WEBVTT - Where Will Zion Williamson Play Next Season?

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<v Speaker 1>We're back in the studio, Baby, No more episodes at

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<v Speaker 1>midnight where I'm barely awake. Those are fun episodes, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way. They are just I just extend everything out

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<v Speaker 1>like this, bab, Like this, bab. We got the draft

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<v Speaker 1>next week. Uh, then we got free agency, and then

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<v Speaker 1>we got Summer League. So much as happening, folks, my

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<v Speaker 1>head is spinning, we have to say, because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think we've had an episode since this happened. The Denver

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<v Speaker 1>Nuggets won the Chip and Nikoli Jki doesn't seem like

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<v Speaker 1>he cares really at all. He's already lost his NBA

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<v Speaker 1>Finals trophy. He's probably lost his Western Conference Finals trophy.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, I just want to go home and see

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<v Speaker 1>my horses win some sort of I don't even know

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<v Speaker 1>what type of race is happening in Serbia, but I

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<v Speaker 1>guess it's important. He's ready to be done with basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>He even broke the code. You're not supposed to say

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<v Speaker 1>when you make that much money and you do all

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<v Speaker 1>the things that people of his stature do, like you're

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to like your job. And Nicole Okic spilled the tea. Hey, everyone,

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<v Speaker 1>every single person, no matter what they do, hates their job,

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<v Speaker 1>and if they say they love it, I'm sure that

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<v Speaker 1>there are people out there who say that they're lying.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, I'm sure, he said, Oh, maybe other people

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<v Speaker 1>feel differently. They're lying. He just said it right there

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<v Speaker 1>on the podium. Everyone is looking to the future already,

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<v Speaker 1>even the Nuggets. Reports are that Denver Nuggets GM Calvin

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<v Speaker 1>Booth missed Game four of the NBA Finals because he

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<v Speaker 1>was scouting the draft. And that was after Calvin Booth

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<v Speaker 1>already pulled off a trade with Oklahoma City during the Finals.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never seen that before. For the records, the Nuggets

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<v Speaker 1>swapped a protected twenty twenty nine first round pick to

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<v Speaker 1>ok See for the least favorable of Okac's twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four first round pick, the number thirty seven pick in

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty twenty three draft, and a twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>second round pick. Do you know what that means? Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>there's another Yokic right around the corner. Maybe at the

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<v Speaker 1>thirty seventh overall pick. You're gonna get some random dude

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<v Speaker 1>that they play a Taco Bell commercial over when they

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<v Speaker 1>draft them. Remember, Yoki went forty first in the draft.

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<v Speaker 1>Why would Why would Calvin booth do that. Why would

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<v Speaker 1>he look for the thirty seventh pick in the finals?

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<v Speaker 1>Just saying grind never sleeps for an NBA executive. Speaking

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<v Speaker 1>of executives, David Griffin, our favorite pianist, has a shit

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<v Speaker 1>storm on his hands dealing with the Zion fallout, which

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<v Speaker 1>has been tremendous. It is NonStop. I don't think Mariah

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<v Speaker 1>Mills Hall stopped tweeting. Since she started to tweet, it

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<v Speaker 1>has been shock. It appears that Zion would quote like

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<v Speaker 1>a change of scenery. Apparently the change of scenery shocking

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<v Speaker 1>is New York City just the only place that everybody's

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<v Speaker 1>been saying. Zion has been wanting to go. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>remember when he played at MSG and he was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I love Madison Square Garden. It's my favorite place on

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<v Speaker 1>earth to play. Well, I mean except for the Smoothie

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<v Speaker 1>King Center. All right, Zion, we get it, you want

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<v Speaker 1>to be in New York. The problem, well, for one,

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<v Speaker 1>Mariah Mills has made Zion's personal reputation in stock about

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<v Speaker 1>as low as it could possibly be. I think she's

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<v Speaker 1>tweeted twelve thousand times since Friday. I won't get into it,

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<v Speaker 1>but like I said, she's still going second Zion. The

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<v Speaker 1>more importantly, Zion has played really not at all in

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<v Speaker 1>four years. If you were to guess how many games

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<v Speaker 1>Zion has played in the combined four seasons that he's

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<v Speaker 1>been in the NBA, and there's, mind you, eighty two

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<v Speaker 1>games per year, except for the COVID year, which was

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<v Speaker 1>seventy two and then the shortened bubble year which was

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<v Speaker 1>I forget like sixty eight or something. How I mean

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<v Speaker 1>four times that. That's the lot, right, There's over three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred games Zion has played in, one hundred and fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>of them. During that same stretch, Nikola Jokic has played

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred and thirty games. Think about that. So, anybody

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<v Speaker 1>Portland Portland thinking about trading for Zion, which they would

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<v Speaker 1>never do because they're way too smart for that. At least,

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<v Speaker 1>think about the injury concerns. Think about that. Think about

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that Zion's ass doesn't even like to come

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<v Speaker 1>back and play defense. He just saunters back like he's uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, like walking. Mark Stein reports that the

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<v Speaker 1>Pelicans really want Scoot Henderson. Good fucking luck. Okay, good

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<v Speaker 1>luck with that unless you're gonna get a trade going

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<v Speaker 1>with the Charlotte Hornet's good luck. I heard this week.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what Mark Stein said. I heard this week

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<v Speaker 1>from one placed, well placed observer who is convinced that

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<v Speaker 1>the Pelicans would indeed consider dealing Williamson a way if

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<v Speaker 1>it meant that they could draft Scoot point into a

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<v Speaker 1>rising level of exasperation within the organization regarding Williamson's ongoing

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<v Speaker 1>availability issues and overall approach. Overall approach is really doing

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of work. My read at this juncture is

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<v Speaker 1>that the Pelicans are less inclined to consider trading brandon

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<v Speaker 1>Ingram in this same scenario. Exasperation, we'll just say, is

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<v Speaker 1>not a great adjective when describing how you feel about

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<v Speaker 1>your star player that you took number one overall in

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<v Speaker 1>the draft four years ago. Exasperation leads me to believe

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<v Speaker 1>that if you want the definition intensely irritated and frustrated,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like your wits end is exasperation. The end of

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<v Speaker 1>the rope is exasperation. Folks, Do I like theoretically Scoot

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<v Speaker 1>in New Orleans? Maybe? Do I love Zion in New York? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Do I love Zion in Portland? Absolutely fucking not. It's

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<v Speaker 1>being floated out that Zion's trade value has never been lower, which,

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<v Speaker 1>to be fair, is true. But what is the value

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<v Speaker 1>of Zion? There are some idiots out there, there really are.

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<v Speaker 1>There are people who think, well, if he could be

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<v Speaker 1>fully healthy, he is dominant when he's on the floor.

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<v Speaker 1>He is an all star. He is box office. Just

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<v Speaker 1>the mere thought of him playing basketball for our team

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<v Speaker 1>means that we'll probably sell an immense amount of season tickets.

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<v Speaker 1>But let's face it, he's never available. His upside is high,

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<v Speaker 1>but his downside is in street close, spittin in Mariah

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<v Speaker 1>Mills's mouth? Will he be on the move? Stranger things

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<v Speaker 1>have happened, So this will be a wild run up

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<v Speaker 1>to the traft