1 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,480 What is krack alac in fellow Thermo nuclear a effort, I am Damn Valley 2 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,239 coming at you with part two of this week's mail back. Before we get 3 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,960 started, the user reminders. If you've never checked us out before, please 4 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:30,359 remember to subscribe to us, Apple, Spotify, YouTube, like, and 5 00:00:30,399 --> 00:00:34,119 comment on YouTube to help the algorithm love us back. If you've done all 6 00:00:34,119 --> 00:00:38,000 those things, remember to leave reviews on Apple and Spotify. Those help us 7 00:00:38,039 --> 00:00:40,679 out a ton. And if you've also done that, join our discord. 8 00:00:40,719 --> 00:00:44,799 The link is in the podcast and you doube description. Also tell people about 9 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,200 us. Retweet our promos on Twitter, Shout us out on Twitter. Quote 10 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:52,320 stuff we've said on Twitter. 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That puts him his reevaluation date at two days before the playoffs start, 20 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,359 and the Nicks should still avoid the plan. So they're going to They 21 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:38,680 would take a pretty massive collapse on their part to wind up in the play 22 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,840 in tournament, so they shouldn't have to worry about getting through the plane without 23 00:01:41,879 --> 00:01:45,519 him. These reevaluation periods, though, we're weird because he's going to be 24 00:01:45,519 --> 00:01:48,000 revaluated in two weeks, Does that mean he's just going to be ready to 25 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:51,319 play? Would he be playing right now if it were the playoffs rather than 26 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,560 just the final five games of the regular season. All fair questions. I've 27 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,599 seen speculation that some people think this is like a Grade two sprain, where 28 00:01:57,599 --> 00:02:02,359 the normal absence is like bet two and four weeks, and four weeks would 29 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,400 be on the high end. You'd be looking at a first round series, 30 00:02:05,519 --> 00:02:08,719 probably against Cleveland at this point, where you have to go without Julius Randall. 31 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,879 It's going to be tough, but I do think ultimately this winds up 32 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:17,240 being a blessing in disguise for Julius Randall specifically, is if the ankle injury 33 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,759 is not too too serious. I know his goal was to play in all 34 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,000 eighty two games this year, make call MBA whatever, just to get some 35 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,879 rest, just in advance of the playoffs. At that time off, I 36 00:02:27,879 --> 00:02:30,039 think would be huge for him. You don't necessarily get too much time off 37 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,439 if you're coming back from an injury where you're not allowed to train. There 38 00:02:32,479 --> 00:02:37,400 could be some rust for him to work through. But the Knicks, they 39 00:02:37,479 --> 00:02:38,840 go a lot of one on one. They target a lot of mismatches on 40 00:02:38,879 --> 00:02:43,639 offense. A fresh version of Julius Randall heading into a first round series against 41 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,759 what is No matter who you wind up facing, it's could to probably be 42 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:52,719 a pretty hilacious defense if it's Cleveland specifically, though, that's far from the 43 00:02:52,759 --> 00:02:55,560 worst thing in the world. I also think this is an opportunity for self 44 00:02:55,560 --> 00:03:00,319 discovery on New York's part. We saw them get not quirky, but experiment 45 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:04,639 a little bit down the stretch that Miami he game. You had Josh hart 46 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,520 and Asia Hartenstein closing within it was RJ. Barrett Manuel Quickly and John Brunson. 47 00:03:07,879 --> 00:03:10,360 That's a lineup I think we would expect to see more. This is 48 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:15,199 also going to give the Knicks an opportunity to give Obie Toppin more minutes. 49 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:20,319 I know that we saw this year when Obie Toppin was out and I don't 50 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,520 think Josh Hart wasn't on the team, and I think Mitchell Robbins was injured. 51 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,120 At that point we saw some Jarret Wissins and Jerich will Sims and Hartenstein 52 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:30,400 played together. I don't think the Knicks will go that route again with the 53 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:35,199 dual bigs, just because they have the different level of players who are available 54 00:03:35,199 --> 00:03:38,039 and outlook Josh Hart's and the Faulty has played some four and so I would 55 00:03:38,039 --> 00:03:42,120 expect to see a lot of Josh Hart RJ Barrett front courts at this point. 56 00:03:43,159 --> 00:03:47,120 The bigger concern it's not necessarily feeling those minutes. It's one or first 57 00:03:47,159 --> 00:03:52,000 and foremost, it's the scoring and even the playmaking from Julius Randall. I 58 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,680 think you look at two things here. The nixt half court offense is going 59 00:03:54,719 --> 00:03:58,759 to get in fury a lot worse. Their offense is in the twenty eight 60 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,560 percent file when Randall's off the court this season. It is however they are. 61 00:04:01,879 --> 00:04:05,439 They've won those minutes because they've had on the back of a stronger defensive 62 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:12,240 performance. The other thing is is that Jalen Brunson and he have logged. 63 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,919 Jalen Brunson has not logged too many minutes without Julius Randall. But the Knicks 64 00:04:15,919 --> 00:04:17,920 offense is still pretty good because I mean, Jalen Brunson has been one of 65 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:21,759 the best one on one scores in basketball this year five hundred and fifty possessions 66 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,319 without Julius Randall Brunson has played. The knicks offensive ratings during that stretch is 67 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:31,000 one twenty three point five that ranks in the ninety ninth ninety seventh percentile. 68 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:36,720 Excuse me, so you know that you can still at least generate efficient offense. 69 00:04:36,759 --> 00:04:40,519 I think what it takes if we're looking at a playoff setting, you 70 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,040 want to have the ability to push the pace. And if you go and 71 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,519 you look at some of that data, the Knicks are going to run more 72 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,399 when Julius Randall's off the court, after they get a rebound, after they 73 00:04:48,759 --> 00:04:54,000 forced a turnover. I think that you need to maybe emphasize that even more 74 00:04:54,079 --> 00:04:56,839 if you have Josh Harden Manuel Quickly in the game at the same time, 75 00:04:57,079 --> 00:05:00,399 even with Jalen Brunson, rather than trying to slow things down target mismatches. 76 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,800 I do think this is an opportunity for RJ. Barrett to stand out. 77 00:05:04,439 --> 00:05:10,000 But even with the leap that Manuel Quickly has made, it becomes tough to 78 00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:13,279 run the Knick's offense in the vein that it normally runs. I don't you 79 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,959 don't want any of those guys. I think going mismatch hunting or going one 80 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,040 on one is often I think Manuel Quickly is just the better player at this 81 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,759 point, and his stop on a dime floaters and just ability to change directions 82 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:28,319 when he's off the dribble, I mean even having a pull up jumper in 83 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,720 general makes him probably more valuable in the situation. But Barrett's size and strength 84 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:35,040 and ability to get all the way to the basket could make him just as 85 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,040 valuable, if not more so, in those types of situations. I just 86 00:05:39,079 --> 00:05:41,959 don't think you want to find yourself leaning on them as much. You can 87 00:05:41,959 --> 00:05:45,160 certainly lean on Jail and Runs and more to that because he's been so efficient 88 00:05:45,199 --> 00:05:48,839 in those situations. But I think you want to look at trying to push 89 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:51,600 the pace, especially off of defensive rebounds, and that helps with I mentioned 90 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:56,959 quickly if during the minutes that top And is going to play. But I 91 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,399 do think that it will be a valuable opportunity to sort of see, Okay, 92 00:06:00,439 --> 00:06:03,199 well can we get by playing smaller for longer stretches with the Heart and 93 00:06:03,439 --> 00:06:08,720 Barrett front court. Let's say next to a big whether it's Hartenstein or Mitchell 94 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,120 Robinson, you also get to see what can Obi Toppin do for you? 95 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,920 Is he going to be nailing those corner threes at a higher clip or can 96 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:17,800 you maybe use him as a screen or more because Julius Randall is so important 97 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,079 that Knicks offense as a screen, or especially when John Brunson has the ball, 98 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,519 who comes and steps in and fills that role. Yes, the big 99 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,680 Heartenstein Mitchell Robinson will do more of that, but can you get away with 100 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,000 that? Can Josh Hart do more of that? R J. Barrett do 101 00:06:31,079 --> 00:06:33,879 more of that? Or like I said, topping since he plays essentially the 102 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:39,360 same position. And so I think this winds up being valuable just the Knicks 103 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:43,240 having to test some different lineup combinations. It doesn't mean that they're going to 104 00:06:43,399 --> 00:06:47,279 change their entire ethos once Julie's Randall comes back and just as they enter the 105 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:51,360 playoffs. But I think it's good to just have that information of your of 106 00:06:51,399 --> 00:06:55,360 your own team, where you know, you look at it and you say, 107 00:06:55,439 --> 00:06:59,240 Okay, Julius Randall's gonna play forty minutes a night in the playoffs. 108 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:03,000 What can we do during these other eight minutes that maybe we hadn't tried before 109 00:07:03,079 --> 00:07:05,600 during the regular season. We tried it towards the talent and it started to 110 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:11,680 work. That's valuable information, and it can be instructive and inform just how 111 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:16,399 you're going to go about matching up with teams and we'll say the Cavaliers hypothetically 112 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,399 in the first round. It's a bummer overall, though, because the evaluation 113 00:07:20,439 --> 00:07:25,560 period doesn't guarantee that he's going to be back in time for the start of 114 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,360 the first round. The way that the Knicks are run and the way that 115 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,879 Julius Randall just is as a player, I might bet on him. Unless 116 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:36,279 they are unless this is more serious than is being reported, I might bet 117 00:07:36,319 --> 00:07:40,439 on it a little bit. I would bet is what I'm saying, that 118 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:44,519 he'll be back in time for the playoffs, again though we don't have all 119 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,279 necessarily the information just yet, and the fact that he's missing two weeks at 120 00:07:47,319 --> 00:07:50,839 all, knowing how the Knicks are run, knowing how badly Julius Randall wanted 121 00:07:50,879 --> 00:07:54,519 to play in all eighty two games, knowing how badly he wanted to make 122 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,759 All MBA, I don't think this impact is All MBA case. By the 123 00:07:57,759 --> 00:08:00,240 way, I'm not even sure if he would have ended up making it team. 124 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:01,959 But relative to some of these other guys, especially at the forwards and 125 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,920 how many minutes they've played Durant lebron Kauai, I don't think Julius Randall's in 126 00:08:07,959 --> 00:08:11,000 jeopardy of losing any All MBA grounds. He's certainly not going to tumble, 127 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:16,639 you know, five spots down the ladder because of this absence if he if 128 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:20,040 he was on your All NBA team, I don't think this absence changes that 129 00:08:20,079 --> 00:08:22,439 if he wasn't on your All NBA team. Of course, this certainly isn't 130 00:08:22,439 --> 00:08:26,720 going to change that one of your All NBA teams, I should say, 131 00:08:26,399 --> 00:08:28,839 and so, but when I do frame this is a blessing in disguise, 132 00:08:28,839 --> 00:08:33,679 I think ultimately it's just the Knicks being able to dig a little bit deeper 133 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,960 and find out more about their roster independent of Julius Randall, which is, 134 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:41,559 you know, that's something you need to know and even you can apply it 135 00:08:41,639 --> 00:08:45,120 to when Julius Randall is playing, just to look at these different you know, 136 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,080 maybe are they more inclined if the RJ. Barrett Josh hartfront court works 137 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,840 out really well, or then krying to maybe even try play that with Julius 138 00:08:52,879 --> 00:08:54,759 Randall at the five more like they could try closing like that, or they 139 00:08:54,799 --> 00:08:58,840 you know, going up against certain matchups, I will say if you're looking 140 00:08:58,879 --> 00:09:03,840 at Cleveland specifically that smaller front court, like, let's see Julius Randall is 141 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:05,919 available, but even you're just trying to look at surviving minutes when maybe he's 142 00:09:05,919 --> 00:09:09,559 not on the floor. I guess it's one thing if you're going up against 143 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,559 Mobli or Alan, neither of them are just like super girthy or brawny or 144 00:09:13,639 --> 00:09:16,399 huge. But if you're gonna go up against clean team that's playing those two 145 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,879 based at the same time and you don't have Julius Randall, and then you're 146 00:09:18,919 --> 00:09:22,840 left playing smaller with Robinson and then you know Heart and RJ. Barrett, 147 00:09:22,919 --> 00:09:28,639 let's say as your four years three respectively, that could be that could be 148 00:09:28,639 --> 00:09:33,879 super tough. But I do think overall that this is going to be a 149 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,480 good stretch for the Knicks to really test some things out. Maybe get it's 150 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:39,399 Deuce McBride probably gets more run as well, and so you can test out 151 00:09:39,399 --> 00:09:43,720 smaller units that way, and it'll give you a better feel for things that 152 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:46,879 you can do defensively in those situations, which is an aspect of the game 153 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:50,320 where the Knicks have run hot and cold there and they've they've lagged at points. 154 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,840 They've been a better defensive team in some of the lineups with Julius Randall 155 00:09:52,919 --> 00:09:56,360 off the court, and so maybe you can stand to be more aggressive there, 156 00:09:56,399 --> 00:10:00,480 force more turnovers, get out in transition. So I'm interest see what 157 00:10:00,519 --> 00:10:03,000 it looks like. I wouldn't be too worried if I'm anna expand right now, 158 00:10:03,039 --> 00:10:05,279 Like I said, Julie, Trando getting the rest, far from the 159 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,879 worst thing in the world, just something to monitor because who knows whether he 160 00:10:07,919 --> 00:10:11,799 comes back. I think ultimately, even if they don't have him, this 161 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,960 feels like a team that can survive, not be better without Julius Rando, 162 00:10:15,039 --> 00:10:18,200 but a team that is deep enough to survive. And the players that I 163 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,200 think I'm watching the most might be watching Tom Thibodau the most, just to 164 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,799 see what he does in this instance, and I know the natural inclination would 165 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:26,759 be to watch what we top in the most. We assume he's going to 166 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:31,080 get more run, and even a really close eye probably on RJ. Barrett, 167 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,639 just to see if his offensive role changes at all, or if he's 168 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,679 able to take advantage of an opportunity where the Knicks half court offense needs more 169 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:41,360 on ball creation from him. And I think you could throw Manual Quickly in 170 00:10:41,399 --> 00:10:43,440 there too. Those are just two players that I'm sort of locked in on 171 00:10:43,519 --> 00:10:46,799 and overall stylistically, yeah, I want to see how Tom Thibota's gonna run 172 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,960 his rotations. I want to see if the Knicks are going to focus on 173 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,080 pushing the ball more, which is not necessarily there their modus operande, especially 174 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,440 if when they have their best players in the court without Julie's rando, they're 175 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,200 a little bit faster. I think they ultimately be fine, though, here's 176 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,000 hoping he gets This team has been fun, so here's hoping he just gets 177 00:11:03,279 --> 00:11:05,480 gets well. So you're not wishing for anyone to be injured. This was 178 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:11,320 just very very ill timed. Before we dig into part two of the mailbag 179 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,360 we have, I'm going to add one more question someone was I had one 180 00:11:13,399 --> 00:11:20,360 straggler that I didn't cover, and it comes from uh Peto in discord between 181 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:24,159 those teams that actually have a chance of drafting him, which one would take 182 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:31,320 the smallest leap forward if they got Victor wemban Yama on the roster. That's 183 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:35,759 a you know, that's a fascinating question, and I think, so you 184 00:11:35,799 --> 00:11:37,600 can you can go take this one of two ways, and it's is there 185 00:11:37,639 --> 00:11:41,519 just a team you don't believe in and so you think Victor Weibanyama comes in 186 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,960 and it's not just that they don't have a lot of talent, but you 187 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,879 don't trust them to develop Victor wemban Yama. Or is it just you think 188 00:11:46,919 --> 00:11:50,879 it's a team that's so far away from competing, maybe not even trying. 189 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:58,080 You're not going to see this material impact in in how they're playing. And 190 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:01,840 so I think the two teams that stay out here want Houston Springs to mind, 191 00:12:01,919 --> 00:12:05,080 they have like a lot of mishmashy talent, and I guess they could 192 00:12:05,159 --> 00:12:09,519 end add James Harden over the summer or at least talent over the summer with 193 00:12:09,519 --> 00:12:11,279 all their cap space. That's why I'm reticent to pick them. But you 194 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:16,519 have Alprin Shangoon and then Jabari Smith Junior with Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. 195 00:12:16,919 --> 00:12:20,879 You throw Victor Weiben Yama into the mix, just feels like it gets 196 00:12:20,919 --> 00:12:24,360 weird in terms of an offensive hierarchy and then how you're going to look to 197 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:28,679 defend and who's getting a line share of the minutes, specifically on your front 198 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:33,200 line. Another team thought that, I think we just wouldn't see the difference 199 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:37,240 because I don't think they're on the timeline to really try and leave a dent 200 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:41,039 in how they're playing. Might be the Spurs. I trust the hell out 201 00:12:41,039 --> 00:12:45,879 of Devin Bassell and Jeremy Swan. I think is going to be a stud. 202 00:12:45,919 --> 00:12:48,320 He might be on my All Rookie first team. By the way, 203 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,320 for anyone who who cares. Kelvin Johnson good too. We'll see if they 204 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:56,159 bring back Trey Jones next season. He's going to be a free agent. 205 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:01,879 They shure there's talent on this roster, it's just they're so early into the 206 00:13:01,919 --> 00:13:05,879 rebuild that if you got three three one Binyama, how much he's gonna need 207 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:11,600 a learning curve. He's so long, spind leaf, fin railpin. It's 208 00:13:11,639 --> 00:13:15,080 gonna take him, I would imagine time to get acclimated to the NBA, 209 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:18,120 and so you can't just assume that he's going to be a megastar upon arriving. 210 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,519 I thought about Charlotte a little bit too. But if they're gonna have 211 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:26,039 a mellow and you bring back PJ. Washington and like they're not a team 212 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,440 at least if they're going to still be controlled by Michael Jordan, that's since 213 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,399 really gonna look to tear things down and start anew. If you have Hayward 214 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,279 and Rosier, there's sort of enough veteran talent on the roster to where, 215 00:13:35,759 --> 00:13:39,799 okay, if you have one Binyama, he kind of makes a huge difference. 216 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:43,240 Or does it not make a huge difference, because maybe they'll bring him 217 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,840 along more slowly since they have veterans in front of him, and that might 218 00:13:45,879 --> 00:13:48,440 be the other way to look at this where it's like in my head, 219 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,360 I'm I'm just saying, oh, if he lands with the Pacers, to 220 00:13:50,399 --> 00:13:54,360 imagine how good they're gonna be with Miles Turner and Wemby and Haliburton and Benned 221 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:58,000 mcmathron the Pacers have. You know, they've played Ben McMath in a bunch, 222 00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:01,600 but they haven't really like super unleashed him just yet. What are they 223 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,720 gonna do with victimber Yama in that situation? And it could be ditto for 224 00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:09,559 the Orlando Magic. They have Pala men Caro and Franz Wagner and Wendell Carter 225 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:15,399 Junior upfront to monitor and if he still believe and healthy Jonathan Isaac, should 226 00:14:15,399 --> 00:14:18,759 he ever be able to stay healthy and available, does it get crowded and 227 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:22,039 you see his minutes that they're so low, then his impact but comes negligible. 228 00:14:22,039 --> 00:14:24,879 And so there's a ton of different ways to look at this question. 229 00:14:26,279 --> 00:14:30,080 I ultimately think I'm not gonna pick Houston just because I think they're gonna have 230 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:31,399 cap space and do stuff with it, and even if you don't believe in 231 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,440 the roster, they'll probably just been enough talent assembled there. I'm gonna go 232 00:14:35,519 --> 00:14:41,559 with San Antonio just because they're still so far away that Yes, the fully 233 00:14:41,639 --> 00:14:45,759 actualized version of Victor Weimiyama makes a huge difference and push them on the right 234 00:14:45,799 --> 00:14:48,919 track. It's just gonna take you while to get that fully actualized version of 235 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:50,240 Victor Weman Yam And so if you get him, you're still going to be 236 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,399 at a disadvantage when you look at the point of attack creation. It's okay, 237 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,080 you're gonna lean on him and so in and Devin Vessel and if you 238 00:14:58,159 --> 00:15:01,080 bring Tray Jones back and Kelton Johnson. Those are not necessarily the perfect players 239 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:05,519 to do that. So the Spurs are my pick. I recognize that could 240 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,519 be wrong. It might be it might be safer to go the opposite route 241 00:15:09,519 --> 00:15:11,879 though that I was lining up for. So it's a great question, Pete, 242 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,799 but I think you could go though, Okay, Charlotte isn't going to 243 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,200 play him as much, or maybe Indiana wouldn't play him as much even I 244 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,159 mean, Utah would play him a ton if they win him, if they 245 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,840 got him. Oklahoma City would play him a ton if they wind up in 246 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,000 the lottery and get him. So I'm sticking with the Spurs just because of 247 00:15:28,039 --> 00:15:31,279 how far away they are. And I didn't mention the Pistons here, which 248 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:33,720 is the team with the worst record in the NBA at this point. And 249 00:15:33,799 --> 00:15:37,679 has technicly the best well since the Flatten lottery odds, they have among the 250 00:15:37,679 --> 00:15:41,799 best chances of getting him. With Kade and Jay and Ivy. I've been 251 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:46,320 Jalen durn there, James Wiseman too, if you want to throw him as 252 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,600 part of their court, he would make a huge difference. And so they 253 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,840 have sort of this They're young, but there's a lot of guys. I 254 00:15:50,919 --> 00:15:54,840 look at what I just fully believe in. Kade not healthy at the moment, 255 00:15:54,879 --> 00:15:56,240 we know that, and I know that he's not the most efficient player 256 00:15:56,559 --> 00:16:00,000 you watch him. I just believe in him and that he's more polished than 257 00:16:00,039 --> 00:16:03,240 some of his numbers suggest. You look at just sort of a year two 258 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:08,000 leap or progress from Jail and Durhan and Jade and Ivy. I could just 259 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:12,080 see that being a team that becomes really good with Victor Wieman Yama. So 260 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,360 I'm sticking with the Spurs as a cop out because it feels like they are 261 00:16:15,399 --> 00:16:21,240 so far away and that they're not going to try to accelerate their process by 262 00:16:21,279 --> 00:16:25,600 bringing in other talent to compliment Victor Wembanyama. If they get Victor Wembanyama not 263 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:30,519 right out of the gate at least that'll close on my intro to the part 264 00:16:30,519 --> 00:16:33,559 two of the mailbag, which will begin right fucking now. Let's get to 265 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,159 this question from kill Hoss, and it's related to the playoffs. We're coming 266 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,679 off a season with epic scoring or epic lack of defense. What do you 267 00:16:41,759 --> 00:16:45,080 expect from the upcoming playoffs more of the same from the season or will they 268 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,960 be more similar to pass playoffs? So what's interesting here, and this is 269 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:56,720 just I went back three years. The average offensive rating in two twenty this 270 00:16:56,759 --> 00:17:00,519 is all outside garbage time from cleanland glass. The regular season one ten point 271 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:03,359 eight. The offensive rating on average was actually higher in the playoffs. It 272 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:07,079 went up to one hundred and eleven point eight. In two twenty two twenty 273 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:11,200 one, one hundred and twelve point eight was the average regular season offensive rating. 274 00:17:11,279 --> 00:17:15,359 It went up to one fourteen point seven in the playoffs. Last year 275 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,319 the average offensive rating was one twelve point three, and it dropped to one 276 00:17:19,519 --> 00:17:23,079 twelve in the playoffs. And this is kind of to say that there's never 277 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,640 been I guess, with the exception of two twenty and two thousand and twenty 278 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,000 one, the past couple of years doesn't seem like there's been any huge discrepancy 279 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:34,400 between what we're seeing in the regular season and the playoffs. But this year's 280 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:41,480 average offensive rating being one fifteen point one like that is that is substantially high. 281 00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:44,720 It makes me wonder, Okay, are we going to see that hold 282 00:17:44,799 --> 00:17:47,920 up once we get to the playoffs? And I think the fact that so 283 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:53,400 many of the critical playoff teams, when you look at Sacramento or Memphis, 284 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,519 that they want to play fast and not really use a lot of clock on 285 00:17:57,599 --> 00:18:02,559 that even if they're operating in the the half court. Okay, see if 286 00:18:02,559 --> 00:18:04,119 they are going to be a team that makes the playoffs Golden state of course, 287 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:08,599 maybe Atlanta. Does that lead me to believe that, okay, maybe 288 00:18:08,599 --> 00:18:15,599 this offensive uptick will hold. But I'm also just wondering the most important players 289 00:18:15,599 --> 00:18:18,480 are going to be more available once we get to the playoffs that may have 290 00:18:18,519 --> 00:18:23,279 been in the regular season, and so does that inherently drive down this offensive 291 00:18:25,279 --> 00:18:29,519 debtonation explosion that we've seen this year? So, if I had to, 292 00:18:29,799 --> 00:18:32,519 if I would frame it this way, when we get to the playoffs, 293 00:18:32,559 --> 00:18:37,279 but I expect the offensive rating average offensive rating to drop or increased, I 294 00:18:37,319 --> 00:18:40,400 think I would expect it to drop. I just feel like with teams having 295 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:45,119 more time to adjust to the same opponent, not just having more rest, 296 00:18:45,319 --> 00:18:48,319 because games are more spaced out in the regular season than they've ever been before 297 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,880 for the most part, but you're gonna have time in between every single game, 298 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,759 and you're gonna be game planning for the same opponent, and we're not 299 00:18:55,799 --> 00:18:59,359 going to be, in theory dealing with as many absences. There will be 300 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,799 injuries at you know, Kevin Durant, just as example, returns on Wednesday, 301 00:19:03,839 --> 00:19:07,480 but wouldn't have missed those ten games with Phoenix if it was the playoffs, 302 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,359 he would have been playing through them. How effective he been that would 303 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:12,240 have been, That's a fair question to ask, But I just we're not 304 00:19:12,799 --> 00:19:15,160 again, unless they're serious injuries, We're going to have more of the star 305 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,640 players on the court for more of the minutes of the game, and so 306 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,640 you would expect that number to come down in the defense to get better. 307 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,640 But I do again think even when looking at how much Milwaukee likes to get 308 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,839 out in transition, Memphis as well, Sacramento, those are things in theory 309 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,720 that teams can take away. But if you're able to play at your cadence 310 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:40,680 and get into transition, if you're a transition reliant team that goes a really 311 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,920 long way towards ensuring that there won't be an offensive drop off, as does 312 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:47,799 sort of super tough shot making when you're looking at Okay, look at what 313 00:19:47,839 --> 00:19:51,880 Donovan Mitchell can do against slow down defenses, or the same thing against Kawhi 314 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,079 Leonard where he doesn't have to have them in rotation. They can just hit 315 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,720 ridiculously contested jumpers that Luca donch which is there too, Steph Curry. I 316 00:19:56,759 --> 00:19:59,960 mean, the list goes on there, and it feels like we have more 317 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,319 those players than ever, and so I couldn't fury see myself being wrong. 318 00:20:03,799 --> 00:20:10,319 I just don't think I would expect the offensive eruption to the degree that we've 319 00:20:10,319 --> 00:20:12,000 seen it this year, where it just feels like, oh, another game, 320 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,559 the over on the combined score cleared two fifty, No big deal. 321 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:21,440 I just I can't fathom that becoming such a normal for the postseason. But 322 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,279 I also didn't go back and say, well, how regular would that have 323 00:20:23,319 --> 00:20:29,960 been for last season. Next question also comes from Muckle. I'm trying to 324 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,880 catch up on questions that I missed last time. Who this question is This 325 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:40,279 question is gonna be tough as the playoff picture comes into focus, what teams 326 00:20:40,279 --> 00:20:42,359 can be considered winners and losers of the season. For examples, Kings are 327 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:48,160 likely a winner regardless of their playoff outcome, Blazers and Bulls likely to losers. 328 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,319 Some teams will be TVD based on playoff outcome Seventy six Ers, Nuggets 329 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,880 for examples. So yeah, I would leave off the teams like the There's 330 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:02,480 gonna be so much that we have to determine about even the Clippers, the 331 00:21:02,559 --> 00:21:07,200 Sixers, the Nuggets, as you mentioned, Yeah, they've been in top 332 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,079 of the West all year, but if you bow out et lest so those 333 00:21:10,079 --> 00:21:12,400 are TVD. The Kings are a clear winner here, So that's a good 334 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:17,400 one, a clear looking at clear winners. The Bulls are interesting because they've 335 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,440 come on a little bit since the All Star break, but they're still in 336 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,079 ten. I think Atlanta as a clear loser here, just to regardless of 337 00:21:22,079 --> 00:21:26,079 where they finish, it's a long shot that they'll avoid like be able to 338 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:30,400 get to six and avoid the plan. And that's not after making the Jante 339 00:21:30,519 --> 00:21:36,160 Murray trade. I think the cost has been hyperbolized when you look at how 340 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,279 much they gave up. It wasn't this Rudy Gobert, not a Mitchell type, 341 00:21:38,319 --> 00:21:42,039 Paul. But you also don't make that deal with the intention of being 342 00:21:42,079 --> 00:21:45,880 the eighth best team in the East End to be the eight best teams. 343 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,599 If you just trade Awake Kevin Herder to help with your wiggle room under the 344 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,079 tax, that's just a terrible look. So they're definitely a loser. I 345 00:21:55,079 --> 00:21:57,519 think the Raptors are still a loser of this season because of how good they 346 00:21:57,519 --> 00:22:00,279 were supposed to be and now they put them in a situation where they're going 347 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:03,880 to enter an off season where Yaka Peardle, Fred VanVleet, and Gary Trent 348 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:11,440 Junior are probably all free agents. GTJ and FEV have player options, and 349 00:22:11,519 --> 00:22:15,839 Yaka Pearle's just hitting the open market, so you're gonna have to pay all 350 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,359 three of those guys. And then you have to start thinking about Oganna Nobi's 351 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,599 next contract. He's extension eligible, Pascal Siaka will be extension eligible. You're 352 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,640 the point where you really precious at you by the way, it's extension eliable. 353 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,759 After this season has not had a great year, you start really reinvesting 354 00:22:29,799 --> 00:22:32,920 in a core that was underwhelming, and so Atlanta Toronto stand out to me. 355 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,799 The Bulls didn't do anything to short circuit their long term future. This 356 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,000 seasons of disappointment, especially if you wanted them to sort of pivot at the 357 00:22:40,039 --> 00:22:44,440 trade deadline. I don't know if they're I think there's losers, but they're 358 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,240 not. I think the Raptors Lahawks might be bigger losers relative to expectations. 359 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,200 The Wizards are just losers because they're gonna they're the Wizards. They're gonna finish 360 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:56,279 in eleventh or twelfth place and then pay kp and Kuzma a bunch of money 361 00:22:56,799 --> 00:22:59,640 to just do the same thing all over again next season. I think the 362 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,440 Hornet are just straight up losers because they don't have a direction. They are 363 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,079 going to get a very high draft pick, though, and so you pair 364 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:08,119 a high draft pick with LaMelo, Mark Williams PJ. Washington if you pay 365 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,599 him, I just feel like they need to kind of still strip it down 366 00:23:11,759 --> 00:23:15,240 and like to the studs and be like, hey, we have LaMelo Mark 367 00:23:15,279 --> 00:23:18,920 Williams the side draft pick, and that's the route we'll go. So I 368 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,119 think lose losers there. I don't think our expectations were high enough for them 369 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:27,920 to be mega losers elsewhere losers in the West, just concrete losers. I 370 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:32,240 guess you could say the Timber the Mavericks are certainly a loser at this point. 371 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:33,960 They're eleventh, like they wouldn't even make the play in if the season 372 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,160 ended today, and the Blazers, as Muchael mentioned, those are two teams 373 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,720 that's tend out to me as losers, and I think that's it. The 374 00:23:41,799 --> 00:23:42,759 Golden State as long as they avoid the play in, I guess if you 375 00:23:42,799 --> 00:23:45,400 want to call them a loser, that's fine. They don't have Wiggins right 376 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,279 now and they're still on pace to avoid the play in. And even with 377 00:23:48,279 --> 00:23:51,440 the Clippers, those are teams where it's like, oh, let's see what 378 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,119 happens in the playoffs, because they're gonna play well if they're at full strength, 379 00:23:53,200 --> 00:24:00,319 or if they just put together a stretch that they're a title contender of 380 00:24:00,319 --> 00:24:03,559 winners. I would say that the Oklahoma City just putting themselves on the radar 381 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,000 like this, where hey, they're hovering around five hundred. Even if they 382 00:24:06,039 --> 00:24:08,160 don't make the play in, it's just been established that, Wow, Jamen 383 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:12,400 Williams is really good. Jay Golds Alexander's an MVP candidate. Josh Giddy's really 384 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,680 coming along. This is a team gonna have Chet Homegren next year, cap 385 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,480 space this year. They will be forced to be reckoned with immediately. They're 386 00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:25,920 a winner. As Minnesota a loser, I can't. I don't know with 387 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,119 them, they've fallen in between. There an East winner, I'd probably just 388 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,440 say it has to be the Calves. I mean, you could even argue 389 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:36,799 the Heat or losers just because they might finish in play in territory after making 390 00:24:36,799 --> 00:24:40,519 the conference finals last year. That's a tough look, so we could be 391 00:24:40,559 --> 00:24:42,240 heavy on potential losers. I think some of it's TBD though when you look 392 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:47,119 at Atlanta on Toronto, it's okay. There are teams that they're in the 393 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:48,640 play in like Miami, but they don't have a path to just being like, 394 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,079 oh, they won two playoff series and they're in the conference finals. 395 00:24:52,079 --> 00:24:55,160 You could see the Heat doing that. The winner in the East I think 396 00:24:55,279 --> 00:24:59,759 has to be the Cavaliers here. They're not dealing with any sort of messiness. 397 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,559 I mean, I guess the Bucks like they're just clear winners because you've 398 00:25:03,559 --> 00:25:07,640 missed Chris Middleton for a good portion of the season. Drew Holiday missed some 399 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:11,480 time as well. You didn't trade for Jay Crowder until right at the trade 400 00:25:11,519 --> 00:25:14,720 deadline, but you still found a way to get him. You're taking pictures 401 00:25:14,839 --> 00:25:18,400 with your legs crossed as a team, looking absolutely hysterical, and you just 402 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,000 have the best record in the NBA despite all this. Brook Lopez is a 403 00:25:22,039 --> 00:25:25,880 defensive Player of the Year candidate. Johannis is the top three MVP candidate. 404 00:25:26,599 --> 00:25:30,240 You've gotten really good seasons overall. I think from Grayson Allen and Javonne Carter, 405 00:25:32,079 --> 00:25:34,000 Bobby Portis before his injury, he's back in the line, and now 406 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,240 before Zenry was a six minute a year candidate. Definitely the biggest winners. 407 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:41,440 I think that foules with the Calves though, just to be playing for they're 408 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,440 going to have a home court advantage, playoff spot, and that's in year 409 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,960 one of Donovan Mitchell. You've gotten this absurd offensive growth from Evan Mobley, 410 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:52,759 Darius Garland. You know, speaking of all NBA stuff, I might have 411 00:25:52,799 --> 00:25:55,440 two Cleveland guards on my All NBA team. So I feel like Darius Garland 412 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,920 season has really flown under the radar. If he was just a little bit 413 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,799 less chaotic, it came to he has that really nice in between touch, 414 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:06,960 but he just has these weird takeoff and angular points around the basket. He 415 00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:10,720 was just a more consistent finisher around the ram, he'd probably be in an 416 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:15,640 All NBA lock for me, definitely Cleveland as a as another big winner of 417 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:22,960 this season so far with without without question this question, Oh man, this 418 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,200 one is such a brutal question. I tried to think of it for as 419 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,319 long as possible, but I know I'm gonna hate myself with the answer, 420 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:33,519 Christopher, as you have to erase one of these players contributions to the league, 421 00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:36,720 MJ, Kobe or Lebron? Who are you racing from MBA history. 422 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,960 We had a lot of discord responses to this, and Lebron was the consensus 423 00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:47,880 answer where it's where okay, Like, I don't think he's viewed on the 424 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,640 same iconic level as a Kobe or an MJ. Part of that, though, 425 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:53,680 is those two. Kobe's not here anymore, MJ's not playing anymore. 426 00:26:55,839 --> 00:26:59,960 So the lore has had and the mystique has had an opportunity opportunity to build 427 00:27:00,079 --> 00:27:03,240 up. But also with Lebron because he made it to like a jillion straight 428 00:27:03,559 --> 00:27:07,119 NBA finals, Eastern Conference Finals, you would be changing so much about that 429 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,640 conference by getting rid of him. I would counter it by saying, Lebron 430 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:18,720 never seemed to derail what could have been all time teams like he definitely the 431 00:27:18,839 --> 00:27:21,599 Calves beat the Warriors, but I'm saying on a consistent basis, he didn't 432 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,519 stop that dynasty from happening. I would almost be mere curious to see what 433 00:27:25,559 --> 00:27:30,920 happens if from a perspective, not of a not of a value proposition of 434 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,880 saying, oh, this doesn't matter, but of a curiosity as to what 435 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,480 the league would have looked like if you got rid of Michael Jordan and so 436 00:27:37,599 --> 00:27:42,119 those two, you know, those those six championships. What does like what 437 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,759 teams stepped up like? Is it just the like? What what does that 438 00:27:45,759 --> 00:27:49,079 mean for teams like the Jazz who lost them in the NBA finals, or 439 00:27:49,079 --> 00:27:52,960 just what does it mean to teams that ran into them constantly in the playoffs, 440 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:56,160 the Knicks, the Pistons, the Calves. It feels like a lot 441 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:06,839 more franchises would how historical retrospectives retrospectives that look a lot different at that point, 442 00:28:07,079 --> 00:28:11,480 And so I think I would go MJ here just from the sheer curiosity 443 00:28:11,519 --> 00:28:15,359 standpoint, not not as a I don't appreciate what he did for the league 444 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,559 standpoint, but that's a that's almost a mean question, Christopher. I do 445 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,880 appreciate you asking it, though, I think it was a good one overall. 446 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:29,319 Next question from Illuminaco after Jalon Brown made comments that can be understood as 447 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:33,240 noncommittal to Boston. Can you see him in a place like Orlando? Can 448 00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:36,440 he commit to an extension as part of any trade deal? And what assets 449 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:41,759 would it take to acquire him? Hypothetically speaking, I thought these comments were 450 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,200 sort of they were read too much into what Dalen Brown said. I just 451 00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:48,960 I found them ambiguous. But it's like, Okay, it makes sense for 452 00:28:49,039 --> 00:28:52,359 him to enter free agency in twenty twenty four. At this point, people 453 00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:56,680 are wondering why he wouldn't sign an extension with Boston. There might still be 454 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,000 something there just because of the he did mention. Okay, I know Jayson 455 00:29:00,039 --> 00:29:03,920 Tatum was working out with Kevin Durant and all a sudden, Kevin Grant requests 456 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,759 a trade and so that made him think. But to get into the finances 457 00:29:07,759 --> 00:29:10,839 of this, so let's start with the extension. Can he commit to an 458 00:29:10,839 --> 00:29:14,039 extension is part of any trade deal. He can technically sign an extension, 459 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:18,680 but he can't be super max eligible for anyone but the Celtics, and he 460 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:23,079 will be supermacs eligible if he makes an All NBA team this year or next 461 00:29:23,119 --> 00:29:27,920 year, which would allow him to sign an extension for a starting salary that's 462 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:33,720 thirty five percent of the salary cap per extension rules. Right now, he 463 00:29:33,759 --> 00:29:37,960 can only get one hundred and twenty percent raise off the final year of his 464 00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:41,160 contract. That would allow him to sign an extension for thirty six point eight 465 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:45,119 million dollars. His max salary if he just goes into into free agency twenty 466 00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:48,880 twenty four is over forty two millions. That's a difference. We're talking about 467 00:29:49,279 --> 00:29:52,680 five and a half six million dollars right there, and those projections could change 468 00:29:53,079 --> 00:29:56,799 if the salary cap changes, so it just makes financial sense for him to 469 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:02,519 go into free agents. Now. There has been talk of extension rules changing 470 00:30:02,559 --> 00:30:04,759 in the CBA where they could allow players to get one hundred and fifty percent 471 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,920 raises. One hundred and fifty percent raise would get Jalon Brown to his projected 472 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:14,079 max right now. What becomes interesting about his future in Boston is if those 473 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,359 rules go into effect, or if he makes an All NBA team, becomes 474 00:30:17,359 --> 00:30:19,720 super Max eligible and then doesn't sign an extension, because that's when it would 475 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,680 make financial sense for him to do. So, that's when I think that 476 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:27,440 we could start talking about him as a trade candidate where Boston can't risk losing 477 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,079 him for nothing so they have to take offers. Or maybe he just asked 478 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:34,200 for out and does the whole pre agency amble as a team might go. 479 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:40,160 There's not a team. I mean, look a Luminajo. Name a team, 480 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:42,160 and I think Jalon Brown would probably be a good fit there. Orlando 481 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:47,200 would be super interesting having him, Franz Wagner and Paula ban Carroll. If 482 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,960 you can keep that base core together, I don't know that you would have 483 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,240 to. You might have to trade one of them to get Jalon Brown, 484 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:59,400 though maybe if frowns Wagner there. I also love Memphis for him. The 485 00:30:59,559 --> 00:31:00,839 King's would be great. I just don't know if they have the equity to 486 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,000 get him. You're looking at Key and Murray and all your future draft equity. 487 00:31:04,039 --> 00:31:08,200 I don't really know if that's enough there. The Knicks could be a 488 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,559 good candidate just because they have so many picks, and I think if you're 489 00:31:11,599 --> 00:31:18,359 Boston, because you're still trying to keep your window open with Jayson Tatum, 490 00:31:18,359 --> 00:31:22,519 I doubt you're gonna regress into a full on rebuild. If you're moving Jalen 491 00:31:22,559 --> 00:31:26,279 Brown, even though he is your second best player, you're looking for probably 492 00:31:26,279 --> 00:31:33,160 a return that's on par with what the Jazz got for I guess for Dodder 493 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,839 Mitchell or Rudy Gobert, but it's really more of the Donovan Mitchell trade. 494 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:41,839 I don't think you get as much, but you want picks and then impact 495 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,519 players, and so you want to get your lowry market in an addition to 496 00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:47,960 how much first round equity you could get. Could you get that from the 497 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,240 Knicks because they have RJ, Barrett Emmanuel quickly plus first rounders? Are you 498 00:31:51,279 --> 00:31:53,599 willing to do business with someone in the same conference slash division? That's something 499 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,480 to ask the Pelicans. They certainly have the draft equity and even some of 500 00:31:57,519 --> 00:32:02,400 the players where it's you know you're not trained Brandon Ingram for Jilen Brown. 501 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:06,559 You probably want to pay those two together. But you have picks and Sej 502 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,319 McCullum is someone who could help the Celtics if Portland just decides to get younger 503 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:14,839 or they want to build something around Damon. Does Portland think about that? 504 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:16,440 And can you get also draft equity out of that? And so it's the 505 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:21,519 thing you want A not a that'd be a weird trade because Damian lords a 506 00:32:21,599 --> 00:32:24,599 better player than Jaylen Brown, but he's more expensive and older. My point 507 00:32:24,599 --> 00:32:29,880 would be, you want an impact player right now who doesn't who's probably worse 508 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,599 than Jaylen Brown. It'd be angry, but he helps you now in addition 509 00:32:31,599 --> 00:32:36,160 to draft equity that you can then flip or try and groom and develop later 510 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:37,920 on. And so I think that's what you're looking for. Teams that could 511 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:44,640 satisfy that the best. I would say New Orleans, the Knicks, the 512 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:49,599 Grizzlies, Orlando could technically do it. I just don't know if if they 513 00:32:49,599 --> 00:32:52,200 would want to, but Orlando could certainly be in that mix. I love 514 00:32:52,279 --> 00:32:57,000 to see him in Okay, see if you had to keep Shay Homegrin, 515 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,519 do you get to keep John Williams is part of that deal. I think 516 00:32:59,559 --> 00:33:01,519 thunder Ends will romanticize this and say we don't want Jayleen, We're gonna we 517 00:33:01,519 --> 00:33:06,079 don't want Jayon Brown. We want to keep Joyn Williams put SGA Chad home 518 00:33:06,119 --> 00:33:08,680 Grand Jayon Brown. Wow, that's another team that could satisfy it. There's 519 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:14,079 so many teams that I think are like perfect fits for Jaalen Brown. I 520 00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:17,039 don't know what roster he would actually be a bad fit for at this point. 521 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:20,759 There are teams that would be interested in them that clearly don't have the 522 00:33:20,799 --> 00:33:24,559 assets. Could Brooklyn get involved with the additional first round equity they have while 523 00:33:24,559 --> 00:33:28,480 not getting rid of Mchael Bridges, I don't know. I don't think their 524 00:33:28,519 --> 00:33:31,559 team that could be competitive. Atlanta has been mentioned, but you're building stuff 525 00:33:31,599 --> 00:33:36,519 around You're limited and somewhat limited in your draft equity because of the picks you 526 00:33:36,519 --> 00:33:39,119 out of San Antonio. So you but you have draft equity and DeAndre Hunter 527 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,480 and you could go and yet congove want there's other there's other moves you can 528 00:33:43,519 --> 00:33:46,160 make. I just don't think they would have the most attractive package for Jayon 529 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:51,839 Brown. The Pacers don't really satisfy the unless Boston loves Ben Nick Math and 530 00:33:51,839 --> 00:33:53,759 they don't have the current player juice. But they just throw their entire draft 531 00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:59,359 picks dash at Boston and we're able to get Jayon Brown Jayon Brown, Miles 532 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,880 Turner, and Tyr's Haliburton. Oh man, that would be something that I 533 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,119 would love to see there. Any other teams didn't really say Memphis in the 534 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:07,320 West. I'd like to see him on Sacramento. I just don't see that 535 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,840 they have. I don't really want to see him leave Boston, but a 536 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,840 Sacramento not sure if they have the Jews. Memphis I already said they would 537 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,519 definitely have the asset juice the Pelicans and the Thunder for sure. The Mavericks 538 00:34:16,559 --> 00:34:21,199 don't have the asset juice to get him, but they certainly could use him. 539 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:25,199 Him in Utah would be excellent. Now you would, I think if 540 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:30,800 you're trading for Jaylen Brown, you're gonna angle to keep Kessler and Marketing in 541 00:34:30,039 --> 00:34:36,960 and then you're willing to trade anyone that's like other than those three. But 542 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,159 you would have other than Marketing in Kessler. Excuse me, but you would 543 00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:44,440 have enough draft equity because you own so much of Cleveland and Minnesota's draft that 544 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,719 maybe you entice the Celtics into making more of a future driven trade and they're 545 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:50,920 really only getting back. Oh we're you know, we're only getting back Colin 546 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,559 Sexton as the player context and that BAGI is the players centerpieces in this deal. 547 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:59,159 But that's okay because we got eight draft picks. I'm just I'm hyperbolizing 548 00:34:59,199 --> 00:35:00,559 there, but will be about to go. I just don't know that they 549 00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:04,960 have the immediate player juice to get a deal done. And I think that 550 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,800 will be the challenge if you're looking to trade with Boston should it ever get 551 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:12,079 to that point on the Jail and Brown front, is they're not just going 552 00:35:12,119 --> 00:35:16,119 to want draft equally either. They're going to want at least one immediately impactful 553 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:22,280 player, and that windows down the trade field where it's even is Golden State 554 00:35:22,679 --> 00:35:24,639 sawn more enticing if they're willing to put distant first on the table in addition 555 00:35:24,679 --> 00:35:30,360 to an addition to Jordan Pool. Does that get Boston thinking if it's not 556 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,800 Jordan Pool, would they do you throw Andrew Wiggins on the table In that 557 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:37,519 scenario, some people might argue that's the lateral move. I think Jaylon Brown 558 00:35:37,639 --> 00:35:40,960 is substantially better then Andrew Wiggins. So yeah, those are those would all 559 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,480 be teams that would keep an eye on the Clippers, the Lakers, They're 560 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:45,920 not going to be able to get involved. Milwaukee would be incredibly fun, 561 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,639 but they're not even gonna have the assets to get involved there. San Antonio 562 00:35:50,679 --> 00:35:55,039 just feels too early on and again san Antonio even Houston, like if they 563 00:35:55,079 --> 00:35:59,679 were willing to put Jabari Smith Junior on the table or this year's pick. 564 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:01,320 I guess maybe they could get involved, but they just don't have enough proven 565 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:07,440 talent to satisfy that part of the requirement for Boston addition to the draft equity. 566 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:13,719 This question is we have two more questions. This went way longer than 567 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,360 I wanted it to, but let's pump this out. Austin sent me this 568 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:21,639 a while ago, and I promised him that I would do some research on 569 00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:27,480 it. But he asked about the NBA's revenue sharing what Warden reported that twenty 570 00:36:27,559 --> 00:36:31,239 NBA teams received payment in the league's revenue sharing plan for last year. Last 571 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:35,639 season, the Pacers got the largest share at forty two point two million. 572 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,480 He wanted to know, do the Pacers have the worst ticket sales? Just 573 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:43,840 cheaper tickets? Shit TV deal? And I want to say, I don't 574 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,599 know how to phrase this, that I shouldn't say. I did my own 575 00:36:45,679 --> 00:36:52,320 research because I researched when other people had written about the topic, but essentially 576 00:36:52,079 --> 00:36:57,880 Austin what Austin says, it boils down to just everything. So teams are 577 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,119 this plan. It came into effect I think around two eleven or twelve, 578 00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:06,199 like in the during like after the lockout, I believe, and I think 579 00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:10,480 this is still the nucleus of the plan. All teams contribute an annually fixed 580 00:37:10,559 --> 00:37:15,800 percentage, which is and it's roughly fifty percent of their total total annual revenue. 581 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:22,599 This includes everything, however, it's minus certain expenses such as arena operating 582 00:37:22,639 --> 00:37:29,320 costs, the operating costs of cost to Celtic that are incumbent of selling tickets. 583 00:37:29,599 --> 00:37:32,960 So you get to it's essentially like write offs that you could figure out 584 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:38,000 there. What happens is, though, is they all pool fifty percent of 585 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:44,639 what is their eligible revenue into this pool, and some of that's going to 586 00:37:44,679 --> 00:37:47,800 be lower for certain teams. The example this came from the Business Journal. 587 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:52,079 For example, one high revenue team could contribute fifty percent of its total revenue 588 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:57,559 minus certain expenses, for a total of seventy million dollars going into a pool. 589 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:02,079 A low revenue team could contribute total revenue of forty five million after allocating 590 00:38:02,119 --> 00:38:07,840 to both teams the average team payroll of fifty eight million. The low revenue 591 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,199 team would receive thirteen million dollars in revenue sharing to make up for the difference 592 00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:15,000 between its pooled revenue from the league's average payroll. That's really a mouthful, 593 00:38:15,079 --> 00:38:20,000 but what it ostensibly amounts to is fifty percent of what the Pacers are making 594 00:38:20,559 --> 00:38:23,880 is going to be less than fifty percent of the basketball revenue from the Lakers. 595 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:28,199 And the reason it gets there, I think a lot of it has 596 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,639 to do with you know, I don't think that arena stuff is gonna impact 597 00:38:31,639 --> 00:38:35,880 it that much. The tickets could be a lot cheaper that I don't doubt 598 00:38:36,079 --> 00:38:38,280 if you look at the average price of tickets for games to the Pacers. 599 00:38:38,519 --> 00:38:43,760 Also, I don't believe that the I know the Pacers don't have a lucrative 600 00:38:44,079 --> 00:38:47,519 local TV deal relative to what the Lakers would have, but I don't think 601 00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:52,880 that teams have to put their TV deals into this pool of money and so 602 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,119 this basketball I might be wrong there, but I tried to find this out. 603 00:38:55,400 --> 00:39:01,000 But their total annual revenue that's thrown into this pool doesn't actually factor in 604 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:05,920 their TV deal. They could have cheaper tickets, they are this season as 605 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:09,039 an example, they are the second lowest in terms of the percentage of the 606 00:39:09,079 --> 00:39:13,239 arena that's sold out each game. But it's just like, what's the difference 607 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,920 between having ninety point four percent of your arena sold out versus ninety seven on 608 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:22,599 average? And it's the real difference there. It's not necessarily that percentage. 609 00:39:22,639 --> 00:39:24,360 It's well, how much are you actually making per tickets? So that would 610 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:30,760 go into it. And I think when you're talking about memorabilia, if you 611 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:37,079 don't have like marquee stars that are generating national interest as much as the Lakers 612 00:39:37,119 --> 00:39:39,000 with Lebron James from one, or you just don't have as much exposure on 613 00:39:39,119 --> 00:39:44,320 national TV, it gives you fewer ways to create revenue. But I would 614 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:49,960 probably just think that the profit margin in a market like Indiana is probably just 615 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,239 not going to be as lucrative as it is in some bigger markets. I 616 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,840 hope that answers your question for the most part, But digging into it, 617 00:39:54,880 --> 00:40:00,599 the reading was fascinating there it's I think the answer is also just in the 618 00:40:00,639 --> 00:40:06,159 look at the teams that got the largest share from the revenue sharing, or 619 00:40:06,159 --> 00:40:08,280 look at the teams that contributed the most that past season. The Warriors, 620 00:40:08,639 --> 00:40:12,760 followed by the Lakers, the Knicks, the Celtics, and the Bolts like 621 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,880 those are all the flagship markets in the league when you're looking at that, 622 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:21,400 and so that definitely has to factor in all these economical circumstances. And if 623 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,199 I had to guess the biggest one, I don't know what the biggest driving 624 00:40:24,199 --> 00:40:28,760 force would be to the total revenue. I just think cheaper prices overall, 625 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:34,079 rather than anything to do with attendance or or the size of your fan base. 626 00:40:34,159 --> 00:40:38,119 I just think the cost of accessibility. It is so much higher in 627 00:40:38,159 --> 00:40:42,719 all these other markets for these other teams, whereas Indie by extension, they're 628 00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:47,360 just going to be more accessible based off that market. Our final question here 629 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:52,960 will come from Leland Hey. Dan wanted to float an idea if Dallas goes 630 00:40:53,039 --> 00:40:57,519 up in Flames. First, what do you think of Kyrie with the Orlando 631 00:40:57,599 --> 00:41:00,239 Magic. A lot of things that are ideal for him, on a roster 632 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:04,119 that could use him and compliment him and his weaknesses on the court, and 633 00:41:04,199 --> 00:41:09,440 a state with in a state that's sees a lot of the things that he 634 00:41:09,519 --> 00:41:14,440 does. Okay, the big issue is would the Magic actually be interested and 635 00:41:14,519 --> 00:41:16,960 second might never come. Well, let's tackle this question first. What about 636 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:21,400 Kyrie and Orlando. I think he could work, I don't think they want 637 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:25,360 to. He's still one of those on ball centric players. I don't know 638 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:30,679 that they necessarily want that in the player they're looking for. Between having friends 639 00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:34,400 Wagner, Marquel Folds, Pala men Caro, even colamp me there, Wendel 640 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,320 Carter Junior running stuff for him, it feels like they would want a more 641 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,480 egalitarian floor general, and that would be someone like Fred van Fleet. They 642 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:45,039 wouldn't get caught up in a chase for James Harden or Kyrie Irving. It's 643 00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:49,800 why I thought they'd be a good trade destination for Trey Young if he ever 644 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,800 got on the block. I don't know if they're looking to play that way 645 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,159 though, so I think in fury, when you look at what the Magic 646 00:41:55,199 --> 00:42:00,280 do best, especially how especially how good they've been defensively for a good chunk 647 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,320 of this year, Kyrie makes a lot of sense because of all he brings 648 00:42:02,519 --> 00:42:07,000 to the offense. But I also don't know that he's someone who would augment 649 00:42:07,079 --> 00:42:10,880 the development of their youngsters, where you could clearly say that Fred van Fleet 650 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,440 he gives them a boost because of his spacing, but also because he's not 651 00:42:14,519 --> 00:42:19,280 cannibalizing touches that they could use to get more experience and diversify not just their 652 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,280 offense but the entire ecosystems offense. And so if Kyrie's going somewhere, my 653 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:27,599 guests would be that it's just a team that needs maybe a contender already in 654 00:42:27,599 --> 00:42:32,119 place and has already committed to this heliocentric model where where they want multiple stars, 655 00:42:32,119 --> 00:42:37,000 where they're not trying to build something, not necessarily from the ground up, 656 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,599 but they're not trying to build something or or nurture it over as longer 657 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:46,760 a term as as an actual rebuilding team. And that would you know, 658 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,679 that's why the Lakers are going to come up if there's actually a team, 659 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,199 you know, a team like that's why Dallas would trade for Kyrie in the 660 00:42:52,199 --> 00:42:57,920 first place, and why Orlando wouldn't necessarily get involved there. So the fit 661 00:42:58,039 --> 00:43:00,320 in fury what he would bring on offense be super intriguing. I just don't 662 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:05,559 think it's something the Magic would look at so fitwise, I think it's iffy, 663 00:43:05,559 --> 00:43:07,559 but it would make some sense in terms of interest. I don't know 664 00:43:07,599 --> 00:43:10,800 if Kyrie would be interested in playing for the Magic or living in Florida. 665 00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:15,719 I do not think the Magic would be interested, though. I think that's 666 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:20,079 someone they would stay away from. Leland also asked a second. It might 667 00:43:20,119 --> 00:43:22,760 never come to it, but if Luca asked for a trade soon, are 668 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:25,480 the thunder best position to trade for him? If he doesn't demand a trade 669 00:43:25,519 --> 00:43:30,599 to a particular market with assets like say your knicks, that's a great question 670 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:36,400 the team irrespective of market, that would be best. I can't even fathom 671 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,440 what a Luca don Che's trade package would look like at this point. Holy 672 00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:43,280 shit, even this is a tough answer. The thunder by virtue of having 673 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:49,159 all their draft picks, sure, but you have to look at how feign 674 00:43:49,199 --> 00:43:52,679 are they going for them. I guess they do have somewhat palatable matching salary, 675 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:54,800 but if you're not trading Shay, and I think the whole point would 676 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:59,639 be, let's pair of these two together or what I mean? Lucas considered 677 00:43:59,679 --> 00:44:01,239 just this top five guy, but I'm not giving a top ten, top 678 00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:04,679 twelve guy right now, and Shay for Luca. You want to pair those 679 00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:07,639 two together, so you're looking at you would have to give up lu dort 680 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:10,519 Chet home Grin probably Josh Giddy. In this scenario, Jellen Williams, you 681 00:44:10,519 --> 00:44:14,280 would give up most of those guys. If not, I'm not gonna say 682 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,559 all of them. You give up most of them and then picks they might 683 00:44:15,599 --> 00:44:22,320 be best equipped to get Luca. I think they or the Pelicans, those 684 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,679 would be the teams. We're just looking at the assets they can offer in 685 00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:28,960 the value of them, I think they would be the teams that are best 686 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:32,719 positioned to trade for Luca. Are they also the teams that would be most 687 00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:38,199 aggressive for Luca even if he doesn't have a preferred list of destinations. I 688 00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:42,639 don't know, just because look, he has after this year, he has 689 00:44:42,679 --> 00:44:45,360 three years left of this contract. Before that player option he could hit free 690 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:47,280 agency. So that's a lot of time to where you don't necessarily have to 691 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:52,320 care about that. But it would just be very atypical for teams like the 692 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:55,320 Pelicans or the Okay See to go that. I would love to see Luca 693 00:44:55,320 --> 00:45:00,199 on either one of those teams. I think I'd be more intrigued by I'm 694 00:45:00,199 --> 00:45:01,719 the thunder two fun at this point. I might be more intrigued by seeing 695 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:06,199 Zion and Luca played together. I don't know. What that defense looks like. 696 00:45:06,679 --> 00:45:09,800 Either team would work. Memphis could be a team that has enough it 697 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:13,199 might actually be willing to go all in. The Knicks, of course, 698 00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:16,599 as Leland mentioned, or are on that is it a short list, it'd 699 00:45:16,639 --> 00:45:20,400 be a long list of Luca donch as trade suitors. But if teams that 700 00:45:20,559 --> 00:45:23,920 could feasibly pay the price tech to get him, unless he's dictating where he 701 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:27,840 goes, which in this day and age, he'll probably have a say in 702 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:34,639 that those might be the Those might be the teams when you're trying to balance 703 00:45:34,679 --> 00:45:37,480 do they have the assets and would they actually be willing to go after him? 704 00:45:37,599 --> 00:45:43,039 Memphis is one the Knicks or another the Pelicans and the Thunder, And 705 00:45:43,079 --> 00:45:47,760 I just I'd be reticent to even believe that the Thunder would commit to going 706 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,440 after him. But I guess you could make a case that Orlando has enough. 707 00:45:51,679 --> 00:45:53,679 A lot of these teams all of a sudden get on the radars having 708 00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:55,840 enough if they're willing to give you know, if Orlando's want to give up 709 00:45:55,840 --> 00:46:00,320 Pala Bank Carol for Luca, that all of a sudden volves them to the 710 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:01,880 top of the list, not the top of the list. But then I'll 711 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:07,639 also vaults them into a different stratosphere of trade suitor. If whatever team wins 712 00:46:07,679 --> 00:46:10,840 the lottery this year and is willing to give up the number one pick for 713 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:15,840 Luca Nanchich, they will Detroit would they vault to the topic. So if 714 00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:17,239 they're willing to trade kay Gunn again, when they all to the top of 715 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:21,519 this list and so it's tough to peg, but I think you want to 716 00:46:21,559 --> 00:46:24,159 look at teams that are probably more closer to contending for a title without lucas 717 00:46:24,199 --> 00:46:27,880 that when he comes, he pushes them over the top and it makes more 718 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,000 sense for them to one give up that much. And too, they have 719 00:46:30,039 --> 00:46:34,400 the best chance of keeping him long term. Even again, if he doesn't 720 00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:37,599 give a list of preferred suitors, that will do it. For this mail 721 00:46:37,639 --> 00:46:42,159 bag, I hope you all enjoyed it. 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