What is crack a blacket Augnastris Day one a free agency not really in the
books. I'm old enough to remember when day one of free agency ment starting
right now, July first, at midnight, we had the contract extension dump.
If you would like to talk about any of those, we have comments
from our discord members that I will get two thoughts questions from them. They're
all they're all super awesome. Feel free to to ask yourself if you're if
you're in here quite the day of NBA Free agency, I'll eventually go through
what I think we're some interesting signings, puzzling signings, whatever you necessarily want
to whatever you necessarily want to call it. I think there was a bunch
of interesting deals and there was a lot of business for league that was supposedly
going to sort of wait and see what happened with Kevin Durant. There are
no doubt some teams that are still sort of in in that weight and C
mode. But yeah, so the extensions we've seen come down for the rookie
so far or not rookies, it's not just rookie. Karl Anthony Towns Nakoliokich
both sign supermaxes. Devin Booker. Those are not rookie scales. John Morant
got his rookie scale max as expected as well. It was funny that Wogan
it was basically just what was sort of unloaded the clip on his extensions tweet
at midnight. Those are probably all expected. I thought maybe there was a
chance that Karl Anthony Towns would wait, FK Retros. Isn't the chat you
spoke that Heartenstein signing into existence and I hate you. Yes, shout out
to you. We were having back and forth in discord about this. I
love the Hertenstein signing for the Knicks. Looking at what he did last season
with the Clippers. He hit a good percentage of his three he didn't take
a lot of them. I was more impressed with his floater, his passing,
even sort of his finishing not super explosive, but we'll make plays like
above the rim, catching finishes, and his defense is like one of the
statistically one of the best room protectors in the game. Two years sixteen million
dollars to steal when you have mo Bamba, I think got two years like
twenty or twenty two. I found that surprising. As sort of a housekeeping
note here as well, I looked up as many terms as possible for a
lot of these deals, but we're going to find out in coming days that
there are team options or player options uncertain some of these contracts. One of
them, though, is not. The Marvin Bagley three year was a thirty
seven million dollars he got that's apparently fully guaranteed with no outs on both sides.
Yeah, three years, thirty seven million dollars. I thought that was
pretty steep. And yes, I agree that Hartenstein should be start starting for
the Knicks. Well, see what happens with Mitchell Robinson. He was supposed
to go back on a four year, sixty million dollars I think was what
I read, but we heard nothing about that during the first six hours of
free agency. But the hartenstign signing. I really liked Tyas Jones going back
to the Memphis Grizzlies. That's a huge win for me. I like another
Memphy in or Memphis player Kyle Anderson going to the tener Wolves. I really
like that fit. If you can get lineups with carl anthy Towns at the
five and Anderson at the four, I don't ever want to see him and
Jared Vanderbilt playing together. I guess Towns would technically give you the luxury.
But the Wolves have just some interesting defenders on their team. Now. They
already had that in Beverly and Jaden McDaniels and Vanderbilt. Now you're adding Kyle
Anderson there. That's a lot of malluability. I'm very remain fascinated by that
team, which still feels like they kind of need to like have this bigger
move at some point. I don't know if it will come, but they
can do. Look, they can do some freaky deeky stuff. Now Towns
under contract for the next six years, even if there's a player option at
the end of that, they have five more years of caring Anthy Towns and
that really gives them a lot of letters to be aggressive in other moves.
I think the Jail and Brunson signing, let's start. We've talked a ton
about this, and look, if there's questions about kd or Kyrie or new
News pops up, we did a whole podcast on them already. Strop says
Wolves are very unorthodox. What is up Straps? They could certainly be,
but I think Karl Anthony Towns is sort of like the best shooting five in
basketball right now gives you that opportunity to try it. If you could go
all defense and super big and go Kyle Anderson, Jayden Daniels, Jared Vanderbilt
and Towns on the court, and then Andy Edwards at the one. I
wouldn't necessarily love that lineup, but I'm I am curious to see some of
what their their packages look like during games next season. But again, if
Katie Kyrie stuff pops up nets, whatever, or if you have questions,
you can throw it in the chat that to whoever stragglers that might come alost
this. We can talk about that. But it's we hit that in an
entire podcast already today. Jalen Brunson, I won't spend too much time on
that. I think people were starting to confuse. As soon as that money
came through four years, one hundred four million dollars, there was like this
sentiment among like trying to be trendy Twitter, that that is fine, that
it's good money, that Jalen Bruns is a good player. You didn't watch
Jalen Brunson. I think for Knicks fans and media members that don't understand this,
it's not about Jalen Brunson. It's only about the Knicks. Jalen Brunson
is fantastic. I phrased it as I'm morbidly curious to see how he does
working within tighter confines where Knicks routinely play two or three non shooters. But
he was one of the best finishers drives last year. He puts a lot
of pressure on the rim, great footwork, all dribble. Not the worst
defender you've ever seen. But that's if I wouldn't play him and quickly together
for long stretch, I mean I would fuck it. I would try it.
I'd like to see the knis something unorthodox, But you don't really want
to play him and Derrick Rose together, I don't think. But just the
Knicks direction is still just so confusing to me. I don't know what their
end game is with having Jalen Brunson. They having to resigned Mitchell Robinson just
yet. We'll see if they extend RJ. Barrett. He was not among
the extensions announced. I think Jah is the only actually rookie extension I've seen
so far. Waiting on Zion to see what those terms are gonna be like.
So the Brunson contract and a vacuum is fine. I just don't think
that the I just don't think that the Knicks are in a position where they
should be paying someone who isn't the guy that much money. That's just free
and clear. That's really where I'm at at this point, and we'll see
how it pans out for them. There needs to be other moves here.
They've decided that you're going to get a star via trade, most likely orthough
they ended up going after Brunson in free agency, They're still set up to
do a bunch of things. They have a bunch of different first round picks,
and again I like the Hartnerstein signing. There's technically they might have a
floor spacing five. Now if you play him with Julius Randall and then Jalen
Brunson and RJ Barrett and then just insert shooter, that could be fairly interesting.
They no longer have out berks though, and dark Rose isn't a shooter.
You probably makes that light up a little too small or excuse too heavily
offense, But who the hell knows. I loved that signing though. How
about all those Utah moves? Yeah, what is up? Trading Roys O'Neill
for a future first round pick was certainly a decision, and I don't know
what it was a harbinger of I was really expecting there to be announced with
that. Rudy Gobert was traded after that, because it was just like you
traded your best non Gobert defender and you get like further below the the tax
for that, I mean Royce O'Neil salary maybe alone was the difference between the
tax. I think I have them at like eight million. They didn't need
to dump off that much, is my point. If they wanted to duct
the tax, does that mean there's another move coming? Does this make it
more likely they're going to use their mid level exception? I would argue that
the you know, Wednesday night, Thursday night with day is it holy crap?
That would have been the day to do it, and they didn't do
anything. So I don't know what's awaiting this team. I almost just like
it wasn't I don't know, it was ominous, just dumping Roys O'Neil essentially
like that who struggled was not the same type of player, But you saddle
your yourself with that much responsibility year in and year out on the perimeter without
too much help, and just see how it treats you. Utah is there.
They remain implosive, combustible, and sort of a mystery. A couple
other mysteries here. So Dallas had a bad night. I'm not a fan
of the the the Knicks contract for Jalon Brunson, but you're the Mavericks.
You had at least twice, we know that Jalen Brunson, on two separate
occasions, would have signed what was basically a four year, fifty six million
dollars extension. You said nope. At least both those times went back after
the trade deadline. He decided not to sign it. Good for him,
I mean, he basically doubled up his money almost he came very close to
it. But then you go back to him before free agency, although there
are conflicting reports saying that they never got a chance to pitch him, and
you're gonna offer him five years and one hundred and six. The Knicks gave
him four and one oh four. I believe all of which is guaranteed.
And by the way, Jalen Brunson's agent, Sam Rose, is the son
of Leon Rose, who just so happens to be the team president of the
Knicks, if anybody cares who by the Knicks on their coaching staff, Tom
Thibodeau's assistant is Rick Brunson, Jalen's father. In that defense of that move,
in so far as in as much as it needs one or deserves one,
Rick was on Tibs's assistant staff in Chicago, and I believe Minnie as
just a fun aside. So the MAVs didn't even offer Brunson over five what
the Knicks are offering him over four. That could be used to prove how
ridiculous the Knicks are. It could also be used to prove that Dallas really
fucked up here and now they're just left if there's still time technically for this
to turn into a sign and trade. But you really got caught holding the
bag on this one, and it just it's not a great look for you.
And then and then I don't understand the theory. Let me let me
correct myself of Javal McGee in Dallas works. But three years, twenty point
four million dollars good for him, and it's all guaranteed. And the only
reason it wouldn't be guaranteed is because there's a player option at the end of
it. You need to explain that one to me. I get that you
want to give Luca another lab threat or you're trying to move Dwight Powell at
some point. I mean, you have Christian Wood there that's not like the
quintessential lab threat, But do you need that big I guess that raw rim
protector you thought that you did. Maxi Cleeb was there too, So I
don't know if portends like another move just a very I would say disappointing to
blost start for Dallas, and we knew they were gonna kind of lose Brunson,
but it's just the optics on this one or for them specifically, or
really just I mean, they're not great going through some of these discord comments.
Retro's in here. What do we do now that heart is gone?
I don't know what you do. I mean, you just I'm assuming they're
gonna play some more smaller a lot. You have a Viza Zubots now under
that extension. If we're gonna touch on the Clippers, the Nick patuone deal
is fine. Two years, twenty two million. That we knew that was
in the works from when he came back on a non bird rights deal last
summer. Love the Amir Coffee signing. And if I was a smart team,
I know he was a restricted free agent, I would have given him
more and tried to get him from the Clippers. Just a lot of I
think I said this previously on one of the Live podcasts, a lot of
two way acumen from him this past season. Showed a little bit of ball
handling. He shot the three ball well enough, very tertiary playmaking, able
to put the ball on the floor a little bit, and I liked this
is like a prerequis it for playing with the Clippers a lot of times.
But they moved him around a ton defensively. So I love that a deal
for the Clippers, and I'm glad that he gets. We'll see what the
full guarantees are. It's being reported. I'm looking at it as guaranteed fully,
Just good for him to get, you know, spending all that time
on a two way contract only to now you you get that three year,
eleven million dollars deal. They could still look to the Clippers defense, insofar
as you're concerned about this. They didn't sign DeAndre Jordan, so good for
them. That's better than what the Nuggets did. But they did extend Nicolaiokis
five years, two hundred and seventy million, the richest contract extension so far
in NBA history, and the Nuggets are puzzling. I don't really have anywhere
else to go for the Clippers. I mean, we could still talk about,
like some of the bigs that are if they want a truer big I
feel like they kind of prioritize players though for the most part, who are
just you know, more dynamic, and so you're not going to go out
there and see them sign in my guess. I mean, I could obviously
be wrong with this, or you're going to see them give the minimum to
on Whiteside. That's just not somebody I would expect them to go after.
So Thomas Bryant could be fairly interesting for them. I don't know what his
market is gonna look like, but he hasn't resigned yet. Gorgi jan is
still kind of sitting around out there, and those are bigs that are just
a little bit more or a lot more dynamic than a Hassan white Side on
offense at least, So those would be names to watch if you think that
they need a big. They don't sound big though they're gonna be. That's
a one Zoobos been playing a ship ton of minutes, You're also going to
probably be playing a lot smaller, which is maybe that means you don't get
rid of Marcus Morris Senior. Although Retro did say I think the Clippers trade
more or Canard for a quality big that should certainly be on the table.
They have enough surplus of wings to where they could make a win for big
trade and it wouldn't be egregious even though Luke Kennard trade for sure, that's
something that they could definitely look at as well. And they're both making I
would say Nard's suth like contract is longer, but his salary at twelve point
what is he yet or he's where's Lukenard? Wise? He got fourteen point
four. He's actually making more than I remember so, but their team option
on that final year. They're both tidy contracts to move. Maybe Morris is
just steep at sixteen point four and seventeen point one respectively over the next two
years. I would absolutely consider that, I thought, I mean, some
people fled like how far is Bouch's value on? Like would you do Morris
for vouch if that's the framework, and I think it comes close to like
pretty working Clippers might just send out another contract. I wouldn't do that if
on the Clippers. I don't know what that says about me or the state
of Nikola Bouchevic, but that's not something I would look at. And what
quality bigs are gonna wind up being available at this point. I mean that
maybe they're a Nick Clackston team at the trade deadline after he just resigned with
Brooklyn. That was puzzling to not keeping the Clackston That makes a ton of
sense. And I know Patty Mills got paid because he was able to sign.
And I'm just going to be drinking and energy drinking about all of this,
so I apologize to anyone who hears it. But Patty Mill is going
back to the Nets while they're imploding, Like Kyrie's gonna be traded, Kevin
Durant's gonna be traded. What happens with Ben Simmons, I guess he works
on that team if you're still trying to compete. I was just maybe that
was already in the works that he opted out and he even signed with him
the first place because they were gonna give him more than a non bird rights
deal, which is look, that's fine and they can still move that,
but it was that was one of the funnier ones to see Patty Mills all
of a sudden end up in back in Brooklyn. Excuse me, not end
up somewhere. Retro did mentioned in the discord that he would like Miles Turner.
I don't know. I mean, the Clippers can see radically trade a
first round pick, but I don't know if that's gonna get you Miles Turner,
and it's certainly using Marcus Morris as the primary just sort of matching fodder
there. I don't I don't think they have the juice to get Miles Turner
unless they're really gonna is Indiana, like really I on Teren's man. So
that would surprised me a little bit if they're able to get into that discussion.
I've been blanking on bigs that could be like available right now. Hey
how John Collins count as a big as Markus Moore senior as value falling that
far that that can be the anchor click of Pella would kind of be fun,
but you just you just paid Zubos such a modest amount. I'm curious
as to who you go after now. It's not going to be like a
Mason Plumley type player. Dallas Again, if they wanted Powell, they could
do something. I wouldn't want Powell. I'd want Kleiba, who Dallas is
absolutely not going to trade. Denver does not have bigs to spare. I
guess Detroit, if you want Kelly Olynic, I'm just going through off the
top of my head right now, So anyone can feel free to add big
man targets for the Clippers, or if you have questions about something else,
hit us in the chizz ats. Kelly Olynick doesn't do it for me.
Houston isn't really sitting on any expendable bigs at the moment. They already traded
Christian would be already mentioned Miles Turner from India. I'd just be surprised if
the Clippers have the juice to get someone like that. There's no real big
to spare in Memphis, and especially after Jaren Jackson Junior injuring his foot and
out the next four to six months, you're keeping Steven Adams around and that's
not even a Clippers type player. Brook Lopez could be one. That's one
I didn't consider. If you're out there retro, what do you think about
brook Lopez for either Kenard or Marcus Moore Senior. Kenard is definitely strops.
You want you want Tyce uh look Dale Tysons Celtic lengend and always plays really
good there except for in certain playoff matchups. But brook Lopez could be interesting
for LAC on that ipiring contract. I don't know if Milwaukee would want Luconard.
I think he's probably a more valuable player at this point than Grayson Allen,
But like I'm not sure that you're allowed to have Grayson Allen and Luconard
on the same team. I just I really don't think that's that's loud.
And if you're using Marcus Morris Senior is sort of the anchor there, I
feel like I might want more than brook Lopez, unless you just like the
idea of getting out from the final year of Marcus Morris's contract, because it
is a do you do George Hill and brook Lopez for Marcus Morris Senior?
I'm not just set. Like maybe George Hill has sort of like a rejuvenation
and in LAC. I would I would think about it if I'm if I'm
the Clippers there, but that might be the sort of the ceiling on the
big you can acquire. I'm gonna just rule out Daniel tie something behalf of
everyone, although thank you Strops for for that. I love. I don't
know why they would. I mean, I guess I could see it,
but like Luke Kenard for Larry Nance, I'm with the and I guess another
salary would have to come out or the Clippers willing to eat Garrett Temple.
You can even use Marcus Morris Senior if New Orleans wanted him. Is sort
of when you do downsize design at the five, Marcus Morris Senior or in
the front court, whatever you want to say. It is Marcus Moore Senior
and Zion might make a touch more sense than Larry Nansen Zion just because Marcus
Moore Senior is going to be a higher volume shooter. That could be something.
And I love the idea of Larry Nansen in LAC. I'm gonna pat
myself on the back for that one. I just don't know if New Orleans
be interested, but the Clippers are certainly contact down Detroit By the way,
I forgot they have Neurlands no well, and so can the Clippers work out
something with that That might be something for them to consider. Just those are
some big ste Keep in mind Obama's even off the market. I was surprised
he went back to Orlando there, but I guess they're worried about Johnathan Isaac's
health. And Ben Carroll can play the four. And also Obamba played a
ship ton of minutes, like even more than a ship ton of minutes with
with Oh my god, Wendell Carter Junior is what is going on with me
right now? Rashaun Holmes for the Clippers, I wonder if that's something that
could work. Luke Knard for Rashaun Holmes doesn't make as much sense because I
liked the Sacramento King signing. I think they're like kind of an early winner,
or at least didn't do anything wrong during the start of free agency.
The two year deal from a league monk, just from pure shooting and scoring.
I think they need that type of a player alongside the more so all
dominant Thomas A. Bonus and Darn Fox, So I like that. Maybe
they would want Marcus Sports Senior. You can play him Barnes and King Murray
together. I think maybe it's you could definitely play two of them together.
I would say, which, you know, there's the wing depth. So
if that's sort of the basis of a deal, I wouldn't mind that.
Do you want Rashawn Holmes under contract for for a while? If if you
have Zobots under contract, you're paying the two of them combined sub twenty five
million? Food for thought there, and I think I'm I'm out of bigs
at the moment. Jaka Purdle, I just don't know what you're giving the
Spurs to get him. And of course there's Rudy Gobert if you're looking to
do that. But some free agent targets to consider might be like a Thomas
Bryant type guy, or, like I said, Georgie Jang, maybe in
the chat, Thomas Colin Sexton to the MAVs. It would have to be
a sign and trade. I don't know what Cleveland would want from Dallas,
and basier compensation would make that incredibly difficult, depending on what Sexton's new number
winds up at. And so you look at Dallas and I think you would
need Cleveland or really like I don't even know what they would need to really
like or you want to give a bullock in that deal, like just as
a wing. Maybe you are, but that's not going to be enough,
and you can't trade a first round pick to twenty twenty five. And I
don't know if I like the idea of moving a first round pick for Colin
Sexton. If I'm Dallas, I think they fucked up. But you do
have Spencer Dinwoody and Luca don Chich there can you get like can you either
like strike gold somewhere else or maybe there's a different type of trade. Maybe
you're relying on Tim Hardaway Junior for just a touch more creation next season.
I like the idea of Colin Sexton and Dallas let me get that. Let
me make that clear. I just don't know if it's bullock salary. Like
ever, however, you're making this worse And then at twenty twenty five first
are you doing that? If you're Cleveland, Dallas, I don't know.
You might have a better shot right now at getting Carris Lavert on his expiring
contract working something out that way, But again, what is Cleveland could use
wings? And so if it's something sort of built around Bullock and fill do
they consider it. But Bullock is so so valuable to what Dallas does.
He and Dorian Phinny Smith both And if you're you know, if you're gonna
turn Brunson into a sign and trade, you're probably not getting like are you
trying to get Derek Rose from the Knicks at that point? Is that something
that you could still explore. I don't think the Knicks are gonna want to
help you when they own your twenty twenty three first round pick. That would
be something else to consider as well. Sexton would be a good fit in
Dallas, And I mean it's kind of interesting that like a contract wasn't announced
on his part because there's not like this huge market of cap space still,
so he and zach Lavine not being announced. That was interesting. And yeah,
speaking of my god, the Bulls, I don't have a problem with
any of the moves that they made, but like Gallo and Andre Drummond,
who was really good last year is a backup center mostly in Philly but in
Brooklyn had some moments as well. It's fine, the numbers they're at are
fine, but like this is your move and then yeah, okay, you're
bringing back You're bringing back zach Lavine. So that's like, that's great,
that's awesome. We it hasn't been announced it, but we know what's going
to happen. But like those are the moves. So and Will gaunt Leave
had put this on Twitter that he estimates that with Gallo and with Gallo and
Andre Drummond, they're gonna come in at just under the non tax payamid level
exception. And they did it that way because it helps them like stay under
the tax in general. And look, I get it, well, like,
actually I don't get it. It's my point, and I just you
should want to spend on this team, is actually my point. And the
fact that you're not, what does that say that you make this all in
trade for Vouch, you go after Demard Rose and expend assets for that.
You miss on the D I think you, I mean, you didn't draft
Tyrese Halibert and who a lot of people were clamoring for them to take.
But Patrick Williams is still sort of this mystery box. Cody kolbe White has
not panned out. And so now you'll or in this weird limbo to where
oh look, Kevin Durants on the trade market. But you can't come within
like a ninety foot poll of even fielding a reasonable offer for him, just
because the asset based you have in place isn't great. And I mean I
would assume most good. Patrick Williams is still intriguing, but like you don't
have all these you oh, you're twenty twenty five first already, so you
could move others, but like they're not going to be interesting compared to other
teams's best office just there's plenty of free agency left. These are reflective reactions
after day one. I just I don't I am find myself unimpressed, uninspired,
whichever move you want to use to describe the Bulls. And they still
have like so many needs, as in they need a I mean, let's
let's call Andre Grumman a backup rim protector, like that's that's fine, or
rim protector all because Booch is not a rim protector. I just don't you
know, awesome, do you have more more defense, because I think you
need more of that for them. I think they could use like Andre dump
is not the best room protector, he's a great he's a great rebounder.
They could use another rom protector. You also have two of like the most
defensively limited fives at this point, and not that you were more versatile last
year. There needs to be some more malleability and for their centers to move
versatility on the defensive end. So it's just I don't know, I and
you still kind of like I guess if Lonzo and Caruso are healthy of Iota
soon Moon, if Patrick Williams is healthy, you theoretically have enough wing defense.
I just really feel like the Bulls are in this blow direction all of
a sudden after starting the year so great. But maybe I'm just underestimating the
impact of a healthy Lonzo and Caruso and what this team could could look like
at full strength. But that's another deem that I would not be inspired by.
Let's get the more discord comments Lonnie Walker to the Lakers strops and said
that I thought getting him at the minimon level was a not a coup for
the Lakers, But I like the of making that swing. There are more
layers to his game that deserve exploration. Will Lakers let him plumb those?
If they're gonna monitor Russ's minutes, maybe we're get rid of Russ entirely.
Of Kyrie is there? Maybe not Lonnie Walker, j Lonni Walker, jure.
Lonnie Walker with the four can do a lot of shit with the ball
in his hands, and he's shown like stretches of good defense, never put
it together a ton and even the same thing with a shot selection is shot
making, even something's finishing around the basket. He can do a lot of
it. It's just never been a package that has come together all at once
and for a protracted period of time. I think this past season, to
close the year, after the trade deadline or whatever it was, that's the
closest he came to really figuring it all out. And so the Lakers could
be potentially getting a nice little signing there, and they lose Molikue Monk,
which hurts. I like the want to Sconno Anderson signing. I'm already scheduling
tweets calling for the Lakers to play him more. Damien Jones had some nice
offensive moments last year, and that's I guess. Look, it's an interesting
flyer, and it proves like you didn't go out there and spend your man
even level on another big making it think that you were going to try and
shoehorn them into lineup with Anthony Davis, so that's sort of fun. Troy
Brown Junior, nice flyer. I can't remember who tweeted this, I'm sorry.
I think it was Alex Kennedy that Troy Brown Junior and Lonnie Walker the
fourth or best friends or something and now on the same team. It's it
was Troy Brown Junior and someone whatever that's whatever it is. That was fucking
cool. They were fine, But I do I mentioned this before with the
Kings, I really like them picking up Molique Monk and that felt like just
a even if you want to call it a home run signing, it's a
very sensible sign signing Tim mick C twenty two. Anyone else wants to see
OKAYC throw five first in for Durant then use their other thirteen future draft picks
to turn their bolster into a contender. I'll laugh if that happened. I
don't know what the Thunders pathway is to doing that, just because the only
reasonable salary matching tool they have in any Kevin Durant trade is Shay Gilders Alexander,
and I don't want to see them trade Jay Guilders Alexander. Presumably he
would be part of the reason that Kevin Durant wants to complay there in the
first place. And just for anyone who doesn't know or is wondering, as
of tonight day, no longer have cap space. I won their cap space
from last season. It's gone, it's over with, it's could put.
They're operating as and over on the cap team. So no, I don't
actually view them as this realistic Kevin Durant destination, although I find it absolutely
hysterical that that would be on the table. There any other teams that sort
of stand out to me at this point, Washington has a lot of guards
on the roster. All of a sudden, they sign de lawn Wright to
a two year deal basically at the at the mid level or really really around
there. At this point, I'm fine with that. But now you have
so, you have de lawn Right, you have Monte Morris, you have
will Barton. Bradley Beale's back on his max extension. We knew that was
going to happen, and Zach Low made this point in ESPN. I think
it was a good one. Also, Anthony gil bringing him back probably just
smart when you're looking at the makeup of their roster. They've been pretty smart
with sort of balancing out their roster the past two seasons. I'll say post
Russell Westbrook trade is the best way to phrase it. There. So made
a great point that we need to frame this as, Look, it's a
win for badleybial he wants to be in Washington and the five year, quarter
billion dollars deal good good for him, and he might still get moved on
it if things work out in Washington. And I said this on another podcast,
I think the Wizards are way more flexible than people give him credit for
just looking at some of the No, there's no co stars there. There's
probably limited upside depending on how you feel about Christaps Porzingia. I think Denny
Abdi is actually the hight upside player on this roster. Love him and would
like to see him get more ball handling responsibility. Doesn't seem like it's gonna
go that way with Barton Morris and now Delan right there. But they have
some defense, they have some offense, some extra ball handling that's what they
needed, and we need to frame this as the Wizards did miss the boat.
This is Zach Low saying this on Trading Bradley Beal when his value was
at an all time high. That is, I can't. I'm gonna put
this on the thing to see if one round left is are you actually applauding
the Utah Jazz here one round left? I'm just curious. I'm not gonna
troll you or anything. I'm just just very curious. I back to the
win. So, yeah, they could have peelsa down season next year.
They're taking a risk here. Good for Bradley Beal, and he wants it
if he wants to stay with the Wizards. He's willing to stay with the
Wizards through what's a non contender, But they're trying to build themselves up.
I haven't wish it with that for him. It's the Wizards. If I
were them, I probably would have moved him already, but I'm not in
charge of an NBA team. Probably for certain reasons, I would have blown
up a lot of different situations. I like the moves that they made on
their face, though I think there probably needs to be just like some reshuffling
at some point, especially when you're looking at how many expiring or short term
contracts they have. But that also keeps them fluid and flexible. I would
not if you've forced me to choose, I do not think the lawn right.
Monty Morris and Will Barton and Kyle Kuzma all finished this season on this
team. If if I was really if you cared what I thought there and
was forced to choose Vidraldipa went back to Miami on a one year, eleven
million dollars deal. That was fine. Speaking of the heat, they are
going to be linked to the Kevin Durant sweepstakes. But we have to mention
the Sixers now who signed PJ. Tucker to a three year and I have
not seen any reporting on like what the guarantees are with this, but they
sign him to a three year, thirty three point three million dollars deal,
I would imagine that there has to be some like loose guarantees on the back
end of that. It's everything I've seen is that it's not seen, but
it has not been reported that I've seen as partially guaranteed or anything. It's
a lot to pay PJ. Tucker over the next three years, but he's
a great addition of Philly can place him backup five also, just alongside Joel
Embiid Daniel House at the bi annual exception. He closed the year strong with
Utah. That's a loss for Utah. By the way, they didn't just
lose Royce O'Neil today. They lost Royce O'Neil and Daniel House. They're two
most important for their defenders. That is just it's not great, and I
just I'm curious is to know what direction they're headed in now. Also,
what Philly, What Philly did? Excuse me? They let DeAndre Jordan go
to Denver, so shout out to them. Actually, we should talk about
that with the Nuggets really quickly. We'll get to that next. But James
Harness the other story, the reports where that he's not going to broker his
contract with them until the weekend. Maybe they're just trying to see how much
much of a pay cut they need him to take, and they still have
salary dumps that they could make to alleviate how much that is. Unless you're
moving to Bias Harris at this point and shaving a boatload, he's probably looking
at Jake Fisher had said thirty four to thirty five million per year. This
was Wednesday night. I think Mark Steynet said around the thirty million dollars per
year mark. That's a huge pay cut. By the way, I'm not
James hark got a forty seven point four million dollars player off. If he
signed for like thirty million dollars, thirty three million dollars whatever, that's a
huge pay cut. And talk about in about face. He all of a
sudden probably becomes a universal protagonist. I'm not saying players need to take pay
cuts. I'm never advocating for that. If that's what he wanted to do,
go go go for him, like, good for him. But James
Harne is in shape per the reports. I know it's the off season,
but he's working out harder and sooner than he normally does over the off season.
That's a w He's going to take a massive pay cut. And he
still ran away from Kyrie Irving and the Nets before they completely combusted. James
Harden universal protagonist all of a sudden. No matter how you feel about James
Hardon, just super super smart. And I'm reiterating the comments in the chat
for the people who are listening to this as a podcast. Strop says,
Darryl is turning us into the eighteen nineteen Rockets, and I don't hate it.
Yes, I don't think that was the team. Was that the team
at miss twenty seven straight threes? Though? No, that wasn't or was
it? But they need to complete it. By the way, we need
to get Luke bab Mute in there. Where's Trevor Rees's camp deal. I
don't know if Ryan Arison was on that team two or started the year on
that team or whatever. They and they were reportedly in the mix for Eric
Gordon. If there's compensation they can give up to where the Rockets are sending
out Eric Gordon somebody else for to Bias and maybe the Sixers are saving enough
money to where it minimizes James Hardon's pay cut. All I'm saying is if
James harden is in shape and takes like a ten to fifteen million dollars pay
cut, Jesus Christ, I just you know, wow, that would just
totally shock me. So the Sixers had a I don't know, bucket row
holiday bring back NNA. Yeah, you gotta do it, and you have
to do it on an illegal contract at first that you then revise later.
So that has to be the order of operations here. I don't look.
I love PJ. Tucker. Next year, specifically that Neil is going to
have some risk attached to it. At the tail on their off season doesn't
feel like it's done though, we do probably need to talk excuse me,
we do need to talk about the Nuggets there. I went over the trade
for KCP and Ish Smith in a previous podcast. To go check that out.
It's on YouTube, it's in our podcast feed. But finding DeAndre Jordan
is like kind of a red flag here for me, and it shows like
right now they're still below the apron they still have and they extended Nikoleokich.
Good for them, they paid him. They've never necessarily skimped on players,
just basketball exacts. But between dumping Jamichael Green and they did add a first
round pick as part of that, but they also dumped one down the future
and it was the number thirty pick. But you dumped ja Michael Green and
the Monte Morris Will Barton deal works because Bones high Land emerged and you are
banking on I'm not a huge fan of Ish Schmith, Like, if you
want someone to get up and run, there's that's fine for them to use.
But it works because you're banking on Murray and Porter Junior being healthy.
And then just also having Bones Highland step into a bigger role. It's not
like, oh, they got a lot better. I think KCP is the
best defender in that entire trade by a wide margin. And now he's gonna
limit the time Aaron Gordon needs to spend at the point of attack. And
I also I will point out signing age thirty four year old DeAndre Joran's not
like some ghastly move because you have Nicole Yokich on this roster. Maybe you
trust Zignagi to play some more five. Maybe you would prefer to downsize with
Jeff Green there when Yokich isn't on the court. And we're talking about a
span off between on any given night twelve to like seventeen minutes tops where you're
working without Nicole Yokich on the court. So that's fine. It's you have
these other tools at your disposal you can use to get better. You haven't
used yet. I'm not saying they needed to be used on day one,
But you have the ny MLI and you also have the Jamichael Green trade exception,
which is I don't have my trade exceptions pulled up right now. I
should have, but that's in the eights. I believe will we see them
use this to get the team better or is this going to be? Is
this going to be what they do? They signed DeAndre Jordan, I still
think you might have been able to do better than DeAndre jordan Is? Is
this sound whiteside? Not better than DeAndre jordan Is? Just like I don't
like. I'm just he looked cooked. What's going on is knock Beimbo?
Does he have a better offer from Phoenix? He would have even made some
some more sense there. And what's going on with Boogie? Like did he
have a bigger market that you didn't bring him back? When Michael Malone is
there. I'm the Nuggets are still really good and I think they should be
a dark horse Kevin Durant destination. If I want to be like basketball hipster
here, I would throw Highland Murray MPJ and then they are very limited in
what picks they could throw out there in the future. But every pick possible,
which I think at this point is twenty twenty nine pick. Yes,
it is only a twenty twenty nine pick. I would just see, like
if if that's something Brooklyn mikes or is there three and four teen framework where
other teams want the players. In the chat, we have mc vide saying
Memphis nes to trade for Durant. I would love that fit as well.
Who are you trading for Durant? Though Jarret Jackson Junior was injured, I
will be out four to six months. I don't think they move them anyway.
Your is your offer, just Desmond Baine, Zayer Williams. You can
have any of the rookies that they just drafted, whether it's David Roddy or
Jake la Ravia. So those four guys specifically, even Brandon Clark. You
have Steven Adams to help you with salary matching. Even Dylan Brooks if if
Brooklyn wants him. So what you're essentially saying, let me get through this
any player on Memphis roster, any combination of players except for John Morant who
was extended anyway, and now Jaron Jackson Junior, and then just as many
picks as it takes, is that you know. And I think Desmond Baine
and all your rooms would definitely be part of that deal. I'd probably do
if i'm mc grizzlies. But I'm just curious as to whether the nets would
view that as an adequate haul. We're an unprecedented four picks Brooks and Adams.
I don't all four picks meaning the past two rookies mcfeedy or just four
picks in general plus Brooks and Adams. Either way, I don't think it
gets it. You're not getting that deal done without including I'll I know,
I won't say that. I'd be floored, bordering on flabbergasted if the Grizzlies
traded for Kevin Durant and it didn't cost them Desmond bane and or Zayer Williams
in addition to a ship ton of of draft picks, though, so a
fun Kevin Durant's nation for sure, though we did get into those on the
previous pods. Or check our YouTube feed or our podcast feed if you're if
you're feeling a little spunky there So Denver, I'm just still hot, like
they have Yokich Aaron Gordon. If they're gonna be healthy, you still can
and should be high on them. I just remain skeptical if this is they're
gonna be stingy before they just continue to get expensive. I'm just it's not
that I'm not I'm not down on them. We need to see the rest
of the off season. But I this is a referendum on how committed they
are to really going for it. To me, when you're looking at the
trade exception the mini mL and you can use them throughout the season, I
would you the mini mL E is never really gonna help you in the middle
of the year. The Bulls are probably kicking themselves or part like the PI
annual on Tristan Thompson's that they can't do that. Use it now this summer
anyway. Digressing they are shitting all over the Bulls for no reason or I
feel like that was a justified reason. AnyWho. The Nuggets with that,
I'd like to see them use the mini emily based on certain players that are
still going to be out there or they have through the middle of the season.
They can use that traded player exception. That thing doesn't expire for roughly
forever. Based on how late that they traded Jamichael Green, any other teams
to talk about. If anyone's really in the chat and wants to get to
them, I feel like we hit really all the biggies. I'll look at
some of these different signings really quick. That that went through just a lot.
There's a lot more action at the beginning, and then it's worth tapered
off. Oh Anthony Simon, Oh yeah, two, I wanted to hit
upon for sure. Actually three teams. Now here we go really quickly.
Anthony Simon's back to Portland four years, one hundred million dollars. Looks like
it might be all guaranteed. Maybe there's a player option at the end.
I'm fine his off the dribble shop making, and I think he improved as
a passing decision maker even if he's not making. It's Alex That's exactly who
I was thinking of. But we'll get to them after the Blazers very quickly.
Thank you for reminding me, though, because this was one of my
favorite sign. I's gonna put it up on the screen. Holy shit,
but Portland really quick. I wasn't prepared to love their off season as much
as I do. Gary Payton is second, possibly going to Portland for like
eight million dollars a year, which would be most of the non tax player
of mid level exception. That'd be a very weird number to be left over
unless there's a player that you're going to use with the rest of it.
Is it a little under eight and it just averages out to eight. Who
knows, but they should still have the bi annual as well. That's a
team that can do things. I like, I'm okay with a Sigmon's contract,
and it's just different because he gives you just more pop than a CJ.
McCullum, not as he's like Norman Powell and CJ. McCullum, certain
elements of them blended into one and then a worst passer I would say at
this stage than CJ. McCullum. But his off the dribble shop making is
just more polarizing, and I think a good, good way. And then
they've they've already gotten Jeremy Grant the shade and sharp. They're they're kind of
flexible. Eric Bletzo is still on the books. They have until let me
double check this here, four days after. Oh, they have plenty of
time. So he's three point Eric Bletso I'm all over the place right now,
nineteen point four million dollars salary, three point nine of which is currently
guaranteed. They have the option of guaranteeing that, sort of using him as
this walking trade exception. I predicted they would do something exactly like that.
I just thought it was going to be resigning Joe Ingles, who is now
Milwaukee Again. We'll get to that. So I would look for them to
maybe do that if they wanted to make some sort of a trade. Otherwise,
at this point, it's housekeeping. You guarantee Josh Hart's deal, you
bring back use of Nourich. Everyone expects that. I think I saw a
report that was gonna between fifteen and seventeen million a year, even though there's
been no agreement yet, so we'll have to wait and see on that.
But I like what the Blazers are doing. And while they would be under
size, if they went like like, they wouldn't even be under size.
But you could play pay Simons and Lillard together like Peyton has that type of
defensive versatility, and I would do this. I can already hear. We
have a take podcast terribone based rolling your eyes at me saying there needs to
be a small ball lineup of Grant Heart, Gary Payton a second, if
he's there, Anthony Simons, and Damian Lillard. I need to see it.
She probably just vomited a little bit. She's not even listening to this,
but she's she's definitely gonna like her ears must be must be melting or
something off. As I'm saying this. Beyond that, the Bucks, they
did some stuff, and a lot of the stuff I liked. Bring back
West Matthews huge, huge for them in the playoffs last year. Two huge
we didn't get to eat and yet Paul we can though huge for for Milwaukee.
I would argue too huge. We have this conversation in the podcasts,
like the responsibility he was shouldering was unfair. Chris Middleton's healthy, that's different.
Javon Carter played a nice role for them. He was better than George
Hill. And like I said, look, if Alex is here, I
don't know if you've been here the whole time. I proposed the Brook Lopez
and George Hill, Marcus Morris Senior, and I want to know what you
think about that. I didn't hear from the one Clippers fan that I knew
was in here previously, So anyone let me know they feel about that trade
proposal. So I like bringing back to Javon Carter and Wesley Matthews. I
am love the Ingles signing. Who knows when he's ready. The Bucks are
like they're gonna be fine in the regular season, no matter what they could
have done. Nothing. Let Bobby Porters go and you have you, honest,
and Chris Middleton and Ju Holiday, if they're healthy, they're fine.
I'm still waiting for a Pat Connaton extension, by the way, because he
absolutely positively would have gotten more than five and change in this market. I
think he would have gotten the fullman level. So I'm expecting him to get
a four year extension that averages out to like sixty plus million over those four
years for a total of maybe like seventy million. I'm just I'm hot,
like math in my head right now based off what they could offer him the
max of what they could offer him over five years, and that's clearly greater
than the net sum that they can that they could have gotten. So I
liked all those I don't know how to feel about the Bobby Porters steal.
I just I guess four and fifty. Basically for him, that's fine.
He does bring like there's an element to him that's super important to this team,
and especially as Brook Lopez continues to age and you don't want to get
to the downsize E Jhannest lineups. And also when you do like Bobby Portis
is a part of that. You're not necessarily downsizing so much as it's Portis
and Jannis in your front court. Then you downsize if you have PJ.
Tucker, which they do not anymore. It's just a lot, Like it's
just a lot for someone when I think is better as a switch defender than
he gets credit for. But I think both that and his defense overall can
be more of a problem in the playoffs. That being said, and yeah,
Alex, I would agree with you that they put back up Biggs or
like, you know, unless they're unless they're Bobby Portis. Look, here's
my thing. You don't give multi You wouldn't give multi years to PJ.
Tucker, but let's go give multi years to Javan McGee. I didn't understand
that Buck's interest in him. Dallas ended up giving him a deal that I
don't understand either. So, yeah, if you move Brooke, you need
another center. But uh, there are there are cheap They're They're always going
to be cheap centers on the market. It's they're not None of them are
gonna be Brook Lopez defensively or even offensively. But Bigg's you know, Bismack
Biyombo still hasn't been signed. You could consider bringing back Sir Debacca. I
don't you know, was not great. What does Thomas Bryant go for?
Do you have a reunion with Robin Lopez after you trade his brother? He
would actually probably love that. Dwight Howard, Gorgie Jang. I don't like
any of these centers more than the idea of Brook Lopez, but Marcus Moore
Senior I feel like would be a great fit for this roster. So I
don't have a problem with Milwaukee that I mostly like it. The Bobby Porters
contract is just one I'm gonna be montering and maybe I'm too low on him.
Deadman is already going back to Miami Paul in the chat, but yes,
he actually would have been spectacular for them as well. So the Ingles
though specifically that is just a perfect signing his secondary playmaking, and they're the
Bucks can tread water until he comes back and he is. Look, he
was all over the place this season, but he is one of the best
shooters in the league. Like over the past six years, whatever it's been,
he's been one of the most accurate three point shooters. He can dribble
in to some of them. He gives you the tertiary pick and role playmaking
if you want. You could see him envisioning running two man game with Jannis
if you really needed to, depending on the lineup structure that's out there.
Loved the Joe Ingles signing. It is just absolutely perfect. I don't think
he's like, you're not gonna play him Middleton, Drew Jannis and then another
small like let's say Content or Wesley Matthews in that slot. Not something I
would necessarily try too often. But the Angles signing just a home run there.
And I love that it was announced by Renee Angles. I thought that
was I thought that was pretty fucking cool too. Okay, see, I
wanted to talk about it. I can't believe we weren't closer to the top.
This wasn't closer to the top. Lu Dort comes back on a five
year, eighty seven point five million dollar deal. I'm fine with it.
Seventeen point five million on average. And now, unless there are options we
don't know about or non guarantees, you have him in Shay just locked up
for the next five years, and then you have Chet home Grin. We
know they also have used Usman Gang excuse me. They have both Jail and
Williams. Is so like they are built to do so many different things at
this point, like be big defensively and long defensively. They still have some
other just like intriguing flyers, like what is Darius Basilely on offense? You're
still trying to figure out. But he can be moved around defensively. Jeremiah
Robinson are always intriguing. Last year, I remained low around Josh Giddy.
Then the consensus Aaron Wiggins, the rim pressure he provides. So they just
have a bunch of flyers. They need to consolidate the roster a little bit,
like legally, because they have just too many roster spots taken up.
I think for the defense that lu Dort provides, and he's gonna give you
some really just hard nosed rim pressure. Polk who he's like, yeah,
look, one of my favorite members of that team, who I think is
going to be really good. I was sold all the way on him after
last season. So Polke, who is gonna be absolutely great? Thanks for
reminding me on that, Paul. I do believe that Dort is closer to
market value here than an overpay. You also have to take in that like
he was on what had become known as the Sam Hainky Special, basically where
his price tag, which is so repressed based off how he came into the
league, latched on signs that longer term deal. I was almost surprised the
Thunder went to decline the team option route the way that the Rockets did with
Tate. And we can talk about that for sure. Yeah, Poku chat,
let's go, Paul. Yeah, I want to see that front court
and let's make sure that Shay is on the floor as well for that.
But I think it's fine, Like, yeah, you wanted him to shoot
better on threes, but he still takes threes. And again, like there's
some just like put the ball on the floor and just get like barrel through
the defense type style from him, and just based off the defensive value he
provides to you. And you know that it scales at this point to a
playoff setting, I'm totally okay with it. And look, based off your
timeline, like it's gonna be two or three years before this really becomes a
problem. You're either gonna be looking at paying some of the other guys you
just drafted or trying to acquire bigger names, and at that point, if
the deal doesn't necessarily pan out, there's it's short enough left or a little
bit enough of it left where it's not that much of a problem to me.
So I don't have an issue with it. If anything, I'm happy
that And they might have been paying like the Hey, this dude was underpaid
for so long, Like we're paying a little bit of a tax here.
That's fine as well. The Rockets also did that with Jay Shawn Tate much
a much smaller deal, mind you, three years, twenty two million.
Another guy you wish could shoot the ball a little bit better, but he
gives you some He has more directionality than off the dribble, and it's not
as much just like pulling a China shop stuff. But his defense is huge
for them, and he is probably, you know, just based off their
roster, like he's gonna be of the non point guard guys, he's one
of the better. Just put the ball in his hands, not create from
scratch, but just trust him with it. I like that too. I
think it's fine. And you're at a point early in your development where this
contract doesn't hamstring you, like you're probably not gonna be good at or trying
to be very good at any point over the next three years. Certainly not
next year, and probably not the year after, and by that point it's
in expiring deal. It's also a number that if you need to start matching
and step laddering salary to make a bigger acquisition, you're going to be perfectly
fine there. So another deal I don't have an issue with. There was
much. I had an issue within day one. I think one of the
only things we didn't really touch on was what the the Raptors did. Excuse
me, so I thought we were gonna get maybe a Fred van Fleet announcement.
I know Pascal Siakam wasn't eligible until October anyway, so that wasn't if
there was going to be an extension, that wasn't necessarily going to be a
thing anyway. You bring back that he is young, two year, sixteen
million, fine, Chris Bouchet getting the bag. We love Chris Bouchet around
these parts. Three years, thirty five point three, that's fine. I
also don't think the Raptors need to get a big and I think a lot
of people will just argue that the reason they don't need a big Raptors fans,
excuse me, argue they don't need a big because when you look at
their roster, who who is just all on it right now? Can we
can we name him? His name is escaping me at the moment, and
for some reason, like I can't really figure it out. Oh my god,
why am I blanking on this Raptor guy's name? Someone in the chat
tell me I don't know why. He is slipping in my mind right now.
This is an all time live bringing fart draft number thirty three. My
death chart won't load. Someone come, someone comes, save me here.
This is just this is just terrible live podcasting. Anyway. I didn't think
the Raptors needed a big to begin with. Their fan base is incredibly high
on Christian Coloco. Oh my god, I feel like a fucking idiot.
I'm tired, it's late. Please forgive me just between Bouche, the minutes
that you could use with Daddy is young. At the five you have Pascal
Siakam as well in Precious to Chewa, not to mention Ken Birch, the
big man stuff. Yeah, Strops, where were you like five seconds ago?
Not Birch though he was down year Burch wasn't that good. But I
liked the Birch but thank you, Strap's coming in. Maybe there's a delay
a little bit late since I'm getting those things. I liked the Chris Bouche
deal because I love Chris Bouchet, and I think that Daddy is young is
fine. I also believe what's important. I don't like viewing contracts in these
terms, but Toronto specifically, like your best salary matching tools were all of
what you would consider your core players, Pascal Siakam, Fred vanfleet O,
Gianna Nobi. If you want to Luke, Garret Trent Junior in there,
now you have some of these mid end salaries going into next season that aren't
Scotty Barns like a Cruche and addition to Kenberg and Baddish Young. If you
want to make a move, you can step ladder with those contracts. So
I don't have an issue with that. I believe we like went through everything
here, though I don't know what signings. We talked about the Clippers.
We talked about the Magic and Bomba. I watched poetic about Coffee. The
Victor Ladipo deal was fine. We went way to in depth on the Bulls
Detroit. I liked the flyer on Kevin Knox that was that was a good
one. I still think that he just I'm not saying he necessarily deserved playing
time, but like the Knicks specifically, we're in a situation to give him
more a longer rope, and the fact that they didn't is just like,
oh, okay, uh why, But that is an interesting flyer from them.
I don't think I missed any other deal. I think we covered every
single deal in this podcast, right down to what we will now Devon Reid
resigning with the Nuggets two years, four point one million dollars, and I
have the guilt to Washington traveling Queen goes to goes to Philly from Houston.
Okay, yeah, we hit it all, so we have to watch out
with the Kevin Durant sweepstakes, I'm still puzzled by what they're doing keeping Nicks
Claxton. We did talk about it that at the top. Alex I did
not like the Marvin Bagley deal. Just to reiterate, fully guaranteed for at
thirty seven millions for both sides. And you have Jalen Duran, Kelly Olenick,
now Neurland's Noel I guess what is this? And I wouldn't play Marvin
Backley the third heavy minutes of the four. I want to make that clear.
I guess what you're saving? Grace is here, Kelly Olenicks expiring,
Nolan's Nowell's essentially expiring. Are one of those dudes going to be traded or
both of them? Anyway? I can't forget about Beef stew either, So
it was a curious move. But Marvin Bagley was a great partner, great
with Kate Cunningham at Etts with the Pistons last year. So no, just
massive problem with that. We now wait for what's going on in Brooklyn.
I liked it. They kept Nick Claxton. We talked about this already.
The nets though, were just they're they're gonna implode. So we'll wait on
that. Maybe I'll do another podcast on day two of free agency at some
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