Speaker 1: Welcome to Bullyball, presented by DraftKings. I'm Rachel Nichols, as
Speaker 1: is my partner crime mister DeMarcus Cousins. Boogie, you are
Speaker 1: still over in Taiwan. There have been an increased earthquake activity,
Speaker 1: but I think it's actually you because you dropped twenty
Speaker 1: five and fourteen in a win the other night. How
Speaker 1: is it going over there? The playoffs are startting.
Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, we just finished up our last regular season game.
Speaker 2: Things are going good. I'm enjoying my time. This has
Speaker 2: been an amazing experience for me. I'm happy to be
Speaker 2: playing basketball compete, you know, being a part of a
Speaker 2: team and joining a camaraderie with the guys. So it's
Speaker 2: been a pleasure so far. So like I said, we
Speaker 2: finished up regular season, we're now booting up for the playoffs,
Speaker 2: so things are about to start getting interested.
Speaker 3: So I'm excited for that.
Speaker 1: And if you're interested in Taiwanese food culture, check out
Speaker 1: Boogie's recent ig because something on there I wouldn't need.
Speaker 1: So that's all I'm saying. I'm saying, let's talk NBA playoffs.
Speaker 1: We are deep in the first round. My friend, I
Speaker 1: want to start in the East because that New York
Speaker 1: Philadelphia game. Every single game of this series. I know
Speaker 1: Sixers fans don't feel this way because it's the outcome,
Speaker 1: but every single game has been so fun. It has
Speaker 1: been old fashioned, hard fought basketball in a way that
Speaker 1: just reminds me of so many of the games I
Speaker 1: watch growing up that I love. New York, of course,
Speaker 1: is now up three to one in the series. Jalen
Speaker 1: Brunson forty seven points most ever for New York Nick
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, which you know, we've had an explosion
Speaker 1: in scoring. That's not necessarily means he's the best Nick ever,
Speaker 1: But I do want to ask you, is he the
Speaker 1: best Nick since? Who? Who? Would you say Jalen Brunson
Speaker 1: is the best Knicks since who?
Speaker 2: Carmelo Anthony? And that's without a doubt. This kid is
Speaker 2: a star. I believe at the end of his career
Speaker 2: he will have his jerseys in the rafts of the
Speaker 2: New York Knicks. I think everything has been put in
Speaker 2: place for this kid to be successful, from you know,
Speaker 2: his father being a part of the organization to bring
Speaker 2: in his college championship teammates, to the organization.
Speaker 3: Just everything is being.
Speaker 2: Set up for him to be successful, and you can
Speaker 2: tell that this organization supports him from top to bottom.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think he's I think he's that piece
Speaker 2: for this team and this organization. You know, New York
Speaker 2: was searching for a savior and I finally think they
Speaker 2: found their guy in Jalen Bronson.
Speaker 3: He's a star.
Speaker 2: He's he's dominated in these playoffs, he's dominated in regular season.
Speaker 2: I believe me and Big Perk are probably the only
Speaker 2: guys that are pushing for him to have, you know,
Speaker 2: some credit in his MVP race because he's he's more
Speaker 2: than deserving of that to be playing one of the
Speaker 2: biggest markets and playing at the level he's been playing
Speaker 2: that likes it's not even up with debate. He's been
Speaker 2: you know, obviously he's Their team has dealt with injuries
Speaker 2: throughout the year. They lost one of their big pieces
Speaker 2: in Julius Randall. You know, o G went down some
Speaker 2: throughout the year, and you know this kid is he's
Speaker 2: he's carried this organization on his shoulders all year and
Speaker 2: he's continued to do that throughout these playoffs.
Speaker 3: So he is a star.
Speaker 2: He is legit everything that comes with it. He's a star,
Speaker 2: and he's perfect for this Knicks organization. So I think
Speaker 2: he's the best since Carmelo Anthony. I won't say he's
Speaker 2: better right now. I think, you know, him finishing out
Speaker 2: this series, possibly getting past the second round, I think
Speaker 2: that validates him at that point. And you know, like
Speaker 2: I said, this kid's jersey will be in the rafters
Speaker 2: when he's when he's said and done.
Speaker 1: I mean, if he gets this team to a conference finals, uh,
Speaker 1: which there's certainly a path for that right now. I mean, man,
Speaker 1: I can't even imagine the roof being blown off MSG.
Speaker 1: You know, I worked in that market for two decades
Speaker 1: and it is out of control. And look, we might
Speaker 1: be having the Brunson Mellow conversation at that point. So
Speaker 1: we'll have to see. But I love what you said
Speaker 1: about the organization because who knew we would be talking
Speaker 1: about the Knicks as one of the most well run
Speaker 1: organizations in the league. Nobody could have predicted that. And
Speaker 1: I think that bringing Leon Rose in, James Donlan finally
Speaker 1: final Lee taking his hands off of this team and
Speaker 1: just basically being like great, and then Leon bringing Tibbs
Speaker 1: in and then being so smart in a way that
Speaker 1: frankly hasn't happened with some of Tibbs's past teams. They
Speaker 1: drafted and have acquired and traded for Tibbs type of players.
Speaker 1: This team is so relentless. They get seven offensive rebounds
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter last night, despite the fact that Philly,
Speaker 1: by the way, running out of gas. I think that
Speaker 1: Philly missed their final eleven shots, didn't score in the
Speaker 1: final five minutes. Meanwhile, the Nick just kept coming and
Speaker 1: coming and coming and coming. And by the way, Jalen Brunson,
Speaker 1: it's not like he had the most incredible shooting night.
Speaker 1: He just kept going and he kept finding these little
Speaker 1: cracks to shoot from and be in. And just this
Speaker 1: entire team moves no matter what is going on. They
Speaker 1: keep playing. Even in Game three that Philly won, New
Speaker 1: York almost came back and won that one because they
Speaker 1: just kept coming. And I think that that is the
Speaker 1: kind of thing that is going to propel this team forward,
Speaker 1: even when they're playing opponents that maybe are a little
Speaker 1: bit better on paper than them. I am fascinated to
Speaker 1: see how far this group can go this year. And
Speaker 1: we're talking about all this without Julius Randall. So I
Speaker 1: kudos to the entire group Brunson has been amazing every
Speaker 1: single other guy on that roster who has just kept
Speaker 1: going in a way that has been so impressive to me.
Speaker 1: But I really got to give Leon Rose just a
Speaker 1: tremendous amount of credit for the way that he has
Speaker 1: come in changed that organization. Doesn't hurt if your godson
Speaker 1: is someone that you can acquire from Dallas spring Over
Speaker 1: and then become one of the best players in the league.
Speaker 1: He is on my MVP ballot for sure. But you know,
Speaker 1: it all worked out and I'm just thrilling a great story.
Speaker 1: And by the way, we've got a lot of quote
Speaker 1: smaller market teams also doing really well in these playoffs, right.
Speaker 1: You know, Denver's not a glamor glamour team in this
Speaker 1: league in terms of cities and everything, and yet they're
Speaker 1: obviously a monster Minnesota, you know, Oklahoma City. You've got
Speaker 1: teams that aren't necessarily the coastal elites doing well. So
Speaker 1: we've got that going on. And then at the same time,
Speaker 1: to having New York City in the playoffs doing as
Speaker 1: well as they're doing is great for the NBA. It
Speaker 1: is the largest fan base in the NBA, and you
Speaker 1: have the largest fan base engaged and excited. It's just
Speaker 1: great all the way around. It's nice to see both
Speaker 1: things happening at once. So it's not just big market
Speaker 1: versus small market. It's all different kinds of markets are
Speaker 1: doing it really well right now. That is cool for
Speaker 1: me to watch as well. The Sixers not doing as
Speaker 1: well right now. Down three to one, series can still go.
Speaker 1: We've seen teams down three one win. But you know,
Speaker 1: right now, it certainly seems that New York has the
Speaker 1: momentum and b does not look completely himself. Game two,
Speaker 1: of course, is going to haunt them for a long
Speaker 1: time if they do go home after this first round.
Speaker 1: What do you think they do this summer? Because they
Speaker 1: have assets, They've also got a ton of salary room.
Speaker 1: They could get a huge free agent if they wanted to.
Speaker 1: The only guys, the only guys who are absolutely locked
Speaker 1: in going forward are MAXI and embiid, so they can
Speaker 1: remake this roster however they want. And there's been a
Speaker 1: lot of Paul George rumblings book. What do you think
Speaker 1: about them?
Speaker 2: Well, when it comes to Philly situation, I think they're
Speaker 2: happy where they are. You know, they have their their
Speaker 2: two foundational pieces set and locked in. They have plenty
Speaker 2: of money to play with, they have plenty of assets
Speaker 2: to use. I think they're in a perfect situation as
Speaker 2: far as it with the Paul George rumlins. On paper,
Speaker 2: it obviously makes sense. But you know, Paul George being
Speaker 2: a West Coast kid, being home, getting closer to the
Speaker 2: end of his career, not saying, you know, he's ready
Speaker 2: to retire anything, but he's in the later stages of
Speaker 2: his career. Just from that standpoint, Alon, I don't really
Speaker 2: see him wanting to make a move like that, you know,
Speaker 2: going from Cali being home, being comfortable, being around family too,
Speaker 2: you know, jumping all the way across the map to
Speaker 2: the East Coast. It's a weather change, it's a different environment,
Speaker 2: it's a different type of fan base. Philly is a
Speaker 2: rough fan base to play in front of. You know,
Speaker 2: PG has received a lot of backlash with being in
Speaker 2: this softer market, so I couldn't really imagine him wanting
Speaker 2: to go to even more difficult market at the later
Speaker 2: stages of his career. But like I said, on paper,
Speaker 2: it makes sense, and I could you know, I could
Speaker 2: be totally wrong, but for me kind of knowing how
Speaker 2: comfortable peach is being home and how much you know
Speaker 2: family and being you know, representing la and all of
Speaker 2: the those things matter to him. I just don't see
Speaker 2: that that being the move for him. But like I said,
Speaker 2: I could be completely wrong, and if it was to
Speaker 2: be made, then you know, the East might have a
Speaker 2: new top dog in town. So on paper it makes sense,
Speaker 2: but you know, from a comfort standpoint, it just doesn't
Speaker 2: make sense.
Speaker 1: For me, and so interesting. We're going to talk about
Speaker 1: the Mavericks Clipper series later and obviously how that plays
Speaker 1: out could be a part of his decision, but just
Speaker 1: in a vacuum, the idea that he could be the
Speaker 1: perfect guy to fit in with Maxi and Embeed. I
Speaker 1: know Daryl moriy is going to be on his doorstep
Speaker 1: at twelve oh one. I think it's interesting that Paul
Speaker 1: George has not re upped with the Clippers. Right he
Speaker 1: had the opportunity to extend Kauwai did it, and the
Speaker 1: fact that he didn't do it around the same time,
Speaker 1: I thought was telling. He's clearly waiting for something, and
Speaker 1: he's either waiting just for other bidders to come in
Speaker 1: to up his price, or he's waiting for the decision
Speaker 1: about whether he should move on or not. And I
Speaker 1: don't know what were offering him to begin with. Maybe
Speaker 1: there was wiggle room there. I'd have to think they'd
Speaker 1: be offering him the maximum amount of money, but who knows.
Speaker 1: I just wonder if there's a little bit there, because
Speaker 1: I agree with you, he is a guy who coming
Speaker 1: home to LA was really important to him, right. I mean,
Speaker 1: he flirted with the idea back when Magic Johnson was
Speaker 1: on TV talk shows talking about acquiring him for the Lakers, right, Like,
Speaker 1: He's just the idea of coming home was very important
Speaker 1: to him. You know, his parents, who are great, by
Speaker 1: the way, great people at their courtside at most games.
Speaker 1: And his mom had a stroke years ago and it's
Speaker 1: very important to him to be around her. She's not
Speaker 1: as ambulatory as one might hope. And I think that
Speaker 1: all of that stuff contributes. You know, his kids are here,
Speaker 1: his families here, They're getting to be with their cousins
Speaker 1: and grandparents and everything. The weather is not a small thing,
Speaker 1: you know. The fan base, as you say, is not
Speaker 1: a small thing. But I got to say, at some point,
Speaker 1: some of these guys have to decide, do I want
Speaker 1: to win a title? And I don't know if he
Speaker 1: is as set up well here in LA to win
Speaker 1: a title as he would be if he went to
Speaker 1: the East, which is a different conference with different teams
Speaker 1: you're competing against, and paired with the Joel Embiid and
Speaker 1: Tyrese Maxi. So's it's a really interesting question. I don't
Speaker 1: know if Philly has a plan B. If you know,
Speaker 1: Paul George doesn't decide to come because some of the
Speaker 1: targets that they had, the two guys in Toronto got
Speaker 1: traded to other teams where they are expected to both resign. Well,
Speaker 1: we'll just have to see. But it is an unfortunate
Speaker 1: break for Philly in the series and beats health, you know,
Speaker 1: just hasn't been one hundred percent. And frankly, they can
Speaker 1: learn a little bit from the guys across the court
Speaker 1: about just how relentless you have to be to win
Speaker 1: these hard fought playoff series. I'm fascinated. I'm fascinated by
Speaker 1: the way the series has turned out. I wish it
Speaker 1: was thirteen games. What we'll have to say, I don't know.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to the West. Wolves swept the
Speaker 1: Sun's Boogie while you were sleeping over there in Taiwan,
Speaker 1: the Wolves slept swept the Sun. Big games from Anthony
Speaker 1: Edwards and Karl Anthony Towns, who had got into foul
Speaker 1: trouble at times throughout the series, he came through big time.
Speaker 1: I want to give him a lot of credit. And
Speaker 1: we usually say the team with the best player in
Speaker 1: the series wins, right, and going in to this series,
Speaker 1: some people would have told you the best player on
Speaker 1: the floor would have been Devin Booker. You know, if
Speaker 1: you got Kevin Durant in that series. There's no question
Speaker 1: that Anthony Edwards turned out to be the best player
Speaker 1: of these four games. I mean that second half he
Speaker 1: had thirty. One of his forty came in the second half.
Speaker 1: But are you ready to say overall that ant is
Speaker 1: a better player than Booker or KD. Book had forty
Speaker 1: nine last night?
Speaker 3: Am I ready to say? Yes?
Speaker 2: It's not far off. I mean, obviously Booker is an
Speaker 2: amazing player this year. He's shown at time and time
Speaker 2: again season after season. So this is no knock the
Speaker 2: book but it's honestly just praise for Anthony Edwards. I
Speaker 2: think he elevated his game to a level higher. In
Speaker 2: on Phoenix side, he led this team to a sweep.
Speaker 2: He's a star. He's one of the faces of the league.
Speaker 2: His energy, his charisma, his personality, everything was on display
Speaker 2: in this series. And I think it's bigger than just being,
Speaker 2: you know, the best two guard in the league. He's
Speaker 2: one of the biggest stars in our league.
Speaker 1: I think you think he's the best two guard in
Speaker 1: the league hands down, right.
Speaker 3: You don't even think it's close as of this season.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, hell yeah, absolutely. And like I said, he put
Speaker 2: it on display. Is young Jordan Vibes. It has been
Speaker 2: spoken on before. The athleticism, just the leadership. I don't
Speaker 2: even think that gets talked about enough. And it is
Speaker 2: the fact that this kid is twenty two years old
Speaker 2: doing all of these things. This isn't a twenty eight
Speaker 2: year old. This isn't a thirty year old. This is
Speaker 2: a twenty two year old kid, twenty two doing these things. So,
Speaker 2: like I said, this is no knock to book, It's
Speaker 2: no knocked to any two guard in the league. This
Speaker 2: is just given the young kid, his flowers and the
Speaker 2: prayers that he deserves in his moment. And you know,
Speaker 2: he did his thing this series. And you could tell
Speaker 2: from the words of Kevin Duran. It's no bitterness, it's
Speaker 2: no anger towards his kid. You have to get his
Speaker 2: kid his flowers. He went out there and performed at
Speaker 2: an incredible level. He outplayed his one of his idols,
Speaker 2: growing up, which is a story within itself. So just
Speaker 2: everything about this series was in this kid's favor, and
Speaker 2: like I said, he went out there and he took
Speaker 2: that shit, and you know, he deserves all the credit that's.
Speaker 3: Coming this way.
Speaker 1: I mean, look, it's incredible. Even going into this series.
Speaker 1: I put Anthony Edwards on my second team All NBA
Speaker 1: and Den Booker on my third team All NBA, so
Speaker 1: that's the order I had them in. But he just exploded.
Speaker 1: And you mentioned the ris there. I mean, he is
Speaker 1: just jumps off the court emotionally, you know, magnetically, he
Speaker 1: is just such an incredible presence. And then the leadership,
Speaker 1: You're absolutely right, that's underrated. I watched a press conference
Speaker 1: after the game where he's sitting there, he and Carly
Speaker 1: Towns are up there together and he just kept going
Speaker 1: to carl and being like, yeah, I told you to
Speaker 1: stop fucking failing, and you finally stop fucking fouling, and
Speaker 1: there we go. He's twenty two, and he's telling the
Speaker 1: former number one overall pick, who was definitely the star
Speaker 1: of this team when Aunt came through, Hey, you over there,
Speaker 1: stop fucking fouling and guess what. Kat, to his credit,
Speaker 1: has completely accepted and respected it. And I think that's
Speaker 1: an underrated story too, because that's not easy if you're
Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns to sit there and have someone else
Speaker 1: come in who's not you know, yes, he's younger, and
Speaker 1: he's definitely younger enough to feel younger, but he's not like,
Speaker 1: it's not like Kat's thirty five, right, So sometimes if
Speaker 1: you're a much older player and the young kid comes in,
Speaker 1: you can be like, great, that's how it's supposed to be.
Speaker 1: This is an age difference where it's just enough to
Speaker 1: be awkward if it was going to be awkward, and
Speaker 1: Kat is just enough and is still in his prime
Speaker 1: that it's sort of like, oh, and Kat has been
Speaker 1: a dream about it, and Ant has been amazing about it,
Speaker 1: and I think it's just Ants so undeniable, and yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I think Tmosa this summer we're going
Speaker 1: to see him just eat against those international players a
Speaker 1: lot of fun.
Speaker 3: Hopefully he's put in the right position to do.
Speaker 1: So let's put it so that's your other thing, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2: Let's not let's not make the same mistake twice. Let's
Speaker 2: let's let this kid shine because he deserves it.
Speaker 3: Absolutely. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Well, look, it's easier when you dismiss Devin Booker in
Speaker 1: a playoff series. It's easier than for coach Kerr to
Speaker 1: sit there and make those kinds of decisions, right, Like
Speaker 1: like it's kind of like coming in with kat right then,
Speaker 1: everyone on that TMOSA team, you know talent when you
Speaker 1: see it, and players, I give all y'all credit Book, Like,
Speaker 1: y'all recognize when someone is who they who they are,
Speaker 1: and like I think, I think we'll see what you're
Speaker 1: looking for on Team USA this summer. And then Phoenix
Speaker 1: is a huge thing. And look, you were the first
Speaker 1: person on the national media to be pounding the drum
Speaker 1: of it's a problem they don't have a point guard.
Speaker 1: You did it from October on and they played well
Speaker 1: enough that a lot of people were like, no, Book's
Speaker 1: doing fine. And I even sat here on the pod
Speaker 1: and I was like, well, Books, Books playing okay in
Speaker 1: that role, and you're like, come playoff time, it is
Speaker 1: going to matter, you were one hundred percent right. My
Speaker 1: thing from the beginning of the season was they made
Speaker 1: a huge mistake with Bradley Beal. I feel vindicated in
Speaker 1: that take as well. Bradley Beal, who is a very
Speaker 1: good guy by the way, however not a good fit
Speaker 1: on that team. Four of thirteen in the final game,
Speaker 1: nine points total, six turnovers, five of which came in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, and then he fouled out. I mean
Speaker 1: it was just a disaster. And to me, this is
Speaker 1: a new owner syndrome problem. We have seen this over
Speaker 1: and over. Matt Ishbia may become one of the NBA's
Speaker 1: best owners. I am not saying this is long term. However,
Speaker 1: we see it over and over again when a new
Speaker 1: owner comes into the league, especially a younger guy who's
Speaker 1: had great success in his field, he knows better, right,
Speaker 1: he just knows better than everyone else in the way
Speaker 1: it's been done. I would have made the Kevin Durant deal,
Speaker 1: and he made that deal just I think sixty seconds
Speaker 1: after acquiring the team. I would have done it. He's
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, I get it. I would never have made
Speaker 1: the Bradley Beale deal, and they would have been better
Speaker 1: off just keeping Chris Paul this past year because at
Speaker 1: least to organized their offense, and he has a trainable
Speaker 1: contract that would have given them options going forward. They
Speaker 1: don't have options, And that's what I wanted to ask you.
Speaker 1: Bradley Beale has a no trade clause, so if you
Speaker 1: want to get rid of him to make salary room,
Speaker 1: you've got to be sending him to a place he
Speaker 1: wants to go to, and you've got to convince someone
Speaker 1: to take him, and you barely have any picks to attach.
Speaker 1: I guess they've got a first round pick, what now?
Speaker 1: And then that's it before twenty thirty. No second round picks,
Speaker 1: So it's just bonkers. What would you do? Would you
Speaker 1: try to convince someone to take him? KD? Is is
Speaker 1: he sticking around this team? What do you think?
Speaker 2: This is definitely gonna be a difficult offseason for the
Speaker 2: Phoenix Suns. It's a lot of things to iron out.
Speaker 2: It's a lot of tough decisions to make. But just
Speaker 2: based off you know, balance and looking at this team
Speaker 2: on paper, Bradley Bill is the black sheep to this problem.
Speaker 2: Outside of them being their number one priority is obviously
Speaker 2: gonna get a point guard John Wall is fucking sitting
Speaker 2: at home.
Speaker 3: Go get John Wall Who cares.
Speaker 2: If this dude likes to go to the club, whatever,
Speaker 2: whatever fucking bullshit excuse you want to come up with
Speaker 2: as to why you don't want to sign, Go get
Speaker 2: you a fucking point guard.
Speaker 3: That's the first thing. The second thing when it.
Speaker 2: Comes to Bradley Beil, I absolutely think he's a he's
Speaker 2: a tradable piece. I think I think Bradley Beil will
Speaker 2: be open to being traded. You can tell about a
Speaker 2: body language, you can tell by his demeanor, you can
Speaker 2: tell and obviously you can tell about the performance that
Speaker 2: he's not a good fit there. He probably, deep down
Speaker 2: the side doesn't really want to be there. And on
Speaker 2: any good championship team, Bradley Bil is the second option.
Speaker 2: Brad Bil in no way, shape or for him, will
Speaker 2: ever be a third option on the team. And if
Speaker 2: he is, it is not putting him in a situation
Speaker 2: to be successful. And that's exactly what Phoenix did in
Speaker 2: this situation. So obviously brad Bil is the guy that
Speaker 2: I think you can go, you know, do some things,
Speaker 2: You can make something happen with Bradley Beal and bring
Speaker 2: in some pieces what pieces. I don't necessarily have those answers.
Speaker 1: Oh, point guard, you've got that answer, we.
Speaker 2: Got that start, But what you can get back for
Speaker 2: Bradley Bil, I don't know that exact answer. I wouldn't
Speaker 2: be mad at of brad Bil. Jimmy Butler. Move Jimmy
Speaker 2: Butler thirty four to thirty five coming up. He's on
Speaker 2: a way different timeline than those young guys in Miami.
Speaker 2: You got Terry Rozier, you have a Bam down there.
Speaker 3: Those are two younger guys.
Speaker 1: Jimmy a heat player, though, Is he a heat culture guy?
Speaker 3: I think so?
Speaker 2: Absolutely, yeah, absolutely, so it makes sense. It makes sense
Speaker 2: for both sides. Obviously, Jimmy Butler's you know, he's getting
Speaker 2: to the later, later stages of his career.
Speaker 3: We all know he.
Speaker 2: Wants to compete for a championship. I think that's a
Speaker 2: good third piece to go with the Phoenix signs. You
Speaker 2: get you a point guard, you move book back to
Speaker 2: the two. You can put Jimmy at your three and
Speaker 2: have Kevin Durant at the four, and you can figure
Speaker 2: out the rest when it comes to the roster.
Speaker 1: So well, look, they don't need Jimmy Butler to score
Speaker 1: the basketball in that situation right with with Kevin Durant
Speaker 1: and book there. So that plays into the fact that
Speaker 1: he's not the shooter that those guys are. I get it.
Speaker 1: I just don't think I think they're going to have
Speaker 1: trouble finding someone to take Bradley Beal. They'd have to
Speaker 1: attach definitely. I think the first round pick, just because
Speaker 1: of the contract, that's going to be a thing. And
Speaker 1: then there's the Kevin Durant question. Does Kevin want to
Speaker 1: stay there? He is not had the best last five years.
Speaker 1: You know, some of it was bad luck, some of
Speaker 1: it was a toe over the line, some of it
Speaker 1: was injury stuff. But here's a guy who is on
Speaker 1: one of my lists, is you know, on that top
Speaker 1: twenty players of all time kind of situation, and I
Speaker 1: just don't know if he wants this to be the
Speaker 1: way his career ends. There's a lot of romantics out
Speaker 1: there who want him to go back to Oklahoma City.
Speaker 1: If you're Kevin Durant, do you ask for another trade
Speaker 1: or do you feel like you can't do that again?
Speaker 1: What do you think? If you're Kevin Durant.
Speaker 2: If I'm Kevin Durant, I'll write it out okay, And
Speaker 2: like I said, I think your best bet when it
Speaker 2: comes to improving his team is using Bradley Beal as
Speaker 2: a piece and also attaching that first round pick. But
Speaker 2: when it comes to Kevin Durant, it doesn't make sense
Speaker 2: to go back to Okay. See that's a I think
Speaker 2: what's the average age for Okay? See twenty three, twenty three?
Speaker 3: It just doesn't make that too.
Speaker 2: That team has created a vibe, it's a fun, loving environment.
Speaker 2: They've they've created something to match that group that they
Speaker 2: have there. It just doesn't make sense to try to put,
Speaker 2: you know, a thirty six, thirty seven year old guy.
Speaker 3: Into the mix of that. So it on paper, it
Speaker 3: doesn't make sense.
Speaker 2: Now, if you want to, you know, a fairy tale story,
Speaker 2: and you know the media have something to run with,
Speaker 2: then absolutely it makes sense. But I think that story
Speaker 2: will be short lived. If I'm Kevin Durant, I'm sticking
Speaker 2: it out, you know. I think this will be his
Speaker 2: last stop hopefully, So I don't want to see k
Speaker 2: move anymore. I want to see him make a situation work,
Speaker 2: and I think this is the place he can make
Speaker 2: it work. It's just some things they have to iron out.
Speaker 2: With that roster, and they have to start making things
Speaker 2: make sense for their team. They have to put their
Speaker 2: stars in a position to be successful. Like I said,
Speaker 2: go get you a fucking point guard one and I
Speaker 2: think everything else is fixable. So I say, Kevin Uran
Speaker 2: sticks this out, absolutely well.
Speaker 1: They're already trying to blame the coach. It was literally
Speaker 1: it took. It took two minutes after the final buzzer
Speaker 1: sound for stories to leak and tweets to leak about Oh,
Speaker 1: players aren't happy with the coach. Bradley Buil didn't shake
Speaker 1: Frank Vogel's hand. Frank Vogel doesn't have a you know,
Speaker 1: a handle on the team. He doesn't have their confidence.
Speaker 1: Guess what, Frank Vogel is not the problem. He's not
Speaker 1: the problem. The roster is the problem. And that's not
Speaker 1: even James Jones's fault. The owner made those two big traits. Okay,
Speaker 1: he got He wanted the credit for it when he
Speaker 1: came in, so now you got to stick with it.
Speaker 1: It is the fault of the roster, the roster that
Speaker 1: the new ownership put together. And as I said, matt
Speaker 1: Eshpia may go on to be one of our best owners.
Speaker 1: Mark Cuban didn't always make the best decisions when he
Speaker 1: came into the league, right, and then he became one
Speaker 1: of the owners that has been the most before he
Speaker 1: sold his ownership stake in the team, so Matt could
Speaker 1: have a great future in Phoenix. But this past year
Speaker 1: or so, what he's done, you have to look in
Speaker 1: the mirror. You cannot start leaking things about the coach.
Speaker 1: Frank Vogel got this team which had no business being
Speaker 1: in the top half of the league defensively, into the
Speaker 1: top half of the league defensively. It is not his fault, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just seem.
Speaker 2: To me I agree, But we know how this thing goes.
Speaker 2: Whenever it's a it's a fail season, the coach is
Speaker 2: the first guy to blame, and you know that's unfortunate
Speaker 2: for Frank. I'm a huge I'm a huge fan of
Speaker 2: coach Vogel. You know, I had the luxury of being
Speaker 2: on a roster with the Lakers the championship year. I
Speaker 2: saw how he coached that team. I saw how he
Speaker 2: connected with his stars. I saw how the guys respected
Speaker 2: him in the locker room. So I know his ability
Speaker 2: of coaching and how he managed the team isn't the problem,
Speaker 2: but in this situation, he going to be the scapegoat.
Speaker 2: There's always a scapeboat when shit goes wrong, and you
Speaker 2: know it's unfortunately that you know he'll be that guy
Speaker 2: this offseason. So you know, we'll see what this team does,
Speaker 2: and you know, obviously they're going to have a tough
Speaker 2: decision and who they decide to bring in. Hopefully it's
Speaker 2: a guy that you know, the stars will respect and
Speaker 2: hopefully have a say so and who they want, and
Speaker 2: you know, hopefully things get ironed out and it's not
Speaker 2: another year of making an excuse or blaming the coach.
Speaker 2: So we'll have to see what plays out for this
Speaker 2: son's organization.
Speaker 1: Look, man, there's another team we got to talk about.
Speaker 1: That's that's kind of in the same boat here. The
Speaker 1: Lakers at least save themselves from getting swept right Monday night.
Speaker 1: As we tape this Monday morning game five back in Denver,
Speaker 1: I did want to ask you about Jamal Murray because
Speaker 1: he's questionable with the strained calf. You have also been
Speaker 1: inside that locker room book, You've been on that team.
Speaker 1: If Jamal can't in fact go, how big of a
Speaker 1: window does that open? For LA Or do you just
Speaker 1: feel Denver at home even if Jamal doesn't play. They
Speaker 1: didn't have him for the last couple of weeks of
Speaker 1: the season because he was hurt. Then they didn't have
Speaker 1: him for stretches when you were there with them. You know,
Speaker 1: do you feel like Denver at home even if Jamal
Speaker 1: is not there, they're still the favorite? Or do you
Speaker 1: think the window for LA opens?
Speaker 2: But you can't overlook that piece. Jamal Murray is a
Speaker 2: huge piece to the success of this Denver Nuggets team. Obviously,
Speaker 2: you know Jokis gets all the shine, but when they
Speaker 2: came to this team being a championship team, it's when
Speaker 2: Jamal Murray became healthy. If I'm the Lakers, I'm excited
Speaker 2: and obviously we don't wish you know, injury or harm
Speaker 2: or any player. But in this situation, the Lakers being
Speaker 2: down in this series and they're missing their number two
Speaker 2: option in Jamal Murray, I think the Lakers are now.
Speaker 1: We'll see, we'll see. He's questionable.
Speaker 3: A calf strang A calf strain could be tricky, it
Speaker 3: could be very.
Speaker 1: And you don't want to mess with that because achilles.
Speaker 2: I'm just a calf strength easily turn into an achilles injury,
Speaker 2: so you have to be very you know, fragile and
Speaker 2: sensitive with dealing with that injury. But and if I
Speaker 2: feel like, if Denver feel like they can buy time
Speaker 2: and you know, kind of let him sit and rest,
Speaker 2: I think they will take that route. So, like I said,
Speaker 2: I think the Lakers, if that is the situation, I
Speaker 2: think they're excited. I think they can see a small
Speaker 2: glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel and
Speaker 2: it might be a little more life in this series.
Speaker 2: But if Jamal does play, I think it's curtains for
Speaker 2: the Lakers.
Speaker 1: Look, even if they win this game tonight, and as
Speaker 1: we said here, we don't know, but I will say this,
Speaker 1: I can't see LA winning four out of five against Denver,
Speaker 1: which is what they would have to do starting with
Speaker 1: that win over the weekend. But still like it's just
Speaker 1: they lost ten straight or sorry, eleven straight to them.
Speaker 1: I mean, the most likely scenario. No team has ever
Speaker 1: come back from three to zero. The most likely scenario
Speaker 1: is that LA gets sent home. So let's just have
Speaker 1: that conversation now because we won't be together again until
Speaker 1: next Monday. What do you think the Lakers should do
Speaker 1: next and how much does that depend on what Lebron
Speaker 1: wants to do.
Speaker 2: I put it like this, it's only one team with
Speaker 2: a shittier situation than Phoenix, and it's the fucking Lakers.
Speaker 2: We know what this all season to bring. Obviously Lebron
Speaker 2: has Lebron has this organization by the balls, that's it's
Speaker 2: well noted.
Speaker 1: We know that.
Speaker 2: Obviously, he has this contract situation. We know about the
Speaker 2: scenario and him wanting to play with his sign So
Speaker 2: it's a lot of things looming when it comes to
Speaker 2: you know what this Laker team has to do when
Speaker 2: it comes to Lebron. But my question is, at what
Speaker 2: point does Lebron decide to take, you know, that pay
Speaker 2: cut if it's about still winning championships. Lebron is an
Speaker 2: an I'm not in the pocket watch and I don't
Speaker 2: count the next man's money or anything like that.
Speaker 3: This is just what's well known and what's facts.
Speaker 2: Lebron is an active NB player and he's a billionaire.
Speaker 3: So obviously money isn't an issue for Lebron.
Speaker 2: So at what point do you take that cut to
Speaker 2: bring in more talentent to compete for a championship?
Speaker 3: And if that's not the case.
Speaker 2: Then what is your goal with being a Laker and
Speaker 2: moving forward with the you know, the rest of your career.
Speaker 2: That's my question to Lebron because at this point, if
Speaker 2: Lebron goes and signs for sixty million a year, obviously
Speaker 2: it's not much room to add talent to this roster.
Speaker 2: It's not much room to improve the roster. But the
Speaker 2: current team they have now obviously is not enough. So
Speaker 2: if you do take on this new contract, you know,
Speaker 2: what is your goal with being a Laker and moving forward?
Speaker 2: So I think that's the question that needs to be
Speaker 2: asked in the off season when it comes to, you know,
Speaker 2: fixing this Lakers situation. Obviously, you have your your counter partner,
Speaker 2: Anthony Davis. He still has a lot of life left
Speaker 2: in his league. I think if I'm ad and I'm
Speaker 2: in his shoes, that's my question of Lebron, like what's
Speaker 2: your goal? Like what are we trying to do moving forward?
Speaker 2: And regardless of whatever his answer is, I think you
Speaker 2: based your decision off of that.
Speaker 1: But that's a great point because look, here's the thing.
Speaker 1: There's people speculating, would he jump somewhere else? I would
Speaker 1: be laid down in shock if Lebron James leaves Los Angeles.
Speaker 1: He wanted to come here so badly that he basically
Speaker 1: committed to Magic Johnson before Magic even gotten to the
Speaker 1: door of that free agency meeting. He didn't unlike Kawhi Leonard,
Speaker 1: who said, you got to bring Paul George for me
Speaker 1: to come here. He made no stipulations. He signed multi
Speaker 1: year deals in ways that he never did in Cleveland
Speaker 1: or Miami. He wants to live in Los Angeles, and
Speaker 1: by the way, I live in Los Angeles. It is
Speaker 1: lovely here. I get it. However, that means to me
Speaker 1: that he is not going to another city. His business
Speaker 1: is here, his kids are here, his life is here.
Speaker 1: I just don't see him moving in and for his legacy. Also,
Speaker 1: by the way, three teams is already a lot for
Speaker 1: a player of his caliber, right, we don't see that
Speaker 1: that often. But he's won a championship in everyone. If
Speaker 1: he then goes to a fourth theme and they don't
Speaker 1: win and he's away from his family, I don't see it.
Speaker 1: So then the question is if he stays here and
Speaker 1: he stays a Laker, what does he want? Does he
Speaker 1: want to ride off into the sunset and just have
Speaker 1: a nice year, make a lot of money. Maybe they
Speaker 1: do bring Bronnie in, which, by the way, I think
Speaker 1: would be great.
Speaker 3: Do it.
Speaker 1: I'm all for that. By the way, he's not taking
Speaker 1: up a spot on the roster that other people like.
Speaker 1: You can have a guy who is a two way
Speaker 1: contract or, end of the bench player, who is a
Speaker 1: developing youngster in the NBA, who has Brownie skill set.
Speaker 1: He's got an NBA body, he's obviously got great basketball IQ.
Speaker 1: His reputation both in high school and college so far
Speaker 1: as that, he's a team guy. He's not too big
Speaker 1: for He's not like going Lebron James soon. You know,
Speaker 1: he seems like he is. He is a good team
Speaker 1: chemistry guy. And it's a great story. And I watched
Speaker 1: I covered the NHL a long time ago. I watched
Speaker 1: Bobby Hall and Brett Hall play together. It's awesome, man
Speaker 1: like do it and if anyone deserves it, it's Lebron.
Speaker 1: So I'm all for that. If that happens. I know
Speaker 1: people are gonna whine and bitch and complain, but I
Speaker 1: think it'd be great, and maybe that's all he wants.
Speaker 1: But to your point, Anthony Davis, I don't think that's
Speaker 1: all he wants. And I understand the logistics of Lebron
Speaker 1: taking a big pay cut. I was having this conversation
Speaker 1: at the game the other day with someone who knows
Speaker 1: that organization and knows Lebron super well, and and his
Speaker 1: take was, Oh, I don't know if if he's gonna,
Speaker 1: like how that looks that he's got to like take
Speaker 1: a big pay cut to bring someone else in. And
Speaker 1: what is that going to say about him? I don't know,
Speaker 1: he's thirty nine years old, biggie. What do you think
Speaker 1: the sort of ego factor of that is if he
Speaker 1: decided he's if he opts in, he's getting fifty one million,
Speaker 1: As you point out, that number goes up if he
Speaker 1: opts out but wants to stay. If he just was like,
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm gonna play for twenty million this year,
Speaker 1: what do you think the ego factor is there? And
Speaker 1: then having someone else come in.
Speaker 2: I think it adds to his legend. It then adds
Speaker 2: another layer to you know, this goat status. He's so unselfish,
Speaker 2: he's he's a team guy. He's about winning championships. I
Speaker 2: think that's the narrative that goes with a decision like that.
Speaker 2: I don't think anybody would ever look at Lebron in
Speaker 2: a negative way if he was to take a pay cut.
Speaker 2: I don't think. I don't think it lowers his value.
Speaker 2: I don't think, you know, it lowers his legend any
Speaker 2: of those things. It actually increases it. In my opinion.
Speaker 2: It shows that he's about, you know, winning championships. It
Speaker 2: shows that he wants to increase.
Speaker 3: You know, he's.
Speaker 2: Already incredible, incredible resume, so and obviously adding a fifth
Speaker 2: championship to his already crazy resume puts him at another status.
Speaker 2: It then changes a lot of conversations when it comes
Speaker 2: to who is the goal of this back of basketball?
Speaker 2: So that's where it kind of goes for me when
Speaker 2: it comes to figuring out this off season. What are
Speaker 2: you looking for? What are your goals moving forward with
Speaker 2: being a Laker. Is it still about competing for championships
Speaker 2: or is it about making sure boot business is booming?
Speaker 2: Which I don't think changes in any way, shape or form.
Speaker 2: No matter where this is the fucking Lebron James, It's
Speaker 2: not going to change right right, So him taking twenty
Speaker 2: million this year is not going to change anything. That's
Speaker 2: going on with clutch or anything that you know what
Speaker 2: I'm saying. So life right, So I think that's the
Speaker 2: important question. What is your goal moving forward? As simple
Speaker 2: as that.
Speaker 1: And look, it's funny we were talking about Paul George
Speaker 1: earlier in this conversation. Paul George and Lebron were supposed
Speaker 1: to play together in Cleveland. There was a deal done
Speaker 1: to trade Paul from Indiana to Cleveland. It got messed
Speaker 1: up at the end. I would say, I'm blaming some
Speaker 1: upper management enfranchises for some of what happened there. And
Speaker 1: that was going to be the thing after Kyrie left,
Speaker 1: was that Paul George was going to come in and
Speaker 1: them playing together just makes so much sense in terms
Speaker 1: of the way their games are styled and everything. This is,
Speaker 1: I guess this is a far flowing possibility. But what
Speaker 1: if Lebron took a serious pay cut and they said
Speaker 1: to Paul George, you don't have to move to Philly
Speaker 1: if it's not working in the Clippers and Kawai just
Speaker 1: can't stay healthy the way we'd all want him to,
Speaker 1: And what would you think about just coming across the
Speaker 1: hallway there. I don't know, man, I mean, Paul has
Speaker 1: said that he's wanted to be a Laker in the past.
Speaker 1: I know it kind of changed a tune when he
Speaker 1: became a Clipper, but he and Lebron have talked about
Speaker 1: playing together in the past. I know they certainly need
Speaker 1: a player who can defend like that. When I look
Speaker 1: at the Lakers other options, even if they come through
Speaker 1: trade right and they will have trade assets starting on drafted,
Speaker 1: I thought three first round picks. You're talking about Trey Young,
Speaker 1: who obviously is a huge offensive talent, but is not
Speaker 1: going to help them defensively. He obviously comes with his
Speaker 1: own set of personality that would have to get melded
Speaker 1: into that team. Dejante Murray, who I don't think is
Speaker 1: turning them into a championship contender in my opinion. And
Speaker 1: then Donovan Mitchell, I know is spicy for Lakers fans
Speaker 1: to be talking about. Oh, especially if the Magic eliminate
Speaker 1: the Calves, we could go after Donovan Mitchell. Guess what,
Speaker 1: I don't care if Donovan Mitchell specifically marches into the
Speaker 1: Calves front office and says I would like a trade
Speaker 1: to Los Angeles. I do not see the Cleveland Cavaliers
Speaker 1: and the Gilbert family helping Lebron win another title in
Speaker 1: LA by trading the player that they thought was going
Speaker 1: to be their franchise player going forward. I don't see it.
Speaker 1: I don't see it happening. They could get just as
Speaker 1: good a deal somewhere else. I know we've been talking
Speaker 1: about Trey Young to the Spurs, but can you imagine
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell on the Spurs with Victor webin Yama. I
Speaker 1: mean that to me is just a match made in
Speaker 1: heaven right there. And if I am an NBA player today,
Speaker 1: I am doing everything I can to get to San Antonio,
Speaker 1: which is an incredible sentence, but I would. I think
Speaker 1: that kid we talked about aunt and he's incredible. I
Speaker 1: think Victor Webbin Yama is going to be when it's
Speaker 1: all over. Obviously, I don't know what happens injury wise
Speaker 1: and everything else, but everything he has shown us so
Speaker 1: far tells me he's going to be a top five
Speaker 1: of all time player. And we will see. But that
Speaker 1: that is my prediction sitting here, and I would do
Speaker 1: everything I could to get to my ass to San Antonio.
Speaker 1: I just don't see Donovan Mitchell coming to Los Angeles,
Speaker 1: no matter what happens. Maybe he'll be in Cleveland. I
Speaker 1: don't see the Cavs ever trading him to a Lebron
Speaker 1: Lakers team. And then I just to your point, who
Speaker 1: are you getting this summer that's going to make a difference.
Speaker 1: I just I don't know. Man. I take the pay cut,
Speaker 1: and I take the pay cut.
Speaker 2: Yeah, take the pay cut, and let's see what we
Speaker 2: can make fake. Absolutely, I agree with you, right.
Speaker 3: I agree?
Speaker 1: There you go, all right, Producer Nate's favorite segment. Three
Speaker 1: stats at you. Two of them are true, one is
Speaker 1: a lie, two truths and a lie. Let's go. Jalen
Speaker 1: Brunson leads the league in postseason scoring. That is stat
Speaker 1: number one. Stat number two. Anthony Davis leads in postseason
Speaker 1: rebounding stat number three. The Timberwolves are number one and
Speaker 1: scoring overall this postseason. Which is a lie? And which
Speaker 1: two are the truth? Oh?
Speaker 3: Man, this is gonna be a tough one today.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say Anthony Davis leads the lead Lee's in
Speaker 2: postseason rebound I'm gonna say that's true. And I'm gonna
Speaker 2: go with j in postseason scoring and t Wolves and
Speaker 2: number one.
Speaker 3: And scoring is a lie?
Speaker 1: Okay, all right? I My only question is Jalen Brunson
Speaker 1: did not have, like, I mean, an amazing game obviously yesterday,
Speaker 1: but he's not had a little more up and down
Speaker 1: in this series. I don't know, though, I couldn't say
Speaker 1: which one the Jalen one I'm a little dubious of,
Speaker 1: but I'm not doing obvious enough to say it. Timberwolves,
Speaker 1: some of those games, how high scoring have they been?
Speaker 1: That's a tough one. Band all right, Producer Nate, come in,
Speaker 1: I can't make a decision, he says, Timberwolves is a lie?
Speaker 1: What do you got, Producer Nate, I gotta give one,
Speaker 1: all right, fine, Producer eight, I'm trying to get out
Speaker 1: of it. And Producer eight's in my years saying, I
Speaker 1: gotta make a decision.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: If I'm making a decision, Jalen Brunston is a lie. Oh,
Speaker 1: Producer Na says, I'm correct. That was a total toss up.
Speaker 1: Though that was a fifty to fifty on Joel Embiid
Speaker 1: has never won in postseason scoring since Producer eight. Okay,
Speaker 1: all right, all right, that was a total guess on
Speaker 1: my part. Though I don't know. We need Brondo back
Speaker 1: because he's probably got the best leader in the clubhouse
Speaker 1: scoring on this one for us. We're hurting book, all right,
Speaker 1: I'll take that bet. Presented by DraftKings. This is fascinating
Speaker 1: question to me. The Dallas series against the Clippers tied
Speaker 1: to two to two. Even though the Mavericks are going
Speaker 1: to be the road team for two of the next
Speaker 1: three games, they are favored by Vegas. Dallas is at
Speaker 1: minus one sixty five the Clippers are at plus one forty.
Speaker 1: Which bet are you taking? Book? What do you think?
Speaker 2: Man, I'm all about safety. Okay, I wouldn't bet on
Speaker 2: this series at all.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 2: This is an incredible series. I felt like this series
Speaker 2: would go this way. Definitely going to a game seven.
Speaker 2: In my opinion, this series can go either way. I mean,
Speaker 2: both teams are playing out a high level, and both
Speaker 2: teams have found a way to kind of be inconsistent
Speaker 2: at the same time. So it's tough to say. But
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go out on a limb. I'm I'm gonna
Speaker 2: roll with Dallas. The fact that Kawhi is dealing with
Speaker 2: some healthy issues.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know if we'll see him back in
Speaker 1: this series.
Speaker 2: Bug And obviously with the way history is, you know,
Speaker 2: played for this Clippers team, they are never healthy around
Speaker 2: this time, which always results in them kind of getting.
Speaker 3: The short end of the stick.
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go with Dallas, you know, finishing out
Speaker 2: and winning this series.
Speaker 1: It would be interesting. I couldn't call it. I think
Speaker 1: I think this is going to be the best. It's
Speaker 1: gonna come down to be ending up six or seven games,
Speaker 1: best series of the playoffs, I mean of the first
Speaker 1: round of the playoffs, playoffs so far, and it is.
Speaker 1: You know, we were talking about Paul George all throughout
Speaker 1: this podcast, like, I don't know if they get thumped
Speaker 1: in the first round, and he is looking at another
Speaker 1: time where Kawhi Leonard and I know they really those
Speaker 1: dudes like each other by the way. They have good chemistry,
Speaker 1: and you've been in that locker room. I think it
Speaker 1: would be hard for him to turn his back on
Speaker 1: that team. But I also think that at some point
Speaker 1: you got to look at your own legacy, and Paul
Speaker 1: George is a borderline Hall of Fame player, right with
Speaker 1: sort of some of the things that he's done. If
Speaker 1: you look at the numbers, and people are going to
Speaker 1: go crazy when I say that, but look at his numbers,
Speaker 1: versus numbers of guys who have gotten into the Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame, and a lot of the numbers are there.
Speaker 1: What's missing is the playoff success, right, What's missing is
Speaker 1: a title. And if you want a title, I guarantee
Speaker 1: you that man is in the Hall of Fame. So
Speaker 1: the question for him is how important is it for
Speaker 1: him to reach that height? Does he think that the
Speaker 1: Clippers can do that? Does he think he can do
Speaker 1: that in the West? Does he have to go to
Speaker 1: a place like Philadelphia? Would Lebron take a big pay cut,
Speaker 1: as I've been advocating, and bring him across the hallway?
Speaker 1: I don't know who knows. I don't know if Paul
Speaker 1: George's decision is going to rest on whether the Mavericks
Speaker 1: or Clippers win a series. But it's got to be
Speaker 1: a factor, and I series is a toss up, and Boog,
Speaker 1: you might be right to save your money. We'll see,
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens here. I don't know, all right,
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for hanging with us today. This
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Speaker 1: and the first one is apparently, what should the Suns do?
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