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Speaker 1: All right, First question, I have two questions, this person says. First,

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Speaker 1: many people say that Jokic's best attributes are his tough

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Speaker 1: a thing that's going to hurt your basketball team when

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Speaker 1: he's one of your most important players. And then lastly,

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry just hasn't been playing like Steph Curry for

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Speaker 1: a few months. And what a lot of times, like

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Speaker 1: people focus on lineups and coaches and role players and

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Speaker 1: all these different things, but it's like, is your star

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Speaker 1: playing like shit? Because if your start's playing like shit,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard to win. And those three things

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Speaker 1: kind of amount to why they look as limited as

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Speaker 1: they have. I'm not worried about Steph. I think he's frustrated.

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Speaker 1: I think he's annoyed, and I think he's not motivated

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Speaker 1: by this group. But I don't think he believes in

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Speaker 1: this group enough to like really apply himself at this

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Speaker 1: point in time. And I think he'll re engage if

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Speaker 1: they make a trade at the deadline. Draymond Green's back,

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Speaker 1: so that'll be fine. You just have to find a

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Speaker 1: way to replace Andrew Wiggins from a talent perspective, you

445
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Speaker 1: have the means with which to do so with Jonathan Kaminga.

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Speaker 1: Although we'll talk about it in a little bit, but

447
00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:12,320
Speaker 1: missing out on Siakam is definitely a blow there. Next question.

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Speaker 1: First off, I really respect the way you conduct to

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Speaker 1: the show. This is my far my favorite basketball podcast

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00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,639
Speaker 1: because you actually give useful analysis that helps both fans

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Speaker 1: and players. Secondly, what is a realistic trade the Sons

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Speaker 1: can make using Grayson Allen and this here little who

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Speaker 1: make it combined fifteen million a year? Obviously, the Sons

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Speaker 1: could use a six to seven or above winging to

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Speaker 1: play the three or the four who can defend and

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Speaker 1: shoot the three point shot? The question to shoot? First

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Speaker 1: of all, thanks again for the kind words that that

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Speaker 1: stuff means a lot to me. Obviously, as you guys know,

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Speaker 1: I get a lot of crap in the comments that

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Speaker 1: on social media and stuff, and I always just say, like,

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Speaker 1: the kindness from you guys outweighs that every single day,

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Speaker 1: and that's why I never complain about it. As for

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Speaker 1: the Suns, here's the thing. Grays and Allen's are a

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Speaker 1: really good player and he's having an outstanding shooting season.

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Speaker 1: I agree the Sons could use a forward. But you

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Speaker 1: have to find a team that one has a lot

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Speaker 1: of forwards, and two that needs shooting, and three that

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Speaker 1: is close enough that they'd be willing to cash in

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Speaker 1: a forward for a role player because they think that'll

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Speaker 1: kind of push them over the top. And I literally

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Speaker 1: can't think of a single one. I have three teams

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Speaker 1: down here. I put Brooklyn because they have a lot

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Speaker 1: of forwards and they could use some shooting. They're not

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Speaker 1: a good three point shooting team. But if I'm Brooklyn,

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Speaker 1: why am I moving a forward for Grayson Allen instead

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Speaker 1: of a draft pick? Right? Then I put down the Thunder.

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Speaker 1: The Thunder have lots of forwards, but they don't really

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Speaker 1: have any need for Grayson Allen. They have their guard

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Speaker 1: corps awesome, right. And then lastly, I put down the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Hawks if they ended up being sellers, because they've

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Speaker 1: got some forwards on the bench that they could give up.

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Speaker 1: But if I'm Atlanta, why am I not moving for

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Speaker 1: a like to get assets to get a better play

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Speaker 1: Like if they move to Jontey Murray and Clint Capella

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Speaker 1: and DeAndre Hunter and Cidique Bay or something like Casidique

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Speaker 1: woud be a guy that i'd target for the Suns right,

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Speaker 1: Like he's in a contract year, you might be able

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Speaker 1: to get him for a Grayson Allen and or something

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Speaker 1: like that. Like maybe in terms of like value, they're

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Speaker 1: kind of like similarly valued players. But why would Atlanta

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Speaker 1: do that? Why wouldn't Atlanta move Sadik Bay for a pick?

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Speaker 1: Because with a pick they can package that and try

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Speaker 1: to go get a star right to put next to

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Speaker 1: Trey Young. So like it's one of those things where

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Speaker 1: I don't really see an obvious option out there. Maybe

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Speaker 1: it'll materialize at some point, but it's hard to find

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Speaker 1: a combination of a team that would see value in

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Speaker 1: Grayson Allen as a shooter and as a veteran guy

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Speaker 1: that could start for them or come off the bench,

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Speaker 1: and also has a plethora of forwards. Like it's just

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Speaker 1: it's hard to kind of like find that kind of combination.

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Speaker 1: And that's why I keep saying with the Suns like it,

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Speaker 1: like it, they're almost better off just kind of leaning

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Speaker 1: into being the best version of themselves that they can be.

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Speaker 1: But maybe a buyout guy comes available, maybe Gordon Hayward

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Speaker 1: becomes available, But like, is he fast enough as a

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Speaker 1: as a defensive player, it's hard to say. Right. Next one,

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Speaker 1: I think Kawhi is one of the most dependable jump

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Speaker 1: shot makers in the league in the postseason, as we've

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Speaker 1: seen every year before he's gone down with injury. PG

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Speaker 1: and Harden can be can both be streaky, But does

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Speaker 1: having both on one team offset the risk of one

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Speaker 1: of them going cold with only one having a good night.

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Speaker 1: I think they can overcome the other being off since

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Speaker 1: Kawhi is so dependable, but maybe one being cold could

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Speaker 1: throw off the other. So again, yeah, you're right, Like

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Speaker 1: ever since the twenty twenty bubble, there's just been nothing

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Speaker 1: but injuries kind of disrupting any ability to see that. Right,

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Speaker 1: And Kawhi shot the ball really well last year in

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Speaker 1: the postseason before he got hurt, shot the ball really

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Speaker 1: well in twenty twenty one before he got hurt. But

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty when things went off the rails, Kui

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Speaker 1: was missing too. Like Kui went cold. So like it

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Speaker 1: is possible that a team like from the top down,

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Speaker 1: bad shooting is contagious and good shooting is contagious. If

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Speaker 1: you've ever played in a basketball game, you know that

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00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 1: kind of thing, right, And just in general, I think

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Speaker 1: The best way to confront shooting is to play good basketball.

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Speaker 1: You play good good basketball, you get better shots. Get

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Speaker 1: better shots, they eventually go in, right. But like at

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Speaker 1: the end of the day, like, do I think Kawhi

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Speaker 1: is gonna shoot the ball well this year in the postseason? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Like I think he can. And if he goes out

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Speaker 1: and he shoots insanely well, that buys you margin for

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Speaker 1: error for Paul Georgian and James Harden to be more inconsistent. Right,

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Speaker 1: one hundred percent agree with that. The question marks that

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Speaker 1: I have around that team center around just as a

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Speaker 1: team who's getting the easiest shots, and if Kawhi can

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Speaker 1: kind of make up for that, great, But that's where

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Speaker 1: health becomes an important kind of factor in all this.

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Speaker 1: But I do believe in Kawhi and his ability to

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Speaker 1: make shots, and that's why I have the Clippers up

543
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Speaker 1: at four. Only the Bucks, Celtics and Nuggets for me,

544
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Speaker 1: are like safer bets to win the title this season.

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Speaker 1: So I do believe. It's just the reason why I

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Speaker 1: have them behind is when you factor in the defensive

547
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Speaker 1: rebounding issues, when you factor in the leaning on the

548
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Speaker 1: pull up jump shooting, they just have some more question

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Speaker 1: marks on that front. Next question, I love the optimism,

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Speaker 1: but do you but do honestly believe the Warriors are

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Speaker 1: one move away from turning their bottom twenty twenty fifth

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Speaker 1: or worst defense into a top ten required of a

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Speaker 1: championship team. Impossible to make a run this season. Personally,

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Speaker 1: I feel like this season is gone, play it out

555
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Speaker 1: with who you got make decisions once Chris, Paul, Clay

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Speaker 1: and Kerr are gone or looking for extensions. So here's

557
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 1: the thing. It can look really bleak right now. And

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Speaker 1: I get that. Trust me, as a Laker fan last year,

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Speaker 1: I can familiarize with the feeling. But the dead giveaway

560
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Speaker 1: to me is like Steph's not playing particularly well, and

561
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Speaker 1: I can tell everyone's just kind of frustrated and annoyed

562
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Speaker 1: at the situation. So January in the NBA, motivation plays

563
00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: a huge role in the outcome of games, and you

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Speaker 1: make the right trade, you get to re engage Steph.

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Speaker 1: Everything kind of slots properly. Things can turn around like that,

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Speaker 1: and then you start to look down the playoff field

567
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Speaker 1: and it's like, if I'm Golden State, am I scared

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Speaker 1: of Oklahoma City in a playoff series? If I have

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Speaker 1: Steph and two really good players that I got back

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Speaker 1: into trade, and Steph's re engaged, Like, no, I'm picking

571
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Speaker 1: the Warriors right like you're gonna pick them over a

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Speaker 1: lot of teams except for the really really big teams,

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Speaker 1: right Like it's Minnesota, it's Denver, it's the Lakers that

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00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,879
Speaker 1: would concern you. But like, the Warriors still have a

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Speaker 1: chance to beat just about everybody else in the field

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Speaker 1: is currently constructed. And if they hit the if they

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Speaker 1: get it, if I have a home run Warriors trade

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Speaker 1: that I've pitched before, and I'm gonna mention again later

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Speaker 1: on in the show, but like, if they hit on

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Speaker 1: that trade, everyone gets re engaged and they go Like

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Speaker 1: the Warriors are dealing with personnel limitations, no doubt, but

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Speaker 1: they're also dealing with January basketball with a bunch of

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Speaker 1: frustrated veterans, And that's what this can look like from

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Speaker 1: time to time. Next question, Hi, Jason, I love watching

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Speaker 1: the NBA and fan reactions to their team winning and losing.

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Speaker 1: My question is why do we as fans, including me,

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Speaker 1: overreact to regular season wins and losses at this part

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Speaker 1: of the season. I understand overreacting to wins and losses

589
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,760
Speaker 1: close to the end, but to the middle and beginning

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Speaker 1: reactions are crazy in my opinion. For example, a team

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Speaker 1: like the Lakers are just won team two in a row,

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Speaker 1: people are talking about them being amazing and saying maybe

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Speaker 1: they don't need a trade. On the other hand, the

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Speaker 1: Warriors who lost too and have fans begging for them

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00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,920
Speaker 1: to trade and saying they aren't contenders. Literally a week ago,

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00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 1: the Lakers were the team that we're seeing who needs

597
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,760
Speaker 1: to make a trade in art contenders, and the Warriors

598
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 1: were seen as contenders and didn't need to make a trade.

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00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:13,399
Speaker 1: Both fan bases want them to make trades, but they

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00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 1: only seem to beg for them when they lose two

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Speaker 1: games in a row or more. It's a long question

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00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,120
Speaker 1: and an interesting one in my opinion. If you've listened

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00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 1: to the show over the last couple of years, you

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Speaker 1: guys know exactly where I stand on this. No matter

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Speaker 1: how bad things have got for the Warriors this year,

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Speaker 1: I never took them off my list of contenders. Not ever, right,

607
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 1: no matter how bad things got for the Lakers this year,

608
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Speaker 1: never took them off my list of contenders. Like regular season,

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Speaker 1: basketball comes down to so many factors. That go beyond

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Speaker 1: just how good your basketball team is, and so it

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Speaker 1: is it is possible to kind of get misled by results, right.

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Speaker 1: I think part of the issue is is fans are emotional?

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Speaker 1: What does fan mean? Fan means stands for fanatic, Like

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00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: that's we're all emotional because we're fans, right, Like, that's

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Speaker 1: just how we react. And then I think the television

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Speaker 1: product is part of it too. So you know, the

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Speaker 1: a lot of national NBA shows, especially on cable, like

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00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 1: on ESPN and stuff like, they they have legit pressure

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Speaker 1: from production staffs and executives to be like, hey, time

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00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,119
Speaker 1: to panic or not with Team A, or time to

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Speaker 1: panic or team not with Team B? Or is you

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00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 1: know a young team with a young player wins ten

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Speaker 1: games in a row and plays awesome, and it's like,

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Speaker 1: is this player the best player in the league? Is

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00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 1: this team gonna win a championship? Right? Like that's kind

626
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 1: of the that's kind of like the pattern of that

627
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. And I think that noise kind of

628
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 1: colors the way we all see things. But more often

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Speaker 1: than not, it's like like the Lakers play the Nets tonight.

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Speaker 1: If there's a chance, I think the Lakers are gonna

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00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: win that game. But if they come out and they

632
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:48,719
Speaker 1: played super Lackaday's goal and the Nets kick their butt, like,

633
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 1: it's just not gonna change my opinion on that team,

634
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 1: because in the regular season, so much of this stuff

635
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 1: is like that, Like the the Sacramento Kings went out

636
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: and got their ass kicked last night, Like they've lost

637
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: four games in a row. They blew a twenty point

638
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 1: lead against the Suns the other day, Like you, they're

639
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: just going through the muck of January. They were one

640
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,040
Speaker 1: of the most impressive teams in the league over the

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Speaker 1: first third of the season. They were going into opponents

642
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 1: arenas like championship contenders arenas and kicking their ass. So like,

643
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: this is just kind of part of that noise, and

644
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: you kind of have to find a way to sort

645
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: through it as best as you can. Next question, now

646
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 1: that Siakam got traded to the Pacers, what big trade

647
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 1: do you see the Warriors make and do you think

648
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 1: it'll make any difference should they jeopardize their future to

649
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: have a chance to win it once again now and

650
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: in the coming seasons With steph Okay, I'll answer the

651
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: second question. First, Yes, you can't win the title unless

652
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: you have a top tier superstar. You have a top

653
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: tier superstar. Unless you're under the impression that Jonathan Kaminga

654
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: is going to be which there's a chance, but it's

655
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,120
Speaker 1: a long shot at this point, then you this is

656
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,880
Speaker 1: your chance to win, so you gotta go for it.

657
00:29:56,120 --> 00:30:00,000
Speaker 1: You owe it to Steph, you owe it to the fans, because,

658
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 1: like I promise you, guys, if you trade Steph for

659
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 1: a bunch of draft picks and you trade and just

660
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: build around Kaminga, we'll look up two years from now

661
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: and they'll be thirty two and fifty and you'll be like,

662
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 1: but hey, Jonathan Minga is averaging twenty six. This is cool?

663
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: Like it Like, don't forget that every team out there

664
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: that doesn't have one of those guys desperately wants one

665
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,479
Speaker 1: of those guys. Yeah, you don't think Brooklyn would love

666
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: to be like, hmm, what moves should we make at

667
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 1: the deadline since we have Steph Curry on the roster

668
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: right now? As far as which trade I think that

669
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 1: they should make now that Seatcome's gone, it's gonna be

670
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: really tough. But the one that I pitched on the

671
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: show the other day that I really like is I

672
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 1: would call the Nets. I'd offer Hi Jonathan Kaminga, I'd

673
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 1: offer Moses Moody, and I think it's Andrew Wiggins was

674
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 1: the third guy, if I remember correctly, and I'd ask

675
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:52,360
Speaker 1: for mckail bridges and Dorian Finney Smith, and I'd run

676
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: those two guys out between Draymond, Steph and Clay. I've

677
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: got two excellent perimeter defenders that can both shoot. Mckailbridge

678
00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: is one of the best role players in the league.

679
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:01,640
Speaker 1: And then I'd make another run at it with Steph.

680
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: I'm not even sure if that deal is possible, but

681
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 1: if I'm Brooklyn and I'm like, I can get Jonathan Minga,

682
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk about Brooklyn in a minute. As

683
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 1: a matter of fact, I'm gonna wait to kind of

684
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 1: elect I'm just gonna wait until I get to the

685
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 1: Nets on that front, because I did have a NETS

686
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: question in there, Hi, Jason, with the d Lo and

687
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,760
Speaker 1: Ruie package as the base for the trade, if possible,

688
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 1: would you rather get mckail bridges and Dorian Finnis Smith

689
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: or Dejontay Murray and DeAndre Hunter. I lean a Brooklyn

690
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: deal because I think Austin Reeves can be a much

691
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: better pick and roll ball handler with enough reps. First

692
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: of all, I agree about Austin. He's consistently getting better,

693
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: and I think we're also seeing that he's really good

694
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 1: in their flow offense when he's playing off the ball.

695
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: I think he gets a bad rap for some of

696
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 1: his on ball reps this year. He's, like I've said before,

697
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 1: one of only eleven players in the league this year

698
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,719
Speaker 1: to have over five hundred pick and roll reps including

699
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: passes and be over a point per possession. He also

700
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: is like one point zero eight points per ISO. So

701
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,880
Speaker 1: for all the complaining about Austin on the ball, like,

702
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,959
Speaker 1: he's been one of the best in the league at it,

703
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 1: you know, in terms of high volume guys, it's just

704
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 1: those lineups have so many other issues that it can

705
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: look ugly sometimes, and offensive skill in a lot of

706
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 1: those groups would be Austin Reeves out there with a

707
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 1: bunch of unskilled forwards and he's just looking to hunt

708
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: his own shot, right, So that's where it can get weird.

709
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: As far as the Hawks package of the Nets package,

710
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 1: the Hawks package just more realistic. Atlanta's most likely going

711
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 1: to make a significant trade at this deadline Brooklyn. I'm

712
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: not sure they even want to move McHale Bridges. They might,

713
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 1: but they might not, right, And so that's where it

714
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 1: gets a little bit more complicated with Brooklyn. That said,

715
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 1: would I rather have mckail bridges and Dorian Finnis Smith

716
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 1: or Dejonte Murray and DeAndre Hunter. Of course, I'd rather

717
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 1: have mckel bridges and Dorian Phinney Smith. I think mckel

718
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 1: bridge is one of the best role players in the league,

719
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: and I think if you put him next to a

720
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: Lebron James and Anthony Davis, I think that the Lakers

721
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 1: would just be ridiculous. But it's just an unrealistic trade.

722
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 1: And I think I think if I'm between the two packages,

723
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 1: I just pitched, like if it was Ruy di lo

724
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 1: in a first round pick, or it was Wiggins cominga

725
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: and Moody like, I'm taking Kaminga. I want Kamena more

726
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 1: than a twenty twenty nine first from the Lakers, right.

727
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: I Mean, that's not to say that's not a good asset,

728
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: but Jonathan Kaminga is a really, really interesting young player

729
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: in this league. Next question, Whenever I questioned Lebron's defensive effort,

730
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 1: I normally get told he has to conserve energy for

731
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: the offensive end. This makes sense given his age and

732
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 1: the offensive load he has always carried. But my question

733
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 1: is always the same. Wouldn't Lebron be as productive, if

734
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 1: not more so, if he turned the dials down on

735
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 1: offense so that he can turn the dials up on defense,

736
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 1: or is his offensive value worth too much sacrifice? I

737
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: think he's turning it down on both ends right now. Offensively,

738
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: Lebron has a physical exertion element that he can go to,

739
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: a bullyball element that he can go to that he's

740
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 1: just not really using right now, and in general, I

741
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 1: think he's just kind of floating around. But he's got

742
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: such a high basketball queue and is such a great

743
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 1: passer that it can look like he's super engaged offensively

744
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 1: even when he's not really engaging himself physically. Like he

745
00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: had twenty five eight to eight the other day against God,

746
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: who do they just beat? Now I'm blanken all of

747
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: a sudden, but he had twenty five other maps, He

748
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: had twenty five eight Nate nat game and was like

749
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 1: a nice connective piece in their offense just because he's

750
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: so smart. But like it's when they get to the playoffs,

751
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 1: where I see that being a thing if the offense

752
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 1: continues to revolve around Anthony Davis the way that it

753
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 1: has and they get it to John Tay Murray, or

754
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: if they run Austin Reis and D'Angelo Russell, like the

755
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 1: best version of Lakers will be Lebron James is a

756
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 1: connective piece offensively who engages himself defensively consistently, and then

757
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 1: for short stretches like Lebron is still one of the

758
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 1: best helio centric guys in the league in short bursts

759
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 1: when he's locked in where it's like ten possessions in

760
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,399
Speaker 1: a row where he spans a post up, or ten

761
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: possessions in a row where he's like I'm attacking use

762
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: of Nurkic and pick and roll or whatever it is, Like,

763
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,400
Speaker 1: he's still one of the best at that in small doses.

764
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 1: You just can't do it for a full game. And

765
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: so again, I do see that as the goal when

766
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 1: they get to the postseason. But I actually think he's

767
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: conserving energy on both ends right now. Next question, actually,

768
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: so fast forward to Utah before I go back to

769
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: this one, because I had two Jazz questions. Can you

770
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 1: talk a bit about the Jazz incredible stretch lately and

771
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: how they've been blowing out championship contender teams. Thanks. So

772
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 1: it comes down to a couple of different things to me.

773
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: First of all, my theory about young and fast teams.

774
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: So like Colin Sexton and Chris Don are two of

775
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 1: the fastest guards that we have, better athlete guards that

776
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: we have in this league, and they both are outstanding

777
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 1: defending at the point of attack, Like Colin Sexton is

778
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: like this has this power downhill game that's like kind

779
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: of intense, and then John Collins can run up and

780
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 1: down the floor like absolutely crazy, and Lori Markenen is

781
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: one of the best play finishers in the league. And

782
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,319
Speaker 1: then they do like a line shift approach where they'll

783
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 1: like take all five guys out and then bringing all

784
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: five guys on the bench, and then all of them

785
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 1: are fast, and so it's just this like ridiculous, like

786
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: crazy just onslought of speed. And I think that's actually

787
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,320
Speaker 1: a big reason why they've been so successful in December

788
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: and January, right, because like this is the stretch of

789
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,840
Speaker 1: the season where if you're young and you're fast and

790
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: you play hard, you can cause teams a lot of problems.

791
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,320
Speaker 1: I thought last night was a good indicator, like bringing

792
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: another young, fast team who's just better and they'll lose,

793
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,920
Speaker 1: and they lose their first home game in ten tries, right, So,

794
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: like it's fun and it's exciting, and honestly, the Jazz

795
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,359
Speaker 1: are going about the rebuild and we're gonna talk about

796
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: this when we get to the nets. The Jazz are

797
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: going about their rebuild the way I think you should

798
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: go about a rebuild. So compliment to the Utah Jazz,

799
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,959
Speaker 1: but the reason why they're winning right now in large

800
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: part comes down to that, Like it's there is skill.

801
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: Guys are playing really well, Collin Sexton, Soup and Lauri

802
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: Market and soop and a lot of guys are hooping.

803
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 1: But they're also just young and fast as hell, and

804
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: they're defending and they're running right. So like that's what

805
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 1: kind of ties it all together. Now, let me go

806
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: back to the other Jazz question. Do you think Utah

807
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: will still trade Lauri Marking in with the way they're

808
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: playing right now. I believe they'll do the exact same

809
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: thing they did last year, and they'll move some role players.

810
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,840
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if they moved to Colin Sexton

811
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:42,800
Speaker 1: right that said, I don't know that. I haven't heard

812
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 1: much buzz at all surrounding Lori markin In. I think

813
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: if someone threw a Godfather offer at them, they'd move him,

814
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: but I don't think it's something that they're actively trying

815
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 1: to do right now. Next question, with the Kings playing

816
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,959
Speaker 1: terrible basketball recently, including the missed free throws and blowing

817
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: a twenty two point fourth quarter lead, what would it

818
00:36:58,360 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: look like for them to trade Barns and some young

819
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: guys to Atlanta for dejontey Murray, along with throwing Herder

820
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,879
Speaker 1: and picks to Portland for Jeremy Grant. Murray could take

821
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,840
Speaker 1: more ball handling responsibilities and he's been shooting well, whereas

822
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: the Aaron has been playing much better off the ball

823
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 1: than he has previously. Plus, I think a pairing of

824
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 1: Dejonte with more athletic guard would work better than him

825
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 1: and Trey's fit. Grant is obvious and helps in so

826
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: many ways, But would it makes sense for Sack to

827
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 1: just throw in Dejonte? Throw in for Dejonte with a

828
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: low asking price in a solid contract to see if

829
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,279
Speaker 1: he can help them since they've been abysmal lately, they've

830
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: been so bad. I think some trades would show up

831
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: their rotations a little better since Brown has been messing

832
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 1: with them too much and ruining easily winnable games. I

833
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,760
Speaker 1: don't think this team can afford to miss the playoffs,

834
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:39,760
Speaker 1: so I think it makes sense to press the panic

835
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: button a sap and get what they can. I'm totally

836
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 1: I'm in a totally different spot with the Kings. I

837
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: think they have a class. I'm thinking they're in a

838
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 1: classic case of January basketball. Like last year they kind

839
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:50,879
Speaker 1: of fought through all this stuff because it was new

840
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: and exciting, But now their team that's looking forward to

841
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 1: April as well. I do not think they're going to

842
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: miss the playoffs. I do not think they have any

843
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: issues in the regular season. I think just struggling right now.

844
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,439
Speaker 1: A move for de Jontae Murray and Jeremy Grant would

845
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: be a half measure in my opinion. First of all,

846
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 1: I'm not sure Jeremy Grant even wants to go anywhere else.

847
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:09,479
Speaker 1: It's not to say they can't make that type of move,

848
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,839
Speaker 1: but for me, you need a four, you need an

849
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon esque type of four, and unless you find

850
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,720
Speaker 1: that guy, there's no reason to make a half measure.

851
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 1: And like a pitching to Jeremy Grant that you want

852
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 1: him to be the dirty work guy that he was

853
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: in Denver, that he clearly has told everybody that he

854
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: doesn't want to be anymore, then I think I'm not

855
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 1: necessarily sure that he's the guy. Now. If Lori markin

856
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 1: it was available, yeah, you throw throw the kitchen sink

857
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 1: at it, you get a deal done. But like right now,

858
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 1: you're better off just kind of like hanging tight until

859
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 1: the right move comes along. To Jontay Murray to me, like,

860
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,359
Speaker 1: can you play Dejonte and Malik Monk and Darren Fox

861
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 1: at the same time. No, if you give up Malik

862
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 1: Monk in the deal, is de Jontay Murray that much

863
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,760
Speaker 1: better than Malik Monk. No, So, like it's a half measure,

864
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: and so from there you're better off just like waiting

865
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: and seeing if Kevin Herder and Keegan Murray become better

866
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,879
Speaker 1: players until you end up making some sort of all

867
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: in move for that forward spot. Next question, Hey, Jason

868
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: Love your knowledge on the game been my go to

869
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: NBA show Slash podcast since I discovered you in early

870
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,240
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. Thank you for the kind of words.

871
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 1: Since there isn't a big market for Levigne and and

872
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,759
Speaker 1: if Lakers could get get him without giving up Austin Raeves,

873
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 1: wouldn't he be a perfect fit as an off ball

874
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,800
Speaker 1: score ability to beat guys off the dribble, an excellent

875
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: three point shooter. Sure, his defense isn't great, but with

876
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 1: the athleticism he is, couldn't he be better if bought in?

877
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: And he already and be hidden as they already have

878
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: a bunch of defensive guys. They can call it the

879
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 1: three star route. But as great as Lebron as he's

880
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 1: too old to do it for eighty two games and

881
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 1: he needs a perimeter guy who can carry help carry

882
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: the load in the regular season. Plus Levin and Ad

883
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 1: with Austin Raves is pretty good core going forward for

884
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: the Lakers once Lebron retires or goes to play with Bronni. So,

885
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: first of all, I agree that the Lakers need offense.

886
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:51,760
Speaker 1: This is something I've been on for a little while.

887
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 1: It's working right now because Dlo is playing well, but

888
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: it's just typically not like this right like Delo do

889
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 1: this for stretches or for games, but the it usually

890
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: depends on the matchup too. Like other finesse scoring teams,

891
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 1: he can kind of hang and then when they go

892
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,839
Speaker 1: against brute force, physical teams, that's where Delo really starts

893
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,439
Speaker 1: to struggle. Right, But zac Lavine's not the guy i'd

894
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: go after. Of all the names I've seen mentioned, I'd

895
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: preferred to Rosen even over him. I'd prefer to Dante

896
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: Murray over him. I probably even prefer a call In

897
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 1: Sexton over him, because he's a really good athlete at

898
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 1: the guard position on the defensive end as well. That's

899
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: not to and then also Zaqulavine's hurt again. He twisted

900
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 1: his ankle last night, so like I just and then

901
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:34,799
Speaker 1: we even heard from Brian Windhorse that there's a zero

902
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 1: point zero percent chance that the Lakers make any sort

903
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,360
Speaker 1: of move for zach Lavine. So I agree with you

904
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,319
Speaker 1: in the principle of like where they need to go,

905
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,359
Speaker 1: I just don't see it think Levine is the guy.

906
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 1: Next question, do you think the NBA has a problem

907
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 1: with the lack of carrying or travel calls or do

908
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: you think the game is in a good place for

909
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 1: the entertainment product. I don't even care. Like there's the

910
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:56,240
Speaker 1: occasional missed bad carry or miss bad traveling call. And

911
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:58,399
Speaker 1: I get that they look ugly on TV, but they

912
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: only happen every once in a while, and I don't

913
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:02,920
Speaker 1: think that there are any sort of significant impact on

914
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 1: the game. To me, it all comes down to officiating.

915
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:08,080
Speaker 1: And there's another question about officiating later, and I'll give

916
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:09,879
Speaker 1: the second half of my answer when we get there.

917
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: What would you do if I convinced Joe Side to

918
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: fire Sean Marks and make you the next financially secure

919
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: GM of my Brooklyn Nets? Okay, so fake GM Jason

920
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: of the Brooklyn Nets. What would I do? So here's

921
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 1: the thing. Four of their five core starter players are

922
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 1: all twenty seven or older, right Like Spencer Dinwood's older,

923
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 1: Michael mckel bridges is older, Cam Johnson is older. They're

924
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: they're like they're not young. They're they're not a team

925
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: where like like they're not the Jazz, Like they're not

926
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 1: young and fun and fast and like, oh, we'll see

927
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: what this guy can be and we'll see what that

928
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,800
Speaker 1: guy can be. Like all of these guys are really

929
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,360
Speaker 1: good NBA role players. They're a team full of really

930
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: good NBA role players. Mckal bridge is for instance, the

931
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 1: best player on that team. Right, if you ask any

932
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 1: you know, random assortment of people probably vote Michael Bridges.

933
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: Really like mckail Bridges. The mckail bridge is best player

934
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,359
Speaker 1: on a team or second best player on a team thing.

935
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 1: It's it's just not gonna it's just not gonna work. Right.

936
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: He's twenty seven years old. He is what he is

937
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 1: at this point. He's a good scorer that can go

938
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,720
Speaker 1: for twenty twenty five in a night, occasionally go for thirty.

939
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 1: That's an excellent spot up shooter, excellent closed out attacker.

940
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 1: But he's not a guy that you want to have

941
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: as an offensive folkrum. So then from there, how do

942
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,399
Speaker 1: you remember I mentioned earlier I want to be more

943
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 1: like the Jazz. So what I want to do is

944
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,920
Speaker 1: if I my number one goal is to get the

945
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: guy right, And the only way I'm gonna get the

946
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 1: guy is by taking in young lottery talents that teams

947
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,760
Speaker 1: bailed on. So guys in that like twenty two, like

948
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: like the Lakers with Ruby Hotchimurav for instance, right, and

949
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: then two through draft picks. And the only way I'm

950
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,279
Speaker 1: getting those two types of guys is by taking my

951
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:53,400
Speaker 1: value and turning it into that type of resource. I

952
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 1: have all these role players that all of these other

953
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 1: teams would love to have, Dorian Finney, Smith Royce, so

954
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 1: Neil McHale Bridge is like all these teams would love

955
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 1: to have these guys. Flip them for draft compensation and

956
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:11,239
Speaker 1: other really young players with some upside, and get a

957
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: coach in there that, uh that will attack the regular

958
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: season and build a play style that's fun and fast

959
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 1: and and and be fun and fast and young while

960
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,080
Speaker 1: you're waiting to see what develops from your young players

961
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,840
Speaker 1: and your picks. They're in the worst possible place to

962
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: be because they're They're a blow average team that has

963
00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:33,320
Speaker 1: a bunch of guys in their mid to late twenties

964
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,400
Speaker 1: that everybody else wants, and they don't have a single

965
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 1: piece that's like, oh this is interesting. Like I like

966
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,320
Speaker 1: Cam Thomas. He's a sixth man. I like Cam Thomas,

967
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 1: but the best version of him as an NBA player

968
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:48,800
Speaker 1: is sixth man on a good team. Right, So, like

969
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 1: like at a certain point, this is the this deadline

970
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 1: is the time to do it, because there's all these

971
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,799
Speaker 1: teams out there that want these kinds of guys. How Like,

972
00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,240
Speaker 1: how many teams are there out there, Like the Sons

973
00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 1: would love a six a guy who could shoot and defend.

974
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 1: The Lakers would love a six eight guy that could

975
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 1: shoot and defend. The Warriors would love a six eight

976
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 1: guy that could shoot and defend. Like even a guy

977
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: like Roy O'Neil might be able to pull some stuff back.

978
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: So like they've got to They to me, the worst

979
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: thing you can be is have a group of these

980
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: guys where we already know what they are. Go get

981
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,959
Speaker 1: guys like you know, like I love the Jazz getting

982
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: John Collins. It's like like, yeah, he was a bust

983
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,520
Speaker 1: in Atlanta, but like, why don't we bring him in

984
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 1: here and let's be young, fun and fast and see

985
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: what John Collins can do, and you know, and let's

986
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 1: and then basically flip those guys at the deadline, like

987
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 1: they that's what the Jazz do. Anytime they see a

988
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: guy that has some value around the league that they

989
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 1: don't see as a foundational piece, they just move them.

990
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:44,279
Speaker 1: And they get more picks back, and they get more

991
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: young players back, and they just keep trying to figure

992
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,320
Speaker 1: out what they can get. Laurie marketing in with the

993
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 1: Jazz is another great example of a guy that was

994
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 1: a castaway in Cleveland or a guy that they didn't

995
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: necessarily believe in, and suddenly he looks like one of

996
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: the best young players in the league. Right, So if

997
00:44:57,680 --> 00:44:58,880
Speaker 1: I was running the nets, that's what I would do.

998
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:02,360
Speaker 1: I'd flip all those rop this year for young, fun

999
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 1: players and picks, and I lean into being young and

1000
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,600
Speaker 1: fun until I found the guy. Once I find the guy,

1001
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 1: that's when I look for the second guy. Once I

1002
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 1: find the second guy, that's when I look for the

1003
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 1: role players that compliment those two guys. Next question, Hey, Jason,

1004
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: appreciate the content. Got a quick mail back question here.

1005
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 1: Do you think the Warriors and Lakers should do a

1006
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 1: trade surrounding Ruey Gabe in a first round pick for

1007
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins and a second round pick. Feels like this

1008
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 1: might help the Warriors with size and isoscoring bursts, whereas

1009
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: Wiggins is the perfect addition for the Lakers. So I

1010
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 1: actually heard from one of my friends who covers the league.

1011
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:39,560
Speaker 1: I heard that the Lakers, I guess called Golden State

1012
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:44,320
Speaker 1: at some point and offered D'Angelo Russell for Andrew Wiggins,

1013
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:48,399
Speaker 1: which would have been super hilarious because, like the first

1014
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 1: of all, D'anngel Russell was with the Warriors, and the

1015
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 1: Warriors traded him and then slandered him on the way

1016
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 1: out the door, so that would have been funny. Also,

1017
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 1: I think you could argue that, given their contracts, d

1018
00:45:57,600 --> 00:45:59,839
Speaker 1: Angela Russell might be a better asset right now, which

1019
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 1: is actually kind of crazy just because of how poorly

1020
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins is playing. But here's the thing, Andrew. If

1021
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 1: I could get Andrew Wiggins from twenty twenty two on

1022
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 1: the Lakers, I'd do it in a heartbeat. But I

1023
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 1: just if you really start to zoom out from the

1024
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,960
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins thing, it's like we viewed it as like, oh,

1025
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 1: he was here in Minnesota, and then okay, he's with

1026
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 1: the Warriors and he's going up and then it's like tank.

1027
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,000
Speaker 1: But if you zoom out, it's actually a lot of

1028
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 1: this in the one spot that's up high, meaning like

1029
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 1: it's actually more likely than not that Wiggins is who

1030
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,160
Speaker 1: he is and that twenty twenty two is an outlier.

1031
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:31,719
Speaker 1: So it's an interesting trade idea. Ruy Hatchamura would help

1032
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,400
Speaker 1: the Warriors a lot, so we Gabe, But I just

1033
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 1: think Rui's a better player than Andrew Wiggins right now,

1034
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:38,799
Speaker 1: and so I don't think the deal necessarily works, and

1035
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 1: unless Andrew Wiggins can get it together, I don't in

1036
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:43,800
Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks. I don't necessarily think he

1037
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 1: has a ton of trade value. Next question, are there

1038
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,399
Speaker 1: any rule changes you would implement in the NBA? And why?

1039
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 1: Just curious if you have any ideas. I thoroughly enjoy

1040
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:55,320
Speaker 1: the show and appreciate your insight and takes on the game.

1041
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 1: So what I would do is I'd give the refs

1042
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:01,279
Speaker 1: discretion to never call any sort of non basketball play.

1043
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:02,799
Speaker 1: There was a play at the end of the Denver

1044
00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:04,720
Speaker 1: Nuggets game that I'll give you guys as an example.

1045
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:08,839
Speaker 1: Joel Embiid went up underneath the basket and clearly got

1046
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 1: fouled I think by Aaron Gordon if I remember correctly,

1047
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,879
Speaker 1: and he's complaining to the refs, and it was a foul.

1048
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:15,920
Speaker 1: One hundred percent agree with Joel Embid that it was

1049
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:19,640
Speaker 1: a foul. Here's the thing. They didn't call it. And

1050
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:23,080
Speaker 1: Embiid was underneath the rim and had an opportunity to

1051
00:47:23,239 --> 00:47:25,480
Speaker 1: power up and put the ball in the basket, and

1052
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: instead he stuck his arms out and went like that.

1053
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 1: To try to go up to the basket and Aaron

1054
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:33,080
Speaker 1: Gordon came across his arms and they didn't give him

1055
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 1: the call. I would not give him the call either,

1056
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:39,359
Speaker 1: because there's no place in the world where you teach

1057
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 1: a basketball player to do that. It is not a

1058
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:45,319
Speaker 1: basketball play to put the ball out and deliberately expose

1059
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:49,200
Speaker 1: it to get knocked away. They do that because they

1060
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: get calls. It's a non basketball play that grifters used

1061
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 1: to try to get to the line. And he's not

1062
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:56,839
Speaker 1: the only one. I'm not targeting Mbiad. I'm just using

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Speaker 1: that as an example. I would give the refs discretion

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00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:01,520
Speaker 1: any sort of non basketball play that you see in

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00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:04,120
Speaker 1: any way, shape or form, even if it's a blatant foul,

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00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: just don't call it, because that would be what's best

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00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: for the league. And I thoroughly believe that the ref

1068
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 1: watched him do that in that moment and made that call.

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00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 1: I think he looked at it and was like, Oh,

1070
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,920
Speaker 1: this is a nationally televised MVP showdown between Joel and

1071
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:22,160
Speaker 1: Bid and Nikola Jokic. It's a close game late, I'm

1072
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:24,960
Speaker 1: not giving him that bullshit like that. That's what I

1073
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:27,080
Speaker 1: think that was and I think if the NBA did that,

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00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:32,480
Speaker 1: it would go a long way towards helping helping the

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00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:35,719
Speaker 1: television product. All right, Four more questions. Dream trade at

1076
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:38,359
Speaker 1: the deadline for any team, favorite showing YouTube? Keep going, man,

1077
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: thanks again for the kind words. I'm gonna go with

1078
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:42,840
Speaker 1: that Warriors one for Dorian Finney Smith and mchal Bridges.

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00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:44,400
Speaker 1: I just really want to see the Warriors have one

1080
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:46,239
Speaker 1: last shot at things and I think that would be

1081
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:47,880
Speaker 1: the most fun trade that would kind of change the

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00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: landscape of the league. Next question, It seems as if

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00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:53,640
Speaker 1: the standings are not as important as they used to be,

1084
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: and I just want to know why that is. It

1085
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:56,400
Speaker 1: seems as if the young teams at the top and

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00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:58,520
Speaker 1: the veteran teams at the bottom. And the funny thing

1087
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:01,399
Speaker 1: is that most NBA fans, including me, trust the lower

1088
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:03,359
Speaker 1: seeded team more than the higher seeded teams. Now because

1089
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:05,800
Speaker 1: of that, do the veteran teams do this on purpose?

1090
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:07,840
Speaker 1: Or is it something else talked about this earlier in

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00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,640
Speaker 1: the show. But to make it simple, like, I think

1092
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: these veteran teams are just trying to get through to April,

1093
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,680
Speaker 1: and I think that they love playing basketball, but that

1094
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 1: the grind kind of gets to them more. And these

1095
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,839
Speaker 1: younger teams they love. They're not sick of it yet.

1096
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:24,160
Speaker 1: They love the grind. They love being in the middle

1097
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:26,479
Speaker 1: of January, Like, do you think the Jazz are bored

1098
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:28,840
Speaker 1: right now? No, They're having a blast. And so again

1099
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,359
Speaker 1: it's our job to just try to sort through all

1100
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: of that noise. Two more, out of the Suns, Warriors

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00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:37,000
Speaker 1: and Lakers, who are you more worried about. I'm more

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00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:40,520
Speaker 1: concerned with the Suns as a team they have as

1103
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,719
Speaker 1: the team they have is what they have, whereas the

1104
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:44,719
Speaker 1: Lakers and the Warriors can make trades to be way better.

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Speaker 1: I enjoy this show and I just want your opinion.

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00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:48,760
Speaker 1: That's an interesting take as it pertains to the Suns

1107
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,080
Speaker 1: not being able to make a trade. That said, the

1108
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:53,759
Speaker 1: Sons have Devin Booker, Bradley Beal, and Kevin Durrant and

1109
00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 1: they I think they have the ability to play better

1110
00:49:57,120 --> 00:49:59,319
Speaker 1: than they have to this point in the season. I'm

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00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:02,239
Speaker 1: gonna go with the Warriors there just because since they

1112
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: missed out on Siakam, I think their job at this

1113
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:08,759
Speaker 1: trade deadline gets significantly more difficult. And I think the

1114
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,320
Speaker 1: Lakers are just better than both teams as currently constructed,

1115
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:13,120
Speaker 1: I'd pick them over I'd pick the Lakers over the

1116
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: Suns or the Warriors in the series that started today,

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00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:17,759
Speaker 1: So I just think they're in a better position. That's

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Speaker 1: not to say that I think all three teams are

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00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:22,160
Speaker 1: gonna make the playoffs, and I think the Warriors will

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Speaker 1: find something to do. I just think they have a

1121
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 1: little bit more of a long shot, So I have

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Speaker 1: them third in that group right now. Last question, what

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Speaker 1: do you think of the recent trend of NFL guys

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00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:32,760
Speaker 1: saying the world revolves around the US and using American

1125
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:36,120
Speaker 1: ratings to prove the NFL as lapping the NBA in popularity.

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00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,279
Speaker 1: As someone who's not American, it really bugs me because

1127
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:40,160
Speaker 1: everyone outside the US knows that the NBA is far

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00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:43,360
Speaker 1: and away the most popular American league in the world. So,

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Speaker 1: first of all, it's not necessarily a fair comparison, just

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Speaker 1: because the NBA is a global game in a way

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00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,480
Speaker 1: that football is not. But I do agree with your premise,

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Speaker 1: Like every time NFL ratings get brought up next to

1133
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:59,960
Speaker 1: the NBA, I'm just like, who cares? They're fundamentally different products, Like, yeah,

1134
00:51:00,239 --> 00:51:04,520
Speaker 1: every regular season game gets more views a lot more views.

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00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 1: But like the NBA is an inventory product. They have

1136
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: eighty two regular season games. So even if they only

1137
00:51:11,080 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: get two million views per game on an ESPN game

1138
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:16,840
Speaker 1: or whatever, like or whatever it is that they get, Like,

1139
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:19,240
Speaker 1: there's just the you know, the Lakers on ESPN thirty

1140
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:22,319
Speaker 1: five times or whatever forty times in a season. Right,

1141
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:26,800
Speaker 1: So like like again, they're just so fundamentally different as products,

1142
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:28,799
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? And even above and beyond that,

1143
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:32,480
Speaker 1: they're just irrelevant. Like, the NBA is growing in popularity,

1144
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:35,320
Speaker 1: So if the NFL is growing faster or is already bigger,

1145
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:37,799
Speaker 1: who cares? They're over there. They're a different thing. The

1146
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 1: NBA is doing great, they have room for improvement. But

1147
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:43,520
Speaker 1: the NBA is doing great, that doesn't It's not like

1148
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:46,200
Speaker 1: the NFL is like pushing the NBA down. That's not

1149
00:51:46,239 --> 00:51:50,760
Speaker 1: what's happening. Right. It's like politics, right, Like these cable

1150
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 1: news stations, they're gonna crush everybody, especially this year with

1151
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:58,600
Speaker 1: the with the presidential election, right, Like, who cares? Like

1152
00:51:58,640 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 1: they're a different thing. They're completely different thing. They don't

1153
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:04,480
Speaker 1: actually affect the health of the NBA at all. To me,

1154
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:07,840
Speaker 1: the global potential of the NBA is what makes it

1155
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:10,240
Speaker 1: so healthy. I think if we fast forward fifty years,

1156
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:13,400
Speaker 1: you could probably have franchises in other countries. I think

1157
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,680
Speaker 1: the league in general is just going to be incredibly healthy.

1158
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:17,600
Speaker 1: I wouldn't even be surprised if we had NBA sponsored

1159
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 1: leagues around the world, kind of similar to NBA Africa.

1160
00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:23,360
Speaker 1: I think the NBA and basketball in general is just

1161
00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:25,440
Speaker 1: in a really good place, and I don't understand how

1162
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,399
Speaker 1: the NFL applies to that at all whatsoever. All Right, guys,

1163
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:30,600
Speaker 1: that is all I have for today. As always, as

1164
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:32,960
Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting the show. I will

1165
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:34,680
Speaker 1: be back on Wednesday when I get back from Denver.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys, and I'll see you then. The

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Speaker 1: volume