WEBVTT - Timberwolves get better. Nets are a Mess. Off-Season Analysis 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:06.880 Come on on this episode of the Heat Check. It 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:12.840 is our free agent extravaganza. Rock here on Odyssey. We 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:20.279 are live from an undisclosed location. I will let you 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:23.239 know that I am going to Las Vegas tomorrow. We're 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:25.400 gonna be at Summer League. We're gonna be doing some interviews. 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:28.880 We're gonna be just tracking down people left and right. 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.560 But in the meantime, we are going to break down 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:35.720 some of these free agents signing some of these trades, 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:38.720 what they mean for their teams, the underrated ones, the 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:42.200 overrated ones, and yes, even though they're not free agents, 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:46.920 that means Kyrie, Kevin Durant, and Russell Westbrook too getting 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:50.239 packed for Summer League as we speak. Don't look at 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:53.760 my face. I'm looking them ass Rock my man, drop 0:00:53.840 --> 0:01:06.880 that beat and Bob So I'm trying to look at 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:10.160 raw I'm trying to look at my notes at the 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:14.560 same time. It's just not quite the same situation. Let's 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:18.560 start today's show by saying, today's a good day for 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.919 Kyrie Irving to be traded through the Lakers. Let's start 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.440 today's show by saying today is a great day for 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:29.160 Kevin Durant to be traded to the Phoenix Suns. Let's 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:32.440 start off today by saying today is a great day 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:36.840 to see Russell Westbrook anywhere else besides LA. Let's be honest, 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:41.040 it's not working, and I want to see him suffer. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:43.560 I want us to know. I don't. I don't, but 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.640 I do want to know what he does if he 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:47.720 goes somewhere else. And I don't think he's gonna spend 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:51.760 one moment in a Net's uniform. I just don't see it. Also, 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:55.880 the teardown is complete. It's happening. Let's get Donovan Mitchell 0:01:55.920 --> 0:02:00.360 to be the bad guy and request out now like 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.680 it's happening. But before we get started, a couple of 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.960 notes around the league. There's a couple of news items happening. 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:14.280 Jody Allen, current owner of the Portland Trailblazers. What do 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:18.040 I say that hasn't already been said? Jody's Selton, damn team. 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:23.240 We know you don't care about this team. She put 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.079 this tweet out. Let me go look for a real 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:30.920 quick rock because it is just outrageous. Jody Allen, for 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:34.040 you to have the goal to say what you said 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:37.560 makes no sense. This is what she said as chair 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.880 of both the Portland Trailblazers and the Seattle Seahawks. My 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:45.200 long term focus is building championship teams that our communities 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.200 are proud of. Like my brother Paul, I trust and 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:52.920 expect our leaders and coaches to build winning teams. That's 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:57.000 such a shady comment about Seattle and Portland and Free Vault. 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:00.120 As we've stated before, and neither of the teams is 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:05.080 for sale and that there are no sales discussions happening. 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:11.080 A time will come that given changes, given Paul's plans 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:14.720 to dedicate the vast that's a typo. A time will 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:18.160 come when that changes, given Paul's plans to dedicate the 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:21.160 vast majority of his wealth the philanthropy. But the states 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:25.320 of this size and complexity can take ten to twenty 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:30.399 years to wind down. There is no preordained timeline by 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:34.440 which the teams must be sold. Until then, My focus 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:39.680 and that of our teams is on winning. That is 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:43.440 such a lie. That's such a lie. Just sell the 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:47.600 team to Phil Knight by all means, just get rid 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:49.440 of this thing. We know you don't care, we know 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:53.600 you don't know anything about sports. Jody, Paul Ellen. Let's 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:57.400 be honest. Paul Allen never invited one athlete to any 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:01.160 of his parties. He was all musicians and actors and 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.160 people in the entertainment field. He saw the athletes as 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:09.920 like something else not to be mixed. Sell the team, Jody, 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:12.480 I don't know what's going on. As a Portland Trailblazer fan. 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:14.680 For her to try to tell me she's gonna hold 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.520 my team hostage for twenty years is something I don't 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:20.520 know if I can stand for. Like that just needs 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:22.800 to get fixed asap. Rocky, I don't know. Just like 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:27.240 Brian Windhors would say, what was she saying that for? 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:33.920 Why would she do that? I don't know. Uh. Moving on, 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:37.680 I've been thinking more about the Rudy Gobert trade I have, 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:42.280 and I think while that is a tremendous amount of 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:45.680 picks that Minnesota had to give up, I'm starting to 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:50.320 understand that we must trust in Tim Connolly. Tim Connolly 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.200 is the one who identified Rudy Gobert, who ended up 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:56.520 going to Utah and not Denver. Tim Connolly's first order 0:04:56.560 --> 0:05:01.160 of business is to turn not her. I would say, 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:04.479 put Karl Anthony Towns in a situation where he doesn't 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:07.800 have to be what he isn't right, Carl Anthony Towns 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.559 is a four masquerading in a five's body. He doesn't 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.560 want to be the rim protector. He doesn't want to 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.599 have to deal with anchoring a defense and getting in 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:21.880 foul trouble then limiting his offensive weapon re weapon re. 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:27.640 He is kind of soft. So to point him in 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.200 a position where he's supposed to be the tough guy 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.840 and the guy who to protect your team bad And 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:37.160 it shows me that Tim Connelly is all about providing 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:42.080 Rudy with the pieces that he needs to be successful around. 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:44.840 So I actually like the move and we'll talk more 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.320 about what Minnesota did later, because I think they might 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:51.560 be one of the most underrated teams in terms of 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.800 the moves that they made this offseason. And I think 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:56.720 that they might be a team as a dark horse 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.800 in the West. I know that's crazy to say they 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:03.200 could be this year's Dallas. I'm saying it now. They 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:05.680 could be the team that comes out of nowhere and 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.440 makes it to the Western Conference finals. They're gonna be 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:14.480 insanely difficult to deal with Minnesota. Now first rounders, They're like, 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:18.680 what do we care? Honestly, we've got first rounders in 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.040 the twenties now, it's not like these are lottery picks. 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:23.880 There was a new article that came out on ESPN Plus. 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.320 I'll tell you what it said. If you don't have it, 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.760 It's basically like, if you don't have picks one through fifteen, 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.240 what you have is a bench guy. So are you 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.560 willing to give up five bench guys for a defensive 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:41.880 player two time Defensive Player of the Year. Yes, overwhelmingly yes. 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.920 Minnesota is not a lottery team anymore. They're team that's 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:48.520 going to the playoffs. They have a really good coach, 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:51.680 they've got a front office and new ownership group that's 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:54.279 trying to make them contend or at least make it 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.280 to the second round of the playoffs. Do you think 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:58.280 the second round of the playoffs get you picks one 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.240 through fifteen? Oh sir, it does not. So who cares? 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.200 As they would say in the biz, fuck them picks. 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:09.440 That's what Lesnied said, Fuck them picks. Let's go out 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:12.200 and get Obi j. Let's go out and get Matthew Stafford, 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.080 Let's go out and get von Miller, and let's go 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:16.760 out and get something for those fingers. Let's go out 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:21.119 and get some for those fingers, folks. So That's really 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:24.320 interesting to me because for every Bones Highland, for every 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:27.920 Tyrese Maxi, there are five Zeke Naseis, there are five 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:31.920 Malachi Finns. And the Golbert trade go Beart trade. Really, 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.400 I call them Gilbert. The Gobert trade really for me, 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:38.920 is all about Kat and that is something that we 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.640 can talk about at a different time. Is what if 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:46.560 the Lakers were smart they would do for Anthony Davis. Shocker, 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.040 little hot take that I just thought of right the second. 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:54.240 If the Lakers cared about their team, they'd trade Lebron James. Yes, 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:58.440 they would. They would build around street clothes, they would 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:04.239 build around skin of paper, bones of glass Anthony Davis, 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:07.040 and they'd find him a big rim protector like DeAndre 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:11.920 Ayton or Rob Williams or one of those. But they 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.880 won't because they care about money, because they're broke. Like 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:19.560 all family businesses, the next generation more and more cheap, 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.960 cheaper than the last brock. All right, let's move on. Underrated. 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:26.840 I can't hear you laugh, which sucks. Underrated free agent 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:31.600 signings and trades. To me, the most under the radar 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:37.040 team is Denver, Like they're not the best free agent 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.960 team or signing team. But they're the most like under 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.240 the radar. How much better we don't know, but they 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:47.079 did make moves. What they did traded Will the Thrill Barton, 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:51.280 They traded Monte Morris. They got KCP back, who, let's 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:54.400 be honest, KCP is basically going to step in in 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:59.240 case MPJ isn't fully healthy. A wing who can get threes, 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.600 who can slap stand in the corner. Not to say 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.920 that's what MPJA does, but you kind of need somebody 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:08.640 on the perimeter if he's not healthy. They signed DeAndre Jordan, 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.120 low key kind of room protector signing. How much legs 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:15.560 and knees and ankles does he have? Not sure, but 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:18.479 it doesn't really matter. Just stand there like Hassan Whiteside. 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:24.920 They also picked up Bruce Brown. Interesting, the laugh delay amazing. 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.400 They picked up Bruce Brown two years, sixteen million dollars, 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:31.840 and I think that helps him. I think that helps 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:35.520 him play small ball five. He solidifies Denver as having 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:38.520 done something like if they wouldn't have picked up Bruce Brown, 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:42.960 they're basically saying we're okay with getting worse. Right, Denver's 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:46.000 done something interesting in getting a guy who's very versatile 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.840 he can rebound, he can get assists. He had two 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:51.439 games in the first round of the playoff where he 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:54.120 had twenty plus points and he had like almost ten 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:57.400 rebounds in those games. And you add him to Jamal 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.280 Murray and Michael Porter Junior and a two time VP 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:05.360 alongside Aaron Gordon, this team could be really, really interesting. 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:09.320 And they have something now that it's very hard to find. Malleability, 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:14.679 the ability to shape shift your lineup depending on your opponents, 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:19.360 the ability to go big or small, or big or 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:22.040 small that you can't tell with my hands, but I 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:26.160 did the wrong way. I went small big anyway. I 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.920 think this team is interesting, and I think that it 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.080 shows that they're thinking about the postseason and they're not 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:33.120 really thinking about the regular season, because you could be 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.120 a four to five seed and still go a long way. 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.600 We saw that with Dallas. We've seen that with teams 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:39.600 like Portland. We've seen that with teams like Denver in 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:43.280 the past. He cuts really well, Bruce, he defends really well. 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.040 He can score. Like I said, he averaged fourteen to 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.160 five and three in the Boston series, with twenty three 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:51.160 and twenty six and two games, up from eight four 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:53.160 to two in the previous playoffs, and Brown, to me, 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:55.839 is one of the few signings you can actually tell 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.240 your fan base Listen, we're actually trying to do something. 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:01.480 Make no mistake, this is a move to say we 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:05.079 have to be more versatile on defense. Bruskins can guard 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:07.920 one through five when Joki is not on the floor, 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:13.480 So that's very interesting to me. Number two, Boston Malcolm 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:18.760 Brogden is a very interesting trade. It helps them immensely. 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:23.920 I'm gonna say it. If Boston had Malcolm Brogden on 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.640 this team against the Warriors, I think they might have won. 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:32.120 That's how important someone like Malcolm Brogden is. He's a 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.960 real point guard who can truly play make He can 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:39.360 be consistent in the perimeter as a scorer. He's a 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:43.520 really good deep three point shooter. He's decent on on 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.000 ball defense. He's six'. Five he's like what you would 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:50.080 Want Peyton pritcher to, do but he's gonna get, cooked. 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:53.680 Right Peyton pritcher became a liability on. Defense Malcolm brogden's 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:55.800 not a liability on, defense but he can do even 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.480 more offensively Than Peyton pritcher can do because he's much 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.200 bigger and he's just more of a. Right he's very, 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:05.520 composed he's very. Safe he's a very sure handed late 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:09.000 game point, guard which is exactly the opposite Of marcus 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:14.240 mart who makes wildly crazy. Decisions he shoots well from, 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:18.079 three really sleeped on slept on forty on catch and shoot, 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:20.520 threes and he's gonna get a huge number of open looks. 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:24.560 Too he's six,', five physical much more versatile as an 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:28.080 option than Somebody Like. Peyton pritchard AND like, i said 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:30.920 this Team with brogden wins it all. LAST year. I 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:35.160 think i, think so not just because, of defense because 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.520 he has one point eight turnovers per game in his 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:40.840 career and on a team that literally was averaging like 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:46.200 twenty twenty playoff turnovers Against The Golden, State warriors like you. 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.200 Need that and he's gonna get a lot of three 0:12:48.240 --> 0:12:51.680 pointers Open With jason Tatum And, jaylen brown and he's 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:55.200 gonna be able to fill out that kind of guard 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:59.000 Role Like, derek white but a better three, point shooter. Better, 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:04.559 defender interesting it's an. Interesting move another number three, Underrated 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:09.840 Move dante DiVincenzo To, the warriors super, low key under. 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:13.920 The radar nobody's talking about that very Unhappy. In sacramento 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.240 they tried to get. Him twice it did not work. 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:19.839 Either time and now we know That the Warriors Want Swiss. 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.319 Army knights and That's what if you look back At 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:26.920 What dante DiVincenzo Did in Villanova and lenova during his 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:32.679 time to Win, the chip there very underrated, active defender 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.960 not only on, help defense just off the ball. In 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:40.160 general gets his hands in the. Passing lanes pesky six, 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.400 y four but with a pretty, long wingspan he, can 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:46.240 dunk he. Can block we saw that very marquee block that. 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.520 HE had i think it was in the, championship game 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.000 if not in the. Final four he's not as good 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:52.800 of a Defender As Gary, payton junior but you, know 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:55.320 What Or gary payton the second but you know it doesn't, 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:57.760 really matter like this is what you. Could Afford gary, 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.160 payton's gone so how are you going to. Replace him 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:03.760 he's not as good of a three. Point shooter he 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.160 shoots like thirty three percent, from three but he's much 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.720 better terms in terms of catch and shoot fort on 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.839 catch and, shoot threes and he's gonna be a good 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.640 three and d guy six to four can block, very 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:19.400 long really really HIGH basketball iq at a time or 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:22.200 in a place where you have to have a PRETTY 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:25.560 good iq to run complex Schemes Which golden state wants. 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:29.600 To run deflects a ton, of balls tracks the ball. 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:33.680 Really well. Insane motor not a Replacement, for PEYTON but 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:39.160 i think very. Underrated signing Speaking Of, Gary Payton gary 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:43.640 Payton to portland. Love it One Makes golden state. Sad 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:49.840 awesome Two makes damian a littard happy. Even better. Oakland 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.480 Connection gary payton grew Up. In oakland dame grew Up, 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:56.760 in oakland And those oakland roots. RUN deep i think that's. 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.440 Very important He's a swiss army knife in WAYS that 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:01.320 i think Shohn he billips is going to be able 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:07.200 to use in really. Unique situations he's an insane defender 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:10.920 for how small. He is he's got a, long, wingspan 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:15.160 pesky definitely someone you don't want to defend you if you're, 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.840 a player, right like that is SOMETHING that i think is. 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.440 Very important you can't understate how good he is as a. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:24.480 Role player he defends one. Through five he's a very explosive. 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:28.000 Athletic roller he can get out, into transition, get steals 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.760 extremely explosive AND when i say he gets steals like that's. 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:36.440 An understatement he had led the league per thirty six 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:41.200 in steals two point eight steals per. Thirty six put 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:44.520 that man in, the game coach on. The BALL like, 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.080 i said he's a. Total pest he was one of 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:50.640 the MAIN reasons i Think that boston lost, that series 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.200 not just because of, his defense because of his, rebounding 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.880 abilities because of his ability to roll to the rim 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.320 and know where things are going. To develop he's in 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.560 the right spots all. The time he has an knows 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.080 for how. THINGS run, i mean it's almost like his 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.440 dad played professional basketball at a very. High level it's 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.600 almost like that exactly the match you would need to 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:11.920 play besides game since game plays, no defense and he 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.200 is going to lock, games up dame out up. In, 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:17.280 PRACTICE boy i can't wait to see something. LIKE that 0:16:17.360 --> 0:16:20.040 i need to know what those practices look like because 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.800 he's going to be. In games asshole inside. Of it, 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:30.080 number five here's. Another one nobody's. Talking About josha kogi 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:33.560 To The. Phoenix suns these are like very niche, moves 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:37.040 right like nobody's really interested in. These PLAYERS but i 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:39.600 think that they're very interesting and we'll be talked about 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:43.240 in the season as as like a lynchpin for a 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:47.720 team that's looking to elevate from postseason success to getting over. The, 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.800 hump right he had a down year last Year Because 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.240 anthony edwards is taking, his spot taking all of. His 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:57.320 minutes he can, split defenses he can slash from. The 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.800 perimeter he's a really good. Rim runner he has really. 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.440 Good hops he can play above the rim. And dunk 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:04.919 he can block, really well has a nose for, the 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.800 ball hunts the. Ball down he does some of the 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:10.639 things that you would hope a Guy like ayton. Would 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:12.800 do like he's not, a center he's not gonna be, 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:14.720 a center but he can do some of the Things 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:17.280 that ayton. Does well because it Looks like ayton's, Gone 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:19.800 right he's gonna be really helpful if he's using the. 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:23.040 Right SPOTS and i think the most important thing is 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:26.920 he's twenty four. Years old he's. Twenty four he reminds 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:30.800 me Kind of Isaacacoro. In cleveland plays that like, tweener 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:35.640 role not like exactly a, pure shooter but definitely somebody 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:40.040 that you want to play An Integral jared vanderbilt type, 0:17:40.040 --> 0:17:42.439 of deal which is exactly the kind of thing that 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.480 he likes. To do and. He's long he's six' four 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:49.720 with a. Seven feet. Wingspan that's huge and if he 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:51.680 can get settled, IN the ring i. Mean that's big 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:53.399 if he can get settled in, THE regular season i 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:56.520 think he plays important minutes coming. In the playoffs if he's, 0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:58.840 six y four he could play like a four spot 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:01.560 in a. Small BALL line and i think he can 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:06.480 still play defense, on you know two three. Fours another 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:09.199 one Pretty much the wolves. AS a whole i like, 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:13.679 what They Did but kyle anderson just Ended up departing 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:16.680 memphis in a way that nobody even is speaking. About 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.480 it all he's kind of Like This. Year's dereck white 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:24.639 Comes from. The spurs system, very boring, player very slow, 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:29.640 very light, skinned very fundamental and, you know what, awesome 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:33.480 role player started a ton Of. Games for. Memphis very 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:37.200 shifty they Call him slow mo because he literally looks 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:40.919 like he's, Moving through sand. And that's fine like guys 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:44.040 who play fast on defense don't know what to do, 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:47.240 With My. MAN kyle anderson i honestly consider them, The 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:50.240 Same Person Kyle. ANDERSON derek white i get him confused 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:53.040 for each other all the time because their. Games are 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.840 similar they both Played for the spurs at around, the 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:59.480 same time and, you know what they're. Amazing role players 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:01.880 that's what he's. Going to do he's not a great, 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:04.639 three point shooter but everyone seems to fall for. His 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.560 PUMP fake and i, don't know why but everybody seems to. 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:10.800 Fall for it an annoying. Player for defenses he gets. 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.760 His shot off his arms. Are so long he has, 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:17.920 great body, control great footwork and he's a, really willing 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:21.159 passer great. AT passing lobs i think that's going to 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:23.439 be Very Interesting. FOR rudy gobert i think that's going 0:19:23.480 --> 0:19:26.320 to be Very Interesting For. Carling anthony towns really good 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:30.119 at passing pocket, passes as well, good bounce passer especially 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:33.800 in tight windows in like. Very packed spaces it's a. 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:37.160 Solid pickup man he's gonna step right in to a. 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:40.239 Really good role he had one hundred and sixty one. 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:44.119 Steals last year memphis was the number one team in 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:46.720 steels last year and he was second on the. Team 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:50.040 at steels that is something that they're going to need 0:19:50.119 --> 0:19:52.400 because that was one of the Things that the, wolves did. 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:55.440 Really really poorly he can handle the ball a little 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:59.440 well and, he's got experienced. He's very poised he's going 0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:01.080 to Help this, AUST a lot i think. During The 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:03.760 Playoffs and john, moran, even said like. That's my dog 0:20:03.800 --> 0:20:06.920 i'm gonna. Be missing him and you have to Understand 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.800 that if jaw thinks you're important to, a contending team 0:20:10.160 --> 0:20:12.640 then he's going to help at a very Critical. Juncture 0:20:12.920 --> 0:20:16.320 FOR minnesota And i think minnesota in general actually is 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:19.440 a team that has made. Multiple good moves Like They. 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:22.240 Got brn forbes nobody's kind of Nobody Cares, about, brin 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:24.720 forbes right but he's a good. Spot up, shooter this 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:27.080 is like we've talked. About this before this is a 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:31.399 league where you need stars and, you need capable competent 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:35.040 role players. That are versatile, and That's Him. THAT'S bryn 0:20:35.160 --> 0:20:37.199 Forbes i think minnesota has a real shot to be 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:39.960 a dark, horse next Year much like dallas. Was this 0:20:40.080 --> 0:20:45.880 year loved these, moves for, Them, all right uh let's 0:20:45.880 --> 0:20:47.960 look at a few free agent signings out there that have. 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:52.840 Yet to break let's look at who AND explain what 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:56.200 i think is. Going on, there number one number one 0:20:56.200 --> 0:20:58.720 free agent signing that we need to know what's Happening Is, 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:03.600 probably DeAndre right he's the white whale. Of this offseason 0:21:03.880 --> 0:21:07.600 the big prize that's, actually out there not, the trade 0:21:07.640 --> 0:21:09.840 prize but the actual prize that you can go out, 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:13.359 and get connected probably in some way to What's Happening. 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:16.080 With Kevin durant kevin durant looks like he's Probably going 0:21:16.119 --> 0:21:19.159 to PHOENIX from what i Hear, today On tuesday, ju 0:21:19.359 --> 0:21:23.040 july fifth probably a three team Trade Given that Ben 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:25.639 Simmons and DeAndre ayton cannot be on the. Same roster 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:29.280 together there's a lot Of chatter That Utah. Wants DeAndre 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:33.000 ayton how they're going to get him is going. To 0:21:33.040 --> 0:21:37.680 be complex who's getting? Picks For who because utah is 0:21:37.680 --> 0:21:41.280 gonna Want to give Utah's Gonna. Want DeAndre ayton sons 0:21:41.280 --> 0:21:44.160 are gonna want something. For Him back kevin durant's going. 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:46.840 To get, there, but then okay so what's going to 0:21:46.880 --> 0:21:50.320 happen with these pieces moving around? Like MUSICAL chairs so 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:52.240 i think this is going to. BE really interesting i 0:21:52.280 --> 0:21:54.280 think another one that makes a ton Of. Sense is 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:58.200 toronto he would be Amazing In the, Nick nurse scheme 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:00.840 like that's exactly the kind of big. Man they need 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:04.119 they Ended Up getting christian coloco, in THE draft which i, 0:22:04.240 --> 0:22:06.840 Liked A Lot but christian collocal is a rookie and 0:22:06.880 --> 0:22:09.040 that this team wants to contend or do, Anything Of 0:22:09.040 --> 0:22:12.280 note DeAndre ayton would definitely help them. In that, sense 0:22:12.600 --> 0:22:17.119 number Two Where is colin? Sexton gonna? GO man like. 0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:20.520 I don't Know when The Cavs signed darius garland, to 0:22:20.720 --> 0:22:24.199 five years one hundred and ninety three million dollars a 0:22:24.240 --> 0:22:27.520 potential to make two hundred and thirty, one million dollars 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:31.040 that was Supposed To be. Colin Sexton's deal colin sexton 0:22:31.080 --> 0:22:33.760 wanted TO be. A max player he ends up. TEARING 0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:37.040 some ligaments i WANT to say I, was at acl 0:22:37.400 --> 0:22:40.360 but it COULD have BEEN, mco and acl and it's 0:22:40.359 --> 0:22:43.120 an absurd contract that no one thought Two Years ago 0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:47.000 darius garland was, Gonna get right so that Means Most, 0:22:47.080 --> 0:22:50.200 likely colin sexton who has the Same Agent As Darius 0:22:50.200 --> 0:22:53.960 garland clutch, sports Of Course. Or rich paul, you're, gonna 0:22:53.960 --> 0:22:56.679 Say Well if darius garland, can get that then we 0:22:56.800 --> 0:22:58.879 must be able to get something in the. Neighborhood of 0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:01.280 that maybe not, in the thirties but maybe. In The 0:23:01.320 --> 0:23:04.240 twenties anthony simon's got something, in the twenties so what's. 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:07.840 Gonna happen there he's been on a steady downward trajectory since. 0:23:07.880 --> 0:23:10.400 His rookie year he, missed LAST year, like i said, 0:23:10.720 --> 0:23:13.880 due to injury but especially since the team was really, 0:23:13.880 --> 0:23:17.200 good without him And They signed ricky rubio to three years, 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:20.359