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What is krack a lack in Hardwood
knocks listeners. I am Dampa Valley coming

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at you with some mail talk.
Do we have another mail bag? It's

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gonna be the first two mail bags
this week. I might start doing two

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mail bags per week. I always
want to shoehorn all the questions into one

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episode, but multiple episodes is probably
better this time of the year. And

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also I get such good questions from
discord. Are discord members that have me

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searching for answers or thinking about this
for hours and prepping that they deserve their

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own mail bags? So that's what
this is. We have a ton of

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fun, interesting questions on this one
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time though, let's cannonball into it. Just want to begin with some very

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quick and disheartening news items. Obviously. First one up is Miles Bridges is

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facing three felony domestic violence charges after
being accused of assaulting his girlfriend in front

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of their two children last month,
per the Los Angeles County District Attorney on

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Tuesday night. The only reaction to
this for me is I feel bad for

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his son. We saw that he
was on the video talking about daddy choking

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mommy. That was absolutely gut wrenching. And also to Michelle, his girlfriend,

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the mother of their two children.
I hope that she's okay. I

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hope that you Ldren are okay.
That's the only reaction to have at this

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point. There are implications for the
Hornets and Miles bridge is future. They

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just don't they don't matter compared to
this. Domestic violence is a real issue.

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We can wait and see how it
plays out. I don't want to

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hear people if all of a sudden, you know, the charges are dropped

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or he's found quote unquote, you
know, if the charges are dropped,

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there's gonna be a terrible discourse.
The charges he's officially been charged at this

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point, it's a serious matter.
And again, my only reaction, the

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first reaction, second, third,
fourth, fifth reaction to this is I

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hope that Michelle and the two children
involved in this are all going to be

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okay. Jemichael Green agreed, you
will buy out with the Thunder not surprising

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just given that there was a roster
crunch for them. They had like eighty

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players under contract and still might have
seventy nine and they need to clear that

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up. You know, you can
carry twenty in the offseason, but you

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need to windle that down in time
for the regular season. So there are

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still names to watch there. Because
see what happens, maybe some more consolidation

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moves. Jamichael Green will be joining
the Golden State Warriors because they're going to

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need someone to take the minute Jonathan
Cominga and James Wiseman, who will be

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in Brooklyn next season following the Warriors
trade for Kevin Durant. That was a

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joke. If I got anybody,
awesome, But I liked the Jamichael Green

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signing. He can replace the elite
of minutes, maybe some of the auto

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quarter minutes. He's definitely taken a
step back the past few years. But

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in theory he is someone who can
guard the four of the five and is

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going to hit some threes. Far
from his heyday when he was in Memphis.

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But I like to pick up by
Golden State. And look, we're

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talking about a lot of injuries in
age here. Kavan Luney has not been

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the healthiest player until the past two
seasons. But more so than that,

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Draymond Green is getting up there,
and then Wiseman his injuries, and then

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just the inexperience of both Wiseman and
COMINGGA. Do you want to have You're

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going to need veteran reinforcements in the
front court. So I like getting Jamichael

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Green here. I was kind of
not hoping, but I was curious whether

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Miami he was going to show any
interests after losing PJ. Tucker. They

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just might view playing him alongside bam
at a Bio as untenable, or perhaps

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he just really wanted to Golden State. Wanted to go to Golden State.

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Who knows there, But I thought
Miami might have been able to offer a

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little bit more of a prominent role
for him. It is time to belly

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flop into this mail bag. We
will begin with Ian forty two asking understanding

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based on the way the Blazers played
in Summer League watching the defense switch into

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pressure zone off Missus, which is
weird to begin with, but a high

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pressure and recover system. What are
the chances that Damian Little returns his twenty

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eighteen form after the surgery last season
and actually plays good defense and the Blazers

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are actually better on that end of
the floor next season. The look the

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press off Missus was interesting. I
had to go back and watch some of

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it because I don't think I saw
enough Summer League to pick up on that.

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I am curious whether it's going to
translate with a personnel that they currently

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have on the roster. Does it
and I'm talking specifically off of Missus here,

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If they're going to send two or
three guys, you know, two

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after the ball, have one man
that passing leads in the back court,

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does that eventually leave use of Nurkic
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do not know. Are you going
to us doing that? When Damian Lillard

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Nanfrey Simons are both on the court
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them to just make those reads?
I think when you're changing it up or

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knowing off of which missions you're going
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it's going to take a lot of
defensive IQ. Do they have that in

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you know, the Damian Lillard Anfrey
Simons back court, which would theoretically play

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fairly substantial part in executing that.
I do not know. Overall, though

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I like the defensive talent on this
roster, and I did go back and

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look the players have had a top
ten defense twice since Dame entered the league.

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In two thousand and fourteen two thousan
fifteen, they were tenth in points

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allowed per possession per cleaning the glass, and then again in two thousand and

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seventeen two and eighteen they were seventh. During the twenty fourteen twenty fifteen season

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they had that was the year they
had Nick Patum Wes Matthews. I believe

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that was the season he tore his
ACL towards the end. They also had

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Robin Lopez there. Twenty seventy eighteen, they had range defenders like Harkless,

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a mean new turner. Pat Connaughton
was on that team as well. I

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don't want to say this year's team
is sort of a fac simile of that

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twenty seventeen twenty eighteen team because it's
not. But they have some similarly valuable

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versatile can defend in pressure situations.
Players on the perimeter. Josh Hart,

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Jeremy Grant, Gary Payton the second
a fantastic pickup. Let's not forget about

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the flyer they've taken on. Justice
Winslow, cannost Little stay healthy, He'll

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be huge for them there. And
then if anyone didn't watch Keyan Johnson towards

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the end of last season, they
should go back and do that a little

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bit. Physical tools that are just
off the charts. This is a team

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that I feel like could maybe force
a lot more turnovers than meets the eye,

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and not just because if they're gonna
run a defense that is prided upon

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this aggressive pressure, I think they
have the talent on the perimeter in certain

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lineups to make that work or just
be really good. Do they have enough

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to cover up for Dame Lillard and
Anthony Simons. I don't know how much

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better we can expect Dame to defend
at this point in his career. To

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rewind the clock, I guess Ian
saying that twenty seventeen twenty eighteen was Dame's

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best defensive season. I don't really
know that offhand, but I could I

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see a pat First of all,
there's almost nowhere to go but up for

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the Blazers this season. But when
you're looking at the half court, specifically,

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Nurkics is more than capable of holding
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you're gonna surround him and Dame in
general, and you're you're going to stagger

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Anthony Simons to some degree, and
you have these options like Josh Hard,

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Jeremy Grant, Gary Payton, the
Second Justice, Swinslow, Even Osloo,

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and Keyan Johnson to two lesser extents
there, I definitely think that you're going

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to be able to to help your
defense a ton. I think some questions

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though, need to be asked here, and one is, when Shandon Sharp

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is healthy, how many minutes is
he getting Because a rookie on defense,

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you're probably going to have to deal
with a lot of learning mistakes, a

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steep learning curve there. And then
the second dairy big man rotation, just

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the big man rotation in general.
You don't look at it and say,

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oh, this is a great setup
of defensive bigs. I think Drew u

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Banks is underrated and I didn't like
the Spurs got rid of him. I

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thought the Raptors should have kept him
when they acquired him. In that from

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I think it was the Spurs that
they got him from the time whatever.

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But I like du Banks, Trent
and Watford's had some good moments and he

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played a ton of center last year. And then you have Nurkicch that's a

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little bit uninspiring. Still, I
think in the aggregate you have the personnel.

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I don't know you can have a
top ten defense, but I think

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the Blazers can get to Lee average
or better. So yes, I do

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expect them to be a lot better
on the defensive end this season. If

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I had to guess, let's set
the are they going to be better or

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worse than let's say fifteenth in defensive
officiency? I know it's a cop out.

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That's a really tough line for me
to take. I might just lean

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worse because of the talent that's in
the Western Conference. But I think they'll

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be closer to Lee gaverage, if
not better so than not Asriel PC underscore

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pc as. What are the odds
that the Pacers now become a third team

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in the Lakers Brooklyn deal to get
Russ out of LA and Irving two LA.

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I listened to your previous pot,
and I'm still interested in knowing what

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the framework for Lakers nets Pacers three
team deal would be for this mail bag.

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So it feels like and unless Brooklyn
warms up to sort of a full

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on rebuild as part of any Kyrie
Irving and Kevin Durant trade, and these

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are all linked, I don't think
they'll move Kyrie Irving unless they move Kevin

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Durant and so under in this scenario, Kevin Durant is leaving. Are you

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still prioritizing remaining competitive now because you've
mortgaged so much of your future to Houston

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as part of that James Harden deal. If you have, you're going to

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be You're going to want third and
fourth teams to help make any trade with

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the Lakers work. And you're sort
of shoehorned into a deal with the Lakers

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right now because they seem like they're
the only team interested in Kyrie. I

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mentioned on the last podcast, maybe
we could see Dallas sneak in there.

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But so you're operating under that circumstance. If you don't care about that,

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and you're just interesting getting picks.
Then if I'm Brooklyn, you take on

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Russ. Westbrook get twenty seven and
twenty nine first from the Lakers, assuming

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they're offering it, which they should
be, and you wave Russ or buy

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him out and just go from there. Indie is intriguing because the Nets really

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want to remain competitive, it seems, and Indie and the Spurs have a

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ton of cap space. And I
think you could throw the Jazz in as

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a team just because they are going
towards that full tilt rebuild. They would

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be willing to acquire the one year
of Russ if it meant getting draft equity.

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So looking at what are the odds, Let's say Kyrie's going to the

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Lakers, what are the odds that
Russ ends up with the Pacers as part

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of a three team deal involving the
Nets and the Lakers as well. I

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might pay get at better than twenty
five percent at this juncture. And if

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we're if we're guaranteeing it's going to
be a three team deal, they're really

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only three teams. Where I feel
like it could probably work, and I

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don't know if it'd be too difficult
to fold Utah into this as part of

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like a separate like is the Donovan
Mitchell trade a part of that as well?

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I think Indie, if we're just
saying that Russ is going to a

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third team in this deal, and
I've essentially just narrowed it down to the

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Spurs, the Pacers, or the
Jazz, I'd give Indie the largest share

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percentage share of that. Likely it's
not split evenly, thirty three percent,

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thirty three point three, thirty three
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Let's say if we're operating under that
assumption, I'd say forty five to fifty

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percent chance if again, that's the
scenario. If not better, I'm gonna

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move it up fifty fifty five to
sixty percent chance that it would be the

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Pacers that go that route. Maybe
I'm sort of underselling how conservative the Pacers

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typically are, but hey, they're
they're living on the wild side. They

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gave out an offer sheet to Deandreat, and even though it wasn't a very

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inventive one, it was designed to
get matched. Essentially, I think they're

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just among they are in that rebuild, and I've some people on our YouTube

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comments wanted them to keep Russ.
I think he would drive Rick Carlisle up

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mad, and I don't want to
see him just take touches away from Benne

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mcmathin, Tyrese Halibert, and Chris
Duarte at this point. Now, the

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structure of a three team deal,
what makes the patients are interesting. They

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have over thirty million dollars in cap
space, or can maintain more than thirty

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million dollars in cap space, so
they can effectively. You know, I've

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seen all the scenarios where it's oh, Miles turn around, Buddy Healder going

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out. I guess if you're getting
both the Lakers picks in twenty seven and

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twenty nine, sure, if you're
only getting one, my question would be,

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why are you giving up both of
those players? Unless you really view

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Buddy Healed? Is this net negative? When he has two years and more

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than forty million left on his deal? I don't think he's that supremely of

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a net negative. And so the
framework I came up with is the Lakers

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would get Kyrie, the Nets would
get Buddy Healed, and a twenty twenty

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nine Lakers first Indie would get Russ
and the twenty twenty seven Lakers first.

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Now Brooklyn and Indie can swap first
there, I think Brooklyn should get the

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first that is deemed more favorable.
I'm just zooming as far out as possible

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and thinking twenty twenty nine would be
more favorable if twenty twenty nine is going

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to be protected. If you just
think that the Lakers are more likely to

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bottom out earlier on and then pick
up the pieces really quickly, then have

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twenty twenty seven go to Brooklyn.
But I'd have Brooklyn and Indie each getting

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a first round pick. I think
if you want to fold Miles Turner into

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this deal because you're worried about carrying
more money on your books and you kind

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of want to go, it wouldn't
be dollar for dollar, but you would

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only be taking on an extra like
seven million bucks with Russell Westbrook. If

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you traded both Turner and Buddy Healed, I get it. If you want

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to go that route in your Indie, are you getting both first round picks

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here? You could like almost There's
there's a scenario in which the Lakers straight

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up could end up with Kyrie Irving
and Miles Turner because they would be able

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to send out a town Horton Tucker
in this deal, so they can take

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back that much money. I just
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which I would think it's very It
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because what are the Nets getting for
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I just don't think they would give
up. They would punt on all

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the Lakers picks, just they don't
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Russ. I don't really buy into
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and then I know, all of
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Healed and Joe Harris and Seth Curry. Look, and plus let's not forget

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Patty Mills. If you just have
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there are worse ways to go about
your business. Again, that's only

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if you don't want to take on
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picks that the Lakers are giving and
be willing to take back Russ. Now

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you could work it. So are
the Pacers keeping Turner and or keep excuse

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me, keeping Healed and then sending
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Turner has more value than Healed still, even going into the finals year of

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his contract and the Nets. You
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Granted he's very cheap. Do you
want Turner who is going to be a

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free agent next season. I guess
if you're trying to compete immediately, you

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have him for this year, you
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the twenty twenty three off season.
Sure, I just if I'm Indie and

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I'm taking back Russ and I'm giving
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if the one first round pick does
it enough for me. So, and

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you're also obliterating basically all of your
capspacing that model, because Buddy Healed makes

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more than than Miles Turner, so
you know, and there's also other ways

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to work this where they can send
out Daniel Tye as well as part of

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this deal, Like do you send
Daniel Tye back to the Lakers force them

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to take back something else? They
have the ability to take back a ton

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more money. So even just doing
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your cat flexibility that's remaining. Maybe
they want to save some leading into the

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trade deadline, but they have other
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I think they probably value TJ.
McConnell even coming back from injury.

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I don't love that contract right now, but it is only two fully guaranteed

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years and then basically a half guarantee
on that third year. But you could

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put him or Tye into this deal. You can put both of them into

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this deal very easily, actually sending
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I would almost argue that if you're
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the Kyrie scenario to come off the
table in Brooklyn. I said that I

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would give up he Turner for both
those Lakers first round picks. I'd maybe

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be like a little bit leery of
doing it. And hey, look,

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maybe the Lakers just don't even want
Healed because they want all expiring contracts coming

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off their books. I think that'd
be fucking stupid. But if they're willing

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to, you know, you get
to keep Healed still Again, if you

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don't humor as an asset, I
understand why you wouldn't want to just give

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up Turner and then a McConnell or
a Tye. So and I really don't

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know what McConnell's value is. There's
He's a really pesky defender in your face

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and can be an okay game manager, fairly dangerous sometimes when he gets close

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enough to the basket, which is
not doesn't help you stretch the floor.

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Don't like him playing off the ball
alongside other ball handlers. So a lot

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of moving parts there. But I
went through the setup of what I think

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a three good three team framework would
be. If I'm the Pacers, I'm

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trying to broke or something straight up, and I would see if I could

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get both those Lakers first for Buddy
Healed and and Miles Turner. Darkwing Duck

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asked who's handling aging in the NBA
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My odd Russ, if he gets
traded again, as Johan Buha noted

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at the Athletic, will have played
for more teams over this, you know,

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age thirty one to thirty four span
of his career than Allen Iverson did.

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My answer to this question I haven't
written in my notes is geez,

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I don't fucking know. After really
thinking about it, Russ has actually been

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more efficient from his age thirty one
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Was a shot better on two pointers. They're sister turnover ratio was virtually the

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same. I think they were both
probably equally as stubborn when it came to

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changing their game. The difference to
me is Westbrook is healthier then Iverson was

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at that point in his career,
and healthier in the sense like he is

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playing more prominent roles. He's appeared
in more games during the stretch of his

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career. For whatever reason it is, I think that emboldens him to think

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he's I think that he thinks how
about that for phrasing. I do believe

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that maybe that emboldens him a little
bit more than Alan Iverson. But I

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man Alan Iverson was one of the
most confident players in the NBA of all

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time. And if anything, I'm
just gonna answer with Westbrook tentatively because we're

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living in the age of social media
and Iverson definitely didn't have that. When

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you're talking about you know, him
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him in Denver, and it also
felt like But on the flip side,

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I do feel like Russ has at
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And I had this discussion with someone
on Twitter who said that I wasn't

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giving Westbrook enough blame for the Lakers
dilemma just because we saw him adjust a

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little bit in Houston with Harden and
then somewhat in Washington alongside Bradley Beald during

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the second half of the year.
He was still a very ball dominant player

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in those settings, and we never
saw him revert into an off ball player,

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be willing to play top tier defense
or even smart defense if his offensive

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role was dwindling. And I don't
even think we could say he didn't do

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that because we've never actually seen an
attempt at that. We've never seen a

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team be able to get Russ moving
off the ball on use him as a

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screen or a bunch. ESPN put
up a stat that Russ was very inefficient

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when he was coming off when he
was being used as the screener last year,

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But the only set fifty seven ball
screens that was also per second second

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spectrum. That's not high enough volume
to sort of draw any drastic conclusions.

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So maybe there's been more of an
effort there, and recency bias is probably

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kicking in. Like I am,
so I was young enough to where I

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probably didn't understand what was happening in
real time with Alan Iverson back then.

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I honestly don't know. I still
feel like AI had better offensive highs than

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Westbrook is having right now, but
maybe the Laker season is just tattooed into

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memory at the moment because he had
a wild hot stretch to close his time

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in Washington, and the same with
Houston. What I will say is it

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did feel like teams adapted to Russ
more than we saw with AI. Houston

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legitimately just traded its starting center and
Click Coppel along with the first round pick

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to go all into small ball and
maximize the shooting around Russ model. We

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saw the Wizards give Russ adequate control
over the offense when he was healthier with

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them as well. The Lakers.
They didn't counto to Russ's functional whims as

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much, but they also didn't like
not do that. They didn't try and

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force him into the role that they
needed or wanted from him, and maybe

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there was pushedback when we know there
was pushed back from him behind the scenes

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based off his exit interview. His
own exit interview and how do you frequently

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bench forty plus million dollars in salary
it's almost impossible. I don't have a

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great answer to this question. I'm
going to say Russ, just because we're

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living the age of social media where
everything is magnified times a thousand, and

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you're also in a situation where when
you were when you saw Ai in Denver,

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it almost felt like they brought him
in to be their second best player,

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and they just seemed like he was
a little bit more open to the

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possibilities of Detroit and Memphis. Unless
I'm misremembering, so I'm going Russ.

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It's really close, and that's probably
why so many comparisons are being drawn between

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the two. Christopher asked, will
you offer an official apology to the Kings

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if they somehow managed to make the
Western Conference or NBA Finals. I don't

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really know what I have to apologize
for. I came on the podcast and

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said people were going to slam the
Kings no matter what this decision they made

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on draft night. I've not that
I've come around on Keegan Murray. I

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understand the Keg and Murray draft pick. I just did a YouTube segment and

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it was also a podcast segment where
I talked about the value of Kegan Murray,

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how good he looked in Summer League
how perfect he might be for this

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team. And we're actually gonna have
a little Kegan Murray riff in just a

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second. But I don't know.
I begged the Sacramental Kings to choose a

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direction, which I don't a concrete
direction. I don't think they've done that,

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to be honest, this a bonus
trade was sort of like an all

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in play that got you nowhere.
In my opinion, Let's see how this

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season plays out. I'm not I
don't think unless they make other moves that

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I don't on the trademarks that dons
coming. I'm not picking them to make

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the playoffs this year. I'm not
picking them to make the plan either,

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I don't think. And so if
they if they exceed those expectations of mine,

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then yes, I will offer an
apology to the Kings if they make

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the playoffs. Outright, how about
that? If they are one of the

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top six teams in the West,
I will big apology. If they make

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it into the plan and then out
of the plan, and then I will

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also apologize. But I wanted them
to angle for something that was higher than

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play in territory, either by starting
a new or like or even just resetting

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around Fox and Haliburton or go all
in in a clarifying way that made me

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think, Okay, they have a
realistic shot at being a top six team

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next year. I don't view them
as having a realistic shot at being top

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six again failing any major complications with
other teams or a big time move from

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the Kings to close out this offseason. Demost Quol asked what's the ceiling for

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the top five rookies and what's their
floor? Can Keegan Murray be compared to

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Tatum or is it just too soon? I want to hear your most blasphemous

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comparisons demos. You're going to get
me into trouble with this. I respect

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it. I'm going to answer the
questions anyway. I'm taking this quite literally.

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I am going the at least when
it comes to best case scenario for

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the top five picks, I'm going
to go the absolutely bonkers route and as

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high end as I can possibly think. I wanted to be like within reason,

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and when I did best case,
I decided to I don't like assuming

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that there are these like direct comparisons, so I combined players for the most

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part when looking at these best and
worst case scenarios. Some of these worst

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case scenarios, I think because I'm
so high on all five of the top

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five works at this point, they're
probably not spicy enough. But I tried

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to go spicy as hell in the
best case scenario. So let's start with

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Palo bank Caro, who I'm in
love with. I see a lot of

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the Blake Griffin comps. I see
Pistons Blake Griffin, though, where he

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wasn't playing above the rim as much
and he had a lot more of an

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off the dribble game facilitation game.
So Palaban Caro prime Pistons Blake Griffin,

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which I guess existed for a year
and a half, and then Aaron Gordon

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on defense. I thought it was
a fair comparison. Like he there were

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some moments one on one, even
switching in Summer League, where I didn't

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understand why people were so concerned with
him guarding at this level. We'll see

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how it pans out. My worst
case scenario for him was actually a lot

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of people's present NBA comps for him. I think the worst case is just

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Julius Ramble, where he's all over
the place, up and down, inefficient,

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jumper still kind of a useful player, but he can't really be used

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as a complimentary player that much,
or he fancies himself more than that.

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That's my worst case for polo,
which I think speaks to how high I

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am on polo. Chet Homegrin my
best is and these are in my notes.

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What if Nick Betu, Andre Carolinko, and Marcus Camby were the same

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player? Just what I mean you
have a little bit of off the dribble

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juice baked in than that. It's
not necessarily explosive, but there is quickness

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there with Andre Carolinko. There's the
methodical, solid passing with Carolinko and Batum.

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The defense, the rebounding, the
shot blocking of a Marcus can be,

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the floor running of a Marcus can
be. I'm not I didn't want

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to gravitate. I tried to steer
clear of ones that I've seen too often

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or that I thought were borderline cliches. So I'm not gonna go with like

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the Kevin Durant meet Gianna's attend to
Kupo. Maybe there needs to be like

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a little bit of the Karl Anthony
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But a Nick batoum Andre Carolinko,
Marcus can be hybrid, which some people

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might take as an insult. Insult
because none of those players are superstars.

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But together you're talking about three players
who at their peaks were kind of at

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that level. They're going to be
mega stars for sure. Someone on Reddit,

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by the way, I saw said
gen z Ralph Sampson, and I

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laughed and can't get it out of
my head. Worst case I think it's

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fair when people say bowball is what
they see. I think it's more like

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Tayshaun Prince, and I know he
was a great defender. I think that

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home grin, even if it proves
that he's not strong enough or you can

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get thrown around, we'll still be
a good wing defender or disruptor, and

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that you can count on him to
make simple plays on offense, whether it's

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an open space just passing out or
stroking threes off the catch. Maybe Tashaun

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Prince is like, I'm not trying
to insult Tashan Prince, is my point.

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Let's say Tashan Prince on offense,
then for a worst case there,

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a Bulbo would be straight out his
worst case scenario. Jabari Smith Jr.

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Who I am all in on his
defense now that I think is just far

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outstripped his offensive potential, and I
don't think that was made enough of leading

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into the draft based off what I
read and watched. But my best case

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for him is Chris Middleton and Kevin
Garnett merge DNA makeups. That is why

404
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I have written down. There's like
that positionlessness of what that player would be

405
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in Chris Middleton and KG on defense
that I really respect, but you also

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have the where Middleton's not too disruptive
or anarchic on defense, KG brings that

407
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controlled chaos and that disruption, and
then I can just see it on offense,

408
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where, yeah, are you going
to have him in the post,

409
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like a KG working from the working
from the high post, working from the

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elbows, spotting up off the catch, running some high screen and pops.

411
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I could see that with him,
But I could also see him doing like

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real efficient off the dribble, jump
shooting like a Chris Middleton, living in

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the mid range, doing some like
really tough wingy fadeaways, and then of

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course still hitting enough of his threes, running these secondary pick and rolls.

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He's like, he's definitely bigger than
Middleton, which is why the KG compering

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so true. I just think his
offensive game could techinitely be more expansive.

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I'm not saying as dominant, but
it could be more expansive as kg's where

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he started out as like having like
as a wing but without wing responsibilities because

419
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he played so much of the three
earlier on in his career. I could

420
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see j Barie Smith being in one
of the big men's spots, but he

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has these wing responsibilities. My worst
case is just no von Ley because I

422
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could kind of see him being like
someone who just never leaves a dent on

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the game. If his shot selection
doesn't prove, if his shot creation or

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00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:57,160
shot making off of those creative situations
doesn't get a lot better, and then

425
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also maybe he's just a flop on
defense or he's only intermittently good and it

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proves that maybe the NBA game is
too fast like to process him on defense.

427
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This is someone that I feel like. I know a lot of people

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said that he might have the highest
floor of the bunch of the top three.

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I kind of feel like he might
have the lowest floor. Now I

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00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,839
could be wrong there, but the
best case scenario should at least make Rockets

431
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fans excited. Please just don't be
mad at me. Kegan Murray, I

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don't see the Jayson Tatum comps.
I just don't think he's We're ever going

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to see him have the variable on
ball skills of a Jason Tatum. And

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I know even then it was hard
to imagine Jason Tatum having those skills when

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you look at his rookie year and
how he was used. I just don't

436
00:28:34,519 --> 00:28:37,920
see the same from Keegan Murray.
I look at him more as this like

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really high end shot relocator who's gonna
knock down looks. And maybe there's some

438
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:48,279
self creation there, but it's it's
very basic, sometimes forceful, or maybe

439
00:28:48,319 --> 00:28:51,359
it's just a matter of him shooting
and rising over the top of players.

440
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,599
So my best case for him is
Harrison Barnes on defense and then like a

441
00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,200
Danilo Gallinari on offense. I thought
about going Michael Porter Jr. I saw

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a lot of people compare him to
that. I just don't know. I

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get it because like Michael Porter Jr. Wasn't this detonative player even pre back

444
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,799
injuries. But he doesn't even have
the same size as MPJ to rise up

445
00:29:11,799 --> 00:29:17,160
and fire over people. I could
see the definitely like the relocation and the

446
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,799
cutting, like I could see that
translating. But Gallow, there's more of

447
00:29:18,839 --> 00:29:23,400
like this girthy self creation too,
where it can almost happen in slow motion.

448
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,519
It's a little bit physical. It
doesn't always look pretty, but it

449
00:29:26,559 --> 00:29:30,200
works and it gets you to the
free throw line. So Gallow on offense,

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00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,599
Harrison Barnes on defense, maybe a
little bit when we're looking at shot

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relocation, Michael Porter Jr. On
offense. My worst case scenario I think

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is Marvin Williams just in general,
but he was he was rock style defender.

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So it's say Gallow on defense and
Mark Williams on on offense. Uh

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for Keiga Murray there he of the
four feels like he could technically have the

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highest floor so far, Jay and
Ivy best case is I have this written

456
00:30:00,039 --> 00:30:02,880
down and it feels kind of cheap. But after watching what little we saw

457
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of him in Summer League, I
get the comps that I saw, so

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I have year three John Morant fucks
with twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, Victor

459
00:30:10,599 --> 00:30:14,480
Oladipo. I think there's definitely concerned
about, oh, could he be as

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00:30:14,519 --> 00:30:17,640
good as a passer as Morant,
I think the decision making after he leaves

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00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,160
his feet is there. We saw
him throw some nifty passes and then just

462
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:23,920
a couple of the even dating back
to his time in school, and then

463
00:30:25,799 --> 00:30:30,480
some of the plays in summer league
there might be more like of a perimeter

464
00:30:30,559 --> 00:30:33,519
threat, a more like not just
John Morant, oh, finally making defenses

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00:30:33,559 --> 00:30:37,160
pay for going under screens. I'm
talking off the dribble three, not just

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00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:41,519
a floater game, but like a
fire off on a whim mid range game.

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And that's where Oladipo sort of comes
in. And then there's that all

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defense level. I'm just kind of
baking in his physical tools there. If

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you wanted to go with someone more
like a Gilbert Arenas or Baron Davis prime

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00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:55,960
one of those, rather than a
John Morant, I would get it.

471
00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:00,440
I think those probably Gilbert Arenas is
more apt. Just that's someone who's not

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00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,480
appreciably worse as a passer, but
someone who's not going to be known for

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00:31:03,519 --> 00:31:07,960
his playmaking first and foremost, like
John Moran can be where it feels like

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00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:11,640
his scoring and playmaking are almost on
equal levels. But if we're just trying

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00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,160
to envision the best best, best
case scenario for Jay and Ivy. It's

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00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,720
John Moran, fucks with all NBA. They throw a depot that's sticking to

477
00:31:18,759 --> 00:31:22,599
it. His floor. Worst case
scenario feels like a Dennis Shrewder. This

478
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:27,920
should it should be someone who's always
very solid on the offensive end, but

479
00:31:29,079 --> 00:31:32,839
always leaves you wanting more on defense
and then you can't always count on him

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on the offensive end. Maybe that's
too high a worst case scenario, but

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00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,200
we're going about Dennis Shrewder, still
under the age of thirty, one of

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the final free agents remaining at this
point. He went from having a very

483
00:31:42,079 --> 00:31:47,319
lucrative was an eighty ninety million dollars
extension on the table from the Lakers last

484
00:31:47,319 --> 00:31:52,519
season to playing out the mid level
this pass on the minim level of this

485
00:31:52,599 --> 00:31:56,599
past season, to being flipped by
the Celtics at the trade deadline, to

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now he currently doesn't have an NBA
team. Let me know what you think

487
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,599
about that in the comments. The
YouTube comments are get at me on Twitter.

488
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:07,200
So since the podcast or the discord, this was a tough exercise.

489
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,160
I spent way too much time on
it. So I hope that at least

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00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,880
shows and it came from a good
place, even if I'm completely wrong.

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00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,079
Cosmic Raccoon asked question from a Rockets
fan, I think our coach Paul Silas

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00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:22,519
is I think our coach Stephen Silas
is one of the worst coaches in the

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00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,799
NBA as somewhere outside of Rockets fandom, do you have thoughts on Silas as

494
00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:28,400
a coach Personally, I'm really looking
forward to him being released and the order

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00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,640
moving on hopefully during the season.
I didn't ask cosmic Raccoon a follow up

496
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:37,160
question of what specifically he was talking
about, and he went into I'll talk.

497
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,000
He gave me, they gave me, excuse me, a very extensive

498
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:44,839
answer that was great. The highlights
included he consistently prioritized giving minutes in touches

499
00:32:44,839 --> 00:32:49,400
to vets even though the younger players
behind those vets are performing better, and

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00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,759
he also can give they can also
give a lot of examples from the last

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00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:55,240
two years of that that he never
holds the Vets accountable for a lack of

502
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:59,839
effort, selfish player, bad mistakes, and there doesn't seem to be a

503
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,559
angible style on offense that I will
say. And he brings up the usage

504
00:33:02,559 --> 00:33:07,519
of Christian Wood and shanegun where they
had Shane Goun spotting up for Wood rather

505
00:33:07,559 --> 00:33:08,880
than the other way around, because
shanego is not as good as a shooter

506
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:15,480
and is a lot better of a
passer. My whole thing is, I

507
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:21,759
don't know that the Rockets were talented
enough or have enough options to judge Silas

508
00:33:21,759 --> 00:33:25,759
in that manner. I think we've
definitely yes, and so the notes that

509
00:33:25,799 --> 00:33:30,359
I have here is I think that
it took too long for them to explore

510
00:33:30,759 --> 00:33:37,519
Josh Christopher. I don't know how
much of an organizational decision versus Silas decision

511
00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:40,039
that it was to not use Usman
Gruba ever, but that was a little

512
00:33:40,039 --> 00:33:45,960
bit disappointing. I just don't know
what you know. The Rockets tried to

513
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:50,200
take options away from him by benching
John Wall. Now they've traded Christian Wood,

514
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,359
so maybe there's an element of concern
there for themselves. Are they is

515
00:33:52,359 --> 00:33:54,599
in a rush to trade Wood if
they don't have one of the top three

516
00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:59,480
picks and know they're going to get
another Front Corps player. I honestly have

517
00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:02,319
no idea. I think he deserves
more of a grace period this season,

518
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:07,680
and I want to see do they
have an offensive identity. I appreciate that

519
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:12,199
they continue to focus on getting to
the rim and three point frequency. I

520
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,239
also you have to question how much
of that is the front office edict from

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00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,679
Raphael Stone and others who were under
Daryl Morey. This is a team that

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00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,599
I know Shane Goon can slow things
down, but you have Jalen Green,

523
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,880
you have Kevin Porter Jr. Even
Josh Christopher, having Jason Tait, having

524
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:30,480
Kenyan Martin Jr. Let's see them
run. They didn't push the ball enough

525
00:34:30,559 --> 00:34:34,800
last season off of Missus. I
looked this up and was just surprised that

526
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,119
even though I thought they didn't get
out and transition enough, they were dead

527
00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:40,039
last in transition frequency. That doesn't
always translate to efficient offense, but it

528
00:34:40,079 --> 00:34:44,280
is a way to sort of paper
over a lack of not offensive talent,

529
00:34:44,599 --> 00:34:49,119
but offensive direction in the floor form
of a floor general. And without John

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00:34:49,119 --> 00:34:53,320
Wall last season there was just never
a floor general. You had KPJ masquerading

531
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,599
in that role. You did have
Josh Christopher. They really milked Jalen Green

532
00:34:57,639 --> 00:34:59,760
the second half of the season.
That was great. They probably lead too

533
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:01,880
much on Dennis Shrewder once he came
over from the trade deadline, that's fair.

534
00:35:02,039 --> 00:35:06,480
Did they move Daniel Tice at the
trade deadline not just because that contract

535
00:35:06,559 --> 00:35:09,320
was weird in the first place,
but to take him away from Steven Silas

536
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:14,800
his playing time had decreased though to
that point. My point here is I

537
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:22,519
need to see the Rockets have a
coherent season first before I judge Steven Silas,

538
00:35:22,519 --> 00:35:28,440
and I think now they have enough
options and just infrastructure on paper to

539
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,800
where okay, we can judge him. Is he the right guy for the

540
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:34,119
rebuild? Are you giving him a
half season, a full season? Whatever?

541
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:36,840
Are we going to see him still
catered events? Like? How many

542
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,559
minuts is Eric Gordon getting if he's
still in the team next season, does

543
00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:43,199
he all of a sudden fall in
love with David Nawaba? Is Usman Garuba

544
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,519
still not getting burned here? We
know that Jalen Green and Jabari Smith Junior

545
00:35:46,559 --> 00:35:50,039
are going to get adequate adequate run, But how are you going to use

546
00:35:50,119 --> 00:35:52,199
Jabar Smith Junior, an Oupert and
Shanegun together. That's something we need to

547
00:35:52,519 --> 00:35:55,480
watch. You're still at this point
you're gonna want Jabar Smith being the one

548
00:35:55,519 --> 00:35:59,960
that plays off of Shane Gun.
That's still going to be that should be

549
00:36:00,079 --> 00:36:04,679
the clear mandate there or the clear
concept is that going to work? I

550
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,960
also want to know, Look,
Terry Eason, is he gonna get plenty

551
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,400
time? And more to the point, I'm not a believer in KPJ.

552
00:36:09,519 --> 00:36:13,519
I think he can be a really
good, valuable NBA player. I don't

553
00:36:13,599 --> 00:36:16,119
view him as someone who can have
the ball in his hands and is tasked

554
00:36:16,159 --> 00:36:20,239
with setting up the rest of his
teammates are running the offense. I saw

555
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,199
it towards the end a little bit
of twenty twenty one. I didn't see

556
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:25,639
it a ton last year. And
I'm looking at you, look at the

557
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:30,880
roster now, excuse me, and
even just having by virtue of having thy

558
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:36,119
thy Washington like, I want to
see him get a chance to really run

559
00:36:36,559 --> 00:36:39,639
this team. So that's going to
matter. And so how much does he

560
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:43,960
use him or does he give him
a chance to captain the offense along with

561
00:36:44,079 --> 00:36:46,000
Jalen Green even Jabari Smith Junior.
Are you putting him in lotus where he's

562
00:36:46,039 --> 00:36:49,679
going to be forced to create?
I want to see a lot of experimentation

563
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,280
with the kids, more creative lineups
for sure than we saw last season.

564
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:58,920
You know, rap like the Rockets
fans are gonna know more Consack Racoon specifically

565
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,679
is gonna know more about the nuts
and bolts of their night to night rotation

566
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,679
than I ever could when I'm catching
games of the Rockets at a time.

567
00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:10,559
But I think it's fair to say
that you're disappointed in the lack of discernible

568
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:15,760
identity for this team, especially on
the offensive end. That being said,

569
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:20,519
it was a combination these past two
seasons not only going off the rails,

570
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:25,599
but of exploration that didn't really have
I think enough viable options to explore,

571
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:30,199
is my point. And there are
mistakes, and the wood Shane gun one

572
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:34,559
specifically is great, but now I
think they have enough of the youngsters in

573
00:37:34,599 --> 00:37:37,039
here to where even if you don't
view Tie Tie Washington as the solution as

574
00:37:37,039 --> 00:37:40,039
a potential floor general, like,
are we at least getting weird with the

575
00:37:40,039 --> 00:37:44,480
lineups at this point? Or is
this no he's still in love with and

576
00:37:44,559 --> 00:37:46,199
look who's going to remain on the
books to the Rockets lady in the season.

577
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:49,159
I don't know, But are we
going to see, you know,

578
00:37:49,199 --> 00:37:52,079
too much of Trey Burke all of
a sudden, or like I said,

579
00:37:52,119 --> 00:37:55,639
David Nuaba, does Bobon get minutes
if he's still on the roster. I

580
00:37:55,679 --> 00:37:59,840
don't want to see that personally,
and I actually think Sterling Brown could still

581
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,400
be real goodness league. I want
to see, you know, go point

582
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:07,760
guardless at this point, give me
Jabari Smith junior with Jay Shawn Tate,

583
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:12,559
Jalen Green, kJ Martin and then
someone else who's not a big like,

584
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,679
let's get weird. I do think
though, to some extent, when you

585
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:21,039
have a veteran like Eric Gordon,
you're almost obligated to try and play him

586
00:38:21,039 --> 00:38:22,480
so you can continue to prop up
with trade value. But you are in

587
00:38:22,599 --> 00:38:25,039
a situation where it's the front office. If you think this is the way

588
00:38:25,039 --> 00:38:28,360
Silas is gonna coach, you're not
gonna get rid of him. You kind

589
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:30,000
of have to do what the Knicks
just did with Tibbs and they got rid

590
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:35,360
of Taj Gibson, And can you
get rid of Eric Gordon? Now move

591
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:39,119
him so that Silas doesn't have the
options playing him, and it's more trial

592
00:38:39,159 --> 00:38:42,840
by fire for some of the youngsters. But I do think this is a

593
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:47,239
season where it's fair to pass more
wholesale judgments on the Rockets direction overall,

594
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:52,559
which I deem pretty promising when you
look at their personnel, and then Stephen

595
00:38:52,599 --> 00:38:55,519
Silas specifically that was a great question
and something now that I hadn't considered.

596
00:38:55,519 --> 00:38:58,880
But I'm gonna be paying attention to
even more during the regular season, So

597
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:04,840
thank you, Cosmic Raccoon JT Alexander. I really found Adam Silver speaking about

598
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,559
G League players versus draft guys and
one of the recent pods interesting. Oh,

599
00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:12,599
Adam s I really, I really
found Adams Vanilla speaking about G League

600
00:39:12,599 --> 00:39:15,519
players versus draft guys on one of
his recent pods interesting. Are there any

601
00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,440
guys currently in the G League you
can see playing a role for someone in

602
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:21,840
the NBA? Ali Gallery? Peyton
a second. So I tried to steer

603
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:25,880
clear of the names that have been
regurgitated to this point, and I came

604
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:30,039
up with three. One of them
actually might be considered an obvious one.

605
00:39:30,079 --> 00:39:34,519
He won G League Rookie of the
Year. Mac McClung. Smaller, but

606
00:39:34,559 --> 00:39:37,599
he's got shifty footwork, handle,
nice touch. Played for the Dubs in

607
00:39:37,639 --> 00:39:43,000
Summer League. Hit some pretty nice
like I don't want to call them circus

608
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,760
shots, but they were just buttery
difficult shots. Would any team give him

609
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:49,840
a shot? He's not expected to
make the Dubs roster. I think the

610
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,360
Pacers could be fun just like I
feel like they need another It doesn't be

611
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:59,199
a smaller ball handler, but like
someone who profiles maybe as a league guard

612
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:02,440
type, even if if it's a
super reserve and you want that guard to

613
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:07,800
score more than t J McConnell.
I don't know if mcclong is the good

614
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:12,079
enough passer to fulfill that role,
but he is someone I would keep.

615
00:40:12,199 --> 00:40:15,119
You know, if you can have
nice touch, especially off the dribble,

616
00:40:15,159 --> 00:40:17,719
getting a lane, be physical,
finished through contact there even further away from

617
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:21,239
the basket. Doesn't feel like he
bails out from the rim a little bit

618
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,760
too much based off what I watched
from him. Another guy played for the

619
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:29,679
Pistons in Summer League. He is
currently on a two way. Braxton Key

620
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:35,079
is the jumper there because he was
pretty disruptive. Like on the defensive end,

621
00:40:35,079 --> 00:40:38,800
he can defend some really bigger players. Man passing lanes, finish some

622
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:45,119
like tough angled layups or not even
lay ups, but just difficult shots around

623
00:40:45,159 --> 00:40:50,000
the rim. I would love to
see a team that's wing decimated or doesn't

624
00:40:50,039 --> 00:40:53,199
have a pure three on the roster, like a Utah, a San Antonio

625
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:58,159
or Mini to get a hold of
him and then finally familiar name around these

626
00:40:58,199 --> 00:41:00,760
parts, and it might be a
little bit more aprop to Gary Payton in

627
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:04,360
the second, except that he was
He is a former first round pick,

628
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:08,280
but he is twenty seven. Justin
Jackson played last year with the Texas Legends.

629
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:12,519
He was with the Boston Celtics in
Summer League. Six foot eight,

630
00:41:12,639 --> 00:41:15,960
shot forty five point seven percent on
threes in the G League last year.

631
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:19,920
He in Summer League specifically looked a
lot more comfortable working with the ball,

632
00:41:20,079 --> 00:41:22,800
like you could almost trust him to
come around screens, grab the ball and

633
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:29,039
then make quick reads in space.
Is he continuing to dribble an attack or

634
00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:32,760
is he just throwing these really quick
pocket passes. I thought, oddly enough

635
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:36,800
that Sacramento would be a good fit
for him because they still kind of need

636
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:39,159
wings. There is there too many
bad memories. He started his career with

637
00:41:39,199 --> 00:41:43,039
the Kings. The Lakers could really
use to give him a shot. Are

638
00:41:43,039 --> 00:41:45,519
they more? Are they gonna be
willing to give someone who's just older,

639
00:41:45,559 --> 00:41:50,599
has some MBA experience, some run
alongside Lebron and and ad and however else

640
00:41:50,639 --> 00:41:53,599
they're gonna flesh out their their best
units I actually really wouldn't mind that fit.

641
00:41:53,679 --> 00:41:58,960
That would be a very creative flyer
by the Lakers to me. The

642
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,599
Pacers are they? Cleveland was another
team I thought of if you really trust

643
00:42:01,639 --> 00:42:05,360
in his three ball, and then
someone who I still think it could be

644
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,360
really good on defense, especially away
from the ball there, and then Utah

645
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:12,840
because they're wing decimated. I hope
that's the type of answer you were looking

646
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,679
for, JAT, and I hope
that I caught you off guard with some

647
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,599
of the names. Like I said, the Justin Jackson Reclamation project would be

648
00:42:19,599 --> 00:42:22,599
would be pretty fun to see specifically. And then after that, if I

649
00:42:22,679 --> 00:42:24,599
had to ranked these three guys,
I think I have Jackson filed by Braxon

650
00:42:24,639 --> 00:42:29,760
Ke then Mac McClung. Actually,
let's get to this. Let's get to

651
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,000
this one first, because from Glad
Glad, you always have a way of

652
00:42:32,039 --> 00:42:36,880
asking questions that make me spend like
at least thirty to forty five minutes thinking

653
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,559
about them. So thank you for
that, but also I'm kind of angry

654
00:42:38,599 --> 00:42:42,599
with you for consuming so much of
my time. Just kidding there, who

655
00:42:42,599 --> 00:42:45,039
do you think are the top ten
defenders of all time? And where does

656
00:42:45,079 --> 00:42:47,239
Gobert stack up all time, and
that also is Tim Duncan low key number

657
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:51,760
one or is that spot reserved for
her team. So I'm not going to

658
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,719
give you definitive ranking because it was
too hard. I do have ten players

659
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:59,480
and then some toughest Cutton and current
players that I think could still crack that

660
00:43:00,639 --> 00:43:05,079
I think if you want to look
specifically at I'll answer the last two questions.

661
00:43:05,079 --> 00:43:07,320
First, I have go Bet in
my top ten already. This guy

662
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:12,679
has been a defensive system unto himself
for a half decade, guaranteeing yourself a

663
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:15,000
top ten, guaranteeing his team a
top ten defense, and it looks like

664
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:20,719
his prime is gonna wind up stretching
longer than Dwight Howards, or at least

665
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:22,280
the fact that he's going to be
more plug and play I think ends up

666
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:29,239
helping him compared to the longevity that
Dwight Howard has now displayed in the the

667
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:30,679
league. But it was also sort
of cut short, like he's been around,

668
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:35,440
but like the longevity is sort of
tainted a little bit. So I

669
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,320
have Gobart in my top ten just
one of those dominant ring protections i've i've

670
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:42,039
ever seen. And I would also
say, you know, the Dwight Howard's,

671
00:43:42,079 --> 00:43:45,320
the DeAndre Jordan's like those kind of
bigs from his era, even Clinck

672
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:47,400
Cappella. They never held up as
well in space as he did. Is

673
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:52,079
Tim Duncan number one? I think
he could be number one. I'd probably

674
00:43:52,079 --> 00:43:57,800
put Bill Russell there, I would
have there's a chem in David Robinson.

675
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,199
I think all four of those guys
have a case to make a number one.

676
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:02,320
I think I'm so in love with
Tim Duncan. He could be my

677
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:09,639
number one. But Bill Russell was
maybe dominant in ways both numeracle and functional

678
00:44:09,679 --> 00:44:14,559
anecdotal that perhaps Tim Duncan was never
like that loud, in your face player.

679
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:19,960
His longevity on defense too, was
was incredible. But my players that

680
00:44:20,039 --> 00:44:22,960
I have in the top ten in
no order, They're just listed this way.

681
00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:27,880
Tim Duncan, Bill Russell, David
Robinson, Hakim Malajuan, Scottie Pippen,

682
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:31,639
Kevin Garnett, Rudy Gobert, Draymond
Greene, Ben Wallace, and Kareem

683
00:44:31,639 --> 00:44:37,280
abdul Jabbar. Filling out full disclosure. Karema dual Jabbar was my last inclusion

684
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:42,559
here. Came down between both him
and Ben Wallace were sort of the ones

685
00:44:42,599 --> 00:44:45,480
that I was debating to cut,
and my toughest cuts were, and I

686
00:44:45,519 --> 00:44:47,280
think I might diverge on one of
these. Gary Payton. I don't think

687
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:52,400
many people have him this high.
Dikem May Mutumbo and Dennis Rodman and active

688
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:55,119
players who I think have a chance
to get into the top ten all time.

689
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:59,119
Kauai, if he just stays healthy, he might already be there for

690
00:44:59,199 --> 00:45:00,960
some And then YA attent to Coopo. Of course, I don't know if

691
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:04,719
you can put them there just yet, but it certainly feels like he might

692
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:08,880
be tracking in in that direction.
Mile High Hoops asked, who are your

693
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:15,880
dark horses for all the major awards
next season? This is interesting. The

694
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,679
way I set it up was I
did go look at betting odds and I

695
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,400
said that anyone I picked couldn't be
laying I didn't want to set just a

696
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:27,360
specific payout. They couldn't be laying
one of the ten best odds. I

697
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,199
wanted people who were outside of that. So let's start with Coach of the

698
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:35,800
Year. I think Willie Green with
the Pelicans. I'm not sure if he's

699
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,360
dark horse enough, but with Zion
coming back, he was. He was

700
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:44,039
my first pick that was the one
I gravitated towards with Zion coming back,

701
00:45:44,639 --> 00:45:47,440
the progress the Pelicans showed on defense
last year after their slow start, specifically

702
00:45:47,519 --> 00:45:52,760
in transition, even the fight they
put up against Phoenix to start the playoffs.

703
00:45:53,199 --> 00:45:57,079
I think this is a team that
could be a top four squad in

704
00:45:57,119 --> 00:45:59,800
the West if they get enough games
out of Zion Williamson. I'm not even

705
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:05,800
seventy five to eighty, but like
sixty plus. I also considered Mark Dagnelt

706
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,559
with the Thunder and for anyone who
cares, Willy Green is sixteen to one

707
00:46:08,639 --> 00:46:12,239
right now to win Coach of the
Year. I have Mark Dagnel, Jamal

708
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,760
Mosley. They are both one hundred
to one to win Coach of the Year,

709
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:19,760
and then Rick Carlisle is eighty to
one to win Coach of the Year.

710
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:25,760
At the moment, I think the
most interesting coach there is probably Rick

711
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:30,519
Carlisle, just he might have oh, I don't know, Dagnelt with Oklahoma

712
00:46:30,519 --> 00:46:32,239
City. They can catch people off
guard, and even Moseley, like now

713
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:37,119
you have Palo Ban Caro, Wendell
Carter Junior, Jalen Sucks Friends Vader,

714
00:46:37,199 --> 00:46:40,840
There's like a real base for a
team At that point. I don't want

715
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:44,880
to have to pick between those three. Those are the four immediately thought of.

716
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,320
If Willy Green is too high end, he would be my pick.

717
00:46:46,679 --> 00:46:52,760
If you consider Willy Green too high
end, I'm going to go with Mark

718
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:54,519
Dagnelt of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
I might just be too high on them.

719
00:46:54,599 --> 00:46:59,079
With chequelas, Alexander Ludore, Kendrick
Williams coming back, and then chet

720
00:46:59,119 --> 00:47:01,079
home Grin. Of course, next
up will be Rookie of the Year.

721
00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:05,639
Most interesting ones to me. The
single most interesting one to me actually is

722
00:47:05,639 --> 00:47:07,800
ty Ty Washington of the Rocket.
I just think he can wind up getting

723
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:12,920
more minutes immediately plays bigger than he
actually is. They still don't have to

724
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:15,360
me their point guard of the future
in Houston, and if you give him

725
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:17,559
real run, I could see him
putting up numbers necessary to be in the

726
00:47:17,559 --> 00:47:21,960
discussion. Marjehan Bowchamp plus five thousand
stood out as well. I don't know

727
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:23,880
if he gets minutes with Milwaukee,
but they don't have a ton of wings,

728
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:28,320
and the Chris Middleton injury now throws
a wrention of the plans. Maybe

729
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:31,039
he sort of surprises everyone. We
don't typically see a player from a team

730
00:47:31,079 --> 00:47:37,440
back good end the discussion. I'd
also have Bryce McGowan's from Charlotte at plus

731
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:39,480
ten thousand. I don't know if
they're gonna play him, but that dude

732
00:47:39,559 --> 00:47:43,800
can score in all sorts of ways, and I was incredibly intrigued by him

733
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,760
coming into the draft. And then
I routed out Jake la Ravia with Memphis

734
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:52,039
at plus six thousand. I'm assuming
they're going to plan on giving run to

735
00:47:52,199 --> 00:47:55,079
him, in addition Tozy Williams just
looking at there, you know, and

736
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:59,440
David Roddy as well, just sort
of looking at them letting Kyle Anderson go.

737
00:48:00,039 --> 00:48:02,119
So the Jaren Jackson junior injuries to
start the year, those are the

738
00:48:02,199 --> 00:48:05,039
names that popped up to me.
I wouldn't make any of them. My

739
00:48:05,039 --> 00:48:07,440
first pick. Ty Tay Washington,
though, would be the player from that

740
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:10,599
group. I'd single out most dark
horse to win sixth Man of the Year.

741
00:48:12,199 --> 00:48:14,840
I have Bones Highland with the Denver
Nuggets, who, just to just

742
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:16,599
so we're clear, was not one
of the top ten odds layers. He's

743
00:48:16,639 --> 00:48:21,400
at plus three thousand. I get
that he might be too high end for

744
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:22,519
some since the Nuggets are going to
be good, and he just had a

745
00:48:22,559 --> 00:48:28,199
standout rookie campaign. But you have
Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Junior coming back.

746
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:30,719
How much are they actually going to
trust him, I'd argue a whole

747
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:34,440
bunch after trading Monte Morris. There's
also going to be times where maybe Michael

748
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,400
Porter Junior's injured or Jamal Murray has
to miss some time too, and so

749
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:42,199
you have to entrust him with a
ton of offensive responsibilities. So I'm really

750
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:45,800
I like him as a dark horse
pick to win sixth Man of the Year.

751
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:49,000
You also go back and like only
three times over the past decade and

752
00:48:49,039 --> 00:48:52,920
a half as a sixth Man of
the Year averaged under fifteen points a game.

753
00:48:52,079 --> 00:48:55,079
He's someone that I feel like could
come in maybe only play you know,

754
00:48:55,360 --> 00:49:00,480
twenty minutes or something, and pump
in that many needed to to win

755
00:49:00,519 --> 00:49:04,519
the award. And we are your
voters. Excuse me, do gravitate towards

756
00:49:04,519 --> 00:49:07,840
the volume scores in those situations.
I also have in this discussion. Pressus

757
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:12,719
Chua with Toronto did a great job
on defense last year, showed a hint

758
00:49:12,719 --> 00:49:15,440
of a three point shot and being
able to do some things around the rim.

759
00:49:15,519 --> 00:49:19,880
He's plus five thousand. Another dever
nugget, Bruce Brown plus eight thousand.

760
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:22,360
If he comes in and really changes
their defense and continues to hit the

761
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:27,480
three ball and maybe works sweet sweet
magic in the two man game with Nikolayokich,

762
00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:30,039
I could see him getting some love. And then Otto Porter Junior at

763
00:49:30,039 --> 00:49:35,519
plus twenty thousand for the Raptors is
also intriguing. Their bench was decimated last

764
00:49:35,599 --> 00:49:39,199
year. You probably can't count on
OPJ to play more than twenty to twenty

765
00:49:39,239 --> 00:49:45,400
five minutes. But if he's sitting
his threes and really preserving the Raptors positionless

766
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:49,400
defensive integrity, keep an eye on
him. Finally, I don't know whether

767
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:52,280
I don't know what the thunder rotation
is going to look like, but Alexey

768
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:55,719
Pokachevski I felt like his game at
points last year really started to come together,

769
00:49:55,800 --> 00:50:00,199
and this could be a higher end
prospect than people really consider. If

770
00:50:00,199 --> 00:50:01,920
he's coming off the bench, absolutely
keep an eye on him. For six

771
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:08,079
Man of the Year Most Improved Player, I'm gonna hand to God Tyrese Haliburton

772
00:50:08,199 --> 00:50:12,400
was my pick. He is the
second. He's laying the second best odds

773
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:16,960
at plus twelve hundred. I guess
I didn't realize how high nationally people were

774
00:50:17,119 --> 00:50:21,480
on him. I just assume that
many thought he'd fall short of, you

775
00:50:21,519 --> 00:50:22,920
know, being a player who can
make that superstar leap. I'm glad that

776
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:28,280
they don't. I have my other
choice here. My top choice is gonna

777
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:30,480
be Kelton Johnson with the Spurs at
plus four thousand. The extension I think

778
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:34,239
shows they are invested in him,
and that means they're probably gonna let him

779
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:37,920
explore more on ball offensive stuff.
I like the progress he made as an

780
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:40,639
off ball offensive contributor. If he
can add more directionality to his drives,

781
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,800
just look out for that, and
he does give you a ton of defensive

782
00:50:44,920 --> 00:50:49,519
valuability. I also have Alexei Pokashevski
here too at plus eight thousand. On

783
00:50:49,639 --> 00:50:52,280
Nyekakagoun Atlanta at plus thirty three hundred. I think they need to trade Cling

784
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:55,199
Capella or John Collins to sort of
pave the way for that to happen.

785
00:50:55,559 --> 00:51:00,360
But that guy is really good and
the way that he can defend bunch of

786
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:04,079
different positions really he's very He's very
portable that end the floor, and there's

787
00:51:04,119 --> 00:51:06,679
more to him on offense then I
think people view him as, yeah,

788
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:08,599
he's a play finisher, but he
has kind of like might have a little

789
00:51:08,599 --> 00:51:13,800
floater game can make these one or
two dribble reads as well, in addition

790
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,880
to doing all the usual rim Runner
stuff. And then finally, I have

791
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:21,480
cam Reddish here just this is a
shot in the dark because I would like

792
00:51:21,559 --> 00:51:24,679
Cam Reddish to pan out. He's
a plus twenty five thousand Akonglue by the

793
00:51:24,679 --> 00:51:29,119
way, he's plus thirty three hundred. But the Knicks, I don't know

794
00:51:29,159 --> 00:51:31,039
how much depth they're gonna end up
trading for Donovan Mitchell, but there might

795
00:51:31,039 --> 00:51:34,760
just be more minutes for him if
the Knicks trade Grimes, especially if they

796
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,320
trade RJ. Barrett. I don't
know if he'll ever get the on ball

797
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:40,599
opportunities to maybe juice his odds in
this discussion or juice his candidacy in this

798
00:51:40,679 --> 00:51:45,920
discussion, but the uncertainty surrounding the
Knicks and how his role could either grow

799
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:50,280
within New York or maybe if he's
traded to Utah, who definitely need wings

800
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:52,199
and then they give him a crap
ton of reps on the ball. I

801
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:57,480
just have him circled here. Defensive
Player of the Year my top choice,

802
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:01,480
and he is so my tops actually
wasn't listed. He is off was Aaron

803
00:52:01,519 --> 00:52:06,719
Gordon. Just you have KCP Bruce
Brown in Denver. Now he's going to

804
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:09,320
be in a more fitting role for
himself. I could see him being viewed

805
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:13,719
as the primary anchor of that Nuggets
defense, even though he's not defending at

806
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:15,239
the point of attack as much.
And if they end up having a really

807
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:20,800
good defense, I would just watch
him. I settled on Herb Jones since

808
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:24,159
we're warming up to these stymying perimeter
defenders. He's at plus six thousand.

809
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:30,039
He's just fantastic. He's everywhere all
at once at the same time incredible.

810
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,519
If the Pelicans wind up having a
substantially above average defense, which I think

811
00:52:32,599 --> 00:52:37,360
is possible, he's going to be
cited rightfully so as the primary reason why.

812
00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:39,760
And then also just don't Gieaobi felt
like he took a step back as

813
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:44,239
a team defender with Toronto last year. Can still do some dirty, dirty

814
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,159
things on the ball, and I
think when he's going to be healthier and

815
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:51,920
have just more succession to his game
where he's it's not a stop and start

816
00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:55,000
as this past season was for him. With his availability, that goes a

817
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:59,360
long way too. So he's at
plus eight thousand. Herb Jones at plus

818
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:01,079
six thousand, and then Aaron Gordon's
off right now, maybe he is odds

819
00:53:01,119 --> 00:53:04,960
somewhere or else, but go looking
for them and tell me what they are.

820
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:09,159
Finally, most valuable Player my pick. Anyone who's watching on YouTube can

821
00:53:09,159 --> 00:53:14,400
tell by the thumbnail Pascal Siakam is
at plus ten thousand. I'm actually surprised

822
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:17,079
the odds weren't longer. We don't
know for sure if he's going to be

823
00:53:17,079 --> 00:53:21,000
in Toronto, but I think you
can bet against the Kevin Durant trade at

824
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:22,719
this point, or at least say
he'll still be in Toronto if they do

825
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:27,360
acquire Kevin Durant. I think the
Raptors could contend for a top three seed

826
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:29,960
in the East. There's the Celtics
in the Bucks for me, if everyone's

827
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,079
at full strength, and then it's
wide open everywhere else. I am getting

828
00:53:32,119 --> 00:53:36,679
close to like being incredibly high on
a full strength six ers team. Though

829
00:53:37,039 --> 00:53:42,559
Pascal Siakam all NBA player like this
is someone who really improved his playmaking,

830
00:53:42,639 --> 00:53:46,159
the directionality on his half court offense, where he's just a lot more unpredictable

831
00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:51,000
if the threes are falling in a
reasonable clip and he continues to play the

832
00:53:51,039 --> 00:53:53,239
type of defense that he did last
season, and the Raptors are really good.

833
00:53:53,559 --> 00:53:57,320
I think he'll end up getting a
ton of shine in this discussion.

834
00:53:57,639 --> 00:54:01,000
I also have Paul George at plus
eight thousand I have and then I have

835
00:54:01,159 --> 00:54:05,800
Sga shake Old Soxander plus fifteen thousand, just to tell you how high I'm

836
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:09,280
on him. If he's gonna have
agency, complete agency over the Thunder offense,

837
00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:12,440
if they wind up being like a
playing team or something, I just

838
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,480
wonder if there's the oh, should
we consider him? And it is similar

839
00:54:15,559 --> 00:54:19,199
Vein. This is just to show
you how high I am on Kake Cunningham

840
00:54:19,239 --> 00:54:22,159
plus thirty thousand. I don't think
the pistons of the Thunder are ultimately good

841
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:24,719
enough for them to be in real
consideration with the way that MVP votes work

842
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:30,639
out, but I'm just I'm incredibly
sky high on those two players. And

843
00:54:30,639 --> 00:54:35,159
I also have Rudego Barrett plus fifty
thousand. If the Timberwolves wind up being

844
00:54:35,159 --> 00:54:38,639
a dominant regular season team on the
back of a dominant defense, he might

845
00:54:38,639 --> 00:54:42,199
get a lion share of the credit, more so than an Anthie Edwards or

846
00:54:42,199 --> 00:54:45,480
Carling Anthony Towns. And just when
you inject a new player into that type

847
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:51,639
of situation and you see that material, that wholesale change, He's going to

848
00:54:51,679 --> 00:54:54,599
have that anecdotal bump, and that
does matter in the MVP discussion. One

849
00:54:54,679 --> 00:54:58,639
quick note on the m IP,
I should have mentioned this before. I

850
00:54:58,639 --> 00:55:00,519
steer clear second year player. And
so if anyone was looking for a Kid

851
00:55:00,559 --> 00:55:05,719
Cunningham or never Mobile your Scotty Scotty
Barnes, there some of those guys.

852
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:08,079
One we're not dark horses, but
I just tend to steer clear of sophomore.

853
00:55:08,159 --> 00:55:12,119
So those are my dark dark horse
picks. I'll wrap him up.

854
00:55:12,159 --> 00:55:15,039
I'll wrap them up very quickly.
My top choice for each category coach in

855
00:55:15,119 --> 00:55:19,639
the year is I'm gonna stick with
Mark Dagnel. I don't think Willie green

856
00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:22,320
is. It's Mark Dagnel or Willy
Green. I'm already off the rails.

857
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:24,599
Those will be my top two.
Rookie of the Year, ty Ty Washington

858
00:55:24,679 --> 00:55:28,719
of the Rockets, six Minute of
the Year, Bones Thighland of the Denver

859
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:34,000
Nuggets, Most improved Player, Kelton
Johnson San Antonio Spurs Defensive Player of the

860
00:55:34,079 --> 00:55:37,199
Year. I settled settled on Herb
Jones of the Pelicans, and then m

861
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:45,960
VP Pascal Siakam of the Raptors.
Last question comes from Mountain Dew seven twenty,

862
00:55:45,199 --> 00:55:49,760
a less serious question. Dan Favalley
gets to change journalism careers from one

863
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:52,559
NBA season, including off season and
free agency. What new type of job

864
00:55:53,159 --> 00:55:57,800
would he enjoy the most or find
the most exciting local beat writer for favorite

865
00:55:57,840 --> 00:56:01,880
team, breaking news personality like wode
shots, supervisor of team media in stadium,

866
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:06,559
encore personality, national sports anchor,
et cetera. Stuff like that one.

867
00:56:06,840 --> 00:56:08,639
I appreciate what people ask questions about
myself. It makes you. It

868
00:56:08,679 --> 00:56:13,519
makes me feel like everyone here cares
about me when they're listening to my ram

869
00:56:13,639 --> 00:56:15,760
links. And I've had some very
nice compliments thrown at me from Discord,

870
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:20,280
direct messages and YouTube lately. I
appreciate them all. And it's really cool

871
00:56:20,719 --> 00:56:22,880
that Mountain Dew seven twenty, Even
if he's just trying to grease my ego

872
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,920
and ask a question like this,
it does make me feel valued and makes

873
00:56:25,920 --> 00:56:30,639
me feel like we're really building this
community here. My pick would be I

874
00:56:30,679 --> 00:56:35,159
want to be I can't even say
an assistant GM just because of the way

875
00:56:35,199 --> 00:56:38,880
titles work now. I want to
be the guy right underneath the guy and

876
00:56:39,199 --> 00:56:44,800
having more intimate knowledge of the Knicks, Like give me brock Aller of New

877
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:47,480
York, who's just below Leon Rose, and he's doing a lot of the

878
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:51,519
and friend Kats of The Athletic recently
noted this, he's doing a lot of

879
00:56:51,559 --> 00:56:54,000
the trade negotiations. I want to
be the person that's in that room haggling

880
00:56:54,039 --> 00:56:58,440
over the minutia of the deal,
knowing what other offers were out there,

881
00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:01,599
knowing actually how many phone calls in
and out. I want to be passing

882
00:57:01,599 --> 00:57:06,159
out information by design to reporters who
think that they're actually plugged in, but

883
00:57:06,199 --> 00:57:09,840
they're being used as mouthpieces. What's
a quick rat there? It's just I

884
00:57:09,960 --> 00:57:14,239
have all like the game is the
game at this point, however you feel

885
00:57:14,239 --> 00:57:17,440
about Shams and Woad. But I
also feel like the reaction to the Knicks

886
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:23,119
not allowing non in house media to
Joleen Brunson's introductory pressor was fucking lame.

887
00:57:23,679 --> 00:57:28,519
And I did see a lot of
not uproar Knicks Twitter, but just reaction

888
00:57:28,760 --> 00:57:30,079
like, oh now people are going
to complain about this when it really doesn't

889
00:57:30,079 --> 00:57:34,920
matter. It's tend to be viewed
as do you need access to cover this

890
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:37,599
team? And then also, what
are they going to tell you in that

891
00:57:37,639 --> 00:57:40,400
press conference. They're never gonna give
away trade secrets or real answers. I

892
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:43,920
saw a lot of people say too
that there just would have been a lot

893
00:57:43,920 --> 00:57:47,679
of Donovan Mitchell questions at the Jalen
Brunson introductory pressor. I don't care.

894
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:52,280
Access needs to be part of the
business, and I do think that as

895
00:57:52,320 --> 00:57:54,639
someone who doesn't think access is the
end all be all, depending on the

896
00:57:54,679 --> 00:57:59,440
way you cover the league. I
just feel like there are people that cover

897
00:57:59,559 --> 00:58:05,800
specific teams or roots specific teams that
don't realize how they're used by certain sources

898
00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:10,880
of those specific teams, or from
agent player agents or player parties to further

899
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:15,639
agendas, and they think that they're
plugged in and that they've done something on

900
00:58:15,639 --> 00:58:20,360
this almighty level. I'm not.
This isn't even a subtext at anyone,

901
00:58:20,719 --> 00:58:23,719
a sub brant and anyone in particular. But it is notable that the Knicks

902
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:28,599
actively don't seem to want the media
to cover them. It's or have access,

903
00:58:28,599 --> 00:58:30,880
and it's just shameful. It doesn't
I agree they're not going to give

904
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:35,480
away anything substantial at the press conference. Force them to face the questions,

905
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,840
though, because you know what the
people who attend those press conferences or who

906
00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:42,719
we're going to ask those questions,
they're at least gonna there are people even

907
00:58:42,719 --> 00:58:45,679
if you don't like to ask the
tougher questions, they won't be fluff or

908
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:49,320
yeah, okay, is there do
some media outlets. I don't think anyone

909
00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:52,280
actually has an anti Knicks agenda.
They're probably people that are very hard and

910
00:58:52,679 --> 00:58:57,280
low on the organization and just myself
included with how they operate, even though

911
00:58:57,280 --> 00:59:01,039
I've been impressed with a lot of
their transactions under the Rose regime. But

912
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:05,920
there should absolutely be access to an
introductory pressor like that, and they should

913
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,000
have to face the Donovan Mitchell trade
room of discussions because that's going on right

914
00:59:08,039 --> 00:59:10,960
now. They should have to face
the tampering questions, even if they don't

915
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:15,239
give you an answer. That's a
process that should be gone through. And

916
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:21,159
just because you've asked questions via zoom
or talk to people within the organization or

917
00:59:21,199 --> 00:59:23,559
close to players before, like,
that's not the same thing that is not

918
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:29,519
access. There's like that's like quid
pro quo on the lowest end. So

919
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:34,159
it's that bugs me, but more
of the story, I would be an

920
00:59:34,199 --> 00:59:37,719
assistant GM I guess we would call
it or just a person who is maybe

921
00:59:37,719 --> 00:59:39,760
the salary cap expert who is going
to do a lot of the trade calls,

922
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:44,039
gonna come up with a lot of
the trade package and like haggle over

923
00:59:44,079 --> 00:59:46,480
pick protections and stuff like that,
and also just having the intimate knowledge of

924
00:59:46,519 --> 00:59:51,239
what's out there as someone who reacts
to trades, who grades trades. I

925
00:59:51,239 --> 00:59:54,159
do think a lot of times people
myself, including forget that teams aren't actively

926
00:59:54,199 --> 00:59:58,719
taking inferior offers. I'm sure it's
happened where they have pre existing ties with

927
00:59:58,760 --> 01:00:04,840
someone from another organization. But the
Rudy, like the Minnesota Timberwolves deal specifically,

928
01:00:05,119 --> 01:00:08,079
like they didn't give up that many
first round picks just because they wanted

929
01:00:08,079 --> 01:00:10,440
to. They gave up that many
first round picks because that's what it took

930
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:13,960
to get Rudy Gobert. And we
could phrase it as well, what was

931
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:15,480
the second best offer they had to
give up for that? Well? Is

932
01:00:15,480 --> 01:00:20,079
it really that or is it just
the Jazz made it perfectly clear, knowing

933
01:00:20,079 --> 01:00:22,920
who's in charge of them right now
and Danny Ainge, they were fine keeping

934
01:00:22,960 --> 01:00:25,400
Rudy Gobert. I want to know
the stuff that's never gonna get reported behind

935
01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:29,320
that or the stuff that's gonna get
reported, you'll you'll tell it's very clearly

936
01:00:29,639 --> 01:00:32,239
one sided unless we get like this, this real tell all. So yes,

937
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:35,159
I would be thank you for that
question. That was fun, but

938
01:00:35,159 --> 01:00:38,119
that's what I would be, And
preferably I would be that assistant GM or

939
01:00:38,159 --> 01:00:44,280
the trade negotiator, salary cap expert
for a team that an expansion team in

940
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:46,519
San Diego because that is one of
my dream places to live. There's everything

941
01:00:46,519 --> 01:00:50,440
you didn't ance for ask for.
Thank you everyone for sticking with me through

942
01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:53,239
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943
01:00:53,320 --> 01:00:58,480
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944
01:00:58,519 --> 01:01:01,159
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945
01:01:01,199 --> 01:01:04,719
I will you with a shout out
to the one, the only, the

946
01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:06,719
indelible, Frank Neil Tino