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We took 35 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: a little break ourselves. We've been off the last five days, 36 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: but it's very good to be back and we have 37 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: a jam packed show for you guys. Today. We're going 38 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about the summer League debuts 39 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: from Barnie James as well as Dalton connect After that, 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: I want to get into the Golden State Warriors. They 41 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: had an interesting weekend. They ended up getting Buddy Healed 42 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: in a sign in trade to replace that Klay Thompson 43 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: type of role of movement shooter off the bench. I 44 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: kind of want to take a look at the Warriors 45 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: off season as a whole right now. With Buddy Held 46 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: in the picture, Kyle Anderson in the picture, of de 47 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: Anthony Melton in the picture, what does a Lori market 48 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: in trade look like? Is it worth it to include 49 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: a guy like Jonathan Kaminga in a deal like that? 50 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: I want to dive into the Warriors off season. And 51 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: then at the tail end of the show, DeMar Derozen 52 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 1: is now with the Sacramento Kings in a very interesting 53 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,119 Speaker 1: deal that gets three years and seventy four million dollars 54 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: for Damarrow. But since Harrison Barnes to the San Antonio Spurs, 55 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: I actually really like the basketball fit of Derozen with Sacramento. 56 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about that, but I ask some 57 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: concerns about Sacramento's roster moving forward that we'll get into. 58 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: You guys know, the drill before we get started. Subscribe 59 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: to the Hoops and Night YouTube channels. You don't miss 60 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 1: any more of our videos. Follow me on Twitter at 61 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: Underscore json LTC. You guys, don't miss announcement. Don't forget 62 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: about a podcast feed where if you get your podcast 63 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: on Hoops Tonight and then keep dropping mailbag questions in 64 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: the YouTube comments so we can keep hitting them throughout 65 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: the rest of the postseason or the offseason. I should say, 66 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: all right, let's talk some basketball. So an underwhelming NBA 67 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: Summer League debut for Brownie James four points, two for nine, 68 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: shooting at a couple of assists, a couple of rebounds, 69 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: and his steel. Before we get into any of the 70 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: actual kind of analysis side of things, I want to 71 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: just kind of give you guys my impression on summer 72 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 1: league basketball in general. This is I've been to Summer 73 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: League the last two years. I've always watched Summer League 74 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: very closely as an opportunity to learn about these prospects 75 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: as they start playing against other pros. And that's the thing, Like, 76 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: whatever you want to say about you know how much 77 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: NBA level talent is on the floor when you go 78 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: to Summer league these are pros. Most of these guys 79 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: were you know, all conference selections when they were coming 80 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 1: out of whether it was they played mid major basketball, 81 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: they played high major Division one basketball. A lot of 82 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: these guys play professionally overseas. Like this is a good 83 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: amount of talent, right, Like this is a good opportunity 84 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: to see your favorite prospects play against really talented players. 85 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: That said, there is a weird dynamic that takes place 86 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: in summer league that leads to some really ugly basketball 87 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: that can make it difficult to learn about these kids. So, 88 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: for instance, there's a desperation that you see across the 89 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: board that kind of leads to different results on both 90 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: ends of the floor. So that desperation is called I 91 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: want to be an NBA player. I will do whatever 92 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: it takes to be an NBA player. I'm going to 93 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: leave my heart and soul, blood, sweat, and tears everything 94 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: on this floor to be an NBA player. Right And 95 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: while there are guys out there that have deals locked up, 96 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,559 Speaker 1: like Brownie James, like Dalton Kennet, guys that are first 97 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: round picks, the majority of the players on the floor 98 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 1: in these summer league environments are guys that may or 99 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: may not be on an NBA roster next year and 100 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: more than likely not right. And so that leads to 101 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: a certain level of fighting for your NBA life that 102 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: you see on the court. Now, how does that manifest 103 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,160 Speaker 1: on both ends of the floor. Well, on the defensive 104 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: end of the floor, that manifests with crazy level of intensity, 105 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,799 Speaker 1: ball pressure flying around in rotation, guys sliding their feet 106 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,799 Speaker 1: like they've never slid their feet before, crashing the defensive 107 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: glass like that manifests in a good way on the 108 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: defensive end, but then on the offensive end and manifests 109 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: in poor decision making. So if you're a player that 110 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: thinks you can shoot at an NBA level and you 111 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: get a half decent look at a jump shot, you 112 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: better believe that thing's going up. If you're a guard 113 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: and you want to demonstrate that you can run second, 114 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: second side action at the NBA level, you're gonna be 115 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: coming off that dribble handoff looking to shoot right. Like, 116 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: there are players out there that are natural ball movers 117 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: that don't know how to play basketball anyway other than 118 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: the right way. But when you mix that with the 119 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: other half of the guys on the floor kind of 120 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: hunting their own shot for the sake of trying to 121 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 1: demonstrate that they can play at the NBA level. It 122 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 1: just breaks that up. It breaks up the flow of 123 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: the game. Like again, like you'll see a guy make 124 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: a nice driving kick that should flow into another driving kick, 125 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: but he might just jack up a three, or you 126 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: might driving kick and there might be a decent spot 127 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: up look, but instead of taking it, he might call 128 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: for a ball screen and run another action and jack 129 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: up a shot, right, Like, there's just a lot of 130 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: poor offensive decision making. So how do you beat elite, focused, 131 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: energized defense with quality offense And you're just not getting 132 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: that at the summer league level. And so that weird 133 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: dynamic of desperate defensive effort with desperate yet poor offensive 134 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: decision making just leads to a mess on the basketball court. 135 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: So that's the kind of thing that I want us 136 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: to keep in mind as we're watching. Like Bronnie James 137 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: in particular is a good example of this. Bronnie James 138 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: is not going to be a high volume on the 139 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 1: ball creator, right, Like, what he's going to be is 140 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 1: on the defensive end. He's going to be a primary 141 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: point of attack defender with length and speed to play 142 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: passing lanes when he's off the ball, and then on 143 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: the offensive end of the floor. He's gonna be kind 144 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: of like what Jalen Suggs does for Orlando. And I'm 145 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: talking about what the idealized version of Brownie James is 146 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: right now. He's not that. But he's gonna be a 147 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: guy as a guard who sets screens on ball handlers 148 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: and pops to the three point line and either shoots 149 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: threes or drives closeouts. He's not going to be a 150 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: guy that runs a ton of offense. He's going to 151 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: operate within the flow with other good basketball players. He 152 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:40,679 Speaker 1: is a quintessential three and D player who is playing 153 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: at the guard position as opposed to at the wing. 154 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: This is not going to be a guy who's going 155 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: to look good offensively in this type of environment. That said, 156 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: I do have some concerns. The main one is his 157 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: jump shot. And I noticed this when we went to 158 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: the when we saw him at the Draft combine. Shot 159 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: well at the Draft combine, but he was shooting a 160 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: very slow, long load up, kind of a low, kind 161 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: of drawn out release out in front of him type 162 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: of jumper, and I was immediately concerned about whether or 163 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: not when the speed of the game picked up that 164 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: that would be able to translate. I'm not worried about 165 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: it in the long run. I think it's gonna get 166 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: cleaned up. I think Bronni's gonna learn sooner than later, 167 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: Like I've got to be able to rise and fire 168 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: quickly in these situations. There's got to be better energy 169 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: transfer from the floor up through the top of my shot. 170 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna work all of that out. But 171 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: I think on the offensive end at the NBA level, 172 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: he's gonna struggle initially getting that quick release and making 173 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: quick decisions off the catch. That will take some time. 174 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: And I thought you guys saw that in that first game, 175 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: where like even when he would like get to his 176 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: spots in the mid range, he'd kind of like just 177 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: drag out his release a little bit, have a wide 178 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: open catch and shoot three. But it's just kind of 179 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: a long, drawn out release. That's a piece of what 180 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: he does on the offensive end that's going to need 181 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: to be polished up. Right. He ended up knocking down 182 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: one jumper on a pullback dribble, and it was one 183 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: of his quickest and smoothest releases in the game. Because 184 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: he took it a little bit quicker, and I think 185 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: that's something that we'll see him struggle with, I think 186 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: a bit early on. But again, in terms of operating 187 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: within an NBA offense, he will run some second side action, 188 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,719 Speaker 1: obviously by virtue of the Lakers running five out and 189 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: him just getting the ball in those situations. But the 190 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: way the floor is going to be configured, he's going 191 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: to be a quick ball mover and he's going to 192 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: be a guy that sets a lot of picks for 193 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: bigger players in inverted ball screens and then popp into 194 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: the three point line. You guys, know what, remember what 195 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: Derek White did forever with Jason Tatum over the last 196 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: couple of years. Right, he's set the pick, they wouldn't 197 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: want to switch it, so Derek White would just pop 198 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 1: wide open at the three point line. Those are the 199 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: kinds of opportunities that you're going to see Bronni get 200 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: in the long run. So I'm not terribly worried about 201 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: the offensive end for Bronnie in Summer League. On the 202 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 1: defensive end, you saw a lot of good and a 203 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: lot of bad. Right, he was beating people to spots. 204 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: That first possession of the game, that beautiful job navigating 205 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:06,959 Speaker 1: the screen beaten the guy over the top to that 206 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: left side of the screen ended up taking that contact 207 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: in the chest. He just got knocked over on that play. 208 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: For the most part, did a really good job containing 209 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: the basketball, keeping the basketball in front of him. He 210 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: got beat on a straight line drive along the left 211 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: wing in the second quarter of that game, but it 212 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: was a botched coverage. This is one of those things 213 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: where if you're watching it and you don't realize what 214 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: the coverage is supposed to be, then you'd think it's 215 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 1: Bronnie's mistake. But Bronni was guarding the ball on the 216 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: as the player was dribbling the ball at the left 217 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: side of the floor up to the left wing. Bronni 218 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: was guarding him squared up, but then he looked over 219 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 1: at Colin Castleton and jumped way up on the high 220 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: side on the left side of that ball handler. But 221 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: Colin Castleton had not actually gotten back into his ice 222 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: coverage yet, and so the Bronnie was doing his job, 223 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: which was to funnel him towards the sideline. But since 224 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: Colin Castleton was too slow to get into position, he 225 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: got beat off the dribble and it ended up in 226 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: a layup that's supposed to be one of those situations 227 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: where it's a two man coverage, not a one man coverage. 228 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: So I didn't think that blowby was necessarily his fault. 229 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: He didn't get back door cut in the second quarter 230 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: as well, but then you saw some of his length 231 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: on display. He was able to recover and get a 232 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: deflection in there to knock the ball free and recover 233 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 1: in time. The guy ended up hitting like a one 234 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: leg fadeaway jumper in his face anyway, but he got 235 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: his length I thought was actually impressive for the most 236 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: part in the game. One of the pull up jumpers 237 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: he gave up in his first quarter shift damn near 238 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: high five to the guy, even though he took some 239 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: contact in the chest, just because he has super long arms. 240 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: And that's the thing, like when you talk about Bronnie size, 241 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: he is undersize in terms of height, but he does 242 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: have very long arms, which allows him to functionally play 243 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: bigger on the wing than his height would lead you 244 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: to believe. I thought his biggest weak point on the 245 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: defensive end of the floor was just his strength. There 246 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 1: were multiple points in that game where he did the 247 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: like that first play I told you guys about where 248 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: he navigated the screen, got over the screen, beat him 249 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,199 Speaker 1: to the spot, but when he took the contact in 250 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: the chest, he fell over too easily. Now that one 251 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: he might have been trying to draw a fout. But 252 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 1: there were a couple other plays in that first shift 253 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: where guys are getting downhill into his chest and he'd 254 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: beat them to the spot, do his job, but when 255 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 1: they would hit him in his sternam he would go 256 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: way flying back and one of the times he was 257 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: able to get a decent contest, but the guy still 258 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 1: made the shot. There was another one where Brody got 259 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: knocked like five feet out of position, ended up giving 260 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: a wide open pull up jump shot. So strength, I 261 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 1: think is going to be a big one for him 262 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: in the next couple of years, just to put on 263 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: another about ten pounds or so of muscle. Because again, 264 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: when it comes to cutting off players at the point 265 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: of attack, there are two phases to it. You got 266 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: to beat the player to the spot, but you also 267 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: have to absorb the contact. Like, if you beat the 268 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: player to the spot, he still has a head of steam, 269 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: he's still going to run into you, and yeah, you 270 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: can try to take charges, but those have a certain 271 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 1: level of risk that come with them in terms of 272 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: whether or not you're going to get the call. And 273 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: it's just as a dangerous play in general. And if 274 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: he's going to be a guy that's an excellent point 275 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: of attack defender, he will have to be able to 276 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,840 Speaker 1: absorb contact in his chest. And so all of this 277 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: kind of like falls into the same Bronny opinion that 278 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: I've had since the beginning. Is he ready to play 279 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: in the NBA yet? No, He's got to make some 280 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: pretty substantial strides on the offensive end and some pretty 281 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: substantial strides on the defensive end. But I think we're 282 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: all being foolish if we don't pretend like there's not 283 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: NBA tools there. When you watch Bronnie run the floor, 284 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: he's clearly a top tier athlete. When you watch him 285 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: slide his feet laterally, he clearly has the potential to 286 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: be an excellent point of attack defender. You watch him 287 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: jump a passing lane, you can see that his length 288 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: and his speed on those cuts is going to be 289 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,719 Speaker 1: of value. The dude has good touch. You don't go 290 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: into the shooting drills that he's done and knock down 291 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: shots at the rates that he's knocked down shots unless 292 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: you have the touch. He just has to convert his 293 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: touch into a energy transfer form, a smooth release that 294 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 1: he can get off quickly. At the NBA level, he 295 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,079 Speaker 1: just has to turn his natural ability his touch into 296 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: a translatable NBA jump shot, which will take some time. 297 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: And so all of this comes back to the exact 298 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: same thing. He's got four years in a Laker Jersey 299 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: contracted He's going to be able to take his lumps, 300 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: take some time in the G League, learn how to 301 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: play at this level. He's got a long way to go, 302 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: but I do think NBA tools are there, and you know, honestly, 303 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: Brownie's future is to play alongside high IQ players in 304 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: a small offensive role. That's what he's going to be 305 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: as an NBA player in the long run. That is 306 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: an achievable goal for him, I think with his skill 307 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: set and as far as that role goes, the same 308 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: goes for Dalton. Connect Like in his first two Summer 309 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: League games, a ton of on ball reps and he's 310 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: capable of doing that at a higher level than he's 311 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: demonstrated so far. He hasn't shot well in ball screens 312 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: or in dribble handoffs so far in these two games, 313 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: but he's just not going to be asked to do 314 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: that very often with the Lakers, at least for the 315 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: next two years or so, the two years that Lebron 316 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: James is under contract, and Austin Reeves is on the roster, 317 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis is on the right and either D'Angelo 318 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: Russell or some other guard who can take usage or 319 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: wing that can take usage in the D'angela Russell trade 320 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: is on the roster. Dalton connect is going to be 321 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: a Cogni five out system that moves the ball quickly 322 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: and primarily operates with an advantage off the catch, not 323 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: with a live dribble, And so I'm just not terribly 324 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: concerned about that now. Four years from now, whether or 325 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: not Dalton can be a seventeen million dollar player or 326 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: a thirty five million dollar player is going to come 327 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: down to what he can do on the ball. But 328 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: it's just not something I'm concerned about in the short term. 329 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: And I'm just more concerned about Dalton on the defensive 330 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: end than anything else. I did not think he had 331 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: a good start to Summer League on the defensive end, 332 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: just getting out of position, committing fouls. Just still a 333 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: little bit struggling to connect some of the defensive awareness 334 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: with his athletic gets. And again, like Summer League, gives 335 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 1: you some good info and some useless info, and it's 336 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: tough to sort through, but you know, if we do 337 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: the best we can. 338 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 2: So you have an upcoming fantasy football draft, and you 339 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: need to check out the Fantasy Pros Draft Wizard. 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When your real draft comes around, you're going 349 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 2: to be ready and the draft assistant will be there 350 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 2: for you to give you live pick by pick insights 351 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 2: and expert recommendations of who to draft and when to 352 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 2: draft them. You can see all of this and more 353 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 2: at fantasypros dot com slash volume today. 354 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about the Golden State Warriors for 355 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: a little bit. So the Warriors add Buddily over the weekend, 356 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 1: added Buddy Yield and Kylie Anderson. So for Buddy Heeld, 357 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: the idea is obviously that he can fill a Clay 358 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: Thompson esque role as a movement shooter off the bench right, 359 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: And that makes some sense because Buddy Heeld is the 360 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: poor man's version of Klay Thompson. Indiana used him a 361 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: little differently. He set a lot of on ball screens 362 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: for Tyrese Haliburton like ghost screens. That was one of 363 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: the most common actions before the Pacers made all their trades. 364 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: It was like Miles Turner pick and pop with Haliburton 365 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: buddyheld ghost screens. Those are like the two primary actions 366 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: that they ran the most. And so Buddy Hild got 367 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 1: a lot of reps that registered as like a ball 368 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 1: pick and roll roll man reps because technically he's setting 369 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: the ball screen in rolling, but he's popping to the 370 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 1: to the three point line. But that technically is like 371 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: an off screen movement shooter type of role. And then 372 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: he did do a lot of work and movement shooting 373 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,239 Speaker 1: situations coming off of off ball screens as well with 374 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: the Pacers now and obviously very small sample size with 375 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 1: the Sixers, but he did some work in that department 376 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: as well. Now, to be clear, Klay Thompson is better 377 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: than Buddy Healed in every way. Clay got one point 378 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 1: one points per shot attempt on off screen plays. Buddy 379 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: Heeld got zero point eight nine on much lower volume. 380 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: Clay converted spot ups at one point zero eight points 381 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: per play, Buddy was at one point zero one. Clay 382 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 1: ran two hundred and eight ball screens and got over 383 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 1: a point per possession. Buddy ran eighty nine of them 384 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: and got zero point eight nine points per possession. Clay 385 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 1: ran fifty eight ISOs and got sixty one points. That's 386 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,479 Speaker 1: one point zero five points per possession. Buddy ran eighteen 387 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: and got ten. That's zero point five to six points 388 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: per possession. Clay's bigger, He's got a better ability to 389 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: get to his spots to be an on ball creator. 390 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: Clay is a substantially better defensive player. The one thing 391 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 1: I'd say that this at this point that Buddy does 392 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: better is he's just a little bit more active on 393 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: the glass because he's faster, So we can get to 394 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: some of those like long rebound type of situations, and 395 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: he rebounded at a higher rate last year than Klay Thompson. 396 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 1: But Clay Thompson's a better player than Buddy Heal. That said, 397 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: Buddy can reasonably fill that role at a heavily discounted price, 398 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: and that's why this move makes a lot of sense. 399 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: He is a very natural fit within the Warriors offense. Again, 400 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: when we talk about the Warriors offense, it's five out 401 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 1: with a combination of like screening passing folkrums and movement 402 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: shooters right the screening passing fulkrams. These are all the 403 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 1: guys over the years, like Draymond Green, like Kevon Looney, 404 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: like Andrew Bogan. In the early years, Andre Gudala did 405 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 1: a lot of this as well. You know, these are 406 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: guys that like weren't necessarily dead eye three point shooters, 407 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: but guys that could just be really smart basketball players 408 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 1: that knew how to make the right reads as they're 409 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: operating in space, that knew how to keep flowing into 410 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: the next action to try to get their movement shooters 411 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: opportunities and then accentuating those guys. Were these movement shooters 412 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: and over the years that's been a bunch of different guys. Obviously, 413 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: it's been Stephan, Klay, it's been KD, it's been and Pool, 414 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: it's been you know, some other on ball guys like 415 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: Leandrew Barbosa and Sean Livingston. Right, But at the end 416 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: of the day, it's like offensive threats coming off of 417 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:13,159 Speaker 1: screens and guys who can set screens and then capitalize 418 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: on attention devoted to the guys coming off of those screens. 419 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 1: Kyle Anderson fits magically into that type of role. We're 420 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: gonna talk about him in just a couple of minutes, 421 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,400 Speaker 1: but Kyle Anderson is just another guy that's a very 422 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: good decision maker, screen and roll guy who operates out 423 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: of the middle of the floor. And then you've got 424 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: Buddy Healed as another movement shooter. And Buddy Heal, by 425 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: the way, also just brings three point volume. He took 426 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: seven three point attempts per game last year combined in 427 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: the two destinations and shot thirty nine percent on them. 428 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: So just kind of adds that influx of three point 429 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: volume to try to replace some of what Klay Thompson 430 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: brings to the table. Now, as I said, like these 431 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: guys have their issues, But I like these additions because 432 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: neither guys should be in their core five man lineup. 433 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: When you look at these views, he moves through the 434 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: lens of being like fringe, like outside of the starting lineup, 435 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 1: guys who are like your seventh or eighth man. When 436 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: you look at him through that context, they actually make 437 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 1: a ton of sense. Like Buddy Heeld has his issues. 438 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: He's not an efficient on ball creator. He's at his 439 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: best when he's being set up with an advantage. Klay 440 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: Thompson was a better on ball creator than Buddy Heeld, obviously, 441 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: but he's undersized. He's a mediocre athlete, but he's perfectly 442 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: fine as a rotational bench guard, and he is a 443 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: very natural fit within the offense, which should allow you 444 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: to maximize what you get out of Buddy Heeld. Kyle 445 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: Anderson has his issues. Smart defenses dare Kyle Anderson to 446 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: score the basketball, and he can struggle with that. He's 447 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: a bad jump shooter. He's a mediocre mid range pull 448 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 1: up jump shooter. He's okay, like just barely over forty 449 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: percent and like hook the floater range, that like kind 450 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: of short range area. He shoots just fifty two percent 451 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 1: on layups, so like, yeah, he's got his issues, but 452 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,159 Speaker 1: he's an excellent defender with a lot of versatility. He 453 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: was actually the best defender guarding Luca in the Western 454 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: Conference finals last year. He's a really smart playmaker. He's 455 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 1: actually one of the best assists to turnover guys in 456 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: the league, four point two assists to just one point 457 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: two turnovers last year. Really good decision maker in the 458 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: middle of the floor. He's a quality rotation piece. These 459 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: are guys that as long as you don't need to 460 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: close games with them, they can really help you. And 461 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: on nights when Buddy Heil has it going and maybe 462 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: the Anthony Melton isn't playing as well, Buddy Heel is 463 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: an option there, but you don't need to go that route. 464 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: These are guys that you're not depending on for massive roles. 465 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: You're depending on them in bench rolls, and within that context, 466 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: I really like it. So the Warriors this summer already 467 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: have bolstered their rotation with a quality starter in the 468 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 1: Anthony Melton, in my opinion, provided that he's healthy, in 469 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: two good rotation pieces. And I talked about this extensively, 470 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: but I love the Anthony Melton's game. If he's healthy, 471 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: he's your starting two guard. And so then you start 472 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,919 Speaker 1: to look at their best lineups and you go, Okay, 473 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: Steph Curry top ten player in the league, de'an Anthony 474 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: Melton bonafide really good, high level starter at the two guard, 475 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins bonafide, really high level starter at the three, 476 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: and Draymond Green, who's one of the best defensive players 477 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: in the league. That's a good core four to have 478 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 1: in terms of your core lineups. Now, the question is 479 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: who's that fifth guy. Now, in the short term, it's 480 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: probably Kaminga, right, but Steve Kerr has been on the 481 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 1: record that he doesn't love the idea of Kamina and 482 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: Wiggins playing together. They are two inconsistent shooters. They don't 483 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: have a lot of feel for the game from those 484 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 1: two spots. And that's really that's the most important thing 485 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: when we talk about Kaminga is like the fit is 486 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: a little clunky in Golden State, because this is a 487 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 1: five out offense where read and react and quick decision making. 488 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: Quick quality decision making is vitally important, and that's one 489 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: of Kaminga's biggest weaknesses right now. It's why I love 490 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: the Kyle Anderson Fitz say what you want about him. 491 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: He's an excellent decision maker who will operate well in 492 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: five out as we look at as I talked about, 493 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: through the Warrior's history, that type of player has been 494 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: so very important. Right, So this is where the Lourie 495 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: marketing rumors come in because Kaminga is that fifth guide. 496 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: To me, is the odd man out. He's the one 497 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 1: guy that like is going to cause that lineup to 498 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: fail reaching the level on both ends of the floor 499 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: that it needs to reach. Now, to be clear, before 500 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 1: we go any further on LORII, the Warriors might just 501 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: not have enough to get LORI marketed. Like if a 502 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: team like the San Antonio Spurs decides that they really 503 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: want to put their best offer together, they probably win 504 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: that bidding war. So the question is should the Warriors 505 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: consider including Jonathan Kaminga in a potential deal for Louri Marketing? 506 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 1: And I think the answer is very clearly yes. And 507 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: so I'm gonna make the case for that. Now. I 508 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: have three reasons why. Three reasons why I think the 509 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: Warriors should include Jonathan Kaminga in a deal for Lord 510 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: if that's what it takes. Number One, Jonathan Kaminga has 511 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,680 Speaker 1: All Star upside, but he does not appear to have 512 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: superstar upside. I'm a big believer in Jonathan Kaminga. He's 513 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 1: like a truly transcendent athlete. Talks about this a lot 514 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: last year, but nobody can keep him in front when 515 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: he makes quick lateral moves out of the high post, 516 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 1: when he's attacking with a triple threat, or even out 517 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: of the post like that was why he was so 518 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: successful in the post last year. That's why he drew 519 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 1: so many fouls because he was getting defenders out of position. 520 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: He's an intriguing defender with a lot of upside. I 521 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: like him a little better on the ball than off 522 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 1: the ball right now. I think he'll have multiple seasons 523 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,160 Speaker 1: as an NBA player where he averages over twenty points 524 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: per game, and I think that he'll probably make an 525 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: All Star team at some point. Jonathan Minga has clearly 526 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: not shown to this point. Is that multifaceted dominance that 527 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: you typically see from foundational superstars right around this point 528 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 1: in their careers, you see flashes of it, and we 529 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: did not see that with Kamina. In my opinion, Jonathan 530 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: Kminga's absolute ceiling like the best player he could be 531 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: would be what Jalen Brown has become, and that is 532 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: a huge compliment. Jalen Brown just won a Finals MVP, 533 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: But Jalen Brown is somewhere around the fifteenth best player 534 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: in the NBA. That would be an absolute monstrous success story. 535 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 1: For Jonathan Kaminga. I think it's more likely than not 536 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 1: that he doesn't get to that level, but that is 537 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: his upside. Jalen Brown is not the franchise cornerstone that 538 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 1: the guys at the top of the league are. The 539 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: guys like Shay Gilders, Alexander Giannis, Santana Kumbo, Joan el 540 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: embiid Luka, Doncic, Nikola Jokic. Jonathan Kamina has no shot 541 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 1: at cracking that tier, right And so with that being 542 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:33,439 Speaker 1: the case, like I don't view him as like a 543 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: can't miss type of asset. Number two Lauri Markinin is 544 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 1: also not that type of guy. He's also not a 545 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,919 Speaker 1: cornerstone type of talent, but he's much further along in 546 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: his development than Kaminga and he's a much better natural 547 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,719 Speaker 1: basketball fit with the Warriors. Lorii Market is not going 548 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: to be a top ten guy. He's not going to 549 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: enter into conversations with Luka Doncic and Joel Embiid and 550 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: those guys at the top of the league, but he's 551 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: much further along. He averaged twenty five points in eight 552 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,359 Speaker 1: rebounds per game in his last two seasons with the 553 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,040 Speaker 1: Utah Jazz, forty nine percent from the field, forty percent 554 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 1: from three to eighty nine percent from the line, sixty 555 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: four percent true shooting percentage twenty five and eight on 556 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: sixty four percent true shooting. You would be thrilled if 557 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 1: Jonathan Cominga became that. Lori markten is already that, And 558 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: I know it's not a perfect player comp they're very 559 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: different types of players, but in terms of value to 560 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:34,640 Speaker 1: a franchise, you aspire that Jonathan Kminga might be able 561 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 1: to become as valuable around the league or as good 562 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: as as Lori Markinin has been as an NBA player 563 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: the last two seasons. That would be a quality outcome 564 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: for Jonathan. And so you're just getting someone that fits 565 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: more within the timeline. And then he's a beautiful fit 566 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: within the Warriors offense. He's an excellent spot up guy. 567 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 1: He converted spot up possessions at one point one zero 568 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: points per possession last year. Good movement shooter. He's got 569 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 1: forty five percent coming off screens last year. That's one 570 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: point one to one points per shot. He's a great cutter, 571 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 1: he's a great pick and pop big and ball screens 572 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: with Steph Curry that would be deadly. He's a high 573 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: level read and react player in five out. He is 574 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: just a much more natural basketball fit with the Warriors 575 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: than Jonathan Minga. And then the third reason why you'd 576 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: have to include him. You have Steph Curry on your 577 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: team and you're not planning on trading him. So stop 578 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: focusing on what some of these young players can be 579 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: and give Steph as much support as you can because 580 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 1: you owe that to him, and Laurie allows you to 581 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: do both. Laurie allows you to give real, genuine support 582 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: to Steph Curry in the short term while also having 583 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: an asset for the long term of the franchise. He's 584 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: twenty seven years old. He's got a lot of great 585 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: basketball left in him. If to be clear, if I 586 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: actually thought that Jonathan Kaminga could become a foundational franchise 587 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: cornerstone type of prospect, then I wouldn't even consider having 588 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: this conversation. But he's not like if he's not like 589 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: a perennial MVP vote getter, then then it doesn't make sense. 590 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: And again I understand from a different perspective, if you 591 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: don't have Steph Curry on the roster, you don't trade. 592 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: Like for instance, if you're the Utah Jazz and you're 593 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: looking for your franchise cornerstone and you have Kaminga and 594 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 1: you want Lori Markin in, that doesn't make any sense 595 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: because Louri Markein is not that guy either. You're better 596 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: off betting on Kaminga's upside and maintaining whatever other assets 597 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 1: that you have. The Warriors have Steph Curry, the Warriors 598 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: have Draymond Green. The Warriors have a certain obligation to 599 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 1: try to make this work, and that, to me is 600 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 1: is where you have to consider this type of deal. 601 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: Here's my last note on it before we move on. 602 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: Lourie gives you a clear five to start and end 603 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: games with Steph, d Anthony Melton, Andrew Wiggins, Raymond Green, 604 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: and Jonathan gaminga clunky, not enough shooting, not enough high 605 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 1: IQ players on the wing, Steph the Anthony Melton, Andrew Wiggins, 606 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: Lorie Marketing, and Draymond Green. Plenty of shooting, plenty of 607 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: guys that know how to play, read and react five 608 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: out basketball and the perimeter. That five has the upside 609 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: of a championship team. I wouldn't put him at the 610 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: top of that tier, but like I'd put him up 611 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,160 Speaker 1: in the rest of the Western Conference at least I'd 612 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: put him up there with you know, every team that's 613 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: below that Denver, O KC Boston tier. They're just as 614 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: good as all those teams if they get Lori Markin 615 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: in and then anything could happen. Who knows, Maybe Steph 616 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: does get back to MVP level next year and you 617 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: become a championship contender. Maybe you do have the ability 618 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: to make a smaller move on the margins at the 619 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: deadline to push yourself up another level. But Lori Markinen 620 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: is the only guy that can put you into that conversation. 621 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: If you keep Jonathan Kaminga and you go with Steph, 622 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: the Anthony Melton, Anderwiggins Cominga and Draymond, you're a playing team. So, 623 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: I mean, here's the thing. It's possible that Lori Markin 624 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: is just outside of Golden State's price range. But if 625 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: you have to include Kaminga to make a deal like 626 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: that happen. You include it, no question. I'm just personally 627 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:00,959 Speaker 1: as a basketball fan, I'd love to see all Right, 628 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: before we get out of here, let's talk to Marta 629 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: Roze into Sacramento. So the full deal, The Kings get 630 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: Demarta rozen for three years seventy four million, the Spurs 631 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: get Harrison Barnes an unprotected twenty thirty one pick swap 632 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: from the Kings, and the Bulls get Christwarte and two 633 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: second round picks in cash from the Sacramento King. So 634 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: I want to look at this from a couple of 635 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 1: different perspectives. I want to start by looking at it 636 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 1: just in terms of the fit. I love the backcourt 637 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: fit for DeRozan and deeron Fox. I'm actually much higher 638 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: on it that most of the people I've seen talking 639 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: about the trade since it happened. I think he's a 640 00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: natural fit in the King's offense. The Bulls ran a 641 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: lot of similar five out concepts that Sacramento runs like. 642 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: They run a lot of like Chicago action where Demarta 643 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: Rozon'll be coming off of a pin down in the 644 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: corner into a dribble handoff. They run a lot of 645 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 1: like other screens that flow into dribble handoffs. They run 646 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 1: a lot of three man action where they'll like ram 647 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: screen for Caruso to come up and set a ball 648 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: screen and just try to confuse switching. They'll ram screen 649 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: for Vucevich to come up and set screens like. They 650 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: run a lot out of modern five out concepts, and 651 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 1: he and DeRozan is just gonna naturally be a shoe 652 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: in fit in that King's approach. Now, Sabonas can't shoot 653 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: the way that Nikola Vusovich can shoot, but he's still 654 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: a really natural fit with Derozen as a screening partner. 655 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: DeRozan was one of the best half court shot creators 656 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 1: in the league last year. One point zero five points 657 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: per possession and pick and roll including passes on over 658 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: twelve hundred reps one point one to five points per 659 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: ISO including passes that was number one out of the 660 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: eleven players in the league to run at least four 661 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,040 Speaker 1: hundred PERCENTERGY one point one to one points per posted 662 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,800 Speaker 1: up including passes that ranked third out of twenty two 663 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 1: players to run at least two hundred and fifty, so 664 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: he was unquestionably in terms of efficiency, one of the 665 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: best half court shot creators in the league last year. 666 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: And here's the thing in terms of the off ball fit. 667 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,040 Speaker 1: He's still not a great three point shooter, but he 668 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 1: did have the best three point shooting year of his 669 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,520 Speaker 1: career last year. It was the first time in his 670 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: career he attempted at least two threes per game and 671 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: made at least a third of them. He shot forty 672 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: three percent on unguarded catch and shoot jumpers, one point 673 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: one six points per shot. That was the highest mark 674 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: of his career to this point. If he's wide open, 675 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: he'll knock it down. And so like, I actually think 676 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 1: that the offensive end is a really natural fit, and 677 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: I think that that's gonna look pretty almost immediately. And 678 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: I think the Kings as a as an offensive team 679 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: in the regular season got a lot better as a 680 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: part of that deal. Now, the defensive end is where 681 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,240 Speaker 1: people are going to be concerned, right. Rozen is a 682 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: guy that like leaves a lot to be desired on 683 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 1: that end of the floor. You preferably have to tuck 684 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,600 Speaker 1: him on a low usage player off ball, right, But 685 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 1: I have long thought of deer and Fox as the 686 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: type of guy who has the capability to make an 687 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: all defense team, and that he like if he has 688 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: the energy to really commit to that end of the floor, 689 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: I think he's I think he can be a dominant defender. 690 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:56,239 Speaker 1: So here's the thing. If DeRozan can absorb usage to 691 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: lighten Deer and Fox's workload so that Yaron Fox can 692 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,480 Speaker 1: take more of a two way approach and devote a 693 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: lot of resources to guarding the other team's best guard, 694 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 1: I think this could work really well. The defensive end 695 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: is only going to be an issue if Dearon Fox 696 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: wants to try to conserve energy on that end of 697 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: the floor. But as long as long as that partnership 698 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,320 Speaker 1: works out to free energy up for Fox to commit 699 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: to the defensive end, I think that could fit really well. 700 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,520 Speaker 1: Where I get concerned about this deal is the loss 701 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 1: of Harrison Barnes. Harrison Barnes is not a star. He's 702 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,800 Speaker 1: like twelve points per game, although he's always been really 703 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,720 Speaker 1: efficient with the Kings. He's consistently been over sixty percent 704 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 1: TRU shooting. But he's not a volume score, not a 705 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: lockdown defensive player. But he is a rock solid forward 706 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 1: in the NBA. I'm actually really excited about his fit 707 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,279 Speaker 1: with Victor wmen Yam and the Spurs. They suddenly look 708 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,280 Speaker 1: like a very competent NBA roster going into next season 709 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: with the inclusion of Harrison Barnes, with the inclusion of 710 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,879 Speaker 1: Chris Paul, Like that, that's going to be a really 711 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 1: fun team to watch next year. And to put it simply, 712 00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 1: if Victor women yam that plays at a top five level, 713 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: that could be a playoff team that we're looking at there. 714 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: But the Kings are suddenly very thin at forward, and like, 715 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: I like Keegan Murray a lot, but I look at 716 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,879 Speaker 1: him more as a three. Is Trey Lyle's gonna take 717 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: that role? Is there another trade in the work somewhere, 718 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,839 Speaker 1: Because I mean, this was a frontline that already left 719 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: a lot to be desired on the defensive end of 720 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 1: the floor, and you let go of Harrison Barnes. So 721 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:25,399 Speaker 1: like again, this move to me felt a little bit 722 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 1: like robbing Peter to pay Paul, so to speak. But 723 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: I like the backcourt fit naturally, And so my kind 724 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: of view on this at this point is I'm gonna 725 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 1: hold off judgment on the Kings and the Durozean move 726 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,759 Speaker 1: until we see the rest of the offseason, because if 727 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 1: they can make a move to anchor that forward spot. 728 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: I'll feel a lot better about the fit. I just 729 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,600 Speaker 1: need to see what they do the rest of the summer. 730 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: All right, guys, that is all we have for today. 731 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,400 Speaker 1: Is always, I sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting the show. 732 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 1: We got another show coming tomorrow where we're gonna talk 733 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,240 Speaker 1: some Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese Rookie of the Year stuff. 734 00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,319 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk some Team USA, and then I'm gonna 735 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,279 Speaker 1: be taking a day off for traveling to Vegas for 736 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 1: Summer League. We're gonna have a reaction to the Team 737 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:10,480 Speaker 1: USA Canada scrimmage on Thursday morning, and then on Saturday morning, 738 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,319 Speaker 1: we'll have a breakdown of Brownie James's debut, in Donald 739 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,239 Speaker 1: Connect's debut, Alex Sar, all those guys that play on 740 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:20,240 Speaker 1: opening night in UH in Vegas. I'll have a reaction 741 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,840 Speaker 1: to that on Saturday morning, and then uh we'll go 742 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:25,839 Speaker 1: into Monday to break down the rest of Summer League. 743 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,399 Speaker 1: That gives you a little scheduling update for the rest 744 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 1: of this week. As always, I appreciate you guys, and 745 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:31,200 Speaker 1: I will see you tomorrow. 746 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 2: The volume