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But I know Dennis Schruder pretty 37 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: well from rooting for him when he was with the Lakers, 38 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: So I figured I'd just take ten quick minutes to 39 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: give you guys my thoughts. Also our Monday Show is 40 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: like just jam packed between the in season, tournament semi 41 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: final games as well as power rankings and stuff like that. 42 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: One's going to probably come out a little later in 43 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: the day, so I figured I could give you guys 44 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 1: my quick ten minute synopsis on the Dennis Schroeder trade. 45 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 1: So the gist of it is, the Golden State Warriors 46 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: are sending d' anthony Melton's contract, now that d Anthony 47 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: Melton is injured for the season, to the Brooklyn Nets 48 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 1: in exchange for Dennis Schroeder. The Warriors are also sending 49 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: three second round picks in the deal. Now is my 50 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: first impression on this is don't overthink it, meaning like, 51 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: is Dennis Shreder the piece that's going to lift the 52 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,839 Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors to championship contention? No, I don't think 53 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: he is. That said, He's just a simple and obvious 54 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: talent upgrade. It actually reminds me a lot of a 55 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: trade the Lakers made two years ago when they turned 56 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: Kendrick Nunn into ruy Hachramura with three second round picks 57 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: quite a ways before the deadline, a similar type of thing. 58 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: It's like, here's a contract that's useless to us because 59 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: Kendrick Nunn has been injured or bad the entire time 60 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: he's been here. Is Ruy the perfect player? No? Is 61 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: Ruy going to solve all the Lakers problems. No, but 62 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: he's just an obvious talent upgrade at a position of need. 63 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: Let's bring him in and then we'll figure out the 64 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: rest at the deadline. And that's kind of where these 65 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors are at. Yes, they've been in 66 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,839 Speaker 1: a really tough spot. The offense, especially with the bench unit, 67 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: has really struggled. But even with Steph Curry on the floor, 68 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: the offense has just struggled as of late. Right, So 69 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: it's not that there's a big picture talent issue with 70 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: the Warriors. Had the Warriors done nothing, I think their 71 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: offense would have eventually gotten back up off the ground 72 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: and they would have been fine, and they would have 73 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: been in that five to eight range in the standings 74 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: most of the season. Right. This deal because it's at 75 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: such a specific position of need. As a ball handler 76 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: other than Steph that can run coherent offense, it's just 77 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: an obvious way to help improve your floor and give 78 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: you a better chance of being higher in the standings 79 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: throughout this middle chunk of the season, and then, like 80 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: the Lakers did two years ago with the D'anzelo, Russell, 81 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: Jared Vanderbilt, Malik Beasley, you can do something bigger at 82 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: the deadline. I don't think it'll be that type of deal. 83 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: It'll end up being for a more high powered offensive player. 84 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: But that's the kind of deal that the Warriors can 85 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: make down at the deadline. And again, you'll have more 86 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: information at that point. Potentially Jonathan Kaminga could play himself 87 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: into a position where he seems completely untradeable again, or 88 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: maybe Andrew Wiggins plays himself into a position where he 89 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: looks untradable, but Kaminga looks like he's struggling, and then 90 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: it makes more sense to make a cominga deal right 91 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: like this passes the buck, so to speak, of that 92 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: process to the deadline, while at the same time addressing 93 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: an immediate need, which is your offense sucks and you 94 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: gotta find a way to get that off the ground, 95 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: especially in the units when Steph is off the floor. 96 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: So a little bit about Dennis Schroeder again, like you 97 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: know how it goes, like when you root for a player, 98 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: you watch them more closely, right, like, I watch all 99 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: the NBA teams around the league because it's my job, 100 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 1: but I obviously watched the Lakers the most because they're 101 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: my favorite team, and so as a basketball fan, even 102 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: when I'm not working, I try to watch them. And 103 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: so I covered Dennis Schroeder extremely closely on two separate 104 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,679 Speaker 1: occasions with the Los Angeles Lakers in the twenty twenty 105 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: one season and then in the final season that Russell 106 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: Westbrook was there, the twenty twenty three season when they 107 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: made it to the Western Conference Finals. A lot of 108 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: weird stuff happened in there, like the first time, Dennis 109 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: Schroeder like turns down this massive extension, and then the 110 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: Lakers end up deciding not to bring him back after 111 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: bringing in Russell Westbrook, and so they let him walk, 112 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: and then he can't find a deal and he ends 113 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: up signing that mid level exception with the Boston Celtics, 114 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: if you remember. And then even last time, he was 115 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: really good for them through the Western Conference Finals, but 116 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: the Lakers wanted per like, they wanted somebody that was 117 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: a little bit higher level of like an off ball 118 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: score type shooter type, so they end up going for 119 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,040 Speaker 1: Gabe Vincent out of Miami and letting Dennis Schroeder walk, 120 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: which ends up being a complete disaster. So the Lakers 121 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: have fumbled Dennis Schroeder away a couple of times, and 122 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: now they have a bunch of guards who can't defend 123 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: and it's frustrating, and that's why I'm kind of out 124 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: on those guys, as you guys know. But again my 125 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: experience rooting for Dennis Schroeder, he's just an He was 126 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: one of my favorite players that I ever rooted for, 127 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: and I am convinced that Golden State Warriors fans are 128 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: going to love him. The main kind of like genesis 129 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: of that opinion is his competitive spirit. I think it's 130 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: the number one thing that resonates with fans. Like you 131 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: work your ass off all day and you sit on 132 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: the couch and you want to watch a game, and 133 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: when a dude's playing his ass off, I think it 134 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: just immediately resonates with people on another level than the 135 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: guy that It's like on any given night, he might 136 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: look like he's the best player on the floor and 137 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: when he's engaged, and then other times he's just yes 138 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: in his way through things. I think that can really 139 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: be frustrating for fans, and so immediately Warriors fans will 140 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: love him because he is a force of competitive nature. 141 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 1: He is a guy that is going to compete on 142 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: both ends of the floor almost every single night. He 143 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: is a foxhole guy. He's a guy when, like when 144 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: the shit's getting tough and it's physical and it's there's adversity, 145 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: you want him in your corner. He's just in terms 146 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: of his intangible basketball character, he is a awesome player 147 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: that Warriors fans are going to love. Now on the 148 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: basketball level, let's start on the defensive end. As a 149 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: defensive player, Dennis Schroeder is one of the better guard 150 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: defenders in the league. He can defend the vast majority 151 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: of guards at the point of attack very well. He's 152 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: good with ball pressure, he slides quick laterally, he contains 153 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 1: the ball well. He's very disruptive swiping at the basketball. 154 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: He navigates screens well, he applies back pressure well. He 155 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: does all of that really, really well. Dennis Schroeder is 156 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: an awesome point of attack defender that will help the 157 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,120 Speaker 1: Warriors right away. He does have some weaknesses with bigger 158 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: power guards, so like, for instance, if he gets caught 159 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: in a switch against a wing that can post up 160 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: a little bit struggles to hold his own there. There 161 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: are also like a half dozen ish scoring guards in 162 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: the league that are big and strong enough to kind 163 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: of withstand his ball pressure, and they can just easily 164 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: shoot over the top of him. Famously, in the twenty 165 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: twenty three Western Conference Finals, Jamal Murray just kind of 166 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: cooked him one on one a bunch or in ball 167 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: screens a bunch, because he just his contest wasn't high 168 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: enough long, whatever you want to call it, to bother 169 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray, and he was just big and strong enough 170 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: to ward off his ball pressure. But again, those are 171 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: smaller problems and the Warriors have other solutions for that. 172 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: The Warriors have other guys in house already that they 173 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: can put on bigger, stronger guards, and so if anything, 174 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: if there's a weakness in the Golden State perimeter defense, 175 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: they've got a lot of guys like Andrew Wiggins, like 176 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: Jonathan Cominga that they can stick on bigger wings. But 177 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: when it comes to super quick laterally guards, it's like 178 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: Gary Payton the second is the only guy you really 179 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: like in those matchups. Everyone else is solid, like Lindy 180 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: Waters is solid. Brandon Pajemski's solid. Those guys can compete 181 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: at the point of attack, some better than others, but 182 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 1: none of them are like great at handling quick guards 183 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: except for Gary Payton. Dennis Schroeder gives you another option 184 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: in those types of situations on the offensive end of 185 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: the four. I understand that there's going to be some 186 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: initial commentariot. You'll see it around in a lot of 187 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: the basketball media space surrounding the fit, and there's a 188 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: very basic reason behind that. Like Dennis Schroeder is very 189 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: much a pound the air out of the ball, spread, 190 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: pick and roll, pick on mismatches and switches type of guard. 191 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: Like in ball screens, like he likes to reject the screen, 192 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: especially against ice, and kind of shoot little fifteen footers 193 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,599 Speaker 1: along the baseline. He'll work into the mid range, and 194 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: he's got an assortment of like little short mid range 195 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: shots that he can make. He's a decent passer in 196 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: ball screens, he can run them. But then when there's switches, 197 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: he's pretty good at getting bigs out into space and 198 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,839 Speaker 1: beating them off the dribble because he's got a really 199 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:32,959 Speaker 1: quick first step. So that's kind of like his style 200 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: of play. So in theory in the Warriors five out motion, 201 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: it doesn't seem like it would make much sense. But again, 202 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: I don't think it's going to be that bad within 203 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 1: the context of Steph on the floor, because one, every 204 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: single motion concept is more or less a ball screen 205 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,719 Speaker 1: in principle. It's just in the concept of ball and 206 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: player movement, like Dennis's traits should still translate reasonably well there. 207 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: And then two, he's not a guy you can leave 208 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,599 Speaker 1: wide open. He's actually a very good shooter. And this 209 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: extended back to the Lakers days, Like if he was 210 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: set and his feet were set and he had time 211 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: to get through his whole release, he felt like it 212 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: was going in. The issue is he's got a really long, 213 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 1: drawn out release. So like if he's let's say that 214 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: you're trying to get his defender onto Steph, and so 215 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: he's screening for Steph because you're trying to get that 216 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: weaker defender onto Steph Curry so he can attack a 217 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: mismatch and instead of switching the hedge and Dennis has 218 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: to like slip out of it quick and make himself 219 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: available for a jumper. He's not a guy that can 220 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: like shoot on the move. He's not a guy that's 221 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: gonna come flying off of a screen and knock down 222 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: a jump shot. He's a standstill jump shooter who also 223 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: when defenders who tend to duck under picks against him, 224 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: when they duck under screens, he can kind of settle 225 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: behind the screen and find his timing to knock down 226 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: the shot. And then he's got a couple of nifty 227 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: like release angles and stuff for short to mid range stuff. 228 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: But he's not like the most dynamic movement shooter, which 229 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: is a little bit of a clunky fit with the 230 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: Warriors offense. But again, because he's so good defensively, and 231 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 1: because you can't leave him wide open, and because he 232 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: does have a good amount of offensive skill, he should 233 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: still be workable in the stepf on the floor units 234 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: and then it's all about the units. When STEP's off 235 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: the floor, Well you have to play a different style, yeah, probably, 236 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: But we've seen the Warriors have to go to that 237 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: style even with the steph led units at times, including 238 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: most recently their last playoff run. Right. So like the 239 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: spread pick and roll thing is something that Golden State 240 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: has been willing to go to at times. They and 241 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: they used to do it in the past with Chris 242 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: Paul in the context of bench lineups without Steph on 243 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: the floor. So like, again you really dig down into it, 244 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,040 Speaker 1: the Warriors were hoping that that kind of strength in 245 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: numbers offensive skill coalition would get the job done, and 246 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: it ended up being like Pajemski kind of had a 247 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: bad year, you know, the Anthony Melton gets hurt all 248 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: of a sudden, that just doesn't materialize the way they 249 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: were hoping. Insert Dennis Schroeder. He can help at least 250 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: command those bench units at a better rate then at 251 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: a better rate than what they were getting before. And again, 252 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: like they don't have the sh that in those bench 253 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 1: groups that Brooklyn has, so like it's not going to 254 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: be the same type of look, but it should be 255 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: a better defensive group than what Brooklyn had, and so 256 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: they should be able to they should be able to 257 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: play a brand of basketball with Dennis on the floor 258 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: and step off that is conducive to winning those minutes. 259 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: So in short, again number one, don't overthink it. You're 260 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: flipping three second round picks in d Anthony Melton's contract 261 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: to Brooklyn, meaning one you didn't waste Jonathan Minga or 262 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 1: any of the young players that other teams want. Two, 263 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,079 Speaker 1: you didn't waste any of your first round draft compensation. Three, 264 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: even if you liked the d Anthony Meltin fit in 265 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: the context of the future, he's got a player option 266 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 1: that he can just reject and then go back to 267 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: Golden State next year. So all you're really giving up 268 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: is three second round picks, right, which can be recruited 269 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: in other ways. Right. And then the second piece of 270 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: it is it's an obvious talent upgrade. You're just turning 271 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: a useless contract into a very good NBA player who 272 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: also plays a very specific position of need, which is 273 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: a shot creating guard that can also defend, which should 274 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,839 Speaker 1: in theory, help stabilize those bench groups for Golden State. 275 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: It's not a move that is going to vault the 276 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: Warriors into top tier championship contention, but it is an 277 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: obvious step in that direction that also maintains the flexibility 278 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: to do something bigger as they get closer to the deadline, 279 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: which fingers crossed because I'm hoping to see Steph playing 280 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: some big, high leverage games this year. Hopefully they end 281 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: up doing something a little bit more splashy as they 282 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 1: get closer to the deadline. All right, guys, that's all 283 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: I have for today. As always, as sincerely appreciate you 284 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: guys for supporting me in support in the show. I'll 285 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: be back on Monday late afternoonish to cover the n 286 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: Season Tournament semi final games as well as our weekly 287 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: power rankings. I will see you guys then the volume. 288 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: What's up guys. As always, I appreciate you for listening 289 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:49,959 Speaker 1: to and supporting OOPS tonight. 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