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What is up, fellow sermon Nuclear
A efforts. I am Damn Valley coming

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at you with an episode where I'm
going to dig into what I believe to

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be the twelve best free agents left
on the NBA's board and then go through

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some potential fits for them. Hopefully
we'll be quick, but it's me and

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I have about eight hundred, eight
hundred and fifty words worth of notes and

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destinations and just not scouting reports,
but notes on players and what I thought

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about their season. Before we get
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as I tried to expedite it.
A few notes that I missed, the

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most important of which when I did
the two episodes I've recorded this week rest

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in peace to Bill Russell. I
went down to Bill Russell Highlight rabbit Hole

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when I saw the news. I
think that was on Sunday. Man,

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he was a spectacular player, even
more so just sort of this hallmarked person

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off the court and everything he did
during that time, and said the courage,

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the gall that it took to stand
out in that way, and you

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know him and guys like Kareem as
well too. I just can't imagine how

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hard that was while also balancing maybe
some hostility from the fans who didn't value

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off the court, but then just
also doing all those things on the court.

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The most winning player ever in professional
sports, certainly team sports, and

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when you go back and watch him, I do think we tend to forget

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about It's hard. I would say
that it's hard to judge from era to

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era, especially when you're decades removed
from each and you know, Bill Russell

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was like how many different errors of
basketball? Again ago, excuse me,

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but like you watch him grab rebounds, run the floor with the ball in

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his hands like that dude could play
on offense in addition to like he was

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moving all over the place on defense. Seriously, just go back watching Bill

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russell highlights if you haven't. They
are a joy to watch. Rest in

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peace to him. And I do
recommend a couple of pieces that I read

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on it. Jamal Hill did something
for The Atlantic that I thought was really

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good, and then Vince Ellis of
Yahoo Sports I think that was where Yeah,

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that was where he wrote it.
That article was also very enlightening and

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if they touched on like the off
court stuff, and I think Gallis specifically

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mentioned how he might just be like
the most important person in professional sports history

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when you remove like the actual sports
from the equation, He's certainly up there

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so that it sucks. Rest in
peace to him. I feel bad that

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I didn't mention it. I get, you know, when I'm by myself

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putting all these notes, I get
to all business. Sometimes I need to

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like step back and be like,
oh, okay, like this shit actually

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matters. Also, on a much
lighter note, yes, when we did

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the last podcast, I totally forgot
to include Jaellen Noel and my Timberwolves rotation

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I had him, I did not
have him. Excuse me in there,

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I got called out on Twitter and
in DMS. That's fine, come talk

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to me when I make that mistake. I did not see that Chris Finch

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basically guaranteed him a ton of minutes
leading into next season. I still,

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personally, I know that Jordan McLoughlin
is smaller, but I appreciate his defense

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and creativity a little bit more.
But maybe this is just McLoughlin still plays

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because the Wolves in these secondary playmaking
and Rivers is the outoman out more so

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than Noel. But just wanted to
give the maya culpa there. I've now

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also had at least a half dozen
complaints over the past month that I need

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to say New Orleans instead of New
Orleans. I'll try and remember. Might

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just refer to them as the Pelicans, because I know that I'll I'll forget

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if I have to think about it
in real time. So trust me,

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I hear everybody. I'm listening to
YouTube commenters as well. They said something

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about not having Jaillen a well and
the Timberwolves ten man spot. That was

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a brain fart by me. It
happens. I probably did beat myself up

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about it too much, but I
have learned to at least just it's easier

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when you get a little bit older
for me at least to admit when I'm

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wrong and be like, oh,
all right, Like yeah, you fucked

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up there, but I really did
not see Chris finnch basically guarantee Jaellen a

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well minutes and yes, New Orleans. I'll try and say that I always

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did think, and I've had this
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almost insulting if you weren't a New
Orleans native to say it, so you

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should say New Orleans. I'll try
to keep that in mind. There was

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also a Trey Murphy the third complaint. I was just I know that Trey

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was a nickname, but he's listed
as Tray Murphy third on all the sports

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sites. Someone called me out on
that on Twitter as well. I'll take

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that into account. Maybe we could
just call him team Murf or Tripp Dub

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t Dub whatever is actual name or
new NBA nickname is now, I think

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we're free to get into the free
agent elements of all this. You might

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have some different views. I tried
to steer clear of just name recognition.

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Although I think some guys certainly why
we went twelve deep is out of respect

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for the not out of respect for
the name, which just because they are

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big name. But like I'm not
going into Paul Melstapp, I'm not going

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into Miles Bridges at all, because
he was arrested on a felony domestic violence

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charge. I think it was June
twenty nine. I don't fucking care what's

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happening with him on the court.
I just wish his girlfriend and his son

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well and we have to wait for
the news on that and seeing what's what's

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happening. And I also did not
include andre Adala because he's just very clearly

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I'm going back to the Warriors or
retiring. There's also someone on here that

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I don't believe you should be a
free agent, and I'm convinced that he's

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not, that I saw that he
wasn't anymore, and that I'm gonna go

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through all this and be wrong and
then catch shit for it. I'm hoping

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that I'm right. I asked people
for confirmation, but I'm still convinced that

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I'm wrong by people. I don't
mean, like I contacted like a league

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source would have into know knowledge.
I just smart people I trust in the

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business who confirmed. Yes, Let's
start with Carmelo Anthie. I'm going at

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alhabetical order here. These are not
in rankings. I'm not I rank enough.

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Shit, I don't need to rank
this. Melo could still play.

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He just hit thirty seven plus percent
of his threes on almost six attempts per

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game. He has aged more gracefully
than a Russell Westbrook moving into that role

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player niche and it didn't happen overnight. There were some pushback and okay,

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see and even in Houston a little
bit. But to his credit, like

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he has did what was asked of
him. He goes to Portland. Good

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team guy, can score, can
still shoot. You need to have I

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guess either the bandwidth to withstam some
mellow going mellow where he's gonna want a

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jab step or post up or take
just bad off the dribble jumpers. At

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the same time, like he is
emerged as this legitimate catch and shoot weapons

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of view of the defensive infrastructure around
you, or just needs shooting, he

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should certainly be on your list.
I think the Lakers should still look at

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bringing him back. I don't think
they have enough shooting on the roster just

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yet even enough quote unquote wings males
not a wing anymore, you'd probably playing

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with the four. I have Miami
there, like, they certainly have the

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defensive infrastructure for him and could use
him maybe in that PJ. Tucker role,

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And it also kind of preserves your
bench, or maybe you bring him

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off the bench a little bit if
you think he helps your half core creativity.

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In anyway, Miami ended up having
one of the best benches last year,

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and now because PJ. Tucker's not
there, we're gonna have to move,

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like promote somebody's I think a lot
of people assume it's like a Max

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Strus. I've seen some people float
like, could we see your seven and

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Bama a Bio start together? That
would be absolutely wild. So I think

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that would be a good fit.
I also have, like I have as

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a joke, Philly would be funny
if he didn't hate more like I don't

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hate that fit. I would love
to see him on the Raptors. He

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goes against really everything they stand for, but like, just have someone who

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can shoot, maybe give you some
half court creation. They do need another

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guy of that ilk. Those were
just two I wrote off and I even

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have Golden State where it's like he
can't play the auto port role on defense,

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but can he give you that role
on offense? And you know you

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are banking on COMINGA and Moody and
even Wiseman to step up. You signed

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Donte DiVincenzo. But if Igodala is
not coming back, could there be room

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for him there? I know Mellow
to Golden State was like popular in the

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ether. The two that I actually
like that I don't think would happen.

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But Memphis, I think you just
need to look at like the and we'll

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get into this with some other guys
like the Jaren Jackson or I think one

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other guy that I had listened for
them. Jared Jackson Junior is supposed to

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be out four to six months.
The end of that timeline puts him back

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sometime December January, maybe after that
stretch fracture. And you know you got

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rid of where you let Kyle Anderson
walk, and so now you're putting I

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know, David Roddy six six placed
forward, but you're putting an awful lot

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of pressure on him. Xavier Tillman
Senior, Brandon Clarke, even zay Or

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Williams as well, and it's just
like, yeah, does that work?

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And part of the appeal with Triple
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You're not doing that behind Steven Adams
with you know, if they do

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that with Roddy, you know,
kudos to them. We're going super small

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there, like, yeah, you
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It just feels like they could use
some more reinforce. Vincent, I

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want to do a deeper dive into
the Grizzlies off season before we even get

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to report cards. I just don't
think I have the courage to do it

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after missing on them for three years
running. I have a feeling I'm overthinking

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it. But just to have Mellow
if he was willing to again play the

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same role that he was get as
a floor space or as a knockdown shooter

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to help you sort of at the
four, specifically bridge the gap until Triple

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Jay's back or you know what you
have in some of the youngsters. And

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then also just you know, John
Rank gets injured a lot and now you

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lost Kyle Anderson. I'm not saying
Mello's going to carry you during those nights.

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You want a healthy Triple Ja and
Desmond Baine and even Zaye Williams at

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that point, Tys Jones to do
the same just feels like they could use

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someone like him. And then I
also just have Milwaukee. I was talking

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to the euro Steps Tie Windish on
the side about how I still think they

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really need to fill the fifth spot
in a Yannis as the loan big lineup,

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and it does feel and he noted
this to me, like based off

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what they paid Bobby portis they're gonna
get away from that entirely with a healthy

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Brook Lopez. I still think that's
going to be their best weapon in close

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were their most dangerous weapon to me, offensively and closing you into the playoffs.

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Whever you want to slice it,
I wouldn't mind seeing Mellow there to

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sort of round out. Okay,
you have Drew Middleton and Janice and then

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there's Mellow and then you know,
futs around with Connaughton or West Matthews depending

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on the matchup. May mean Melos
not even a member of all those lineups,

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but just some bench juice for Mellows, more of a like a combo

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forward than a wing at this point, but like the bench is kind of

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low on combo forwards and wings at
this point, especially until Joe Angles returns

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from his ACL injury. Eric Bledsoe, you know last year he wasn't great,

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and he has not been great for
a while. Point six four points

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per possession as the pick and roll
initiator. If you expect him to be

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sort of a floor general or give
you consistent offense like that is a recipe

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for disappointment if not, if not
disaster, I will say he's still hit

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fifty one point five percent of his
looks on drives, and he had a

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ten plus percent assist rate on that. And when you look at players who

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used or finished more than four hundred
last year, shot at least fifty one

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percent or better on them while having
an assist rate above ten. There's only

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it's it's fewer than it's fewer than
ten players. It's some county right now,

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it's it's seven, Eric Butzzo,
Steph Curry, Brandon Ingram, Malcolm

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Brogd and Chris Paul Drew Holiday and
Luca Danjich. Some of this is cherry

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pick. The list expans if you
just go a flat fifty percent, but

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like it's still talking about like fewer
than a dozen players. So if you

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can have spacing around him, I
think he'll still give you some rim pressure

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and some finishing. He also shot
thirty eight point six percent on catching shoot

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threes last year. Not super high
volume, under three attempts per game.

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It was more than two point five
attempts per game, I believe, unless

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I'm completely misremembering off of what I
looked at. So a team like Brooklyn,

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they just need defense in general,
and they're trying to win. Who

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knows what happens with Kyrie is Patty
Mills, like he kind of faded towards

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the end of last season. Just
as insurance there, and I just think

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they need especially with Bruce Brown out. You don't trust Bledzo to guard bigs,

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but like, just give you someone
that's going to be strong defensively.

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I have Charlotte list as well.
They have Terry Rozier, they have LaMelo

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Ball, but like they're you know, backup point guard rotation, Like that's

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that's kind of it, Like Tera
Rozier should be your second best point guard

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on the roster. And if you
actually go look at their depth chart on

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I tend to use if I'm trying
to get a feel Rodo Worlds or NBC

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Sports Edges whatever it's called now they
don't even have a backup point guard listed

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behind the football right now. So
like maybe you think it's like a Bryce

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McGowan's or a book. Now you
can hold that row and then Terry Rozier

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can do it, Like just give
Steve Clifford someone who will defend. And

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you do have lineups if you're gonna
put PJ. Washington at the five at

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all, where you can surround Bletso
with shooting and so I don't think that

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would be a bad flyer, depending
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Philly, they do have Melton,
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But if you're not going to play
Shake Milton or if you're trying to get

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away from Matisse Thybole or even firk
on Cork Mosman, it's depending on how

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they're playing. Just having someone who
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you're using him next to Maxie or
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I don't think that's necessarily unsustainable.
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minimum salary, and by the way, I did not take into account roster

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spots at this point. I'm just
assuming every team, and I did look

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into it, I didn't name a
team that doesn't have options by virtue of

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like being able to get rid of
players that maybe shouldn't necessarily be on the

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roster. So I did try to
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this is just we're far away enough
from opening night that I did not consider

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that. Should have mentioned it at
the top, but oh fucking well,

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and that was that's like pretty much
it for Butts. So I did have

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I don't even want to. I
have Toronto, but like there's not enough

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creation there or shooting for him to
be maximized on offense, although he would

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sort of fit their mold on defense. And it's just like they don't have

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unless they all of a sudden have
this faith than mal Kai Flynn. They

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don't have a clear backup point guard
behind Fred van Fleet. You're probably just

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banking on having Barnes and Siakam and
even Gary Trent Junior as like playmakers who

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can work with the ball in their
hands. You're going to go that route,

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even though Giannaoby a little bit there's
more self creation to his game than

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people credit. If they were just
looking to have like some one who can

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chaperone some sets. If you have
enough shooting on the floor, you're not

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expecting to score efficiently out of the
pick and roll. But maybe just drive

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and kick, get defenses in rotation
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they could look at. DeMarcus Cousins
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little bit surprised that though some people
have talked about maybe he wore out as

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welcome in Denver, I thought he
was good enough and much better than DeAndre

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Jordan an option for them. But
again, maybe that just the dynamics all

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of a sudden didn't work out between
he and Michael Malone anymore. Last year

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though, he and this fell off
a cliff with the Nuggets. But he

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was at one point two two points
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with the Bucks. So while he
did get worse in Denver, like the

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pick and pop aspect of his game, and he can't even get you like

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some downhill juice if he's catching it
on the run, and like the one

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two dribble decision making. He also
shot in Denver twenty of twenty eight on

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post up possessions seventy one point four
percent. I don't think you should be

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building up like building your offense or
any set around Cousins in the post,

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but it is it can still be
a ay bailout option. He does need

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to be one comfortable and a more
complimentary role. When we talk about like

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a Dwight Howard who seems very much
okay with not playing anymore, like when

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he's on an actual roster, Cousins
doesn't seem there just yet, and he

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has to bring up the catch and
shoot percentage. He was below thirty percent

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on his catch and shoot threes and
his three point shot. Really since his

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injury is not really recaptured any any
of the form I have the Clippers for

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him. I don't know if that's
something that like again the personality fit or

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his role, Like if you're talking
about not playing, we went through the

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Clipper's rotation on the last pot.
There's like twelve or thirteen dudes under guaranteed

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contract that should should play. But
if a Visa Zubots gets injured, or

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if you just want a truer backup
five, that's not you know, Robert

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Covington at this point, and Cousins
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Maybe that's a decision you make mid
season. I have the Blazers listed too,

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maybe too similar to like maybe you
want more of a lob catcher behind

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use of Nurkich, but right now
like their bigs or Drew u Banks projects

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as like their primary backup pick.
And so I actually really liked Drew U

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Banks. But if you're looking for
another type of option there again, how

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does he handle maybe not playing consistently. I'll trust a locker room with Damian

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Lillard though, and he see him
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him back. He seemed to be
fine Milwaukee with Jannis and so like give

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me the And even in Denver,
I thought everything was hunky doory, like

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give me the either the leaders that
set by example like a Nakole Yokich or

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just like someone you would follow to
hell and back in Jannis and Dame and

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try to try to make it work. This is the one I was convinced.

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I didn't think he was a restricted
free agent coming off a two way.

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I could have sworn that after Summer
League he earned one. I am

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apparently wrong, But David Duke Junior
and I have like eighty teams. There

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are two free agents on here that
I have listed a whole bunch of destinations.

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David Duke Junior is one of them. Go back to Brooklyn certainly a

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quality fit, but his Summer League
performance for me going back and watching a

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lot of that stuff, Yes,
the three point shot is still a question.

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He did hit this like side i'd
step three against Boston. That was

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like, oh, it was kind
of slow motion, but he still hit

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it. And he did shoot forty
point three percent from deep over his final

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two years at Providence two hundred and
thirty one total attempts. Make of that

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what you will at Summer League though, fifty five plus percent on two's average

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over four assists. When you're looking
at the actual playmaking, I think his

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handles like a little bit wide to
work for higher uses at the NBA level.

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But he was super quick going downhill, seemed very comfortable using his left

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hand, attacking going left through some
nice entry passes and look ahead passes as

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well. Seems comfortable making decisions in
transition. We all know he had that

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monster finish over FIANDU Gelly at Summer
League, and Cavin Yelly did sign.

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By the way he got I think
he got a standard contract or he least

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durned a contract coming out of Summer
League. Duke. I read up Brian

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Lewis and The New York Post wrote
that he's rolling the dice on himself.

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After that, I think it's smart
and actually surprised that some team hasn't come

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come in here and tried to do
something there. He looked stronger too,

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Duke when he goes downhill that he
had some really tough finishes in Summer League,

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and he can hold up like sturdy. When you're looking at his body

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type, they're a bunch of different
matchups. You could play with him defensively.

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I don't know if the nets would
view him. He's definitely not on

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par defensively with the Bruce Brown role, but like on offense specifically, could

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he play the Bruce Brown role where
you sometimes you're see him even set screens

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hang out in the dunker spot,
or you're really just getting him slicing down

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the middle or trying to set up
set up others teams that I have,

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I have Indian san Antonio here just
because it's like, hey, take the

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flyers, you're the teams with cap
space. What does it cost to bring

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him in? And someone who scales
to a bunch of different perimeter positions on

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offense or defense. I have Miami
too, they have not I don't think

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like you know, when you look
at them, this is a team that

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seems very concerned about their tax bill. They're within two million of the tax

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right now, I believe, And
so are they gonna go into the tax

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because they do still have their mid
level exception. Are they gonna go into

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the tax for David Duke Junior.
No, but that would be I have

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them listed as an interesting fit.
I have Milwaukee as well. I don't

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know, you probably want more shooting
out of if you're gonna go with this

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perimeter spot, but just having another
body sort of move around. I again,

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the shooting would come in question here. But if you give Orlando Paalo

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bank Caro and then just like a
shit ton of really good like either decision

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makers around him or guys that could
be moved around defensively, that would be

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intriguing to watch for me. I
also Sacramento listed just anyone who scales as

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like a you know, if you
consider if you're one of those that consider

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David Duke Junior like more of a
pure guard, I totally get it six

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four and if he has like more
of a wing body type to me,

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not in the not as built in
the same vein as lu Dor, but

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like that's how I would consider him. I wouldn't mind seeing him in Sacramento,

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either of them taking a flyer on
him. Portland for sure, just

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other types of strong bodies there.
I have Utah's well, since they're in

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a rebuild, and I thought about
Washington into I don't know. Again,

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the shooting would be a concern for
me. How does he fit in the

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rotation when you have the lawn right
Monte Morris and Will Barton there, Kyle

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Kuzma as well, Denny Avdia.
But just like, let's get deeper and

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let's get guys who look like they
could play physical defense, just based off

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what I saw in Summer League.
So those were the teams. Like I

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said, I had a ship ton
for him. I have the most for

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someone we'll get to later. I'm
Blake Griffin on this list. If we

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were starting to make tough cuts,
I don't know if he'd beat here,

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but he shot thirty. He looked
cooked athletically, but he shot thirty nine

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point one percent from three after February
first, you should probably give anyone who

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was on the nets just to pass
last year, given that every all that

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was happening, he can probably give
you just some quality spacing as as a

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pure five, maybe some just like
non explosive rebounding as well, and the

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passing acumen from a stand still is
still really there. I don't it does

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take like sort of a specific team. I think you need to have other

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good defenders around him, and you
really need to have a need for like,

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oh can we space the floor?
We try to unlock a specific lineup

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type. That's why I do have
Milwaukee listed where it's like if you're looking

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for just something different from what if
you're worried about Brook Lopez's back, Sergebaka

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isn't cutting it, do you go
with like Blake Griffin Jannis in the front

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cord. They're not my favorite destination, but they were listed I did.

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This is a joke because when you
talk about roster spots, they're not gonna

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be able to get to it.
But okay, see has become like this

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fountain of youth in recent years,
so can he go and get a little

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bit of like the Chris Paul al
Horford juice going over there didn't necessarily work

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for Derek Favors, but Mike Mscala
has been hugging along and okay, see

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before he had surgery this offseason.
As also kind of a joke, I

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had Phoenix just I don't see him
reuniting with Paul, but if they were

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looking for another floor spacer to who
could potentially log minutes at the five,

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that's Dario Sarich And they have DeAndre
and of course Bismack Biyombo. But I

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had them just though to be funny, funny joke. I have Portland if

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they want to go all offense as
the backup five, Miami as well.

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I think you could play him with
Metta Bio if you wanted to, and

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so does he slide in or you
starting him just to preserve the integrity of

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your bench, but just someone who
could hit threes. I don't know that

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you want to go to him in
the post or trust him to create all

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that much. I thought about Boston
too, because it does feel like they

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need another big and like, yeah, they just signed Brutal Cabaclo Noa von

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Ley, so it seems like they
are going that route. But as of

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right now, like they are three
bigs and they play two of them at

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once. For the most part al
Horford and Grant Williams. I think they

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were the team that gave Kevin Gelly
the contract too, So you have Horford

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Williams and the Williams is after that, it's still sort of wide open.

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Just food for thought there. I
believe that was the last team. I

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oh, no, this is the
last team I have for Griffin, and

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it's Memphis, and it was the
I was using the Triple J's just the

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justification if he's coming back in like
December or January, and after they lost

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Anderson, do you just want someone
who can hit threes in your front court?

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That's not Clark or Tillman, It's
not Steven Adams at this point,

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And if you have the rest of
your crew available, looking at Dylan Brooks

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and Desmond Bane, even even Zier
Williams and Tias Jones and John Morant,

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Miranda doesn't fall into this some real
as much. Maybe you're just comfortable enough

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defensively to try it. I don't
know how this is the mellow situation.

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How does he feel about his role
there? He's not once Triple J is

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back like you're going to see those
minutes just sort of disappear. In Memphis,

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seems very invested in going the developmental
route, but sort of looking at

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their frontline rotation after Steven Adams was
kind of played off the floor in the

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Minnesota series, played a bunch more
against Golden State. To his credit,

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I would have liked to have seen
them diversify there from court line up a

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little bit more. And yeah,
David Roddy does do that to some extent,

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but again you're shouldering, You're putting
a lot on his shoulder. It's

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for a rookie that you took twenty
third overall. And I wasn't even necessarily

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the biggest fan of that trade.
But you're talking about, you know,

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forty three point eight percent of his
threes at Colorado State last year, sixty

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two percent of his twos. I
just you know, that was the first

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year, by the way, that
he shot better than he was at nineteen

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point five percent from three in his
first year Colorado State, twenty seven point

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eight second year, and then all
of a sudden skyrockets to forty three point

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eight while shooting below seventy percent at
the foul line. There could just be

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if venus there. I'm not saying
sein Blake Griffin is like this mission critical

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component, but relative to what we
know about Jaren Jackson Junior to this point,

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it feels like it could be I
don't even want to call it like

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necessary insurance, but just potential insurance. If you're thinking along these lines the

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next three agent, I think you
can make the case objectively he might be

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the most productive of the bunch,
well, the second most productive of the

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bunch, also the hardest to place
for me. Mantras Harrold. He looked

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like he was in early contention for
six Man of the Year, then finishes

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the season in Charlotte just sort of
going out with a whimper. He did

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average one point two six points per
possession as the Roman and one point four

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eight points in transition. That was
the ninety fifth percentile of efficiency. That's

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00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:52,759
someone who could help if you want
to get up and run the pace or

406
00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:57,279
just rampage towards the basket. Not
going to help out you're rebounding a ton.

407
00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,799
That's a problem because I think he's
probably best suited at the five.

408
00:25:02,079 --> 00:25:06,519
He could give you some like downhill
directionality where it's not like he's necessarily putting

409
00:25:06,559 --> 00:25:07,640
the ball on the floor, but
we have seen him make like two and

410
00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,839
three gribbled decisions and work out of
the post. Some not something you want

411
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:17,279
to make a primary component of your
offense, but just options there. And

412
00:25:17,279 --> 00:25:19,400
if you have enough defensive talent around
him, or you just don't care and

413
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,000
you're looking to get off to the
races, he's still someone that can put

414
00:25:23,079 --> 00:25:26,839
up numbers. I think Portland depending
on what they want to do with their

415
00:25:26,839 --> 00:25:32,079
backup five spot, if you're playing
him with Jeremy Grant and Josh Hart at

416
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:33,759
the same time, and maybe even
GP two, Like do you trust what

417
00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:36,960
do you how do you feel about
the shooting of that lineup? But do

418
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,400
you trust that being good enough defensively? Should Simons or Dame be the other

419
00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,119
player that's involved there? And then
I also just have Miami. I don't

420
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,079
love the fit. I don't want
to see him play next to bam Adebaio,

421
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,640
But if they're not, like could
you play him next to Dwayne Dedman

422
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,880
or even you're at seven who like
chucked up threes? And maybe you do

423
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,279
play him next to Adebaio. Anyway, we're still like Bam has the mid

424
00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,240
range game is able to put the
ball on the floor and go north south

425
00:25:59,319 --> 00:26:02,920
work from the side in could that
potentially work? This is just like if

426
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,000
it's super cheap and you can plug
a player who's potentially productive. You know

427
00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:10,319
you're Miami dealt with injuries this past
season, anyway, do you try it

428
00:26:10,319 --> 00:26:15,200
out? Those are the only two
teams that I felt strongly enough to list

429
00:26:15,319 --> 00:26:18,319
for him, And I don't know
that there's like I thought about Phoenix for

430
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,799
a minute, who could use like
the rim pressure and even someone who's just

431
00:26:21,799 --> 00:26:26,480
gonna go you know, all out
in transition. Don't don't love it though,

432
00:26:26,559 --> 00:26:29,480
Like I would just rather see more
minutes with charts and then you have

433
00:26:29,519 --> 00:26:32,519
eight and taking up a line chair
of them anyway, plus Bismock biumbo.

434
00:26:32,599 --> 00:26:33,960
I know, Harold's been linked to
Toronto in the past. That's just not

435
00:26:34,039 --> 00:26:37,319
If they're gonna go after a big
it should be someone who rebounds better.

436
00:26:37,839 --> 00:26:42,640
Preferably spaces the floor, but certainly
rebounds rebounds better. And that's like sort

437
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,160
of it, you know, if
Utah's rebuilding and they just want like sort

438
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,839
of a heart and soul of someone
to go towards the basket and they don't

439
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,119
want to only have Walker Kessler and
vand but that's not even something I could

440
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:56,039
doors indoors don't really like him in
Boston. That doesn't really make sense for

441
00:26:56,079 --> 00:27:00,119
him to go back to Charlotte when
they have Mason Plumley, Kai Jones and

442
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,640
Mark Williams. If you were going
to trade one of those guys maybe and

443
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,000
if anyone's gonna coax defense out of
him, like sort of just this base

444
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,799
decision making and drop coverage as a
rim protector, is it? Steve Clifford,

445
00:27:10,799 --> 00:27:12,240
Like, yeah, sure, why
not? Could you try going that

446
00:27:12,319 --> 00:27:15,960
route if your Chicago is like your
third big now that you have Drummond and

447
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:21,200
Vouch. But like that is such
a weird big man rotation with Drummond,

448
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:26,359
Vooche and Harold these very recognizable household
names that are all sort of underwhelming at

449
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:27,880
the moment, and so like you
really start to run out of options here

450
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:32,160
rather quickly. I don't. I
did briefly think about a reunion with the

451
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,720
Clippers, but he didn't seem to
enjoy like the Kauai Paul George Eric Clippers.

452
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,039
And yeah, if they want another
big like Zoobots and Harold being their

453
00:27:41,079 --> 00:27:45,359
primary fives, I'm sure, I
just can't see that necessarily happen and you

454
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,359
just start to run out of options
pretty quickly there. So still like a

455
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,319
useful player takes a very specific situation. I'm very curiously where he ends up.

456
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:56,160
But like I said, Portland and
Miami were the two that stood out

457
00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,240
to me. I've Dwight Howard on
this list too. Room protection slipped quite

458
00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:04,119
a bit last year with the Lakers. To his credit, opponents did shoot

459
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:11,640
only fifty four point five percent at
the rim against him. Uh I can't

460
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,000
even remember what the date was filtered, but like, yes, his his

461
00:28:14,079 --> 00:28:18,480
rim protection like certainly slipped last season. I think that that absolutely needs to

462
00:28:18,519 --> 00:28:22,400
be a factor into the decision making
here if you're if you're a team or

463
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,839
as I'm you know, going to
go through what I think of the best

464
00:28:25,839 --> 00:28:30,160
fits. He still does provide you
though with like a moti it's more than

465
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,480
a moticom of of presence on the
glass. He was efficient enough out of

466
00:28:33,519 --> 00:28:40,079
the uh as the rollman finisher last
year, and like it's not the the

467
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,319
end when you look at so like
go back just a season in twenty twenty

468
00:28:42,519 --> 00:28:47,279
twenty twenty one, when he emerges
like this valuable backup for Philly opponent shot

469
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,440
under fifty seven percent against him at
the rim, and so the fact that

470
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,319
he allowed Apont shoot sixty two point
seven percent against him at the rim last

471
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,240
year, Yeah, that's not that's
obviously not great. I still think if

472
00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:00,559
you're relying on him for sort of
lower level minutes, maybe you're just using

473
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,200
him to get through the regular season, not anticipating him in the playoffs,

474
00:29:03,279 --> 00:29:07,200
or you want the rim running element
part of your offense and the other bigs

475
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:11,119
on your roster don't give you that
for whatever reason why or other backup biggs,

476
00:29:11,119 --> 00:29:15,720
I should say, I think that
it's a reasonably he's reasonably worth a

477
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,640
flyer, and I do believe that
like it helps. This is not you

478
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,680
know, you know, and it's
fucking Canner thinking that he can still play

479
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,279
when he's terrible and saying it's unfair
that I'm not in the league or whatever.

480
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,319
Dwight also, like Canner, mentioned
that he could see himself going tough

481
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,119
the WWE. At the same time, he seems okay with like being someone

482
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,599
who's on the roster not playing all
the time. We've seen it the past

483
00:29:36,599 --> 00:29:40,200
few years. I have Portland for
him again if you just want a veteran

484
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,960
presence as as your backup, and
it's sort of just a change of pace

485
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:48,359
big relative to what you're getting in
your primary minutes from Nerd Kitch, I

486
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,559
have the Clippers as well, the
other LA team just behind Zobots. Again,

487
00:29:51,599 --> 00:29:53,680
maybe Dwight Howard's not playing all the
time. I don't think that's really

488
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:59,680
a problem, and he gives you
probably more of a like there's like a

489
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,880
simi An element to Zoobots there,
who's just very clearly better. But there's

490
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,640
like a different build to Howard obviously, especially when you're looking at on the

491
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,319
offensive glass, which maybe you just
don't think that you need that type of

492
00:30:11,359 --> 00:30:14,400
presence there. And then finally I
have it as Boston, where it's just

493
00:30:14,519 --> 00:30:18,279
yes, they have all these flyers
on other bigs, but if you're gonna

494
00:30:18,279 --> 00:30:22,200
play Horford in RW three together a
ton to get the you know, the

495
00:30:22,319 --> 00:30:26,480
rim running and rebounding element from Howard. Again, how many times I'm gonna

496
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,839
say again during this segment, I
don't think he was good last year.

497
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,480
I don't think he's necessarily cooked,
and I just if I'm Denver, I

498
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:37,319
would have preferred going the Dwight Howard
route than then DeAndre Jordan route. Food

499
00:30:37,319 --> 00:30:42,400
for thought there. Jeremy Lamb is
next up. He did not have a

500
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,680
good season. He's kind of fallen
off the radar ever since his ACL injury.

501
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,720
But there were like some flickers with
the Kings. I went back and

502
00:30:51,759 --> 00:30:53,559
watched because I was surprised that the
numbers were this high and like it was

503
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:59,440
slower paced stuff like moving at the
speed of Kyle Anderson almost He averaged one

504
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,480
point one seven points per possession out
of the pick and roll as the ball

505
00:31:02,519 --> 00:31:06,559
handler shot fifty two point eight percent
nineteen of thirty six, so a rather

506
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:08,799
small sample size, but it was
there. And while his mid range shooting

507
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,960
dropped, and he's never been like
this, I'm gonna shoot eighty percent from

508
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:17,599
mid range. He can mozy and
get to his spots still with the ball

509
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,480
in his hands. Doesn't provide any
rim pressure or free throw opportunities. If

510
00:31:21,519 --> 00:31:23,119
you want him to be like a
wing defender, he's going to get cooked.

511
00:31:23,279 --> 00:31:30,599
He can probably stay stationary and contest
kickouts from two stand still shooters and

512
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,720
get his hands up when they're actually
taking their books off the catch. Beyond

513
00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:36,759
that, you're asking for trouble,
so there needs to be the right infrastructure

514
00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:38,799
there. He did shoot. His
three point shooting has always been like,

515
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,319
why isn't it higher? For most
of his career. He shot thirty five

516
00:31:42,319 --> 00:31:47,240
point four percent on catch and shoot
threes with the Pacers. That dropped to

517
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,599
twenty six point seven percent with the
Kings. I think a lot of it's

518
00:31:51,599 --> 00:31:53,200
gonna have to do with shot quality, and then like, what's the surrounding

519
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:59,640
floor geography look like? So I
have listed this was another one I did

520
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:04,240
strug before. But like Dallas is, spacing is pristine. He doesn't replace

521
00:32:04,279 --> 00:32:07,640
the rim pressure you lost in Jaen
Brunson. You're gonna hope Spencer Dinwood he

522
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,480
does that. But I actually like
him more on ball than I would have

523
00:32:10,519 --> 00:32:14,640
Tim Hardaway Junior. This is not
to say you should play Lamb over Tim

524
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,039
Hardaway Junior, but if you're just
looking for a cheap another person who could

525
00:32:17,039 --> 00:32:20,319
put the ball in their hands,
you probably trust him to run a pick

526
00:32:20,319 --> 00:32:24,319
and roll more than frank Nielikeina.
Just kidding. Frankie Lakina is a god

527
00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:28,240
and he should be starting over Luca
don Chich or alongside him, whichever.

528
00:32:28,319 --> 00:32:32,119
The Mavericks prefer, but I might
trust Jeremy Lamb and not Mike. I'm

529
00:32:32,119 --> 00:32:37,119
gonna trust Jeremy Lamb after Spencer Dinwoody
and Luka don Chich. Who am I

530
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:42,039
trusting to run pick and rolls more
for this team? Is it? Yeah?

531
00:32:42,119 --> 00:32:44,240
Frank Niel. We all know how
I feel about Frank nil Kina,

532
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,119
But like someone who's actually gonna look
for his shot, I'm gonna trust probably

533
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,880
Jeremy Lamb over Tim Hardaway Junior.
There, maybe you're a Jaden Harvey guy

534
00:32:52,279 --> 00:32:54,960
here. I would I would not
be, at least not in season number

535
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:59,160
one, and I didn't need to
watch. I need to go back and

536
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:00,119
probably watch more of him in Summer
League. From what I seem, I

537
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,359
wasn't like blown away, at least
not as blown away as Mavericks fans seems

538
00:33:04,359 --> 00:33:07,000
to be. You're giving up a
defensive element here, But I'm looking at

539
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,519
the catch and shoot percentage he had
an indie. You're all of a sudden

540
00:33:09,839 --> 00:33:14,720
getting the wide open looks. Lucanachi's
just going to create. You can probably

541
00:33:14,839 --> 00:33:17,000
pump fake your way off the three
point line, and there are still defenders

542
00:33:17,079 --> 00:33:20,680
that bite on his three point shot
off the catch and even just like his

543
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,079
slow dribble pull ups, He's going
to get into the lane, maybe put

544
00:33:23,119 --> 00:33:25,519
up a floater or mid range Jay. I just think it could work,

545
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:30,160
and you need I don't think you
need offense on this team because you have

546
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,880
Christian Wood and Don chich but and
Dinwitty. You do need guys. I

547
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,839
think that could serve as an on
ball outlet while also being able to work

548
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:42,599
off it. And he does that, so it's it's not a substitute for

549
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,480
Jalon Brunzon. He doesn't really replace
anything that Jalen Brunson does. Let's just

550
00:33:45,519 --> 00:33:49,519
be honest. But I thought that
the off ball shooting in Indiana coupled with

551
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,920
sort of the and he's showed this
in the past when you look at other

552
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,240
P and R scoring numbers, like
there's just something there. I wouldn't even

553
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:59,279
call it secondary, but just as
like a step below that tertiary. Why

554
00:33:59,319 --> 00:34:00,920
not give it a shot. So
Tim Hartway Junior's working his way back from

555
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,880
pre serious injury, Spencer din what
he has injuries in his past, and

556
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,799
this team is ripe for a trade
when you look at some of the salaries

557
00:34:07,799 --> 00:34:10,480
and just the fact that they are
slated to regress from last season. By

558
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:15,639
losing Brunson, it feels like they
could make a midseason move. Dennis Shrewder

559
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,679
is next up. I also have
them as listed for him. Spoiler alert

560
00:34:20,519 --> 00:34:25,360
season was the Seesaw. His entire
just basketball career has gone essentially off the

561
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:29,760
rail since he arrived with Los Angeles. Turns down that huge extension, ends

562
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,000
up signing for the minimily with Boston, gets flipped to Houston. Closed the

563
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:36,559
season. They're shooting thirty seven point
two percent on drives. I don't think

564
00:34:36,599 --> 00:34:40,039
the spacing or the requisite threat level
of the players around him were good enough

565
00:34:40,119 --> 00:34:45,480
to help him capitalize on like that
speed when he's going downhill. He shot

566
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:49,280
fifty one point five percent on drives
with the Celtics. Needs to bring up

567
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,360
the catch and shoot three point percentage. I feel like that's sort of a

568
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,880
broken record. Thirty three point eight
percent on spot up three's with the Rockets,

569
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,639
thirty five, thirty three point eight
percent with the Celtics, thirty five

570
00:34:57,639 --> 00:35:00,360
point one percent with the Rockets.
His finishing the rim, it's I don't

571
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,960
want to say it's always been topsy
turvyfel off a cliff last year, but

572
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:08,000
it's always kind of hovered around like
average, just like between just below average

573
00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:12,920
to average to slightly above average,
like never having these like super ridiculous peaks

574
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,119
for more than a season, but
like if you want someone with just to

575
00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:21,880
give you downhill pressure, who you
can trust to manage some of like the

576
00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,039
second unit minutes, if you surround
him with enough shooting, or just have

577
00:35:24,159 --> 00:35:28,719
a void at like the point guard
spot where it's no, we don't want

578
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,000
an off guard or a secondary guard. We want someone we could put the

579
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,639
ball in their hands. I have
m MAV's list to hear for him.

580
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,800
I think the Lakers could use him. He becomes the aside from Lebron James,

581
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,519
it's the best point guard on their
roster. At this point, it's

582
00:35:38,599 --> 00:35:40,840
like it's a better fit than Russell
Westbrook. I don't know what you want

583
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:45,559
me to say right now. He's
definitely gonna give you more defensive than a

584
00:35:45,639 --> 00:35:50,199
Russell Westbrook at this point, I
have Phoenix as well, because I do

585
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,440
think they need sort of this third
creator. I don't love the fit.

586
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,320
Would you prefer Cameron Payton to Dennis
Shrewder. I think you would. He

587
00:35:55,400 --> 00:36:00,039
might even prefer Landry Shammitt at this
point but just the he's an above average

588
00:36:00,119 --> 00:36:04,840
rim pressure guy for his position,
and I do think that the Suns don't

589
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:10,079
really have that when you look at
Payne Paul or Devin Booker, and Devin

590
00:36:10,119 --> 00:36:13,760
Booker doesn't really factor in, like
although I would like to see more Devin

591
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,480
Booker at point guard lineups this season. Just throwing it out there, Monty

592
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:19,840
Williams, just in case you're listening, which I know you obviously are,

593
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,559
so don't. I don't love that
fit. I also don't. I have

594
00:36:22,679 --> 00:36:28,000
Orlando listed just because if you're looking
for an alternative to mark el Folts,

595
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:32,320
someone who is like mark El Folts
can finish around the basket like Dennis Shrewder,

596
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:37,679
gives you more like abruptness getting towards
the basket, and it's even more

597
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,360
of like. It's not he's not
going to bail out like a Colan thing

598
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,639
as much before the basket, more
proven than r J. Hampton. Of

599
00:36:44,679 --> 00:36:46,519
course, maybe you're just trusting jail
and Sucks to make that leap. And

600
00:36:46,559 --> 00:36:50,920
you have Paalo ban Caro if you
just want to have I wouldn't even call

601
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,519
him like a veteran influence. But
if you want a different element of offense

602
00:36:54,719 --> 00:37:00,960
at that point guard spot without necessarily
skewing too far to the off guard or

603
00:37:00,039 --> 00:37:04,960
combo guard role. I'm shrewder could
be interesting there, I don't I don't

604
00:37:05,039 --> 00:37:07,480
love to be clear at the fit
with Phoenix or Orlando. I like it

605
00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:12,159
much better with the Lakers or Dallas. But we're talking about at this point,

606
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,039
like very little money it costs to
get him a flyer, can't hurt.

607
00:37:15,079 --> 00:37:17,599
Colin Sexton would be quick about.
I did an entire podcast on Collin

608
00:37:17,639 --> 00:37:22,159
sext and go check it out on
YouTube or and your podcast feed. Just

609
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:23,800
he can hit catch and shoot threes. Do you want him to up the

610
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,400
volume there? Sure? Do you
want him to be a better on ball

611
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,039
defender? Sure? If you don't
need him to be your point guard though,

612
00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:35,960
and like run the offense and outside
of the second unit, at least

613
00:37:36,199 --> 00:37:37,440
there's a place for him. I
think he would still be a good fit

614
00:37:37,519 --> 00:37:40,880
on the Pacers. I'd like to
see him in Haliburton play together. And

615
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,840
they also have cap space the Magic. If they could strike a sign and

616
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:46,519
trade with Cleveland, that's something that
still works there for me. And then

617
00:37:46,519 --> 00:37:49,800
I think that the fit is still
there in Cleveland, even though they have

618
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,519
Ricky Rubio and carras Lavert. I
trust probably Lavert Moore as an on ball

619
00:37:52,559 --> 00:37:58,199
passer, and like the shots he'll
take as a self creator might look a

620
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,199
lot better. I Colin Sexton to
me, is the more useful and malleable

621
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:05,719
player overall at this point, Lavert
is bigger. Maybe that's going to make

622
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:09,199
a difference to a lot of people
as well. So Cleveland, Indiana Orlando

623
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:14,199
for Colin Sexton and just it's the
same theory with Orlando that it was with

624
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,280
Dennis Shrewder, only you're getting better
off ball shooting here. And so you

625
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,599
could play Sexton and Faults together like
when Suggs is off the quarter or if

626
00:38:20,599 --> 00:38:22,440
you're going super small, which I
don't know why the magic would would ever

627
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,880
do. And then your second unit
I don't know why. No, you're

628
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:29,880
not gonna want to play Colanthony and
Colin Sexton at the same time, but

629
00:38:30,199 --> 00:38:35,199
he can give you a lot of
second unit creativity or just having the always

630
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,559
as that second or third on ball
outlet, whether he's playing with Suggs or

631
00:38:38,599 --> 00:38:44,519
Ben Caro or markl Faults or just
some combination of the three. That's something

632
00:38:44,519 --> 00:38:46,760
you could look at. It so
I like that, and if you can

633
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:52,079
trust him to fire off threes off
the catch or make quicker decisions with the

634
00:38:52,119 --> 00:38:53,559
ball, which I think last year
he kind of started too. I know

635
00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:57,880
that was if he only played in
eleven games before his tearing his meniscus.

636
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,760
I actually like the fit on the
Lando. I definitely love it more than

637
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:06,400
the Shrewder fit. This is I
don't want to say he's my highest upside

638
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,559
free agent on this list. That's
clearly the Colin Sexton's here. And if

639
00:39:08,559 --> 00:39:12,880
you want to make the case for
like, you know, really, if

640
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,280
you want to make the like maybe
after him, it's like, I guess

641
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:16,960
you could go Shrewder, you go
with anyone, really, But this is

642
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:20,679
my favorite free agent on the list, and I think I have the most

643
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:25,159
teams listed for him. Utah Watson
Abe he has been I watched some feeble

644
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:29,400
highlights he's been looks like he's been
tearing it. He tore it up there.

645
00:39:30,199 --> 00:39:32,480
I like him. We saw his
three point shot dip last year and

646
00:39:32,519 --> 00:39:37,320
he fell out of Toronto's rotation.
He's still shot thirty five point five percent

647
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:40,320
on catch and shoot threes. He's
always been sort of like an unreliable finisher,

648
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:44,559
but he makes really good decisions when
he's moving with the ball, whether

649
00:39:44,559 --> 00:39:49,360
it's like dump offs or kickouts,
or forcing defenses to get in two rotation

650
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,880
then just making the right pass from
there or finding the guy who's going to

651
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,159
make the next pass that leads to
a bucket. He can be moved around

652
00:39:55,159 --> 00:40:00,639
a lot defensively. I like his
help activity around the basket. It doesn't

653
00:40:00,679 --> 00:40:05,679
feel like he's only like when I
watch him play with Torontos and not something

654
00:40:05,679 --> 00:40:08,119
I'm taking away from Fiba. I
always feel like he plays a lot bigger

655
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:12,519
than six nine, and so why
not take a flyer on him if you're

656
00:40:12,519 --> 00:40:15,679
a rebuilding team or if you just
need to plug some just like back of

657
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:19,960
the rotation wing minutes, someone who
is plugging play at both ends. I

658
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,760
just don't understand why there hasn't been
more interest in him. He's twenty seven,

659
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:27,239
gonna turn twenty eight and October.
Maybe that has something to do with

660
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:30,320
it. He's not like super athletic, but he has these strides that will

661
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,800
get him up and down the floor, and he kind of knows how to

662
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:37,519
use space to his advantage on defense. I have him for every team,

663
00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:42,360
but like I would love to see
him in Sacramento because I do think he's

664
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,360
hues more like true wing than a
Keegan Murray or Harrison Barnes. At this

665
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:50,039
point, he probably still falls too
close to the well. I'd like to

666
00:40:50,039 --> 00:40:52,880
see him defend like fours or be
a combo forward, but like he can

667
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:58,360
guard threes and like switch a bunch
Cleveland. I think he would be really

668
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:02,599
good there. Chicago needs more like
bigger wing depth Milwaukee Kubili's try him out

669
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:07,079
as like the four in those units
with Jannis when Portis and Lopez are on

670
00:41:07,079 --> 00:41:12,400
the bench. I'd rather see Utah
wants an Abby than and Jannis than Abaka

671
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,119
and Yannis. At this point,
I'm just gonna be flat out there Utah

672
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,639
like they just need wings. Where
are all the wings? Utah? I

673
00:41:17,639 --> 00:41:21,760
don't like, are we including like
we have to call Malik Beasley a wing

674
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,599
at this point. That's what Utah
has has done to us is we have

675
00:41:24,639 --> 00:41:28,519
to call Malik Beasley a wing even
though he is not. They have who

676
00:41:28,599 --> 00:41:31,079
is the wing on Utah? So
they trade away Royce O'Neill. Is it

677
00:41:31,159 --> 00:41:35,440
Malik Beasley? Do you think Boy
and Madonna is not a wing? He's

678
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,960
more of a combo forward. Uh
is it nikkil Alexander Walker? Like?

679
00:41:39,039 --> 00:41:42,280
Is he the closest thing you have
to a wing? It's between him or

680
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,079
Malie Beasley at this point, where
are all the wings? Utah, I

681
00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:46,639
don't care. At he's twenty eight, you have minutes to spare. Bring

682
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:52,360
him in, let's see what happens. Washington. I just think that they

683
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:54,880
need more good players on the team. Nuts isn't have to say that they're

684
00:41:54,880 --> 00:42:00,280
bad, but like they have Kuzma, they have Ruby Hachimura, they have

685
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,840
Denny Avdia. I think it feels
like they need someone who's a little bit

686
00:42:04,079 --> 00:42:08,119
more plug and play to like,
like on both ends of the floor.

687
00:42:08,159 --> 00:42:13,039
Where will Barton is? He still
he brings a lot of creativity on offense,

688
00:42:13,159 --> 00:42:15,920
but he could be you call him
plug and play there. Kuzma,

689
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,400
he's plug and play at both ends. That's fair for Kuzma. I think

690
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:21,119
Denny Ava can be plug and play
at both ends. We just haven't seen

691
00:42:21,159 --> 00:42:22,840
it. Uh, there is he
needs to be more aggressive on offense,

692
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:27,480
but I think he also needs to
be empowered on offense as well. Ruby

693
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,599
Ha Chamora is just like two iffy
on both ends. For me, It's

694
00:42:30,599 --> 00:42:34,280
like, let's just throw Utah Watanabbi
there, get some solid defensive bodies and

695
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,719
then if he can hit catches the
threes, he's fine. Portland as well,

696
00:42:37,039 --> 00:42:42,119
Like they're they have a lot of
talented perimeter players on their team,

697
00:42:42,159 --> 00:42:46,480
they're still like small because like you
have Simons, Damian Lillard and GP two

698
00:42:47,079 --> 00:42:51,320
and those are all guards, and
then you have Josh Hart is a wing,

699
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:53,079
but he's not super big. You've
Jeremy Grant of course not little,

700
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:58,039
but let's throw Utah Watanabe six nine
in there. So I think he can

701
00:42:58,039 --> 00:43:00,800
play the three, the four.
If you really wanted to down size him

702
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,239
and Grant in the front court for
certain lineups, you could try that.

703
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,679
So I would love to see him
in Portland. I fave that Indiana again,

704
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:12,239
just a team that actually does need
wing bodies. They probably want someone

705
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,239
who counts as more of a truer
wing, but like, let's just go

706
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:19,559
with the plug and play guy.
He could make sweet sweet music in any

707
00:43:19,599 --> 00:43:22,559
lineup that includes Tyrese Haliburton and if
Miles Turner is still there, I'm just

708
00:43:22,599 --> 00:43:25,559
saying, and so like he's more
of a wing than Buddy Heald, who's

709
00:43:25,599 --> 00:43:29,440
probably your starting three at the moment, unless it's you know, is it?

710
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:31,400
However, you're structuring it like he's
more of a three than Benedict Mathren

711
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:37,039
or Buddy Healed, certainly more so
than Christaarte as well. So I would

712
00:43:37,039 --> 00:43:42,840
like him there other teams I've listed
the Golden State Warriors. Ifigodala doesn't come

713
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,760
back, why not someone who's just
higher end wants to Scano Anderson not his

714
00:43:46,199 --> 00:43:51,239
probably not his JT is definitely more
explosive, but just like to play that

715
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:52,960
role. Maybe he's not playing all
the time, but he's gonna make you

716
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:57,519
think smart decisions with the ball.
And if you can get him to subsist

717
00:43:57,559 --> 00:44:00,719
on enough offensive volume, because I
do think he's not a enough either,

718
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:04,360
why not. And then I also
have Charlotte. They need wings too,

719
00:44:05,119 --> 00:44:07,679
Kelly. They have kellyer Bridge Junior. They have Gordon Hayward, they have

720
00:44:07,079 --> 00:44:12,360
Cody Martin. That's like, are
any of those players I just named would

721
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:15,639
you consider them a you know,
a truer wing than wanton Abe. I

722
00:44:15,679 --> 00:44:19,960
guess you could go with like Gordon
Hayward and even kellyer Bridge Junior, and

723
00:44:20,039 --> 00:44:22,360
you could say all three of them, but just like they have Gordon Hayward,

724
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:24,400
Kellyer Bridge Junior or Cody Martin and
then it sort of falls off a

725
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:27,880
cliff there, James Book, Knight, Priceman, Gawan or not wings PJ

726
00:44:28,199 --> 00:44:30,280
PJ. Washington. If Myles Bridges
comes back, is is not a wing,

727
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:35,079
so just a solid guy who I
think helps you on defense and then

728
00:44:35,119 --> 00:44:38,639
doesn't muck up or monopolize anything on
offense. The nets I haven't listened here

729
00:44:38,679 --> 00:44:43,840
too. Just get me solid guys
who profile is fringe wings on this team.

730
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:45,880
They do have Kessler Edwards and t
J. Warren, Joe Harris,

731
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:50,119
Ben Simmons. Now I don't consider
Ben Simmons a wing. I would consider

732
00:44:50,199 --> 00:44:52,000
more of a big Kevin Rant still
there for the time being, but that

733
00:44:52,039 --> 00:44:54,880
would just be sort of fun to
add him to a rotation that has Royce

734
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,199
O'Neill or All of a sudden,
you went from a team that just doesn't

735
00:44:58,199 --> 00:45:02,599
have these wingish types to oh,
we have Harris and Warren and Kessler,

736
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:06,519
Edwards and Royce O'Neill not to mention
Durant, and then you don't want an

737
00:45:06,519 --> 00:45:10,079
abby just feels like it gives you
a lot of different lineup optionality. I

738
00:45:10,119 --> 00:45:15,000
think honestly though, you could tell
me any team, like if I like,

739
00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:17,320
do I think that the Nuggets instead
of like paying flat go Kanchart should

740
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,760
have taken a look at you don't
want an Abbia absolutely would say something like

741
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:22,440
that. So you can put him
on any team Detroit as well, if

742
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:25,119
they if they're willing to hammer out
the minutes for him. Is he too

743
00:45:25,119 --> 00:45:28,800
old for that? They saw in
Kevin Knox, you bring back comed Udayala.

744
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:31,079
They have Sadiq bay alc Burks,
by the way, is still on

745
00:45:31,119 --> 00:45:36,239
this roster right now. Isaiah Livers
looked really good, So if they are

746
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:38,320
willing to actually play him, and
I think he would be like a nice

747
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:43,960
alternative because I don't trust Marvin Bagley
plus any of the bigs, like whether

748
00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:45,559
it's Stewart Noel, if he's stall
on the roster or Duran, I don't

749
00:45:45,559 --> 00:45:49,639
want to see that. Maybe Bagley
an Olynk together, but that would be

750
00:45:49,639 --> 00:45:52,079
a defensive nightmare. Wants an obbyist
sort of. That four spot would be

751
00:45:52,159 --> 00:45:55,360
really fun where Kelly Olynic is at
the five or any Isaiah Stewart, Noel

752
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:59,559
or Jalen Duran is at the five. So I had them too. I

753
00:45:59,599 --> 00:46:01,039
did not Houston listed, but I
guess they could go that rout. I

754
00:46:01,079 --> 00:46:06,119
just want to make sure that kJ
Martin and Usman group a play in a

755
00:46:06,159 --> 00:46:09,159
front court rotation that also includes Jabar
Smith Junior and Alpern. Shane Goun at

756
00:46:09,159 --> 00:46:13,599
this point can't give him to dimension
the Lakers. By the way he should

757
00:46:13,599 --> 00:46:16,360
be on the Lakers would work,
but they have wantedsconnoy Anderson already doesn't need

758
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:19,679
to be on the Clippers. They
already have all the wings. And then

759
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:22,480
Memphis is the final team that I
have listed for him, I believe,

760
00:46:22,519 --> 00:46:24,920
and you could again throw him on
any team. I'll be happy someone who

761
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:28,760
could fill in for some of those
four minutes. And that's actually not someone

762
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,320
like a Mellow who I suggested,
or even a Blake Griffin won't compromise your

763
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:37,719
defense. Our final free agent,
the one and only Hassan Whiteside, Utah

764
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:43,000
has still makes sense for him since
they have Walker Kessler and Van do And

765
00:46:43,039 --> 00:46:45,440
that's it. Really. If you're
looking at like, I mean, do

766
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:49,159
you still believe in Udoka as a
bookie? Maybe so. If you still

767
00:46:49,159 --> 00:46:52,320
believe in him, that's fine,
But like they don't have like anything about

768
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:55,079
their center rotation. Really pinned down
in Stone right now it is Rudy Gay.

769
00:46:55,079 --> 00:46:59,280
That could be like so like I
just named all the technically bigs on

770
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:04,559
their roster and no Gay as a
bookie and Walker Kessler I would love,

771
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:06,880
Like I'm not love. I think
white side. If you're just looking to

772
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:08,920
depending on what happens with the Donovan
Mitchell trade, you're not looking to win.

773
00:47:09,119 --> 00:47:13,599
But if you want like another lob
threat for Donovan Mitchell, if you

774
00:47:13,599 --> 00:47:16,599
trust him to develop that chemistry or
just the sort of film minutes like eat

775
00:47:16,679 --> 00:47:21,079
like an innings year as they would
call him baseball, I could see even

776
00:47:21,079 --> 00:47:22,840
though at the time I bringing him
back and he was just like he was

777
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:27,840
fine last year, one point three
nine points per possession out of the pick

778
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:31,320
and roll, one point three five
points in transition. He also opponent's shot

779
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:35,159
just fifty three point one percent against
him at the rim, so he's playing

780
00:47:35,199 --> 00:47:38,599
a lot of second unit minutes there. That was still an incredible That was

781
00:47:38,599 --> 00:47:44,440
the eighth best mark in the league
among everyone who contested at least two hundred

782
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:49,000
and fifty shots at the basket.
And so like that's legit company to be

783
00:47:49,079 --> 00:47:52,039
and he still provides you. I
think if it's coming down to and I

784
00:47:52,079 --> 00:47:55,960
was having conversation with someone I worked
with before I recorded this podcast or currently

785
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:00,599
work with, I should say,
if I've done to Hassan white Side or

786
00:48:00,679 --> 00:48:06,960
Dwight Howard right now, I think
I'm going with Hassan Whiteside pretty comfortably.

787
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:10,360
That's what I'm reticent to say.
Like pretty comfortably is really where we're at

788
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:15,440
here at this point. So I'm
like, I think it would be him.

789
00:48:15,519 --> 00:48:20,559
And so if you're the same teams
we name for Dwight Howard, the

790
00:48:20,599 --> 00:48:22,360
Hassan white Side train would still be
on them. And by the way,

791
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:25,360
the players that are in front of
him. So here's every player who contested

792
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:30,719
at LEAs two hundred fifty shots at
the rim and allowed a better or a

793
00:48:31,119 --> 00:48:36,519
stingier opponent shooting percentage at the basket. Then Whiteside Yannis Isaiah Stewart shout out

794
00:48:36,519 --> 00:48:39,079
you, stew JaVale McGee starting center
for the Mavericks for some reason, Jared

795
00:48:39,079 --> 00:48:43,719
Allen, Rudy Gobert, Jaren Jackson
Jr. And Isaiah Hartenstein what is signing

796
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:46,039
by the Knicks and being dead serious? So like eight, you rank eighth

797
00:48:46,199 --> 00:48:50,239
in that that's a really good spot
to be. The teams I have listed

798
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:53,320
for him aside from Utah, I
really could only come up with four.

799
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:55,280
I wanted to come up with more
because I thought he was so useful,

800
00:48:55,280 --> 00:49:00,119
and that's also sort of like maybe
a Harpinger. How I feel about his

801
00:49:00,159 --> 00:49:04,079
fit relative towards the Clippers, for
sure, I don't know if he's someone

802
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:07,159
whereas Howard I think is okay if
he just doesn't play. I don't know

803
00:49:07,199 --> 00:49:08,519
that White Side is gonna feel the
same way. And there's a chance knowing

804
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:13,320
if they want to play Roco Slash
Marcus Morris type front courts or just go

805
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without a big and then you have
zoobots to really just cannibalize like twenty five

806
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:22,639
to thirty plus minutes of game.
I'm not sure how he would fit into

807
00:49:22,679 --> 00:49:25,239
that type of ecosystem. The Blazers, for sure, I think we've I

808
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:29,199
guess there's the been there, done
that aspect, but there's still sort of

809
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a need if you want like the
lob the proven lobcatcher, veteran lob catcher,

810
00:49:32,199 --> 00:49:37,199
element, rim runner and rebounder,
so that could work for them.

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And he also just like he's gonna
give you rim protection as well, and

812
00:49:42,199 --> 00:49:45,320
then also Boston they played dual big, So if you're gonna be interested in

813
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:46,639
Howard, why not take a look
at Whiteside. I don't think him or

814
00:49:46,679 --> 00:49:51,360
Howard or is dynamic on offense.
Is Boston seems to skew with their bigs

815
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:53,800
like Robert Williams the third in addition
to being able just like to fly above

816
00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:57,880
the rim and rim run and then
also a lot more switchable on defense,

817
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,079
like he can make really good passes
and you don't trust us on Whiteside to

818
00:50:01,119 --> 00:50:04,920
ever put the ball on the floor, make one intruder, bolt two dribble

819
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:06,880
decisions. You're not gonna want to
see that from White Howard. Now,

820
00:50:07,079 --> 00:50:10,199
still we're talking about who would be
their fourth big at best with Grant Williams

821
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:14,719
RW three and Horford already in front
of them, something they consider and the

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final one I have is just Brooklyn. They have Nicholas Claxton and day Ron

823
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Sharpe. That's kind of it for
them on like the centers that you envisioned

824
00:50:22,119 --> 00:50:25,719
playing a bunch of minutes next year. So maybe they're just been going really

825
00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:29,119
small with Ben Simmons and Kevin Durant
in their front court. If they don't

826
00:50:29,119 --> 00:50:31,800
move Kevin Durant still Hassan Whiteside.
I think you can make the case that

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Dwight Howard might work there then as
well too, But I think Cassan my

828
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favorite fit for us on Whiteside.
I say Portland is that weird, I'm

829
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:42,719
just gonna say it's probably Brooklyn for
me. I'm just gonna say it's Brooklyn

830
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because I don't want to. I
feel like Ikey saying it should be Portland.

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That does it for me. I
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838
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the one the only he didn't get
the free agency this summer because he was

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so valued by the Mavericks, Frank
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