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Speaker 1: their like three four years from now backcourt as Austin

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Speaker 1: Reeves and Max Christy. Think that goes about saying and

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Speaker 1: I think that's a nice natural fit, right, skill guard

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Speaker 1: athlete guard primarily defense and attax closeouts. Right. Then you

433
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Speaker 1: have Anthony Davis. But then there's this two or the

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Speaker 1: three to four spot that you're looking at, right, and

435
00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,520
Speaker 1: the obvious choice is like, oh well, Ruy slots down

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Speaker 1: to the four when Lebron is gone, and then you

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Speaker 1: put in Dalton connect at the three. This is where

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Speaker 1: it gets tricky though. That has one good defensive athlete

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Speaker 1: at the two. In Max Christie right, I don't think

440
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Speaker 1: Dalton could start at the three for an NBA team

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Speaker 1: unless the four man and the two man and the

442
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Speaker 1: five man were all excellent defensive players. Do I think

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Speaker 1: Dalton Connects will eventually become somebody that is functional on defense.

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Speaker 1: We'll see it's definitely he has the athleticism too. It's

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Speaker 1: just a question of whether or not he puts in

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Speaker 1: the work and picks up the instincts and commitment to

447
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Speaker 1: attention to detail to actually make that happen. But just

448
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Speaker 1: in terms of who he in terms of his natural

449
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Speaker 1: abilities as a basketball player, I don't think you could

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Speaker 1: start him alongside another week defensive forward like Ruey Hotcha Mura.

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Speaker 1: So in terms of the long term goals for the Lakers,

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Speaker 1: if you're looking at as Austin Max Dalton, that four

453
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Speaker 1: man next to ad is going to have to be

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Speaker 1: another big, strong athlete who is an excellent defensive rebounder,

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Speaker 1: an excellent defensive player, and so more likely than not,

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Speaker 1: I almost see Dalton connect at this kind of point

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Speaker 1: in his correct because this is the other part of it. Two,

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Speaker 1: you better be damn good on offense. If you are

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Speaker 1: starting for an NBA team and you're a mediocre to

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Speaker 1: below average defender. So like, so much of this is like,

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Speaker 1: maybe Dalton Connect never really has starting potential. He's more

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Speaker 1: of like a sixth man type of guy, right than

463
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Speaker 1: maybe Ruy is the or and they look for a

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Speaker 1: long term option at the three. But in terms of

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Speaker 1: future version of the Lakers, do I think Dalton Connect

466
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Speaker 1: could eventually become a starter. Sure, but I see almost

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Speaker 1: I see it basically a zero percent chance of that

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Speaker 1: happening this year. He might get a spot start here

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Speaker 1: or there because of injuries, but I don't see that

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Speaker 1: being part of the vision for this particular season. If

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Speaker 1: the Thunder get a lottery pick from the Clippers this year,

472
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Speaker 1: what should the Thunder do with the pick? Easy decision.

473
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Speaker 1: You hang onto it and you see if you can

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Speaker 1: get Cooper Flag. This is a team like if you're

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Speaker 1: looking at the build, the one guy they're missing is

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Speaker 1: a legitimate four man two flank Chet. They went with

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Speaker 1: a different direction this summer, opting for a look with

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Speaker 1: Chet at the four next to a center, which maybe

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Speaker 1: that ends up being what this looks like in the

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Speaker 1: long run anyway, But if you have an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: get Cooper flag. You wait to see if you can

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Speaker 1: get Cooper flag. Now, if you can't get Cooper flag

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Speaker 1: and you can't get any of these guys at the

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Speaker 1: top end of the draft that everyone's kind of keyed

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Speaker 1: in on, then I would start looking at potentially trading

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Speaker 1: that pick and looking for that forward more through the

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Speaker 1: trade market, because there's a timeline things starting to take

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Speaker 1: shape here as you look at the age of these guys,

489
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Speaker 1: they're actually starting to enter into legitimate championship contention and

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Speaker 1: continuing to develop prospects for the future may not be

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Speaker 1: the best path. The other thing they can do. This

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Speaker 1: is something that I wouldn't be surprised if we see

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Speaker 1: more teams do as we enter into this next phase

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Speaker 1: of the CBA with some of the limitations surrounding the aprons.

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Speaker 1: But we might actually see a team like Oklahoma City

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Speaker 1: let guys go when they need to get paid, because, like,

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Speaker 1: if you think about it from the same point of

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Speaker 1: the payroll, if you got to pay three max guys

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Speaker 1: and let's say that's chet, JDub and Shay, then you

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Speaker 1: can't afford to have expensive role players around them. And

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Speaker 1: so maybe It's one of those things where you use

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Speaker 1: a higher draft pick that typically would be used on

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Speaker 1: a player that has upside long term on more of

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Speaker 1: a guy that is not as heavy on the upside

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Speaker 1: but is ready to go right away and actually try

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Speaker 1: to target discount rotation pieces through the draft. I think

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Speaker 1: that's something that you might see a team like Oklahoma

508
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Speaker 1: City look to do as well. Not related to preseason,

509
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Speaker 1: but you recently said Lebron's argument for being the goat

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Speaker 1: is his longevity and that MJ has a better peak

511
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Speaker 1: for sure. How are you so sure about MJ's peaking

512
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Speaker 1: higher if your argument is only six to eight years,

513
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Speaker 1: that is more of a team stat. That's kind of

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Speaker 1: the point, like MJ's peak is clearly more dominant in

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Speaker 1: terms of the actual accomplishments of him and his basketball team.

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Speaker 1: The best individual basketball player that I have ever personally

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Speaker 1: watched was twenty eighteen Lebron. He was basically like Luka

518
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Speaker 1: Doncic as a surgical half court shot creator who could

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Speaker 1: pass every single read, who could make every single shot

520
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Speaker 1: from every single spot on the floor. But he was

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Speaker 1: also one of the best athletes in the league who

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Speaker 1: brought a ton of downhill rim pressure, which is something

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Speaker 1: that Luca doesn't bring, and at that phase end of

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Speaker 1: his career, Lebron was still able to leverage himself as

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Speaker 1: a defensive player at a level near the top guys

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Speaker 1: in the league when he needed to. That was the

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Speaker 1: best basketball player that I've ever seen personally, But that

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Speaker 1: team lost in the finals in large part because the

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Speaker 1: team had a lot of limitations and there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of subjectivity there. It's hard to argue with six championships

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Speaker 1: in eight years with respect to what was going on

532
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Speaker 1: in the world of basketball at that point in time,

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Speaker 1: You're not going to be able to argue Lebron's peak

534
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Speaker 1: beyond the realm of subjectivity. So like that's the thing, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: do I. I'm also a big believer the basketball players

536
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Speaker 1: are always getting better. Like twenty eighteen, Lebron's the best

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Speaker 1: basketball player I've ever seen. I have a feeling I'm

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Speaker 1: going to see a player that I think is better

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Speaker 1: at some point in the next ten years. But it's

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Speaker 1: not going to be because Lebron wasn't the best player

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Speaker 1: in the league at the time. It's going to be

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Speaker 1: because basketball players keep getting better. Just look at how

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Speaker 1: much better the shooting is now compared to where it was.

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Speaker 1: Guys are better at shooting further away from the basket,

545
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Speaker 1: Guys are better at shooting off of more complicated dribble combinations.

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Speaker 1: As a league, we're getting so much better at advanced passing, reads,

547
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Speaker 1: advanced pick and roll shot creation. We're getting better defensively

548
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Speaker 1: as well, Like the league is just getting better. Basketball

549
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Speaker 1: players are getting better. And so yeah, I tend to

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Speaker 1: think that the six ' nine super versatile point forward

551
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Speaker 1: who could dribble and shoot better than most players in

552
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Speaker 1: the league was better than the six to sixth scoring

553
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Speaker 1: guard who was also one of the best perimeter defenders

554
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Speaker 1: in the league, like MJ in his era, was far

555
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Speaker 1: and away the best, and all players have gotten better,

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Speaker 1: and Lebron is the best of a better group of players,

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Speaker 1: and Wemby will probably be the best of an even

558
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Speaker 1: better group of players, right, And that's just kind of

559
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Speaker 1: how I see. It's not perfectly linear, but generally the

560
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Speaker 1: league is advancing and players are getting better. What percentage

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Speaker 1: of the league matches up well enough with Boston to

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Speaker 1: make us believe anybody but Boston can win? And do

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Speaker 1: you think it makes the season less enjoyable? If you

564
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Speaker 1: know that there's no team that can keep up the

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Speaker 1: good work. Really enjoy your content. Thank you for supporting

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Speaker 1: the show. I you know, I did feel that way

567
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Speaker 1: about the KD. Staph Warriors. I legitimately didn't think anybody

568
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Speaker 1: could beat them, even when they would lose. I thought

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Speaker 1: it was mostly about like just kind of like playing

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Speaker 1: down to their competition. This is something I've said many

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Speaker 1: times on the show. But even if Chris Paul didn't

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Speaker 1: get hurt in the twenty eighteen Conference final series against

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Speaker 1: the Rockets, I still think the Warriors win that series. Yes,

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Speaker 1: they won up three to two, and obviously Chris Paul

575
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Speaker 1: getting hurt helped things. But let's just put it on

576
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Speaker 1: a real basic level. Does Golden State go home and

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Speaker 1: get Game six at home? I think they do, even

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Speaker 1: if Chris Paul plays. Then there's a Game seven, and

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Speaker 1: yes it's in Houston. But who are you taking? Are

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Speaker 1: you taking KD, Steph Draymond Clay and Andre Gudala? Are

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Speaker 1: you taking those Rockets dudes? I'm taking those I'm taking

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Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors, dudes. So like, I didn't think

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Speaker 1: anybody could beat that team. It was basically like this

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Speaker 1: Boston Celtics team, except for instead of Tatum and Brown,

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Speaker 1: it was Katie and Steph, the second and third best

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Speaker 1: players in the league. That to me is the greatest

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Speaker 1: basketball team ever assembled, and it's not particularly close. Boston

588
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 1: to me, is a special basketball team with regard to

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Speaker 1: recent NBA history, but they just don't quite have that

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Speaker 1: like otherworldly top end talent that like nobody can mess with,

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Speaker 1: and that to me makes them at least beatable even

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Speaker 1: though they're the best team in the league. That I

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Speaker 1: think keeps this season very interesting. As I mentioned, I

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Speaker 1: have a hard time discussing I talked about this in

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Speaker 1: the actual Celtics segment. I have a hard time really

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Speaker 1: conceptualizing an Eastern Conference team to beat them, just from

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Speaker 1: a basketball perspective. But Oklahoma City and Denver are two

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Speaker 1: teams out west that I think could present Boston with

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Speaker 1: some real issues. Particularly Boston can't guard Jokich. We've seen

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Speaker 1: that just too many times over the last few years.

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Speaker 1: And then Oklahoma City has five I can put together

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Speaker 1: five man lineups with real two way athletes on at

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Speaker 1: all five positions, which is something that Boston can do

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Speaker 1: and part of what makes Boston so difficult to play right,

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Speaker 1: I would still pick Boston in both of those matchups

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Speaker 1: now because Denver's declined a little bit, I think Boston's better,

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Speaker 1: and then I think Boston is more experienced than Oklahoma City. However,

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Speaker 1: those there are teams that have punchers chances to beat Boston,

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Speaker 1: I do think they are a risk for an upset,

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Speaker 1: and that is something that I think makes them a

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Speaker 1: more legitimate, like kind of like parody concept favorite compared

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Speaker 1: to teams like Golden State, you know. And an interesting

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Speaker 1: way to look at it would be like, would I

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Speaker 1: take Boston or the Field? If I had to pick

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Speaker 1: the KD STEPH Warriors of the Field, I would take

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Speaker 1: the KD STEPH Warriors every single time. I just there's

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Speaker 1: no version of that where I think one of those

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Speaker 1: other teams are going to win. If I had to

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Speaker 1: choose between Boston and the Field this year, it'd be

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Speaker 1: more of a toss up for me. And even though

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Speaker 1: I do think Boston is demonstrably the favorite, it's more

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Speaker 1: of a toss up for me in terms of them

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Speaker 1: or the Field, And I think that's kind of the

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Speaker 1: big difference in terms of I think that's the big

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Speaker 1: difference in terms of the parody and just how much

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Speaker 1: people can kind of look forward to Boston potentially getting

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Speaker 1: upset on a real basic level. I'm pulling up the

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Speaker 1: stat right now when I remember when the KD Staph

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Speaker 1: Warriors were assembled after they won in twenty seventeen. I

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Speaker 1: can't remember the exact I can't remember the exact odds,

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Speaker 1: but they were negative odds to They were negative odds

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Speaker 1: to win the title before the season in that twenty

633
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Speaker 1: eighteen year for good reason. They had won fift teen

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Speaker 1: straight playoff games in the previous year. So like for

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Speaker 1: good reason, I want to say they were like minus

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Speaker 1: one seventy to win the title, meaning you'd have to

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Speaker 1: bet one hundred and seventy dollars before the season started

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Speaker 1: to win one hundred if Golden State won the title.

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Speaker 1: I can't remember exactly what the number was, but they

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Speaker 1: had negative odds to win the title. This year, Boston's

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Speaker 1: plus three to ten. So if you bet one hundred

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Speaker 1: dollars on the Celtics to win the title right now,

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Speaker 1: you'd win three hundred and ten bucks. For the record,

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Speaker 1: I think that's a great bet because I think that

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Speaker 1: it's probably a little closer to fifty to fifty than

646
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 1: they're letting on. So I think that's that's a bet

647
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 1: that would be worth looking at. But I do think

648
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,040
Speaker 1: that there's a lot more parody in the league right

649
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,959
Speaker 1: now than there was at that point in time. Julian

650
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 1: Strawther has had an amazing summer in preseason. How does

651
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 1: him excelling affect Denver's outlook? So so far, on twenty

652
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: six jumphot attempts this preseason, he's getting one point five

653
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 1: points per jump shot. The only real difference though, is

654
00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 1: like he's hitting all of his catch and shoot attempts,

655
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 1: but he's struggling off the dribble, and he's struggling creating

656
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 1: shots off the dribble. And I think that is ultimately

657
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 1: the thing that is going to be what makes him

658
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: a legitimate secondary shot creator or a guy that they

659
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 1: could potentially slot in for Christian Brown to increase the

660
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: productivity of the starting lineup and so and then obviously

661
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: we got to see how he develops defensively as he

662
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 1: picks up more high leverage assignments and bigger minute loads. Right,

663
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 1: But obviously that potential's there. But everything with these young

664
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 1: guys with Denver is up in the air. At this point,

665
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: and I really need to see some regular season basketball

666
00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: before we start making those those stances. Thoughts on the

667
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 1: Warriors and how they will do this season. Is the

668
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 1: dynasty officially over? I would never say it's over over.

669
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: I do think that there's some similarities to the twenty

670
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 1: twenty one offseason where they kind of brought in some

671
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: more functional role players that will will immediately make them better.

672
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 1: I do think the Warriors will be better than last year.

673
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: I think Kyle Anderson, Buddy Heald, and d Anthony Melton

674
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 1: are all shoe and fits. Young players get a little

675
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: bit better. I think Steph's going to have a bounce

676
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: back season from where he was at the tail end

677
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: of last year. Right The big difference between this right

678
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 1: now and what the twenty two Warriors became off the

679
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 1: back of that twenty twenty one offseason was you could

680
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: make the case that Steph was the best basketball player

681
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: alive at that point in time in twenty twenty one,

682
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 1: before they made those offseason additions, he was barbecuing the

683
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: entire league. He's coming off a pretty substantial slump to

684
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: end last season. I do think he'll be better. I

685
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: still think he's a top ten ish player in the NBA,

686
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: but Steph is not on the true top tier superstar

687
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,240
Speaker 1: tier anymore. That's the main reason that I can't see

688
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: them going over the top into real championship contention this year.

689
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 1: To put it simply, it's Stephan a bunch of role players.

690
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: And if it's Stephan a bunch of role players and

691
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 1: he's not the very best player in the league, he's

692
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: not going to beat other teams around the league that

693
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: have more star talent and better role players. And so, yeah,

694
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: I think the Warriors are good. I think they're fisty.

695
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 1: You think they're gonna better than last year. I think

696
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 1: they'll be in that you know, somewhere in that six

697
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: to six to eight range, probably maybe six to ten,

698
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: depending on how their health goes. But yeah, I don't

699
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 1: see championship intention from this team unless they hit on

700
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: a trade during the season. Even though the MAVs made

701
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 1: the finals last year, do you see them as contenders

702
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: next year? With the players they've picked up in Kyrie

703
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: turning thirty three, I have them as the best of

704
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: the teams in that second tier. So I'm at top

705
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 1: four teams right, I have Boston, Denver, Oklahoma, city in

706
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: New York. Those are my true top tier championship contenders

707
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: that I think all should feel really good about their chances.

708
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: Then there was a small gap, and then from five

709
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 1: to eleven, I've got seven teams that I classify as

710
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: if things go right, contenders. Dallas is for me, in

711
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: the top of that tier. That's where I had them

712
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 1: last year going into the playoffs. If you remember last year,

713
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: going into the playoffs, I had Boston and Denver and

714
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: then a gap, and then I had Dallas at number

715
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: three as the best of the second tier championship contenders

716
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: going even going into the finals, I never saw them

717
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 1: as a true top tier contender. Those are you. Guys

718
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 1: who watched my NBA Finals preview will remember me saying

719
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 1: I didn't just pick Boston. I specifically said I expected

720
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: Boston to kick their ass. I said they'd win multiple

721
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,239
Speaker 1: games in blowout fashion. They ended up winning. I think

722
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: they led by twenty plus and three of their four

723
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: wins they led by like twenty one twenty six, and

724
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: like it was crazy. They kick their ass. So like

725
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 1: I like Dallas, I think they're a really good team.

726
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: I think they're the best of the second tier contenders.

727
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 1: But to me, there's a firepower difference between them and

728
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 1: the teams that are in that top tier. Do you

729
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 1: think Moses Moody will have a breakout season this year

730
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 1: or be subjected to his typical limitations imposed by Steve Kerr.

731
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: The thing is Steve Kerr is always like playing guards

732
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: that he trusts to run his system, and so guys

733
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 1: liked Anthony Melton and Buddy hild are just going to

734
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,399
Speaker 1: get a lot of minutes. And I think that just

735
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: directly interferes with Moses Moody and his opportunities. He'll get

736
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 1: his opportunities, but inevitably this is going to end in

737
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 1: a consolidation trade. They have thirteen guys that could realistically

738
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: play in the rotation and that's just not good for anybody.

739
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 1: It's not good for their goals for the season because

740
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 1: it's a waste of talent. It's an inefficient way to

741
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: use talent. It's not good for the talent development because

742
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,280
Speaker 1: guys aren't getting the reps that they need. So inevitably

743
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: there will be a consolidation trade. Maybe it includes Moody,

744
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: but if it doesn't, then that'll be where he gets

745
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: his opportunity. Thoughts on a Brandon Ingram from Michael Porter

746
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: junior trade mid season. Denver gets a consistent playmaker who

747
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 1: doesn't fit perfectly but supports Jamal Murray staying healthy with

748
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 1: less responsibility. New Orleans gets a confident three point shooter

749
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,919
Speaker 1: for Zion with very questionable consistency, but a great fit.

750
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: This is an interesting idea because the idea would be okay,

751
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: if Jamal Murray struggles, then you would need somebody that

752
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: can help run perimeter action and be a shot maker

753
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,320
Speaker 1: for Denver. Brandon fits that role pretty well right. For

754
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 1: the Pelicans, so much of their driving kick offense is

755
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 1: going to be initiated by Zion and Dejantey Murray, So

756
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: having a guy that's more of a catch and shoot

757
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,959
Speaker 1: off ball player maybe it's a more seamless fit. Although

758
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,080
Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram has looked sharp to start the year, so like,

759
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 1: here's my thing. It's interesting, but it's high risk, So

760
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:46,920
Speaker 1: I'd want to see how Jamal Murray looks first. If

761
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray comes out and he looks like Jamal Murray

762
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: after you know, thirty games or so, then don't fuck

763
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: with it. Jamal Jokic, Aaron Gordon, Michael Porter junr. They

764
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,320
Speaker 1: won a title and got close to winning a title,

765
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: close than people think last year, so don't mess with it.

766
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 1: But if you get out into the season in thirty

767
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: forty games in Jamal Murray looks like you did last

768
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: year in the playoffs, then it's one of those things

769
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: where you have to start looking at trying to capitalize

770
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,359
Speaker 1: on Nikolea Jokic's title window here, and in that case

771
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 1: you have to take on a little bit more risk.

772
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 1: But don't take on risk if you don't have to.

773
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,839
Speaker 1: Let's wait and see how Jamal Murray looks. Why are

774
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,919
Speaker 1: you so strong fisted on Jokic and the Nuggets title odds?

775
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 1: Why is it always they were up twenty in Game

776
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 1: seven and not they blew the lead to the better

777
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 1: performing team. It wouldn't be the first time the best

778
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: in the world wouldn't have a big chance to win

779
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: the chip. We've seen Braun and Steph in thirty four.

780
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 1: Here's why I'm still bullish on the Nuggets. They won

781
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 1: the title the year before last, and then last year

782
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 1: they were a couple of minutes away from making the

783
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: conference finals. You'd be foolish to write those guys off.

784
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: I just don't. I don't know how else to put it.

785
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 1: Do the Suns have a legit chance to come out

786
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,439
Speaker 1: the West where they have to upgrade over Nurkic. It's

787
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,439
Speaker 1: hard to say. I mean, Ryan Dunn developing, as Sam

788
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: Vssini was saying yesterday, into a legit three and D

789
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: weapon for them would be huge because he's just one

790
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: of the most dynamic athletes that was in that draft class.

791
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: My thing with the Suns is it goes beyond just

792
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: Nurkic as a roster. They're not very physically imposing, and

793
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,879
Speaker 1: just in the playoffs, especially with the way the rules

794
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,239
Speaker 1: have changed, everything is just so physical and it's so

795
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,800
Speaker 1: much about grabbing and holding and winning these rock fights,

796
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:22,920
Speaker 1: and I don't think Phoenix has set up well to

797
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:26,240
Speaker 1: win rock fights. That said, everybody in that tier has issues.

798
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:32,280
Speaker 1: From Dallas, Minnesota, Philly, Lakers, Bucks, Sons, all those teams

799
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: have issues, and so all it takes is a couple

800
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 1: favorable matchups here and there, a young guy popping like

801
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: Ryan Dunn hitting on a key trade one of the

802
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,839
Speaker 1: top tier teams gets upset something like that could open

803
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 1: up that door and then they could shoot through that gap.

804
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 1: All right, Well, last question, then we're done for the day.

805
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:54,320
Speaker 1: Is there anywhere that screams Zach Levine trade doesn't feel

806
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,880
Speaker 1: it to me? And when they traded for Giddy, do

807
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 1: you think they knew Lonzo was coming back? Seems very

808
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 1: redundant to have so many ball dominant guys, incredibly poor

809
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 1: team building in my opinion. The thing with the Lavigne pieces,

810
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,759
Speaker 1: He's just hard to trade because of how big his

811
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: salary is. Like, on a very basic level, there are

812
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: a lot of teams out there that I think are

813
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 1: looking at the situation going like, man, if we could

814
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: bring Zack in here, this would actually be really good

815
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,720
Speaker 1: for us. But on the flip side, it's like, yeah,

816
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 1: but we would have to send out fifty million dollars

817
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: worth of salary as soon as we set out that

818
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: could be three really high level role players. And there

819
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: are just too many examples in NBA history, most recently

820
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:33,879
Speaker 1: the Russell Westbrook trade, where it's like, Okay, you bring

821
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: in this guy, but it's the Russell Westbrook trade was

822
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,360
Speaker 1: not what killed Russell Westbrook is not what killed the Lakers.

823
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: The Russell Westbrook trade killed the Lakers because they gave

824
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:47,280
Speaker 1: up KCP Kyle Kuzma and in the ensuing salary crunch

825
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:50,320
Speaker 1: lost Alex Caruso. So like that's the real issue is

826
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,320
Speaker 1: it's just hard for them to get rid of zach Lavine.

827
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:53,880
Speaker 1: But the best thing he can do to start this

828
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: season is just you got to feed him and help

829
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 1: him bump up his numbers and see if he can't

830
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 1: drive up his value so that you can make a deal.

831
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:04,240
Speaker 1: As far as Giddy goes to me a Lonzo, Lonzo's

832
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,840
Speaker 1: more of like a connective point guard throwing kickhead passes

833
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 1: and being a connective passer. He's not a guy that

834
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: I like to run a ton of action, So I

835
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: don't think that that necessarily clashes with Giddy. And you

836
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: got to give good Giddy a good hard look because

837
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 1: you just traded Alex Crusoe for him instead of for

838
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 1: draft compensation, and so you damn will better have a

839
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:23,000
Speaker 1: plan to see if Josh Gitty can do anything. One

840
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:24,600
Speaker 1: last thing before we get out of here. Actually, I

841
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: wanted to quickly hit I just had a quick thought

842
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:31,240
Speaker 1: on the I just had a quick thought on the Clippers.

843
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 1: This Kawhi Leonard things. Khi Leonard is going to miss

844
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,239
Speaker 1: the start of the season. A lot of people are

845
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: talking about the Clippers, And here's the thing. It's really

846
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: easy to make those types of opinions known in retrospect. So,

847
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 1: for instance, yeah, the Clippers basically set Oklahoma City up

848
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: for success. All this draft compensation, Shay Gils, Alexander fourth

849
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: best player in the league, you know, obviously getting off

850
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 1: of Paul George. All of this just just spoon fed

851
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 1: Oklahoma City a contender. Right, But let's we can't operate

852
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four with what we know now and

853
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: pretend like we would have made a different decision back then.

854
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty, remember where you were when the Kawhi

855
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,799
Speaker 1: news came down. I remember I was in Mexico with

856
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 1: some friends. I remember getting the it was late at night,

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Speaker 1: getting the tweets coming through from Wojanowski, and I'm like,

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Speaker 1: oh my god, they got Paul George and Kawhi Leonard

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Speaker 1: on this team that already has all of these good

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Speaker 1: role players. Overnight, they became the championship favorite. At various

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Speaker 1: points over the last four years. They looked like the

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Speaker 1: best team in the league in twenty twenty at various

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Speaker 1: points in the regular season. In twenty twenty one, before

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Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard got hurt in that playoff run. Right last year,

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the regular season, they were playing

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Speaker 1: better basketball than Boston. Over the middle third of the season,

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Speaker 1: they looked like the best team in the league. So, like,

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Speaker 1: as I talked about earlier, you've got to take risks

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Speaker 1: to win the championship. And there was a big risk

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Speaker 1: there taken by the Clippers. It was the right risk.

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Speaker 1: They had legitimate chances to win. It didn't work out,

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Speaker 1: and like, yeah, on the tail, every time you give

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Speaker 1: up young players, it's like it's like with the Pelicans

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Speaker 1: and the Lakers. Yeah, like they happen to win a title,

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Speaker 1: So it it all gets talked about differently if the

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Speaker 1: Lakers did not win the championship in twenty twenty, can

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Speaker 1: you imagine how different that deal would be talked about

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Speaker 1: with everything the Pelicans got out of it. Like, if

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Speaker 1: you have to give up young talented players in draft compensation,

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Speaker 1: there's a good chance that those guys are going to

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Speaker 1: turn into good basketball players and it's going to affect

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Speaker 1: the outlook of your of the of that deal. But

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Speaker 1: you've got to be aggressive to give yourself a chance

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Speaker 1: to win the championship. It's really unfortunate what happened to

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Speaker 1: KWHI Leonard. It's really unfortunate what happened to the Clippers,

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Speaker 1: But every one of us would have done the exact

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Speaker 1: same thing. Put yourself in those shoes summer of twenty nineteen. Hey,

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Speaker 1: all you got to do is give up Shame's good

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Speaker 1: young player has potential to be really great but not yet.

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Speaker 1: And a bunch of draft compensation you get Paul George

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Speaker 1: Kwi Leonard and really good role players, your overnight championship

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Speaker 1: favorite yes or no every day and one of us

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Speaker 1: is saying yes every day, and one of us stop

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Speaker 1: pretending you wouldn't so like that. That's where it gets

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Speaker 1: silly in retrospect to talk about it that way. All right, guys,

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Speaker 1: that's all I have for today is always a sincerely

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Speaker 1: appreciate you guys for supporting the show. I hope you

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Speaker 1: all have a great weekend, and we'll be back next week.

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Speaker 1: On Monday, I'll do like a probably some kind of

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Speaker 1: like predictions pod or something along those lines, and then

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Speaker 1: we'll get into it with the instant reaction on Tuesday

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Speaker 1: night after the first light of games is always I

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Speaker 1: appreciate you guys, and I will see you then. The

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