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What is Krack Whack and fellow thermonuclear
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We're gonna tackle the Paul Georgia injury report

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fall out, followed by a free
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haven't done something where you know,
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that out of the way, let's
get to some I guess we should say

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just unfortunate Paul George news at this
point, he suffered a sprained right knee

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during LA's loss to the thunder on
Tuesday night. He's expected to be reevaluated

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in two to three weeks, and
so if you look at you know,

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the key word here is reevaluated,
and that does not mean that he's just

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going to be back by So this
happens, we get the news on March

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twenty second. If it's two weeks
that he gets reevaluated, you're looking at

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about April sixth. That would be
with two games left in the regular season

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that's reevaluated, and if it's closer
to three weeks, we're talking past the

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plan, which is I think ends
on the fourteenth or the fifteenth off I'm

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not mistaken. So there's a very
real chance that, well, I wouldn't

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Paul George has done for the regular
season. I think we would put it

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that way if he's because there's going
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So if he's back before the end
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fairly shocked. You get into the
question of what was he going to be

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back for the play in tournament that
the Clippers might be a part of.

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Will he even be back for the
first round of the playoffs? That gets

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into a lot of sobering realities,
And there are long term implications here which

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I'll touch upon, But I want
to start I think in the immediate aftermath

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of Okay, well, what are
the Clippers going to do to navigate the

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rest of this schedule? It'll begin
with you know, they're facing the thunder

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again on Thursday night, and they
have some really big matchups coming up.

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Just I mean by virtue of the
fact that, hey, yeah they're fifth

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in the West, but only by
two losses at this moment, And so

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teams like the Minnesota Timberwolves, we
just got karl anthy Town's back, you

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know, the Dallas Mavericks could come
for them if they have Luca back.

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Is how long is Kyrie going to
be out? The Lakers are looking pretty

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frisky at the moment, and of
course the team they're facing in the Thunder,

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like there's a huge gap that could
be bridged. Right now, there's

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a game and a half total.
If the Thunder went on Thursday night,

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poof the Clippers are only a half
game up on them. And so I

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mean, all of these matchups are
huge just by virtue of how tightly contested

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the West is. But the Clippers
are going to play, like I said,

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the Thunder on Thursday. Then they
have the Pelicans, the Bulls,

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they have the Grizzlies twice in Memphis, then they have the Pelicans again,

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all three of those games taking place
on the road. Their home for two

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games against the Lakers and the Blazers. Lakers game could be especially huge.

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And then they close the season on
April ninth in Phoenix, against the Suns,

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that's not if we're talking gimme games. They don't have a single They

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probably have too maybe three left on
the schedule. You have the Pelicans twice,

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just because we don't know what.
They played a little bit better,

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But like, oh, what is
you know, beating the Spurs and they'll

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probably beat up on the Hornets.
What is that really telling you? And

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Zion's gonna be on another two or
three weeks. We've already just kind of

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discussed that about him. There's no
reason to go more into that. But

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I mean the rest of their games, like, none of them are getting

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these, not against the Thunder.
The Bulls have been playing a lot better

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lately. The Grizzlies, of course, they've John ramp back. They are

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missing some guys than the Lakers.
They've just been a lot better post trade

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line. They might have Lebron James
Bath by the April fifth matchups for all,

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you know, you don't have to
worry about the Blazers. And of

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course the Sun's Katie might be back
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this is tough sledding. And I
don't know how many games the Clippers need

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to win from here to protect the
fifth seed, but they certainly need to

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go over five hundred, I would
think, just given how again tightly contested

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everything is in the Western Conference,
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think ideally you probably need to go
if you want to protect where you are

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five and four at the very least, and like a four and five stretch

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just feels like it opens the door
for everyone. I'm curious to see what

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happens with the Clippers starting lineup.
As I'm recording this, I've not heard

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anything or read anything about it.
They have, of course been starting Russell

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Westbrook, Kauhai, Paul George of
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Senior. I would immediately put Terrence
Man into the starting lineup, knowing Tyloo

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it might be, and Eric Gordon. I would also just kind of pull

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Marcus Morris at this point, and
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maybe even Roco. I wouldn't even
hesitate to go small and just like

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fine, if you want to play
Eric Gordon the starting five, put Terrence

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Man in there. Anyway, they
will have some other options when, if,

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and when Norman Powell comes back from
his shoulder injury. I worry as

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a result of this Paul George injury
that they're going to rely too much on

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Marcus Morris Senior and even Russell Westbrook
to extent, who's been the rim pressure

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has been good for LA, like
they've really settled in. You you talk

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about, look, this team has
been up and down all season, and

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likes, it's so weird just because
you have this instance where it looks like

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they're crescendoing leading into the trade deadline
and they still kind of just like really

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futs and fiddle with stuff there.
But then they're going to go on another

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stretch where they're winning four in five
games or whatever it's been. At this

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point, it looks like things are
really starting to come together. They've won,

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yeah, five of their last seven
games, so it looks like things

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are starting to come together. The
Russell Westbrook Russell Westbrook, excuse me,

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rim pressure has been a legily big
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You don't want to rely on him
more than you already do. As

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a score he's been I would say
under control in the sense like not really

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looking to elevate his own scoring.
With Paul George out does that mindset change.

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Does the Clippers thought process behind using
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Again, the Clippers have all of
a sudden shot up to I think about

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league average and rim frequency since the
since the trade deadline, and he's a

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big He's a big part of that. Just he is still able to put

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defenses in rotation and all the space
that they've given him. But you're missing

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Paul George. You're set just ty
far and away your second best player.

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Been averaging since his over his twenty
five games, basically twenty five points and

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over five assists, but hitting almost
thirty six percent of his three summer which

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are pretty tough looks, and he
takes he takes a lot of them now.

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And you know the Clippers have been
there are three point volume has dropped

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in the aftermath of the trade deadline. I think a few things there,

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a function of what the roster looks
like without Luke Kenard, a function of

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Norman Powell being injured, but then
like sort of a function of their lineups.

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And so now you take away Paul
George, and if we're excluding Bones

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Higland, who hasn't even played in
seventy five minutes for the Clippers LA is

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currently without it's three top or highest
volume three point shooters per thirty six minutes.

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Paul George seven point nine attempts per
thirty six leads the team among rotation

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players. Norman Powell is second at
six point nine, and then Kennard who

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was gone, was third at six
point six, and after that it's Nick

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patum Roco Eric and there's they're all
still over six attempts for thirty six minutes.

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So there is that, But that
is something that you're going to need

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to consider. Is even as Paul
George he's at over thirty seven percent for

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the season, as his volume sometimes
goes up, you're going to see that

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Wax and Wayne. You lose the
shot creation, you lose the secondary pass

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and you lose the secondary or you
lose the shopman, like just the overall

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shop making whether he's gonna be on
or off the ball, and what he

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does to defense is there. You're
also going to lose his defense. And

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I think when you look at the
makeup of this roster, that might actually

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be the bigger problem. And we
don't have you know, the CHOI without

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Paul George sample size, we don't
entire games Worth. We don't have a

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ton of them. There's been six
this season, and the Clippers are foign

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two during those stretches, which is, you know, it's promising, But

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when you look at the Paul George
the acquire minutes without Paul George since the

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trade deadline, specifically, so no
Wall, Jackson or Canard in those lineups,

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the Clippers are minus two point five
points per one hundred possessions and the

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defense is ranked in the seventh percent
file. A lot of those minutes have

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come with zoobo and Morris. That
puts a lot on Leonard's shoulders. And

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we've seen a ton of Eric Gordon
in those minutes. He doesn't looked great

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defensively this season. We've seen a
ton of We've seen some of them are

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in Palell in those minutes. We're
not talking about any huge sample sizes.

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It's only a five hundred and six
possessions in total since the trade deadline,

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and the most JUS lineup is logged
one hundred and six possessions. It's basically

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Terrence Man. It's not basically it's
Terrence Mann and Nick Patoum with Leonard Morris

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and Zoobots and that that nups actually
been good defensively, is struggled to generate

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offense, which kind of makes sense
because yes, Terrence Man is gonna give

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you rim pressure and just secondary ball
handling. Nick Patoum is super crafty.

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Marcus Morris thinks he's a shot creator, but like Kawhi Leonard's the only tried

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and true from scratch, like go
get a bucket type of player in that

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lineup, and he's also just the
one that you're going to trust the most

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from three point range and someone who
really can get him up in involved or

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from the perimeter when you're just looking
at jump shooting, and someone who's gonna

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get jump shots up in volume.
So this is it's a mild concern for

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the offense, but you do have
Eric Gordon. He's just gonna camp on

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those wing threes from above the break
and that'll help continue to maximize your spacing,

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and that will open crevices for Kawhi
Leonard, for Norman Powell's or in

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pressure when he comes back healthy for
Terrence Mann, if you're gonna play more

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and yes, four Russell Westbrook and
I guess in the eyes of Marcus Morris,

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Marcus Moore, Senior I'm immediately just
more concerned about the defense, and

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I guess that's sort of a weird
place to be. But because the Clippers

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have been the Clippers have been like
they've shown that they have this this level

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of like like really when it matters, they've shown that they have been able

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to lock down. And but I
just look at some of the lineups that

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they've needed to run without Paul George, and it, you know it,

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it becomes an issue when you're looking
at Okay, yes we have Kawhi Leonard

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still, but the trickle down effective
who has to defend who in those situations.

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And as it stands, the Clippers
are hovering around the bottom seven point

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it's allowed per possession since the trade
deadline, which is again, you brought

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in Eric Gordon, you brought in
Mason Plumley. Bones Thailand hasn't played enough

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for it to matter, but you
brought in Bones Thailand. Then you brought

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in Russell Westbrook, who's been probably
I said, as in the Lakers sometimes

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this season, better defensively than you
would expect, but far from just sort

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of this world beater there. And
you have like the reliability that you get

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from Paul George Quailin was a big
part of helping you survive on defense,

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you're not you're probably going to give
up. They were already giving up a

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ton of threes during the stretch.
You might be giving up more with Paul

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George sort of out of the equation. They have struggled at times with their

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rim protection. Paul George's absence isn't
going to impact that, although in theory,

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if you put their defense in rotation
more often, you're going to make

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it harder for them to protect the
rim. And I don't read too much

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into their three point shooting defense since
the trade deadline. It's it's seventeenth the

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best way, closer to league average, But it just inherently your life is

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going to get rougher on the perimeter. And I think that without question.

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To me, looking at both sides
of the ball, turns Man is the

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most important player in the absence of
Paul George. But my question is will

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he be viewed as the most important
player. My guess my hunches that he

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will be even if he's not,
and this might be dated information now he's

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not starting, I think he ends
up being that player. So do I

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think the Clippers are going to go
five and four here, I honestly don't

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know. I just let's just say
they're gonna beat the Pelicans twice. It's

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spread out enough, and those games
from Pelicans really aren't gonna matter since they

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won't have Zion. They'll beat the
Pelicans twice, and they'll beat the Blazers.

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Let's just assume that's three wins there. Can they get two wins against

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the Thunder on Thursday or the Bulls
on the twenty seventh, two sets against

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the Grizzlies, then the Lakers,
and then the Suns. Yeah, like

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yes, But this roster has just
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complete failure, but the season's been
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and down you have to just like
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up, post All Star Drake well, post All Star break has been maddening

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for them. They lost five straight, a lot of them. I think

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all of them might have been close
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Then they lose two of three and
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injury, and two of those three
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Oklahoma City one, came down to
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know what to make of this team
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that they are in a better position
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at the start of the post All
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they might be in a worse position
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because I think you needed to get
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but you also kind of already knew
what you had of them, and there

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was a lot of Okay, well, this just isn't working, and it

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really hasn't been. I guess enough
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much into certain things where it's okay, well, should Westbrook be closing these

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games without Paul George on the floor. You could counter that by saying Tyler

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was never going to quit Marcus Morris
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would He's had a sample size of, that's not something he was going to

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get right away from to begin with. So at best, though, I

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would say that the Clippers are they
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Star, post trade deadline like to
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significantly better off. And if Paul
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end of the play in and which
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mean maybe they won't. There's like
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able to or they could be able
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if they're in the play in and
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don't like. I don't know how
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should be in the plan. I
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West right now is how it's going
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the Mavericks, the thunder, the
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Clippers. They've those ten through five
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if that's the order, but those
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gonna catch. I mean, the
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so that game is is really big. But you just look at that

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five team pack and whoever the Clippers
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win twice or just win one once. I don't know if you can feel

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confident in saying, without Paul George
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not even gonna hazard to predict it, because this Western Conference is just

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pure utter anarchy mixed with a ton
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questions, cut with a ton of
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with a bunch of potential rock bottoms. When you look at how much some

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of the could be powerhouses or should
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don't know. I honestly don't know
what this Clippers record is Gonna've been so

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unpredictable that without Paul George, I
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well, they'll probably be five and
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they go better than five and fourth, they go six and three. I

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would be pleasantly surprised. Not shocked
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I would be pleasantly surprised. The
long term implications here are could be wild

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because you have to look at it
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Clippers cover if things invariably go wrong
in the playoffs, because it's you know,

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Paul George wasn't playing or he wasn't
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saying, you know, it's just
another season that we've kind of lost or

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been derailed by injuries. They don't
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In my opinion, maybe they won't
like if you whatever Paul George looks like,

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if you flame out of the playoffs
before, if you flame if you

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don't win a playoff series, or
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in the semifinals, that shows that
you're necessarily on the cusp. And I

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would argue that even if you lose
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playing super well, all those different
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To me with this roster. It's
I'm not saying you trade Kauai and PG

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if if they're happy, you keep
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of an excellent team, but you've
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You can trade a twenty twenty eight
first round pick, a twenty twenty thirty

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first round pick, and then a
swap in twenty twenty nine, so you

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have some equity to attached to what
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the expiring deal of Marcus Moore,
senior teams would actually probably view a Visa

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Zoo box as an asset. You
Robert Covington, So you have contracts that

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can be moved to bring back sizeable
salaries, and you even you know,

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let's throw Terrence Man in here.
I'm not saying they should trade all of

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these in one deal. I want
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assets they have, they should be
able to get into sweepstakes for that.

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I don't know that they're going to
outbid many people, but they should be

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able to make semi significant changes.
And it's not going to be okay if

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Brandon Ingram comes on the market,
just as an example, I don't know

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that they would actually want him.
All that would be talk about stockpiling all

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the wings Ingram Kawaim pg. Thirteen. If he comes on the market.

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They're not going to outbid anyone for
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and I'm not saying they have to
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a player of a different caliber.
Just I don't even know what names springs

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to mind, because I haven't thought
enough of the offseason landscape. I think

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so much of it is going to
be shaped by how the playoffs end to

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begin with. So but like you
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I don't even know, is it? Like I don't can't. I can't

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even come up with a name right
now. The landscape just hasn't settled yet.

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But you have the assets necessary to
just go out and let me seek

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the major changes or semi major changes
or significant changes. Or maybe it's just

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a matter of hey, we're not
consolidating. We're trying to get off some

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of these older players, some of
these pricier deals, even if they're headed

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into their their final years of the
non Kauai non PG territory, just to

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give ourselves some more flexibility. We're
looking even just get off Norman Powell's deal

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because it runs so long. Again, I don't think that you're gonna be

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able to get into like a McHale
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maybe you are. You talk about
there are four first round picks on the

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table for him if you come over
the top with Terrence Mann and two firsts

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that are off into the future that
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that level of player in OG and
an Obi level of player. I don't

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even think that you necessarily need OG
because you have Kawai MPG but or and

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ditto for McHale Bridges, but I
think he gives you just a lot more

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ball handling than if you were just
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Could you get in this assign in
trade sweep stakes for Fred van Fleet that

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hard capture? So probably not.
But if Fred van Fleet caliber of player,

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if he's going to become available,
and there will always be players that

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just suddenly become available that we can't
necessarily spot at this moment, like it,

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could it be they could definitely get
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I don't know if they would actually
want to. Could they get into his

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zacch Lavine sweepstakes? If they decide
like they want to skew that way towards

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the offensive end? Do the Pacers
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hey, Miles Turner's back on the
market, they could get into the

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bidding for a player like that rather
be a would be interesting here, don't

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he has no trade claw So that
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someone who's a great fit. Again, I haven't given this a ton of

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thought, but I have thought about, well, if this Clipper season,

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everyone's thought about it, if it
ends prematurely or known flattering fashion, what

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are like, what are they supposed
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you could in theory have this built
and excuse of look another injury, it

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kind of derailed us. It's just
not gonna fly anymore because now injuries are

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just ingrained into your DNA, even
if they're not chronic, and you've been

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so all over the place, even
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you just you can't really buy your
time anymore and bank on this court

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to get you over the top.
And anything short of just I'm gonna and

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I might even be sending the bar
too low, but anything short of a

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riveting as hell semifinals trip, like
you really need to be looking at some

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seismic changes and look, I would
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if you don't make the conference finals
and there's not you're not like putting up

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a huge fight there, that you
should just go and look at making major

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alterations to the roster. So we'll
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immediately, though, I don't have
a ton of faith and what's going to

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happen without Paul George and whether he
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a ramp up period does he need? What does he look like? The

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injury looked really bad. So it's
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Just when you see which like the
angle at which is leg bent. Uh,

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these you know, these sprain needs
that could be tricky to come back

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from though, And so this is
even if you expect him to be back

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in time for the playoffs playing like, let's just say that that's the most

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ideal scenario. You're not really assured
of much thereafter. And that puts you

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in just a really awkward, difficult
position. And I think it's going to

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impact It's got like their title ups
were impacted already, but I think that

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this injury makes it far more likely
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that compels them, that forces them, that coaxes them to consider serious material

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changes to the entire roster outside of
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All right, let's get into a
free agency target. I think every NBA

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team should already be thinking about this
is way too early. Things can change

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based on how the playoffs go,
about what happens in the draft, other

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transactions and trades that are going to
change the spending power that teams have to

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operate with. But I went about
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You have to be targeting another team's
free agent, and I tried to

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keep it some of them are more
ambitious, but I also try to keep

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it realistic. And certainly what I
came up with the suggestions was working within

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the confines of every team's projected spending
band. So do they have the non

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taxpayer mL E the mini mL,
are they working with actual cap space?

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And what's the range of cap space
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considered just roster fit and how to
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but that's the toughest one. I
mean, cap space can be tough

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to project now too, but the
toughest one to project is is that needs

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still going to be there depending on
what happens in the draft or if they

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seek out other trades. And so
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who already locked down Podan Bogdanovich,
and they project as a mini MLI team

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this year, and I have them
as going after they should be looking at

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Jil McDaniel's banged up right now,
but they just need kind of another wing

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and four spots just to deepen that
rotation. Maybe you really do trust Joy

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and Jonathan excuse me, in that
role. It does seem like they're not

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going to be long for john but
somebody who could taggle between the three and

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the four, and Johnson's not really
going to toggle between the three. And

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so with that seven million dollars the
taxpayer middle exception seven million dollars about I

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like Jill McDaniel slim. I don't
think it costs the entire thing, which

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would be important because I don't think
Atlanta wants that they project to me in

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the tax right now. I think
they'll probably look to duck that by trading

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John Collins, and so if they
don't, I would be shocked if they

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spend the full mid level exception if
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that's a player given their spending limitations, that I think would be an excellent

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fit the Boston Celtics. They are
just taxed out the hell I have Utah

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wants an Abby. It just feels
like they could use some additional wing depth

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behind the Jason Tatum Jalen Brown brigade. They do have Malcolm Brogden and Derek

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White and Marcus mart but those guys
are all just sort of on the smaller

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end, and you could get wants
an Abby to play a little bit a

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four and that's also good insurance in
the event that Grant Williams winds up leaving

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in restricted free agency. The Brooklyn
Nets I have Naz Reid following their trades

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of Kevin Durant and Kyrie I Ring. I think they'll have They should fall

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on the non taxpayer MLI range,
which is going to be about eleven million

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bucks a year. That's probably where
reads eleven point four million dollars as a

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starting salary. That's probably where reads
market lands. He has like an actual

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floor game, which is incredible to
really see. Not gonna give you too

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much in the way of defense,
but you could probably get away with he

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takes enough threes and he's not necessarily
hitting them at the highest clip, but

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you could play him next to Nick
Claxton. You could play him next to

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Ben Simmons if he's still on the
roster, and NAT could just use some

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extra center depth. Now Minnesota has
the ability to match this, but they've

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already invested so much in Conty Town's
Rudy Gobert. Are they going to give

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what's the equivalent of full non taxpayer
mL E money to another big and also

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reads an unrestricted free agent. And
if you're gonna have both Cat and Golbert

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there, his role is going to
be forever capped, And so why would

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you want to stay there? The
Charlotte Hornets, I have Dylan Brooks,

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they have the ability to get to
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I'm very interested to see how Michael
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I kind of just operate under the
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the not have to win now MoBIB
but would trying to accelerate their position while

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having LaMelo Ball, who's extension knowledgeable
this summer, who knows what happens with

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Miles Bridges, which is also why
I didn't include that kind of another four

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00:25:07,079 --> 00:25:12,079
you're about to pay PJ. Washington. It just feels like they're going to

405
00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:18,400
be looking for not huge splashes,
but unless they completely upend their direction,

406
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,480
they're going to look for guys that
fil holes and can really help them re

407
00:25:21,599 --> 00:25:26,319
enter the playoff discussion. They need
players who give a damn about primeter defending

408
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,720
on the perimeter and can really actually
defend well on the perimeter. I think

409
00:25:29,759 --> 00:25:33,240
Brooks would be a good fit under
head coach Steve Clifford, and I would

410
00:25:33,279 --> 00:25:37,079
pay him fifteen million dollars if that's
what it costs again him the Bulls.

411
00:25:37,319 --> 00:25:41,480
I have them as a non taxpayer
mle spender, and I have Josh Richardson

412
00:25:41,519 --> 00:25:45,240
there. I think that he's had, especially with who's in San Antonio and

413
00:25:45,319 --> 00:25:48,759
underrated season. They just need another
wing to sort of move about. Richardson's

414
00:25:48,799 --> 00:25:52,200
going to give you like it's not
perfect point of attack defense or perfect defending

415
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,400
bigger wings and forwards defense, but
he can range through the one four there

416
00:25:56,759 --> 00:25:59,680
good enough away from the ball to
hit some threes. Doesn't seem Mike the

417
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,000
Bulls gonna blow it up. They've
been on a tear since the All Star

418
00:26:02,039 --> 00:26:06,119
break. The wing markets also incredibly
light, and so he's probably the best

419
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,400
player, best wing you could get
with the non tax payer mid level exception.

420
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,920
I guess, depending on how you
feel about Austin Reeves. I have

421
00:26:14,039 --> 00:26:17,599
Josh Hurtinson also listed as the Cavaliers, which it's kind of incredible that they

422
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,880
have the non tax player Emlie at
their disposal. They could actually get some

423
00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:26,960
cap space, but it would take
too many logistical hurdles for them to actually

424
00:26:26,039 --> 00:26:30,519
have more than what the non tax
payer Emilie is worth eleven plus million dollars.

425
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,119
And also I think that Carris LeVert
has been fairly valuable to them,

426
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:37,319
and so they still need to plug
that three spot long term or in the

427
00:26:37,319 --> 00:26:40,599
line. That's where they're going with
one big maybe someone who can help you

428
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:44,240
downsized to the four allout. You'll
play with isaacal Coro and then the two

429
00:26:44,279 --> 00:26:48,440
small guards in one big. Josh
Richardson absolutely does that. The Dallas Mavericks,

430
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:52,440
they're gonna be working with a minimd
level exception. They have the offense

431
00:26:52,519 --> 00:26:56,400
to skew all defense. And I
would go with Matisse Table Now i'd listed

432
00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:00,279
him before he kind of went kaboom
in Portland. He's been shooting like thirty

433
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,559
nine percent from three, moving off
the ball way better. That makes it

434
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,720
more intriguing too the Mavericks. But
I've started to wonder does the mini mL

435
00:27:07,079 --> 00:27:11,319
again seven million dollars per year or
as a starting salary, does that get

436
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:15,400
you into maatist stipel territory. I
honestly don't know. And then after that,

437
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,599
like maybe you look at Hamadudiallo,
then he's smaller, so that could

438
00:27:19,599 --> 00:27:23,039
impact you. But what he gives
you at least his defensive range, like

439
00:27:23,079 --> 00:27:27,359
that's just something they need at this
point. The Denver Nuggets I have,

440
00:27:27,519 --> 00:27:32,319
so they are gonna be mini mid
level players as well. And I don't

441
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:33,559
know that they're going to spend it
just because yes, they're in the tax,

442
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,240
but I don't trust ownership in the
cronkeys to keep spending and spending.

443
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,759
I think the way their season ends
is going to determine a lot about how

444
00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:42,279
much they spend and what they're doing. We could see them shake things up

445
00:27:42,279 --> 00:27:47,079
in the trade market. I really
like Javon day Green when he's healthy.

446
00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,599
He is for his size, which
is like six five, he's a pretty

447
00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:55,880
good rim protector and he can play
and cover. Basically he could defend one

448
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,160
through four and he can log time
at the two, three or four spots.

449
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,880
And so to sort of pick him
up. I don't know that he

450
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,559
would command the full minimli, but
to pick him up for a fraction of

451
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,319
or most of it fits in really
well with a team like Denver if they

452
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:11,119
ever wanted to decide, Hey,
especially look, Bruce Brown might leave the

453
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:12,759
Denver doesn't have his bird rights.
Even if you keep him, just have

454
00:28:12,799 --> 00:28:17,000
the option of rolling out Green Brown, KC. P. Gordon and Yokich

455
00:28:17,079 --> 00:28:22,160
for day. We're gonna contend Yokich
with all the defenders that could be interesting.

456
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,000
The Detroit Pistons, they are going
to have cap space probably in the

457
00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:30,160
twenty five million plus rains. That's
even after James Wiseman James Wiseman trade.

458
00:28:30,279 --> 00:28:33,839
I've Gary Trent Jr. He's a
player option, and I think they need.

459
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,359
They do have Boiam mcdonovitch. Still, they have Alec Burks as well.

460
00:28:36,559 --> 00:28:38,440
I think you just see someone else
in there who would go out and

461
00:28:38,599 --> 00:28:42,160
chuck a bunch of threes and maybe
party crashed them some passion lanes. And

462
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,160
he's Look, he's just young enough. He's still only twenty three, I

463
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,000
believe, and so he fits whatever
timeline they're at, and it just opens

464
00:28:48,079 --> 00:28:52,119
up more room for Ivy and a
healthy Kake cutting him to operate. I

465
00:28:52,119 --> 00:28:56,119
don't know who to pick for the
Warriors, especially Draymond Green's entering free agency.

466
00:28:56,119 --> 00:28:57,960
I don't think they're gonna be able
to keep Dante Divincenzones, so maybe

467
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:02,079
you should look at a replacement for
him. Are they a team that tries

468
00:29:02,119 --> 00:29:06,359
to give some run to Hamadu Yallo? I think his shooting limitations, even

469
00:29:06,359 --> 00:29:10,279
though he's shot better from the mid
range lately, well before his injury,

470
00:29:10,319 --> 00:29:12,119
anyway like that could be prohibitive.
But he does a lot of the same

471
00:29:12,119 --> 00:29:17,240
things defensively as a GP two,
at least positionally or what dontadven Chenel has

472
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,720
given them. I settled on Dario
Sartz just with the mini Emily, they

473
00:29:19,759 --> 00:29:23,759
could stand a beef up the backup
big situation if you trust Jonathan Cominga.

474
00:29:23,839 --> 00:29:26,559
You also don't really know. This
is a good hedge if Draymond Green does

475
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,119
leave in any event, otherwise,
yeah, you could go. They definitely

476
00:29:30,119 --> 00:29:33,799
need a bigger wing and so like, do they get it? Josh person

477
00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:36,319
is a bigger wing. But did
they get in on the Josh Richardson sweepstakes?

478
00:29:36,599 --> 00:29:37,119
They just don't have a lot to
work with. We don't even know

479
00:29:37,119 --> 00:29:41,799
if they want to spend the full
Mini Emily at this point Houston, so

480
00:29:41,039 --> 00:29:45,119
I should change. I have Fred
van Fleet listed just because he's a little

481
00:29:45,119 --> 00:29:47,839
bit younger than James Harden and they
just need someone to kind of organize their

482
00:29:47,839 --> 00:29:49,880
offense. They've been playing better of
late. I like what Fred van Fleet

483
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,119
would do for them defensively, but
I guess you should just put James Harden

484
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,519
here. You have so much cap
space that if he promises to bring another

485
00:29:56,519 --> 00:29:59,519
start with you, like, why
why the fuck not? But in theory,

486
00:29:59,559 --> 00:30:02,799
if I were a GM and I
wanted to bring in a veteran floor

487
00:30:02,839 --> 00:30:04,960
general, I'll be looking at Fred
van Fleet first, just because I don't

488
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,960
think he's someone who's going to augment
the development of the youngsters more than Hardenwood.

489
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,039
And he gives you a more flexible
timeline, not just because he's a

490
00:30:11,039 --> 00:30:15,119
little bit younger, but also because
he plays away from the ball so often

491
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:19,400
that you don't necessarily need to rush
into another trade, a consolidation trade.

492
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,920
So I like Fred van Fleet in
Houston, and I don't think having Kevin

493
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,960
Porter Junior or Jelly Green should really
impact you're thinking there. Maybe if you

494
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,559
get Scoot Henderson, that's when you
have to start to recalibrate Indiana. I

495
00:30:30,599 --> 00:30:33,319
of PJ. Washington, they are
still going to have like twenty five plus

496
00:30:33,319 --> 00:30:37,480
million in cap space after extending Turner. He's a perfecit alongside Turner. Washington

497
00:30:37,519 --> 00:30:40,960
has a little bit of a floor
game. Can operate from the elbows or

498
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:42,640
the nail if you need him too, but he's probably better off just dotting

499
00:30:44,599 --> 00:30:47,599
another big man. But I also
think you want to have the ability to

500
00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:49,440
toggle between him and Turner, where
yes, Turner's not better as a screener

501
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,519
making decisions with the ball and roller
and making decision with the ball in his

502
00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:55,960
hands, but he's also still a
good outside threat, which is gonna give

503
00:30:55,960 --> 00:31:00,720
p to Washington plenty of room to
operate an offense headlined by math in Washington,

504
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,200
Turner, and Haliburton. And then
if he'll Distiller that that'd be scary

505
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,440
as fuck. By the way,
too, there are a lot of other

506
00:31:06,759 --> 00:31:08,799
Like I thought about Cam Johnson here, I don't know if he gives you

507
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,839
enough versatility because PJ. Washington he
can slide up to the five he really

508
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,599
want to, and he's also like
that's the guy that just defends Jeannie for

509
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,000
the Hornet's like, that's just another
body to throw at him. You're not

510
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:22,000
going to do that with Cam Johnson. Grant Williams would be an option as

511
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,680
well, but I like PJ.
Washington feels like he has the higher ceiling

512
00:31:25,039 --> 00:31:26,759
of all the names I mentioned,
even if he might have the lower floor.

513
00:31:26,799 --> 00:31:30,920
There's like higher floors for Cam Johnson
and Grant Williams. The Clippers,

514
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,480
they're gonna have the mini mL E
and I went with Bismac BEYONMBO. I'm

515
00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:38,200
not a fan of the Mason Plumley
backup center situation. I don't know why

516
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,200
you would perpetuate that. I thought
it was like it wasn't it didn't cost

517
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,480
them too much. Maybe it was
a puzzling move to some people. It's

518
00:31:44,519 --> 00:31:48,680
just whatever to me. Byambo has
statistically been the best rim protector in the

519
00:31:48,759 --> 00:31:52,160
league when you look at opponent field
goal percentage allowed, and just to get

520
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,400
him in there, you have enough
spacing around him to where you just have

521
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,400
him set screens, roll with the
basket. Someone who's cheap and you might

522
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,799
be able to pick him up,
maybe on a little bit more than a

523
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:05,359
league minimum contract. So that'd be
good value there. The Lakers, they're

524
00:32:05,359 --> 00:32:07,680
gonna be mini MLI players. They're
going to operate over the cap. If

525
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,440
they don't, this will change.
But you would have to get rid of

526
00:32:10,559 --> 00:32:15,079
Dlow, Jared Vanderbilt, Ruey Hatchamura, and Molik Beasley. I don't think

527
00:32:15,079 --> 00:32:17,400
they're going to do that, And
a Kyrie Irving sign and trades there is

528
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:22,240
just too hard because it's hard caps
you for them to explore that route,

529
00:32:22,359 --> 00:32:23,680
or too even if he you know, he could take a pay cut let's

530
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:25,920
say for twenty eight nine million and
just sign with them, that's a pretty

531
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:30,319
big pay cut when he's eligible for
forty plus million dollar salary. If you

532
00:32:30,359 --> 00:32:31,640
wanted to go to the Kyrie route, it actually probably makes more sense to

533
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:37,880
resign Dlow, keep Vanderbilt's deal,
it's non guarantee, keep pick up Mollie

534
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,440
Beasley's team option, maybe resign Ruey
Hatchamore to a minor deal, and then

535
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,200
you can use their salaries as filler
in the trade. Like Dallas might have

536
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,680
interested Delo in a mid season Kyrie
Irving trade. Who knows, they'd certainly

537
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:51,839
probably have interested in Beasley and Jared
Vanderbilt. So I have Tory Craig,

538
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,440
they just continue to get some bigger
wings in there. His three point shooting

539
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:58,160
can be all over the place,
but he will help you on the offensive

540
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,920
glass. I don't know that I
would play him with Van Built and ad

541
00:33:00,039 --> 00:33:02,640
at the same time, but I
might try it. That looks like defensively,

542
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:07,400
especially, you could be enormous if
Lebron's in that equation, and generally

543
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,519
like Tory Craig and Phoenix has hit
enough threes to be serviceable. So I

544
00:33:10,599 --> 00:33:14,039
like him in LA and I think
he's going to fall on the mini emil

545
00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:17,400
E range Memphis so they can have
cap space. They won't because I think

546
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:22,279
they carry Dylan Brooks' hold, and
I think that would bring them to mini

547
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:27,599
mL E territory if we're assuming that
he stays. Harrison Barnes is who I've

548
00:33:27,599 --> 00:33:30,039
listed. He's not signing for the
MINIMLI, He's not signing for the non

549
00:33:30,079 --> 00:33:32,000
tax payers Emily. This is just
more of a sign and trade scenario.

550
00:33:32,039 --> 00:33:36,000
The Grizzlies have plenty of flexibility under
the hard cap. They can make something

551
00:33:36,039 --> 00:33:38,720
happen. It would take cooperation from
the Kings and Barnes himself. He would

552
00:33:38,759 --> 00:33:43,680
have to want to leave Sacramento.
Maybe the Kings are open to it just

553
00:33:43,759 --> 00:33:47,079
because they have in theory his replacement
in Keegan Murray waiting in the Waynes and

554
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,920
Keegan Murray's ready to do more on
offense, is he ready to do more

555
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,759
on defense? Barnes doesn't carry this
huge load on defense either, and Murray

556
00:33:53,759 --> 00:33:58,839
we've seen him match up statistically with
a lot of third options. And if

557
00:33:58,839 --> 00:34:00,400
you were the Kings, and maybe
you're going to make a bigger trade if

558
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:05,160
you can get like a smaller asset
in a deal for Barnes while taking back

559
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,679
salary that you don't mind having on
the books. Of course, could you

560
00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:10,440
then turn around and make another deal
for just like a higher end or can

561
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:15,679
you enter the Mkal Bridges Rogiana Noby
sweepstakes two players who are perfect fits there.

562
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,159
You might be wanting, why would
Memphis just enter those sweepstakes? They

563
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:21,760
are inherently risk averse right now.
Maybe the playoff changes that. This feels

564
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,320
like the in between move, which
is sort of just like what they made

565
00:34:23,519 --> 00:34:27,840
at the trade deadline instead of going
all in on something. They acquired Lucanard.

566
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,480
Kyle kuz would be interesting there too, I believe, But I think

567
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,039
Barnes is a little bit more plug
and play the heat. I just have

568
00:34:34,119 --> 00:34:37,320
Joe Angles. They're gonna have the
minimli Any major move they make will come

569
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,840
on the trade deadline. They still
need to. I know Kevin Love is

570
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,559
there and starting, and there's been
some interesting moments with him and Bam on

571
00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:45,440
the court, but you could put
Joe Angles in that spot. I'll still

572
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:50,480
bring Kayla Martin off the bench.
Give you another offensive organizer in the half

573
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,920
court if you like, and should
you decide to move Kyle Lowry, it's

574
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:57,360
not just sort of this like huge
swing, but you need some more half

575
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,000
court functional diversity, and I think
Joe Ingles gives you that, as as

576
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,599
old as he is right now,
and I don't even think he would cost

577
00:35:04,599 --> 00:35:08,239
the full minim alita to bring in
at this point the Milwaukee Bucks, who

578
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:12,599
are Joe ingles Is current team.
I have Jaylen Noel in part because I

579
00:35:12,639 --> 00:35:17,119
wonder Javon Carter's player option. Is
he gonna get paid more than the Bucks

580
00:35:17,199 --> 00:35:21,360
necessarily want to give him. Jelenoell
Is younger might actually be cheaper because he's

581
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:22,960
been so up and down in Minnesota, been banged up at points as well,

582
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:29,280
and he gives you some just spark
in the half court. You would

583
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,280
like to see his three point shooting
clip be higher, but he's done some

584
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:37,400
nice creation on drives for Minnesota this
year. And even if you have Javon

585
00:35:37,519 --> 00:35:42,880
Carter, to bring in another ball
handler type who will put pressure on defenses,

586
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,559
put them in rotation in the half
court, I think you need it.

587
00:35:45,639 --> 00:35:47,880
You have Chris Middleton, Jue Holiday, Janas Still you've been top five

588
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:52,519
and half court efficiency since Middleton came
back, but the core is getting older

589
00:35:52,599 --> 00:35:54,400
due Holiday is gonna miss games,
Chris Middleton's gonna miss games, and like

590
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:58,480
your bench is going to inherently thin
out, you have some older guys on

591
00:35:58,559 --> 00:36:02,079
there too. I don't know how
much jell and Nol costs, but he's

592
00:36:02,119 --> 00:36:06,360
I think Sharani reported he wanted out
of Minnesota at some point and wasn't going

593
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,280
to sign an extension. It does
he fall him in the Emili range.

594
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,960
I think he comes close. I
don't see anyone giving him the full Emily,

595
00:36:13,079 --> 00:36:15,519
which is a round eleven, but
could they give him more than seven?

596
00:36:15,559 --> 00:36:20,719
Maybe Minnesota Josh Richardson coming up again. They could just use another wing

597
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,800
type player. I think maybe their
needs change or their preferences changed based on

598
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:29,320
the clothes to this season, when
you have Conley, Kyle Anderson, Jane

599
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:34,519
McDaniels, Conathy Town's Rudy Gobert getting
a real feel for that rotation, Joshers

600
00:36:34,639 --> 00:36:36,559
can just slide in, plug and
play. You don't need to start.

601
00:36:36,639 --> 00:36:39,119
Him can come off the bench.
We'll give you some really tough defensive minutes.

602
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:45,800
And Minnesota should be working with a
nontext player Emily. That might change

603
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:50,280
depending on if they pay both Noel
and naz Reid, but operating with their

604
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,639
holds. If they don't have a
problem hardcapping themselves, I think Josh Retchinson

605
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:57,119
ends up would end up being a
really good bet for them. The Pelicans,

606
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,960
I have Danny Green just because like, let's just get someone in here

607
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,920
who can shoot, and he's like, he's gonna give you better defensemans at

608
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:07,440
this point than a CJ. McCollum
wood. I just I don't even want

609
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,880
to get into there by the way
I have them in the mini Emili territory

610
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:15,280
because if they keep their roster the
same with McCollum, salary Ingram Salary Valentunis

611
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:20,679
to salary Zion's extension kicking in,
they're going to be up against the tax.

612
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:23,559
They could, in theory, carver
out some space to use the bigger

613
00:37:23,599 --> 00:37:29,199
MLLE, in which case then they
could look at it like setting their slights

614
00:37:29,199 --> 00:37:31,159
a little bit higher, Like did
they become a jail and Noel team?

615
00:37:31,199 --> 00:37:35,639
Perhaps I wouldn't trust it like they've
done, like kind of the high variants

616
00:37:35,679 --> 00:37:38,440
experience with I want to compare him
with Javonte Graham, different types of player.

617
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:42,400
He's gonna put more pressure inside the
ARK, but they could aim higher

618
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,280
if they go that route. I
just don't know that I trust them too

619
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:46,679
or I ultimately think not that this
is pointless, but like let's get the

620
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,920
vet. You already have high quality
VT and CJ in the locker room.

621
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,800
Danny Green will certainly help that.
You could also keep Josh Richardson still too

622
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,880
while affording Danny Green. I would
think they just need more functional shooting in

623
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,960
there, and that's if they don't
make any other changes. I fully expect

624
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,360
that they're probably gonna make a trade
this summer though, and I would bet

625
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:07,480
against both CJ. McCollum and Brandon
Ingram being back in New Orleans next season.

626
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,760
The new York Nicks. This is
tough. I have them as a

627
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:15,800
non taxplayer mid level spenders, so
that at eleven plus million dollar range,

628
00:38:15,159 --> 00:38:19,440
Dad could change too, depending on
how much it costs to keep Josh Hart,

629
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:24,000
who has a player option, but
I think they should still have access

630
00:38:24,039 --> 00:38:29,800
to it based off my own projections, and so I have not even Chenso

631
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,639
listed because I want to just bring
all of Illanova players under one roof apparently,

632
00:38:32,679 --> 00:38:37,199
but also because like they need a
wing, like they need another just

633
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:39,840
like a big like a wing that's
RJ Barrett size, who's like, who's

634
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:44,960
is an actual wing and more maybe
plug and play RJ sometimes looks like that,

635
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:46,960
So you're getting in Dante de Vincenzo
kind of falls into like the Quentin

636
00:38:47,039 --> 00:38:52,559
Grimes Josh Hart sized territory where it's
like they're not big but you can still

637
00:38:52,599 --> 00:38:55,440
move them around and it's just really
fundamentally sound. So my logic here,

638
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:59,000
I don't want to spend too much
time on this because I'm trying to blow

639
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,639
through it. My logic here is
just that get someone who's a ball mover,

640
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:05,559
who can hit outside shots, and
he's been like semi comfortable up in

641
00:39:05,639 --> 00:39:09,599
his three point volume that's just a
great fit who allows you to, Yeah,

642
00:39:09,639 --> 00:39:13,119
if you want to, if you're
comfortable downsizing, and we've seen it

643
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:15,760
with Brunson Quickly in heart, this
can be an extension of that. But

644
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:20,000
also if you have to move I'm
not saying they should, but if you

645
00:39:20,079 --> 00:39:22,599
have to move a Grimes or a
Barrett or a Quickly as part of a

646
00:39:22,679 --> 00:39:27,800
star trade, like you still have
this other guy here who can pick up

647
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,079
some of those responsibilities, like can
you can even put the ball in his

648
00:39:30,079 --> 00:39:32,119
hands and you can run a little
bit of your offense and if it's costing

649
00:39:32,119 --> 00:39:35,960
you, Again, you don't want
to get too small on the wings.

650
00:39:36,199 --> 00:39:38,440
But who else do you really want
them to spend this eleven plus million dollars

651
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:43,280
on. It's not going to be
upfront where you have Randall, Hartenstein and

652
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,559
Mitchell Robinson. It's not gonna be
you don't need it to be at point

653
00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:51,159
guard with Emmanuel Quickly and John Brunson, and then you have these secondary playmakers

654
00:39:51,199 --> 00:39:53,639
in you know, Julius Randall,
and of course if you want to put

655
00:39:53,679 --> 00:39:57,159
the ball in RJ. Barrett's hands, so why not take a shot,

656
00:39:57,159 --> 00:39:59,440
Like the wing market is so thin
and you're not going to be and yeah,

657
00:39:59,559 --> 00:40:00,400
Josh for it will be a fine
fit. But I kind of wanted

658
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,639
to deviate here, and I like
sort of having these you know, Josh

659
00:40:04,679 --> 00:40:07,679
Hart really high IQ player. I
think Emanuel quickly shown that he's a really

660
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:09,400
high IQ player, Jalen Brunson as
well, And so I kind of like

661
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:15,280
just stacking your perimeter rotation with a
lot of those higher IQ players. Does

662
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,320
it bury Deuce McBride on the bench
a little bit? What does it dude

663
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:21,519
to Quentin Grimes his minutes? It
does increase the accountability for R. J.

664
00:40:21,599 --> 00:40:23,960
Barret, who's already seen some of
his minutes dissipate following the addition of

665
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:28,480
Josh Hart. So I stand by
this even though I've had more time to

666
00:40:28,519 --> 00:40:30,119
munch on it, and it's like
guessing myself. The Thunder, I Grant

667
00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:35,400
Williams. I want the Thunder so
badly to spend what could be thirty plus

668
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,159
million in cap space. I really
wanted them to go after Myles Turner when

669
00:40:37,159 --> 00:40:40,119
he was available. I don't think
they're going to make this huge offer.

670
00:40:40,199 --> 00:40:44,679
But Grant Williams is young, he's
restricted, probably won't cost as much as

671
00:40:44,679 --> 00:40:47,599
a PJ. Washington because of PJ. Washington's on ball skills and just plays

672
00:40:47,639 --> 00:40:52,639
more. Probably won't cost as much
as Cam Johnson either, and he's had

673
00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:58,079
some rough stretches with Boston going through
one now, but like he fits alongside

674
00:40:58,119 --> 00:41:00,039
Chet Holmgren or you can try playing
him at the five. I don't know

675
00:41:00,079 --> 00:41:02,599
how well it works. He's not
like a traditional room protector, but he's

676
00:41:02,639 --> 00:41:06,079
super switchable. And so if you
trust like some of your other guys and

677
00:41:06,119 --> 00:41:08,760
a jail and Williams to just be
the backline protector or a poku if he's

678
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:14,039
still going to be there and healthy
next year, just a fantastic fit with

679
00:41:14,199 --> 00:41:16,880
and not to mention, Kendrick Williams
just fits, and he's young enough to

680
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:21,840
wear. He's young enough, low
usage enough that he'sn't infringe upon development.

681
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,960
I would argue that someone like Cam
Johnson wouldn't either. I would even say

682
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:28,000
PJ. Washington would. Yeah,
you need more on ball reps for him,

683
00:41:28,039 --> 00:41:30,440
but you could fit him into the
larger dynamic, and he's also just

684
00:41:30,599 --> 00:41:32,320
young enough. I would if I
was this team and Brook Lopez was available,

685
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,519
and you can give him like a
one year or two year windfall to

686
00:41:36,599 --> 00:41:38,519
just pair him with Chet home grin, stagger them and play them together.

687
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:42,920
They are good enough to do that, and I'm not a Some people look

688
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,760
at the ages of free agents and
automatically assume that they would infringe upon the

689
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:50,400
development of the kiddos or your overall
direction. That's not the case. If

690
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,360
it's someone who's just so ultra ball
dominant, like a Russell Westbrook, yes

691
00:41:53,679 --> 00:41:57,400
that could be the case. But
if he's just an older guy who could

692
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:00,000
fit within a larger ecosystem both on
offensive defense, why not set along Grant

693
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,679
Williams, though trying to keep some
variants that I do like him. I

694
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:07,960
think more for OKC than a PJ. Washington than a Cam Johnson. He

695
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:12,400
gives you more positional flexibility on defense
than Cam Johnson. And then he's just

696
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,960
he's more plug and play on offense
than a than a PJ. Washington.

697
00:42:16,039 --> 00:42:20,519
And when you have Josh Giddy,
when you have Jon Williams, when you

698
00:42:20,599 --> 00:42:23,679
have Shay Gilgess Alexander, of course
I appreciate that more. And then also

699
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:27,840
you just want someone who is so
used to spacing the floor, even if

700
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,760
it's not under a ton of volume, because you also have lou Dort and

701
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:34,119
so like you want him to be
able to venture inside the arc because while

702
00:42:34,119 --> 00:42:38,679
on addition to Giddy SGA Jim Williams
putting pressure on defenses, I like Grant

703
00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:40,920
Williams for them, but I wouldn't
be opposed to p J. Washington or

704
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:45,280
them, just like you know,
entering the Brandon Ingram trade sweep stakes,

705
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,519
I have Fred van Fleet for the
Orlando Magic because I'm not original. The

706
00:42:47,519 --> 00:42:52,159
Magic have twenty plus million in cap
space with the potential for more because they

707
00:42:52,199 --> 00:42:57,880
have the Gary Harris Junior non guaranteed
salary on their books so they don't need

708
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,639
to go to sign in trade routh. They also have the non guaranteed salary

709
00:43:00,639 --> 00:43:04,360
for Jonathan I partially guaranteed for Jonathan
Isaac, very partially guaranteed for Mark el

710
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,679
Folts as well. They can they
can get too close. They can get

711
00:43:07,679 --> 00:43:12,320
to thirty plus million dollars in cap
space with with relative ease. I think

712
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,280
the goals should be to keep Mark
el Folds and Gary Harris because they're good

713
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:16,760
and so. Do you just wave
Jonathan Isaac at this point, eat the

714
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:21,599
seven or eight million dollars wherever he's
guaranteed, stretch it go from there,

715
00:43:22,159 --> 00:43:23,039
or do you just try and broke
her as sign and trade. I don't

716
00:43:23,039 --> 00:43:28,880
know what that looks like with Toronto
Palo this year's pick Franz Wagner clearly off

717
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,119
off limits. Would Toronto want Mark
el Folts in that situation. He's been

718
00:43:32,159 --> 00:43:36,880
good for the Magic, but Fred
van fleet is he can't really guard up

719
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,079
as much as Mark up folds Ken, but he's really sturdy defender, and

720
00:43:39,079 --> 00:43:45,400
he's just a better off ball player
offensively, someone who's especially if you're gonna

721
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,599
give him some bigs like a Wendell
Carter Junior or Pelman Karo who who are

722
00:43:47,599 --> 00:43:52,000
going to be better screen setters than
everyone on the Raptors not named Jaco Peartle

723
00:43:52,039 --> 00:43:54,280
at this point. So you should
be able to give enough space to operate

724
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:58,079
on the ball. But he's very
good at working away from it, inject

725
00:43:58,159 --> 00:44:01,199
some spacing into your offense without compromising
what's been at times just a really feisty

726
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:06,840
defense this year. It costs a
lot. He's not super young, he's

727
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,679
almost twenty nine years old. I
don't care because the Magic might be ready

728
00:44:09,679 --> 00:44:13,760
to win immediately next season, and
so as long as they don't end up

729
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:17,360
with Scoot Henderson by virtue of winning
the lottery or something. I really still

730
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:22,800
like this is a fit in Orlando. It's again it's it's like accelerating your

731
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:29,239
timeline without over committing to that acceleration. The Philadelphia seventy six Ers, I

732
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:30,840
have Tory Craig listed for them.
They're gonna be working with the miniml Lee.

733
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:36,239
This is just like the Jail and
McDaniels situation. Maybe that works out

734
00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:37,920
well to see who looks like when
he's healthy. Daniel House has not been

735
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:43,000
great for them. Another wing who
can actually log like higher stakes minutes for

736
00:44:43,039 --> 00:44:45,400
them if they need him to,
if they want an alternative to Tobias Harris

737
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:50,639
or downsizing having Dante Melton Tyrese Maxley
on the court at the same time.

738
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,400
I think Tory Craig does that for
them. Also would help them with what

739
00:44:52,639 --> 00:45:00,360
is just mind bogglingly weirdly awful rebounding. That said, I don't really know

740
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,679
which direction to go with the Sixers
until we figure out what they're doing with

741
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:07,480
James Harden. My assumption is he
will be back unless unless there's just you

742
00:45:07,519 --> 00:45:10,840
know, a cataclysmic collapse in the
playoffs, or Joel Andbi decides to request

743
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:14,679
a trade. But I'm just assuming
the Sixers are still contenders and they're working

744
00:45:14,679 --> 00:45:17,039
with many MLI give me Tory Craig
for them. The Suns, this is

745
00:45:17,079 --> 00:45:20,960
ambitious. I have Bruce Brown just
a perfect player for them. Anyone who

746
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:23,639
listens to pocast knows how much I
like Bruce Brown. He's not this lockdown

747
00:45:23,639 --> 00:45:27,519
one on one defender, as the
Denver Nuggets have discovered, but he exists

748
00:45:27,519 --> 00:45:30,719
so well within a team a concept
and the fact that he can guard point

749
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:34,119
of attack but also go up for
stretches at a time that really matters,

750
00:45:34,119 --> 00:45:37,480
and they don't need him to be
just because you still have Josh well you

751
00:45:37,519 --> 00:45:39,880
could still well, maybe he can't
keep Josha Koge, by the way,

752
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:43,920
that's really something to consider. He's
really come on for Phoenix. They don't

753
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:47,800
have his bird rights, but he
can fill that role of a player who's

754
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:53,000
more diverse on offense than a Josh
Akogi because you look at what Brown can

755
00:45:53,039 --> 00:45:55,920
do as a passer, even just
on the ball, putting pressure on the

756
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:59,599
basket. His three point shooting has
come down, and that's sort of a

757
00:45:59,599 --> 00:46:00,880
big ee. You trust Josh and
Koki to take threes more than him.

758
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:05,440
You certainly trust Tory Craig at this
point. Can you get him for the

759
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:07,440
Mini Emily it's seven million dollars?
My guess is no. I think he

760
00:46:07,519 --> 00:46:10,159
might get a little bit more than
that. But if you tell him,

761
00:46:10,159 --> 00:46:14,599
hey, you're starting and it's for
the Suns with Kevin Duran again, whom

762
00:46:14,599 --> 00:46:15,840
he played with in Brooklyn, does
that say you know, if it's a

763
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:20,719
difference between eight nine million dollars and
seven or you willing to give him a

764
00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:22,840
four year deal where he's gonna sign
for two or three somewhere else, that

765
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:29,920
could wind up helping your case.
I love his fit there, like insofar

766
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,920
as you believe that he's not going
to shoot, he's going through a stretch

767
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:36,800
rehooing sub thirty percent from three.
They go a number of different directions that

768
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:38,199
they just want shooting. But for
the Mini Emlly, I think Bruce Brown

769
00:46:38,199 --> 00:46:40,840
will be a terrific get. For
the Blazers, I have naz Reid.

770
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,920
I don't know which direction to go
with them. They're gonna have another lottery

771
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,079
pick. Damian Lillard's already, you
know, calling for surrender on this season,

772
00:46:47,119 --> 00:46:50,960
which was kind of sad to see. They should have the non tax

773
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,719
payer Emily. Though, unless they
go a nuclear route, you'll get rid

774
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:57,519
of let Jeremy Grant walk. I
have his cap hold baked in here.

775
00:46:57,719 --> 00:47:00,039
May they find a taker for use
of Nurkich, But are you going to

776
00:47:00,119 --> 00:47:02,960
be able to just offload his money
just to get the cap space would take

777
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:07,440
too much collateral damage. They need
just a better big man rotation, but

778
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:09,320
they need a better wing rotation as
well, and even a better bigger card

779
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:14,679
rotation. They could use a little
bit of everything here. But if you're

780
00:47:14,679 --> 00:47:17,440
looking at them being interested in keeping
one of, if not both of Matisse

781
00:47:17,519 --> 00:47:22,000
Thyble and cam Reddish plus keeping Jeremy
Grant, I like nos Red as a

782
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,159
fit. Alongside Jeremy Grant in the
front court. You can play lineups then

783
00:47:25,559 --> 00:47:29,960
I think that gives you enough spacing
still to play table there with Simons and

784
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:32,840
Lillard, and I think that gives
you enough defense and size to not be

785
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:37,599
a complete disaster on the glass and
defensively overall. You could go a different

786
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:42,000
like big Man rab Byambo might be
cheaper and he would still be a really

787
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:45,000
good fit. I would love Brook
Lopez for this team. Actually, I

788
00:47:45,039 --> 00:47:47,639
just don't think the non paxt non
tax player, Emily gets him out of

789
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:52,639
Portland, and I look the direction
Portland's gonna take. They're gonna have another

790
00:47:52,679 --> 00:47:54,880
high lottery pick. They have Shaden
Sharp. I don't decisit me suggesting they're

791
00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:58,760
gonna trade game. But are they
gonna play it safe like they always have,

792
00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:00,039
or maybe they aim for doubles,
or if they're gonna look to make

793
00:48:00,039 --> 00:48:04,760
more of a blockbuster move using that
pick, maybe Shade and Sharp, maybe

794
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:09,880
Amformy Simons, some combination of those
three, or that Knicks pick and trading

795
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:14,840
their own future first as complicated because
they owe that lottery protected through twenty twenty

796
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:17,519
eight pick to Chicago. But if
they go that route, it changes their

797
00:48:17,559 --> 00:48:21,519
needs. I mean, if they
move use of Nerkich, is it for

798
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:23,599
a different big how much did they
sweeten it. I feel like nas Read

799
00:48:23,639 --> 00:48:27,719
works, whether if you need him
to step in and start or just as

800
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:30,559
someone who can back up use of
nerk Kitchen. Maybe you almost have a

801
00:48:30,559 --> 00:48:32,400
co opt there where they're splitting forty
eight minutes down the stretch. And I

802
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:36,360
do think nas Read needs a lot
to be desires or rim protector. It's

803
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,199
the same for nerk Kitch, and
I think Reid's gonna I don't think we

804
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:42,199
know Reid's gonna hold up a lot
better on the perimeter right now. The

805
00:48:42,199 --> 00:48:46,599
Sacramento Kings, they could have cap
space if they start fucking around with Harrison

806
00:48:46,599 --> 00:48:50,639
Barnes's cap hold. I'm assuming that
they'll keep his cap hold and look to

807
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:52,280
keep him. I would love Josh
Hart here, even though I want to

808
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:55,639
leave the Knicks. He has a
player option. The Kings only have the

809
00:48:55,639 --> 00:48:59,880
nontax Playermid level. Is he going
to decline a thirteen million dollars player option

810
00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:01,559
to sign for starting salary of eleven
My guess would be no. I think

811
00:49:01,559 --> 00:49:06,440
he stays with the Knicks. However, you could investigate sign and trade scenarios,

812
00:49:06,559 --> 00:49:08,880
or if you're offering him the full
boat over five years, that might

813
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:12,360
be different than if he's getting a
two or three year deal from someone else.

814
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,239
Or maybe he wants to reach free
agency sooner because of that that TV

815
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:17,960
money. But if someone who has
not made a terrible, terribly large amount

816
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:21,679
of money in his career, just
something to keep in mind. And if

817
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:22,840
if it's not going to be him, I think you aim, you know

818
00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:24,920
you have to aim, then a
little bit smaller I'm not using a whole

819
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:30,480
nontax Paramilly and a guy like batist
tible how Dudaiallo would be an excellent fit

820
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:36,119
here. So that is, those
are all other options that you consider,

821
00:49:36,119 --> 00:49:38,199
But I think Josh Hard would just
be like quintessential perfect fit here. Yeah,

822
00:49:38,199 --> 00:49:40,480
a little small, but like you've
played Kevin Hurder at the three for

823
00:49:40,519 --> 00:49:44,760
a bunch this season, it could
work out and you have you know,

824
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:46,519
Josh Hart probably becomes six man in
your favorite if he's coming off the bench,

825
00:49:46,559 --> 00:49:49,840
or maybe you just like Kevin Hurder
comes off the bench and you're starting

826
00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:53,960
Fox with Josh Hart and Harrison Barnes
and Kecky Marion's a bonus. That's you

827
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:55,880
know, that's a hell of a
five, but it becomes a hell of

828
00:49:55,920 --> 00:50:00,519
a six seven man rotation. Throw
a monk in there if you pick up

829
00:50:00,519 --> 00:50:04,280
a Josh Hart. Ambitious for them, but if they have mechanisms to do

830
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:06,920
it, the spurs are interesting.
I went with Io Tsunmo, like,

831
00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:12,760
let's just get another type of guard
who can defend almost every position. Can't

832
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:15,719
really run those deliberate pick and rolls
as efficiently as you want, but he

833
00:50:15,719 --> 00:50:17,880
could still do it, and he
could put pressure on the basket. Young

834
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:21,960
fits your timeline. The issue with
him, and we'll get into this with

835
00:50:22,119 --> 00:50:24,400
someone else that I picked to the
Utah Jazz is he's an early bird restricted.

836
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:30,480
So the best way to get him
would be to offer him this huge

837
00:50:30,519 --> 00:50:34,000
deal. But you can't start him
at more than the you know, basically

838
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:37,119
the tax payramid level exception non tax
paymid level exception, so eleven plus million

839
00:50:37,519 --> 00:50:40,360
in those first two years. But
you have the ability, if you have

840
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:44,639
cap space, to have that tillary
spike in year three, otherwise known as

841
00:50:44,639 --> 00:50:46,159
that poison pill. If out of
the spurs, I'm just consider it,

842
00:50:46,159 --> 00:50:47,920
like, see what is it going
to take to get him out of Chicago.

843
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:52,119
They're definitely matching non tax payramid level
money, would be my guests.

844
00:50:52,159 --> 00:50:53,519
If they don't, then yeah,
try it and just you know, just

845
00:50:53,559 --> 00:50:57,760
see if it's a three year deal
and you have to eat one just astronomically

846
00:50:58,199 --> 00:51:00,920
large season, you have thirty five
plus million hours in cap space and you're

847
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:04,639
on this really gradual timeline. I
would love to see what Tosume who can

848
00:51:04,679 --> 00:51:07,639
do around a team that is still
built to kind of play fast. I

849
00:51:07,639 --> 00:51:08,559
don't know if I trust him.
The space, the floor and he's not

850
00:51:08,639 --> 00:51:14,000
that from scratch creator that you necessarily
appreciate, but because you're going to test

851
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:19,719
out so much of the secondary creation
with excuse me, with Kelton Johnson,

852
00:51:20,119 --> 00:51:23,599
with Devin Vassell, with Jeremy Sowen, and then also you don't know what's

853
00:51:23,599 --> 00:51:28,639
going to happen with Trey Jones and
free agency. He also falls under like

854
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:30,320
he's also going to be a free
agent this summer, so to assume I

855
00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:32,880
think would have a higher ceiling than
him, even if Jones is the steadier

856
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:36,480
hand. Just thought that'd be a
fun fit for San Antonio. We don't

857
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:38,440
know who they're gonna wind up with
the draft if they get scooped again subject

858
00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:42,760
to change. Toronto. I have
him as buyers now and they will have

859
00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:45,639
the Mini m e after they acquired
Jaco Peurdle. I'm just gonna assume that

860
00:51:45,639 --> 00:51:49,519
they keep or try and keep Fred
van Fleet. They resigned Gary Trent Junior

861
00:51:49,559 --> 00:51:52,599
he does feel the most likely to
leave, then resigned Yaco Purdle. I

862
00:51:52,639 --> 00:51:54,239
have Jevon Carter player option. You
should be able to get him for less

863
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:58,199
than the Mini Emile, and he
just fits their ethos, not in terms

864
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,000
of size, but like he can
play hounding defense like they want to play

865
00:52:00,119 --> 00:52:05,119
ultra aggressively, and when he's hitting
his threes, he just become an even

866
00:52:05,159 --> 00:52:07,840
like he can give you some downhill
stuff with the ball on his hands.

867
00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:12,639
Not necessarily necessarily someone's going to run
the more methodical offense. But that's why

868
00:52:12,639 --> 00:52:15,039
you have Pascos Yakam presuming Fred van
Fleet. You want a groom Scottie Barnes

869
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:19,599
in that role too. I think
Javon Carter is just a cheap option for

870
00:52:19,599 --> 00:52:22,639
a team that's about to get very
expensive. Utah, So I initially had

871
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:27,159
Grant Williams. I'm going to pivot
from here, and I've decided that they

872
00:52:27,199 --> 00:52:30,760
should poison pill Austin Reeves. They
just need like some sort of truer wings

873
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:36,800
on this roster. They have O'chaya
Baji, who's been like showing flashes on

874
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:38,400
flashes on flashes of late and then
after that, you know, I don't

875
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:43,320
consider he's played some three, but
you're not going to consider Lowry marking in

876
00:52:43,559 --> 00:52:49,480
a wing and even telling Horton Tucker, he's shown like flashes himself in spurts,

877
00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:52,119
but like more of a point guard
who needs a ball in his hands.

878
00:52:52,159 --> 00:52:54,599
Austin Reeves is not is not going
to need that, and so just

879
00:52:54,679 --> 00:52:59,000
to bring in any sort of wing
here, because who's the other, like

880
00:52:59,239 --> 00:53:01,719
you have a Baji and that's if
you consider him a wing. It's either

881
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:07,400
Fontechio is like the closest they come
to a wing after that, like a

882
00:53:07,519 --> 00:53:09,079
true wing. Not even wants a
Conno Anderson, He's like more of a

883
00:53:09,119 --> 00:53:13,280
combo forward to me. And so
you go to the poison poo route.

884
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,920
You have more cops based than anyone
in the league, probably depending on how

885
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:20,719
much you need to pay Jordan Clarkson, I would just look and whether you

886
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:22,239
keep Kelly Olynik. I would probably
keep Kelly olynk By the way, I

887
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:25,400
just guarantee he's like twelve million dollars
dollar or whatever it is, becomes an

888
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:30,880
interesting trade ship at worst. I
would go after Austin Reeves just really a

889
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:34,360
player who does a lot of different
things. Can hold up on defense.

890
00:53:34,559 --> 00:53:37,519
When he's willing to take outside shots, he becomes super dangerous. But he's

891
00:53:37,519 --> 00:53:40,159
great at moving off and on the
ball towards the basket, and given how

892
00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:45,360
much space Utah's offense typically operates with, that would just be it would be

893
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,719
an incredible fit do the Lakers.
They probably match non tax player mL LEAD

894
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:51,760
money they have the ability to,
which would be eleven million dollars on a

895
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:54,039
guess, But like the Jazz can
go, they can go higher on an

896
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:58,800
annual basis by making it the poison
Pill provision, even though they're limited in

897
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:00,599
what he can be paid the first
two years. I don't even want to

898
00:54:00,599 --> 00:54:05,280
talk about the Wizards. I have
Trey Jones, he's a restricted free agent,

899
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:07,960
but it's like one and I have
the Clippers of the Mini eml E

900
00:54:08,039 --> 00:54:10,480
team. So first of all,
what are the Wizards are going to be

901
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:14,840
done? Like they're always sort of
on the CUSPO offer rebuild without ever entering

902
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:16,360
it because they don't want to.
And so my assumptions that they're going to

903
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:20,800
look to elevate this team, I
think they need just a different look at

904
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:24,320
point guard and offensive playmaking from Delon
Wright and Monte Morris. I think Trey

905
00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:28,199
Jones would give them that. His
in between game is nice. Those really

906
00:54:28,199 --> 00:54:31,679
good pocket passes can be somewhat pesky
on the defensive end, not going to

907
00:54:31,679 --> 00:54:34,760
be a game changer. But again, you're working with the Mini m E.

908
00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:37,559
You're not going to get a wing
or a combo forward of super high

909
00:54:37,639 --> 00:54:40,719
caliber. For that, you're looking
at okay, like do you really want

910
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:45,639
a Josh a mini Emily, So
you're not even in Josh Richardson territory might

911
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:49,480
even be Matist Bibol territory at this
point. You're looking at you if you

912
00:54:49,519 --> 00:54:52,880
want to go to jail McDaniel's route. I wouldn't even go a big man

913
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:57,480
route just because you have Daniel Gafford
and Christops Porzingis. You could go more

914
00:54:57,519 --> 00:55:00,159
of like the floor spacing, just
pure shooter route. But Trey Jones I've

915
00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:06,159
listed because will Spurs want to pay
him just when they're moving forward? We

916
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:09,039
depends on who they're drafting. So
if you just offered him the full starting

917
00:55:09,039 --> 00:55:13,199
seven million dollars salaries, that's something
that Spurs want to pay for someone who

918
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:17,519
I don't think that they would want
to like have is their starting point card

919
00:55:17,599 --> 00:55:21,480
next season. At least that's maybe
they would. But also when you have

920
00:55:21,519 --> 00:55:27,639
Maliki brandam Sel, DeVante Graham,
now Keldon Johnson this year's draft pick sewing

921
00:55:28,719 --> 00:55:30,360
like you might you might decide like, hey, yeah, we could let

922
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:32,159
him walk. I don't think they
would. But if I'm the Wizards.

923
00:55:32,199 --> 00:55:35,960
That's just who I'm looking at.
This feels like the best player that you

924
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:40,320
could realistically get and who fits to
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925
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