:34,759 --> 00:27:40,000 the defense take up generally with Quenton Grimes and Deduce McBride and Immanuel quickly being 456 00:27:40,039 --> 00:27:42,440 a part of the rotation. There's still and this isn't just on Tips, 457 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:47,880 It's not just on the players. There's still just this lack of alignment within 458 00:27:48,319 --> 00:27:51,880 the Knicks. We know that they have basically two separate front offices at least, 459 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,599 and there's a disconnect. You gave up a conditional first round pick for 460 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,920 Cambratis who never really was even given a shot. I'm not saying he needs 461 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,880 to play right now. With Obie out, I would probably look at him 462 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,359 more at the four whatever, but like now you're just going to accept that 463 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,880 as a sunk cost or remove him for pennies on the dollar if you can 464 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:12,680 even get that. Why he was a manuel quickly available at all this year 465 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,559 when he was playing so well defensively just because you didn't trust his offense, 466 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,480 But like, what were you pivoting to after that? He only recently started 467 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,559 playing duce Mcbrian Quentin Grimes and the quickly rumors pre date those. What is 468 00:28:22,559 --> 00:28:25,880 going to go on with Obi Toppin when he's healthy Right now, it's not 469 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,480 an issue. Julie Rand was playing well. Topping is injured, it's going 470 00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:32,720 to become an issue again. This team is so confusing, and I think 471 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:36,759 that they've made progress relative to last season, but it's not enough to say 472 00:28:36,759 --> 00:28:41,400 that their vision, their long term outlook is clear because of it. Okay, 473 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,240 see, I think that you could maybe regret them not being able to 474 00:28:45,279 --> 00:28:51,240 find like a risk made of teflon that they could rush order from Amazon or 475 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:55,319 something for Ushman Jang. That two's just had some risk issues centering the league, 476 00:28:55,319 --> 00:28:57,480 and he's been really funning to watch this season to me. But really 477 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:03,160 the only regret is not surrounding Shay with more shooting. I think the Thunder 478 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:04,920 are tied for the leading crunch time and it's played. They have a losing 479 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,359 record in those stretches. Shay has been great, turned into All NBA campaign 480 00:29:08,359 --> 00:29:11,599 even amid the cramp spacing. But the Thunder a twenty second and three point 481 00:29:11,599 --> 00:29:18,200 a tenth rate and twenty and three point accuracy. Isaiah Joe and Alexei Polkashevski, 482 00:29:18,319 --> 00:29:19,440 who's now going to be out for six eight weeks, are the only 483 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:25,480 players on the roster attempting at least three triples per game while also hitting them 484 00:29:25,519 --> 00:29:27,759 at or above a league average clip. I want to see Shay around more 485 00:29:27,799 --> 00:29:30,480 shooting. I just I want to see him. The Thunder would be they 486 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:36,759 were kind of like, you know, prowling around the play in tournament territory 487 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:38,759 right now. They might if they just had more shooting, because they tend 488 00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:42,960 to overachieve defensively and figure those lineups out. And I think Jang's going to 489 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,240 be an excellent defender. I hope he's able to come back and look good 490 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,160 this season. Jay Dubb has been really good. If he's ever able to 491 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:53,160 consistently hit a three on moderate volume, that's going to be like a terrifying 492 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,960 player. So they could be more playworthy than they already are now. I 493 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:02,680 think if they just had more shooting around Shay the Orlando Magic, they don't 494 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,119 really have a regret either. I thought about it. I talked to Kobe 495 00:30:04,119 --> 00:30:07,599 Price to the Orlando Sentinel about this briefly, and they could have You know, 496 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,799 we had the pre draft subterfuge where they made everyone think they were taking 497 00:30:11,839 --> 00:30:15,039 Jabari only to pivot to Palo. Could they have done something where they were 498 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:17,759 going to pivot the chet home grin and made okay see give up an asset 499 00:30:17,799 --> 00:30:21,720 to jump up a spot. We know Okaysey was willing to consolidate picks because 500 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,759 they did that for Rusmanjang or would Okay, so he was just taken Palo. 501 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,359 That's sort of the variable I can't account for here. They might have 502 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,720 just taken Palo bangkarro and so you can't call that a regret. I think 503 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,920 it's just why is Terrence Ross still on the roster. It's not failure to 504 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,480 get involved to Don Mitchell sweepstakes. I don't even think Terrence Ross is a 505 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:41,720 big regret. It's just he could have maybe gotten you something from a contender 506 00:30:41,759 --> 00:30:45,039 at last year's deadline. I know he's a valuable locker room presence in Orlando, 507 00:30:45,119 --> 00:30:48,160 but he hasn't really shot a good enough clip from three in quite some 508 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,119 time actually to give you any real value. And like his place in the 509 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,559 rotation, if you're planning on ever being at full strength again, Sucks is 510 00:30:55,599 --> 00:30:59,039 injured like you have faults and cool Anthony back. It does get a little 511 00:30:59,079 --> 00:31:00,599 murky, especially with Gary Harris coming back as well, and he makes more 512 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:04,640 sense for this roster at the moment. I just think that they probably should 513 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,839 have moved Ross at the twenty twenty two trade deadline to open up even different 514 00:31:08,839 --> 00:31:14,440 types of combinations or forced themselves to acquire more complimentary shooting this past summer. 515 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:17,400 I don't want to repeat just what I said for okay see, but this 516 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:22,960 is a team that could benefit from that as well. The Philadelphia seventy Sixers. 517 00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:27,519 This one had tip Brian to Porrek from Forbes and Liberty Ballers leaving Joel 518 00:31:27,559 --> 00:31:32,599 Embiid in too long during their Game six win over Toronto during the playoffs. 519 00:31:33,279 --> 00:31:37,279 Look, let's just set the stage here, and Bid suffers a mild concussion 520 00:31:37,279 --> 00:31:42,480 and white orbital fracture against the Raptors in Game six that the Sixers were winning. 521 00:31:44,039 --> 00:31:47,599 There were less than four minutes remaining. The Sixers were up by almost 522 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,920 thirty. Why did Doc Rivers have this men in there and he was already 523 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:55,000 banged up. Remember he then goes on to miss the first two games of 524 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:59,400 the semi finals against Miami. Philly lost both those games by a combined thirty 525 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,640 points while were lying too heavily on DeAndre Jordan. There were some bright Paul 526 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:07,160 Reid moments there, but they were absolutely waxed. Biad comes back isn't totally 527 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,960 the same the Sixers lose. I will say, we can't guarantee the Sixers 528 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:14,480 would have rewritten playoff history if him Bid never got hurt. I don't know 529 00:32:14,559 --> 00:32:17,400 that they were good enough or even healthy enough to do that. But like 530 00:32:19,079 --> 00:32:21,839 that's a pretty it's kind of flown under the radar. I know there's hostility 531 00:32:21,839 --> 00:32:23,519 towards Doc and Philly, but it's just sort of not been written off. 532 00:32:23,519 --> 00:32:27,240 But I feel like we don't talk about this enough or what would have happened 533 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,200 if I Bide never gets injured against the Raptors in that Game six, the 534 00:32:30,279 --> 00:32:36,119 Phoenix suns. So the collapse against the Mavericks in Game seven is definitely up 535 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,000 here. But I had a hard time reconciling the report that there was a 536 00:32:39,039 --> 00:32:43,000 COVID outbreak amid the team and that some players were sick. I want to 537 00:32:43,039 --> 00:32:45,880 give the benefit of the doubt that there wasn't some sort of smoke screen, 538 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:49,680 and so I went with sort of a bigger picture item where I think it. 539 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,200 You know, it impacts that Game seven collapse because it can go back 540 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,480 to last year's trade deadline and it goes up right now. Not taking a 541 00:32:55,519 --> 00:32:59,920 bigger swing on the trademarket. I know they were linked to the Kevin Durant 542 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:01,920 mill for a bit that put them in a holding pattern. They didn't spend 543 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:05,440 their tax payer mid level exception. You can argue with me that there was 544 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,880 no one to spend it on. Why is Jay Crowder still on your payroll? 545 00:33:08,079 --> 00:33:10,240 Didn't show up, wants the extension, You won't give him one. 546 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:15,160 Fine, whatever, move him. You've now dealt with injuries to Chris Paul, 547 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,240 to Cam Johnson, to Cameron Payne, who was having a bass back 548 00:33:17,279 --> 00:33:20,599 year, and now Devin Booker's out for four weeks. You just before I 549 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,839 recorded this loss to the Raptors, DeAndre at and just looked completely listless for 550 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:28,559 so much of that game. You don't have enough even at full strength. 551 00:33:28,559 --> 00:33:30,359 At this point, I think you can. I think you can argue that 552 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,480 they need a second best player, a clear second best player. Given what's 553 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:37,680 happened. Paul's been a little bit better than probably the national perspective, it 554 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,720 seems to trend. But is he like this should be the second best player 555 00:33:39,759 --> 00:33:44,480 on the team. And then I still think there's too much inconsistency peppered into 556 00:33:44,599 --> 00:33:49,240 DeAndre Ayton's game specifically, but also Michael Bridges. So why do something, 557 00:33:49,359 --> 00:33:52,880 James Jones like you don't get you Acquiring Chris Paul wasn't a risk. It 558 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,519 happened over the off season. Make a fucking mid season move, like a 559 00:33:54,559 --> 00:34:00,279 real meaningful one, not reacquiring Tory Craig or something along those lines. Eric 560 00:34:00,319 --> 00:34:01,759 Gordon. That's someone who could help them. I don't know if they're won 561 00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:06,839 Eric Gordon away right now after the Devin Booker injury. But if you partner 562 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,159 him with the kJ Martin in that trade Kyle Kuzma, he's floating around out 563 00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:13,159 there, you can try and take a bigger swing. I don't know if 564 00:34:13,159 --> 00:34:15,679 Siakam will become available. I do think the Knicks Wood trade Julius Randall, 565 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:20,000 but it's probably costing you too first now rather than just expiring, so that 566 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,159 would be something to consider. Do something Suns. Your window to win is 567 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:28,760 still now and sitting on your ass. I know the Robert's over ownership transfer 568 00:34:29,599 --> 00:34:31,800 complicates matters. It's just not an excuse. This team needed to take a 569 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:36,480 bigger swing on the trade market a while ago. The Blazers. This was 570 00:34:36,519 --> 00:34:38,960 tough. Some people might regret the Gary Payton the second contract. I think 571 00:34:39,039 --> 00:34:43,039 when he actually does debut, he's kind of exactly what they need. They're 572 00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:46,519 having depth issues, defensive issues right now not having him as part of that. 573 00:34:46,559 --> 00:34:50,760 But he's also part of the solution. So can you regret that if 574 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,920 you want to say that they should have blown it up over the offseason, 575 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:58,360 even further rather than pivot into the instant turnaround. That's not weird, I 576 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,159 understand it, But like, you can't do that while you still have Dame, 577 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,400 And why would you move Dame when he wants to be there. That's 578 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:07,599 just my stance. So I went with they didn't get an extra twenty and 579 00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:09,679 twenty two first rounder. They had one coming from New Orleans and the CG. 580 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:15,079 McCollum Larry Nash Junior trade because of where the Pelicans ended up finishing, 581 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,239 that did not convey, and so what happened was they got Milwaukee's twenty twenty 582 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,320 five first, which they used that in the trade exception from the McCollum trade 583 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,480 to get Jeremy Grant. That's all fine. They didn't get a first round 584 00:35:25,519 --> 00:35:29,480 pick when they moved Comington in Powell. That says a lot about how Powell 585 00:35:29,519 --> 00:35:31,760 was viewed around the league, I think. But to not even get an 586 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:36,360 extra two twenty two first that could have been a valuable body in what's become 587 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,679 a fairly shallow rotation or just another trade asset. When you turned over so 588 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:45,880 much of your roster, we're talking about four players that teams wanted. Robert 589 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:50,480 Commington not playing much right now for the Clippers. They still extended him Bold 590 00:35:50,519 --> 00:35:52,639 CG. Mccollman, Larry Nash Junior got extensions in New Orleans, and Norman 591 00:35:52,679 --> 00:35:57,119 Powell is like kind of sneaky, like entering the fringes of the six Man 592 00:35:57,199 --> 00:36:00,840 of the Year conversation after a really bad start just to like Keyan Johnson. 593 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:05,639 That doesn't do it for me. The Detroit second and I know the Clippers 594 00:36:05,639 --> 00:36:09,079 didn't have a first to spare, but yeah, to not be able to 595 00:36:09,079 --> 00:36:13,519 get an extra twenty twenty two first round or even something and just more imminent 596 00:36:13,599 --> 00:36:16,840 than two on top of that two and twenty five, I think that would 597 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:21,239 have gone a longer way for them. And it's not the McCollum trade specifically 598 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:22,760 then, because you get a first round pick out of that. It's giving 599 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:28,679 up Covington and Powell, I believe without getting a first round pick back the 600 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,519 Sacramento Kings this one. Look, you want to focus on the Tyres Haliburton 601 00:36:31,559 --> 00:36:35,400 trade, I get it. I still wouldn't have made the deal. The 602 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,199 Kings are in the playoff on right now, so Bonus is going to be 603 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:42,840 an all Star. You can't say that it's a regret when that was the 604 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,599 King's angle. They wanted another All Star and they wanted to be in the 605 00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:47,400 playoff. On Fast Over a few years, we can see where both these 606 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,719 franchises are, where Halle is, what the Pacers are doing, what the 607 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,079 Kings are doing, what the Bonus is doing, all of it for now, 608 00:36:53,119 --> 00:36:55,920 that can't be the regret. And just because I don't agree with the 609 00:36:55,960 --> 00:37:00,039 trade doesn't mean that the Kings need to lament it at the moment. And 610 00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:02,840 so I just went with you could look at the wing rotation. You want 611 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:07,199 more of a pure wing than just having Keegan Murray or there's been Kevin Hrder 612 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,199 and Harrison Barnes. But they've figured out a way to make it work, 613 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:14,679 generally the backup center rotation, and most recently they've had a reality check with 614 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:19,000 that given the thumb injury Sabonis is playing through, that's been an issue. 615 00:37:19,079 --> 00:37:21,639 It's meant too, has probably been their best, the most consistent option. 616 00:37:21,639 --> 00:37:24,239 After Sabonis, did they have to bring back Alex Lynn. I don't even 617 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:28,039 like giving him a two year dearer on the first place in twenty twenty one. 618 00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:31,920 I think it was was always bizarre. They've kind of punted on Rashaun 619 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:37,280 Holmes until recently. Should they invest more and a renaissance for him, should 620 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,719 they try to move him? Does he still have value? But the big 621 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:45,480 meat rotation behind Sabonis is sketchy. And when you're talking about high stakes playoff 622 00:37:45,519 --> 00:37:49,840 minutes or high stakes minutes, that doesn't matter. But he's also playing through 623 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,400 an injury, and you kind of recognize, like, oh, there's gonna 624 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,639 be let's say a minimum move ten to thirteen minutes a game, but he's 625 00:37:54,679 --> 00:37:58,480 not on the court and you want to be able to hold up for those 626 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,159 as rim protection or someone who needs to like facilitate the offense the way he 627 00:38:01,199 --> 00:38:06,119 does, but just was at least competent on defense and can like hit some 628 00:38:06,199 --> 00:38:08,559 shots at some screens on the offensive end and not doing more. Maybe keeping 629 00:38:08,599 --> 00:38:13,400 Damien Jones, who has been like non existent for the Lakers but play over 630 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,320 the Kings last year, that's something they maybe should have looked into. The 631 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:20,679 Spurs, this is tough. They're they're in the bottom by design. You 632 00:38:20,679 --> 00:38:22,719 could say, oh, they didn't trade Josh Richardson or define Dermer Yacca Purl, 633 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,280 Yet that's just not a regret. Those guys aren't ruining their tank, 634 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,400 but it might even make more sense to resign Yaka Pearle after this season. 635 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,719 I think it's not bringing in a veteran floor generally after the Jean Day Murray 636 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:36,000 and Dark White trades, just to sort of help streamline the development of everyone 637 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,599 else. You have gained valuable intel on Kelton Johnson, who looks overstretched in 638 00:38:38,639 --> 00:38:43,440 his role, but still you know what he is. Devin Vassel nice picking 639 00:38:43,519 --> 00:38:46,719 role maestro now and then Trey Jones steadying hands still probably shouldn't be running the 640 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:52,199 offense as a as a starter or playing starter minutes someone else. I don't 641 00:38:52,199 --> 00:38:53,519 know who it would have been, but like they had the flexibility just to 642 00:38:53,679 --> 00:39:00,519 bring in oversee the kids, to provide some half court structure, consistent managing. 643 00:39:00,559 --> 00:39:02,079 They don't have that right now. And I'm not saying that they need 644 00:39:02,119 --> 00:39:06,119 to. Like there again, they are bad. They are organically bad. 645 00:39:06,199 --> 00:39:08,400 That's what they wanted to be, and they are exploring the depths and limitations 646 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:13,039 of their roster. But you get to a point where it's like, Okay, 647 00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:15,719 you kind of want to if things aren't working out for someone, it's 648 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:20,840 nice to you get to test. Jeremy sow In at at point guard units. 649 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,400 But like if things aren't working out, you want to take the ball 650 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,239 out Kelton Johnson's hands a little bit more, it gets a lot harder to 651 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:27,639 do that, and that would have been nice to see they could get just 652 00:39:27,679 --> 00:39:30,800 like a veteran guy to come in and help steer the ship. The Raptors 653 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:35,760 prioritizing Project six nine over roster bounds and actual needs is definitely a regret. 654 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,559 They half court offense still bad, the defense lately been got awful. They've 655 00:39:39,559 --> 00:39:43,719 dealt with injuries. Press to chewasn't playing out of Porter Junior isn't playing, 656 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,280 Fred van Fleet and Pascal Siaka miss time. But once again they are so 657 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:52,320 reliant on ISOs and then their key players O, Pascal and Fred van Fleet 658 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,920 all rank in the top ten of minutes per game. Scottie Barnes playing a 659 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:59,119 bunch not worried about him, hasn't been as good as last year at the 660 00:39:59,199 --> 00:40:02,760 very least hasn't made leap Like why was this a team that it felt like, 661 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:07,079 Oh, they were involved tangentially in the Kevin Durant rumors, but they 662 00:40:07,079 --> 00:40:10,440 were never linked to Donovan Mitchell. Too small, We're not worth it and 663 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,400 if okay, fine, you don't want them to go first our trade. 664 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,880 They were good enough last season to say, well, let's think medium sized, 665 00:40:15,119 --> 00:40:19,400 Like why like Eric Gordon someone else for this team that would have made 666 00:40:19,679 --> 00:40:22,960 a ton of sense. You know, I still think they should have been 667 00:40:22,159 --> 00:40:25,519 involved in the Mitchell trade, not to necessarily be labor that, but like 668 00:40:25,679 --> 00:40:30,599 even being on the markets of like when you've seen these lower level assets become 669 00:40:30,639 --> 00:40:34,639 available where it's they weren't one of the teams that was linked to having interested 670 00:40:34,639 --> 00:40:37,599 in Manual Quickly. Maybe you don't trust his offense, but his defense show 671 00:40:37,599 --> 00:40:40,079 would have fit this team the way that he likes to pressure guys, just 672 00:40:40,159 --> 00:40:45,239 to name one. So why like, why weren't you involved in someone who 673 00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:49,239 would help you create and the half court on someone who I guess might give 674 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,559 you even more defensive depth with the way that you want to defend I suppose, 675 00:40:53,039 --> 00:40:57,880 Or why weren't you showing more flexibility in the schemes that you're having where 676 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,719 you just want to play. This exhaustive style of defense is going to grade 677 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:02,800 on your players, especially when they're playing so many minutes. I really just 678 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:08,960 think that they needed to that they've they've typecast themselves too much. And that's 679 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:15,599 almost their search for versatility and positionless basketball basically is actually led them into this 680 00:41:15,119 --> 00:41:19,119 very rigid state where now it's okay, well, if you don't want to 681 00:41:19,119 --> 00:41:21,519 make a buy now move. I'm not saying it needs to be a first 682 00:41:21,519 --> 00:41:23,679 start, medium sized guy, but if you're not willing to do that this 683 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:29,119 time, to just blow everything up and retinker around Barnes and Siakam and han 684 00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:34,559 Anobi and maybe just had Anobian Barnes the Jazz, this is interesting. I 685 00:41:34,679 --> 00:41:37,760 put the regret as the uninspiring loss against Dallas in the first round of the 686 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:39,400 playoffs. I get that that was the impetus for them blowing it up and 687 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:43,800 being where they are now, which is stocked with assets and also one of 688 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,800 the friskiest Darling teams in the league. You would have liked You've seen the 689 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:52,760 Mitchell Gobert era and just more blissfully, could they put up more perimeter defensive 690 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:58,800 resistance against Joy and Brunson's Luca don Chich missed the first two games that series, 691 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,440 was it? No, they didn't have Lugatil game four in that series? 692 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:05,039 That's right, so like and then to still lose, that's just a 693 00:42:05,079 --> 00:42:07,519 weird way to go out, and I think that the team, unless they 694 00:42:07,599 --> 00:42:09,039 won a championship, we're gonna break it up anyway. They didn't try to 695 00:42:09,039 --> 00:42:13,199 make upgrades throughout the season. It very much like they were just letting the 696 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,119 core run its course and to see to end the way that it did just 697 00:42:15,159 --> 00:42:21,920 so uninspiring, was disappointing the Wizards. I haven't as forfeiting all the levers 698 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:23,679 in the bradleybial contract. I just don't know how you get around Matt Bradleybyll 699 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:28,440 went on and talked to Gilbert Renas said he's basically dated Washington because he had 700 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,719 no other alternatives when it came to winning teams. So this is someone limited 701 00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:35,880 caps based landscape, didn't have a ton of options. There's always options. 702 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,599 There could have been signing trade scenarios, but didn't have options really to sign 703 00:42:38,599 --> 00:42:43,400 out right, you gave him not only the full blown Supermax, you gave 704 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,159 him a player option on the final year, you gave him a fifteen percent 705 00:42:46,199 --> 00:42:51,960 trade kicker, and in no trade clause. You lost every single element of 706 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:59,000 that negotiation. That is unacceptable, unforgivable. You also lost the contavious called 707 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:04,000 Pope trade. Definitely lost the draft, do you even, like, do 708 00:43:04,039 --> 00:43:07,519 you even know who your rookie is for this team? I like, you 709 00:43:07,559 --> 00:43:09,000 can't. I'm not even gonna name him because I want to know if Washington 710 00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:15,760 themselves can actually name him or be willing to name him. So like how 711 00:43:15,639 --> 00:43:21,960 I just this team is baffling to me where it's Are you so content to 712 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:27,559 be worse than the middle that you're like you gave Bradley be all this money. 713 00:43:27,599 --> 00:43:29,480 I get that he wanted to stay. That's cool, that's fine, 714 00:43:29,559 --> 00:43:35,760 q q q q cute, but but like aim for something higher and you 715 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,000 didn't, like you tread water in the middle. Now you don't know what's 716 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,840 gonna happen with Kyle Kuzma. The rookie's name is Johnny Davis. By the 717 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:43,079 way, I can I fee any Wizards fans are in the comments? Yes, 718 00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:45,599 I know who Johnny Davis is, but like, and I think people 719 00:43:45,599 --> 00:43:50,159 were talking about he looked his jumper looked broken and before summer leagues that would 720 00:43:50,159 --> 00:43:52,800 explain a lot. But regardless, I just the bright spot for this team 721 00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:57,679 has been like Jordan Goodwin, like oh his Immergan Kyle Kuzma of course, 722 00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:00,360 and christs Perzinki is being a fringe All Star, you're just word of like 723 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:04,559 floating around here in Nowheresville. And I think the Bradley Beal contract is kind 724 00:44:04,599 --> 00:44:07,679 of a symptom of that. And I didn't want to focus on the Wizards 725 00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:09,039 not blowing it up, because it's fine that you brought back Bradley Beal, 726 00:44:09,159 --> 00:44:14,159 but you couldn't have done it under even semi favorable circumstances to yourself. Now, 727 00:44:14,519 --> 00:44:16,000 even when you do decide to pivot, and they will have to pivot, 728 00:44:16,039 --> 00:44:19,639 the decision is not going to be their own. The leverage is gonna 729 00:44:19,679 --> 00:44:22,559 be nil. He has it all. That's my biggest regret for every team 730 00:44:22,599 --> 00:44:29,400 from the twenty twenty two calendar year. If you disagree, let me know, 731 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:30,480 but be kind of about it, because we all know that I have 732 00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:35,880 a very fragile ego. Please remote a subscribe or if you're consuming this, 733 00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:39,280 subscribe everywhere Brady's produce help. It's on word of mouth recommendations. Anyway that 734 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:43,039 you can support the show, join the discord, follow us on socials links 735 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,400 to that or in the podcast description until next time, and as always, 736 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:50,039 maybe with the chat at the one, the only the indelible can never regret 737 00:44:50,039 --> 00:44:52,800 having him on your roster trind feeling keep