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Speaker 1: Yeah, welcome to No Dunk's here on the Athletic Podcast Network.

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Speaker 1: It's a free agency special Today special intro, special music.

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Speaker 1: I'm Tesmels with me. It's the Man in the Middle,

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Speaker 1: He's not being sold.

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Speaker 2: So as of right now, I'm still signed.

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's still cill under contract.

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Speaker 1: I'm still under contract. It's jd Hello, Hello, all right.

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Speaker 1: We are twenty seven minutes away from when players can

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Speaker 1: begin negotiating.

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Speaker 3: No talking until now. Keep it quiet.

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Speaker 4: Everybody negotiats, everybody sign even send each other opening salvos

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Speaker 4: to say, hey, are you interested in maybe joining forces?

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Speaker 4: They can't even possibly think to chatter.

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Speaker 1: Behind yes, So there's nothing to talk about. Way, So

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Speaker 1: we're going to sit here for twenty seven minutes in silence.

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Speaker 4: We're going to talk about our favorite things we did

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Speaker 4: this weekend. We're going to talk about new menus at

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Speaker 4: fast food places. We got a lot of things on

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Speaker 4: the topic. Bar but uh, hopefully something goes down at

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Speaker 4: six pm.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we will keep an eye out. Make sure you

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Speaker 1: let us know in the stream team if you see anything.

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Speaker 3: Out there, but we do have fakes. Please no fakes.

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Speaker 1: Please make sure you know where you're getting your stuff from.

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Speaker 1: Journalism exists. We are going to have approximately twenty transaction

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Speaker 1: to get to from yesterday and this morning. So let's

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Speaker 1: start it off with the big guy, Lebron James deciding yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll take that player option fifty two point six million dollars,

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Speaker 1: and Rich Paul released a statement, Yes he did. He said, Hey,

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Speaker 1: my man wants to win. What did you get from

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Speaker 1: that statement from Rich Paul? And is there any chance

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Speaker 1: that Lebron James once out of Los Angeles and we'll

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Speaker 1: play for another basketball team other than the Lakers this

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Speaker 1: season this season? I don't think it's happening this season.

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Speaker 4: Uh. There was reporting after the news about Lebron, after

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Speaker 4: Rich Paul released the statement. There's reporting that fifty two

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Speaker 4: million dollars on the table, you're gonna pick that up

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Speaker 4: every single time. There has also been reporting from Brian

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Speaker 4: Windhors that, like, this news caught all the teams in

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Speaker 4: the NBA by surprise. Nobody had a plan And it's

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Speaker 4: actually kind of hard to get Lebron to a contending

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Speaker 4: team without giving away six players or something like that

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Speaker 4: to equal his fifty two million dollars salary. So my

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Speaker 4: takeaway was, we've been watching Lebron James play his NBA

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Speaker 4: career for two decades now.

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Speaker 3: This ain't nothing new.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, maybe he will make a trade request at some point,

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Speaker 4: but really this is Lebron applying pressure the only way

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Speaker 4: he has at this point and the only way he

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Speaker 4: really knows how to through the press, saying look, I

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Speaker 4: know I'm not necessarily the focus of this team.

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Speaker 3: This is a Luka.

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Speaker 4: Doncic Lakers team going forward. We all knew that was

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Speaker 4: going to be the case. That the trade deadline. Still

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Speaker 4: a little weird to see Lebron not be the center

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Speaker 4: of an organization, but he's still trying to assert his

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Speaker 3: We want to.

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Speaker 4: Still win while I'm in LA, is what Lebron is

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Speaker 4: saying to Rob Polenka and the new ownership of the Lakers.

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Speaker 4: I do think it's interesting that the reporting over at

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Speaker 4: the Athletic is that there was never any talk about

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Speaker 4: additional years for Lebron after this season, So I think

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Speaker 4: this could be his last season in LA. But I

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Speaker 4: do think he'll play for the Lakers in the twenty

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Speaker 4: five to twenty six season. But look, they're gonna build

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Speaker 4: a team around Luka Doncic. I think Lebron James still

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Speaker 4: fits on that team with Luca. It's just not necessarily

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Speaker 1: I think, yeah, you said it all well. I do

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Speaker 1: think that Lebron undoubtedly will be playing with the Los

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Speaker 1: if it's just because there haven't been huge names that

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Speaker 1: there are odds out there to see where Lebron would land.

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Speaker 1: You can bet on it. He ain't going anywhere. I

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Speaker 1: do think it is odd that, yes, here were entering

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Speaker 3: He is going into year twenty three.

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Speaker 1: As soon as he steps on the floor next season,

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Speaker 1: I don't think he ends at twenty three. At first,

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Speaker 1: don't think he really cares whether it's twenty three or

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Speaker 1: That's a Lebron number as well.

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Speaker 4: It has always felt to me like his career would

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Speaker 4: to play one last year in Cleveland. That's literally the

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Speaker 4: for Lebron, as it's his hometown team. He came back

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Speaker 4: he wants to go out as a Cleveland Cavalier as well.

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Speaker 4: The thing that makes that interesting is that the Cavs

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Speaker 4: have moves that they could do to make it happen,

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Speaker 3: Which kind of feels like a win win for both teams.

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Speaker 4: I don't think it's gonna happen, but if it were,

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Speaker 4: I guess Cleveland would be the place. But I just

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Speaker 4: assumed he was going to retire a Laker, like a

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Speaker 4: lot of the greats do.

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Speaker 1: I still do think he will retire a Laker. Cleveland

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Speaker 1: seems to be the one that fits because he's there.

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Speaker 3: But he's already done that.

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Speaker 1: He's already decided I'm going to go back, and he

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Speaker 1: won the championship, So yes, I think this move through

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Speaker 1: Rich Paul is what he's done before.

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Speaker 3: This is just the pressure play.

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Speaker 1: Get some guys here to help me out as much

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Speaker 1: as you can, moving on to guys that could be

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: How about Dion Ayden getting bought out by the Portland Trailblazers.

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Speaker 1: that's thirty five point five to five million dollar contract.

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Speaker 1: Five pm on Wednesday is when he can sign with somebody.

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Speaker 1: Where do you think he ends up? Is he going

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Speaker 1: Do you think he will be there as a twenty

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Speaker 3: Still sort of in his prime even though he's DeAndre Ayden.

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Speaker 3: You know he didn't have a good care is what

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Speaker 4: You know, when he was playing with the Suns with

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Speaker 4: an awesome season. Of course it was a contract year

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Speaker 3: I guess he can get a part of that from

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Speaker 4: If you're over six ft ten, you're getting photoshopped into

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Speaker 4: a Los Angeles Lakers Jersey today, there's no doubt about

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Speaker 4: that they need a big guy. But man, to see

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Speaker 4: Not to mention, Robert Williams is still around. Dwop Wreath

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Speaker 4: I guess he could be a Laker. It feels like

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Speaker 4: it's coming down to him, Brook Lopez, and Clint Capella.

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Speaker 4: I mean I think I would go Lopez. I think

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Speaker 4: And that's what Brooke Lopez would be.

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Speaker 3: Like. Ayton's talented.

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Speaker 4: He definitely is, but if you're expecting him to come

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Speaker 4: don't know what do you think Capella, Eighten or Lopez

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Speaker 1: They're roomed to be after all three, But I think

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Ayton would be the guy to go to. I

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Speaker 1: think Lebron has the confidence and the experience to try

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Speaker 1: with like a JR. Smith or we're talking centers. He

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Speaker 1: did a great job with Tristan Thompson once upon a time.

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Speaker 1: Now Deandre's a different type of player, But as Tristan

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Speaker 1: see if Deandreten can do that. You mentioned he has.

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Speaker 1: Last good year was a contract year. This was going

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Speaker 1: to emulate that it will be a contract year. He'll

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Speaker 1: have beds to sleep in on, like what he said

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he did he couldn't get his bed immediately from

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 1: So he did have a bad season. Reading these reports

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Speaker 1: today from the athletics Jason Quick, who's been around the

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Speaker 1: Blazers forever. On the court, he was sometimes benched because

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Speaker 1: of effort, which led to sideline in locker room tantrums,

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Speaker 1: But Jasic Wait goes on to say DeAndre Ayton was

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Speaker 1: a joy around the team. So I know, I would

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Speaker 1: just say Lebron probably thinks I can get the most

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Speaker 1: out of this guy. I'm guessing.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure that.

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Speaker 4: Would be the case. He has the most potential upside. Still,

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Speaker 4: I mean, he said he's twenty seven years old. The

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Speaker 4: I don't actually think the things that Ayton is good

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Speaker 3: Jordan Mickey, I hadn't thought about for a long time, sir. Yep,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he showed good flashes last year, showing that handle.

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Speaker 1: so the number, just the total number is bigger, but

438
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Speaker 1: really it's twenty five per year. Trade doesn't seem like

439
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Speaker 1: it doesn't seem like a problem in today's NBA. It

440
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Speaker 1: shouldn't be an issue, you know, nas Reed is the

441
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Speaker 1: question whether he can start or play come off the bench.

442
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Speaker 3: But it doesn't seem like a lot.

443
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Speaker 4: Twenty five million is not a lot right now, which

444
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Speaker 4: is pretty weird because when I look at it, I

445
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Speaker 4: do kind of think this is a lot of money

446
00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,640
Speaker 4: for a guy who's going to be coming off the bench.

447
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,280
Speaker 4: He can't start. He can start in an emergency like

448
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Speaker 4: Randall miss time last year, no problem, not as Reid

449
00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,320
Speaker 4: Steck been into the lineup. If Gobert missus time, he

450
00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,280
Speaker 4: can step in and be the center. But if he's

451
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Speaker 4: your starting center, Dan, you're in, it's a problem because

452
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Speaker 4: really he's like a six foot eight guard. He's got

453
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Speaker 4: crazy handles, shoots threes. He gets matched up with big

454
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Speaker 4: guys because that's how things play out. But I don't know,

455
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,880
Speaker 4: still a lot of money, but he's also a part

456
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Speaker 4: of the core, like I think he is. When you're

457
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Speaker 4: looking at the young core of the Timberwolves, it's Edwards first,

458
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Speaker 4: it's McDaniel second, and then it's probably nos Reid third,

459
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Speaker 4: partially because he's such a huge cultural icon for the Timberwolves,

460
00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,280
Speaker 4: but also they need his three point shooting. They need

461
00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,639
Speaker 4: his creation. He's one of the guys on the Timberwolves

462
00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,560
Speaker 4: at this point. They can go and get shut his

463
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Speaker 4: own shot, just like Edwards can, just like Randall can.

464
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Speaker 4: He's maybe number three on that list. The only unfortunate

465
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Speaker 4: thing is that it costs him Nikhil Alexander Walker, But

466
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Speaker 4: that's what the second apron was designed to do. Make

467
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Speaker 4: teams make tough choices on their role players for the

468
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Speaker 4: most part. So, yeah, five years, one hundred and twenty

469
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Speaker 4: five million, they're getting him through the prime of his career.

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Speaker 3: Everybody who got a nas read tattoo has to be very.

471
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Speaker 4: Happy about this because if you're getting seven years out

472
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Speaker 4: of that tattoo, that's awesome for a guy who's a

473
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Speaker 4: sixth man.

474
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that dude made the minimum for four years out

475
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Speaker 1: of LSU. Then he signed two years and a player option,

476
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Speaker 1: but then they just scrapped that last year of the option,

477
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Speaker 1: and now he's getting paid five years and one hundred

478
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Speaker 1: and twenty five million dollars, So he could be there

479
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Speaker 1: for eleven years of his career if he's there the

480
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Speaker 1: entire time, And like you said, he's a cultural icon.

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Speaker 3: It's nice to keep him around.

482
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Speaker 1: You know, you're nas Reed, You're hello, goodbye, greeting, you

483
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Speaker 1: see people you know on the street. It's pretty cool

484
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Speaker 1: to be part of it. And the question is, as

485
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Speaker 1: you said, there's a new CBA, new second ever and

486
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Speaker 1: you got to say goodbye to somebody. It's Anie Alexander Walker.

487
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Speaker 1: But they did pay a lot. Tim Connolly did pay

488
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Speaker 1: a lot for Rob Dillingham last year to get there,

489
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Speaker 1: and so he's got to be the guy, even though

490
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Speaker 1: he's super young to take that next step. Let's get

491
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Speaker 1: to a guy who had a similar contract. Jabari Smith

492
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Speaker 1: surprised people five years, one hundred and twenty two million dollars,

493
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Speaker 1: considering everything else that they had going on, and considering

494
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Speaker 1: that Jabari Smith similar to nas Reed in that he

495
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Speaker 1: was a starter and went to the bench. But nas

496
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Speaker 1: Reed was just a bench guy. Jabari Smith did start

497
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Speaker 1: the season as a starter on their team. And you

498
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Speaker 1: mentioned last week when we're talking about Vin Durrant, you

499
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Speaker 1: think Jabari Smith will be part of their five starting

500
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Speaker 1: with Fred Kevin Durant, I mean Thompson, Alprin, Shan Gun

501
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Speaker 1: and then this guy, Jabari Smith.

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Speaker 4: I have to imagine he's going to be I don't

503
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Speaker 4: know who who's technically the three and who's the four

504
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 4: when it's Kevin Durant starting alongside him, But that makes

505
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Speaker 4: sense to me. I think nas Reed is currently worth

506
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Speaker 4: twenty five million dollars per year. I don't know if

507
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Speaker 4: Jabari Smith is, but I think he can work his

508
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Speaker 4: way there. And I think the fact that he's part

509
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Speaker 4: of this core of the Rockets is huge. Outside of

510
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Speaker 4: tarr Yeaston, basically they're all locked up. He is going

511
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Speaker 4: to be a starter again. I thought he was pretty

512
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Speaker 4: good in the playoffs. Then I go back and look

513
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Speaker 4: at his game logs. He's scoring like ten points a game,

514
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,680
Speaker 4: but like it felt like a nice ten. I don't

515
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Speaker 4: know that he can take a nas Reed like Stepan

516
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Speaker 4: be a ball handler, get his own baskets. But he's

517
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Speaker 4: got Shan Gun as a playmaker. He's got Fred Van

518
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Speaker 4: Vlied as a playmaker. Thompson's a pretty good passer. Kevin

519
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,679
Speaker 4: Durant will have a lot of gravity in the starting lineup,

520
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Speaker 4: which makes things easier for Jabari Smith. So I think

521
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Speaker 4: with the current CBA, it makes sense to pay your

522
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Speaker 4: own guys. This is what he's worth at the high

523
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Speaker 4: end of his value. I think for Jabari Smith, but

524
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Speaker 4: he does still have a lot of upside as a

525
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Speaker 4: young guy who kind of impressed in the playoffs at

526
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Speaker 4: the very least, I think you would say he's not

527
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Speaker 4: scared come playoff time.

528
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Speaker 3: So I think this is good.

529
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Speaker 4: We're just going to have to see if he has

530
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,360
Speaker 4: anything more to his game rather than being a versatile

531
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Speaker 4: defender and a guy who pops threes from the corner.

532
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Speaker 1: Yes, he was skillful, there's no doubt missed some time

533
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Speaker 1: with an injury, and we basically mentioned a bunch of

534
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Speaker 1: the guys that are going to be part of the rotation.

535
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Speaker 1: They obviously made a deal with Fred van Vliet to

536
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Speaker 1: lower his income his salary next year. They also signed

537
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Speaker 1: Jayshon Tate, Aaron Holliday, Jeff Green, all those guys back,

538
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 1: so it feels like they're rolling the same core back

539
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:46,560
Speaker 1: obviously without Jalen Green, but that's what they got going for,

540
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Speaker 1: and they have access to their non tax mid level exception,

541
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Speaker 1: which is fourteen point one mil, which they're using to

542
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Speaker 1: go after guys that we mentioned, like you know you're

543
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Speaker 1: Nikhil Alexander Walker's or.

544
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Speaker 3: Somebody Infonty Smith.

545
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Speaker 4: They're in the mix four for sure, which I think

546
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Speaker 4: he would be helpful for them just as a more

547
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Speaker 4: veteran guy. They'll still need to like somebody that handles

548
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,639
Speaker 4: the ball outside of Fred van Fleet, I do believe.

549
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Speaker 4: I mean, Thompson's a decent ballhandler. I don't know if

550
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 4: he's necessarily a playoff ball handler at all times, but

551
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,040
Speaker 4: I think that's another area for them to address. But

552
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,000
Speaker 4: the Rockets are absolutely cooking to start off the off

553
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Speaker 4: season here. I mean we're one weekend and they've done

554
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Speaker 4: the Kevin Durant trade, which is great. They locked up

555
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:32,600
Speaker 4: their own free agent in fred In, Jamar Smith and Fred.

556
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Speaker 4: They brought back all of their veteran guys like Jayson

557
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,240
Speaker 4: Tait is a decent dude to have on a minimum.

558
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,680
Speaker 4: People like having Jeff Green around. It's cool to see

559
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 4: him and Kevin Durant reunited after being teammates on the

560
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:45,439
Speaker 4: Sonics back in the day. So I think the Rockets

561
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Speaker 4: have had an awesome eight days of the offseason here.

562
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Speaker 3: So we'll see.

563
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Speaker 4: How it turns out come playoff time come regular season

564
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Speaker 4: time even but I do like what the Rockets have

565
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Speaker 4: going on.

566
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Speaker 1: Yes, Tarry Easton elevated to more minutes as far as

567
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Speaker 1: ball handlers go, You're right, they do need more. Cam

568
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: Whitmore will be there. It seems like Read Shepherd is

569
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Speaker 1: going to get more of a push next season as well.

570
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Speaker 1: So there are definitely options on that team. They are

571
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Speaker 1: only getting stronger and stronger. Looking forward to watching that.

572
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Speaker 4: I was or Cam Whitmore might be a Chicago ball task.

573
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,160
Speaker 4: There was some Cam Whitmore news. They're like, if anybody

574
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Speaker 4: can score twenty points per game, we are interested. All

575
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,120
Speaker 4: they're saying right now, someone who can score.

576
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Speaker 1: Please come on, Read Shepherd can drop.

577
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Speaker 3: It too for him. They giving him up.

578
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,879
Speaker 1: Unfortunately, now they're not one minute remains one minute?

579
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Speaker 3: Who will be signed?

580
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Speaker 4: Do you think Seams has a bunch of like tweets

581
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Speaker 4: scheduled to go out, specifically Eastern.

582
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Speaker 3: Scheduler sitting in the drafts? Yeah, so yeah.

583
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Speaker 1: Adam Silver says, you can't send that at five point

584
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Speaker 1: fifty nine.

585
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 3: Man, think about it. It's a rule.

586
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,480
Speaker 1: Should we wait here, Let's let's get one more in here? Yeah,

587
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 1: we can fire this one off. James Harden declined thirty

588
00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,879
Speaker 1: six point three millions and said I'll sign the longer

589
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Speaker 1: deal two years eighty one?

590
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Speaker 3: Is that is that a big jug. I see your

591
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 3: eyes opening up the years eighty one million dollars.

592
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,359
Speaker 4: I haven't done the math yet to go back and

593
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,880
Speaker 4: see if he netted out ahead from when Darryl Morey

594
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 4: allegedly lied to him and told him he was going

595
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 4: to give him the max contract and that never did.

596
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 4: Harden just signs a deal every year. Somehow, it seems

597
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 4: he signs these two year deals. There's always an option

598
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 4: on the second one, and then he outplays the deal

599
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 4: by enough to get a little bit of a raise.

600
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Speaker 4: So I'm excited just another two years of do you

601
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 4: believe in the Clippers because this lines up with Kawhi

602
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 4: Leonards contract perfectly through the end of the twenty twenty

603
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,960
Speaker 4: seven seasons. So they got this year, they got next year.

604
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,280
Speaker 4: Harden at this point in his career always good in

605
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,480
Speaker 4: the regular season. He was All NBA this last year.

606
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,680
Speaker 4: He always plays, playing over seventy plus games regularly, including

607
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 4: last season. That's beneficial to the Clippers, and he always

608
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 4: makes the playoffs. His team has never missed throughout his career.

609
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,120
Speaker 4: Clippers still have access to their non tax mid level exception.

610
00:27:58,480 --> 00:27:59,440
Speaker 3: They still got needs.

611
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Speaker 4: I think they a backup ball handler Chris Dunn is

612
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,919
Speaker 4: a good backup guard, as is Norm Powell, but they

613
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 4: need somebody else who can get them into their offense,

614
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Speaker 4: I think, and another big guy behind Zoo Bots I

615
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 4: think would be helpful for this team. Because the Clippers

616
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,119
Speaker 4: finally got their health right test, they had all their

617
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 4: guys ready in the first round of the playoffs, and

618
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 4: they went home after seven games. It was against the Nuggets,

619
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Speaker 4: who looked good at times in the playoffs, and some

620
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,919
Speaker 4: of that was, you know, some last second stuff by Denver,

621
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 4: but still I think a disappointing end to the year

622
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,199
Speaker 4: for the Clippers. So they can't just run back the

623
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 4: team exactly how it was last year, because clearly it

624
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 4: wasn't good enough.

625
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,200
Speaker 1: It was not They have that fourteen million dollars, as

626
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 1: you said, that should be for an additional ball handler.

627
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: Now there's the old guys that are still around, although

628
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: I think d' Angela Russell was just taken off the book.

629
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 1: Now it's not official yet, so I shouldn't say it,

630
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: but it seems like d angel Russell is signing somewhere else.

631
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: We'll get to that a little bit later, I'm sure.

632
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 1: But there's some oldies, Okay, Yeah, you know the old Guards.

633
00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 1: There's a Chris Paul out there.

634
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,280
Speaker 3: Back to the Clippers.

635
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,760
Speaker 1: Back to the Clippers one more time. They were close.

636
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 1: I thought they were going to beat the Denver Nuggets

637
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: after watching them, I would take a two one lead

638
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 1: there obviously did not happen. They need they need a

639
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 1: ball handler. It's basically the same team without Ben Simmons.

640
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 1: Mere Coffee I think is gone. Patty Mills was around.

641
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 1: He may be gone, but they need it. They need

642
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,600
Speaker 1: a ball handler off the bench, so it's got to be.

643
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: It's got to be one of those old guys. It

644
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 1: feels like Malcolm Brogden also available for that kind of thing.

645
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 1: Has problems staying on the floor. But that's about it.

646
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: I think that's where they'll line up the same team.

647
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 1: Basically the same team.

648
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Speaker 4: I mean, when you bring back Harden for a forty

649
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,719
Speaker 4: million dollar a year contract, you already got Kawhi signed,

650
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 4: that's your team just tinkering around the edges. I like

651
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 4: the name of their rookie, Janakonen Niederhauser. I don't know

652
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 4: how big of a help he's going to be behind

653
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 4: Zoo Bots, but it looks like he plays a similar style, just.

654
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 3: A giant dude who can run and dunk, which is good.

655
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 4: So, yeah, the Clippers, they're to be the team we

656
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,120
Speaker 4: try and talk ourselves into once again. As long as

657
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 4: they're healthy, they got a chance. That's the Clippers motto

658
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 4: right now.

659
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,720
Speaker 3: Won't get well, I don't know.

660
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 1: It's just a fun name to say a few times.

661
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: All right, moving on here, you want to get to

662
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 1: some trades.

663
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,640
Speaker 3: We had some trades. You're telling me we got ourselves

664
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 3: a trade.

665
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, I didn't know if I was gonna ask you

666
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: for a Southern lawyer because these are teeny tiny, Well

667
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 1: for you.

668
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,560
Speaker 3: Teeny tiny for you, this is life and death for.

669
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: Me tas Yeah, Well, do you want to start with

670
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: the death or the life or which one?

671
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 3: No, I don't know that.

672
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 4: I'm finding a lot of life. Well, the bulls trading

673
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 4: Lonzo Ball.

674
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: Let's start with the jazz one jazz trading calling sex

675
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 1: into the Hornets for use if Nurkic. I was shocked,

676
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 1: so weird one. I was shocked that the Utah Jazz

677
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: would want.

678
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,280
Speaker 3: Use of Nurkic on their team.

679
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 1: I can understand why they'd want to move on from

680
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 1: calling sexon being who they have now with Ace Bailey

681
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: all their young guys at the guards, but they're also

682
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: pretty loaded up front. So I understand why you want

683
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 1: to get off Colin Sexton, but what do you make

684
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 1: of Colin Sexton for use off Nurkic? The Jazz also

685
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: throwing in a second rounder to the Charlotte Hornets.

686
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 4: The Jazz drafted a guard during the draft. We said

687
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 4: this kind of signals that Austin Ainge doesn't care about

688
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 4: anybody that's already on the roster. Anybody can be traded,

689
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 4: and that includes Colin Sexton. But from the Hornets perspective,

690
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 4: you gotta have a Lamello backup, somebody that can handle

691
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 4: the ball when he goes down with.

692
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 3: An injury, which has been the case the past couple

693
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 3: of seasons.

694
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 4: I think the Hornets last year were twenty ninth in

695
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 4: offense for the season and only twenty first with LaMelo

696
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 4: on the court, so a lot of improvement to be had.

697
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 4: Sexton can put up numbers at the very least. I

698
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:53,120
Speaker 4: do kind of think the better his individual season, the

699
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 4: worst the team season. Is is kind of how things

700
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 4: have gone throughout his career. Obviously, a team didn't really

701
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 4: want to trade it anything for him. So getting off

702
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 4: use with Nurkic, I think is good for the Hornets

703
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 4: as well. He plays hard Sexton does, which I think

704
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 4: is good for a Hornets team that needs a little.

705
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 3: Bit of veteran ship.

706
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 4: But this is weird, weird trade, Like, I don't know

707
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 4: why the Jazz wanted Nurkic. There's not any takers for

708
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 4: Colin Sexton, so they have to pay up a pick

709
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 4: to get off them. Yeah, so that makes sense to me,

710
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 4: but just just weird.

711
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, Colin Sexon efficient. A couple of years here with Utah,

712
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 1: it kind of flies under the radar. He was good.

713
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: He is a bucket getter. There are going to be

714
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: lots of games Wherelamelo Waldas doesn't play. That's just the

715
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 1: way it goes. So he is going to be effective.

716
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: He's going to help out. I'm starting to get excited.

717
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: It's almost that time of year.

718
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 3: You're excited about the Hornets. Yeah, because they got Colin Sexton.

719
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: It's a sickness man, not only call, not only Colin Sexton.

720
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 1: I was there last year. I picked the over. I

721
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,479
Speaker 1: thought those braces that he was wearing on his ankles

722
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: for the first time in his career would help him

723
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 1: stay on the floor. That obviously didn't happen, But I'm

724
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: starting to get excited just for him, Brandon Miller, con

725
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 1: Sexton and their center. They've got a center and that's

726
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: the most exciting thing that It was easy to get

727
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: off use off Nurkic because I think their number thirty

728
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 1: four pick that could have gone in the first round.

729
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 1: Ryan kalk Brenner, a crighton blue jay who's a five

730
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: years center, five year college players twenty three, so he's old,

731
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 1: but he's a great shop locker and finisher. He's the

732
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 1: NABC Defensive Player of the Year this year. He gets

733
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: after it. He won a m ABC, he won the AABC.

734
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,120
Speaker 1: He gets after plus your Konkain Nipple.

735
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 3: It's easy to.

736
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:35,520
Speaker 1: Get excited with a bunch of names, but at least

737
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 1: I think after watching them last year, they didn't want

738
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 1: to play defense and their offense was even worse. They

739
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,640
Speaker 1: were twenty ninth in offense last year. So who I

740
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 1: think Collin Sexton can score. But I'm more excited about

741
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: the defensive end in all honesty excited.

742
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 4: So you think the defense will be better because they

743
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 4: got Colin Sexton. No, No, the defense will be better

744
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 4: because they drafted a rookie center in the second.

745
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, they have no high I know, I know it's

746
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 1: a second round pick, but they they've got they had

747
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: no passion last year.

748
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 3: That's true.

749
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: I do think Charles Lee and they know where they're going.

750
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 1: You draft the NABC Defensive Player of the Year, they

751
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 1: know it's direction they're going. It ain't going to be

752
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: too high because it's unlikely that LaMelo Ball is going

753
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:24,479
Speaker 1: to play again. Is it's an odd mishmash of guys.

754
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:25,240
Speaker 1: There's no doubt.

755
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 4: So this team thinks they're going to be bad at

756
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 4: this season and they're going to be one of the

757
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 4: worst defensive teams in the league. If their best defensive

758
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 4: player is a starting center who's a rookie.

759
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:35,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, but they'd be terrible.

760
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, but they're well it's him and moose idea baute.

761
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:42,320
Speaker 1: But last year they're bad too. Yeah. Yeah, that's also true. Yeah,

762
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,360
Speaker 1: and they had asn't been a good center to play

763
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,280
Speaker 1: for the Hornets since Alonso morning. Probably it's been a minute,

764
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: but it is weird to see that they're they're twenty

765
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,760
Speaker 1: fourth in defense and twenty ninth in offense.

766
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 3: You think that there.

767
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: Would be decent with LaMelo Ball on their team, but

768
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 1: obviously does a shoot.

769
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 3: Yeah he does that, which was a cool pass every

770
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:02,440
Speaker 3: now and then have fun to watch.

771
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: The cool Sexon is going to be a solid player

772
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: for them.

773
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 3: Full stop.

774
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 5: Okay, yeah, we have different opinions, but I will say

775
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 5: the Hornets were at least a respectable team when they

776
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 5: had Terry Rosier hitting clutch shots and scoring twenty a game.

777
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 4: So that's what they're looking for from Colin Sexton. Come

778
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 4: take up some possessions and don't be a knucklehead.

779
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: All right, moving on to your your trade. This is yours,

780
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 1: This is for you. The Bulls traded Lonzo Ball to

781
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Cavaliers for Isaac Acoro.

782
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,280
Speaker 4: The Bulls are just racking out my least favorite players

783
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 4: in the league, Man Giddy first and now a Korro.

784
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 4: This is wild stuff. I don't obviously the Bulls lost

785
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 4: this trade. They lose every single one of their trade.

786
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:48,280
Speaker 4: But if you're spinning it the right way, a Lonzo

787
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 4: Ball played thirty five games in three years. However, the

788
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 4: Bulls got the worst player on the longer contract and

789
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 4: didn't get a pickback. Once again, you never see one

790
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 4: for one deals. Happen in the NBA. Of the last four,

791
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 4: two of them are the Bulls. They did the Caruso

792
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 4: for Gidda deal last season. It seems to me our

793
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 4: tourist Kenishivs gets on the phone and says, hey, you

794
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 4: want to do a train The other team says sure,

795
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,400
Speaker 4: assuming there's gonna be additional negotiating back and forth on

796
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 4: the accompanying pieces. And there's never accompanying pieces. It's just

797
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 4: the deal straight up for Lonzo for Isaac Accoro. So

798
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 4: I don't know. I think this is good for the Cavs.

799
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:31,839
Speaker 4: When Lonzo plays, he's a.

800
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 3: Really good player.

801
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 4: He moves the ball, he pushes the pace, he makes

802
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 4: plays defensively, he shoots threes. He's a really helpful player,

803
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 4: even if he's not able to play twenty minutes a

804
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 4: game or probably more than fifty games in a season.

805
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 3: He has cadavernees.

806
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,520
Speaker 4: Literally ligaments from a dead person were put into his

807
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 4: knee because he didn't have his own ligaments and cartilage left.

808
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 3: Crazy stuff, but it worked. It got him back on

809
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:56,280
Speaker 3: the court.

810
00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:00,040
Speaker 4: It was a great story for Chicago last season, and

811
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,800
Speaker 4: a lot of people are comparing this to the thunder trade,

812
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 4: like is this the move that puts the Calves over

813
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 4: the top, adding a guy who plays on both ends

814
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,240
Speaker 4: of the ball, whereas last season they had Ty Jerome

815
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 4: awesome offensive player, didn't really bring on the defensive end,

816
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 4: and a Corro is a good defender.

817
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 3: No Scorro on the.

818
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,479
Speaker 4: Other side of things, though, So I think a good

819
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 4: get here for the Calves to roll the dice a

820
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,320
Speaker 4: little bit with Lonso his reliability is a huge question mark,

821
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,239
Speaker 4: but they know where they stood with the Coro. He

822
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 4: has decent regular seasons. And then is it really a

823
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:32,919
Speaker 4: part of the team come playoff time?

824
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, it will work out well for them because they

825
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 1: have so many small for as, so many wings to

826
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: replace Isaac Carro. They've got enough guys guys yeah, to

827
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 1: play defense. I will say though, it's an upgrade for

828
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: the Bulls on the wing over who over a Pat Williams.

829
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 3: No different.

830
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: He's gonna play hard, he's gonna defend better than Pat

831
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: and shoot a three when he's asked. But he's not

832
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: a scorero. You're right, I mean he'll hit a few.

833
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,759
Speaker 3: It's better than Dalen Terry and Julian Phillips. I'll give

834
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,320
Speaker 3: you that much. Yeah, Yeah, better than Patrick Williams. I

835
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 3: don't know. They both stink. Put them together and they

836
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 3: don't average twenty points a game. Yeah it is. Yeah,

837
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:13,360
Speaker 3: he's not a scorer.

838
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,439
Speaker 1: I guess this is basically saying, Josh Getty, you're coming

839
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,720
Speaker 1: back to shoot all you want, ocur, you got to defend,

840
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 1: shoot some threes. But this is a better story for

841
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Cavaliers on that side of things.

842
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 3: You're right, will he play big question.

843
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 1: But I think he will start even now with Darius

844
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 1: Garland likely out to start the season. That toe surgery

845
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: that he's had keeping him out four to five months,

846
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: so he'll get those reps. He's a Kenny Atkinson type

847
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 1: of player. Like you said, he moves the ball. He's

848
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: gonna defend. Ted Jerome likely gone with the Cleveland Cavaliers

849
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 1: because somebody's gonna offer him a decent amount and this

850
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: is a good fit for them now with a three

851
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 1: guard sort of rotation of him, Darius Garland when he

852
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: gets back, and Donovan Mitchell. So looking forward to seeing

853
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,120
Speaker 1: what he can do if he plays. You know, there's

854
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: comparisons out there of Sean Livingston later in his career

855
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: where Livingston got hurt wasn't the same athletically whatsoever. But

856
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: he can still ball, he can still play and still contribute.

857
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,319
Speaker 1: So he could contribute off the bench to a team

858
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: in the Cleveland Cavaliers that are clearly going for it

859
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 1: these next couple of years here where they got to

860
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: pay everybody. They're a second Apron team. They see that

861
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: weakness in the Eastern Conference and they're going for it.

862
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: So fun from that perspective.

863
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's good.

864
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 4: Like I think, for sure, player to player, a Lonso

865
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 4: is an upgrade over a Coorro and I personally think

866
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 4: Lonso is an upgrade over Ty Jerome. The question is

867
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,440
Speaker 4: how many games is Lonzo going to give you? He

868
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 4: missed almost three full seasons for Chicago, but that is

869
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 4: very similar to Sean Livingston, like he was out of

870
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,719
Speaker 4: the league for a while. It was kind of a

871
00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 4: miracle that he even got back on the court. Next

872
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 4: thing you know, he's sticking mid range jumpers for the

873
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,800
Speaker 4: Warriors in the finals. So I loved this for Cleveland,

874
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 4: and just like I was happy to see Caruso playing

875
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,279
Speaker 4: for a team that's actually playing meaningful basketball, it'll be

876
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 4: cool to see Londo playing in games that actually matter

877
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 4: as well.

878
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,480
Speaker 3: That's this. Yeah, I'm happy and.

879
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 4: Look, look I'll get excited when Isaaca Coorro is running

880
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 4: the break with Josh Giddy a chral on one side,

881
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 4: Giddy bringing the ball up the middle, Boozellos on the

882
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 4: left wing, Noah bringing up the rear, and then my

883
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,359
Speaker 4: guy Boos just hanging back to pop the three from

884
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 4: the top of the key. I love what they are

885
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 4: building in Chicago. It's perfect task, it's perfect.

886
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:32,359
Speaker 1: Well, I would say Josh Hart isn't happy. That's that's

887
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:35,399
Speaker 1: just a random okay, But Josh Josh Hart tweeted, it's

888
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: six to oh one and I ain't seen one deal?

889
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:39,760
Speaker 1: What happened to the game of Deals?

890
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 3: At? What happened to the game? I love?

891
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 1: And yet we're here six thirteen Eastern still no deals.

892
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 4: I'm doing shift refreshes here to see and if I

893
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,320
Speaker 4: need to clear my cookies to make sure I'm getting

894
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 4: the proper pages, we got no deals?

895
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 3: If we're thirteen minutes in, yes, CJ. McCollum, what did

896
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:56,399
Speaker 3: you do to us?

897
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 1: It looks like this is an official yet, but it

898
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 1: looks like Daniel russellill be going to the Dallas Mavericks

899
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 1: not official, not official, But there's that. And we still

900
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 1: got a bunch of deals to get through here. And

901
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 1: when we see a bunch of deals happen overnight here

902
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: Monday night, we'll be back Tuesday morning, July first, to

903
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:21,960
Speaker 1: talk about all those that happened. That being said, let's

904
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:23,880
Speaker 1: get back to the ones that we can fly through

905
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 1: a few of these here. Sam Merrill, Yeah, signed with

906
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Cavaliers. Get him out there, four years, thirty

907
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 1: eight million dollars. And that's what definitely makes it clear,

908
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 1: Tidroman come back if you're going to sign Sam maryl

909
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 1: for four for thirty eight now.

910
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 3: He's a great buddy for.

911
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell talking about getting on the fly with the

912
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 1: Chicago Bulls. Donod Mitchell loves to get on the fly

913
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: the cas loves to get on the fly and find

914
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: Sam marril for some jays and he will hit those things.

915
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 3: I mean he.

916
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 1: Works on the defensive end too. He seems like a

917
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: guy in their rotation that they really really like and

918
00:41:58,640 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 1: it makes sense.

919
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 4: And shoot forty percent from three and not be a

920
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 4: liability against benches defensively. You can make ten million dollars

921
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 4: per season in the NBA right now. Sam Merrill, I'm

922
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,959
Speaker 4: kind of shocked to see this twenty nine years old

923
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 4: at this point. I guess he had a later start

924
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 4: after doing some Mormon missionary work. But uh yeah, he

925
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 4: can hang on defense, which means you can get him

926
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 4: on the court offensively.

927
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 3: And the guy just chucks threes.

928
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 4: He shoots it every single time he gets it, which

929
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 4: you know, sometimes sounds like you're calling a guy a

930
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 4: ball hog.

931
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,520
Speaker 3: But that's why Lebron loved playing with j R. Smith.

932
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,359
Speaker 4: A guy that has the confidence to take a three

933
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 4: pointer even when he's not open, I think is huge,

934
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:40,280
Speaker 4: and that's a big part of the reason the Cavs

935
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 4: had such an awesome season is that everybody was empowered

936
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,919
Speaker 4: to be a threat offensively, including Sam Merrill. So yeah,

937
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 4: keep him around, let him chuck his three pointers up.

938
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,759
Speaker 4: Still a tradable deal going forward, having these little like

939
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 4: eight to twelve million dollar contracts are going to be

940
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:59,319
Speaker 4: big for trading in the new CBA environment and we

941
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,320
Speaker 4: just saw but the Thunder and the Pacers.

942
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:03,359
Speaker 3: You want to have eight guys.

943
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 4: That can play on your team in the playoffs, and

944
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,840
Speaker 4: I think Merrill was at least sturdy enough in the

945
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 4: playoffs ye to bring him back for Cleveland.

946
00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 3: But you're right about the numbers.

947
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: Was they traded George Niang as part of a deal

948
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 1: in that sort of that sort of sphere of dollar figures,

949
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 1: and they were able to get DeAndre Hunter because of

950
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,720
Speaker 1: it last year. So if they need to get somebody,

951
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 1: they got the contracts to get it.

952
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 3: Moving on a quick one.

953
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:30,439
Speaker 1: Davion Mitchell signing with the Miami Heat for two years

954
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,239
Speaker 1: and twenty four million dollars. Now that guy came out

955
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,920
Speaker 1: to play in the play In Tournament in the playoffs,

956
00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,839
Speaker 1: I think I was just banging shots yep, coming off

957
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 1: the bench. Seems like he's a big game type of performer, you.

958
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 4: Know, based on playing in the first round of the

959
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 4: playoffs and getting swept in an eight to one series.

960
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 1: Well and two straight play in tournament wins lock.

961
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 3: The balls up in the play in tournament. That's absolutely true.

962
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, he was efficient, and yeah, he's a guy gets

963
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: after defensively. He's coming off the bench su that's for sure.

964
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:02,439
Speaker 1: But two years twenty four I don't know. I thought

965
00:44:02,480 --> 00:44:05,399
Speaker 1: that was high initially, but for a deal nowadays, Yeah,

966
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: it's the deal. If you're going to be their backup

967
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,239
Speaker 1: point guard, which feels like that's the Miami Heat. Now

968
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 1: he is a Heat type of player. Maybe they bring

969
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 1: back those city edition jerseys to say, you know that's

970
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: us Man.

971
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:17,360
Speaker 3: That's us Man. Yeah, I guess.

972
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 4: I think he's a bench player for the Heat, but

973
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,359
Speaker 4: I could see him starting the mix with Hero. Kind

974
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 4: of makes sense as Mitchell is a defense first player

975
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 4: and the Hero is offense first. So I think good

976
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 4: money for Davion Mitchell. This is the most he's made

977
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 4: per season in his NBA career, twelve million average annual value.

978
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,200
Speaker 3: A good deal for the Heat. Like I just said,

979
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 3: these eight to twelve.

980
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 4: Million dollar contracts are good to have around as tradable

981
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 4: legos going forward. And I think with the way he

982
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,839
Speaker 4: signed everything this summer, if somebody or if the Heat

983
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 4: are still able to get into a deal, I mean,

984
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 4: Giannis isn't really coming available, but you know, theoretically, if

985
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 4: there was a deal out there for somebody to be

986
00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 4: made and they wanted Mitchell, they can put him in

987
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 4: there as well. Now it's just on him to proved

988
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 4: that his improvements that he showed shooting the ball for

989
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:05,800
Speaker 4: Miami are real, because he didn't shoot the ball incredibly

990
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 4: well for the Raptors or the Kings earlier in his career,

991
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 4: but really took off, like you're saying, for Miami there

992
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 4: after the trade. So as long as he shoots it well,

993
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,799
Speaker 4: he'll easily be worth twelve million dollars because he brings

994
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:17,800
Speaker 4: it on the defensive end.

995
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 3: Yeah.

996
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 1: The Miami Heat also having Duncan Robinson opt out of

997
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:26,320
Speaker 1: his nearly twenty million dollar contract for next season, which

998
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,719
Speaker 1: is something I was surprised to see it. He supposedly

999
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 1: wants a longer deal, but I mentioned that because this

1000
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 1: leaves them all the room to trade for you anistetic

1001
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 1: goopo if it happens, And the twelve million dollars initially

1002
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: kept them below the first apron, which ensures their hands

1003
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 1: aren't tied if if there's a Greek superstar who is

1004
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,720
Speaker 1: available or man. Sean hollander're pointing that out. Also everyone

1005
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:56,800
Speaker 1: pointing out that Jared Jackson Junior just signed a monster

1006
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:02,120
Speaker 1: que with the Memphis Grizzlies two hundred and forty million

1007
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 1: dollars over five years, two hundred and forty million maximum

1008
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: renegotiation and extension deal, as Sean Scharana is saying here,

1009
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,359
Speaker 1: and it includes a player option in the final year.

1010
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:20,360
Speaker 1: So they did all these moves to get rid of

1011
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:25,320
Speaker 1: Desmondvane to ensure that in part that Jared Jackson Junior

1012
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 1: was going to sign.

1013
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 3: They got it done.

1014
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, this was the summer plan for the Grizzlies, clearing

1015
00:46:30,239 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 4: enough cap space so that then they could use it

1016
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,279
Speaker 4: to bring back their franchise cornerstone. Like I think at

1017
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,759
Speaker 4: this point you have to consider Jaron Jackson Junior as

1018
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:41,240
Speaker 4: that guy for Memphis rather than John Morant, with jaws

1019
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 4: availability being a concern.

1020
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 3: He had a down season last year.

1021
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 4: Now maybe that was just because disagreements with the new

1022
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:51,479
Speaker 4: offense and didn't exactly like the direction of the team.

1023
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 4: Perhaps Jaws better, but I think that this proves that

1024
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:56,719
Speaker 4: Jaron Jackson Junior, no surprise, is a building block for

1025
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 4: the Grizzlies. The guy will be twenty six at the

1026
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:01,839
Speaker 4: start of this season, so you're getting him through his

1027
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 4: prime when he's already produced and been a really good

1028
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:07,839
Speaker 4: player for the Grizzlies, winning a Defensive Player of the Year.

1029
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 4: He got close to it this year, got close to

1030
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,399
Speaker 4: All NBA. This season really took a step forward from

1031
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:17,160
Speaker 4: a self creation standpoint. During the year when John Moran

1032
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:20,560
Speaker 4: missed time with a suspension and then an injury as well.

1033
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,239
Speaker 4: The Grizzlies needed a lot from Jaron Jackson Junior, and

1034
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 4: he kind of increased his ISO scoring. The guy plays

1035
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:28,000
Speaker 4: as if he's a left handed player, even though he's

1036
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,759
Speaker 4: a right handed shooter. Crazy to me. Came in as

1037
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:32,959
Speaker 4: a shoot like as a three point shooter. I don't

1038
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 4: think he's scary, but he does still shoot it well

1039
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 4: thirty eight percent from outside, but some down seasons before that,

1040
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:43,080
Speaker 4: so I don't. Maybe we call him inconsistent at this point,

1041
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:44,799
Speaker 4: but it makes sense to me that the Grizzlies would

1042
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:48,080
Speaker 4: do this. They're built around Jaron Jackson Junior right now.

1043
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:51,480
Speaker 4: They're built around jaw and Triple J. In the future,

1044
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,359
Speaker 4: is that going to be the case. I don't know,

1045
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,720
Speaker 4: but the Grizzlies at least have five years to figure

1046
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:57,799
Speaker 4: out exactly how they want to build this team, because

1047
00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,759
Speaker 4: they're going to look different next season now that they

1048
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 4: did the band deal.

1049
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 1: Right in this deal confirmed by Austin Brown, Jaron Jackson

1050
00:48:06,120 --> 00:48:08,880
Speaker 1: Junior's agent needed to confirm them because you never know

1051
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 1: these numbers getting thrown around Schaum's Obviously you can rely

1052
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,040
Speaker 1: on Sean Shriani, but you never know. If I messed

1053
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 1: up looking at a Shan Shrelia shrinya tweet. It was

1054
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,720
Speaker 1: a faky but JD threw it in there as well,

1055
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 1: so we're all good.

1056
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:23,320
Speaker 3: We're all good on that number.

1057
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 1: I am looking forward to seeing jaw Jaron Jackson Jr.

1058
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 1: The centers experiment that they've got in Memphis, and the

1059
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:35,360
Speaker 1: Cedric Coward draft on the wing. They've been looking for

1060
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:37,200
Speaker 1: him and then he moved John Wells to the two spot.

1061
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:38,200
Speaker 1: It is going to be fun.

1062
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:42,400
Speaker 4: In general, they've had a really just joint, just a

1063
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 4: very disjointed last three seasons. This year was firing Taylor

1064
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:50,239
Speaker 4: Jenkins midseason. The year prior was just almost a gap

1065
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 4: year from Memphis with John miss and the start of

1066
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 4: the season coming back and then hurting his shoulder, and

1067
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:57,359
Speaker 4: then the year prior it fell apart at the end

1068
00:48:57,640 --> 00:49:02,040
Speaker 4: due to the Jah Morant extension. So it was weird

1069
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 4: that they fired Taylor Jenkins at the end of last season.

1070
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:08,919
Speaker 4: But maybe this gives the Grizzlies more stability than they've

1071
00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:11,000
Speaker 4: had in the past couple of years to kind of

1072
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 4: be like, all right, let's actually do something here, because

1073
00:49:14,600 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 4: they were a team that was on the rise, they

1074
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:18,600
Speaker 4: were building up. It was cool to see him go

1075
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:21,680
Speaker 4: against the Lakers that season when they were a young team,

1076
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:25,799
Speaker 4: but really just one playoff series win for Memphis in

1077
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 4: the Jaw Triple j era, So they're going to want

1078
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 4: more from that. If you're paying a guy almost fifty

1079
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:31,480
Speaker 4: million dollars per.

1080
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:34,400
Speaker 1: Season, I will say I am looking forward again to

1081
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:38,000
Speaker 1: seeing him with a center and Zach Edie because Jarreon

1082
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 1: Jackson Junior at the center spot doesn't work at all times.

1083
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 1: I was looking to see what they're going to do

1084
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:47,280
Speaker 1: with Santiel Domo because somebody is going to pay him,

1085
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 1: and I'm seeing that Santiel Domo may have just signed.

1086
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:54,120
Speaker 1: We'll get to that in a second, Okay, okay, but

1087
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 1: but he will he will sign. We just need to

1088
00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:01,319
Speaker 1: confirm on that one. Getting to the Milwaukee Bucks. On

1089
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:04,240
Speaker 1: the on the other side, the Eastern Conference talked about

1090
00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:07,960
Speaker 1: a disjointed few years in Memphis Grizzlies, some disjointed stuff

1091
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:11,080
Speaker 1: happening for the Milwaukee Bucks. This year, they decided to

1092
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:14,600
Speaker 1: bring Bobby Portis back. He declined a thirteen point four

1093
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:17,719
Speaker 1: million dollar option didn't matter if he was suspended twenty

1094
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 1: five games last year for Tremadal. We're paying him three

1095
00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:24,359
Speaker 1: years forty four million dollars coming on back two years

1096
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:28,319
Speaker 1: plus an option. It's only six guaranteed deals now for

1097
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 1: the Milwaukee Bucks, kind of surprising. Jannis Dame obviously making

1098
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:36,040
Speaker 1: a lot of that, a lot of money there Between

1099
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:38,399
Speaker 1: those two. Then it's calcuzam of Bobby Porters now Pat

1100
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:40,960
Speaker 1: Content and Tyler Smith, so they've got some money to

1101
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 1: work with otherwise.

1102
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 3: But I bring it up because.

1103
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,600
Speaker 1: It's all about Giannis and keeping that guy happy, and

1104
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:49,319
Speaker 1: Bobby is not quite naz Reid, but I guess he

1105
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: is sort of nas reading that he's that cultural he

1106
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:53,879
Speaker 1: is a cultural block. He's a champion there, and they're

1107
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:55,400
Speaker 1: keeping him around for another three years.

1108
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:56,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think this.

1109
00:50:56,480 --> 00:50:59,360
Speaker 4: Uh that was my takeaway is that it means Jonas's

1110
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:01,759
Speaker 4: staying for this season at the very least, or at

1111
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:02,960
Speaker 4: least until the trade deadline.

1112
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 3: We'll see what happens. This is a good price for Bobby.

1113
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:07,960
Speaker 4: Like we're saying, role players are getting eleven million dollars

1114
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 4: a year, Bobby Portis can be a plus role player

1115
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:14,360
Speaker 4: at times. They don't have a lot of guys under contract,

1116
00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 4: right now, but there's also barely any ways for the

1117
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,720
Speaker 4: Bucks to get any better. More than likely they're bringing

1118
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:23,399
Speaker 4: back A J. Green, Kevin Porter, Junior, Torrian Prince. Maybe

1119
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,440
Speaker 4: they're getting them for less than they made last season.

1120
00:51:26,719 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 4: Maybe they're slight raises. I think it is kind of

1121
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 4: the case for KPJ. But they're kind of rolling back

1122
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 4: the same team they had last year minus Damian Lillard.

1123
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:39,920
Speaker 4: And with this deal, it's almost as if they had

1124
00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:43,400
Speaker 4: to choose between paying Bobby Portis and paying brook Lopez.

1125
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,279
Speaker 4: I guess it's smarter to pay Portis just because he's

1126
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:48,080
Speaker 4: on the younger side of things. He was pretty good

1127
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:50,800
Speaker 4: for the Bucks in the playoffs, even though they didn't

1128
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:54,200
Speaker 4: perform all that well against the Pacers this season, But

1129
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:58,000
Speaker 4: I kind of think Lopez has passed his point of

1130
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:02,960
Speaker 4: maximum efficiency and upgrading the center spot is going to

1131
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:06,879
Speaker 4: be tough for the Bucks, but that's just Skyle's gotta

1132
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 4: be when they lost Damian Lillard. So I do wonder

1133
00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:12,120
Speaker 4: what's gonna end up happening with brook Lopez. A team

1134
00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:15,240
Speaker 4: can make it impossible for Milwaukee to really be able

1135
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:18,840
Speaker 4: to afford him, But Bobby Portis is a guy you

1136
00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:21,160
Speaker 4: can throw into a starting lineup if you absolutely need to.

1137
00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:23,239
Speaker 4: He's better off the bench. He is a NAS read

1138
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 4: in that sort of way. But yeah, I don't know

1139
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:31,360
Speaker 4: guys like NAS. Guys like Bobby Portis, you probably will

1140
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:33,840
Speaker 4: air on the side of resigning him just because it

1141
00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:35,280
Speaker 4: would be so sad to lose him.

1142
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:37,240
Speaker 3: You know, you got to keep the fan favorite sometimes.

1143
00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:39,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, nas is giving his heart giving it

1144
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:42,759
Speaker 1: to Lebron in round number one. Bobby's always given his heart,

1145
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. Well, let's fly through some

1146
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:50,280
Speaker 1: other minor deals. We'll stick with Milwaukee real quick. Stop

1147
00:52:50,320 --> 00:52:53,440
Speaker 1: me whenever you want to talk about one of these guys, because.

1148
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:56,160
Speaker 4: We got we got one deal in twenty five minutes. Yeah,

1149
00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:58,520
Speaker 4: and it's a guy going back to his team, the

1150
00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:01,760
Speaker 4: Triple j. I mean, there's some sati al Dama rumors.

1151
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:05,040
Speaker 4: There's a de'angelo Russell going to Dallas. It's not official,

1152
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 4: but that's going to happen.

1153
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:09,080
Speaker 3: They're huge.

1154
00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:13,360
Speaker 1: The opposite of big names are Ryan Rowlins getting a

1155
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:17,560
Speaker 1: qualifying offer from the Milwaukee Bucks may look to keep

1156
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:21,120
Speaker 1: him around. He's a Damian Lillar replacement. Kevin Porter declined

1157
00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:25,080
Speaker 1: his player option. That part's interesting. We'll see where he

1158
00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:25,600
Speaker 1: may go.

1159
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:30,200
Speaker 4: He's probably back to Milwaukee maybe, but I think he

1160
00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:33,000
Speaker 4: declines his player option because he can make more as

1161
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:36,560
Speaker 4: an exception guy and the Bucks. The Bucks can't lose

1162
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:38,879
Speaker 4: any other players like they have to bring back. They

1163
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:41,319
Speaker 4: have to bring back Rowlins and Kevin Porter, especially with

1164
00:53:41,640 --> 00:53:42,720
Speaker 4: Dame gonna miss the season.

1165
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:43,920
Speaker 3: Who else is handling the mam?

1166
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:46,080
Speaker 1: Yes, well, there's no doubt they need to find guys

1167
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:50,480
Speaker 1: moving on to the champs. Jalen Williams, Jay will the

1168
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:52,600
Speaker 1: guy off the bench. He declined his team option. He

1169
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 1: signed a three year, twenty four million deal per ESPN,

1170
00:53:56,600 --> 00:54:01,240
Speaker 1: keeps him under the tax line for eight her season here.

1171
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:06,320
Speaker 1: That eight again important to keep them below the tax line.

1172
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,800
Speaker 1: Just another note on another Jalen Williams, the Jay Dubb.

1173
00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:12,160
Speaker 1: He's having risk surgery this offseason.

1174
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:12,440
Speaker 3: Right.

1175
00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:15,640
Speaker 1: I was surprised by that. Okay Sei's Jim Sam press.

1176
00:54:15,680 --> 00:54:18,080
Speaker 1: He said it today in his press conference. It happened

1177
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:20,279
Speaker 1: late in the season versus Phoenix. They knew it was

1178
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:23,000
Speaker 1: going to happen in the off season, and it's gonna happen.

1179
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:25,839
Speaker 1: Didn't matter. Still want a championship. They also signed Aj

1180
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:29,680
Speaker 1: Mitchell to a three year eight point seven million dollar deal,

1181
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:34,239
Speaker 1: teeny tiny one. As they watch the books and keep

1182
00:54:34,239 --> 00:54:37,799
Speaker 1: it low, keep everything low, to eventually have to pay

1183
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: the guys I just mentioned Jalen Williams specifically and others,

1184
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:43,919
Speaker 1: but they're just managing the books there.

1185
00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:46,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, we talked about with the Thomas Sorber draft pick.

1186
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:49,279
Speaker 4: This is the way for the Thunder is pay the

1187
00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:51,520
Speaker 4: big three a whole bunch of money because they are

1188
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:53,359
Speaker 4: going to be worth it and they're going to demand it,

1189
00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:56,320
Speaker 4: and you're going to have to find guys through the

1190
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:59,440
Speaker 4: draft and with all of these surfeit of picks that

1191
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,640
Speaker 4: they have over so guys that have any sort of

1192
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:04,879
Speaker 4: potential are going to stay in Oklahoma City. Like eight

1193
00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:08,440
Speaker 4: million dollars is kind of a lot per year for

1194
00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:12,040
Speaker 4: Jalen Williams when he's at best your third big guy.

1195
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:15,240
Speaker 4: Right now, you also factor in how often the Thunder

1196
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:18,560
Speaker 4: go small. There's just not a lot of minutes for

1197
00:55:18,920 --> 00:55:22,239
Speaker 4: jaywill to play. But then towards the end of the

1198
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:24,279
Speaker 4: season when he does get a bit of an opportunity,

1199
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 4: the guy has three triple doubles in like ten games

1200
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 4: or something like that. Even the guys who are the

1201
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:32,080
Speaker 4: ninth and tenth man on Oklahoma City have potential. So

1202
00:55:32,239 --> 00:55:35,400
Speaker 4: I think he's a beloved guy around the Thunder locker

1203
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:37,359
Speaker 4: room as well. Got to keep him around, and then

1204
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:38,720
Speaker 4: they must love aj Mitchell.

1205
00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:39,640
Speaker 3: This is a.

1206
00:55:39,560 --> 00:55:42,239
Speaker 4: Tiny deal for him eight point seven million over the

1207
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:44,600
Speaker 4: course of three years. But Mark Dignahldt was playing this

1208
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,400
Speaker 4: guy in the finals. Some of that seemed a little fishy.

1209
00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:50,839
Speaker 4: Why is he necessarily playing in the finals. But you know,

1210
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:52,839
Speaker 4: dignaaltrust him if he's going to throw him out there

1211
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:56,279
Speaker 4: for high leverage situations. So to keep him on a

1212
00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,960
Speaker 4: deal like this is just smart moves for the Thunder

1213
00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:00,839
Speaker 4: and that's all they do, make smart moves.

1214
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:01,440
Speaker 3: It feels like.

1215
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:03,960
Speaker 1: Speaking of a smart move, I know this is a

1216
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:08,520
Speaker 1: guy you love trusting. Sean Sharana's official tweet here that

1217
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:12,400
Speaker 1: the Grizzlies have re signed Santi al Dama. There was

1218
00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:14,239
Speaker 1: some rumors that he was going to be able to

1219
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:18,520
Speaker 1: get got by somebody else, but here they are three years,

1220
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:23,960
Speaker 1: fifty two point five million dollars. Again, Cia is Austin

1221
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:28,240
Speaker 1: Brown that eight little Well, these guys all the agents

1222
00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:32,160
Speaker 1: got to get in here. They have officially signed that

1223
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,040
Speaker 1: for him to come back was fantastic off the bench.

1224
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:39,160
Speaker 1: Last year, showed so many of his skills, the most

1225
00:56:39,239 --> 00:56:41,400
Speaker 1: so far of his NBA career, his best season of

1226
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:43,680
Speaker 1: his NBA career, and some talk about him being six

1227
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:45,959
Speaker 1: Man of the Year because he's that good.

1228
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:49,720
Speaker 4: This is awesome for the Grizzly Sheep three year, fifty

1229
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 4: two million, So that's what fourteen per year. Basically, we

1230
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:54,319
Speaker 4: just saw.

1231
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:57,000
Speaker 1: What math man seventeen and a half.

1232
00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:04,440
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, four times thirteen is fifty two even better

1233
00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:07,239
Speaker 4: for Santy al Damin Still, I think pretty good for

1234
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:10,480
Speaker 4: the Grizzlies. Nas Reed a similar style player, a guy

1235
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:12,640
Speaker 4: who comes off the bench. He was a sixth Man

1236
00:57:12,719 --> 00:57:14,799
Speaker 4: of the Year, but you know, he's almost a sixth

1237
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:17,680
Speaker 4: starter for the Timberwolves. I think Aldama is sometimes that

1238
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 4: he got sixteen starts last year with Edie missing time,

1239
00:57:20,840 --> 00:57:23,720
Speaker 4: with Jaron Jackson Junior missing time. So to get him

1240
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:26,320
Speaker 4: for seventeen and a half million dollars, not thirteen million

1241
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:29,560
Speaker 4: dollars is nice for Memphis, especially they didn't have a

1242
00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:32,160
Speaker 4: team like the Brooklyn Nets bid him up in the

1243
00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:33,360
Speaker 4: free agency.

1244
00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:36,160
Speaker 3: Portion of things.

1245
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:38,640
Speaker 4: Like Brooklyn could have easily done that, Memphis would have

1246
00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:40,960
Speaker 4: had to really think if you know Brooklyn offers him

1247
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:44,720
Speaker 4: twenty million per season, maybe that changes the math for Memphis.

1248
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:48,000
Speaker 4: But getting him right away seventeen and a half million dollars,

1249
00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:50,040
Speaker 4: he'll be there through the prime of his career.

1250
00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:51,640
Speaker 3: He'll be twenty five.

1251
00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:53,800
Speaker 4: In the middle of next season, so twenty five to

1252
00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:55,640
Speaker 4: twenty eight, those are good years to have a guy.

1253
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:57,720
Speaker 4: I'm an Aldama fan. I just like the way he plays.

1254
00:57:57,720 --> 00:58:00,400
Speaker 4: He runs the court, he hits threes. I don't think

1255
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:03,560
Speaker 4: he's a great defender, but he can block some shots.

1256
00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:06,280
Speaker 4: Just a skinny dude, so he kind of limits what

1257
00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:07,760
Speaker 4: he can give you on that end of the court.

1258
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:10,200
Speaker 4: But a good player for the Grizzlies. They need his

1259
00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:14,000
Speaker 4: three point shooting. All three point shooting is helpful for Memphis.

1260
00:58:14,040 --> 00:58:17,680
Speaker 4: So they're getting their their business done right away. Yeah,

1261
00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:20,880
Speaker 4: it seems so thank you to them for adhering to

1262
00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:23,440
Speaker 4: the six pm start. It's not actually a deadline. The

1263
00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:25,280
Speaker 4: deals don't have to be done at six, but it

1264
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:26,360
Speaker 4: feels like they should.

1265
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:31,400
Speaker 1: Be other teams getting things done. Cornishan Sharanya Dorian Phinney

1266
00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:34,479
Speaker 1: Smith has gone to the Houston Rockets for a mere

1267
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:38,160
Speaker 1: fifty three million dollars. Now we can use that fourth

1268
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:42,240
Speaker 1: year Matt players four years and a half million, that's

1269
00:58:43,560 --> 00:58:46,920
Speaker 1: a nice thirteen per right, Oh yeah, yeah.

1270
00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:48,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, now I get it.

1271
00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:56,040
Speaker 1: Thirteen point twenty five so under the non taxpayer mid

1272
00:58:56,120 --> 00:59:00,440
Speaker 1: level exception, because that's a fourteen million dollar man. So

1273
00:59:01,080 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 1: that's a deal. And frankly, yeah, it's pretty cheap really.

1274
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:10,240
Speaker 3: I mean, the Lakers, it's the years. It's the years

1275
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:11,160
Speaker 3: that lured him away.

1276
00:59:11,280 --> 00:59:15,240
Speaker 4: Four years at thirty two years old is a big

1277
00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:17,680
Speaker 4: bite to take, I think for Dorian Finney Smith. But

1278
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:19,880
Speaker 4: if you're him and you're looking at the money being

1279
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:21,680
Speaker 4: a little bit less than the fourteen mil that the

1280
00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:24,360
Speaker 4: Lakers would have now or would have been able to

1281
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:26,800
Speaker 4: offer him, and we'll probably go to a center here.

1282
00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:29,360
Speaker 4: He can take a little bit less money. If it's

1283
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:31,600
Speaker 4: going to be stretched out over the course of four

1284
00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:35,040
Speaker 4: additional seasons, you might be looking sideways at the end

1285
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:37,560
Speaker 4: of that time when he's thirty five thirty six years old.

1286
00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:39,960
Speaker 3: But a great fit for the Rockets.

1287
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:42,600
Speaker 4: Like we talked about a little bit earlier, he's not

1288
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:45,520
Speaker 4: the same style of player as Dylan Brooks. Like I

1289
00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:47,960
Speaker 4: think one of the good things Brooks brought to Houston,

1290
00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:50,200
Speaker 4: outside of all the two in the defense is that

1291
00:59:50,280 --> 00:59:52,120
Speaker 4: he did have a quick trigger where he'll shoot it

1292
00:59:52,200 --> 00:59:52,600
Speaker 4: every time.

1293
00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:54,480
Speaker 3: Like I said earlier, that is beneficial.

1294
00:59:54,680 --> 00:59:57,360
Speaker 4: Dorian Phinney Smith isn't necessarily like that, but he is

1295
00:59:57,360 --> 01:00:00,240
Speaker 4: a good three point shooter, and he does the defensive things.

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01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:01,840
Speaker 3: That Brooks does as well.

1297
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:05,320
Speaker 4: So I still think they probably want like one more

1298
01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:10,480
Speaker 4: perimeter specifically, guy like DFS can really play.

1299
01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:12,160
Speaker 3: Up and down the lineup, but he's more of a

1300
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:12,800
Speaker 3: three to four.

1301
01:00:12,920 --> 01:00:15,480
Speaker 4: I think they might want a one to two somewhere

1302
01:00:15,480 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 4: on the roster as well.

1303
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:19,200
Speaker 3: But Houston, they're just doing a good job. I think

1304
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:19,680
Speaker 3: this one.

1305
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:22,240
Speaker 4: Will look a little a little off when he's at

1306
01:00:22,240 --> 01:00:24,640
Speaker 4: the end of his career. But they've got money to

1307
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,080
Speaker 4: spend right now before all of their guys start getting

1308
01:00:27,120 --> 01:00:28,959
Speaker 4: these extensions, and there are the ones that are having

1309
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:30,560
Speaker 4: to choose who actually sticks around.

1310
01:00:30,720 --> 01:00:34,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know if thirteen mill will mean all

1311
01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:37,400
Speaker 1: that much or seem all that like all that much

1312
01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:40,240
Speaker 1: if the salary kaf he's going up thirteen for Dorian

1313
01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:42,160
Speaker 1: Phiney Smith when he's Yeah, at the end of his contract,

1314
01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:44,160
Speaker 1: he will be thirty six. But they've got so many guys,

1315
01:00:44,200 --> 01:00:45,760
Speaker 1: As you said, the difference is Dylan Brooks.

1316
01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:46,840
Speaker 3: He wants to shoot.

1317
01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:49,440
Speaker 1: He wants to even get into the mid range sometimes,

1318
01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:52,280
Speaker 1: and it worked sometimes against the Golden State Warriors.

1319
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:53,040
Speaker 3: He was feeling it.

1320
01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 1: I guess they will be asking the opposite of Dorian

1321
01:00:55,560 --> 01:00:58,920
Speaker 1: Phinney Smith. As you said, corners, get ready to shoot

1322
01:00:59,320 --> 01:01:01,800
Speaker 1: and be right for that. But you're right, they're going

1323
01:01:01,880 --> 01:01:04,560
Speaker 1: to continue to go for Nikkeil Alexander Walker.

1324
01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:08,840
Speaker 3: Uh Luke Kennard. That team is going to.

1325
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:11,640
Speaker 1: Be loaded, and I know we're I'm projecting here that

1326
01:01:11,680 --> 01:01:14,400
Speaker 1: they're going to get a Nikkei Alexander Walker. But they

1327
01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:18,200
Speaker 1: have done extremely well here. It seems like a team

1328
01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:20,800
Speaker 1: that's in that second tier below. Okay, see, no doubt

1329
01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:21,240
Speaker 1: about that.

1330
01:01:22,080 --> 01:01:24,240
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I mean okay, See they're the champions. If

1331
01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:27,120
Speaker 4: they won sixty eight games last season, they got the MVP.

1332
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:30,320
Speaker 4: They're bringing everybody back. Everybody will be pretty happy because

1333
01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:33,240
Speaker 4: they're either getting surgeries to get healed or they're.

1334
01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:34,760
Speaker 3: Getting paid a lot of money. So things are good

1335
01:01:34,760 --> 01:01:35,560
Speaker 3: in Oklahoma City.

1336
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:38,680
Speaker 4: They're in a tier by themselves, but at least, you know,

1337
01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 4: thirty four minutes into the first day of free agency,

1338
01:01:41,840 --> 01:01:43,280
Speaker 4: I got the Rockets as number two in the Western

1339
01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:43,840
Speaker 4: Conference room.

1340
01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:47,200
Speaker 1: Right, yeah, yeah, yes, nothing wrong deal for the Grizzlies.

1341
01:01:47,640 --> 01:01:48,240
Speaker 3: They're busy.

1342
01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:51,360
Speaker 4: The Grizzlies and Cam Spencer have agreed to a two year,

1343
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:55,120
Speaker 4: four point five million dollar, fully guaranteed contract. That one

1344
01:01:55,280 --> 01:02:00,320
Speaker 4: is a Bartlestein joint. Big shouts to Mark Bartlestein getting

1345
01:02:00,400 --> 01:02:03,919
Speaker 4: the deal done. Cam Spencer came in as a two

1346
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:06,800
Speaker 4: way rookie, so to get a guaranteed deal four and

1347
01:02:06,800 --> 01:02:07,800
Speaker 4: a half million.

1348
01:02:07,560 --> 01:02:09,120
Speaker 3: That's pretty cool, Cam Spencer.

1349
01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:11,680
Speaker 4: There's the two Christleys are just bringing their guys back

1350
01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:12,800
Speaker 4: outside of Desmond Vane.

1351
01:02:13,040 --> 01:02:13,240
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1352
01:02:13,280 --> 01:02:16,600
Speaker 1: When you get guaranteed for the first time, it's it

1353
01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:19,760
Speaker 1: is an honor. Like Colin Gillespie is signing a one

1354
01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:22,560
Speaker 1: year guaranteed deal with the Phoenix Suns. That's his first

1355
01:02:22,560 --> 01:02:26,040
Speaker 1: guaranteed money. Also been a two way guy since he

1356
01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:29,600
Speaker 1: entered the league as an undrafted player with the Denver

1357
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:32,560
Speaker 1: Nuggets and was on the championship team. Didn't play a

1358
01:02:32,640 --> 01:02:35,680
Speaker 1: minute for that team, but won a championship, so he's

1359
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 1: played three years. He's going back to Phoenix where he

1360
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:43,680
Speaker 1: had a good little run to end his season. Let's

1361
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:46,560
Speaker 1: keep flying. I know our man esh through In Paul

1362
01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:49,840
Speaker 1: Reid re signing with Detroit for two years and eleven

1363
01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:53,960
Speaker 1: million dollars. Great stuff there, Let's keep it going here.

1364
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:57,640
Speaker 1: In the Eastern Conference, the Orlando Magic, they declined the

1365
01:02:57,680 --> 01:03:00,280
Speaker 1: team option for Moe Wagner. A little surprised by that

1366
01:03:00,320 --> 01:03:02,520
Speaker 1: at eleven million dollars because Moe is kind of the

1367
01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:04,960
Speaker 1: heart of that team to some degree, you know, and

1368
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:07,480
Speaker 1: his brother's on the team. But I think they do

1369
01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:13,400
Speaker 1: value going to in getting a guard full stop. That's

1370
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:16,800
Speaker 1: what they need. They need somebody and those guys that

1371
01:03:16,840 --> 01:03:19,280
Speaker 1: we talked about earlier, like a Chris Paul. There's a

1372
01:03:19,320 --> 01:03:22,880
Speaker 1: Dennis Shrewder out there, Malcolm Brogden, a Spencer Dinwiddie. Tias

1373
01:03:22,960 --> 01:03:26,280
Speaker 1: Jones is an interesting one. He was noted by Josh

1374
01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:28,760
Speaker 1: Robbins of The Athletic that he could be there as

1375
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:33,720
Speaker 1: a backup guard to join Suggs, Anthony Black and Desmond Baane,

1376
01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:36,080
Speaker 1: just to be that guy that he was supposed to

1377
01:03:36,080 --> 01:03:39,360
Speaker 1: be in Phoenix last year, but having a lesser role

1378
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:42,080
Speaker 1: here in Orlando coming off the bench. I think that

1379
01:03:42,080 --> 01:03:44,080
Speaker 1: one makes sense if that happens.

1380
01:03:44,560 --> 01:03:47,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, I would rather them go with Jace Richardson. They

1381
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:50,000
Speaker 4: just drafted him. They got Anthony Black there. They traded

1382
01:03:50,040 --> 01:03:51,920
Speaker 4: Cole Anthon in the away, so I think they should

1383
01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:55,200
Speaker 4: let the young guys try and make something happen as

1384
01:03:55,280 --> 01:03:58,240
Speaker 4: the backup point guard. But yeah, Tias Jones wouldn't hurt

1385
01:03:58,320 --> 01:04:00,880
Speaker 4: the team. No, that's for sure. And I assume move

1386
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:02,959
Speaker 4: Wagner is going to come back. Just eleven million dollars

1387
01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:05,040
Speaker 4: is too much to pay for that guy. He's injured,

1388
01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:08,160
Speaker 4: so I'm sure they're gonna wanna You know, they just

1389
01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:09,160
Speaker 4: paid Franz Wagner.

1390
01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:11,480
Speaker 3: Those guys live together. That's a good point.

1391
01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:13,640
Speaker 4: I'm saying, he makes two hundred million. Do you really

1392
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:16,360
Speaker 4: need to make eleven million dollars? What if we pay

1393
01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:20,480
Speaker 4: you the veteran's minimum, but there's still two hundred and

1394
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:22,560
Speaker 4: fifteen million dollars in your household.

1395
01:04:22,760 --> 01:04:23,640
Speaker 3: Is that okay with you?

1396
01:04:23,720 --> 01:04:27,480
Speaker 1: I think it will be okay. Yeah, they it seems

1397
01:04:27,520 --> 01:04:31,320
Speaker 1: like there's a relationship there. He could come back. Also,

1398
01:04:31,480 --> 01:04:35,320
Speaker 1: they declined the team option for Caleb Houston. You probably

1399
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:38,000
Speaker 1: don't want to get too into that next. I'm just

1400
01:04:38,080 --> 01:04:41,040
Speaker 1: we're gonna fly here. Jonathan Kuminga. The Warriors have extended

1401
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:45,600
Speaker 1: a qualifying offer for him, so they can obviously match

1402
01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:48,120
Speaker 1: as a restrictive free agent. If he signs a big

1403
01:04:48,360 --> 01:04:50,760
Speaker 1: contract somewhere else, they can resign. Although there is no

1404
01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:53,600
Speaker 1: traction on a deal with the Warriors. According to Anthony Slater, they.

1405
01:04:53,560 --> 01:04:56,040
Speaker 3: Don't want him. Doesn't feel like no, no, no.

1406
01:04:56,240 --> 01:04:58,360
Speaker 4: He's going to be a sign and trade guy, and

1407
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:02,400
Speaker 4: the team's most interested currently are the Pelicans, the Kings,

1408
01:05:02,480 --> 01:05:07,120
Speaker 4: and the Bulls, who I think are often argued as

1409
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:10,000
Speaker 4: the three worst front offices in the league. But they're

1410
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:14,280
Speaker 4: going after Jonathan Kaminga. If the deal presents itself, vooch

1411
01:05:14,360 --> 01:05:16,480
Speaker 4: for Kaminga, send it in.

1412
01:05:16,600 --> 01:05:17,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, and send it in.

1413
01:05:17,760 --> 01:05:20,640
Speaker 1: If it is a sign in trade, it would be

1414
01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:25,280
Speaker 1: half of the dollars that Kaminga signs for would have

1415
01:05:25,360 --> 01:05:29,600
Speaker 1: to come back in the trade. They can't trade dollar

1416
01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:32,880
Speaker 1: for dollar. It's a base year compensation rule. In the

1417
01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:34,960
Speaker 1: new CBA, you can take back half the dollars of

1418
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:39,320
Speaker 1: what Cominga signs for. Zach Lowe pointing that out. Thank

1419
01:05:39,360 --> 01:05:41,920
Speaker 1: you for that info to our man, Zach Lowe.

1420
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:42,280
Speaker 3: Fly In.

1421
01:05:42,520 --> 01:05:45,560
Speaker 1: The seventy six Ers, basically the same thing, have extended

1422
01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:48,800
Speaker 1: a qualifying offer to make Quentin Grimes restricted free agent.

1423
01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:53,040
Speaker 1: Grimes is looking, apparently for a contract that averages twenty

1424
01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:56,400
Speaker 1: five million dollars per season. League sources tell The Athletic

1425
01:05:57,280 --> 01:05:59,800
Speaker 1: that's some big money for Quentin Grimes.

1426
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:05,000
Speaker 4: Do you think that the Brooklyn Nets would offer Quentin

1427
01:06:05,040 --> 01:06:07,760
Speaker 4: Grimes twenty five million dollars a year because that's really

1428
01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:09,880
Speaker 4: the only team that would be making that sort of

1429
01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:12,720
Speaker 4: a deal for him as just a free agent to

1430
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:13,120
Speaker 4: bring in.

1431
01:06:14,520 --> 01:06:17,320
Speaker 3: And they just drafted three point guards in a point.

1432
01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:20,760
Speaker 1: Center depending if they if they're nowhere near the salary

1433
01:06:20,840 --> 01:06:24,360
Speaker 1: floor they have to pay guys. Yeah, what make sense?

1434
01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:27,320
Speaker 1: Twenty five is still a lot, even for the Brooklyn Nets,

1435
01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:30,280
Speaker 1: who have a ton of room that would be the team. Though,

1436
01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:32,800
Speaker 1: that's a good point. I mean, he played really really

1437
01:06:32,840 --> 01:06:36,160
Speaker 1: well after being traded from Dallas to Philly.

1438
01:06:36,520 --> 01:06:42,120
Speaker 3: Who's bawling. So Philly just also drafted a guard in VJ. Edgecombe.

1439
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:44,960
Speaker 4: McCain will be back, and obviously Tyray Smaxi is an

1440
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:48,400
Speaker 4: All Star and their lead guard. So I wonder if

1441
01:06:48,440 --> 01:06:52,720
Speaker 4: Grimes is gettable. But I mean, if they extend the

1442
01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:55,880
Speaker 4: qualifying offer to him, I guess he could play on

1443
01:06:55,960 --> 01:06:58,520
Speaker 4: that next season. But if a team is only going

1444
01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:01,400
Speaker 4: to offer him like fifteen million dollars, Philadelphia could also

1445
01:07:01,680 --> 01:07:02,400
Speaker 4: match Banker.

1446
01:07:02,520 --> 01:07:06,200
Speaker 3: I think so. My guess with the Grimes back in Philly.

1447
01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:08,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, they got the bird rights so they can pay him.

1448
01:07:08,520 --> 01:07:11,640
Speaker 1: Gershan Yabusel they don't have the bird rights too. He's

1449
01:07:11,640 --> 01:07:14,880
Speaker 1: an unrestricted free agent. They can only offer him one

1450
01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:17,600
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty percent raise on what they paid him

1451
01:07:17,640 --> 01:07:20,360
Speaker 1: this past season, which was the minimum deal. Andre Drumm

1452
01:07:20,360 --> 01:07:23,400
Speaker 1: and sticking with Philly picking up a player option, which

1453
01:07:23,480 --> 01:07:26,600
Speaker 1: is a little odd because they just drafted Jani Broom

1454
01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:28,720
Speaker 1: so they don't necessarily need Audrey.

1455
01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:30,440
Speaker 3: Drummond wouldn't say, but maybe he comes not.

1456
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:33,000
Speaker 1: Their choice, is not their choice, give him the player option.

1457
01:07:33,120 --> 01:07:33,840
Speaker 3: They did a problem.

1458
01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:36,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, they can deal them then and say hey, sure

1459
01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:39,760
Speaker 1: you take them, Yeah, because they yeah, they're looking for

1460
01:07:39,880 --> 01:07:42,400
Speaker 1: players to uh to sign because they don't have a

1461
01:07:42,440 --> 01:07:44,520
Speaker 1: lot of guys signed. Kelly Ubrey will be back though,

1462
01:07:44,560 --> 01:07:47,880
Speaker 1: picking up his player option. Eric Gordon declined his player option,

1463
01:07:48,080 --> 01:07:50,480
Speaker 1: although he may want to come back. Seventy six ers

1464
01:07:50,520 --> 01:07:53,920
Speaker 1: want him with VJ edgecom I assume to Bahamian Bros

1465
01:07:54,280 --> 01:07:56,920
Speaker 1: playing on the national team together, we'll see, And they

1466
01:07:56,960 --> 01:08:00,360
Speaker 1: declined Lonnie Walker's team option, flying through some or Nick

1467
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:02,720
Speaker 1: batoumb going back to the Clippers two years and an

1468
01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:05,800
Speaker 1: eleven and a half million dollars. The Warriors exercise team

1469
01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:09,240
Speaker 1: options on Quentin Post and Gee Santos. Okay, the Pacers

1470
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:12,880
Speaker 1: extended to qualifying offer to Isaiah Jackson found a little

1471
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:17,840
Speaker 1: interesting considering not only easy recovering from an achilles injury,

1472
01:08:17,840 --> 01:08:20,080
Speaker 1: but they got to shore up Miles Turner in the

1473
01:08:20,080 --> 01:08:23,680
Speaker 1: center spot ahead of Isaiah Jackson in the center spot.

1474
01:08:23,920 --> 01:08:25,839
Speaker 1: So it ties up a little bit of money there.

1475
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:29,479
Speaker 1: But Isaiah Jackson is a very very talented guy to

1476
01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:30,440
Speaker 1: keep around.

1477
01:08:30,640 --> 01:08:32,519
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's a backup. He's a backup. Yeah,

1478
01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:33,400
Speaker 3: But if they.

1479
01:08:34,360 --> 01:08:36,879
Speaker 4: Need a backup, well, I mean they had Thomas Bryant

1480
01:08:36,920 --> 01:08:39,320
Speaker 4: and Tony Bradley as their backups.

1481
01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:40,400
Speaker 3: They need a starter.

1482
01:08:40,680 --> 01:08:42,880
Speaker 4: So they got to sign Miles Turner and he will

1483
01:08:42,920 --> 01:08:46,360
Speaker 4: be uh, people will be offering him at least the

1484
01:08:46,360 --> 01:08:50,439
Speaker 4: fourteen point one million dollar mid level exception, like the

1485
01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:52,519
Speaker 4: Lakers should obviously offer Myles Turner that.

1486
01:08:52,560 --> 01:08:53,599
Speaker 3: I don't think he would take it.

1487
01:08:53,640 --> 01:08:56,719
Speaker 4: But it's going to actually be expensive for the Pacers

1488
01:08:56,720 --> 01:08:58,400
Speaker 4: next season, especially without Halliber.

1489
01:08:58,439 --> 01:08:59,360
Speaker 3: They're gonna have to pay.

1490
01:08:59,160 --> 01:09:02,160
Speaker 4: The tax, which isn't something that Indiana does all that often,

1491
01:09:02,280 --> 01:09:05,800
Speaker 4: But to have a good backup in Isaiah Jackson is good.

1492
01:09:05,840 --> 01:09:08,680
Speaker 4: So yeah, they pay him the qualifying offer if he

1493
01:09:08,720 --> 01:09:11,680
Speaker 4: doesn't get hurt. He's playing ahead of Thomas Brian. He's

1494
01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:14,240
Speaker 4: playing ahead of Thomas Bradley, who were like bargain be

1495
01:09:14,479 --> 01:09:17,439
Speaker 4: fines for Indiana halfway through the season.

1496
01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:20,519
Speaker 3: So yeah, as long as he's healthy and healed, good stuff.

1497
01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:23,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, and Thomas Brian won't be back next year, but

1498
01:09:23,160 --> 01:09:27,200
Speaker 1: Tony Bradley will, so they need another guy. Garrett Temple

1499
01:09:27,320 --> 01:09:29,439
Speaker 1: is going back to the Raptors. Who would have thunk

1500
01:09:29,520 --> 01:09:32,479
Speaker 1: it one year three point six mil. Zaire Williamson going

1501
01:09:32,520 --> 01:09:34,080
Speaker 1: back to the Nets, two years.

1502
01:09:33,840 --> 01:09:35,000
Speaker 3: Twelve mil Williams.

1503
01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:41,000
Speaker 1: Oops, Williamson, it's gotta be a zion websaid, Sire Williams

1504
01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:43,160
Speaker 1: back to the Nets two years twelve. They signed for

1505
01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:45,599
Speaker 1: another guy for two years and twelve million. Day Ron

1506
01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:48,120
Speaker 1: Sharp going back to the Nets for that same deal.

1507
01:09:49,160 --> 01:09:53,320
Speaker 1: And some there's more so rumor type stuff. Kelly Eco

1508
01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:56,479
Speaker 1: saying that the Rockets are going to go after Luke

1509
01:09:56,680 --> 01:10:00,920
Speaker 1: Knard in addition to Nikhila Alexander Walker. Hey, they're looking

1510
01:10:00,920 --> 01:10:03,920
Speaker 1: for some shooters. They have got Dori and Finney Smith

1511
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:08,479
Speaker 1: here now officially, but Lukenard expected to draw interest from

1512
01:10:08,560 --> 01:10:11,200
Speaker 1: a lot of players, a lot of teams. Excuse me, Pistons, Spacers,

1513
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:14,040
Speaker 1: Magic Nuggets, Clippers and Nicks. Who would have thunkke it?

1514
01:10:14,200 --> 01:10:15,760
Speaker 3: The Rockets are in on everybody right now.

1515
01:10:15,840 --> 01:10:18,600
Speaker 4: Huh yeah, literally every free agent who would make a

1516
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:20,320
Speaker 4: list of top ten free agents.

1517
01:10:20,520 --> 01:10:22,800
Speaker 3: It sounds like the Rockets are interested.

1518
01:10:22,320 --> 01:10:25,920
Speaker 1: In and last one here, Jordan Clarkson and the Jazz

1519
01:10:25,960 --> 01:10:27,520
Speaker 1: have agreed to a buyout.

1520
01:10:28,080 --> 01:10:31,400
Speaker 3: Rockets interested Benneda ball handler.

1521
01:10:31,640 --> 01:10:36,519
Speaker 1: Nah, they're good. Just watch really well, that would be wild. Okay,

1522
01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:38,160
Speaker 1: let's move on to like.

1523
01:10:38,160 --> 01:10:42,320
Speaker 4: Cole Anthony is going to be released by the Memphis Grizzlies.

1524
01:10:42,400 --> 01:10:45,439
Speaker 4: The Grizzlies and his reps at XL Sports are working

1525
01:10:45,439 --> 01:10:48,599
Speaker 4: towards a resolution that allows Memphis to create cap space

1526
01:10:48,680 --> 01:10:52,400
Speaker 4: to renegotiate and extend Jared Jackson Junior, while giving Anthony

1527
01:10:52,439 --> 01:10:55,320
Speaker 4: the opportunity to find his next destination.

1528
01:10:55,800 --> 01:10:59,080
Speaker 3: That's a shams bomb for you, So thank you, Cole Anthony.

1529
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:01,840
Speaker 3: He's get a ball, He's chedable. Yeah, makes sense. They

1530
01:11:01,880 --> 01:11:03,000
Speaker 3: got Scottie Pippen Jr.

1531
01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:06,639
Speaker 1: Already moving on to some news which was a little

1532
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:11,400
Speaker 1: bit of shocking news. Seams Sharana breaking this here, reporting

1533
01:11:11,479 --> 01:11:16,000
Speaker 1: that Michael Beasley is being investigated by the US District Attorney.

1534
01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:19,360
Speaker 3: Malik Beasley did I who did I say? Michael Beasley?

1535
01:11:19,520 --> 01:11:23,559
Speaker 1: Man, I've been watching too many Michael Beasley clips Malik

1536
01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:26,880
Speaker 1: Beasley on allegations of gambling related to NBA games and

1537
01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:31,800
Speaker 1: prop bets. According to Scham's, the investigation season isn't last year.

1538
01:11:31,880 --> 01:11:33,639
Speaker 1: It's when he was with the Bucks in the twenty

1539
01:11:33,680 --> 01:11:35,960
Speaker 1: three to twenty four season, and according to a source

1540
01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:38,559
Speaker 1: who told Chams the heavy betting was on a game

1541
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:42,479
Speaker 1: in January. This Bucks Blazers betting was on a prop

1542
01:11:42,600 --> 01:11:46,080
Speaker 1: for Beasley to be under the two and a half

1543
01:11:46,200 --> 01:11:49,360
Speaker 1: rebounds prop bet, but he had like six rebounds, So

1544
01:11:49,439 --> 01:11:52,200
Speaker 1: that part is strange. But there's also other things that

1545
01:11:52,240 --> 01:11:57,880
Speaker 1: they are investigating that Malik, not Michael Beasley did as

1546
01:11:57,880 --> 01:12:00,280
Speaker 1: far as betting goes in the twenty three and twenty

1547
01:12:00,360 --> 01:12:02,760
Speaker 1: four season. It was kind of shocking to see this

1548
01:12:02,840 --> 01:12:06,760
Speaker 1: because the Pistons in Beasley were talking about a contract

1549
01:12:06,960 --> 01:12:09,320
Speaker 1: bringing them back three year. The talks were three years

1550
01:12:09,360 --> 01:12:13,559
Speaker 1: and forty two according to Sham's fourteen perp and now

1551
01:12:14,760 --> 01:12:17,439
Speaker 1: exactly but now that's push back a little bit while

1552
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:21,599
Speaker 1: this I suppose is happening. But I guess I say

1553
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:23,160
Speaker 1: it's pushed back. But they're not going to wait for

1554
01:12:23,240 --> 01:12:25,719
Speaker 1: this to be done, are they that would take It's.

1555
01:12:25,600 --> 01:12:27,959
Speaker 3: A great question because the reporting was that.

1556
01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:32,720
Speaker 4: The negotiations were on hold, right, So maybe they would

1557
01:12:32,760 --> 01:12:35,960
Speaker 4: get back together because Malik Beasley was really good for

1558
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:38,240
Speaker 4: the Pistons last year, finished second in the league in total,

1559
01:12:38,280 --> 01:12:40,839
Speaker 4: made threes, second in the league if I'm not mistaken

1560
01:12:40,880 --> 01:12:43,160
Speaker 4: in six Man of the Year voting, and was instrumental

1561
01:12:43,400 --> 01:12:45,960
Speaker 4: to the second half run that the Pistons went on.

1562
01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:49,000
Speaker 4: So we'll see how the investigation plays out. Like I

1563
01:12:49,040 --> 01:12:52,760
Speaker 4: think just today, Shams was reporting on Terry Rozier and

1564
01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:56,920
Speaker 4: he was under investigation similarly for gambling and prop bets,

1565
01:12:56,920 --> 01:13:01,439
Speaker 4: and that was after the try deadline, probably in March

1566
01:13:01,600 --> 01:13:03,599
Speaker 4: or something like that. You know, that was a big

1567
01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:07,720
Speaker 4: story at the time, and three months later not him

1568
01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:11,599
Speaker 4: being cleared isn't as big of a story, I would say,

1569
01:13:11,640 --> 01:13:14,679
Speaker 4: So I doubt the Pistons are gonna want to wait

1570
01:13:15,640 --> 01:13:20,160
Speaker 4: to keep building around Cad Cunningham and figuring out their

1571
01:13:20,200 --> 01:13:24,160
Speaker 4: backcourt rotation. But it's also hard to sign a guy

1572
01:13:25,400 --> 01:13:27,880
Speaker 4: when the next headline underneath his name is that he's

1573
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:31,120
Speaker 4: being investigated for gambling and prop bets. But we're just

1574
01:13:31,160 --> 01:13:34,840
Speaker 4: like working our way up the levels of NBA players here,

1575
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:38,679
Speaker 4: going from Johntay Porter to Terry Rozier to Malik Beasley.

1576
01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:41,080
Speaker 4: It ain't gonna be too long before we're talking about

1577
01:13:41,080 --> 01:13:43,840
Speaker 4: a star that's at least being investigated for something like this,

1578
01:13:44,080 --> 01:13:47,000
Speaker 4: and that's scary, I think for the NBA.

1579
01:13:47,040 --> 01:13:52,720
Speaker 1: Absolutely, Yet there wasn't any evidence here. After our man

1580
01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:57,160
Speaker 1: Tom Haverstrow did some investigation posted about everything that Malik

1581
01:13:57,200 --> 01:14:00,719
Speaker 1: Beasley was doing on the floor out there for the Bucks,

1582
01:14:01,320 --> 01:14:04,200
Speaker 1: and it didn't seem like when it comes to prop

1583
01:14:04,280 --> 01:14:08,120
Speaker 1: bets that there would be any sort of evidence. But again,

1584
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:10,960
Speaker 1: we don't really know all the details, and that's what

1585
01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:14,000
Speaker 1: the US District Attorney is doing.

1586
01:14:14,120 --> 01:14:15,479
Speaker 3: That's their job. That's their job.

1587
01:14:15,560 --> 01:14:17,840
Speaker 1: Yes, any other deals here before the.

1588
01:14:17,840 --> 01:14:21,400
Speaker 4: Deal Alert John's is reporting that Jake Laravia has agreed

1589
01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:23,640
Speaker 4: to a two year, twelve million dollar deal with the

1590
01:14:23,640 --> 01:14:25,440
Speaker 4: Los Angeles Lakers.

1591
01:14:26,360 --> 01:14:28,000
Speaker 3: AHA the Lake.

1592
01:14:28,760 --> 01:14:31,880
Speaker 1: Jake will play hard defensively, there's no doubt, and I

1593
01:14:31,920 --> 01:14:35,719
Speaker 1: guess they feel like he's kind of replacing Dorian Phinney Smith.

1594
01:14:36,479 --> 01:14:39,080
Speaker 1: He gets after again defensively, again shoot the ball, So

1595
01:14:39,680 --> 01:14:41,800
Speaker 1: it doesn't have the range of Dorian Phinney Smith in

1596
01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:44,000
Speaker 1: terms of how many guys he can guard.

1597
01:14:44,400 --> 01:14:49,599
Speaker 4: But he's definitely a Dorian Finney Smith style player. Yeah,

1598
01:14:49,840 --> 01:14:51,800
Speaker 4: I agree with you. I would take DFS ahead of

1599
01:14:51,880 --> 01:14:54,080
Speaker 4: Jake Laarravia. But I think for six million dollars, that's

1600
01:14:54,080 --> 01:14:56,639
Speaker 4: a pretty good deal for the Lakers to be able

1601
01:14:56,680 --> 01:15:01,320
Speaker 4: to get a wing replacement in Jake lo who, like

1602
01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:04,160
Speaker 4: his best skill is maybe rebounding, which is kind of

1603
01:15:04,160 --> 01:15:07,479
Speaker 4: odd for a wing, but he's a good defensive rebounding guy,

1604
01:15:07,479 --> 01:15:09,680
Speaker 4: and like you're saying, he plays hard. The Lakers will

1605
01:15:09,720 --> 01:15:11,559
Speaker 4: also be able to get a center, So I think

1606
01:15:11,880 --> 01:15:15,400
Speaker 4: center plus wing greater than just wing.

1607
01:15:17,160 --> 01:15:19,320
Speaker 1: Well, we broke down what we could here. We got

1608
01:15:19,400 --> 01:15:22,480
Speaker 1: a triple j a lot of Memphis.

1609
01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:25,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Jake, we got the.

1610
01:15:25,760 --> 01:15:29,200
Speaker 1: Dorian Finney Smith going to Houston. We got Paul Reid

1611
01:15:29,240 --> 01:15:31,240
Speaker 1: going back to Detroit.

1612
01:15:31,439 --> 01:15:37,040
Speaker 4: Cole Anthony's available, Anthony Spencer, new deal alert Santi Aldama

1613
01:15:37,160 --> 01:15:38,000
Speaker 4: new deal Alert.

1614
01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:39,120
Speaker 3: That's what we got.

1615
01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:42,639
Speaker 1: Are there any underrated FRA agents to watch for us

1616
01:15:43,040 --> 01:15:46,719
Speaker 1: between now and when the clock is at ten am

1617
01:15:46,840 --> 01:15:49,600
Speaker 1: Eastern and we're back here tomorrow.

1618
01:15:49,760 --> 01:15:53,679
Speaker 4: Great question. Who will be leading the show tomorrow morning? Well,

1619
01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:56,639
Speaker 4: we have a Nikkeil Alexander Walker deal done. He seems

1620
01:15:56,640 --> 01:16:01,040
Speaker 4: to be the hottest name available US dooming. Miles Turner

1621
01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:03,120
Speaker 4: is headed back to Indiana. I mean it'll be a

1622
01:16:03,200 --> 01:16:05,160
Speaker 4: question of do we want to pay for a team

1623
01:16:05,240 --> 01:16:06,000
Speaker 4: that doesn't have.

1624
01:16:05,960 --> 01:16:08,839
Speaker 3: The same ceiling that it had this season. So Miles

1625
01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:10,519
Speaker 3: Turner is a name to watch.

1626
01:16:10,560 --> 01:16:13,559
Speaker 4: I think Nikhil Alexander Walker is the team that people

1627
01:16:13,560 --> 01:16:16,160
Speaker 4: will be most excited to see where he goes, Like

1628
01:16:16,240 --> 01:16:19,200
Speaker 4: would be a really cool fit in Atlanta. People are

1629
01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:22,240
Speaker 4: talking him up as the perfect backcourt partner with Trey Young.

1630
01:16:22,240 --> 01:16:24,479
Speaker 4: I'm like, hey, they just traded for Dyson Daniels last year.

1631
01:16:24,479 --> 01:16:26,400
Speaker 4: You're sending this guy back to the bench. He could

1632
01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:29,360
Speaker 4: grow up to be Nikhil Alexander Walker. I actually don't

1633
01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:32,200
Speaker 4: know who I think is better there, Nah or Dyson Daniels,

1634
01:16:32,240 --> 01:16:34,720
Speaker 4: but I think we should be talking about him and

1635
01:16:34,760 --> 01:16:37,920
Speaker 4: what sort of return would go back to Minnesota if

1636
01:16:37,920 --> 01:16:40,360
Speaker 4: they're able to do a sign in trade. Ty Jerome

1637
01:16:40,720 --> 01:16:43,479
Speaker 4: is a guy we need to keep tabs on because

1638
01:16:43,520 --> 01:16:47,400
Speaker 4: I think he probably slots in right after Alexander Walker.

1639
01:16:47,439 --> 01:16:50,560
Speaker 4: If you're talking about perimeter options, we'll figure out. You

1640
01:16:50,600 --> 01:16:52,599
Speaker 4: said the MAVs are going to be going with D'Angelo Russell.

1641
01:16:52,760 --> 01:16:55,960
Speaker 1: It sure seems that way. Not confirmed, but almost there.

1642
01:16:56,080 --> 01:16:58,320
Speaker 4: Not confirmed, but almost there. So I guess we'll probably

1643
01:16:58,520 --> 01:17:01,200
Speaker 4: talk about the MAVs point guards spot then wherever Chris

1644
01:17:01,240 --> 01:17:04,320
Speaker 4: Paul goes, wherever the Jones brothers go. Ti Us and

1645
01:17:04,400 --> 01:17:06,920
Speaker 4: Trey are both free agents, though it seems like Trey

1646
01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:10,479
Speaker 4: will probably stick in Chicago. And then I'm personally dreading

1647
01:17:10,520 --> 01:17:12,840
Speaker 4: the Josh Giddy numbers, so we'll see where that comes in.

1648
01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:16,160
Speaker 3: If there's a two in it, no, thank you, but

1649
01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:18,000
Speaker 3: one fifty I can accept.

1650
01:17:20,720 --> 01:17:23,880
Speaker 4: Five years, Okay, wow, I don't want it to task, but

1651
01:17:23,920 --> 01:17:25,880
Speaker 4: I can accept it. When I heard that first, I

1652
01:17:25,960 --> 01:17:28,200
Speaker 4: am waiting to see where that number comes in for sure.

1653
01:17:28,280 --> 01:17:30,559
Speaker 1: When I heard that first, too, I thought you didn't

1654
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:32,240
Speaker 1: want to You didn't want to hear twenty, but you

1655
01:17:32,280 --> 01:17:34,559
Speaker 1: don't want to hear well, yeah, I mean on another

1656
01:17:34,600 --> 01:17:35,400
Speaker 1: in a zero.

1657
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:39,439
Speaker 3: And Aydan, Yeah, I mean wherever eight decides to go. Yeah,

1658
01:17:39,439 --> 01:17:40,960
Speaker 3: he has a guy. Think that was a number one

1659
01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:44,519
Speaker 3: draft picked. Yes, biggest name out there now.

1660
01:17:44,840 --> 01:17:49,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, I had a slight worry there that I wanted

1661
01:17:49,040 --> 01:17:51,160
Speaker 1: to say D'Angel Russell not confirmed.

1662
01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:53,400
Speaker 3: Yet, because you just never know. As we're here live.

1663
01:17:53,240 --> 01:17:55,040
Speaker 1: I don't want to be the guy who says something

1664
01:17:55,040 --> 01:18:00,880
Speaker 1: that didn't happen. Because Chaum's said that the Lakers, we're

1665
01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:04,800
Speaker 1: getting at Jake Lauravia. Chris Haynes said the Kinks, but

1666
01:18:04,920 --> 01:18:07,519
Speaker 1: then he fixed that, so we're all good.

1667
01:18:08,000 --> 01:18:08,240
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1668
01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:10,559
Speaker 1: Yeah, so he said he's signing with the Kings. Okay,

1669
01:18:10,600 --> 01:18:13,320
Speaker 1: all good, We're all good. We're all good. I will say,

1670
01:18:13,320 --> 01:18:16,080
Speaker 1: Al Horford is an interesting one. The Warriors may go

1671
01:18:16,120 --> 01:18:19,200
Speaker 1: after Al Horford. I could see him doing that.

1672
01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:22,040
Speaker 3: Just Al Horford to the Warriors.

1673
01:18:22,200 --> 01:18:23,880
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1674
01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:27,000
Speaker 3: I love the fit, but I don't love the age. No, no, no,

1675
01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:29,160
Speaker 3: the age is not ideal. That team that's an elder

1676
01:18:29,200 --> 01:18:30,000
Speaker 3: millennial team.

1677
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:32,360
Speaker 1: Yes, the sure is that's why it kind of fits.

1678
01:18:32,439 --> 01:18:33,599
Speaker 3: It kind of does fit. Yeah.

1679
01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:37,080
Speaker 4: So I's trying to win and the Celtics aren't the

1680
01:18:37,080 --> 01:18:40,040
Speaker 4: best chance of it next season, So definitely he's going

1681
01:18:40,080 --> 01:18:42,000
Speaker 4: to be a guy that contenders or after. Like I

1682
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:44,120
Speaker 4: saw a Philadelphia fans where even like, should we do it?

1683
01:18:44,200 --> 01:18:46,680
Speaker 4: Al Horford reunion, Bring him back? Do you remember how

1684
01:18:46,720 --> 01:18:47,439
Speaker 4: it what the first time?

1685
01:18:47,840 --> 01:18:51,559
Speaker 3: Not so good? Things have changed, Things have changed.

1686
01:18:52,040 --> 01:18:55,920
Speaker 1: Like when we do shows in Vegas, are they always great?

1687
01:18:57,160 --> 01:18:57,280
Speaker 3: Na?

1688
01:18:57,840 --> 01:18:59,200
Speaker 1: What do you think? What do you think, Jenny? This

1689
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:00,439
Speaker 1: was going to be even better.

1690
01:19:01,560 --> 01:19:02,080
Speaker 3: One for two.

1691
01:19:02,560 --> 01:19:05,720
Speaker 1: You're so bad at selling things, man, I just want

1692
01:19:05,720 --> 01:19:05,840
Speaker 1: to know.

1693
01:19:05,920 --> 01:19:07,479
Speaker 2: It's always great, It's always great.

1694
01:19:07,840 --> 01:19:09,280
Speaker 3: This one's going to be an absolute banker.

1695
01:19:09,320 --> 01:19:10,880
Speaker 2: It's going to be an absolute banker. We're in the

1696
01:19:10,880 --> 01:19:12,040
Speaker 2: middle of a sports book.

1697
01:19:12,240 --> 01:19:14,400
Speaker 1: Well, that's why it's going to be. It's going to

1698
01:19:14,439 --> 01:19:16,640
Speaker 1: be a well. Last year's was good. It was just

1699
01:19:16,680 --> 01:19:18,519
Speaker 1: in a more of an We.

1700
01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:22,040
Speaker 2: Had a laser tag happening right behind us. There was

1701
01:19:22,080 --> 01:19:24,240
Speaker 2: an escalator. It was like a mall. It was like

1702
01:19:24,240 --> 01:19:28,040
Speaker 2: the Backstreet Boys appear at the you know, a Milwaukee mall,

1703
01:19:28,240 --> 01:19:29,439
Speaker 2: you know what I mean. That's what it felt like

1704
01:19:29,560 --> 01:19:32,040
Speaker 2: a little bit. It was fun. It was good. It's

1705
01:19:32,040 --> 01:19:34,000
Speaker 2: always great to see the fans, you know.

1706
01:19:34,479 --> 01:19:36,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, but there was this time.

1707
01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:38,160
Speaker 2: We're in a sports book.

1708
01:19:37,960 --> 01:19:41,799
Speaker 4: So yeah, best venue yet at Vegas.

1709
01:19:41,840 --> 01:19:43,439
Speaker 3: You think it could be?

1710
01:19:44,760 --> 01:19:45,599
Speaker 2: We will find out.

1711
01:19:45,640 --> 01:19:49,679
Speaker 1: We'll find on Friday, July eleventh. We will be there

1712
01:19:49,760 --> 01:19:52,760
Speaker 1: four pm at the Sports book at Mandalay Bay. It

1713
01:19:52,840 --> 01:19:56,040
Speaker 1: is free to get in, so come on and join

1714
01:19:56,160 --> 01:20:00,200
Speaker 1: us and join us tomorrow. We'll be back tomorrow borrow.

1715
01:20:01,080 --> 01:20:04,400
Speaker 1: It's July first, so a lot of stuff has happened.

1716
01:20:05,280 --> 01:20:08,440
Speaker 4: We'll be back tomorrow, even if it's just Nikail Alexander

1717
01:20:08,479 --> 01:20:12,759
Speaker 4: Walker's signs. Do you think you can go fifteen minutes

1718
01:20:12,760 --> 01:20:14,080
Speaker 4: on Jake Lobravia.

1719
01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:17,760
Speaker 1: No, five minutes, I'm confident no.

1720
01:20:19,080 --> 01:20:21,320
Speaker 3: Jack ball Trade's master of none. I would love to

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01:20:21,320 --> 01:20:22,480
Speaker 3: say that about Jacoba.

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Speaker 1: I think he does it all or you just want

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01:20:25,880 --> 01:20:26,479
Speaker 1: to say that same.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if he does it all. Man, he's

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01:20:29,240 --> 01:20:31,600
Speaker 3: not a ball handler. You're right, right, you got me?

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01:20:31,920 --> 01:20:34,240
Speaker 3: All right? Well, I don't know you want to talk

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01:20:34,320 --> 01:20:36,479
Speaker 3: five minutes for Jake. We will do it. I'm more

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01:20:36,560 --> 01:20:38,840
Speaker 3: like tap dancing here, just to see if we can. Maybe.

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Speaker 1: Now we're going to do it tomorrow. Join us ten

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Speaker 1: Eastern YouTube Live. Of course we'll turn into a podcast afterwards.

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Speaker 3: That's some fun here today, but for now, Cliff Ros

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Speaker 3: you heard it here first. Have a great time, turn up.

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Speaker 3: Love you guys awesome.

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Speaker 4: Thanks for joining us, and remember if you need us,

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Speaker 4: just be monitoring deals all night.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. See you on the stream and monitoring these deals.

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Speaker 1: See you then, we'll see you tomorrow and on the

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Speaker 1: streams ye