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Speaker 1: I'm Rachel Nichols. That's DeMarcus Cousins and Buggie. You're still
Speaker 1: under thirty five, so I assume that means you went
Speaker 1: out for New Year's unlike us over thirty five people
Speaker 1: who are like, you know, what better to drink with
Speaker 1: friends at home?
Speaker 2: Yeah, but it's definitely coming to a and for me,
Speaker 2: you know, just being out in party and doesn't quite
Speaker 2: hit the same.
Speaker 3: So I'm in the lag of my life.
Speaker 1: So the alcohol tastes the same at home, it's cheaper
Speaker 1: and you can they don't. There's no closing time. So
Speaker 1: I'm I'm just throwing that out there if as many
Speaker 1: people over as you want, all Right, we got to
Speaker 1: talk a little Nicks and Raptors since they had that
Speaker 1: great deal over the last few days. The new players
Speaker 1: they swapped with each other played on Monday, and we
Speaker 1: got a good showing from Oji and Anobi obviously the
Speaker 1: main talent in that deal. Now, he did foul out
Speaker 1: of the game, but his numbers were good seventeen points,
Speaker 1: six rebounds, and the Knicks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, number
Speaker 1: one team in the West, so that was no slouchy either. Obviously,
Speaker 1: everyone in the East is chasing the top three, right
Speaker 1: They're chasing Boston, they're chasing Milwaukee, they're chasing Philly. So
Speaker 1: did the Knicks trade with how good they looked? And
Speaker 1: it's been one game, but still, do you feel like
Speaker 1: this is the kind of deal that could vault New
Speaker 1: York into that top group B competition for the top
Speaker 1: teams in the East, or that they're still like maybe
Speaker 1: a player away.
Speaker 2: I think they're a player away. I don't see this
Speaker 2: deal really putting them over the top or you know,
Speaker 2: kind of reaching that goal into being a top three
Speaker 2: team in the east. I think this is a move
Speaker 2: with another move coming behind it type situation, and I like,
Speaker 2: I like the addition of Og. You know, he fits,
Speaker 2: he fits the team, he fits what you know, Coach
Speaker 2: Tibbs is looking forward this player or two way player.
Speaker 2: He kind of reminds me of I could see him
Speaker 2: being in a like lou All Dang type role where
Speaker 2: you know, he's a part of a big part of
Speaker 2: the offense and obviously heavily depended on on the defensive end.
Speaker 3: It just makes sense.
Speaker 2: But as far as just putting the knicks over the hump,
Speaker 2: I don't think this move does it, but it does
Speaker 2: kind of make sense where or you can see where
Speaker 2: they're gonna make another move to kind of complete eat
Speaker 2: out this roster. What that move is, obviously we don't
Speaker 2: know yet, but I think they're in the right direction
Speaker 2: with improving his team. So Og, like I said, he
Speaker 2: faced the mole perfectly. He's gonna, you know, be a
Speaker 2: defensive anchor on this team. He can he can make
Speaker 2: shots for this team outside, he can finish on the inside.
Speaker 2: So you know, it was a good addition, but they
Speaker 2: definitely have to make one more move to you know,
Speaker 2: put this team over the top of my opinion.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I totally agree. I mean it's it's hard. I mean,
Speaker 1: those top three teams in the East are so good, right,
Speaker 1: and they're very star heavy, and you just still don't
Speaker 1: have that in New York. There's of course always the
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell rumors, but it doesn't sound like Cleveland is
Speaker 1: ready to you know, talk deal for him yet. So
Speaker 1: I don't know if they'll sort of hold off for
Speaker 1: the rest of this season and see how they do.
Speaker 1: I don't know if they're going to try to make
Speaker 1: another deal with the deadline, but I think they do
Speaker 1: have to make something. I do agree though, on og
Speaker 1: and nanob He is just the perfect TIBs player, right,
Speaker 1: I mean he does all the things that wants a
Speaker 1: player to do. I think then the fans of the
Speaker 1: Garden are going to like him because he's got great
Speaker 1: he defends, you know that sort of stuff. So I
Speaker 1: like I like the deal. I actually liked the deal
Speaker 1: for both sides. I think I think it was sort
Speaker 1: of a win win trade, which is good. I personally
Speaker 1: wouldn't have you know, Look, Messiah Jiri is obviously a
Speaker 1: master at all this, and he pulled off one of
Speaker 1: the gutsiest trades ever to get Kawhi Leonard and win
Speaker 1: the title.
Speaker 3: Right.
Speaker 1: So, like, I am not one to sit here with
Speaker 1: none of that level of expertise and criticize his decision making.
Speaker 1: But I was surprised that they didn't do these kinds
Speaker 1: of deals last year, right. I mean, it just didn't
Speaker 1: feel like they were in any kind of, you know,
Speaker 1: spot where they could be like, yeah, man, it's gonna
Speaker 1: all come together after the deadline. We're a contender, and
Speaker 1: you could have gotten more for og and Anobi, who's
Speaker 1: on an expiring contract. You could get more for Pascal Siakam,
Speaker 1: who is you know, probably the next step on the
Speaker 1: trading block. He's also on expiring contracts. If you traded
Speaker 1: them last year, you'd think kind of like Kyle Lowry
Speaker 1: not dealing him and then watching him walk away, Fred
Speaker 1: van Vliet not dealing him, watching him walk away. But
Speaker 1: I assume there's a method to the madness. They got
Speaker 1: good young players back, which I know is really important.
Speaker 1: Last year at the deadline it was sort of all
Speaker 1: the buzz was draft picks for og and Andobi, draft picks,
Speaker 1: and I don't know if they want draft picks I
Speaker 1: think they want someone to be next to Scottie Barnes,
Speaker 1: and Emmanuel Quickly is going to do a good job
Speaker 1: of that. So I don't know. We'll have to see
Speaker 1: how it works out for them. They're obviously going to
Speaker 1: be doing a bit of rebuilding. But it does raise
Speaker 1: a big question about Pascal Siakam. You know where he's
Speaker 1: going to end up. Which team needs him the most?
Speaker 1: I think the rumored candidates. If we take a look,
Speaker 1: you've got Pacers, Hawks, Mavericks. People have thrown Sacramento in there.
Speaker 1: I don't know where do you think the best fit
Speaker 1: for him would be?
Speaker 3: Obviously the Mavericks.
Speaker 2: I think he'll fit in great with that team with
Speaker 2: Luke and Karrie, you know, kind of run them and
Speaker 2: show him being at third dopplement piece. Obviously that fits
Speaker 2: well on paper. I could see him, you know, sliding
Speaker 2: into like an OKC type team and kind of completing
Speaker 2: out there roster.
Speaker 3: Put him next to Check.
Speaker 2: I've spoke on that before, but I think the sleeper
Speaker 2: team is Sacramento. They're kind of struggling at that four spot,
Speaker 2: you know, getting consistent production, so sliding him in with
Speaker 2: that young team that likes to run and Gun. I
Speaker 2: think he fits in perfectly with that team. I think
Speaker 2: I think they get a lot better. It feels a
Speaker 2: void that they're missing right now. It gives a young
Speaker 2: kid he can marry, more time to develop and become
Speaker 2: the player that they want him to become for the future.
Speaker 2: So I think it's a good plan and it's not
Speaker 2: as much pressure on the young fellas. So put it
Speaker 2: next to Dan Fox. You got my league Monk coming
Speaker 2: off the bench. I think that's a really good team.
Speaker 2: So I think Sacramentos that sleeper team that could you know,
Speaker 2: come in and add a piece like that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're only kind of mildly being talked about in
Speaker 1: the sweepstakes, and I think you're right. I think they
Speaker 1: could make a move. So we'll see. I mean the
Speaker 1: risk with both of these guys is they're both on
Speaker 1: expiring deals. I mean Ogannobi his agent is Leon Rose's son,
Speaker 1: by the way, A little backroom, backroom conversations there. So
Speaker 1: I don't know if at the Christmas dinner table there
Speaker 1: is some chatter about whether he would sign a long
Speaker 1: term deal with the Knicks or not. Maybe they made
Speaker 1: that deal already knowing the answer to that question. I
Speaker 1: will say that the Sixers want exactly the kind of
Speaker 1: player that og Anobi is, and the Sixers will have
Speaker 1: a lot of money this summer. So I don't know.
Speaker 1: We'll have to see, you know, if Sam Rose is
Speaker 1: a good son to lean Rose to down what og wants.
Speaker 1: I don't know. But Pascal Siakam has none of that
Speaker 1: going on, and he really seems like he's going to
Speaker 1: explore the market as a free agent this summer. So
Speaker 1: that's to me the only sort of hiccup with which
Speaker 1: team he ends up going to. You know, I think
Speaker 1: some teams might decide, hey, we have confidence can resign him.
Speaker 1: You know, it's worth the risk, and some teams are
Speaker 1: going to feel like I'm not giving up that much,
Speaker 1: and Toronto's going to just take the best deal. So
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting, I think there. You know, we'll have
Speaker 1: to see. Right In fact, I think there's a great
Speaker 1: conversation to have because we're into January now, this is crazy.
Speaker 1: The season has gone by so fast, but we are
Speaker 1: actually five weeks away from the trade deadline, Miss bunkers, right,
Speaker 1: it's coming up so soon, and we wanted to take
Speaker 1: a look at some of the teams what they need
Speaker 1: stuff like that. So we're going to do the West
Speaker 1: this week. We'll do the East next week. I think
Speaker 1: I put on your West thinking cat buggy. I want
Speaker 1: to start with the Warriors because I think they are
Speaker 1: the team most in need of a shakeup here. Steve
Speaker 1: Kerr said yesterday that the team lacks quote, grit, which
Speaker 1: I thought was interesting. He talked about them just on
Speaker 1: the floor, needing to play for each other more and
Speaker 1: more teamwork, that kind of thing, which I think is
Speaker 1: a pretty interesting thing for him to say out loud
Speaker 1: to the met And obviously there's been you know, it
Speaker 1: just hasn't been right on the court this year. Steph
Speaker 1: Curry wants to play three or four more years. He
Speaker 1: wants to win another title. I think you got to do.
Speaker 1: You know, he's a generational player. I don't think I
Speaker 1: think you trade the farm if you need to for
Speaker 1: him to give him another good team personally. But the
Speaker 1: question is you got to trade something out And I
Speaker 1: don't know, but you played on that team. You were
Speaker 1: inside the mechanics of that team. Can they trade one
Speaker 1: of the core players there's the threesome. You're not trading
Speaker 1: staff obviously, but would you trade drama. Would you trade Clay?
Speaker 1: Will the Warriors still be the Warriors if they do.
Speaker 1: Clay's on an expiring deal, what would your move be.
Speaker 2: My answer to that is no, you can't try. You
Speaker 2: can't try, draymah uh. This core group is what made
Speaker 2: the Warriors the Warriors. And what I mean by that
Speaker 2: not only bringing in the four championships, but Joe Lacup
Speaker 2: didn't increase the value of his team because he just
Speaker 2: bought the team. Those three guys are a huge part
Speaker 2: of the reason that this team is value the way
Speaker 2: it is, and I think it would be a complete
Speaker 2: slap in the face if you deal any one of
Speaker 2: those guys. I think it's just it has at the
Speaker 2: end of the day, with this Warriors team, it has
Speaker 2: to be they have to leave out with respect, and
Speaker 2: I think those three guys are due that respect to
Speaker 2: where they could play for one organization to ride off
Speaker 2: in the sunset when they feel they're ready to do so.
Speaker 2: Like I said, none of this exists without these three guys.
Speaker 2: And if you sit there and overlook it and act
Speaker 2: like it didn't happen or they're not the reason for this,
Speaker 2: that's just complete bullshit. So no, I don't think anybody
Speaker 2: should be traded, and I'm gonna go out on a
Speaker 2: limb saying this, but it just makes sense to me,
Speaker 2: and I look at the complete picture and not just
Speaker 2: parts of it. Obviously, dre Mine is in the you know,
Speaker 2: headlines for you know, the antics as of lately.
Speaker 3: But I still feel like.
Speaker 2: That's been overblown as well, because I spoke on the
Speaker 2: last week or the last show, and this is something
Speaker 2: that was enabled by the NBA. They allowed this to happen.
Speaker 2: They allowed this behavior. And maybe it was because the
Speaker 2: Warriors were dominating the league. They were this championship team
Speaker 2: or contender every single year.
Speaker 3: For the past decade.
Speaker 2: So maybe that's the case, and it's okay then, But
Speaker 2: my whole thing is when it comes to Draymond, it
Speaker 2: was enabled before and now that he's and when it
Speaker 2: was enabled before, it was labeled, you know.
Speaker 3: Passionate the heart of the team.
Speaker 2: Right This word of looking for grit was never mentioned before,
Speaker 2: and now that they're in these losing situations, you know,
Speaker 2: he's the villain. He's the reason that, yeah, you know,
Speaker 2: they're not finding success, and I think that's bullshit. And
Speaker 2: on top of that, like I said, I'm going out
Speaker 2: on a limb saying this. We go back to, you know,
Speaker 2: the previous summer, we watched Team USA. They struggle and
Speaker 2: there's no reason for that. And it's only one common
Speaker 2: denominator in that equation, and that's Steve Kirk. Maybe it's
Speaker 2: time for Maybe it's time for new leadership in this
Speaker 2: Warrior's life.
Speaker 3: Maybe it's time.
Speaker 2: And the reason I say that even the Apple, even
Speaker 2: Apple iPhone gets an update, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2: So it's time for the Warriors to update this team
Speaker 2: and a new identity, a new system, something to get
Speaker 2: this core group over the hump. And I was a
Speaker 2: part of this organization. I know, I know the mood.
Speaker 2: I know how they carry themselves. It's super laid back,
Speaker 2: it's super you know, lackadaisical.
Speaker 3: It's very nonchalant.
Speaker 2: And obviously they get their work done, their professionals and
Speaker 2: all of these things. But these were the standards that
Speaker 2: were set in place for this team, and it starts
Speaker 2: with the leadership with the Steve Kirk. Now we're looking
Speaker 2: for some urgency now with this team to get them
Speaker 2: back in their rhythm. And like I said, maybe it's
Speaker 2: just time for a new leadership, you know what I mean,
Speaker 2: And I think that's an option for them.
Speaker 3: Obviously.
Speaker 2: I feel like it could still work if they put
Speaker 2: the right pieces around this core group and they can
Speaker 2: still make this system that Steve Kerr put in the
Speaker 2: place flourished. But as of right now, that's just not
Speaker 2: the case. So I think looking for new leadership should
Speaker 2: be an option that's on the table for this Wargas team.
Speaker 1: Look, it's a totally fair thing to bring up one
Speaker 1: hundred percent. I would quibble a little bit with the
Speaker 1: Olympic thing, with the tm UOSA thing. I don't think
Speaker 1: Tmosa did so well in the end because they just
Speaker 1: didn't have the players. I mean, the team is going
Speaker 1: to look totally different in Paris this summer. We didn't
Speaker 1: have our best players there, so I'd hold off on
Speaker 1: bad But but I look, you don't think so why
Speaker 1: you think they should have with the B team? They
Speaker 1: should have beaten the rest of the world.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, there's no excuse for it.
Speaker 2: Like we've seen this time and time again, we haven't
Speaker 2: always gone to these tournaments with the best players in
Speaker 2: the league and we've still been successful. So why all
Speaker 2: of a sudden now is it the players fault.
Speaker 3: This is the top league in the world.
Speaker 2: We can all agree on that these are some of
Speaker 2: the most talented young players coming up in the top
Speaker 2: league in the world. What's the excuse for not bringing
Speaker 2: it home? There is no excuse.
Speaker 1: Well, you have very good on either side. Now, we
Speaker 1: made the rest of the world good at basketball. It's
Speaker 1: our own problem. It's our own fault. We brought the
Speaker 1: dream team over there, and you know it's fonde to
Speaker 1: hold two generations of players at this point and the
Speaker 1: other teams are good. I don't know when Austin Reeves
Speaker 1: is one of your top players. Is that that tb
Speaker 1: to go into international competition?
Speaker 3: And that's the problem.
Speaker 2: Austin Reeve shouldn't have been He shouldn't have been the
Speaker 2: focal point of the Team USA team.
Speaker 3: It should have been Anthony Edwards. That's the point.
Speaker 2: And it's one common denominator that made that an okay think,
Speaker 2: and that's Steve or Steve Kerr put Austin Reeves in
Speaker 2: the position to lead to lead Team USA. That's foolishness,
Speaker 2: and that's the point. I'm trying to make. Some decisions
Speaker 2: just aren't right right now, and that's one of them.
Speaker 3: Like I just I disagree with that.
Speaker 1: The Warriors. The Warriors, this is a team that was
Speaker 1: doing well under Mark Jackson, right, you had Steph and
Speaker 1: Clay really start to come into their own. He's the
Speaker 1: one who decided to put them in the positions they
Speaker 1: were in, play them together really, you know, give them
Speaker 1: the confidence and power to do what they want. Did
Speaker 1: and yet they did make a change, right, So there
Speaker 1: is precedent within that organization to even when it's not
Speaker 1: a disaster, even when there's a coach that is well liked.
Speaker 1: I mean, Steph did not want Mark Jackson to be
Speaker 1: let go. He's said that many times, including to me
Speaker 1: in an interview this fall. Like he he was very
Speaker 1: skeptical about bringing Steve cor in. He liked the way
Speaker 1: Mark Jackson ran the team, and it turned out to
Speaker 1: work out really well, obviously, you know historically. Well, so
Speaker 1: what you're saying is not off the table. I don't
Speaker 1: think at all the idea that this organization is not
Speaker 1: afraid to make that kind of level of change even
Speaker 1: when it's not a disaster, right that they must just
Speaker 1: say great, it might just be time for a new voice.
Speaker 1: I think that the biggest thing they have to do
Speaker 1: is have a conversation with Clay Thompson because his deal
Speaker 1: is up this summer and he is you know, there's
Speaker 1: been noise from you know, around him, from his agent whatever,
Speaker 1: that he doesn't want to take that much of a
Speaker 1: pay cut of what he could get on the open market,
Speaker 1: and the Warriors cannot pay him what his full value
Speaker 1: would be on the open market with all the other
Speaker 1: financial commitments they have on that roster. So I just
Speaker 1: think you have to know, you know, everyone knows what
Speaker 1: the numbers are, so you have to know from Clay
Speaker 1: are you walking out the door anyway in three months?
Speaker 1: And if he says yes, you know, then you've got
Speaker 1: to consider dealing him. You know, just talking about this
Speaker 1: with Toronto with some of their players. If you know,
Speaker 1: he indicates, if the agent indicates, and you know, you're
Speaker 1: not supposed to be able to negotiate with your own
Speaker 1: players right now. Sorry NBA rules people, but I you know,
Speaker 1: I'm not a fan of tampering rules anyway. I think
Speaker 1: they're kind of stupid because players are smart and they
Speaker 1: know what's out there already. So it's not like some
Speaker 1: team is going to be like, hey, did you know
Speaker 1: that we have a we have a needed center and
Speaker 1: we have this much money on the books. Obviously they
Speaker 1: know that already. But that's that's beside the point tampering
Speaker 1: within your own team. I mean, come on, I just
Speaker 1: I have no problem with the Warriors having a conversation
Speaker 1: with Clay and saying, what are your plans? You know,
Speaker 1: very quietly if they have to. But I just think
Speaker 1: that I think that's the big question mark, right because
Speaker 1: if he's going to leave anyway, I think you get
Speaker 1: to deal him and then you're not really disrespecting him
Speaker 1: because he was going to walk out the door anyway.
Speaker 1: If he wants to stay for you know, a little
Speaker 1: less money or in some might end up being a
Speaker 1: chunk of less money, then he could get out in
Speaker 1: the world. Then then maybe you do keep them together.
Speaker 1: But it is a question, I mean, do you do
Speaker 1: you do the respect? Do you do the Hey, we
Speaker 1: got to keep this core and possibly cost Steph Curry
Speaker 1: another title, or do you say, great, we got to
Speaker 1: change and you know, Steph is the guy who's going
Speaker 1: to be here for twenty years. But you know, look
Speaker 1: at Kobe's teams, there were there were some big changes
Speaker 1: to that roster. They're the biggest with Shaq, you know,
Speaker 1: between different championships, so maybe they have to do something.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think it's a huge question. I
Speaker 1: don't think Steph plays as well without Draymond. We've seen
Speaker 1: that since he's been off the court, and I'm not
Speaker 1: sure how much value Draymond has on the trade market
Speaker 1: right now anyway. But Clayton me is the question mark.
Speaker 1: And you look the questions you raised about Steve or Violet.
Speaker 1: Don't have to see what they want to do there.
Speaker 1: I don't see them doing anything mid season though, so
Speaker 1: that's no, it's kind of another yeah, yeah, So I
Speaker 1: know it's an interesting it's an interesting discussion. It's an
Speaker 1: interesting problem going on there with a murky team. So
Speaker 1: I don't know. Chris Paul obviously, Andrew Wiggins question marks
Speaker 1: there too. We'll see. We've got to talk to little
Speaker 1: Suns because this is not what we all expected. They're
Speaker 1: eighteen and fifteen now, they have won their last four,
Speaker 1: so maybe they're getting into a little bit of a
Speaker 1: groove here. But Bradley Beal still only played nine games.
Speaker 1: Do they have to make a move. Should they just
Speaker 1: stamp at and see where their team is? You know
Speaker 1: they can't. They don't have a ton of flexibility financially,
Speaker 1: but they could pull off something. What are your thoughts there.
Speaker 2: I think it's unexcusable. I think they have a great
Speaker 2: coach and Frank Vogel. They obviously have two great players
Speaker 2: in their core pieces with you know, Devin Booker and
Speaker 2: Kevin Durant.
Speaker 1: So yeah, this.
Speaker 2: Record is just it's really no excuse for obviously Bill
Speaker 2: hasn't hasn't been present with the team most of the season,
Speaker 2: but uh, obviously with booking Durant's it's really no reason
Speaker 2: to be struggling this much. It still should be where
Speaker 2: they're having a successful season. But uh, I think it
Speaker 2: just goes back to roster construction. I don't think this
Speaker 2: roster was put together the correct way, and it's and
Speaker 2: it's kind of mind blowing to me that, you know,
Speaker 2: we're now in this era of basketball where it's a
Speaker 2: guard driven league and you decided to tell yourself, we
Speaker 2: don't need a point guard to win games.
Speaker 3: It's just it baffles me.
Speaker 2: And I know we're also in this era of where
Speaker 2: Anna Lis leads sports to where you know, it's not
Speaker 2: about when it comes to constructing the team it's not
Speaker 2: about you know, every piece complement the next. It's about well,
Speaker 2: these numbers work well with these numbers, so this is
Speaker 2: a good team. That's that's bullshit. That's not how sports work.
Speaker 2: That's that's not how teams work. It was just poor
Speaker 2: construction and you got money locked up in three guys
Speaker 2: to where you can't really put the compliment pieces around
Speaker 2: those three guys. So in this case, I believe where
Speaker 2: Phoenix should really look into it if they want to
Speaker 2: move forward with Bradleybil or use him as an asset
Speaker 2: to bring in the correct pieces to make this team flourish.
Speaker 2: So I believe they should explore the trademarkt with Bradley
Speaker 2: Bill and bring in some pieces.
Speaker 3: To put around.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's interesting his value that he's been hurt
Speaker 1: so much. I don't know where his value is. I mean,
Speaker 1: to me, I'm surprised that you bring up the point
Speaker 1: guard thing. I actually think Folk is doing a fine
Speaker 1: job there. I think the problem is the big man situation,
Speaker 1: which I thought was expected to hear from you. I mean,
Speaker 1: they need to bulk that up. They need someone who
Speaker 1: is better defensively than what they have now. I've heard
Speaker 1: Isaiah Stewart's name mentioned out of Detroit. You know, the
Speaker 1: Pistons obviously not having a good season, to put it mildly,
Speaker 1: looking to possibly shake things up, I actually think they
Speaker 1: should take a really hard look at Andre Drummond. You know,
Speaker 1: a name that that maybe we didn't expect to resurface
Speaker 1: at this point, and the Bulls have obviously not had
Speaker 1: a great season either. But he is on pace to
Speaker 1: break Dennis Rodman's rebounding percentage record, which is insane to
Speaker 1: me because that record was considered untouchable when Dennis said it,
Speaker 1: and he is on right now. He is sitting at
Speaker 1: thirty percent of available rebounds, which I mean think about that.
Speaker 1: I mean, think about all the balls that you went
Speaker 1: for great, I mean, thirty percent of all available rebounds
Speaker 1: to him is bonkers to me. I mean, that's that's huge,
Speaker 1: And to me, that's exactly what Phoenix needs. You know,
Speaker 1: if you had that position defensively locked up, if you
Speaker 1: had the basket locked up there, they don't need another shooter.
Speaker 1: They don't need to me, they don't need another guard.
Speaker 1: They need someone who's in that spot to basically get
Speaker 1: the rebound and get one of those guys the ball
Speaker 1: up the court in the place they needed. If you
Speaker 1: had someone feeding Kevin Durant and d Book every time,
Speaker 1: you know, fifty percent more of the time than they
Speaker 1: have now. I just I think that would be a
Speaker 1: huge thing for that team. You know, there's some guys.
Speaker 1: The question is the contracts. Obviously, I don't know if
Speaker 1: they could make Drummond work financially, but I just man,
Speaker 1: that number jumps out to me.
Speaker 3: Man, shout out to Drumming.
Speaker 2: I'm just glad he's able to find success in this
Speaker 2: era of where they're trying to push bigs out. So
Speaker 2: shout out to drum for fine in no way, But uh,
Speaker 2: I don't think drums the answer to this same either.
Speaker 3: Honestly. I go back to them.
Speaker 2: Really looking into trade and Bradley Beal, and I think
Speaker 2: the perfect trade would be them looking into Atlanta trying
Speaker 2: to you know, Pride to Johntay Mary and possibly Clint Capella,
Speaker 2: and I think those I like that compliment this team perfectly,
Speaker 2: and you get you get the defense, a big at
Speaker 2: the rim, and you get a defensive guard that can
Speaker 2: also set up the offense and run the offense the
Speaker 2: proper way. I think it just creates a balance throughout
Speaker 2: that whole roster that they haven't had this season.
Speaker 3: So I don't think it's just I just don't.
Speaker 2: I don't think it's just about the big having a
Speaker 2: defensive big, because it still goes back to.
Speaker 3: The balance of the team, and I just don't think
Speaker 3: it's there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Well, look, they basically gave away the farm
Speaker 1: for Kevin Durant, which I wasn't against. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, and I think putting him next to Devin
Speaker 1: Booker is just crazy, but crazy opportunity. But I do
Speaker 1: think that they I expected them to do more of
Speaker 1: the summer. They didn't. You know, Degenta Murray is very interesting,
Speaker 1: especially if he came with Capella. He certainly has not
Speaker 1: thrived in Atlanta the way we expected, so you know,
Speaker 1: change of scenery and playing with those two guys could
Speaker 1: be huge for him. I like that possibility. We'll have
Speaker 1: to see what they do. The Lakers, certainly, if we
Speaker 1: move on to them, need to do something book I
Speaker 1: feel like for the last six weeks, that's all anyone's
Speaker 1: talked about, is which particular play around the Bulls will
Speaker 1: the Lakers trade for. We talked a little bit last
Speaker 1: week about you know, is it better for them to
Speaker 1: go for Alex Cruso, Is it better for them to
Speaker 1: go to Demart de Rosen Is it better to go
Speaker 1: to Zach Levine. I know you said you like the
Speaker 1: Rosen route and Cruso. If they can get both of
Speaker 1: them offensively. Having zach Levine there, it's very appealing. It's
Speaker 1: very appealing to have him next to those guys. I
Speaker 1: don't know they play a game against the Bulls. I
Speaker 1: think here in Los Angeles toward the end of January.
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be crazy, right to know that
Speaker 1: one of those guys could be switching uniforms just a
Speaker 1: week later. But do you think that one of those
Speaker 1: Bulls players is still the answer to of them?
Speaker 3: Maybe?
Speaker 1: Or do you want to look elsewhere for the Lakers?
Speaker 2: Just the combination of Caruso and de ros and I
Speaker 2: just I feel like it compliments that Lakers roster perfectly.
Speaker 2: You get Caruso to guard you know, every high power
Speaker 2: guard that comes in on a nightly basis, you have
Speaker 2: the rows and that's that third scoring option where you
Speaker 2: know you're going to get consistency scoring on a nightly
Speaker 2: basis And On top of that, when it comes to
Speaker 2: de Rosan scoring, something that's not really looked at is
Speaker 2: his playmaking ability. That's something that he's really developed in
Speaker 2: the later stage of his career and it started with
Speaker 2: him in San Antonio on the pop. That's something that
Speaker 2: they really focused on with him, you know, being more
Speaker 2: of a playmaker. So you add that combination to this
Speaker 2: Lakers team, I think it's I think it helps this
Speaker 2: Lakers team a lot.
Speaker 3: Levine.
Speaker 2: I mean, obviously it looks good on paper, but you know,
Speaker 2: I'm more about how pieces complement the next And you know,
Speaker 2: outside of Levine being a score, I just don't think
Speaker 2: it covers every other you know, deficiency or blimis that
Speaker 2: the Lakers have as a team right now. And obviously
Speaker 2: he can help with the scoring us back, but what
Speaker 2: about the defensive end, what about making the guys around
Speaker 2: them better? And you know, let's be honest, every player
Speaker 2: doesn't isn't you know what we're accustomed to seeing when
Speaker 2: they get next to Lebron. Is he going to be
Speaker 2: the same type score that he is, you know for
Speaker 2: the Bulls or for the Timberwolves that he that he
Speaker 2: that we've been accustomer to seeing will he be that
Speaker 2: same score next to Lebron And I just don't think
Speaker 2: that's the case. So that's why I lean more so
Speaker 2: with the Caruso and de Rosen package because I think
Speaker 2: it compliments Ad and Lebron perfectly.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and look, you'd have to give away a lot
Speaker 1: more to get both of those guys. But to me,
Speaker 1: it's Lebron James. You're only going to have Lebron James
Speaker 1: for a limited amount of time left. Every year, you know,
Speaker 1: he puts more mileage. It's incredible what he's doing at
Speaker 1: age thirty nine, but it's just not gonna let we know,
Speaker 1: it is not going to last forever. So and each
Speaker 1: year that decreases. So I would trade anything you have
Speaker 1: to to get him a shot a title every year
Speaker 1: you have him. I think the Cavaliers did a crappy
Speaker 1: job with that in the last season that he was
Speaker 1: in Cleveland. I talked a lot about that at the time.
Speaker 1: They didn't want to give away the future, right, they
Speaker 1: were so worried about the pick they had from the
Speaker 1: nets and all of that stuff, And I'm like, you
Speaker 1: have Lebron James, you got to maximize Lebron James. I
Speaker 1: don't care if you're bad for two or three years
Speaker 1: after he leaves. I don't care if he's telegraphed already
Speaker 1: he's going to leave. If you could get one more
Speaker 1: title the last year he was there, which, by the way,
Speaker 1: if they had made a trade, I think they could have.
Speaker 1: They were in the finals, right, so, I mean one
Speaker 1: more trade would have done it for them. I think
Speaker 1: the Lakers are in the same position where they have
Speaker 1: to give away whatever they need to make this work
Speaker 1: and make this team and Lebron a true contender again.
Speaker 1: It was amazing they got to the Western Conference finals
Speaker 1: last year, but they obviously couldn't compete with the Nuggets.
Speaker 1: They got swept. So I want to see them make
Speaker 1: a deal that will actually put this team into top
Speaker 1: title contention because we're seeing the end of one of
Speaker 1: the greatest careers in all of sports. Ever, I think
Speaker 1: you're given whatever he needs. I mean, de Jontay Murray
Speaker 1: could work on that team too, right, Bully, you don't
Speaker 1: like it as much.
Speaker 2: He covers things defensively for them, But once again, you
Speaker 2: make a move like that, you still need the offense
Speaker 2: to back it up. And I don't think offensively and
Speaker 2: I'm not speaking on him as an individual, I'm speaking
Speaker 2: on him offensively as a teammate next to them. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I just don't think it compliments what. I don't think
Speaker 2: it gives them what they need. Obviously, defensively is perfect
Speaker 2: for him. But that's why I'll go back to the
Speaker 2: Caruso trade. I think Caruso fits that mold defensive DeRozan
Speaker 2: fence that mode offensively, where you're kind of getting two
Speaker 2: players to do two different things that you need for
Speaker 2: a team, compared to getting a guy like Desonte who only.
Speaker 3: Really covers one aspect of what you need.
Speaker 2: So that's that's my mindset when it comes to, you know,
Speaker 2: filling out that roster.
Speaker 1: Look, Caruso and Derozen don't have to be a package.
Speaker 1: You could get Caruso and Marie if you wanted to
Speaker 1: go that way. But I do think they need both,
Speaker 1: and that is why I would also shy away from Levine,
Speaker 1: and Levine's got such a big contract number two. I
Speaker 1: think that that kind of has an effect. But we'll see.
Speaker 1: I think they definitely will make a move, So I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a interesting team to watch again.
Speaker 1: I want to see what the Lakers are going to do.
Speaker 1: I promised a little Dallas talk, and look, I was
Speaker 1: so impressed with the Mavericks early in the season, felt
Speaker 1: like all the pieces were working. You know, they were
Speaker 1: sitting at number three in the West for a while,
Speaker 1: but now they've dropped down to seventh. Kyrie just came back,
Speaker 1: so I think they will get a little bit of
Speaker 1: a boost there. But you could see some tweaking they
Speaker 1: need to do. And you mentioned Pascal Siakam earlier. I
Speaker 1: think he would be a perfect fit there. And the
Speaker 1: only question is how much are they willing to give
Speaker 1: up to get a guy who might not stay after
Speaker 1: the summer.
Speaker 2: I think it's a movie you have to make. You
Speaker 2: have to find that third piece for this team. Obviously,
Speaker 2: you have your two guys and Kyrie, and you know
Speaker 2: what are you going to bring in to compliment those guys.
Speaker 2: I think Tobias here is a good I think he
Speaker 2: compliments them well. Yeah, and I think does as well.
Speaker 2: My choice with this Mavericking will lean more and so
Speaker 2: to Siakam because just the different dynamic that he kind
Speaker 2: of brings to a team, you know, you know, the
Speaker 2: ability to cut, slash, you know, finish at the Rim,
Speaker 2: defend multiple positions. He can knock down outside shots, so
Speaker 2: I just feel like it compliments them well, Tobias more so,
Speaker 2: being a guy that could that's bringing more so offense.
Speaker 2: Does it help yes? Does it give him over the hump?
Speaker 2: I don't believe so. So if I'm the Mavericks, I'm
Speaker 2: leaning I'm doing everything in my power to get Siakam
Speaker 2: on this roster, and I think they got a chance to,
Speaker 2: you know, be a top five team in the West
Speaker 2: and actually have a chance that contend.
Speaker 1: I mean, look again, they took that risk with Kyrie.
Speaker 1: He was on an expiring deal. They were able to
Speaker 1: resign him over the summer and permanent part of the team,
Speaker 1: and everything they traded away for him now makes more
Speaker 1: sense because they have him on a longer term deal.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, the market for Kyrie this
Speaker 1: past summer was not explosive. It's not like Kyrie was
Speaker 1: getting offers left and right. So Dallas was by far
Speaker 1: the best offer he got, and the fact that they
Speaker 1: were able to keep him on that offer was not shocking. Siakam,
Speaker 1: I think is gonna get offers this summer. So it's
Speaker 1: just it's a bigger risk. I know that they miss
Speaker 1: Dorian Finney Smith and would love to get him back
Speaker 1: paired with Luca. That's more of a smaller trade that
Speaker 1: they could make, but I do know he's on their radar,
Speaker 1: so it'll be interesting. I would love to see Siakam
Speaker 1: with Luca and Kyrie. I think that would be great.
Speaker 1: But I'm not the one with the wallet for the Mavericks,
Speaker 1: and I guess Mark Cuban isn't going to be either,
Speaker 1: so maybe he'll. You know, it's he's got such a
Speaker 1: cushy deal now. He still runs basketball operations, but he
Speaker 1: doesn't have to pay for anything anymore. So we thought
Speaker 1: he was a little wild with the trades before. Maybe
Speaker 1: we're gonna get We're gonna get it all. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see them this trade deadline. We don't know.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see the Thunder because they have the
Speaker 1: most assets of anyone in the league. That team is
Speaker 1: ahead of schedule, they are so impressive. Watch it out.
Speaker 1: If you please do yourself a favor out there. If
Speaker 1: you have not sat down and watched the Oklahoma City
Speaker 1: Thunder this season, make an appointment to do that. With
Speaker 1: one of their upcoming games because they're just such a
Speaker 1: fun team on the floor, and I think there's no
Speaker 1: reason to wait. Get them another good player, see if
Speaker 1: they can contend in the West this year. So I'm
Speaker 1: interested to see what they can do. They also would
Speaker 1: be wise to trade some of those picks and assets
Speaker 1: now before they have to extend their younger players on
Speaker 1: those rookie extensions, just because of the way the salary
Speaker 1: cap works and when you can add different contracts and
Speaker 1: when you can't if you're already over extended versus if
Speaker 1: you're not. So I expect them to do something. The
Speaker 1: question is what do they need and what might they do?
Speaker 1: Do you have any thoughts?
Speaker 2: I mean, this is like a rare situation where you
Speaker 2: look in on this and it's like they have so
Speaker 2: many different options they can take to improve in this team,
Speaker 2: and I mean it's hard to just, you know, kind
Speaker 2: of focus in on one scenario. They literally have the
Speaker 2: draft picks to go get whatever player they want in
Speaker 2: the NBA, Like they could literally go to a team
Speaker 2: off from twelve pick, like I'm one Lebron James, Here's
Speaker 2: twelve pick, or whatever the case may be. So this
Speaker 2: is an interesting situation.
Speaker 1: I would go out and get Lori market In. That's
Speaker 1: that's my that's my pick. I would get Larry market In.
Speaker 1: I think he fit in there. I think Utah is
Speaker 1: going to you know, didn't expect to start the season
Speaker 1: as a seller, but I think they will very you know,
Speaker 1: that front office knows what they're doing. Obviously, I don't
Speaker 1: know right well, exactly exactly, no. I mean it's it's
Speaker 1: a great they're great for as trade partners. And I
Speaker 1: just think that you know, market In. I know they
Speaker 1: don't want to get rid of him in Utah. I
Speaker 1: know the idea was to build the franchise kind of
Speaker 1: around him, you know, along with maybe someone else bringing
Speaker 1: them in. But I don't know, man, I think you will.
Speaker 1: You're catching the thunder at a good time. I think
Speaker 1: they have so many assets they might be a little
Speaker 1: more generous in a trade. Then they will be two
Speaker 1: or three down the road. And I just think he
Speaker 1: would fit in perfectly. I think he's only twenty six
Speaker 1: years old, so he fits in with the younger aspect
Speaker 1: of that team. You wouldn't have to you know, he
Speaker 1: fits in with the timeline, and I think basketball wise,
Speaker 1: he's a good fit you like. Do you like him? There?
Speaker 3: I do like him. Then I think I think he's
Speaker 3: a great option.
Speaker 2: And I think another under the radar player that's having
Speaker 2: a really good season. It's Kyle Kuzman. Kyle Kuzman is
Speaker 2: having a career year. Uh, he's a champion. He fits
Speaker 2: the mold of you know, being that complimentary piece to
Speaker 2: a championship team. Obviously, he plays both sides of the floor,
Speaker 2: he can knock down shots, he can defend multiple positions,
Speaker 2: and he just has the right mindset when it comes to,
Speaker 2: you know, a goal of winning the championship, being a
Speaker 2: team player, and obviously every night the goal is to
Speaker 2: win game. So that mindset is always in the right place.
Speaker 2: So I think that's a guy that could come in
Speaker 2: and help this under team, you know, reach a new height.
Speaker 2: So I think those two young guys and obviously you
Speaker 2: know he's in that same you know, age frame with
Speaker 2: the rest of that group, and you know him and
Speaker 2: Shake can be you know, the fashion iconstant they want
Speaker 2: to be together.
Speaker 3: So I think it's a lot of things that.
Speaker 2: There's a lot of things that goes into play for
Speaker 2: that Thunder team where it could work out.
Speaker 1: Do you think he would get shame on one of
Speaker 1: those pink sweaters with the like giant sleeves. This is
Speaker 1: just sort of welcome gift to each other. And maybe,
Speaker 1: you know, just the twinsies. I don't know, that could
Speaker 1: be good.
Speaker 2: I don't know who will win, but we would definitely
Speaker 2: see some outfits in that locker.
Speaker 3: Room for sure.
Speaker 1: Amen, Amen. I look, I Washington is obviously in in
Speaker 1: super uber rebuilding mode. They're they're obviously going for that
Speaker 1: high draftic. You know, they're not afraid to trade away
Speaker 1: contracts right now. And uh, you know, I certainly could
Speaker 1: see kusmadell if they're pronounced, if they're presented with the
Speaker 1: right offer, and it could be the Thunder that have
Speaker 1: the right offer. I mean they need, you know, good
Speaker 1: pieces to put around Bill al and Denny Avada and
Speaker 1: and and draft picks. You know, it is on that timeline,
Speaker 1: so I could I could certainly see a deal like
Speaker 1: that going on. And you know, I did an interview
Speaker 1: with Kuz recently. He just bought a new house in Washington,
Speaker 1: d C. But you know, you go to a winning team,
Speaker 1: you can sell the houses.
Speaker 2: Yep, yep.
Speaker 1: Amen, All right, well it's gonna be very interesting seeing
Speaker 1: how all these teams fare. As they said, we're gonna
Speaker 1: do the East next week. But but to me, the
Speaker 1: Warriors are gonna be fascinating, the Lakers are gonna be fascinating,
Speaker 1: and then you have that next year of team that
Speaker 1: we know those guys are going to make a deal,
Speaker 1: and then give that next year of teams that probably
Speaker 1: should make a deal, like the like the Suns, like
Speaker 1: the Mavericks, like the Thunder. So it's it's gonna be
Speaker 1: really really interesting. I think it's gonna be hot and
Speaker 1: half in trade deadline, and we'll tackle the East next week.
Speaker 1: So that's it for that. This week, I do want
Speaker 1: to get to our Draft Kings segment. I'll take that
Speaker 1: bet and boogie. I have to know if you're going
Speaker 1: to take a bet on rookie of the year, here's
Speaker 1: the situation. Take a look at the odds here now.
Speaker 1: Before the season started, Wemby was the standalone favorite, like
Speaker 1: by far. But if you see here now, he's at
Speaker 1: plus one eighty and Chat is the clear favorite at
Speaker 1: minus two to eighty. I mean that's a huge, huge swing.
Speaker 1: So which bet are you taking? Are you betting on Chet?
Speaker 1: Are you betting on Wemby. Wemby has better stats generally,
Speaker 1: I mean not in every category, but in general across
Speaker 1: the board, he's got better stats. Chat. Obviously on a
Speaker 1: winning team, which victor is not? Which better you taken?
Speaker 2: I mean, well, if you just want to be correct
Speaker 2: and win the bet, I would laying with you know, Chat,
Speaker 2: that's just a safe bet. You know, get a little
Speaker 2: bit in return, but you know you want to go
Speaker 2: out on the wing and you know.
Speaker 3: Make a little extra. Obviously you go with Womby.
Speaker 2: But as far as the production part, I think both
Speaker 2: of these guys are producing at a high level, especially
Speaker 2: in their rookie year. But it's just it's a difference
Speaker 2: in situations. You got one guy producing in the winning situation,
Speaker 2: you got one guy producing in the rebuilding situation. So obviously,
Speaker 2: in this league, winning is value. If you're able to
Speaker 2: produce and win at the same time, you get put
Speaker 2: on the higher pedal stool. And as of right now,
Speaker 2: that's check, you know, and servingly, so he's a second
Speaker 2: option to a young team with the chance of competing
Speaker 2: this year, So all of that has to be you know,
Speaker 2: put into consideration. Both young, great young talents. I think
Speaker 2: they'll both have incredible careers. When it comes to building
Speaker 2: the team around either one, I don't think you can
Speaker 2: go wrong. So but as far as you know, making
Speaker 2: some money, yeah, obviously we'll have to go with Winby,
Speaker 2: But you want to save that check.
Speaker 1: So I mean, look, look, I don't think Wemby. I
Speaker 1: actually am kind of surprised to see that number of
Speaker 1: the oddsmakers and DraftKings one hundred percent know what they're doing.
Speaker 1: And remember, anytime we talk about betting odds, they are
Speaker 1: deciding who is going to bet on what, and what
Speaker 1: are the best odds to have, you know, good good
Speaker 1: money on either side, as opposed to who is actually
Speaker 1: going to win. So you have to remember that. But
Speaker 1: I think that Wemby is I don't think he's as
Speaker 1: much of a dark horse here as he's being made
Speaker 1: out to be at this point in the season, you know,
Speaker 1: and he's averaging basically twenty twenty a game. He leads
Speaker 1: the entire league, the entire league in blocks, and you
Speaker 1: have to think about the voters. You know, You've got
Speaker 1: a bunch of voters in the media who have been
Speaker 1: covering Wemby, Wenby Wemby all season. So I just I
Speaker 1: think I still think it could go either way, which
Speaker 1: means that the bet you'd want to take is the
Speaker 1: Wemby bet because as you say, he makes some money there.
Speaker 1: But we'll see, we'll see I do Obviously winning is huge.
Speaker 1: How much does it matter to you that Chet had
Speaker 1: an entire season to basically get used to being an
Speaker 1: NBA player even though he wasn't playing and he was
Speaker 1: injured versus Wemby, who was doing all of this as
Speaker 1: not only new to the league, new to the country,
Speaker 1: everything like, which is more impressive to you. Does it
Speaker 1: affect decision?
Speaker 3: It's obviously. You know, it's an NBA rule.
Speaker 2: If you get hurt rookie season, you don't play as
Speaker 2: your rookie all over again. It kind of sucks when
Speaker 2: you're in that position and you're a guy competing against
Speaker 2: this guy and it's like with damn, like he kind
Speaker 2: of got a head start, and it's similar to my
Speaker 2: situation coming into the league.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: You know, Blake Griffin got hurt his rookie year, so
Speaker 2: when he came back around, he was a rookie my
Speaker 2: year coming in, which gave you know, myself, John Waller
Speaker 2: chance at you know, battling for the rookie of the year,
Speaker 2: and he just blew us out the water and and
Speaker 2: our here it's like with damn, this dude had a
Speaker 2: whole year of experience, regardless if he played or not.
Speaker 2: You're in the practices, you're you're understanding all of these
Speaker 2: things that kind of play in his.
Speaker 1: Favorite having that long a season, and.
Speaker 2: You got two other young rookies that's basically learning on
Speaker 2: the fly in the midst of the fire, and you know,
Speaker 2: it's kind of unfair, but you know that's the lead,
Speaker 2: that's the rule that's in place for the league. So
Speaker 2: it's but you know, at the same time, he went
Speaker 2: out there and played, he played better than me and
Speaker 2: John Wall and that's just the facts behind it. And
Speaker 2: this is the case here. But obviously it's two guys
Speaker 2: out of kind of neck and neck in that situation.
Speaker 2: So at the end of the day, I think it
Speaker 2: just goes down to, you know, who's winning games, which
Speaker 2: is chit and this OKAC team, and you just have
Speaker 2: to respect that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you guys, and Blake was a big
Speaker 1: standout example. Obviously, a few years later we had Donovan
Speaker 1: Mitchell and Ben Simmons, where Ben Simmons had been sitting
Speaker 1: for a year and Donovan had just come in. You know,
Speaker 1: when I made my decision that year, I had the
Speaker 1: kind of the attitude you're talking about, which was, look,
Speaker 1: a rookie's rookie. It's not someone's fault that they're out
Speaker 1: for that first season. I'm not sure I want to
Speaker 1: penalize them for that, for getting hurt. So I basically said,
Speaker 1: I'm taking that off the table as part of my
Speaker 1: decision making. I think some voters will do the same
Speaker 1: this year, but we'll have to say, it's just another
Speaker 1: interesting wrinkle. So take a lot kind of DraftKings because
Speaker 1: that is a good that is there some good, interesting
Speaker 1: odds going on. I think I think people could have
Speaker 1: a little fun with that. All Right, we're back for
Speaker 1: set of reminder. We got to look at this week's games.
Speaker 1: See what you want to set a reminder for a book.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna read you a couple of good ones. Clippers
Speaker 1: at Suns, that's on Wednesday, Heat at Lakers. Also on Wednesday, Friday,
Speaker 1: we've got the Grizzlies at the Lakers, Knicks at Sixers,
Speaker 1: and then on Saturday, Celtics at Pacers. Which game are
Speaker 1: you putting on your calendar. Do you want to see?
Speaker 3: I think I'm gonna lean with Friday's game the Knicks
Speaker 3: and Sixers. Oh, this would be a.
Speaker 2: Good test, you know, good tests at the Battle of
Speaker 2: the East. We'll get to see how the Knicks, you know,
Speaker 2: square up against the team that's, you know, one of
Speaker 2: the top guys in the league, top teams in the league.
Speaker 2: We get to see how effective that trade was for
Speaker 2: o Joanne Andnobi. So I think that's a good test
Speaker 2: for New York. You know, they beat the number one
Speaker 2: seed in the West the other night, so you know,
Speaker 2: we'll see. I think I think that's a good test
Speaker 2: in New York and to see, you know, just how
Speaker 2: good this trade was for this organization.
Speaker 1: The fans in Philadelphia can just hold up giant dollar
Speaker 1: bills and say come here this summer og like that
Speaker 1: kind of thing. But we'll see, we'll see what happens there.
Speaker 1: I'm very interested in John Morant versus Lebron James. That
Speaker 1: will also be on Friday. So that's just a good
Speaker 1: slate all the way around. I think Job will want
Speaker 1: to have a little flash and something to prove when
Speaker 1: he's back on the big stage. Here in Los Angeles,
Speaker 1: So we'll see good games this week for sure. All right,
Speaker 1: doom scroll. We got to talk about what's hot on
Speaker 1: the socials this week. Our producers were trying to figure
Speaker 1: out players who have had the best, as we call it,
Speaker 1: the world tour, right, who has played in the best
Speaker 1: list of cities over their career. And there are a
Speaker 1: lot of interesting contenders here. I'm going to read you
Speaker 1: a couple, but dude, you could really go deep on this.
Speaker 1: Trevor Reza was one of the picks. He has played
Speaker 1: in New York, LA and Miami, which which may be
Speaker 1: the sort of most desirable tranvert there. He's also played
Speaker 1: in Phoenix, right, good golfing, good good town for NBA players. Houston.
Speaker 1: I personally would not consider Houston hire on the list,
Speaker 1: just because it takes really long time to get to
Speaker 1: the airport, and that is my main concerns if you're
Speaker 1: flying out for forty one games plus a year. But
Speaker 1: that may just be me. I'm just saying Portland, which
Speaker 1: is a really great city, so you know, a good
Speaker 1: good stretch for Trevor Reza. Jamal Crawford do not sleep
Speaker 1: on our teammate, Jamal Crawford, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, La Portland, Phoenix.
Speaker 1: Not a negative city in the bunch there, so that
Speaker 1: is really impressive. Nate Robinson, New York, Boston, San Francisco,
Speaker 1: or Oakland, but you know at the time, Chicago, Denver,
Speaker 1: Los Angeles also a very impressive list there. And the
Speaker 1: last one I'm gonna throw at you is Tyson Chandler
Speaker 1: New York, Chicago, New Orleans, which is big for me.
Speaker 1: Love New Orleans, Dallas, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. And there's
Speaker 1: a million more out there, but these are all really good.
Speaker 1: And you know, you played in a few places. Where
Speaker 1: you play has a huge where you live your life
Speaker 1: has a huge impact on you throughout your career. So
Speaker 1: who do you like there? Do you like any other
Speaker 1: you know guys that didn't mentioned?
Speaker 3: What do you think that is tough? I think I'm
Speaker 3: gonna have to lean towards.
Speaker 1: I think he's got the three no one else has
Speaker 1: those that.
Speaker 3: New York, l A, Miami is and then throwing Phoenix
Speaker 3: in Houston.
Speaker 2: That's so tough. He definitely has some favor in his career.
Speaker 2: He played in some pretty favorable place. I mean, I
Speaker 2: wouldn't be mass showing enough to work in these city
Speaker 2: so I'm gonna have to lean with Trevor's.
Speaker 3: Damn, I'm kind of jealous.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's neck and neck. I like
Speaker 1: the Jamal Crawford list. I just feel like really good
Speaker 1: to really really strong right.
Speaker 3: Chicago.
Speaker 2: I think Jamal and Trevor definitely rolled off in the
Speaker 2: sunset when her career was done, So it's nothing to
Speaker 2: be mad about.
Speaker 3: We're playing in any of these cities.
Speaker 1: And let's remember what Atlanta was like when Jamal Crawford
Speaker 1: played there, which is a whole different part of the equation.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think I think it's good. I would
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Speaker 1: who your best world tour is, because I am fascinated
Speaker 1: to hear what everyone thinks out there. Also, before we
Speaker 1: let you go, there is a clip going around Instagram
Speaker 1: that shows Jamal Crawford which is discussing and Isaiah Thomas.
Speaker 1: They were at the Winter Classic game in Seattle at
Speaker 1: the Mariners Stadium and they were miked up and Jamal
Speaker 1: points over to Isaiah. He's like, hey, when Gretzky is here, I.
Speaker 3: Got to go on with desk with Resky. I'm at Gresky.
Speaker 2: I'm like, this is crazy, Brochael Jordan of hockey bro.
Speaker 1: I got to see him.
Speaker 3: I't even got to meet him. I got just to
Speaker 3: see him. Yeah, Like I was like, man, it's like Jordan, Yeah.
Speaker 1: I love it when athletes are psyched about other athletes.
Speaker 1: He was like, that's the guy. Oh my god. So
Speaker 1: I wanted to know for you, Boogie, was there a
Speaker 1: point that you're the star basketball player, but you see
Speaker 1: someone who's an athlete from another sport and you just
Speaker 1: become a total fan.
Speaker 3: Oh? Man, one six out clearly to me. I was
Speaker 3: a huge boxing.
Speaker 2: Fan growing up, and my favorite fighter all time was
Speaker 2: Roy Jones Jr.
Speaker 3: Nice and he's from Pensacola.
Speaker 2: I'm from Mobile, so we're about thirty minutes apart, and
Speaker 2: I usually fly out of Pensacola's airport. So ran into
Speaker 2: him one day and I became the biggest fan boy
Speaker 2: you've probably ever seen before. And you know, I'm not
Speaker 2: really a guy that goes around, you know, if I
Speaker 2: meet people, I don't necessarily ask for pictures that just
Speaker 2: I kind of know what it's like for me, so
Speaker 2: I don't want to, you know, put that on the
Speaker 2: next person. So I kind of sway away from that.
Speaker 2: But in this moment, it was like, fuck it, I
Speaker 2: have to get this picture. So he was super cool,
Speaker 2: and it was even more dope because he knew who
Speaker 2: I was, So I mean this very cool. Yeah, Like, man,
Speaker 2: it was really dope, so I could I could totally
Speaker 2: relate to it.
Speaker 3: In that moment.
Speaker 2: You get a chance to meet one of your you know,
Speaker 2: so called heroes growing up, it's a pretty dope feeling.
Speaker 1: I love that. I love that story. And of course
Speaker 1: he knew who you were, your bookie cousins. Come on, please,
Speaker 1: I think that's awesome. And by the way, you mean
Speaker 1: a boxing man, I know, but well, by the way,
Speaker 1: being a boxing fan, you now live in Las Vegas,
Speaker 1: which is really the choicest decision you could have made there,
Speaker 1: So congratulations on networking out as well.
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 1: All right, we got to wrap. That's it for this week.
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