WEBVTT - Kevin Durant. Bradley Beal. Donovan Mitchel.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, you're listening to Heat Check from Trista Criek,

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<v Speaker 1>So let's get into a little news around the NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>Kadie my man Kevin Durant has gone completely dark, and

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<v Speaker 1>in his absence, the Nets have become I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Nets have become a thirteen year old with NBA

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<v Speaker 1>two K in franchise mode and they're just trying to

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<v Speaker 1>swap one player for an entire team. They're also like

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<v Speaker 1>who you experience all the time if you play fantasy

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<v Speaker 1>football and you've got that one guy in the league

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<v Speaker 1>who thinks that like he can trade you Alvin Kamara

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<v Speaker 1>for like Matt Stafford and Josh Jacobs and Darren Wallers

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<v Speaker 1>like my g no. Uh. The latest is that they

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<v Speaker 1>tried to convince the Minnesota Timberwolves to give up Aunt

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<v Speaker 1>Cat and four first round picks for Katie. I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>what you so? What? Click? That's one of those Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>what's up, Seana? It's uh a Rod and it's uh,

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<v Speaker 1>who's run? Tim Conley? It's Tim? What's up? Uh? You

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<v Speaker 1>won't excuse me? What click? That's like, that's an immediate

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<v Speaker 1>go fuck yourself. So why would the Wolves or Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Durant sign off on that? Like? Why would Delo and

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Durant remix in this alternate universe where Katie was

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<v Speaker 1>in assign a trade for d Loo who's also in

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<v Speaker 1>a sign a trade? Like why would Kevin Durant want

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<v Speaker 1>to play with Jaden McDaniels h d Loo? And like

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<v Speaker 1>nas read, he wouldn't, like you wouldn't. It doesn't help

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<v Speaker 1>anyone other than the Nets in this case. And first

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<v Speaker 1>of all, if you get Nets, if you are the

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<v Speaker 1>Nets and you get Karl Anthony Towns and Aunt Edwards

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<v Speaker 1>for Kevin Durant, there are no picks being extreined exchanged,

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<v Speaker 1>there is absolutely none. You get players. Aunt Edwards is

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<v Speaker 1>probably Michael Jordan. Have the Nets ever seen him play?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, because it sees the next Jordan. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not giving you baby Jordan for a thirty plus guy

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<v Speaker 1>who probably doesn't want to play in Minnesota anyway. And

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Windhorse hit it on the head when he said this,

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<v Speaker 1>and I thought to myself, we got to talk about this.

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<v Speaker 1>The market does not want to pay a super premium

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<v Speaker 1>price for Kevin Durant because if he trade all away

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<v Speaker 1>these top assets on your team begin him, he becomes

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<v Speaker 1>then less valuable to you because you're no longer a

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<v Speaker 1>contender and all of that is a golf and why

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<v Speaker 1>we are in a stalemate right now, and you could

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<v Speaker 1>have one for a while. And the latest now is

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<v Speaker 1>also that there's no Kyrie trade until Kevin's trade. So

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<v Speaker 1>Kai is going to just sit there and rot even

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<v Speaker 1>though he's out in the in I want to say,

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<v Speaker 1>he's in La, playing in the valley. In all these

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<v Speaker 1>NBA leagues, he's chopping it up with all the stars.

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<v Speaker 1>He's given them buckets, proven that he's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>best scorers on Earth. And you know what, for the nets,

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't matter. And for Kevin, people want to know.

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<v Speaker 1>Players are reaching out to him, agents are reaching out

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<v Speaker 1>to him, Teams are reaching out to him, not answering,

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<v Speaker 1>not answering calls, not answering texts, not answering emails, barely

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<v Speaker 1>even responding to tweets, which we know he loves to do.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's all essentially in Rich Clemban's hands now. So no, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>no Kevin Durant cameos in Summer League. It would appear

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen him, haven't heard about him. It would appear

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to drag on for some time. WOJ

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<v Speaker 1>thinks it's going to going all is going. WOG thinks

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to go all the way up into a

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<v Speaker 1>training camp. That would be gross. This has got the

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<v Speaker 1>whole league on hold, and of course the trade could

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<v Speaker 1>at any moment, so you got to keep those alerts

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<v Speaker 1>on for that very reason. Moving on, let's move on

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<v Speaker 1>brad Beal. Brad Bial signed his five year, two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty one million dollar extension with the Wizards. I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta say for him, go get your money, my guy,

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<v Speaker 1>you deserve it. Take those money and then just hang

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<v Speaker 1>out in DC. And we know that he's loyal. But

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<v Speaker 1>here's the kicker. Bradley Beal asked for and got a

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<v Speaker 1>no trade clause in his contract. He's the only current

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<v Speaker 1>player in the league with that in his contract. And

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<v Speaker 1>Ted Lee oonsis the owner of the Wizards, owner of

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<v Speaker 1>what is it monumental Monumental Sports, says that he does

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<v Speaker 1>not want to be traded and we don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>trade him. All that sounds nice. On Friday, July eight,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty two, will see how this goes. In July eighth,

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six, we'll see when he's thirty years old.

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<v Speaker 1>Leons says he sees this as a partnership and now

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<v Speaker 1>the Wizards can't don't bill for a boatload of picks

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<v Speaker 1>without his say so, which is, you know, smart business

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<v Speaker 1>for bal in the NBA. You can't end up in Sacramento,

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<v Speaker 1>right like he is going to be able to pick

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<v Speaker 1>his next destination when when he comes to grips with

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<v Speaker 1>what we all know and Brock knows that he will

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<v Speaker 1>never win anything in Washington. He will never make it

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<v Speaker 1>past the first round. Again, I said it. And let's

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<v Speaker 1>be clear about something here. This is no shade on

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<v Speaker 1>Bradley Beal when I say this. But when he signed

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<v Speaker 1>this extension super max, no trade clause, I'm all in,

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<v Speaker 1>no player option. That was the moment that I knew

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<v Speaker 1>Bradley Beal does not prioritize winning a championship. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>He's not going to win a title in Washington. And

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<v Speaker 1>any smart person can see this. The team is a mess.

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<v Speaker 1>The team is so messy that there's not really much

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<v Speaker 1>of a chance that they even will make the playoffs

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<v Speaker 1>this year. Their idea of giving Beal pieces to help

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<v Speaker 1>him was to sign Monty Morris, will or Monte Will

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<v Speaker 1>Barton the lawn Wright junior. They drafted Johnny Davis, which means, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>that this team has signed four guys who either have

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<v Speaker 1>or currently play the shooting guard position, which is the

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<v Speaker 1>exact same position that Bradley Beal plays. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, of course Morris and Wright can play the point.

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<v Speaker 1>And basically what you're saying is that the Wizards added

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<v Speaker 1>a pair of backup point guards Monty Morris at thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>and four, right at four and two, and then basically said,

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<v Speaker 1>Bradley Beal, you go ahead and carry the load. You

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead and be the point guard. Make Johnny Davis

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<v Speaker 1>the two. And we know that Bradley Beal is loyal,

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<v Speaker 1>but we also know Bradley Beal is smart and signing

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<v Speaker 1>with the Wizards right now with a baby on the

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<v Speaker 1>way is a smart business move and it's a smart

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<v Speaker 1>life move. It's just not the one that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>give him a title. And that's facts, and that's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>He'll be thirty four years old when his extension is finished,

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<v Speaker 1>and so that's maybe when he decides to go chase

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<v Speaker 1>a ring like everybody else. I don't hate it. He's

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<v Speaker 1>creating this multi generational wealth and being loyal to a

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<v Speaker 1>city that he loves, and I'm for that. But the

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<v Speaker 1>cost of being loyal oftentimes is winning. Just asked Damian Lillard,

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<v Speaker 1>who himself doubled down and took a two year, one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and twenty two million dollars deal with the Blazers,

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<v Speaker 1>how much money is that? Let me go to Mas

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<v Speaker 1>School sixty sixty something million dollars a year. Well, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna lose which twenty nine teams every year, do,

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<v Speaker 1>you might as well make sixty million dollars a year

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<v Speaker 1>doing it. Let's move on to Donovan Mitchell, quick update

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<v Speaker 1>him on him and the Utah Jazz. I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>it today. I don't think I have it. Last we

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<v Speaker 1>looked in on the Jazz Trader, Danny had leveraged Rudy

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<v Speaker 1>Gobert for about one hundred first round picks from the Timberwolves.

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<v Speaker 1>People are very split down the middle on this. I

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<v Speaker 1>put out a clip on the internet. Would you rather

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<v Speaker 1>spend thirty million dollars on Christian Wood. We talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this on the podcast, obviously, Christian Wood and Javeail thirty

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<v Speaker 1>million or Rudy Gobert and cat At one hundred million,

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<v Speaker 1>and people were very mad. People told me to get

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<v Speaker 1>into the kitchen. People told me to never watch basketball again.

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<v Speaker 1>People told me that I should just focus on the

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<v Speaker 1>women's side of the game. It's just one of those

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<v Speaker 1>scenarios where this was more controversial folks than I even thought,

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<v Speaker 1>at least thought least. The Wolves are committed to doing

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<v Speaker 1>something to try to win now, and that for a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of folks who have never seen the Wolves do

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<v Speaker 1>a damn thing, is very exciting. This team could be

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<v Speaker 1>very fun, even though it's a wing driven league. As

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Durant would say, and you've got two centers now

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<v Speaker 1>that make a hundred million. I don't want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about that, though. What I do want to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>is what the Jazz are doing given this end of things,

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<v Speaker 1>and what they're going to do moving forward. Q that

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Windhorse dramatic reading what is going on in Utah.

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<v Speaker 1>It turns out, according to Brian Winhorse, what is happening

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<v Speaker 1>in Utah is nothing. Yet they're the only team in

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<v Speaker 1>the NBA who hasn't signed anyone in free agency, not

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<v Speaker 1>one single person, not a single soul. All they've done

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<v Speaker 1>is just trade things, trade Roy O'Neill, trade Rudy Gobert,

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<v Speaker 1>and accumulated to first round picks. And that, my friends,

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<v Speaker 1>probably not a sign of encouragement to my man, Donovan Mitchell.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably not good news if you're a Jazz fan and

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<v Speaker 1>you think then maybe they're building around them, because that's

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<v Speaker 1>what they keep saying, We're building around Donovan. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>want them to go. And then other reports are coming

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<v Speaker 1>out saying that Donovan Mitchell is concerned with the moves

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<v Speaker 1>that this team is making. Facts. I get that, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think I'm making a hot take or saying

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<v Speaker 1>a hot take to say Donovan Mitchell is probably not

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<v Speaker 1>long for the Utah Jazz. This team's in rebuild mode.

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<v Speaker 1>They just are not admitting it yet because they think

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<v Speaker 1>they're getting an All Star Game in Utah, which they

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<v Speaker 1>may or may not have, and they need to have

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<v Speaker 1>one player that's an All Star the one year that

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<v Speaker 1>they go to that trash as city or the fan

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<v Speaker 1>base will probably riot probably bring their tiki torches out.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, the All Star game is two weeks though

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<v Speaker 1>before the trade deadline this year coincidence, I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think so. So if you're in New York,

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<v Speaker 1>you play the waiting game. I mean New York, not Brooklyn.

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<v Speaker 1>Other than Sam Presty and OKC. We talked about this before,

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<v Speaker 1>there's not really any other team that has as many

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<v Speaker 1>first round picks as the next, especially expendable ones. They

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<v Speaker 1>have eight tradable first round picks in the next handful

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<v Speaker 1>of years, so unless they do something panicky or dumb,

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to be in a really good position to

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<v Speaker 1>add Donovan to this team. And a backcourt of Mitchell

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<v Speaker 1>and Brunson is pretty intriguing. It's definitely better than a

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<v Speaker 1>backcourt of Mike Conley Jr. And Donovan Mitchell, but truthfully,

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Coley in his prime probably better than Jalen Bondson.

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<v Speaker 1>Not gonna lie. Wendy says that the Jazz are not

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<v Speaker 1>talking to anyone about a trade right now for Donovan,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that makes sense only if they're planning

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<v Speaker 1>on holy onto him for the short term, because building

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<v Speaker 1>around him makes no damn sense. And what we know

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<v Speaker 1>about Danny Age is this, he is not afraid to,

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<v Speaker 1>and he seems too light to blow out let's h