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spelled exactly how it fucking sounds. Talk about some of these eliminated teams.
Now, yes, let's talk real quickly here about I want to start with
the Warriors. Shocker. Yeah, well, there's not a lot to say.
I think honestly, you know, I expected the loss going into the
game six there, and so the heartening thing was that it does seem like
the core is gonna stay together, at least they're they're speaking as if they
want to do that. So maybe Draymond will be back on a lower annual
figure or just roughly where he's at with his player option, whether he opts
out or renegotiates and extends after opting in whatever. The Jordan Pool trades a
big thing. I think that's like, I don't know what the percentages are
on that, but it seems more likely than not to happen. And then
the question is does Jonathan Cominga get looped in as a sweetener, which is
kind of wild that you might need a sweetener on someone you signed to a
fat contract just last offseason. But yeah, other than that, I mean
Myers, will he be back or not? I don't know. That's a
big deal. That kind of will affect because if you bring someone else in
in that job, although it seems like they'll promote internally, most likely it
is easier to bust up the core of if you're so inclined it sounds like
it might be a lake of there is another there's Kent and Kirk, so
you've got a couple of choices there. But yeah, I think I guess
like, as a fan, I'm heartened that at least it seems like the
Core will stay together and if that means there's a forty five win season next
year with those guys involved and different you know, supporting pieces, Uh,
yeah, you know, I feel okay about that. What are your thoughts?
Like, do you did you were you surprised that the Core was kind
of like, yeah, we're gonna run it back? Yeah? Well,
what else did that? First of all, most of them are under contract
aside from Draymond Green, and we don't know what Draymond Green's market would be.
I'm trying to think of the team he has a twenty seven point eight
million dollar player option, what cap space team is going to go after him?
And then you're dealing with sign in trade scenarios, and it's even kind
of tough to spot, like, well, which teams aren't think we want?
There will be teams that want Draymond Green would pay him that money,
But what are you giving up to get him? If you don't have a
cap space, and so it feels like the most likely outcohol alone was they
running this back, And so the questions become, well, if they bring
everyone back, let's say Draymond Green gets twenty, like his player option number,
they're gonna be on the hook for like half a billion dollars in player
salary and luxury taxes. There. They won't have their mid level to improve
the roster they're gonna t If they trade Jordan Pool in the cap space,
they're not gonna have their mid level. I don't think, And it's just
what are you my first? I think we've we've buried the lead. You
mentioned it though already what is going to happen with Bob Meyers? And it's
clear there's a report that the Warriors have offered in multiple contracts. Do we
know what his motivation for leaving actually would be? Does he not want to
do this anymore? Does he want to do something else? Does he not
want to be responsible for like the non Steph era in in Golden State.
I haven't seen unless I've missed it, I haven't seen anything on Why have
the offers been that disrespectful? Which I can't believe because it does seem like,
aside from Steph Curry and Draymond Green, they kind of recognize that the
third most important person is like the arc, like maybe Curs up there,
but like Bob Myers is one of five most important people when it comes to
building up this goal and state Warriors dynasty. It seems like the illusions are
that he just has options, you know, like he could go he'd good
a podcast during the season and it was good, and like he could go
into media, he could go work for the league. He could go some
other team where he would absolutely be the highest paid executive in the league.
It sounds like they're talking, you know, the offers have been you know,
well compensated, but I have not seen it reported that that the Warriors
have made him an offer that would make him the highest paid executive in the
league, which is kind of wild consider. Yeah. I mean, although
like if he would, it would be hard to do that if you weren't
sure he wanted to be there, Like if it wasn't just the money,
you know, that would I would. But yeah, like based on the
Warriors have been the most successful team from a championship perspective over the last ten
years, Like he's kind of the guy he's had his This is but by
and large, like I don't know how you don't reward that unless you're not
sure he wants to be there. So and really like it is all very
tied together because if Myers is not back, I think it just gets harder.
The relationships are so like we're talking about ten plus years for you know,
so like it's just harder for any other incoming executive. Easier if it's
an you know, a promotion from inside, to navigate every Clay Thompson's next
contract negotiation, to to talk to Steph about like what do we need and
how like just all the dynamics are so like solid and so established and so
built over time and ups and downs and all this other stuff. Like it's
just anyone else in that position will fundamentally change, you know, every aspect
of how the every contract gets you know, dealt with, or every decision
gets made. It's it's hard to overstate the Myers component of this, which
is tough because I think the report today was like He's gonna say a couple
of weeks and think about it. I mean, like, you know,
July one's that the draft is coming up and so was free agency. I
mean, to be fair, there's not much they can do on either front.
So it's just like if you're worried about the decision making, it's on
trades or like finding I guess like undrafted guys or second rounders. But has
the other component to this is does the way their season ended change the scale
at which you think they need to tinker with the roster to where Okay,
Draymond, let's say he's coming back. We know stef is coming back.
Clay Thompson had a pretty good back end of the regular season. His performance
towards the end of that Laker series was just sobering and uncomfortable. And you
look at what Jordan Pool contributed at mostly a high level. Not so much
in the finals, by the way, but he contributed at a high level
to a championship team. I think that matters. But even when he was
at his peak, this idea that he could carry units without step even going
up against opposing benches was always sort of overstretched. And the fact that he
can be so easily targeted on defense, the fact that he was unplayable for
stretches of this playoff push, Like, how what does that make you think
that they need like is it do they need another like Capslock Star or is
this is this just a matter of okay, well if they can futs and
fiddle and add on the margins, which they can't really add on the margins
because of their limitations. It's if you're looking at okay, we're willing to
trade Jordan Pool and Jonathan Cominga, and it's just what are you looking to
get back in such a package. It's a huge challenge because it's such a
weird It's been hard to build around the way the Warriors play and to have
any you know, secondary creator like work in support in relief of Steph Curry,
Like who's the most Sean Livingston probably like playing with andre Iguadala with like
that's kind of the best the unit ever was, and like, well you're
not getting either, Like those are weird player types. And they succeeded because
they just didn't really turn it over and they defended and they won with size
and they were smart. I think in answer your question, they need someone
who can do what Pool was supposed to do, which is if you can
play with Steph Curry, great, you know, and be a threat on
and off the ball to relieve pressure from him. But the main thing is
you've got to get somebody that can make it so the offense doesn't just come
on glued whenever Curry rests. So, yeah, you need it. It's
tough because then, well, if pools the guy you're trading, where are
you gonna get the guy that's just like better than him, you know,
at what he's supposed to do. It's a weird kind of challenge trade,
a one for one kind of thing. I don't think it will be a
one for one. I think Kamingo will probably be involved somehow. But yeah,
you just need someone that can make the offense work with or without Steph,
but certainly without So I don't know what that is like. It's it's
interesting to me to think, well, could they go get Ann Andobe for
COMINGA and Pool and I don't know, some weird package structured that way,
Like yeah, maybe, but is An does someone like Anna Obe solved the
problem? I don't know. I mean it makes the team like more dangerous
in terms of like a defensively and like maybe you're closing five scarier because Pool
was rarely part of that anyway. But that doesn't solve, you know,
the the what do we do when Curry's not running the offense? Stuff like
that? That's that's the hard solve. I don't know what the answer for
that is. I think that's where I'm at is. I feel like that's
what they need the most, and that feels like an incredibly large acquisition needs
to be made. So and and I just don't know if they have the
asset fire power to do that. So I'm I'm at a loss there.
But I think it starts with Bob Myers. I would expect. I would
say Draymond Green will be back. I think if I just set like a
percentage of Jordan Pool and Johnathan Cominga still being on this roster next season,
i'd said it below for sure. Yeah, I think so and Clay will
be back. I just don't, you know, I don't think he's tradeable.
I think his next contract will be significantly smaller. I don't But I
can't believe any of this. Uh, you know, he wants a full
max Like that's just not realistic. The Warriors wouldn't do that. He's not
and look, he's just straight up he's not worth anything near right right?
Uh? Glasgow says, what do you guys think about Newurlands now? Well,
for the Warriors not solving the problem. Their bigs were fine, right,
like Looney and Draymond were fine. Uh so, yeah, they need
guards, they need wings, they need guys that can do something with the
ball. They probably can't afford Neurylands. No, Well though it might cost
them their mid level exception and like two first round picks because of the second
apron if they signed like literally anybody without trimming tons of salary, almost impossible
to do. The Phoenix suns. I would love to talk about. They
fired Manny Williams, who I think, Uh that you saw it coming,
but I think he's the one. I don't know who got more. I
think he got more of a raw deal than Mike Budenholder. I'm in the
side Mike Pudenholzer lost his brother. That was just very effee. The other
thing we mentioned with these coaching finings is you always think that they're made.
When they're coaches at this level, it's very easy to say you already mentioned
this, like, Okay, it's easy to say when the team needs a
new coach, but it's harder to say when you make that decision. And
to who are you getting? I feel like and we haven't seen any of
the vacancies filled yet, and granted Doc Rivers was just created and say with
money, Williams. These are decisions you make when you have the guy right
like that you know that you want, but so a million things to talk
about. I want to know, though, what you make of Woag having
in his piece that Matt Ishbia has taken full control of basketball operations and then
removing it, which as a not a reporter but as a writer, like,
there's got to be something an earlier version of this story when it's that
major of a thing, It wasn't a statistical correction, but like you removed
a key piece of information. What are we fucking doing here? We know
you pissed off somebody, Like we understand how this were, like, come
on own it like he's put it in there an early version mistated, But
I'm like, between how the Kevin Durant negotiations shook out and now this,
I'm like, this is either I respect Matt Ishba is willing to spend at
least it seems like whatever and the whole the broadcast right stuff that he seems
willing to eat money on that fantastic, But like this is either gonna be
all right, hell yeah or oh oh no, no no, no,
oh no right the hand the hands on owner is is a little concerning.
Yeah, I had that thought too, of and woj I think did go
on on the air and basically say the same thing that he pulled out of
the article. So it seems pretty clear that like this was an ishpi A
decision to fire Williams. Whether that was coming or not, you know,
I don't know. It's it's hard to imagine it would have happened so quickly
had it not just been almost predetermined. But yeah, like you know,
we've talked about how there's like a reasonable case to be made that the Durant
trade is gonna like not age great and may not look so you know,
you probably do it all the time. It's Kevin Durant. We said it
over and over. But like that seemed to be an ISHPIA thing, you
know, including what was it Crowder was the sticking point and they threw him
in there or something else, Like it seemed like he just was like make
it happen. And then the coach firing was kind of like this is what
we're doing, and then it's a little different. But like being on the
sidelines and getting into it with Yokich, like that's just another like tiny data
point of like this dude is like in there. He's in there, and
I don't know if that's good. We didn't talk about this. I like
how he did handle it afterwards, want to want to make that clear agree,
But it's still you know, it's it's like there's those two things,
the trade and the coach firing, and then like a million miles down the
list there's the Yokis thing. But it's just it's still another thing. I
think an impulsive owner or one that clearly wants to make a splash is a
total double edged sword. And you said it like might be great, might
spend a bunch, might really go all in to win. You want that
from every owner generally speaking. But then like you know, the vet Ground
of DVA and Sacramento really was hands on in a lot ass spects of that
franchise for a long time and it was a big problem. So like there's
a line to walk, and I don't know, it's way too early to
say what side of that line is shop is going to fall on, but
the coach Monty Williams getting fired might be like leaning a little bit to the
wrong side of that line. I think, although like this is the last
thing I'll say, Like if Booker and Durant wanted Monty Williams to stay for
like unequivocally, he's still there, so like that could being Monty for whatever
weirdness existed with DeAndre Ayton and was little like culpable at all, and the
Jay Crowder situation that seems like a total organizational failure on everyone's behalf. But
like even that, it's just like unless Devin Booker and Kevin Durant were like
campaigning for it, not to be confused with campaigning, but if they were
actively advocating for a different coach. But I just don't. I feel like
he kind of got it wrong. Like he had eight games during the regular
season with Kevin Durant before getting into the playoffs, and I think you could
argue, as Zach Loo did, that they weren't inventive enough on offense with
Katie. It's just like, could they maybe get like a training camp though,
or something if you have the guy and I don't know who the guy
is they've been linked to the same names the Sixers have been linked to.
Which are the same names, is that the Raptors have been linked to so
I or many of the same names. I should say, I don't know
what the outcome there is, but there was also they need I think you
look at this roster and it's easy just to say Kevin Durant we'll be back,
Devin Booker will be back, and the certainty ends there. There was
already report that they're going to try and shop Chris Paul, who has like
almost sixteen million guaranteed next season, and then DeAndre at And who's oh,
three years, one hundred and two million. I just don't know. I
feel very comfortable in saying that you cannot have deandret And on this roster,
not because I don't think he has the ability to be better. You just
can't for the center he is. You can't allocate that type of money to
the five when you're paying as much for Kevin Durant and Devin Booker. I
just don't. And I'll have trades to throw at you later on in this
segment, and we already went through one of them that you shot, and
I agree with you like, these aren't trades that would necessarily do. It's
just Deondreton's value is at It's an idea because you can argue technically, when
he's making more, it gives him it makes it easier to match salary.
But like when he's making thirty plus million dollars a year and playing like he
just did in the playoffs, well that's just gonna make him a lot more
unattractive to other teams. And I don't know, I think the Suns will
still be able to use their mini mid level this year. I don't think
they're gonna run into that Apron issue. It'll be tight, but I don't
think they're gonna run into that second Apron issue just yet. But it's just
like they're gonna be like a target that would make a lot of sense for
them is a Bruce Brown. That's someone who's gonna get more in the taxpayers
midlevel exception at this point. And so unless teams start to hold on to
their full mid level and want to use it as in trades or whatever,
but it's not gonna be easy. Just that they need like depth at almost
every turn. And so the idea of will let's turn these large salaries of
CP three and DeAndre Ayton Deandreton into more digestible contracts who actually play. My
question to you, is it gonna be easier to do that with CP three
or DeAndre Eighten? That's tough. It probably eighton And just I wanted to
get back to the point you're making, like subtract all the like communication issues
and the bad body language and all those benchings and stuff. The issue with
Aiten is just like he's paid too much for what he does, you know,
and like part of that comes from being the number one pick. Part
of that comes from the idea of potential. Part of that may come from
like what he might actually be able to do if he weren't the fourth or
fifth option. So there's upside there, but like it's just a financial thing.
You can't overpay for centers than aren't superstars are like no questions asked,
you know, total defensive anchors. That that makes it harder. Having said
that, I just don't know what to do with Chris Paul, Like if
you so, he's got like fifteen point eight of thirty point eight is guaranteed,
and the guaranteed eight is like shortly after the finals it's like late June,
right, so do you want him? Like what which version of that
salary do you want? Like do the Sun's wave and stretch him. I
think there's just more questions, Like it's harder to fit him in a lot
of places because of his age and because of the just the way he's gonna
play. So I don't I just think it's more complicated to move Paul,
and and and Aton is still like even though you know the bloom's off the
rows a little bit, or there's concerns in his on court impact, his
attitude, all this other stuff, he's still like a twenty you know,
not quite twenty five year old number one overall pick that was the starting center
for a team that made the finals, was up two oho and then one
sixty four games next year. So like it seems like he's a little more
I could talk myself into there being more teams interested than than with Paul.
Paul's a weird fit financially and otherwise. I almost wondered that if the shorter
term commitment makes it him more appealing. And but I will say the market
seems more finite because of his age. It's like, Okay, the Clippers
like Marcus Morris and Robert Covington for CP three, and however, the money
needs to work under the new rules. Done. Actually the aggregation stuff doesn't
start till next year, so done, Like you could do something like that,
but it's like, okay, well now you're starting to run out of
Maybe the Wizards, because they're the Wizards, will be like, hey you
CP three, be like what are you getting? Who are you getting from
the Wizards. We're not getting christophs Porzingis to pair with youon like that would
make absolutely no sense. But I could so see the Wizards of being a
team where it's like, well, hey, like ned I will say,
though, like I don't even know all the players that they would trade are
just too valuable to be like, well we'll give this up for for see,
like you could give up Monty Morris, but you're not getting that thirty
million dollars number you have beal and Porzingis is your main salary. L So
I do think it's harder to find like teams that would house CP three.
I mean would like if Brooklyn's trying to straddle that line of like, hey,
we want to be competitive now and we want to give mcal Bridges help.
So we're gonna run back the you know, CP three mcal Bridges Cam
Johnson Partnership and they'll give you Spencer Dinwitty and like like Patty Mill or something
like. They're not going to give you Royce O'Neil in that deal. I
don't think so like something like that. I'm with you that there's more of
a market for Aden, but he also kind of feels like the riskier acquisition.
Well, he's just costs so much for so much longer, that's the
thing. And Paul Paul can be a mistake and you're out from under it
pretty quickly with eight and it's like you're kind of back where the suns are,
where you're spending a significant amount of money on someone that might not warrant
that level of commitment for a while. You know. That's that's the concern
with it. You want to give me some who says, nos, is
that what you got? Yeah? So and these are like kind of just
mostly off the cuff for me. But and I'm not I'm making clear,
I don't know that I would do any of these. I'm just saying like
realistic packages that maybe Phoenix would try and propose. Even if they make a
difference, you just want to see me squirm, is what this is about?
Well? Yes, always so the first one would be We've done this
one, but I gotta throw it back out there again. Miles Turner for
DeAndre and straight up who says no, I'm pretty see. This is the
problem with me is I've always forget what I said before. I think Turner
is a better player, So I think the Pacers say no, you're you're
spot on then for that this is I don't know how badly the relationships involved
a fracture, but he was linked to the Suns after the Kevin Durant trade.
But it would be CP three and DeAndre Ayton in a sign and trade
for Kyrie Irving and then insert salary X. Is it Tim Hardaway Junior?
Is it Dallas Burton's is it MAXI? Kleibo? You're taking back Javamagee,
Reggie Bullock. I kind of like the idea of Eton and Dallas, and
I also kind of like for Dallas not having Kyrie Irving on the team.
So I think does Phoenix say no, I don't know, I don't know
what to do with I think they should but yeah, I think they probably
should too, basically be it would basically be Deandreen and Chris Paul for Kyrie
Irving sign and trade and salary X. Yeah. No, I think I
think the Suns should say no to that, would they? I don't.
I feel like there's weird shit going on between k D and ky right now,
So I'm gonna say that they I think they would. Yeah. Uh,
this one was so CP three for Marcus Morris and Robert Covington. Does
that make the Suns better enough? And? I think, well, I
think the Clippers would do that. So I guess it would be the Suns
that have to say no, because I think the Clips would do because saying
teams say yes, you don't have to say that. I know someone's got
to say no. Damn, these can't work. Yeah, I think the
Sons would say no, just because the Clippers would definitely say yes. Okay,
Uh, what's the other one I got here? Oh? This Lord
DeAndre Ayton for Kelvin Johnson. Hmm. How do the Spurs get Wemban Yama
which we'll find out in like five hours from now. I have no idea,
but they can include Zach Collins too, if they're worried about using too
much of their caps based on DeAndre eight, I think the I think I
think they should do that. I think, but I'm gonna give you your
both teams say yes answer because as I think, obviously Johnson's a little cheaper,
and you know, we don't need to spend a bunch on centers.
And then maybe Pop could coach up DeAndre aden. I mean, maybe that
number one pickluster really matters Aton and Vassel and whoever else they get in the
draft. That's kind of interesting and so on for a while. I like
that. I think that's it. That's exciting. Here's a challenge. Trade
CP three for Kyle Lowry. Ooh, I mean the way Lowry is playing
right now, but he's like a sixth man. I think, oh,
I hate this trade. It's making me think. You tell me who you
think. First of all, I think about it. If I'm the heat
I think, I say, no, I might trust you trust TB three's
playmaking and I guess like ability to get to his spots more than Lowry now.
But if you're still invested in Tyler Hero, I think that. I
think. I think Miami says no. I think Miami says no too,
And it's because Lowry is still giving you like when you need it, volume
three point shooting and defense and all the other stuff. And I don't know
that Paul's value is as great, if really in the moments that matter.
Butler is going to be on the ball all the time anyway, so I
don't know if he adds as much there. Who says no? DeAndre Ayton
to Oklahoma City for big Jalen Williams and two first round picks. Not okay,
see picks other teams as picks that will be protected. The thought being
Phoenix clears some flexibility can then send those picks out in other trades. M
I think that's a pretty good deal. Well, I think probably the Thunder
would do. You're like the girl who was trying to kumbacha drink. You
remember that meme where she's like the facial expression. I know, Well,
I'm not looking at my screen, so I don't know what my terrible things?
Probably do the Thunder do? The Thunder want to be in the eight
in business like, this doesn't seem like a team that's trying to give one
hundred and thirty three million dollar contract to a conventional non stretch center. That's
good that he's only on the books for one hundred and then, isn't it.
Oh right, yeah, well off the hook for the first quarter of
that deal, I think probably. I mean, I think the Thunder would
have to do that. They got a zillion picks. Jalen Williams is nice,
but like you know, he's undersized as a five and his defense depends
on taking charges. So I think the chance to get eight and then you
could rehab his value and maybe get more for him if you decided to flip
him later. How about that? Okay, here's who says no CP three
to Orlando for Jonathan Isaac and Gary Harris. Everybody says yes to that.
I think that's a good tree. I kind of feel like everybody should say
no. The magic should probably say yeah, Well, what's the difference.
Why are you going to roll the dice on Jonathan Isaac salary would be my
if you think like he's healthy enough to play. Actually he would makes some
sense in Phoenix, but because then you could play him at center and flip
Aton if you're the Sons, because you're not doing if you're the Magic,
you're saying you shut it down if they're if they say Faults and Harris for
CP three, you're shutting that down, right. I guess the Magic fans
in the Magic themselves really love folks, which I get a little bit,
but I don't know if I can get quite that high. So we'll go
this route. If it's Isaac, and there will be other permutations, but
Isaac and Gary Harris and you get the flyer on Rumo. OKK mean,
I don't know that that's that's not changing anything for me. He's okayk's your
guy. You've been on him forever, I do. I will say Isaac
is like my favorite fake trade guy because he's such a mystery box. He's
might lead author I think, well sure, but you know, he might
be a defensive Player of the Year. There's like a five percent. Well
that's way too high. There's a non zero person, non zero chance he'son,
you know, the first team All defense guy if he ever stays healthy.
Would so I don't really know that I love this one, but maybe
how many of these do you have? How do you do this? Would
you like me to stop? I can stop, No, I'm just I
can't believe it's amazing. So sign and trade and the permutations here would be
difficult because this other team is dealing with issues as well, and it would
be predicated on Okay, this player doesn't want to be in Portland anymore.
But you're looking at Jeremy Grant sign and trade for DeAndre eight mm hmm,
there's use of nurk It is already in Portland. Yeah, Potland's gotta get
off a nurkicch somehow, which went might not be easy. Yeah, I
think I like that for Phoenix. Well, depending on what kind of number
we're talking about for Jeremy Grant, but even if he's like equal money with
Aten, he seems like he makes more sense as a modern, you know,
postseason contributor. Yeah, I think I think that's another like pretty like
bilateral yes on that one, Like it doesn't I mean, Aden, I
don't know what to think of Aten, but he like he's better than Nurkics.
I think that's fair to say, and then Grant might just my my
running take on Grant is that he, you know, had a really good
year and was the third option on a lottery team. So how much do
you pay that guy if you're Portland's not not a lot in my book.
I'm pretty much I could have some more, but not ones that I really
want to talk about, because you're like to just out there unless you have
any destiny. You just gave me a sign and trade, like, come
on out, what's out there? Give me give me your most out there
one for for CP three or eighton. You pick whatever is the most ridiculous,
all right, So CP three to the Pelicans for Larry Nance Junior and
Jonnis Valancinis. Oh m, and then you're moving on and you're moving eight
and in a separate to New Orleans are the I don't think I'm doing that
if I'm New Orleans, just even though, like I think you gotta move
off Valancinis somehow, But then you need Nance in there unless you're getting another
center, because Nance is your closer at the five, and then Paul on
the Paul is a point guard. Is just like that's taking touches away from
Zion, although Zion would have to be on the basketball court. So I
don't know that's a That's why, that's why I didn't suggest that that was
not among my my favorite one. Yeah, I set you up for failure
there. I said, what's your what's your most ridiculous idea and then I
dumped on it. Well, okay, so this isn't like that ridiculous,
but if it would, it would be some sort of like DeAndre Ayten for
Zach Lavine. M Well, I like the pieces would have to be involved,
and you could, even like the Bulls are still trying to maybe stay
competitive, you could throw CP three in there and you get to the number
of just like you know you're gonna have to include out with Phoenix take on
Monzo Ball and that scenario roll of dice on that, but sort of an
eighten for Zach Lavine swap the assumption being okay, which is gone. Yeah,
don't you think the Bulls The Bulls would need to get a decent amount
more with Aten even though it Lavine's contracting. I don't know, but it's
CP three a positive I guess he's a positive asset, just you know,
short term deal. I'm doing that. If I'm Phoenix, I don't know
who's gonna guard anybody, but I like Lavigne, Booker and Durant. That's
kind of exciting. Yeah, I don't. I don't love it for Chicago.
No, Uh, did you want to take us out of here.
I think that's a good okay. I was like, just ready for the
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