WEBVTT - EPISODE 7: BUYOUT BONZANZA 0:00:03.400 --> 0:00:07.040 Welcome to this league uncut in the world of twenty 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:10.680 four hour NBA news. Just do you lose? Chris Saines 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:16.919 did go time, Mark Stein did so, Timeousuka Loka, Chris 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:21.079 Haines and Mark Stein. This ligue uncut is underway, and 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:25.640 then fire. This should be a good one. We are 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.320 indeed underway here on this league uncut. Now that Super 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:33.199 Bowl fifty seven is in the books, I must confess 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:37.040 I didn't watch fifty seven seconds of it. I'm right there. 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:42.280 If my Buffalo Bills ain't playing, I'm not. I'm not 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:45.919 tuning in. It's just too far down my too far 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.000 down my sports packing order. Although sources say that America 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.080 does love Rihanna, I did. I did confirm that tonight. 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.120 She had a surprise. I hear as well while she 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:59.400 was performing. I guess she's expected of you. I mean, 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:03.120 I didn't watch it. It was on in the other room, 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:08.200 Missus Stein and goalkeeper in the house. They were watching it, 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:12.200 and I saw Twitter going absolutely crazy wild for it. 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.399 So I have to say this Stein, because I have 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:18.640 a problem with that. So I'm not the biggest football 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:22.680 fan myself, but I do make it a ritual of 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:26.240 watching the super Bowl each and every single year. But 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.800 I have an excuse. My daughter had a club volleyball 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:35.520 tournament today. It started at seven am. I thought I 0:01:35.600 --> 0:01:37.560 was going to be out of there by two pm, 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:41.600 but it lasted from seven am all the way to 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:46.559 six pm. So my neighbors had this big old Super 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.960 Bowl party ready and I didn't make it back home 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.400 until around seven. And at that point it was the 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:55.680 fourth quarter and I was like, I'm just not going. 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.560 I don't feel up to it. So I have an excuse, 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:03.280 like I plan to go, but I couldn't. Stein You're 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:06.200 at the house, your family is watching it in the 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:09.640 living room, and you didn't think it was necessary or 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.880 important enough to get at least two minutes of your 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:16.160 visual attention. It's just not my game. It just isn't 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.679 my sport. I mean, I know I am I'm already 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.440 well established as a basketball nerd, but look, you know 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.680 I'm a soccer guy. I'm a huge tennis guy. This 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:30.280 week we had professional tennis in Dallas, a top level 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:32.600 professional tournament. I thought I was gonna be able to 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:37.120 sneak out there today for the final in singles and doubles. 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:41.040 I had friends playing in both matches John Isner and 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:44.360 the men's singles Jackson withthrow in the doubles. I was 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.119 desperate to get out there and say, okay, at least 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:49.079 I saw one day of one of my three favorite 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:53.040 sports while it was in town, and I couldn't get 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.520 out there. It's just been this week. Look, the trade 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:59.359 deadline is not over. I mean, that's that's the truth. 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:03.640 I mean, the four team trade that finally lands Gary 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.880 Payton back with the Warriors and sends James Wiseman to 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.240 Detroit and so Deep Bay to Atlanta, that finally got 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:13.440 agreed to tonight, and then the buyout market's been in 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:18.119 full flow. I mean it's it's the deadline's not over. 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.720 So I have just not had. I used the Super 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:24.640 Bowl to catch up on man, this is pathetic, un 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:29.040 clerical work. Sty. I get all that. I hear all that. 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:32.440 What about the commercial sty? What about the commercials? The 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:36.520 great commercials. These companies spend millions and millions of dollars 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:39.080 to make these creative I just fear that if the 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:43.280 commercial is so great, I'm gonna hear about it on Twitter. Anyway, 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:46.880 Were there even? I mean, like I said, I was, 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.440 I was. I actually tuned out of Twitter pretty well 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:51.840 because I was like, you know what I was actually 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.040 And this is a good question for you. What level 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:56.800 of NBA news had to happen for you to tweet 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:58.760 during the Super Bowl Because I was thinking if I 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:00.680 tweet a bunch of stuff, people gonna be like, Stein, 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:04.080 shut up, not now, we don't want to hear it. Yeah, 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:07.000 that's a good question. I don't know. I don't know. 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.640 I remember this. This this is the anniversary. It's probably 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:13.200 three years ago now when I forgot what Super Bowl 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:15.440 that was, where it was just a boring super Bowl. 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:21.920 No team was scoring, and Lebron tweeted out, tweeted out 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:26.760 me and shams and woes and McManaman tweet out break 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.479 some news now, like this game is born, break some 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.120 news now. I will say, while I was at the 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:36.559 volleyball game, some people were keeping me abreast of the score. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.680 It was pretty close throughout. So you didn't have that 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.680 problem this go around. But yeah, I'm with you. I 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.840 didn't watch the Super Bowl, but I feel like I 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.839 had a valid reason you, even with your explanation, still 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:50.560 not so much. Okay, Well here's here's my other explanation 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:52.440 real quick, and then we'll get to the we'll get 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:56.839 to the business and had also impacting again. My team's 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.400 the Buffalo Bills. They lost four in a row. Of 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:03.360 these four in a row, that wounds you deeply. And 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.840 after that, I was I was just off the NFL. 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.080 My son brought me back because it is the NFL 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:14.520 is his favorite sport as a spectator. He is the 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:17.679 president of the Texas chapter of the Josh Allen Fan Club. 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.440 This kid lives and dies with the Bills. He brought 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:23.240 me back. So the Bills I'm back on. I'm back 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:25.960 on the bandwagon. But if the Bills ain't playing, I'm 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.839 I'm out. Okay, well you're gonna be out most years, 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.560 so now I'll go ahead. Well we'll see, all right, 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:35.599 So I want to hear yeah, like they probably don't. 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:38.880 They probably are not signing up for our NFL commentary. 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.720 So we will get we will. We will certainly get 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:47.960 to the Gary Peyton to trade saga, which I think 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:51.080 you're gonna enlighten enlighten us on a bit later on. 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.480 But let's start with the buyout market because I think 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.159 that has the broadest interest. You know, the trade deadline ends, 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.760 and I feel like even more than trade analysis people 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.960 what's gonna happen on the buyout market. So it's interesting. 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:07.799 Is a lot of the biggest names, Russell Westbrook, John Wall, 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:13.880 Patrick Beverlely Serjebaka, we don't know where they are going. 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:18.400 The players that have landed that we do know. Reggie 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:23.279 Jackson a very nice pickup for the Denver Nuggets who 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.880 traded for Thomas Bryant and now appear to be getting 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.719 Reggie Jackson. You know, those aren't splashy moves. But I 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:34.720 think the Nuggets very quietly have strengthened their team in 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:38.120 a pretty significant way. And when Yoki is playing at 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:42.039 the level he's been playing and Jamal Murray starting to 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:46.400 inch his way back to bubble Jamal Murray, you know, 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:49.479 they've gotten stronger. They've been the most consistent force in 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:54.360 the West. Some pretty good, pretty good business from the Nuggets. 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:58.400 And then the team where I live, Dallas. They thought 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:02.560 they were getting to Arence Ross. They had strong indications 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:06.719 Saturday that Terrence Ross wanted to be a Dallas Maverick. 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:11.840 That was their belief at least, and nope, the Phoenix 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:17.040 Suns swoop in and convinced Ross to go to Phoenix 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.480 rather than Dallas. So another pickup for a son's team 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:22.560 that is already a lot of people's favored in the 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:26.760 Western Conference. After trading for Kevin Durant, now they fortified 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:30.520 their bench a little bit. Danny Green is going to 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:35.440 Cleveland after getting his buyout from the Houston Rockets. And 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:37.960 then I also reported today that the Mavericks have turned 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.920 their attention to Justin Holliday. The Rockets will be put 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:46.000 if they do a buyout with Holiday, which it sounds 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.400 like they will, Houston will have put three players into 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.640 this buyout market. John Wall again still we don't know 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.280 where he's gonna land, but Danny Green soon to be 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.320 a calve and Holiday the MAVs are chasing him. What 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:01.920 do you think of all that nonsense? I just spewed, Well, 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:04.280 all those all those out there, you know, Terence Ross, 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:08.600 we knew Phoenix was going to be a heavy recruiter 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.400 in this buyout market. We knew that all of a sudden, 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.080 they're probably the most attractive team out there on the 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:16.240 market right now, And it makes all the sense in 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.840 the world. Phoenix is a good place. Phoenix is a 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:22.120 great city to play in. I just left Phoenix. The 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.360 weather was beautiful, gorgeous weather. But I got out before 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:29.400 the Super Bowl frenzy of travel trump by people that 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.920 are that will be departing Phoenix, so I was able 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.320 to get out before that. But with that being said, 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:38.400 so Terence Ross goes to Phoenix. Good pickup Reggie Jackson 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:42.439 and Denver. They've been looking for more, you know, more 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:46.000 more veteran presence with bones Highland trading, bones to clip, 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.640 you know, to the Clippers and bringing in Reggie Jackson 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.520 and market. That's a great pickup for them. I like 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:55.280 Danny Green in Cleveland, you know, he was over there 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:58.120 early in his career. Could pick up for them. But 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.280 there's a lot of unknowns now like, So let's talk 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:07.559 about Russell Westbrook real quick. I was told Billy Donovan 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:13.120 with the Bulls he's made, his message has been relayed 0:09:13.400 --> 0:09:17.280 to Russ that Chicago should be the place for him. 0:09:17.480 --> 0:09:20.239 So I don't know, I don't know if they've talked extensively. 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:22.280 I don't know if it was a text, but I 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:26.040 was told his message has been relayed to Russ that 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.040 Chicago should be the place. That's interesting because you know 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:33.280 they didn't, you know, at least from what I remember, 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:35.320 I mean, did they have a great you know, I 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:37.800 seem to remember there were some tensions there when when 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.079 Russ was at the end of his thunder time, or 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.320 at least that was the that was the whisper. Yeah, 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.160 that that I'm not too sure about. That's just you 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:50.280 know what I was told. Then you have obviously the 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:55.319 La Clippers, who we heard Paul George openly campaigning for 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:59.160 Russ to pick the clippers and stay home. And you 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:02.120 know that that was just be a storybook type of 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:06.000 a chapter right there with Russ going over across the hall. 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:08.960 And excuse me, if you hear a howling, that's my 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.840 dog in the back of howling. Isn't the full moon 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.640 back there? What time is its forty five pm? Here? 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.080 I don't know what's going on. My dog gotta check on. 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:21.400 But uh so you got that, and then we get 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:23.880 such a glimpse into your life and out of the show. 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:25.880 I mean, I thought I knew you pretty well, but 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.840 I mean we're only like seven we're like seven episodes 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.479 into this thing, but I've learned a lot about you. 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.000 You never know what's going to happen in the Haynes household. 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.440 My dog is hell Is because I'll tell you this. 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.439 When I walk into press rooms, I'm still getting questions. 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.560 Did Haynes really order a pizza? And I'm like, yes, 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.240 that was not made up, that was not for effect. 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:50.880 That was real. My kids were hungry and I knew 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.040 I couldn't do anything the next hour or so, so 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:56.040 I'll order a pizza so they can stay quiet. And 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:58.400 you don't. You don't hear my dog? Oh no, this 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.480 is a that's the thing. But it's you know, it's 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.360 your dog sounds like a wolf, like this is like, no, 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:07.319 it's like a wolf sound. Yeah. No, he's husky mixed 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:10.439 with parrenees. But so he looks like, yeah, what is it? 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:13.520 What is it? Y'all? Hear this? Everybody? I don't think 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:15.920 he does. This mean he doesn't Your dog does not 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:18.920 like our work product. We're not We're not bringing it. 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.080 Or maybe he wants to talk about the Temple Warves. 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.360 I don't know what it is, but god Lee is 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:32.560 not happy. Prince buy out mark press, Chill, press, press, 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:38.880 chill Quiet. I'm doing a pod quiet all right. So 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.040 what I was saying, this will be impressive if Prince 0:11:41.280 --> 0:12:16.920 heeds those instructions. What I was saying, so John Wall. 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:19.839 I don't know what the market is for him right now. 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.600 I really don't. I don't trump think have I heard 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:27.000 of a team. I don't know that I've heard a 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:32.640 team linked to him as of yet. Well, I want 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:34.600 to have back to Russ for a second, because I mean, 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.400 you said it. Paul George came out two nights ago 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:43.040 and basically told the assembled media he wants Russell Westbrook 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:48.160 on this team. But is that a unanimous opinion in Clipperland? 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.120 Is the front office on board with that? Are the 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.120 rest of the players in that locker room on board 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.160 with that? And I'm asking it more rhetorically, not trying 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:57.160 to put you on the spot. I genuinely don't know. 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.640 But you would think Paul George has out a voice 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.400 there is just about anybody. So I thought that was 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:08.720 really interesting that he was so openly campaigning for Russ 0:13:08.720 --> 0:13:13.320 to I mean, look at this. I mean I think 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.840 we all have to question it to some degree. I mean, 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:20.160 for sure, for sure, but what else do they have 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:25.199 at that position? Well that seems you know, Bones Highland 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.560 is not a pure playmaker by any stretch, but he 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:29.840 certainly gives them another guy who can do stuff with 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:33.280 the ball, So you know, I I thought the Clippers 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:36.560 had one. You know, I thought the Clippers had a 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:41.360 pretty strong rebound. Obviously, they weren't as desperate or eager 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.040 to get into the Kyrie Irving situation as the Lakers were. 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:48.120 But I thought both LA teams did okay at this deadline. 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.160 I mean, the Lakers came away with four or five 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:55.679 new players and completely refurbished their rotation. And you know, 0:13:56.360 --> 0:14:00.319 got guys who you know, are very capable NBA players, 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:02.840 And if they can get if they can get Lebron 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:05.000 right and keep a D on the court, they should 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:08.800 be a much stronger team with Ruey Hatchemura and Vanderbilt 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:12.679 and Malik Beasley, you know, and DeAngelo Russell, with all 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:16.080 these newcomers, they should be much stronger. And the Clippers, okay, 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:20.600 they did not get the you know, the full fledged playing. 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:22.680 They didn't get a Mike Conley type, which I think 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.320 a lot of us have said they need to make 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:28.800 the offense flow better for Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:33.680 But you know, they do get plumbly, they do get highland. 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.840 I'm leaving out who the third person in that Mick 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.560 who who was who who was their third acquisition. Why 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:44.080 can't I man, it is a yeah, who did they 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:50.160 get from? And Eric Gordon? So they got I mean, 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:57.560 so they upgraded, they upgraded their bench, you know, very noticeably. 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:01.960 So look adding ding a Russell Westbrook in the buyout market, 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:05.280 it would be I mean, it would be I mean 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.520 for us, it would be delicious if Russ stays in 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.880 LA and doesn't you know, just moves across the hall. 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.200 But you know that we I think we also do. 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.440 I have to acknowledge here that to this point, you know, 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:18.880 the vibes coming out of Utah have been Russ wants 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:20.720 to take a little time here and figure out what 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:23.360 to do. I still think he ends up doing a biout. 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:26.520 I can't see him finishing the season with the Jazz, 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:29.240 But the Jazz are kind of sending that message that 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:33.520 we'd be happy to keep him if he wants to stay. So, uh, yeah, 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.320 I don't see it. I don't see it. I mean, 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:37.160 if he stayed, the benefit would be they have a 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:41.400 bird rights. But I don't. I don't see that at all. 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:44.360 But yeah, so I think at the end of the day, 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:46.320 once it does get to the point where he does 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:51.440 get that buyout Bulls Clippers, and look, Miami has there. 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:56.120 I have not heard any fresh rumbles about Miami's interest, 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.360 but you know, my aunt, there was a there was 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:01.280 a point in time. I'm a few years ago Miami 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:03.880 tried to trade for Russell Westbrook. They he's always been 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:06.720 on their radar, to radar to some degree. And as 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:10.520 I've said a zillion times, you know pat Riley, Eric Spoelstra, 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:14.600 they are never afraid to take on a strong personality. 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:18.560 They're never afraid of reclamation projects if they think Russell 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:22.080 Westbrook or John Wall can help them, and won't surprise 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:26.560 me one iota if the heat jump in there. Yeah, 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:29.520 and another guy out there, Pat Bev. You know, I 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:34.160 thought I thought I was hearing rumbles all season long 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:37.680 about how he would like to have a reunion in Minnesota, 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.520 until your report came out and said Minnesota they don't. 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.680 They don't have any interest that's not in their plans, 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:46.840 and so you try to think about where could he land. Milwaukee. 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:49.840 I don't think I haven't heard anything with Milwaukee linked 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:53.360 to Pat Bev. Miami. I don't know. I don't know. 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.480 Back to the Clippers, I know people saying saying that 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:58.640 I don't know. So the rest of these guys you 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:02.320 talk about, Pat bev Russ, no, Pat bay of John 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.640 wall a lot of unknowns as it right now. Someone 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:07.720 else we should throw in here who is not part 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:09.800 of the buyout market because he's been trying to find 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.320 his next stop all season. De Marcus Cousins is another 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:17.320 former All Star who is available and itching to get 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:21.919 back in And you know it hasn't materialized yet, But 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:25.960 there are a lot of very accomplished players who are 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:30.560 suddenly free agents in the league. Serge Ibaka as well. 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.960 You think Serge is still you think he's still serviceable. 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:39.560 I mean the fact that a title chasing team in 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.960 Milwaukee didn't see the need to keep him and made 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:44.520 it so clear that he was going to be made 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:49.399 available at the deadline, I mean that certainly raises red flags. 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:53.240 But I also would think with his resume and experience 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.280 that if a team needs a big they would certainly 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.440 consider him. They'd have to take a look at him. 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:02.480 But yeah, it's it's, uh, it's you know, I've found 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:07.320 it interesting that, uh, you know, the way the way 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:09.679 the buyout market has kind of started with you know, 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:13.240 Reggie Jackson, Terrence Ross, Danny Green, and you know justin 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:16.240 Holiday generating more interest now than than some of these 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:19.720 other names. Will Barton as well, Will Barton, another guy 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.320 Will So that's it. Yeah, I mean, I mean Will 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.440 Barton's you know, less than two seasons removed from what 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:31.400 the average fourteen and seven in Washington. So, um, there 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:36.040 is talent out Denver, in Denver, my bad. I told you, 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.639 don't trust it if my memories involved, don't trust it 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:43.159 unless I can look it up. Um. Yeah, So, I mean, 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:46.040 we still have a good bit bit of action here. 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:48.320 But let's let's pivot to the Let's pivot to the 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:53.840 trade that is amazingly only just getting agreed to tonight 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.080 as we record this, and when this comes out Monday, 0:18:56.119 --> 0:19:00.439 the teams will finally announce it, you know, the Warriors 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:05.120 and the Blazers. At odds. The Warriors say that the 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:09.960 Blazers did not disclose all the requisite medical information on 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:13.000 Gary Payton, the second that they should have in the 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:18.960 team's trade talks. The Warriors are insisting that Gary Peyton 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:22.159 too is going to be out for an extended stretch 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:24.440 and is not ready to play, and that the Blazers 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:27.320 did not convey that now. In the end, Golden State 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:30.159 is going through with the trade. They're getting back a 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:32.080 player they didn't want to lose in the first place, 0:19:32.080 --> 0:19:34.520 a player they felt they couldn't resign because of luxury 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.600 tax reasons. He's not gonna be able to play right away. 0:19:37.600 --> 0:19:40.200 Stephan Curry's out right now. I mean, there is a 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:42.400 lot to this story, and I'm just going to turn 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:46.720 it over to you. The word is that if any 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:50.480 violation is found that they could issue a fine or 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:54.000 remove some draft picks. So we'll see what happens from that. 0:19:54.600 --> 0:19:56.639 But you know, there's another layer to this from the 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:02.080 Warrior standpoint. I was told that they've urged the league 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:06.440 to look into Portland's dealing with New Orleans last year 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:10.280 when it was the CJ. McCallum Larry Nast trade. They've 0:20:10.359 --> 0:20:15.080 urged the league to look into that, particularly Larry Nast Jr. 0:20:15.359 --> 0:20:22.160 Because they believe that a similar incident happened in that deal, 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:26.840 and they feel like the Blazers may have a pattern 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:35.440 of doing something where they're either withholding information or presenting 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:39.240 misleading information. And so without having all the details, what 0:20:39.280 --> 0:20:41.400 I do know is the Warriors have made it clear 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:43.320 to the lead that they need to look into that 0:20:44.680 --> 0:20:47.400 trade from last year, and that was around the deadline. 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:50.200 That was about two days that deal happened, I believe 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:52.919 about two or three days before the trade deadline. So 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:57.159 it's a little bit different. But you would expect the 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:03.320 league to call New Orleans to see what they say 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:07.400 and get their take on what happened in that deal. Yeah, 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:11.040 because if I mean, I mean, that's that's definitely something new, 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:15.160 a new development, and if there is any evidence of 0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:18.240 a pattern here, that is certainly going to factor into 0:21:18.240 --> 0:21:21.960 how the league deals with it. Because I think it's clear. Look, 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:25.440 it was pretty clear when you know, Gary Peyton is 0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:29.480 watching the Warriors play, sitting with team officials and wearing 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:32.480 a Warrior sweatshirt on Saturday night, It's that was a 0:21:32.520 --> 0:21:35.880 pretty strong sign that this trade was going to go 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:38.720 through in the end. But I think it's also clear 0:21:38.760 --> 0:21:42.800 that the Warriors do want some sort of punishment levied 0:21:43.000 --> 0:21:46.680 against the Blazers. Whether that means you know, they made 0:21:46.720 --> 0:21:50.640 that clear, Hosta, they made that abutly clear. Yeah, they 0:21:50.720 --> 0:21:52.560 want some type of puss. Yeah. Yeah, So are they 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:54.720 gonna get you know, is there gonna be a fine here? 0:21:54.960 --> 0:21:59.040 Is there? You know, do they lose pick somehow, um, 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:02.639 because the Warriors gave up five you know, five second 0:22:02.760 --> 0:22:06.359 rounders as part of this trade to bring Gary Payton 0:22:06.400 --> 0:22:10.359 the second back. Did you at any point this weekend 0:22:10.400 --> 0:22:13.320 think this deal was not gonna happen. No, No, not 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:16.040 at all, not at all, not at all. I mean 0:22:16.800 --> 0:22:20.639 the financial ramifications for rescinding that deal wouldn't have been 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:23.359 on Golden State side. No. I think at the end 0:22:23.400 --> 0:22:27.760 of the day, the league, the Warriors were in communication 0:22:27.840 --> 0:22:30.000 with the league, and I know Adam Silver was heavily 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:33.400 involved with trying to see it. I believe they were 0:22:33.480 --> 0:22:36.120 trying to see what more they could get out of it. 0:22:36.280 --> 0:22:39.960 But being at this deal happened at the trade deadline, 0:22:40.000 --> 0:22:42.879 like right at the buzzer, there was no way that 0:22:42.920 --> 0:22:45.560 they can get any type of compensation back for a 0:22:45.640 --> 0:22:50.440 player who failed the physical And so I think they, 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:53.040 you know, there's exhausted all their options. They went up 0:22:53.080 --> 0:22:55.960 into the deadline to try to see what can be done, 0:22:56.040 --> 0:22:58.400 what penalties can be levy, what can they be had, 0:22:58.400 --> 0:23:00.320 And I think at the end of the day they 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:03.680 realize that, Okay, we know we can't get anything out 0:23:03.720 --> 0:23:05.879 you know about of this deal, right now, but it 0:23:06.000 --> 0:23:10.919 still serves us, serves our interests in keeping this trade, 0:23:12.160 --> 0:23:16.520 keeping this trade executed. Bringing Gary Payton him sitting, you know, 0:23:16.720 --> 0:23:18.679 I think he's going to be out for maybe a 0:23:18.680 --> 0:23:20.440 few weeks or something like. I don't think it's gonna 0:23:20.480 --> 0:23:23.760 be out long. So I think they had to look 0:23:23.760 --> 0:23:26.720 at it from that standpoint. But it is clear that 0:23:26.760 --> 0:23:30.800 they made a point that they feel like something was 0:23:30.840 --> 0:23:32.879 not on the up and up, and they want the 0:23:33.000 --> 0:23:37.440 league to investigate. And you know, I can believe they're 0:23:37.480 --> 0:23:41.880 hoping that the League finds something and issues them issues 0:23:41.920 --> 0:23:45.560 the issues Portland, you know, whatever that and that's the thing. 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:49.000 They want a Pielty Levy. But it's not necessarily going 0:23:49.000 --> 0:23:51.480 to help them out. But that's just so just that's 0:23:51.600 --> 0:23:55.119