1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: The Volume. 2 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 2: All right, welcome to hoops tonight here at the Volume. 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 2: Happy Monday, everybody. I hope all of you guys had 4 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 2: a great weekend at a quick getaway into Texas for 5 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 2: a family wedding, flew out on Saturday, flew back on Sunday, 6 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 2: and in that span quite a few players have been 7 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 2: signed and or traded. We're gonna be hitting on sixteen 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 2: teams today, rapid fire style. We're gonna start with the 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 2: Damian Lillard trade request, talk a little bit about some 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 2: of my thoughts on that, and then we're gonna get 11 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: to the other fifteen teams and a bunch of different signings. 12 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 2: I did scouts on a couple of those European guys 13 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 2: that both signed for twenty plus million here in the 14 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 2: States for the Thunder and the Kings. The one team 15 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: we're not going to hit on in this particular show 16 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: is the Los Angeles Lakers. Since our last video, they've 17 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: signed Cam Reddish, Jackson Hayes. They resigned Austins, Dangel Russell, 18 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: and Ruy Hachimura, all on team friendly numbers. But I 19 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 2: want to do like a whole separate video on the 20 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: Lakers for a bunch of different reasons. One because Rob 21 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 2: Polinka has had some wins over the course of basically 22 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: since the trade deadline two now that I think are 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: worthy of covering. Also, I'm a Lakers fan, as you 24 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 2: guys know are I'm a fan of this particular Lakers team, 25 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: at least while Lebron James is on it, So I 26 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: want to just take a little bit more time there. 27 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 2: So we're not gonna hit the Lakers today. The teams 28 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 2: are written today, the Blazers, the Suns, the Warriors, the Rockets, 29 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 2: the Raptors, the Heat, the MAVs, the Grizzlies, the Calves, 30 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 2: the Kings, the Thunder the Bucks, Sixers, Clippers, Nicks, and Nuggets. 31 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: So a ton of basketball to get into. You guys 32 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 2: know the show before we get started. To subscribe to 33 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: the Volumes YouTube channel so you don't miss any more 34 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 2: of our videos, follow me on Twitter and underscore Jason 35 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: lts you guys don't miss any show announcements. And for 36 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 2: whatever reason you guys miss one of these shows and 37 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 2: you can't get back over to YouTube to finish, don't forget. 38 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: You can find them wherever you get your podcasts. Under 39 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 2: Oops tonight. Also for those of you who want to 40 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: hear a deep dive on just your particular team. Don't 41 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 2: forget that as we get closer to the start of 42 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: the season there in September. That's how we do our 43 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 2: season previews. We do power rankings like one through fifteen, 44 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 2: and for those fifteen teams, I do deep dives on 45 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 2: their entire offseason and everything that I expect from them 46 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 2: in that particular season. So we will eventually get to 47 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: that point, but I like to wait till the end 48 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 2: of the summer just because of all of the different 49 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 2: pieces that could fall down before then. But the Lakers' 50 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 2: off season is basically tied up, and obviously I've been 51 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 2: wanting to talk about them a little bit, So we're 52 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 2: gonna get to them later this week. All right, let's 53 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 2: talk about this Damian Lillard trade request. So it finally 54 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: came down basically right when I landed in Dallas on Saturday, 55 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 2: right around like eleven am Central time, if I remember correctly, 56 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 2: and immediately Seanchrani reported that he was wanting the heat, 57 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 2: and pretty quickly after that we had the report come down. 58 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: I think it was Woges that basically said that the 59 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 2: Blazers are going to shop him around and not particularly 60 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 2: particularly consider sending them to the Heat. I would imagine 61 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 2: they're not in love with that particular trade package. I 62 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 2: think it was Tyler Harrow, Duncan Robinson in some form 63 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 2: of draft compensation, and the Blazer's GM, Joe Cronin, came 64 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,200 Speaker 2: out and said, quote, we have been clear that we 65 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 2: want Dame here, but he notified us today that he 66 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 2: wants out and he preferred to play someplace else. What 67 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 2: has not changed for us is that we are committed 68 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 2: to winning, and we are going to do what's best 69 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: for the team in pursuit of that goal. 70 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: End quote. Now, I still think Dame's going to be 71 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: with the Heat. 72 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 2: I refuse to believe that the Blazers lack self awareness 73 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 2: to this extent, because what's really frustrating to me about 74 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: that is, like, it was totally fine for Dame to 75 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 2: remain committed to you as a franchise when you, as 76 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: a basketball operations department, could not surround him with the 77 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: necessary talent so that one of the fifteen best players 78 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 2: in the entire league was consistently floundering at the bottom 79 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: of the standings and or missing the playoffs entirely to 80 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: the point where even when you looked at Damian Lillard 81 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: and Amphorny Sine and Jeremy Grant's minutes together this season, 82 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: they had a negative net rating according to Cleaning the 83 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 2: Glass when they filtered out garbage time. So, you guys 84 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: have not done your job. And now because Dame, after 85 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 2: many years of loyalty, has expressed a desire to go 86 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 2: someplace else, now all of a sudden, you're committed to winning, 87 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 2: and now all of a sudden you want to be 88 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 2: sound with your asset management and to put together a 89 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 2: winner around your young players. I think that's a really 90 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 2: bad look. There have been some reports since then that 91 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 2: players are quote unquote monitoring the situation with Dame to 92 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 2: see how Portland treats him. This is so outrageous to 93 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 2: me for them to suddenly get stingy about where they're 94 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 2: trading Dame after everything he's done for them over the years, 95 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 2: that I refuse to believe that's what's happening here. So 96 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 2: my guess, my guess, purely circumstantially, is that basically the 97 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 2: Blazers are going to trade into the heat, but they're 98 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 2: manufacturing this fake controversy in hopes of driving up the 99 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 2: price a little bit. And I don't know if it's 100 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 2: a specific draft pick thereafter or what the deal is, 101 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 2: but like I get it, Yeah, you don't want necessarily 102 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: Tyler Harrow and Duncan Robinson. But this is not This 103 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 2: is not a player that was, you know, committing to 104 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: a team for his first long term max contract and 105 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 2: then went in the door six months after and said 106 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: get me out of here. This is a guy that 107 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: time and time again has given you chances and you 108 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 2: haven't done your job. And so with Dame in particular, 109 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 2: I believe he should be accommodated and if he wants 110 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 2: to go Miami, you should send him there. If you 111 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 2: have to play some game to get an extra draft 112 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 2: pick or two, fine, but that's where he should go. 113 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 2: And so I believe this will end with Dame with 114 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 2: the heat. If it doesn't go that route, I think 115 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 2: that speaks volumes about the arrogance and lack of self 116 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 2: awareness in that Portland front office, and it's something that 117 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 2: I'm gonna be paying close attention to over the course 118 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 2: of the next couple of weeks. I'm really curious to 119 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: see how that situation breaks down. Whenever the trade does 120 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 2: eventually go down, you guys know, the drill will be 121 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 2: breaking it down immediately here on the show. One last 122 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: note on that the Jeremy Grant deal. Like I told 123 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 2: you guys, there was another report that came out that 124 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: they still plan on offering that same deal to Jeremy. 125 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,039 Speaker 2: Like I said, I thought it was a relatively team 126 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 2: friendly deal, right around what thirty two million a year 127 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 2: for a really good wing that can score the basketball 128 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 2: and defend. So I think he's a good asset that 129 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 2: you needed to maintain regardless of what your plan was, 130 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 2: whether you're gonna keep Dame or not. For starters, you 131 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,239 Speaker 2: don't really have a player of his ilk on the roster, 132 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 2: and so maybe you run it with him and kind 133 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 2: of see how things go. And then if he's a 134 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 2: bad fit with Scoot and he's a bad fit with 135 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 2: Anthony Simons and Shadan Sharp and you want to get 136 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: him out of there, you can move him at the 137 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 2: deadline and probably get a good amount of return for 138 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 2: him based on the fact that he's a good NBA 139 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: player on a team friendly deal, especially with the upcoming 140 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 2: TV deal. 141 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: All right, on that. 142 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 2: Note, we are going to rip through fifteen teams here 143 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 2: and some of their some of their free agent signings. 144 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna hit on literally every single one, but 145 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 2: I just picked ones that I found particularly interesting. I'm 146 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 2: just gonna read some quick stats, give a really quick breakdown, 147 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: and we'll move on to the next guy. Number one 148 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 2: and Eric Gordon to the Suns on a minimum contract. 149 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 2: He was one point three to four points per spot 150 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 2: up possession with the Clippers after he was traded their 151 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 2: last year, seventy three percent effective field goal percentage on 152 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 2: unguarded catch and shoe jumpers, so really good spot up threat. 153 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 2: He also has a little bit of that extra juice 154 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 2: putting the ball on the floor to be able to 155 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 2: create his own shot. Just stuff that he learned from, 156 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 2: stuff that he's retained from all of his years as 157 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 2: more of a primary ball handler. At other destinations, he 158 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 2: used to be an excellent point of attack defender. We're 159 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 2: gonna talk about this a little bit later when we 160 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 2: get to the Nuggets, but he kind of is that short, 161 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: stocky wing as opposed to that longer, lanky wing. You 162 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 2: guys know, I've been talking forever about how I'm really 163 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 2: curious as these as to why these shorter, stockier, stronger 164 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 2: wings seem to do better in the playoffs than a 165 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 2: lot of the longer, lanky ones. And I was actually 166 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 2: talking about it with my buddy Pete Zeis from Blaker 167 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 2: Film Room the other day. He calls him fire hydrant wings, 168 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 2: which I think is a really interesting way to put it. 169 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: And all of you basketball players have played against the 170 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: guy like this before. We're like, you're bigger than him, 171 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 2: but he just can't go through him because he's so 172 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 2: damn strong and his center of gravity is so low, 173 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: so you have to try to go around and it 174 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 2: can be difficult, and more often than not, you end 175 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 2: up having to shoot over the top of a wing 176 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 2: like this. Now, he turns thirty five this season, so 177 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 2: we'll see if he still has any of that juice 178 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 2: left as a point of attack defender. But if he 179 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 2: has any of that left, and if he can knock 180 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 2: down shots like he did for the Clippers, that's a 181 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: home run. Signing for the Suns on a minimum contract, 182 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: so you know, under the circumstances after the Bradley Beal trade, 183 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 2: which severely limited their ability to surround them with other 184 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 2: role players, I think they've done pretty solid. Between the 185 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 2: dry Ubanks and Chimezi met two signings for athleticism in 186 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 2: the front court, obviously bringing in Aaron Gordon, the Bradley 187 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 2: Beal move, There's a lot to be excited about as 188 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 2: a Suns fan coming into this particular season. I was 189 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 2: actually working out my high school kids this morning and 190 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 2: they were all talking about how excited they were about 191 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 2: the Suns. That's unique. It hasn't been like that ever since. 192 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 2: It became abundantly clear that the Chris Paul and Devin 193 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 2: Booker pairing was not quite capable of getting them over 194 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 2: the top. As I said right after the Kevin Durant trade, 195 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 2: I'm not judging the trade until after that second season. 196 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 2: I didn't think they didn't they had much of a 197 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 2: realistic chance to win last year because of all of 198 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,960 Speaker 2: the veteran minimum quality players that they were putting around 199 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 2: Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and I think that came to 200 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 2: fruition in that Nugget series, which even though it went 201 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 2: to six, had a lot more to do with a 202 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 2: hot shooting Devin Booker performance, and they really got their 203 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 2: ass kicked in just about every other game in that series. 204 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 2: Corey Joseph to the Warriors. He ran four hundred and 205 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: twenty seven pick and rolls last year for the Pistons. 206 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: That led to just three hundred ninety nine points at 207 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 2: zero point ninety three four points per possession, which is 208 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 2: not good. But it's the Pistons, and you got to 209 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 2: factor in the surrounding talent offensively in the way that 210 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:41,960 Speaker 2: that can limit a pick and roll ball handler in 211 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,559 Speaker 2: terms of passing to role man or passing to the 212 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 2: weak side to shooters. Shot forty one percent on catch 213 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 2: and shoot jump shots, thirty four percent on pull up 214 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 2: jump shots. So he's a big downgrade from Dante DiVincenzo. 215 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 2: In my opinion, that's not a hot take. It's just 216 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 2: look at the contract values, like Corey Joseph's coming over 217 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 2: on a minimum and Dante just signed for fifty with 218 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 2: the Knicks, So that's not exactly a hot take. But 219 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 2: here's the thing for this Warriors offseason, it's been pretty 220 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,319 Speaker 2: much status quo bringing everybody back, and then you've lost 221 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 2: Dante DiVincenzo. So where is the piece that's gonna bolster 222 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 2: this roster. Mason Plumley just got signed, just resigned with 223 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 2: the Clippers for one year, five million, is it? Dario 224 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 2: Sartz Darios Artz would certainly make me feel a lot 225 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: better about this roster. But it seems to me like 226 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 2: a lot of what this next season for the Warriors 227 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,760 Speaker 2: is gonna come down to is once again the development 228 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 2: trajectory of guys like of guys like Jonathan Kaminga and 229 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 2: Moses Moody, and can Chris Paul say healthy and bring 230 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 2: anything to this particular team. Really, the Chris Paul piece 231 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 2: is like it's a big gamble. In my opinion, we're 232 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 2: either gonna look back at the Chris Paul piece as 233 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 2: like the genius move that put the Warriors over the 234 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 2: top into their fifth title, or the beginning of the 235 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 2: end as you traded away a talented young player for 236 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: a player that may or may not be able to 237 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 2: hold up. Chris Paul, as I've said on the show before, 238 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: has been hurt in four of his last six post 239 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:01,959 Speaker 2: season runs, including I think two of them are he 240 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 2: just straight up couldn't play. So that's definitely a risk 241 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 2: in that particular regard. So definitely a strange offseason so 242 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 2: far for the Warriors, and you're wondering what's coming next. 243 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 2: The Rockets just had an insane weekend. Fred van Vliet 244 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 2: three years one hundred and thirty million, Dylan Brooks four 245 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 2: years eighty million, Jock Landale four years thirty two million. 246 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 2: They traded for Patty Mills really quick. On the Dylan 247 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 2: Brooks thing, JJ Reddick had this take where he came 248 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 2: out and he's like, everyone said he's gonna go to China, 249 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 2: and now he signs for eighty million dollars. And I 250 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 2: generally agree with the sentiment of what he's trying to say, 251 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 2: because if you guys remember, right after that series, lots 252 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 2: of Lakers fans were taking victory laps at Dylan on 253 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 2: at Dylan Brooks expense, And if you remember, I came 254 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 2: on the show right away and I said, Dylan Brooks 255 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 2: is a good NBA player, He's going to sign for 256 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 2: somebody next year and he's gonna help. I just saw 257 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 2: it more as like I thought, Dylan Brooks was a 258 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,200 Speaker 2: textbook mid level exception guy. I mean, he is a 259 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 2: severely limited offensive player twenty three point seven percent in 260 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: spot up situations in that Lakers series, ran nine picking 261 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,199 Speaker 2: roles for just four points. In the regular season. He 262 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 2: shot three hundred and thirty five pull up jump shots, 263 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 2: which is insane volume, but only made thirty three percent 264 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 2: of them, thirty five percent on catching shoot jumpers, fifty 265 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 2: two percent on the rim. Everything really high volume for 266 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 2: a player like him, Like he just shoots and shoots 267 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 2: and shoots and shoots and shoots even though they're generally 268 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 2: not going in. But that said, I thought he was 269 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 2: one of the very best perimeter defensive players in the 270 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 2: league last year, Like literally top tier defensive player. He 271 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 2: just night after night was taking superstar NBA players and 272 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 2: making them look like a shell of themselves, whether it 273 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 2: was Steph or Lebron or whoever it was that he 274 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 2: was guarding. On any given night, he was bothering people 275 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 2: in the regular season. Now, again those are one night, 276 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 2: regular season things. Obviously, we know what Steph would do 277 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 2: to Dylan in the playoff series. We literally saw what 278 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 2: Lebron would do to Dylan in a playoff series. But 279 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 2: that has nothing to do with Dylan. Great offense beats 280 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 2: great defense every day of the week. But it is 281 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 2: a huge ass set in this league to have a 282 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 2: player that, regardless of position type, you can throw on 283 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 2: any perimeter player in the league, whether it's a guy 284 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,199 Speaker 2: like Steph Curry, a small guard who takes a million 285 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 2: pull up jump shots or a big, rim pressuring forward 286 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 2: like Lebron James and everything in between. Having a player 287 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 2: like that is a massive asset, and that's why I 288 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,440 Speaker 2: thought he'd be worth you know, I was thinking somewhere 289 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 2: along the lines of like three years, thirty six million 290 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 2: dollars is what I was expecting for Dylan Brooks. So, like, 291 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 2: while I agree with JJ's point that like everyone was 292 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 2: going way over the top with their criticism of Dylan 293 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 2: Brooks after that series, I think we can all admit 294 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 2: that four years, eighty million is a lot more than 295 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 2: we were expecting and really had a lot more to 296 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 2: do with the Houston Rockets having a ton of cap 297 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,319 Speaker 2: space that they could throw around. That said, I'm really 298 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 2: happy for Dylan Brooks, and it's a great lesson for 299 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 2: you young kids out there. Play some damn defense that will 300 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 2: get you paid, that will get you the scholarship. Stop 301 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 2: worrying about just the things that are fun in the 302 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 2: game of basketball. There's a whole other half of the 303 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 2: game that is not fun, that is nasty, that requires 304 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 2: hard work, that you have to be driven by competitiveness, 305 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 2: And there are guys that at that stuff that have 306 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 2: jobs all over the NBA and their great lesson for 307 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 2: young players to learn from. As far as Fred Van 308 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 2: Vliet and Patty mills go, I thought this was a 309 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 2: textbook example of Houston trying to bring grownups into the 310 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 2: locker room. It kind of reminds me of what happened 311 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 2: to the Phoenix Suns the year before CP three came, 312 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 2: when they brought in a bunch of just veteran player 313 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 2: I think Riogy Rubio is in that group as well, 314 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 2: where they just kind of instead of like, if you 315 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 2: want to run your basketball team like a developmental program 316 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 2: where every player on the team is below twenty five 317 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 2: years old and they're all just kind of in their 318 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 2: growth progressions, you're gonna look like a G League team, 319 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 2: because what you are is just a glorified G League 320 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 2: team full of lottery picks at that point. So, you know, 321 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 2: bring you can develop young players while also being a 322 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 2: competent professional basketball organization. And so that was kind of 323 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 2: the beginning of the resurgence of the Phoenix Suns that 324 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 2: year before Chris Paul when they just brought in real 325 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 2: NBA role players and put them around to Devin Booker 326 00:14:56,680 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 2: rather than just leaving him with a bunch of lottery picks, right, Well, 327 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 2: that's kind of what I see the Rockets doing now, 328 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 2: bringing in consummate professionals like Patty Mills and Fred Van 329 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 2: Vliet that can help teach guys like Jalen Green and 330 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 2: Jabari Smith and alpherren Sangun had to just be professional 331 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 2: basketball players at the highest level, the work ethic, the 332 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 2: way to behave on road trips, and all these different things. 333 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 2: Not that the Rockets necessarily had behavior problems, but the 334 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 2: point is is they kind of looked like a super 335 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 2: super young team last year, and so it got really 336 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 2: sloppy on a lot of nights. And you know, another 337 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 2: big one is there's a lot of ups and downs 338 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 2: in NBA basketball games, especially now with shot variants and 339 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 2: guys getting hot and guys getting cold shooting from the 340 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 2: field right, and so having guys that have been there, 341 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 2: done that a million times can help prevent your young 342 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 2: players from letting go of the rope. The Houston Rockets 343 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 2: got blown out a lot this year because they struggled 344 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 2: to handle runs and things along those lines. Bringing in 345 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 2: a veteran team gives you just more of that resilience. 346 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 2: It'll help your younger players during their development trajectory, and 347 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 2: again I think you can do this while still giving 348 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 2: Jalen and Jabbari and Shangun all the reps that they 349 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 2: need to improve. Moving on to the Toronto Raptors, they 350 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 2: signed Dennis Schroeder for two years twenty six million and 351 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 2: Jalen McDaniels for two years nine point three million. Jale 352 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 2: McDaniel's classic kind of like thin wing, not really excellent 353 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 2: at anything, but he's got good tools. He's six foot nine, 354 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: totally different type of player than that fired hydrant type 355 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 2: of wing that I was talking about earlier. The name 356 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: that I'm stealing from Pizzas. This is that long, skinny wing, 357 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 2: and they can help in a bunch of different ways. 358 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 2: They can help with some perimeter assignments that can help 359 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 2: with contested rebound situations. Obviously, the ability to shoot over 360 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 2: the top helps. He was good crash in the offensive 361 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 2: glass for Philadelphia last year. But they can struggle with 362 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 2: more physical assignments and that can be a problem in 363 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: the later rounds of the NBA playoffs. But Raptors fans, 364 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 2: I am certain that you guys are going to love 365 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 2: Dennis Schroeder. It can be a little frustrating at times 366 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 2: with his shot selection, but overall, the full package is 367 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 2: more than worth it. He was actually over a point 368 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 2: per possession in both ISO and pick and roll situations 369 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 2: during the regular season, so that's what I mean by 370 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:07,239 Speaker 2: big picture. He's gonna have some ugly plays in there 371 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 2: where he takes some shots you don't like, but in 372 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 2: the big picture, he's actually surprisingly efficient in the playoffs 373 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 2: last year again a three round playoff run into the 374 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 2: Western Conference finals. One point per possession in isolation, zero 375 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 2: point nine to eight pick and roll point per possession, 376 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 2: which is pretty solid. A little down from his regular 377 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 2: season numbers, but not bad. He is an excellent point 378 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 2: of attack defender who competes his ass off, and that 379 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,400 Speaker 2: competitiveness part is what you guys are gonna love. He's 380 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 2: a textbook foxhole guy. Any big game, you can count 381 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 2: on Dennis Schroeder to bring the intensity and to play 382 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 2: his ass off every single night. I covered him very 383 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 2: closely with the Lakers for two seasons. Yeah, he had 384 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 2: a bad stop in Boston, but Boston is kind of 385 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 2: a weird place with a weird locker room that already 386 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 2: had a lot of guards, So I don't necessarily think 387 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 2: that was the best place to evaluate him. And most importantly, 388 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 2: I'm glad that he got a paycheck because he got 389 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 2: the short end of a stick in a negotiation with 390 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 2: Rob Polinka, and he made a mistake, turned down guarante 391 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 2: money they probably shouldn't have, had to take a mid 392 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 2: level exception, then had to take a veteran minimum contract 393 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: for the Lakers. But the payday is here now. Maybe 394 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 2: not as much as he was hoping back in the day, 395 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 2: but he can recoup some of his losses with a 396 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 2: nice little twenty six million dollar contract. Again covered him 397 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 2: closely with the Lakers. I really think you Raptors fans 398 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,719 Speaker 2: are gonna like him. My Heat signed Thomas Bryant. He's 399 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 2: really good offensive big. He runs the floor really well, 400 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 2: as great hands, and finishes around the rim well, and 401 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 2: he can hit an open jump shot. But he's a 402 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: really bad defensive player in a bunch of different ways. 403 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 2: Struggles to bother anything around the rim, can't defend him 404 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 2: pick and roll, can't hold his ground in the post. 405 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 2: He's going to struggle in a lot of those ways. 406 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 2: But Eric Spolstra is famous for being able to make 407 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 2: unplayable defensive players playable for one reason or another. You 408 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 2: saw a lot of examples of that in this postseason run, 409 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 2: including Duncan Robinson and Kevin Love. So if he can 410 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 2: do it with those two guys, I absolutely think he 411 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 2: can do it with Thomas Bryant. 412 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 1: Again. 413 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 2: This is another guy covered very close closely with the 414 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 2: Lakers at the beginning of last year. So decent backup 415 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 2: center option for the Miami Heat. Josh Richards I loved 416 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 2: this signing for the minimum. Kind of like a Max 417 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 2: Strew's replacement. Very good point of attack defender, great athlete. 418 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 2: Shot forty one percent on jump shots last year for 419 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 2: the New Orleans Pelicans. The big thing for the Heat 420 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:12,879 Speaker 2: now is we're waiting. As we're waiting, is are they 421 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 2: going to get Damian Lillard? And if they do that 422 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 2: obviously monumentally changes the projections for the Heat heading into 423 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 2: next season. How many more we got one, two, three, four? Oh, 424 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 2: I got a lot more to do, guys. 425 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: All right, here we go. 426 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 2: Seth Curry to the Mavericks. This is a perfect second 427 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 2: side creator for the stretches when Kyrie or Luca are 428 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 2: off the floor. It's kind of some one of the 429 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 2: roster needs for them. When they're off the floor. They 430 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 2: actually do pretty well in the regular season. But again, 431 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 2: you make it a little bit easier when Kyrie runs 432 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 2: a pick and roll and they do contain it for 433 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 2: one reason or another, and you could throw it over 434 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 2: to the other side, and instead of someone like you know, 435 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 2: Tim Hardaway Junior, who's capable but not great, you have 436 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 2: someone like Seth Curry, who's you know, really capable of 437 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 2: capitalizing on the defense, shifting his way and attacking either 438 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 2: through ISO or pick and roll. 439 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 1: He's a dead eye shooter. 440 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 2: Shot fifty eight percent effective field goal percentage on all 441 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 2: all jump shots last year, which is off the charts. 442 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: Good. 443 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 2: Desmond Bayne signs a max contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. 444 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 2: A lot of guys signed max contracts over the course 445 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 2: of the last few days, a lot of very rich 446 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 2: young basketball players. Everyone seemed to freak out about the 447 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 2: Desmond bane one in particular for whatever reason, and I 448 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 2: really don't understand this. First of all, it's really not 449 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 2: that much money. It's a little over forty million per year, 450 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 2: which is not going to be nearly that crazy, especially 451 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 2: when you get to the new TV deal and all 452 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 2: the max contracts are making sixty to seventy million a year. Again, 453 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 2: there's max contracts at different tiers based on where you 454 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 2: are in your career, your years of experience, have you 455 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 2: made an All NBA team. It's like there's the twenty 456 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 2: five percent max, of thirty percent max with thirty five 457 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 2: percent max, and then there's like additional escalators based on 458 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,080 Speaker 2: whether or not you make things like an All NBA team. 459 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: It's very complicated, so when you hear max, don't just 460 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 2: freak out. Like for instance, Austin Reeves for the Lakers 461 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,440 Speaker 2: signed the max that he could sign for the Los 462 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 2: Angeles Lakers and it was what fifty eight million or 463 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 2: fifty six million for four years. Again, it all depends 464 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 2: on your contract situation. Here's the thing, though, I thought, 465 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 2: I thought for Memphis in the playoff run, Desmond Bay 466 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 2: was their best player. He was consistently generating and making 467 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 2: great shots for himself, and he was an excellent defensive player. 468 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 2: He damn near stole that series again. Lebron James made 469 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 2: a ridiculous driving layup over the top of Jaron Jackson 470 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,199 Speaker 2: basically at the buzzer to save Game four of that series. 471 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 2: It was going back to Memphis too too. And here's 472 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 2: the thing. The Lakers were the better team, and at 473 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 2: two to two going to Memphis, I still would have 474 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 2: given the Lakers about a coin flip chance to win 475 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 2: that series. But you know that's a coin flip chance. 476 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 2: Memphis could have stolen that series, and Desmond Bay nearly did. 477 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 2: He's a very good basketball player. And here's the thing, guys, 478 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 2: good basketball players cost money. 479 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. 480 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 2: We were talking about this with Jaylen Brown earlier in 481 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 2: the summer, like, if you want to have really good 482 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 2: basketball players on your team, you'd better be willing to 483 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 2: pay for them. How funny does that Jalen Brown Max 484 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 2: contract conversations team now compared to some of these other 485 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 2: contracts we've seen signed around the league. Sorry, guys, you're 486 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 2: paying fifty million a year for a guy like Jaalen Brown. 487 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 2: He's an All NBA player and he's gonna be an 488 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 2: All Star every year that contract. I guess we had 489 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 2: it up at to seventeen teams because we ended up 490 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 2: hitting the Celtics today. Moving on to the Calves, so 491 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 2: we talked in our last video about them signing George's 492 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 2: Niang as a dead eye spot up shooter from the 493 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 2: forward position. Well, they got Max Truce as well. I 494 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 2: think it was like four years and sixty something million dollars. 495 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 2: He shot sixty one percent effective fielgal percentage on unguarded 496 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 2: catch and shoot jumpers last year for the heat. So 497 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,120 Speaker 2: he's a dead eye, knockdown shooter when he's in wide 498 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 2: open situations. So they've addressed one of their two biggest needs. 499 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 2: They brought real perimeter shooting, a playable perimeter shooting alongside 500 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 2: their pick and roll attack. I just still think, and 501 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 2: I said this during the regular season, and I think 502 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 2: you guys got to see it a little bit against 503 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 2: the Knicks. There's a redundancy and having two high pick 504 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 2: and roll guards, and you saw that against the Knicks 505 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 2: when they were able to shut down the Cav's pick 506 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 2: and roll attack. They didn't have a second punch. In general, defensively, 507 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,160 Speaker 2: I don't like the idea of having two small guards 508 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 2: in your lineup as well. I know Cavs fans love 509 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 2: Darius Garland, but in my opinion, Evan Mobley's the future 510 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 2: of that team. So like I would be looking to 511 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 2: flip Darius Garland for a star wing somebody along the lines, 512 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 2: I'd be looking at the guy. I'd be looking at 513 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 2: his Paul George. I'd be just just calling the Clippers 514 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 2: and being like, Hey, you're sick of the PG and 515 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 2: Kawhi experience. You want a young star guard that you 516 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 2: can put next to Kawhi. We'll take Paul George off 517 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,640 Speaker 2: of your hands. That's the kind of deal that I'd 518 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 2: be looking to make if I was the Cavs. All Right, 519 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 2: a couple of fun ones here. I did a little 520 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 2: bit of scouting this morning. Sasha Vezenkov signs for the 521 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 2: Sacramento Kings for three years and twenty million dollars. You 522 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 2: played for Olympiakos and won MVP this year. Originally, when 523 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:31,679 Speaker 2: I was watching just a little bit of footage, I 524 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:34,159 Speaker 2: saw like a big lefty going to the Kings, and 525 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, like a Sabonis archetype type of player. 526 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,240 Speaker 2: But the more I watched film of him this morning, 527 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 2: he actually reminds me a lot more of Jokic the 528 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,880 Speaker 2: way he plays. And again with player comparisons, it's more 529 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 2: just like play style, and obviously he's not Nikola Jokic. 530 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 2: There's a huge gap in footwork. Sasha's footwork is way 531 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 2: more sloppy, than Nikole Jokic, who I think has incredible footwork, 532 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 2: but is a lot of similarities. First of all, ridiculously 533 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 2: good post up player one hundred and fifty one for 534 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 2: one hundred and ninety points last year, one point twenty 535 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 2: six points per possession. Just ridiculously good at beating switches, 536 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 2: especially small guards that try to front him in the post. 537 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 2: He just pushes down on their back, makes an easy 538 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:16,479 Speaker 2: target over the top. If you watch his watch some 539 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 2: footage of Sasha this year, it's just deep seal over 540 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 2: the top, pass bucket, deep seel over the top, pass bucket, 541 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 2: deep seel over the top pass bucket. Just he's deadly 542 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 2: beating switches with deep seals and leveraging guys into positions 543 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 2: where guards can make easy post entry passes. He also 544 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 2: has a deadly left shoulder flight a fade from the 545 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 2: left block. He shot over fifty eight percent on it. 546 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 2: It's a little different than what you'd expect from a 547 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,479 Speaker 2: left shoulder fade from a typical like big you know, 548 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 2: scoring wing. It's not an overly athletic move, like he's 549 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 2: not elevating over the top. 550 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,119 Speaker 1: It's quick. 551 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 2: A lot of times he just goes off of one leg, 552 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 2: but he just kind of works you into the post 553 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 2: with that right hand until he gets to the angle 554 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 2: that he wants, and then he just quick leans and 555 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 2: turns over his left shoulder and shoots that little left 556 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 2: shoulder fade deadly with it, which is a really good 557 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 2: go to move in a situation where the defense is 558 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 2: taking away the easy stuff. Also an excellent passer to 559 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 2: cutters and shooters. They averaged one point three to six 560 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 2: points per possession when he passed out of the post, 561 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 2: one point twenty four points per possession against hard double teams, 562 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,919 Speaker 2: all awesome. He ran some inverted pick and roll twenty 563 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 2: one of them to be exact, for twenty five points 564 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 2: last season. A little bit of everything, some driving layups, 565 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 2: long pull up threes off the dribble, hitting the open 566 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 2: man when defense is warped to specific you know, like 567 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,679 Speaker 2: to the guy rolling to the basket, whatever it is. 568 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 2: He's also great in the short role. Forty percent on 569 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 2: catching shoe jumpers. Who's reliable jump shooter twenty four pull 570 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 2: up jump shots that he made last year thirty four percent, 571 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 2: so a little bit less efficient, low volume, but there's 572 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 2: some stuff there. Fifty one percent on floaters, fifty percent 573 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 2: on hooks, so super efficient for those shots. Jokicic just 574 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 2: kind of breaks the curve because he happens to shoot 575 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 2: in the mid sixties on those, but over fifty percent 576 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 2: on both of those is excellent for a post player, 577 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 2: and then seventy five percent at their rim. Again, he 578 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 2: doesn't play exactly like Jokicic, but there are some similarities 579 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 2: there in his approach. I ain't really curious to see 580 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 2: how he fits next to Demonisabonus, though, because they do 581 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 2: play a very similar position, and I don't think you'd 582 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 2: necessarily are going to be able to play the two 583 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 2: of them together a lot. But I do think he 584 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 2: can fill into that role seamlessly, especially in that dribble 585 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 2: handoff attack with Aaron Fox and Malik Monk. Excuse me, 586 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 2: so uh for Sasha Vyzhankov and I'm hoping I'm pronouncing 587 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 2: that right. Really really interesting move and a really good player. 588 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 2: I enjoyed scouting him this morning the Thunder vasilogy. Again, 589 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: I'm probably butchering that, and I'm sorry. Michich or michich 590 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 2: is his name signs for the Thunder for three years, 591 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 2: twenty three point five million dollars played, for a team 592 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 2: called anadalu Fs I believe in Turkey, if I remember correctly, 593 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 2: really good size for guard that six foot five, moves 594 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:44,919 Speaker 2: pretty well laterally, not a lot of vertical popp He 595 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 2: had one dunk all season and it was like rim 596 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 2: grazer over the top and struggled a little bit to 597 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 2: finish at the ram only sixty two percent, but moves 598 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 2: laterally pretty well, can get to his spots when he 599 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 2: needs to, and actually kind of has like a good 600 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 2: physical profile. Just an absolute pick roll maestro. I was 601 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 2: having so much fun watching this kid in pick and 602 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 2: roll today. I say he's kid, he's twenty nine years old, 603 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 2: he's grown as man. But he was one point two 604 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 2: to one points per possession and pick and roll, which 605 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 2: is off the charts. 606 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: Good. 607 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 2: Remember most guys are just a little over one point 608 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 2: per possession, like one point oh five for like a 609 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 2: league average guy. Starts with a deadly pull up jump shot. 610 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 2: He shot fifty three point four percent effective field goal 611 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 2: percentage on pull up jumpers, gets really good lift and 612 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 2: hunts pull up threes in pick and rolls. When the 613 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 2: guard dies on the screen in the big is too 614 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 2: far back. That consistently pulls that screen defender up, which 615 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 2: just rex Havoc for his passing ability because of his 616 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,359 Speaker 2: ability to hit the roll man consistently. Also was a 617 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 2: deadly jump shooter in general forty one percent on all 618 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 2: jumpers for a fifty eight percent when you wait for 619 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 2: three sixty two percent at the rim. So another really 620 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 2: interesting pick and roll shot creator for a Thunder team 621 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 2: that already has three good ones in Jalen Williams and 622 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 2: Josh Kitty and Shake Gildes Alexander. So I just the 623 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 2: Thunder are going to be one of the most fun 624 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 2: teams in the league to watch next year. 625 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: No question. 626 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 2: Brook Lopez stays in Milwaukee for two years forty eight million. 627 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 2: There were some suspicion whether or not he'd go to 628 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 2: Houston or maybe signed for an mL for a team 629 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 2: like the Lakers or the Warriors. Nope, he stays in Milwaukee. 630 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 2: Continuity wins in the NBA. We talked about this the 631 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 2: last couple of season. We've seen consistently teams that run 632 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 2: it back be rewarded with opportunities to compete for an 633 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 2: NBA championship. The Bucks went that route this summer and 634 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 2: I like it brought back Chris Middleton brought back Brook Lopez. 635 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 2: Giannis is going to be the one that's gonna have 636 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 2: to pull him over the top by making his improvements 637 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 2: in his particular weaknesses. All Right, we have four more teams. 638 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 2: Patrick Beverley signs with the Philadelphia seventy six ers on 639 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 2: a minimum contract. Excellent point of attack defender when he's 640 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 2: defending smaller guards, guys like that are underneath six ' 641 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 2: four that operate mostly from the perimeter. He is much 642 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 2: worse than his reputation when it comes to guarding bigger, 643 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 2: stronger players. All that stuff about using him to guard 644 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 2: on the wing, that is that bared out horribly for 645 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 2: the Lakers last year. He's just too small. It's really 646 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 2: that simple. Like I'll give you an example, like you 647 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 2: put him against I'm planking on his name. The kid 648 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 2: who just signed a tyres Alburton, who just signed the 649 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 2: massive contract for the Pacers, like Pap Beverly just eight 650 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 2: that kid's lunch time and time again in crunch time, 651 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 2: just picked him up full court, was picking him clean, 652 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 2: bothering his dribble because he doesn't have to worry as 653 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 2: much about a size discrepancy there. But then like he 654 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 2: tried to pick up Josh Gitty full court and was 655 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 2: just barbecue chicken because Josh Getty could just pin him 656 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 2: on one side and go around him because he's two 657 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 2: to m big at six foot eight. So again, defensively, 658 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 2: still a very very good point of attack defender against 659 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 2: smaller players, not so much against bigger players on the 660 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 2: offensive end for the Lakers, and really before that as well, 661 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 2: but he just tries to do too much. He kind 662 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 2: of has an elevated sense of what he's capable of, 663 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 2: so he's constantly putting the ball on the floor, trying 664 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 2: to make plays a little slow, to make reads so 665 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 2: he can actually stilt an offense. When the ball's popping around, 666 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 2: it ends up in Patrick Beverly's hands. He'll catch and 667 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 2: look at the rim, take a jab step and look 668 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 2: at the rim, and then rip through and try to 669 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 2: go and it just kind of slows down the overall 670 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,520 Speaker 2: rhythm and flow of the offense. He also only shot 671 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 2: thirty four percent on catch and shoot jumper last year. 672 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 2: He was nineteen for sixty two, which is thirty one 673 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 2: percent when he was unguarded last year. It was a 674 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 2: big problem for the Lakers. Just Patrick Beverley missing wide 675 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 2: open shots. That said, he did shoot much better for 676 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 2: Minnesota the year before. So a big part of this 677 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 2: is are they going to give him the right type 678 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 2: of defensive assignments, particularly particularly at the point of attack, 679 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 2: which is a need for the Sixers. They need someone 680 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 2: who can play that position. And is he going to 681 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 2: knock down shots That's gonna be the big key for 682 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 2: that particular signing. Russell Westbrook to the Clippers for two years, 683 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 2: eight million dollars. Love Russell Westbrook on this type of 684 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 2: deal for this type of team that really needs what 685 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 2: he brings to the table. Best defensive run I've seen 686 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 2: from him in literally like a half decade, probably even more, 687 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 2: maybe even his entire career in that playoff series against 688 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 2: the Suns. If he defends like that, he's a huge 689 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 2: positive player on the offensive end because that team so 690 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 2: badly needs someone that can generate rim pressure for their 691 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 2: two forwards that just take a ton of pull up jumpers. 692 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 2: He actually brings a great deal of value. So I 693 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 2: actually really like the Russell Westbrook fit with the Clippers. 694 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 2: Dante Devenchenzo to the Knicks for forty years, fifty million 695 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 2: dollars he's a great point of attack defender in my opinion, 696 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 2: he's a great rebounder for a guard, really sneaky on 697 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 2: the offensive glass. He's always sneaking behind and trying to 698 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 2: get the ball up top or swipe it away from 699 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 2: the big after he gets the rebound. He shot forty 700 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 2: three percent on catch and shoot jumpers forty eight percent 701 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 2: when he was wide open. He's a really good NBA 702 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 2: player that feels a very important role as a point 703 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 2: of attack guy that can play off the ball. He's 704 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 2: not gonna do much for you on the ball, but 705 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 2: off the ball, he can help a lot. He's a 706 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 2: good NBA player. He's gonna help the Knicks. That's been 707 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 2: at least justin Holliday to the Nuggets. Good size, six 708 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 2: foot six, but he's very thin, very different type of 709 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 2: player than Bruce Brown. Now that specific role. They want 710 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 2: someone to bring the ball to the floor when they 711 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 2: don't feel like playing Reggie Jackson or Bones Island in 712 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 2: the previous iterations, and they bring They'll have this guard 713 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 2: bring the ball at the floor and just kind of 714 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 2: make the entry to Nicole Jochicch and then go spot up. 715 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 2: And there's no doubt that Justin Holiday can do that, 716 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 2: but there's also no doubt that it's a downgrade from 717 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 2: Bruce Brown. This is what happens when you win NBA Championships. 718 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 2: Role Players that contributed at a high level end up 719 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 2: getting big fat paychecks elsewhere, and you end up having 720 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 2: to downgrade at certain positions. And I don't think it's 721 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 2: enough to make it so that Denver can't overcome it. 722 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 2: They're still gonna be my championship favorite going into next season. 723 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 2: But this is that first little crack in the armor 724 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:19,719 Speaker 2: is going from Bruce Brown to Justin Holiday, going from 725 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 2: a really really good role player to just a solid 726 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 2: role player and kind of a journeyman around the league 727 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 2: and Justin Holiday. 728 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: All right, guys, that's all I have for today. 729 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 2: Like I said, we're gonna have a deep breakdown of 730 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Lkers postseason probably tomorrow. We'll see how 731 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 2: it goes, and then we have some other plans for 732 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 2: the rest of this week and then man, a really 733 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 2: fun weekend planned in Vegas and flying in on Friday. 734 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 2: I plan on going to that first Victor Women Yama game. 735 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 2: I think it starts at like six o'clock local times, 736 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 2: so if you guys are in the arena, feel free 737 00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 2: to come say hi. And then I get back the 738 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 2: following Monday, and then I go on vacation for a 739 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 2: little while. So we're gonna have some more free agent 740 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 2: and trade coverage and a lot of coverage of the 741 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 2: I love scouting players, so we're gonna do a lot 742 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 2: of scouting surrounding Summer League as well. Is always sincerely 743 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 2: appreciate you guys, and I'll see you tomorrow. The volume