WEBVTT - EMERGENCY POD: Reaction to SHOCKING Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis trade between Mavs & Lakers

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome in. What'll drive with the Great Emergency Pod is

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<v Speaker 1>what these are called. And let me tell you how

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<v Speaker 1>my night went last night. So my dad is in

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<v Speaker 1>out of town, in from Kansas City, kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>last minute trip because it is my niece's birthday, so

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<v Speaker 1>he came in town to see her, and my wife

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<v Speaker 1>and I took him out to dinner last night. And

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<v Speaker 1>so my dad and I don't get together that often,

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<v Speaker 1>but if we do get together, it's gonna be an

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<v Speaker 1>incredibly long dinner and a lot of wine. So that

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<v Speaker 1>was a three hour dinner my dad, my wife, and

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<v Speaker 1>I and then afterwards my dad heads back to my

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<v Speaker 1>sisters and my wife says, you know, we haven't gone

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<v Speaker 1>out like gone out, gone out like we used to

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<v Speaker 1>in quite some time. I was a bottle of wine

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<v Speaker 1>in I'm not driving. I'm like, okay, let's do it.

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<v Speaker 1>So we end up going going downtown in New York

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<v Speaker 1>a couple different spots. And while we are in a

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<v Speaker 1>way too loud, far too many people, so much younger

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<v Speaker 1>than me, as I am the old guy in the club,

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<v Speaker 1>I look at my phone and I read this breaking

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<v Speaker 1>The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic, Maxi, Kliba, and

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<v Speaker 1>Markkeith Morris to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis,

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<v Speaker 1>Max Christi and a twenty twenty nine first round pick.

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<v Speaker 1>Sources tell ESPN from Sham Sharania, and I have the

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<v Speaker 1>reaction that I think, literally everyone has, Oh dude, got hacked.

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<v Speaker 1>Definitely not real, impossible that it could be real. He

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<v Speaker 1>then follows it up with yes, this is real and

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<v Speaker 1>has the full trade. But again that means nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>me because if if you got hacked, if you got hacked,

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<v Speaker 1>the same person has control of your account. You then tweeting, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>this is real. I send the tweet to people who

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<v Speaker 1>would be directly involved in such a thing, and before

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<v Speaker 1>I even get a response, the main ESPN account tweets it.

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<v Speaker 1>And my reaction at that moment is like everyone else's

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<v Speaker 1>holy shit, what just happened? Is this the biggest trade

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<v Speaker 1>in NBA history? Maybe, but maybe not. You don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to be too prisoner of the moment. He I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>Kareem Abdul Jabbar was traded in the peak of his prime,

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<v Speaker 1>in a decade when he was winning six league MVPs,

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<v Speaker 1>So that's a pretty big one. That Shaquille O'Neill obviously

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<v Speaker 1>changed teams. We've had, We've had Apex, predator stars changed teams.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know if it's the biggest trading in

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<v Speaker 1>NBA history. It is the most shocking there is nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I say shocking, not just to the audience,

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<v Speaker 1>to the league. Other teams didn't know, other agents didn't know,

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<v Speaker 1>other players didn't know. There is no context for what

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<v Speaker 1>we just saw, Luca entering not even yet officially really

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<v Speaker 1>technically in his prime, even though it sure feels like

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<v Speaker 1>he's been in his prime since his second year in

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<v Speaker 1>the league. But age wise, you're prime in the league

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be twenty seven to thirty one, Luca at

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five being traded without a trade demand, a preemptive

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<v Speaker 1>strike by Dallas, and Dallas's return being a great player

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<v Speaker 1>in Anthony Davis. But again, if prime is twenty seven

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<v Speaker 1>to thirty one, a thirty one year old Anthony Davis,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is just mind blown. So I then tweeted

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<v Speaker 1>about it. I went on IG Live from the club

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<v Speaker 1>that might have been a that could have been a

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<v Speaker 1>terrible mistake, and end up going quite well. And then

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<v Speaker 1>something happened on my phone where it's not even it's

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<v Speaker 1>not even saved, it's not even posted. You had to

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<v Speaker 1>be one of those few thousand people watching me live,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't even know if you could hear me

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<v Speaker 1>or else. That's lost to the ether. So here's what

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna do. It's not gonna be the normal hour

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<v Speaker 1>long pod. Never done. I think I've maybe done one

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<v Speaker 1>other emergency pod. I don't know. Lakers perspective, Luca's perspective,

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<v Speaker 1>Lebron's perspective, the MAVs perspective, and Anthony Davis's perspective. Those

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<v Speaker 1>are the five angles. We're gonna attack each one individually.

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<v Speaker 1>We are going to start with the Lakers. I do

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<v Speaker 1>not know. So what does it mean for the Lakers

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<v Speaker 1>right now this moment. I'm not sure the Lakers actually

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<v Speaker 1>for this year got demonstrably better, and I know that

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<v Speaker 1>sounds insane. They're going to have one of, if not

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<v Speaker 1>the best offense in basketball. That's going to happen. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>You now have two of the best generators of offense

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<v Speaker 1>in NBA history in Lebron James who's still and he

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<v Speaker 1>showed it to you last night against a good Knicks

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<v Speaker 1>team on the road without ad old Man still got

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<v Speaker 1>it thirty three, twelve and eleven, just because Yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>in the garden, so I'm gonna rev up to still

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<v Speaker 1>being able to get to whatever my apex is right now,

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<v Speaker 1>I can get there in the biggest spot. You then

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<v Speaker 1>add to him a guy who is, with no disrespect

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<v Speaker 1>to SGA, a top three player. So offensively, the Lakers

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be extraordinary. Defensively, they were already bad

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<v Speaker 1>and they lost their only room protection and so for

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<v Speaker 1>this year, I don't you know, I know their championship

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<v Speaker 1>ods went from like fifty to one to twenty to one.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything I know about the history of the NBA says

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<v Speaker 1>you can't be as bad as they're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>defensively and have a real shot at the championship. But honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter. That's not the point of this trade.

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<v Speaker 1>The point of this trade if you're the Los Angeles

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<v Speaker 1>Lakers is you now are set for the next half decade,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's being conservative. If Luca likes it there, you're

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<v Speaker 1>set for the next decade. You have there Again, there

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<v Speaker 1>are three guys that are just better than every player

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<v Speaker 1>in the league. Jokic, Jannis and Luca and now you

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<v Speaker 1>have one of them. And now when we zoom out

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<v Speaker 1>for the last half decade for the Lakers, they flipped

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Hart, Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and what ends up

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<v Speaker 1>being four first round picks for a championship in twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty and Luke ad Ancic the Anthony Davis trade got

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<v Speaker 1>you a championship, and then Anthony Davis plus one more

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<v Speaker 1>first round pick got you Luk Adncic and the Lakers

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<v Speaker 1>probably aren't done. The Lakers have to go get a

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<v Speaker 1>big They just have to. Jack Hayes is not like

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<v Speaker 1>if they're actually going to try to compete this year,

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<v Speaker 1>but even if they don't, it's simply one of the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest coups in the history of basketball. And there are

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<v Speaker 1>so many ways to try to build a perennial contender

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA. You can do what Okahoma City did,

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<v Speaker 1>which is draft exceptionally, take your shot, cast your chips

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<v Speaker 1>out at the right time, rebuild picks, picks picks, draft

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<v Speaker 1>exceptionally again, and then have your contender make a savvy trade.

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<v Speaker 1>See something in SGA the rest of the league doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>quite see. That's one method. Another method is what the

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<v Speaker 1>Spurs you're trying to do literally, hit the draft lottery,

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<v Speaker 1>get a generational talent, hope he wants to be there.

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<v Speaker 1>Another method is the Knicks what they've tried to do.

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<v Speaker 1>See something in a player in Jalen Brunson the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the league doesn't quite see. Go get him, see

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<v Speaker 1>him ascend, be judicious with your draft picks, and then

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<v Speaker 1>go all in. There's all these smart, long term ways

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<v Speaker 1>to build a contender. The other way is just be

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<v Speaker 1>the fucking Lakers and seemingly be mismanaged for a half decade,

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<v Speaker 1>and then Lebron James is like, I want to play

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<v Speaker 1>for you and get him, and then he helps you

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<v Speaker 1>get Anthony Davis, and then a half decade later, the

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas Mavericks call you and say they call you and say,

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<v Speaker 1>can I interest you in Luka Ancic, to which you say, uh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you can. Now the MAVs side of this is far uglier,

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<v Speaker 1>and the MAVs are going to try to spin evidently

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<v Speaker 1>that they were worried about how in shape Luca was

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<v Speaker 1>and they were worried about giving him the Supermax. If

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<v Speaker 1>Luca's not worth the Supermax, then then no one is.

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<v Speaker 1>Whenever we talk about the best players in the league.

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<v Speaker 1>The other thing you got to remember is, even if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to include Shae in that top three and

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<v Speaker 1>call it a top four in something that is true,

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<v Speaker 1>but no one ever believes when you tell them Shae

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<v Speaker 1>older than Luca. Luca's twenty five, Shay's twenty six. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>yokichinyanis considerably older than both of them. So if you're

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<v Speaker 1>the MAVs, you didn't hold an auction, you didn't get

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<v Speaker 1>a bounty, you got one first round pick, no swaps,

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't get Dalton connect, you didn't get Austin Rivers.

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<v Speaker 1>Now again, I'm not downplaying who Anthony Davis is. Anthony

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<v Speaker 1>Davis is a great player, but he is six years

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<v Speaker 1>older and he is not Luka Nacik. And you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>it on the heels of Luca. Take the last three

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<v Speaker 1>years in Dallas. Luca carries you to the conference finals,

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<v Speaker 1>then you have a disaster year, and then he carries

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<v Speaker 1>you to the NBA Finals. You pull off a risky

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<v Speaker 1>Kyrie Irving trade and it works, and to now have

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<v Speaker 1>f And here's the other thing for Dallas. They in

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<v Speaker 1>the Kyrie trade and the other trades they've made, they've

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<v Speaker 1>traded a lot of their future draft so not to

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<v Speaker 1>get two in the weeds. But I'm looking at it

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<v Speaker 1>right now. Think on real GM twenty twenty seven, their

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<v Speaker 1>first round pick to Charlotte. Twenty twenty eight, their first

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<v Speaker 1>round pick can be swapped with Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be really good, so I would imagine that's a

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<v Speaker 1>swap that'll take place twenty twenty nine, their first round

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<v Speaker 1>pick to either Houston or Brooklyn. That's a complicated one,

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<v Speaker 1>but they don't have it. Twenty thirty, they swap picks

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<v Speaker 1>with san Antonio. So twenty when did it start? Twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven to twenty thirty, you don't have your own

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<v Speaker 1>draft pick. You either don't have a first or you're

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<v Speaker 1>swapping with san Antonio, who by twenty thirty should be awesome,

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<v Speaker 1>or Oklahoma City, who in twenty twenty eight will be awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>And now you're leaning on is Kyrie thirty two now

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<v Speaker 1>a thirty two turning thirty three next month, Kyrie Irving

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<v Speaker 1>and a thirty one year old Anthony Davis, who again

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<v Speaker 1>is a great player, and he turns thirty two next

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<v Speaker 1>month as well. And what you don't have is a

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of these other future picks to replenish all the

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<v Speaker 1>picks you traded away trying to win now with Luca.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand this from the MAVs perspective at all.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand how you don't hold an auction. All

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<v Speaker 1>the reporting surrounding this is that Luca did not demand this,

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<v Speaker 1>that they were And again, I'm sure people are gonna

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the fact that he mainlined sweet tea or

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<v Speaker 1>that he's out of shape. Who gives a shit? He

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<v Speaker 1>was just in the NBA finals. He's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest offensive players in modern NBA history. And how does

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<v Speaker 1>this land for Kyrie? How does this land for Anthony Davis?

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<v Speaker 1>Has to be I mean not just shocked, but devastated.

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<v Speaker 1>And I do not believe anyone arguing will actually for

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<v Speaker 1>this year the MAVs got better, No, they didn't. Luca

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<v Speaker 1>in the playoffs is one of the most prolific players

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<v Speaker 1>in the last thirty years offensively, and you'd be like,

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<v Speaker 1>what about the defense. I don't know, man, they were

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<v Speaker 1>in the finals last year. Luca's career in the playoffs again,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm twenty twenty thirty one, ten to nine. The entirety

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<v Speaker 1>of that series was with Koir Paul George Gardingham. He's

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years old or I guess the let me make sure,

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<v Speaker 1>would he have turned Okay, No, he's twenty one. He

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<v Speaker 1>turned twenty one before those playoffs, So twenty twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>again with Koir Paul George guarding him the whole time

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<v Speaker 1>in the playoffs thirty six, eight and ten, he's twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two years old. Then he carries them to the conference finals,

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<v Speaker 1>going through a Phoenix team that everyone loved. He's thirty two,

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<v Speaker 1>ten and six. And then last year he carries them

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<v Speaker 1>to the NBA Finals forty one minutes per game, twenty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>not ten and eight. And you traded him. You traded

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<v Speaker 1>him for a player six years older than him who's

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<v Speaker 1>not quite as good, Max Christi, and won first round pick.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, the Lakers first round pick in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty nine not going to be that valuable. You

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<v Speaker 1>know why, because Luca is on the team. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>what does this mean for Lebron again? There will be

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<v Speaker 1>It's inevitable. It hasn't yet happened. I tweeted that it

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna last night, that it would happen by Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>and I imagine it will by Monday, there will be

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<v Speaker 1>folks on your television screens explaining how Lebron orchestrated this,

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<v Speaker 1>or Lebron ran a d out of town or that

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<v Speaker 1>is I can tell you with I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>it's first hand sourcing, but it's close. That's nonsense. And

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<v Speaker 1>again I'm not certain I this makes the Lakers such

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<v Speaker 1>a different team this year. I don't know how much

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<v Speaker 1>it helps Lebron this season from a odds to win

0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:03.440
<v Speaker 1>the championship standpoint. What does allow for is Lucas Lebron's

0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.200
<v Speaker 1>favorite player in the league. There is a great clip

0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:11.960
<v Speaker 1>Lebron on the Pod with the road Trip and Pod

0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:16.600
<v Speaker 1>Richard Jefferson in Channing Fry and I think it's Ali

0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:23.680
<v Speaker 1>Clifton years ago where he says Luca was the first

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<v Speaker 1>and only player he's ever tried to sign to be

0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:31.440
<v Speaker 1>a Lebron athlete on his shoe line. But Jordan got it,

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<v Speaker 1>and he talked about how much he loves Luca's game,

0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:42.120
<v Speaker 1>and Lucas talked forever about how he's modeled his kind

0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:49.080
<v Speaker 1>of game after Lebron's. Those two guys playing together on

0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:54.560
<v Speaker 1>the back the very back end of Lebron's career is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be absolutely remarkable to see. Now, is it

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<v Speaker 1>possible this year that they realize, well, their skills are

0:19:10.400 --> 0:19:15.400
<v Speaker 1>kind of redundant and we need to figure out how

0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:20.879
<v Speaker 1>we're going to card wings and this pairing, while fun

0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:29.920
<v Speaker 1>from a winning four playoff series perspective, not great. And therefore,

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<v Speaker 1>next offseason, for what everyone assumes next year will be

0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:40.919
<v Speaker 1>Lebron's final year, that the Lakers and Lebron talk and

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<v Speaker 1>figure out do you want to finish here? Should you

0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:49.000
<v Speaker 1>finish here? Or is there that Steph Lebron pairing that

0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:53.040
<v Speaker 1>everyone's been hinting about for years? Is there a way

0:19:53.040 --> 0:19:55.480
<v Speaker 1>to make that happen? Sure, that might be on the board.

0:19:56.800 --> 0:20:07.439
<v Speaker 1>But seeing these two basketball savants, true geniuses play together

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<v Speaker 1>in what is probably at least the second to last

0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:15.000
<v Speaker 1>year of Lebron's career and maybe the last year of

0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:18.840
<v Speaker 1>his career just from a pure basketball fan standpoint, is

0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:24.199
<v Speaker 1>going to be unbelievable. What does it mean for Luca?

0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:29.680
<v Speaker 1>And here is I think the most important piece of this.

0:20:32.640 --> 0:20:35.000
<v Speaker 1>Maybe I should have led with it, it's the most important piece.

0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:39.000
<v Speaker 1>I think this is the single greatest thing that could

0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:44.199
<v Speaker 1>ever happen to luka Anci's the basketball player. He is

0:20:44.320 --> 0:20:53.960
<v Speaker 1>going to see first hand the level of professionalism taking

0:20:54.080 --> 0:21:02.320
<v Speaker 1>care of your body that it takes to reach his

0:21:02.600 --> 0:21:07.200
<v Speaker 1>full potential. And what Luca's full potential is. His full

0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:10.760
<v Speaker 1>potential is one of the ten greatest players of all time.

0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:17.840
<v Speaker 1>That's what it is. And even without reaching his full potential,

0:21:19.040 --> 0:21:21.919
<v Speaker 1>he's going to be one of the twenty five greatest

0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.879
<v Speaker 1>players of all time. He's going to be a multiple

0:21:25.960 --> 0:21:35.000
<v Speaker 1>time MVP. But if he can glean a bit from

0:21:35.080 --> 0:21:45.119
<v Speaker 1>lebron On, because the off the court stuff, the way

0:21:45.240 --> 0:21:52.520
<v Speaker 1>to really stay in shape, and again, Luca played in

0:21:52.520 --> 0:21:55.439
<v Speaker 1>the Olympics, Luca plays. I'm sure Luca's argument is, guys,

0:21:55.800 --> 0:21:59.080
<v Speaker 1>I play as much basketball as as humanly possible. Leave

0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:02.840
<v Speaker 1>me alone if I you know, enjoy hookah and you know,

0:22:02.960 --> 0:22:09.399
<v Speaker 1>some fatty acids. But he's dealt with a few injuries.

0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:17.520
<v Speaker 1>He obviously can wear down a bit, and so learning

0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:24.200
<v Speaker 1>from lebron On that changes the trajectory of his career.

0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:30.639
<v Speaker 1>And I can't listen this for me. I mean, this

0:22:30.720 --> 0:22:35.359
<v Speaker 1>is my all time favorite player ever in Lebron now

0:22:35.400 --> 0:22:38.680
<v Speaker 1>playing on the same team with my second favorite player

0:22:38.680 --> 0:22:41.560
<v Speaker 1>in the league in Luca it's it's the greatest player

0:22:41.600 --> 0:22:44.720
<v Speaker 1>of all time and my larger old Slovenian son together.

0:22:45.040 --> 0:22:48.239
<v Speaker 1>I can't believe it. I still can't believe it. I

0:22:48.359 --> 0:22:54.760
<v Speaker 1>also like, again, what does it mean basketball wise? Because

0:22:54.800 --> 0:22:58.080
<v Speaker 1>at the end of games, both Luca and still even

0:22:58.200 --> 0:23:02.320
<v Speaker 1>forty years old, there aren't three guys in the world

0:23:03.160 --> 0:23:06.639
<v Speaker 1>who you'd rather have ball in their hand, final five

0:23:06.680 --> 0:23:11.560
<v Speaker 1>minutes of a playoff game dictating everything, Three guys you'd

0:23:11.640 --> 0:23:15.720
<v Speaker 1>rather have more than Lebron. But if there are, one

0:23:15.760 --> 0:23:20.640
<v Speaker 1>of them's Luca and so I don't know how they're

0:23:20.680 --> 0:23:27.280
<v Speaker 1>gonna sort that out, but that's one of them good problems.

0:23:29.640 --> 0:23:33.720
<v Speaker 1>And again defensively, the Lakers, I have to imagine they're

0:23:33.720 --> 0:23:37.080
<v Speaker 1>going to make another move. And they're also now have

0:23:37.240 --> 0:23:43.120
<v Speaker 1>no size. It's a weird team. But Luca's on the Lakers.

0:23:43.680 --> 0:23:49.840
<v Speaker 1>And then then we go to Anthony Davis quickly. I

0:23:49.840 --> 0:23:55.240
<v Speaker 1>I think this sucks for AD. I think that Anthony

0:23:55.320 --> 0:24:06.920
<v Speaker 1>Davis has done everything right. He did do everything he

0:24:06.960 --> 0:24:08.760
<v Speaker 1>could to take care of his body. We saw it

0:24:08.800 --> 0:24:13.879
<v Speaker 1>paid dividends last year. I think he thought I'm going

0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:19.480
<v Speaker 1>to be a Laker forever and now get shipped to

0:24:19.600 --> 0:24:24.480
<v Speaker 1>Dallas with that weird new ownership situation. I think it's

0:24:24.520 --> 0:24:27.720
<v Speaker 1>fair to say, based on this trade, a front office

0:24:27.760 --> 0:24:36.639
<v Speaker 1>that seems to be out of their minds, and I

0:24:36.640 --> 0:24:45.960
<v Speaker 1>I now that people don't understand what kind of a

0:24:46.080 --> 0:24:54.480
<v Speaker 1>special player it takes to get all the great basketball

0:24:54.520 --> 0:24:59.440
<v Speaker 1>stuff out of Kyrie and not have to worry about

0:24:59.440 --> 0:25:02.560
<v Speaker 1>the other stuff. It's to Kyrie's credit, it has really

0:25:02.640 --> 0:25:06.040
<v Speaker 1>gone away since he went to Dallas. I wonder how

0:25:06.080 --> 0:25:13.960
<v Speaker 1>this lands. Man. Kyrie is a thoughtful guy and the

0:25:14.119 --> 0:25:18.439
<v Speaker 1>shock wave of man, this team just knifed Luca, and

0:25:18.640 --> 0:25:22.199
<v Speaker 1>knife is the wrong word because Lucas probably happy, but

0:25:23.840 --> 0:25:28.400
<v Speaker 1>preemptively traded Luca. I don't know how that impacts Kyrie.

0:25:29.440 --> 0:25:32.200
<v Speaker 1>So I say all that to say this, I would

0:25:32.280 --> 0:25:36.160
<v Speaker 1>be shocked if the MAVs win a playoff series this year. Shocked,

0:25:38.359 --> 0:25:41.520
<v Speaker 1>And that's not listen. I love Ad I think he's

0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:45.800
<v Speaker 1>an excellent player, but right now they're sitting there at

0:25:45.800 --> 0:25:54.399
<v Speaker 1>the eighth seed, ads injured. I I just cannot believe

0:25:54.440 --> 0:26:01.760
<v Speaker 1>the Mavericks did this. And I cannot believe you traded

0:26:01.880 --> 0:26:07.679
<v Speaker 1>Luka Doncic under the you know, cover of night. You

0:26:07.840 --> 0:26:15.240
<v Speaker 1>didn't come away with young players one hundred draft picks

0:26:16.000 --> 0:26:21.600
<v Speaker 1>and a full franchise reboot. Instead, you got an awesome

0:26:21.680 --> 0:26:24.120
<v Speaker 1>future Hall of Famer that's about to be thirty two

0:26:24.960 --> 0:26:34.200
<v Speaker 1>and one first round pick. It is like, what would now?

0:26:34.240 --> 0:26:37.520
<v Speaker 1>Maybe the answer is not as much as you think,

0:26:37.600 --> 0:26:42.399
<v Speaker 1>because he wasn't gonna re sign, But what would the

0:26:42.440 --> 0:26:45.479
<v Speaker 1>Spurs have given you to be able to pair Wimby

0:26:45.520 --> 0:26:51.399
<v Speaker 1>and Luca? Also? Was it not? Was this trade not

0:26:51.560 --> 0:26:58.000
<v Speaker 1>gonna be there in six months after? You get one

0:26:58.080 --> 0:27:01.879
<v Speaker 1>more playoff run again out of a guy who just

0:27:02.040 --> 0:27:10.840
<v Speaker 1>took you to the NBA Finals. I I am beyond stunt,

0:27:13.160 --> 0:27:19.800
<v Speaker 1>and I guess I don't know that I want to

0:27:19.840 --> 0:27:23.640
<v Speaker 1>give Rob Bolinka credit because I don't think that guy's

0:27:23.640 --> 0:27:29.760
<v Speaker 1>been very good at this job at all. But you

0:27:29.920 --> 0:27:34.479
<v Speaker 1>just got Luke ad Ancic. You still have picks to trade,

0:27:35.119 --> 0:27:37.800
<v Speaker 1>you still have swaps you can make, you still have

0:27:37.840 --> 0:27:43.360
<v Speaker 1>Austin Reeves, you still have Dalton connect there's you can

0:27:43.440 --> 0:27:50.320
<v Speaker 1>make moves. And the Lakers are sitting there coming off

0:27:50.359 --> 0:27:54.680
<v Speaker 1>a great win when Lebron looked awesome. That like, here's

0:27:54.720 --> 0:27:59.000
<v Speaker 1>the thing about it, and again it's one game, I understand.

0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:05.240
<v Speaker 1>But the Lakers played Saturday night in Madison Square Garden

0:28:05.280 --> 0:28:10.320
<v Speaker 1>against the Knicks without Anthony Davis and one. So that

0:28:10.440 --> 0:28:17.959
<v Speaker 1>Lakers team that when Lebron gets to that level, is

0:28:18.400 --> 0:28:22.600
<v Speaker 1>really good offensively, really good. Just added Luke a Ancic,

0:28:24.359 --> 0:28:27.639
<v Speaker 1>And I'm just staring right now at the standings, like

0:28:27.720 --> 0:28:32.720
<v Speaker 1>thinking what other teams would have just said take everything.

0:28:33.040 --> 0:28:36.000
<v Speaker 1>So Oklahoma City obviously has all the picks in the world,

0:28:37.680 --> 0:28:41.160
<v Speaker 1>but they're happy with where they're at, and you know

0:28:41.320 --> 0:28:46.160
<v Speaker 1>they so that probably wouldn't make sense. Houston's got a

0:28:46.200 --> 0:28:52.760
<v Speaker 1>lot of Pickslake, would Houston have given you Jalen Green

0:28:54.600 --> 0:29:00.320
<v Speaker 1>a million picks, others like Dylan Brooks or whatever other

0:29:00.400 --> 0:29:02.080
<v Speaker 1>salaries to make it work and then all of a

0:29:02.160 --> 0:29:10.440
<v Speaker 1>sudden you have Shngoon and Luca and Thompson. I cannot

0:29:10.480 --> 0:29:15.040
<v Speaker 1>believe this is all Dallas got, and I don't think

0:29:15.080 --> 0:29:20.880
<v Speaker 1>anyone in the league can and the Lakers now, it's

0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:23.959
<v Speaker 1>really unbelievable. If you're a Laker fan, if you're a

0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:27.200
<v Speaker 1>MAVs fan, I don't even if you're a man. Kids

0:29:27.240 --> 0:29:29.960
<v Speaker 1>that are MAVs fans, If I don't know what the

0:29:30.080 --> 0:29:33.640
<v Speaker 1>parents do this morning, explain to them that this happened.

0:29:34.560 --> 0:29:38.360
<v Speaker 1>Just devastation. But if you're a Lakers fan. I don't

0:29:38.400 --> 0:29:43.120
<v Speaker 1>care how old you are, you have been able. You

0:29:43.160 --> 0:29:54.600
<v Speaker 1>have had on your team one of the ten greatest

0:29:54.640 --> 0:30:06.560
<v Speaker 1>players of all time without interruption from the mid seventies

0:30:08.840 --> 0:30:15.240
<v Speaker 1>until Kobe's retirement. I guess the early well there was two.

0:30:15.400 --> 0:30:20.680
<v Speaker 1>You know what, let me do a different way. There

0:30:20.720 --> 0:30:26.280
<v Speaker 1>have been with basically from the start of the league

0:30:26.320 --> 0:30:39.200
<v Speaker 1>to now, whether it was West and Wilt, Kareem, Magic, Shaq,

0:30:39.320 --> 0:30:47.920
<v Speaker 1>Kobe Lebron and now Luca. We can go sixty five

0:30:48.080 --> 0:30:53.040
<v Speaker 1>years and there were if I added up all the seasons,

0:30:53.640 --> 0:31:03.560
<v Speaker 1>maybe ten total the early seventies, the mid nineties and

0:31:05.240 --> 0:31:13.120
<v Speaker 1>post Kobe pri Lebron ten twelve years total. You did

0:31:13.160 --> 0:31:19.920
<v Speaker 1>not have one of the historic again ten greatest players

0:31:19.960 --> 0:31:23.440
<v Speaker 1>of all time at or near the peak of his

0:31:23.520 --> 0:31:26.480
<v Speaker 1>powers on your team. And now Lucas not that yet,

0:31:26.680 --> 0:31:29.320
<v Speaker 1>but I think he's going to be and he's gonna

0:31:29.320 --> 0:31:32.440
<v Speaker 1>do it in the Lakers Jersey. Good for them, man.

0:31:33.440 --> 0:31:37.440
<v Speaker 1>And if you're the MAVs, I mean a year ago

0:31:38.320 --> 0:31:40.680
<v Speaker 1>you have twenty four year old Luka, doncic An owner

0:31:40.680 --> 0:31:43.600
<v Speaker 1>and Mark Cuban. That's awesome, getting ready to go to

0:31:43.640 --> 0:31:52.360
<v Speaker 1>the finals. Cuban's gone, Luca's gone, you're now fighting to,

0:31:52.800 --> 0:31:55.280
<v Speaker 1>you know, get out of the play in which you're

0:31:55.360 --> 0:32:00.280
<v Speaker 1>not going to do. And your team's built around round

0:32:01.160 --> 0:32:03.280
<v Speaker 1>a soon to be thirty two year old and as

0:32:03.320 --> 0:32:05.520
<v Speaker 1>soon to be thirty three year old who have both

0:32:05.560 --> 0:32:09.680
<v Speaker 1>dealt with injury issues, and you don't have your picks

0:32:09.720 --> 0:32:11.920
<v Speaker 1>in twenty seven to twenty eight, twenty nine, or thirty

0:32:13.200 --> 0:32:15.920
<v Speaker 1>and you have one extra pick, the Lakers twenty twenty

0:32:16.000 --> 0:32:18.960
<v Speaker 1>nine pick, which again is not going to be that

0:32:19.040 --> 0:32:24.960
<v Speaker 1>valuable because they now have Luke Anncic. What is the Lakers'

0:32:25.000 --> 0:32:30.560
<v Speaker 1>next game at the Clippers February fourth, Luke is obviously

0:32:30.600 --> 0:32:38.720
<v Speaker 1>injured home for Golden State Thursday. This is I mean,

0:32:38.800 --> 0:32:43.720
<v Speaker 1>I cannot wait to see that first Luke in Lebron game,

0:32:44.960 --> 0:32:47.880
<v Speaker 1>their first national TV game, assuming Luke is not playing

0:32:47.920 --> 0:32:54.280
<v Speaker 1>this week Saturday February twenty second, Saturday Night on ABC

0:32:54.360 --> 0:33:00.360
<v Speaker 1>against the Nuggets, and then Tuesday circle this one Today,

0:33:00.920 --> 0:33:09.320
<v Speaker 1>February twenty fifth, on TNT, the Lakers host the Dallas Mavericks. Unbelievable.

0:33:10.040 --> 0:33:12.360
<v Speaker 1>So there it is. I'm I don't know if you

0:33:12.400 --> 0:33:15.560
<v Speaker 1>guys can tell, I'm still a little stunned, but I

0:33:15.640 --> 0:33:18.960
<v Speaker 1>cannot wait to watch Luke and Lebron play together. And

0:33:19.040 --> 0:33:21.960
<v Speaker 1>again I joke on the TV show I have a

0:33:22.000 --> 0:33:24.880
<v Speaker 1>fake news hat. The hat is fake, the news is real.

0:33:26.360 --> 0:33:31.800
<v Speaker 1>Lebron was almost as shocked by this as you guys were.

0:33:33.200 --> 0:33:40.920
<v Speaker 1>And again, I don't know that if the only goal,

0:33:41.400 --> 0:33:44.600
<v Speaker 1>like from Lebron's perspective, is like win a title this year,

0:33:45.040 --> 0:33:48.640
<v Speaker 1>I don't know how much closer this makes the Lakers

0:33:48.680 --> 0:33:54.680
<v Speaker 1>this year. But for the Lakers as a team, it's

0:33:54.720 --> 0:33:57.840
<v Speaker 1>one of the greatest cups in NBA history. See you

0:33:57.880 --> 0:34:00.160
<v Speaker 1>guys on Tuesday for a regular schedule show. It was

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<v Speaker 1>what trick