Speaker 1: The trade deadline passed and the seventy Sixers made a move.
Speaker 1: The key addition George Hill Hill. He has shot it
Speaker 1: better than anybody in the NBA. We react to the
Speaker 1: trade and talk about what type of role and fifth
Speaker 1: the veteran could have here. I've never been a big
Speaker 1: factor on starting or coming off the bench. It really
Speaker 1: doesn't matter to me. I just want to compete night
Speaker 1: in the night out, do whatever the team asked me
Speaker 1: to do, and do it at a high level. We
Speaker 1: also take a look at what this deal says about
Speaker 1: the roster and why it was important to keep it
Speaker 1: in tech. I'm I'm Devon Gibbons and I'm Brian Seltzer.
Speaker 1: It's a Friday deep dive this week on a Thursday,
Speaker 1: as we bring you instant reaction to the NBA trade deadline.
Speaker 1: The trade deadline, guys, it happened. I don't know if
Speaker 1: it happened happened, but it happened. Seventy Sixers, the tea
Speaker 1: leaves indicated were active, they were participants. We heard things,
Speaker 1: we saw things reported. But then in the end, I
Speaker 1: think a quality move to deepen the depth at an
Speaker 1: important spot on this roster while keeping the core in place.
Speaker 1: How would you grade this in terms of just the
Speaker 1: pop factor, because I think that's the trade deadline. It's
Speaker 1: one of those ten pole moments of the year right
Speaker 1: where we talk about pop and splash and all that.
Speaker 1: Let's go on the scale of one to five. We'll
Speaker 1: start with you divine splash factor. What would you give
Speaker 1: this trade deadline for the sixers A splash factor for
Speaker 1: the seventy sixers one to five. I definitely have to
Speaker 1: go with a three because I do believe people were
Speaker 1: good with George Hills as an option. So when that happened,
Speaker 1: and it happened relatively early, people were excited it was
Speaker 1: going to be the follow up, as you mentioned, with
Speaker 1: any other names that could have been mixed in there
Speaker 1: as well. So a splash factor I would say three.
Speaker 1: Good player coming into town. Definitely the ball handling, trusting
Speaker 1: him in the playoffs and being that he has experienced
Speaker 1: in the playoffs deep runs to the finals. We know
Speaker 1: who George Hill is, secondary ball handler, someone who can
Speaker 1: take a little bit of a pressure off of Shake
Speaker 1: Milton at times as well. So I like it, and
Speaker 1: I think the splash factor's three and real quickly just
Speaker 1: to put this into context, arn splash, there's gonna be
Speaker 1: a follow up to this. Let's just talk about splash
Speaker 1: on the surface, because I'm gonna then have a follow
Speaker 1: up one to five splash factor. I think I know
Speaker 1: what your follow up is, and I'm more confident about
Speaker 1: my answer there, so I think I'm just gonna go
Speaker 1: follow suit. Give about a three on the splash factor,
Speaker 1: looking forward to getting to know George Hill. I've heard
Speaker 1: he's a great guy. Give it at three. Okay, so
Speaker 1: that's splash. I'm gonna go two on the splash scale.
Speaker 1: But now, what about the impact factor? The impact on
Speaker 1: this team splash an impact different reverse order, Lauren, your
Speaker 1: impact grade ranking, what would you give it? One to five?
Speaker 1: I don't know if my man answering the question the
Speaker 1: way you want me to, but I think the impact
Speaker 1: of the lack of a bigger move might get a
Speaker 1: higher score on my impact scale. So to me, the
Speaker 1: overall impact on what happened today to me is about
Speaker 1: a four and a half. Today is in Thursday, it's
Speaker 1: about a four and a half because I think the
Speaker 1: doubling down on the existing roster, the faith that today's
Speaker 1: moves and lack of moves showed in the existing roster,
Speaker 1: in the existing chemistry, and the exist the status quo
Speaker 1: of this team is believed in by the people in charge,
Speaker 1: and it's a vote of confidence for these guys to
Speaker 1: keep doing what they're doing and to continue growing in
Speaker 1: the direction that they're growing. And to me, I almost
Speaker 1: feel heartened by the lack of extra moves because it
Speaker 1: shows how much confidence this organization has in the team
Speaker 1: that they've put together. Okay, well, I think that I
Speaker 1: think that's the correct answer to it, just understanding that
Speaker 1: the importance end of what he brings to the team
Speaker 1: with the experience, the fact that to your point, Lauren,
Speaker 1: that they do trust the players that are there, and
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, for me, no matter
Speaker 1: the name value, the splash factor, even if it was
Speaker 1: a five with another player that didn't end up here,
Speaker 1: I think the splash really comes to Joel emb Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: and Tobias Harris. That's where I always felt it relied
Speaker 1: on those three, specifically the other two and Simmons MB
Speaker 1: because of while there are the three core players for
Speaker 1: this team, the foundation started with them and we've seen
Speaker 1: them in the playoffs longer than Tobias Harris with those
Speaker 1: two players, and then everyone else just mixed them with
Speaker 1: Curry and Green and the rest of the rotation that
Speaker 1: you have. But when it all came down to it,
Speaker 1: for me, it was about the two All Stars, the
Speaker 1: two Oil NBA players, all defensive level players. So for me, again,
Speaker 1: I'm with you, Lauren where I go with the four,
Speaker 1: But it's simply because of the importance of those two
Speaker 1: those three I don't want to leave to buy us
Speaker 1: out and what they do in the second half and
Speaker 1: certainly in the postseason for this basketball team. So that's
Speaker 1: my answer. Sets I hope I answered that as well. Now,
Speaker 1: both of you doing terrific jobs getting the heart of
Speaker 1: these two questions. I do think the move makes the
Speaker 1: team better for sure. I like George Hill. He's a
Speaker 1: guy who's been around. He's one hasn't won a title,
Speaker 1: He's been to playoff runs in each of his seasons
Speaker 1: in the league except for one. So I like the
Speaker 1: move and I think it helps out in the spot
Speaker 1: where the seventy sixers need help. I'd probably put it like, yeah,
Speaker 1: four point five, four point six seven, something like that.
Speaker 1: But there's two parts of the conversation and we're not
Speaker 1: trying to overlook Ignas pres Dacas, a really high quality
Speaker 1: big at the G League level who the seventy six
Speaker 1: Ers a quality average early twenty one points per game
Speaker 1: and eight rebounds and three assists with Westchester for the
Speaker 1: next last two seasons. The Sixers actually worked him out
Speaker 1: two years ago going into the twenty nineteen draft he
Speaker 1: played for Michigan. But really this conversation centers around Hill
Speaker 1: in the immediate short term future, but it also speaks
Speaker 1: to what the seventy Sixers front office thinks about the
Speaker 1: rest of the roster and the corps. I don't want
Speaker 1: to move on from George Hill just yet. He's a
Speaker 1: guy who's been around for a while. He's I think
Speaker 1: in kind of a Tobias Harris like way. He's bounced
Speaker 1: around between a handful of different teams because he is
Speaker 1: such a quality, dependable and respected player. His defense is solid.
Speaker 1: He was the leader in three point shooting percentage in
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen twenty at forty six percent. We know he
Speaker 1: can hit a three if he needs to. And he's
Speaker 1: just a quality veteran guy. And like you said, divan
Speaker 1: a ball handler. Another one of those is something the
Speaker 1: Sixers needed, and I think this is a guy who's
Speaker 1: been through it. He has experience. He has deep postseason
Speaker 1: experience with the Milwaukee Bucks, most recently going to the
Speaker 1: Eastern Conference Finals not too long ago. So I think
Speaker 1: in many ways, the Sixers did not have to do
Speaker 1: the old proverbial mortgaging of the future while acquiring guy
Speaker 1: who has a proven track record. I like the fact
Speaker 1: that they got some way in the fold now where
Speaker 1: you just believe you can trust them. You can put
Speaker 1: the ball in his hands out there to run a
Speaker 1: unit whenever the situation calls for, whether it's in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, when we're talking about free throws at the
Speaker 1: end of the game, and you may worry about who
Speaker 1: your personnel is. We're not going to go back to
Speaker 1: the NBA Finals where he split the pair that led
Speaker 1: to the of course Jr. Smith infamous gaff. But he's
Speaker 1: the guy who knocks down free throws. He can hit
Speaker 1: his open shots from distance, run a team, and I
Speaker 1: think he commands the respect as well that the players
Speaker 1: trust him. They know who he is. From Milwaukee to
Speaker 1: Cleveland to Indiana. He's always been in the mix, as
Speaker 1: you alluded to, and he is just one of these
Speaker 1: guys that can do it on both ends of the floor.
Speaker 1: It's not all on him, but it is certainly something
Speaker 1: to look at with this team where that trust will
Speaker 1: be there, not just the players the coach. The coach knows,
Speaker 1: the coach has seen him, the coach has played against them,
Speaker 1: he has coached against them. They trust him, and I
Speaker 1: think that's key with what he now brings to this club.
Speaker 1: I like what you say about leadership, Devon, because we
Speaker 1: know that we have a lot of strong leaders on
Speaker 1: the seventy sixers team in guys like Danny Green, Dwight Howard,
Speaker 1: Tobias Harris. Danny Green and George Hill overlapped for a
Speaker 1: few years in San Antonio, so we know that they
Speaker 1: understand each other's vibes and certainly Danny will probably be
Speaker 1: I mean, regardless of who the Sixers would have brought in,
Speaker 1: you imagine Danny Green would be a large part of
Speaker 1: helping them acclimate to the team. But I like the
Speaker 1: fact that the two of them have overlapped, that there
Speaker 1: could be mutual respect there. You mentioned Doctor Vers playing
Speaker 1: against him. He also played for Dave Yeager in Sacramento,
Speaker 1: so it's a cool fit because he has experienced with
Speaker 1: some of the most important players on this team, and
Speaker 1: I look forward to seeing sort of how they all
Speaker 1: reunite together in probably just a few days, right, you
Speaker 1: would have to think and hope, I think something will
Speaker 1: probably learn a little bit more about, at least as
Speaker 1: of the taping of this pod as we react to
Speaker 1: some fresh news. George Hill has not played in the
Speaker 1: game since January twenty fifth. He appeared in the first
Speaker 1: fourteen games of the season for Oklahoma City than he
Speaker 1: had a thumb injury in the beginning of February. And obviously,
Speaker 1: given where Oklahoma City is right now in terms of
Speaker 1: its evolution in this current iteration of its franchise, the
Speaker 1: fact that George Hill didn't play in recent weeks, I
Speaker 1: think that that probably was somewhat linked to where OKAC
Speaker 1: is right now and where OKAC might be trying to
Speaker 1: go in terms of its rebuild. But yeah, you think
Speaker 1: he'd be able to come in. He's a guy who
Speaker 1: gets it, can jump right in the mix, fills a need,
Speaker 1: and I think that listen, this speaks to perhaps the
Speaker 1: even bigger story that I would have to assume that
Speaker 1: within the last couple of weeks, the seventy six Ers
Speaker 1: front office decision makers probably began to believe even more,
Speaker 1: or perhaps their belief was even reinforced that much more
Speaker 1: about what this team is right now. Team has played
Speaker 1: great shorthanded after the All Star break, and I think
Speaker 1: we'd all admit here that the Sixers haven't played in
Speaker 1: terms of caliber opponent the most demanding and rigorous of schedules.
Speaker 1: It's not like game after game after game is against
Speaker 1: a top four seed from either conference, but they're playing
Speaker 1: against teams that are in the hunt for a playoff picture,
Speaker 1: whether it's to move up in their respective conference or
Speaker 1: to get in in one of the play in spots.
Speaker 1: And the Sixers have dominated a lot of these games,
Speaker 1: and they figured out how to do it without either
Speaker 1: Joel Embiide or Ben Simmons. And I think that some
Speaker 1: of these guys who might have called like maybe fringe
Speaker 1: guys that you could count on for the postseason, they're
Speaker 1: showing you more and more the role in need they
Speaker 1: might be able to fill. They're making it work with
Speaker 1: what they have, which is what they've expressed they want
Speaker 1: to do all year and now, of course, without massive
Speaker 1: moves or changes to the roster they're going to get
Speaker 1: to continue making it work with what they have. Tobias
Speaker 1: Harris has talked a lot lately about the winning culture
Speaker 1: that they've set up over the last few months and
Speaker 1: how he really believes in that culture and he believes
Speaker 1: that his teammates believe in that culture. And I think
Speaker 1: because they've all bought into the system that they're playing in,
Speaker 1: they have seen a lot of success regardless of who's
Speaker 1: available or who the opponent is. And I think regardless
Speaker 1: of who they've played or when they've played them, the
Speaker 1: Sixers have had a lot of really big quality wins
Speaker 1: this season as well, regardless of who the opponent is,
Speaker 1: or who's available or who's injured. It's a team that's
Speaker 1: figured out ways to make it work all year long.
Speaker 1: And I just think that that's a great sign. We've
Speaker 1: talked about it a lot, and it continues to be true.
Speaker 1: We have. We have spoken about that quite a bit
Speaker 1: and always talking about those benchmarks, right Lauren, where we
Speaker 1: talk or can they get over the hump here? Can
Speaker 1: they do this one? Here? They they keep being presented
Speaker 1: with all these challenges and they continue to pass them
Speaker 1: and get over those those hurdles that we thought might
Speaker 1: have been there in the past and we've seen maybe
Speaker 1: them failing at it, And in this particular case, we
Speaker 1: are seeing the opposite where they're starting to passing and
Speaker 1: as the winds come. It's always about the winds. If
Speaker 1: the winds continue to pile up, then the confidence just grows.
Speaker 1: And even when you are missing Joel n b as
Speaker 1: important as he is when you miss him, but you
Speaker 1: continue to win in different ways. I have questions of
Speaker 1: how were they going to do it? How are the
Speaker 1: offense going to change a little bit with mb not there,
Speaker 1: How's the defense going to function without him even though
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons is a candidate of the Defensive Player of
Speaker 1: the Year as well in the first team, or how
Speaker 1: are they going to function with him? Basically being the
Speaker 1: the safety with everything going on behind you kind of
Speaker 1: let everyone know what's going on. But it has worked
Speaker 1: and they perform very well. Sometimes they have us on
Speaker 1: the edge of our seats, maybe biting our fingernails, but
Speaker 1: at the end of the of the day, they come
Speaker 1: away with the W. And as you do that, and
Speaker 1: you continue to pick up these winds and you continue
Speaker 1: to add these ws to that left column, which is
Speaker 1: most important, gives you that confidence that even when he
Speaker 1: does come back, or even when you do add a
Speaker 1: player being the trade deadline, that nothing is going to
Speaker 1: rock the boat of what you are accomplishing right now
Speaker 1: and what the endgame is for this basketball team. Sixers
Speaker 1: went into Thursday's game against the Lakers with a record
Speaker 1: of thirty one in thirteen. I mean, that's really good.
Speaker 1: That's second best in the NBA. Good And there's something
Speaker 1: to that. And I think that obviously, the question that
Speaker 1: was confronting Darryl Moray this isn't like me breaking any
Speaker 1: news here is how much do you rock the boat
Speaker 1: in the short term, in the immediacy for this year,
Speaker 1: in the long term. And I think that when you
Speaker 1: look up and down the seventy sixers roster, when you're
Speaker 1: talking about some of the key regular members of the rotation,
Speaker 1: if you pose yourself the question, well, what would the
Speaker 1: Sixers world look like without player X, you could see
Speaker 1: some consequences. I mean, there's some guys who are looking
Speaker 1: like they're beginning to scratch the surface a little bit deeper.
Speaker 1: You know, Amatista, the way he's played defense, but also
Speaker 1: the way he shot the ball better in the second
Speaker 1: half of the season so far, makes it go for
Speaker 1: con Cork. Mose has been showing up more in timely
Speaker 1: spots with his shot. He shot over forty percent last year.
Speaker 1: He's creeping up towards three seventy five this year. Is
Speaker 1: he had a point in his career where you can
Speaker 1: view him as a reliable shooter. I mean, I think
Speaker 1: that he's shown that he can come up big in
Speaker 1: certain spots. We know what Shake Milton can do, and
Speaker 1: it just it seems like the core of this team
Speaker 1: is in a good place where between what we've seen
Speaker 1: on the court and some of the intangibles. And I
Speaker 1: don't want to like overblow intangibles, but I think in
Speaker 1: this case they actually do represent something that's meaningful this year.
Speaker 1: If you're thirty one and thirteen heading to the home stretch,
Speaker 1: maybe you owe it to the court to see how
Speaker 1: far it can go without risking too much for your future. Yeah,
Speaker 1: with the entire deadline that was upon us for the
Speaker 1: trade deadline, I'm like many where Okay, as you pointed out,
Speaker 1: what's the splash? How can you how can you just
Speaker 1: get better? I mean that's the fan in me and
Speaker 1: seeing how it plays out. But I also looked at
Speaker 1: it logically and thought that this would be a possibility
Speaker 1: with how you are now and when we now look
Speaker 1: at it and we go forward and talking about the trust,
Speaker 1: those are now the checkpoints, seals and learn that we
Speaker 1: are now looking for in the second half of the season.
Speaker 1: Can you continue to play this way when it b
Speaker 1: comes back? How do you now adjust again to him returning?
Speaker 1: Then when George Hill comes in the players that he's
Speaker 1: now coming off the bench with, is everyone because we
Speaker 1: thought they have already? Is everyone now continuing to buy
Speaker 1: into what your role is on this basketball team to
Speaker 1: be sells that contender that you alluded to at this
Speaker 1: point of the season. It's real now, at least it
Speaker 1: appears to be. So if it's that and you continue
Speaker 1: to do this for con Chorkmise, we've seen you in
Speaker 1: the playoffs and sometimes it has not worked out for you.
Speaker 1: That was a learning curve shake Milton. Your role has elevated,
Speaker 1: but now you have someone to go with you that
Speaker 1: you can even learn from to do these things, and
Speaker 1: on and on and on. Where it's normally an eight
Speaker 1: nine man rotation. I want everyone to push Doc Rivers
Speaker 1: where it needs to be longer. And that's what I
Speaker 1: like about this team, that it's going to be about playoffs.
Speaker 1: It's going to be about playoff rotation, playoff minutes. Who's
Speaker 1: going to do this, who's going to do that, And
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, are we going to
Speaker 1: be able to win in this way? And that's what
Speaker 1: I look at this for possibly a buyout as well
Speaker 1: of the marketplace there, and if that doesn't happen, then
Speaker 1: again it's something one more time that hey, we may
Speaker 1: have looked, but at the end of the day, we
Speaker 1: like you guys, and we think you can do it,
Speaker 1: and we know Doc Rivers said the other day he
Speaker 1: loves the team as it's currently constituted when he was
Speaker 1: asked about where things stood heading into the trade deadline,
Speaker 1: and I didn't think that was lip service. I think
Speaker 1: that he really feels like this group is starting to
Speaker 1: come together at an important time of the year line
Speaker 1: for sure, and I think that the guys agree. I mean, clear,
Speaker 1: they just enjoy spending time with each other. And I
Speaker 1: like what you said Van about depth. You have to
Speaker 1: feel pretty solid about the Sixers step even prior to
Speaker 1: the buyout market. Obviously, regular season and playoffs are different.
Speaker 1: But like you said, if you're looking at an eight
Speaker 1: nine man rotation, the Sixers have plenty of people that
Speaker 1: could be considered now for that eight or nine man rotation,
Speaker 1: and maybe a few outside candidates at cracking that eight
Speaker 1: or nine man rotation. I know people worry a little
Speaker 1: bit about youth when you talk about a shake Milton
Speaker 1: of a tiskibla for concorkmonths, but look at how much
Speaker 1: those guys have grown since a year ago. So I'm
Speaker 1: excited to see how those guys respond to a late
Speaker 1: season situation to a playoffs situation. Keep in mind, the
Speaker 1: three of them, I guess, aside from fir Con, their
Speaker 1: only true playoff experience was in the bubble, so they
Speaker 1: haven't even had a real playoffs yet. And I look
Speaker 1: forward to watching those young guys embrace the end of
Speaker 1: a traditional end of the season and a traditional playoffs,
Speaker 1: as traditional as this season can be, of course, but
Speaker 1: with a more normal schedule, fewer intangible variables that they
Speaker 1: were dealing with last year in the playoffs. I really
Speaker 1: look forward to seeing how this group the way that
Speaker 1: they've embraced the regular season, and sure they'll embrace the
Speaker 1: postseason in a similar way, if not in a more
Speaker 1: intense type way, and I'm excited to see how it
Speaker 1: goes for them. Another thing that Doc Rivers said in
Speaker 1: recent days, sometimes the biggest move you make is the
Speaker 1: one you don't make, and it seems like in this situation,
Speaker 1: the seventy six has found a nice way to balance
Speaker 1: the good, the great, and what they've had so far
Speaker 1: while also deepening the roster at a key spot and quickly.
Speaker 1: The other one is the one that you didn't have
Speaker 1: to make because you're just waiting for it to return
Speaker 1: in Joel NB correct, yep. I think that is a
Speaker 1: point that we, at least me guilty is charged because
Speaker 1: of the way that the six has been playing as
Speaker 1: of late. They lost once in overtime to the second
Speaker 1: best team in the conference. That's your only loss, and
Speaker 1: you're playing with that. Joe's played twenty minutes since the break.
Speaker 1: You're totally right. I think that that can't be shouted
Speaker 1: loud enough. That point that he is coming back at
Speaker 1: some point when he does, that only makes the Sixers
Speaker 1: that much scarier. I do want to hit before we're
Speaker 1: done highlighting some of the other moves that were reported
Speaker 1: to have been made on trade deadline day. We have
Speaker 1: to start, I believe in South Florida. Yes, good move,
Speaker 1: Good move South Florida. Victor Oladipore. You're talking about that one, right,
Speaker 1: Victor Oladipo. The Mina Blizzia from Sacramento as well, So
Speaker 1: they get a stretch big where they move Kelly Olenik
Speaker 1: out in that particular deal with Oladippo, but they bring
Speaker 1: in another with the Mania Belizzia, and it's a good move.
Speaker 1: I've liked Victor Oladipo from Afar, I've had my questions,
Speaker 1: but now they're going to Miami with what they have there.
Speaker 1: We know about the culture that's always spoken about their
Speaker 1: medical staff and what they do for any injuries that
Speaker 1: he has, that is probably a good place for him
Speaker 1: to to, you know, maybe just kind of fix some
Speaker 1: of those little little band aids that need to be
Speaker 1: fixed with Victor Oladipo. So a nice move. It makes
Speaker 1: them better as their backcourt acts of their flexibility as
Speaker 1: well with their overall wing depth as well. I think
Speaker 1: it's interesting. I mean, you said self that sometimes the
Speaker 1: biggest movie you make is the movie you don't make,
Speaker 1: and I'm intrigued by the fact that let's say the
Speaker 1: primary competitors in the Eastern Conference, the biggest move that
Speaker 1: was made was was in Miami and was with Victor Oladipo.
Speaker 1: In my opinion, there weren't any truly earth shattering I mean, PJ.
Speaker 1: Tucker joining the Bucks is a big one. I suppose
Speaker 1: Blake Griffin could end up being a big ish one
Speaker 1: in with the Nets, but huge groundbreaking moves didn't really
Speaker 1: happen with the Sixers primary competitors. And I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to seeing again how this all shakes out, knowing that
Speaker 1: these are the squads, right, these are the squads that
Speaker 1: these main teams are going to take down the stretch.
Speaker 1: I'm excited about the Sixers squad. I'm excited about the
Speaker 1: fact that their competitors outside maybe Miami, didn't get significantly
Speaker 1: better at the deadline, and I'm just looking forward to
Speaker 1: seeing seeing how it all shakes out. There's like a
Speaker 1: sense of calm when the deadline passes that you just Okay,
Speaker 1: this is the group we're rocking with, this is who
Speaker 1: they have, this is who we have. Let's move and
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to seeing how it all goes. I
Speaker 1: just have a question would it be hard that was
Speaker 1: actually the biggest one. Ear Yeah, absolutely right. It's almost
Speaker 1: like we forget about that because so much time has passed.
Speaker 1: It's almost like the MBI move right right after this
Speaker 1: is done, trade deadline has passed. I think that the
Speaker 1: James Harden trade still stands way by itself as the
Speaker 1: biggest blockbuster of the season. Another one I wanted to
Speaker 1: touch upon real quick intriguing in my opinion, the Hawks
Speaker 1: and the Clippers swapping re Gen Rondo for Lou Williams.
Speaker 1: Lou Williams going back to Atlanta. Clippers needed another ball
Speaker 1: handler or a primary ball handler, for sure, but man,
Speaker 1: Lou is such a huge part of that identity for
Speaker 1: what the Clippers had for such a long period of time.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be really interesting to see sort of what
Speaker 1: the Clippers new nucleus is. I agree with you selves.
Speaker 1: He's sort of the face obviously, Paul, George Kawhi, Leonard,
Speaker 1: those are their guys. But Lou Williams is sort of
Speaker 1: like the core of that team, right He's the soul
Speaker 1: of that team, and it'll be interesting to see how
Speaker 1: they change without him. And then the Hawks have been
Speaker 1: very good lately, so it'll be interesting to see if
Speaker 1: he kind of locks something. Lewis had a harder season.
Speaker 1: He's not playing like the sixth man of the year
Speaker 1: that we're used to. But maybe he goes home he's energized.
Speaker 1: He's in a new situation with a new coach and
Speaker 1: new teammates, and the Hawks have been really, really good
Speaker 1: eight and two in their last ten. Interesting to see
Speaker 1: if he can unlock something different in his hometown. And
Speaker 1: intrigued to see what Rondo back in La now just
Speaker 1: across the hall means for the Clippers. I like the
Speaker 1: move for the Hawks with that bench scoring that you
Speaker 1: can trust something you can It's a different dynamic to
Speaker 1: what you had with Kevin Herder now Bogdanovich as well.
Speaker 1: So Lou Williams does a lot of different things. The
Speaker 1: one thing that I do know also is that Nate
Speaker 1: McMillan likes defense, and you know Lou's gonna have to
Speaker 1: go out there and even though he's established and we
Speaker 1: know who he is, but those minutes, you know he's
Speaker 1: gonna go out there and score, and defense is a
Speaker 1: key priority for what Niate nickmillan likes to do. With
Speaker 1: the great job that he has done thus far with
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Hawks. But that's just been his calling card
Speaker 1: from Portland to Indiana and now here in Atlanta. So
Speaker 1: I like it. The Clippers. I mean, you look at
Speaker 1: their two point guards with Beverly and now Rondo, two
Speaker 1: similar type of guys. I don't know that it put
Speaker 1: puts them over the top, but it is someone who
Speaker 1: again commands, commands the respect while on the floor, and
Speaker 1: he is one that can grab hold of the basketball
Speaker 1: and say, hey, no, we're running this, we're doing this,
Speaker 1: and see how it all works out. So I'm curious
Speaker 1: to see how that all please out. Maybe that was
Speaker 1: the change that was needed. Maybe Lou needed to change.
Speaker 1: Maybe the Clippers needed Rondo as much as you know,
Speaker 1: Lu just needed to maybe move on and have a
Speaker 1: fresh start back in Atlanta for the second time as
Speaker 1: a member of the Atlanta Hawk. So I didn't expect
Speaker 1: Rondo for Lou Williams. But interesting. Always a day that
Speaker 1: leaves you excited. I love waiting with anticipation. Exhausted in
Speaker 1: the end, but very fresh quality analysis from you both.
Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, thank you. Yeah. The craziest part
Speaker 1: after the trade deadline passed on Thursday, only seven hours
Speaker 1: until late night game between the seventy Sixers and the Lakers.
Speaker 1: Whole lot of basketball activity on Thursday. Love it Trade
Speaker 1: deadline always always exciting, and yeah, the seventy Sixers bolstering
Speaker 1: some depth at any did spot heading into the stretch
Speaker 1: run of what has been so far a really successful
Speaker 1: and strong twenty twenty twenty twenty one season. So this
Speaker 1: was a Friday deep dive released on a Thursday. That's
Speaker 1: going to be our deep dive for the week. Lord
Speaker 1: and I have an episode of mail Bag Monday. We
Speaker 1: think a special guest being lookout for news about that
Speaker 1: on Monday. We will talk to you that see it.