Speaker 1: If you're tuned into Heat Check with Trista.
Speaker 2: Crick On, this bonus episode of the heat Check Free
Speaker 2: Agency is here on Friday. So I'm here to talk
Speaker 2: about three under the radar moves in free agency that
Speaker 2: you need to keep your eye on. I'm joined on
Speaker 2: this episode by my co host Nick ash You as
Speaker 2: it was recorded on my betting show called BETMGM. Tonight, Nick,
Speaker 2: do me a favor and drop that generic ass beat
Speaker 2: that should be Rihanna.
Speaker 1: I know something you were talking about before the show.
Speaker 1: You had three sort of more low key free agents
Speaker 1: out there. We've talked about the bigger names like a
Speaker 1: Fred van Vliet maybe this offseason or obviously on the
Speaker 1: TRADEMARKT Damian Lillard, but you said there are three guys
Speaker 1: that you saw that were gonna be maybe low key names,
Speaker 1: but could make a huge difference and change sort of
Speaker 1: the dynamic and the dominoes of where this offseason can go.
Speaker 2: Who are absolutely so Tonight we talk about the three
Speaker 2: most interesting low key free agents in the NBA. The
Speaker 2: wind kind of got taken out of the sales a
Speaker 2: little bit in an NBA free agency because.
Speaker 3: Listen, trades are now all the rage.
Speaker 2: The salary dumps are becoming something that's very standard. We
Speaker 2: get porzingis from Marcus Smart today or yesterday. Excuse me,
Speaker 2: the Hawks traded John Collins to the Utah Jazz, like
Speaker 2: we just talked about for like a bag of potato
Speaker 2: chips and Rudy Gay you got two of potato chip
Speaker 2: two bags they got to excuse me too, Yeah.
Speaker 1: One with sour cream.
Speaker 3: So that was pretty good.
Speaker 2: You've got free agents like Kyrie Middleton Hard and a
Speaker 2: bunch of guys that are gonna probably opt back in.
Speaker 2: So who are these low key dominoes that I think
Speaker 2: could impact the actual NBA landscape? Number one is already
Speaker 2: the dominoes already dropped. Baby, The domino has begun, and
Speaker 2: now what comes next? We had Kurt Healing on from
Speaker 2: NBC Sports. He referenced it a little bit, and the
Speaker 2: low key move was nos Reed. Nas Reed went back
Speaker 2: to the Timberwolves assue three years, forty two million dollars.
Speaker 2: I will forgive casual fans if they don't know who
Speaker 2: Nasried is. But there were about fifteen teams that were
Speaker 2: out there being like, yeah, you know, nos Reed would
Speaker 2: be a really good center for us. Sacramento was thinking
Speaker 2: that Portland was thinking that there were a lot of
Speaker 2: teams that needed Dallas was thinking that rim protecting need
Speaker 2: seeing teams. So but they already have a couple of
Speaker 2: rim protectors, don't they ask you.
Speaker 3: You've got Rudy Gobert.
Speaker 2: And you've got Karl Anthony Towns, and now you've got
Speaker 2: NOAs Reed sticking around. So, uh, why would they do that?
Speaker 3: That's the question. Let's do a little maskol for you.
Speaker 2: The Wolves have ninety one million dollars tied up in
Speaker 2: the center position, the same position that most teams don't
Speaker 2: even have one traditional center.
Speaker 3: The Wolves have three. So I believe given all of that,
Speaker 3: that means the car Anthony Towns is for sure getting traded.
Speaker 3: They're not trading Rudy Gobert.
Speaker 2: They've already traded a boatload of assets and young players
Speaker 2: to get him.
Speaker 3: They're not going to move off of that rock anytime soon.
Speaker 2: The Timberwolves, we know that they're not winning like in
Speaker 2: any real level with Karl Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert, and Nasriy.
Speaker 2: We know that the Timberwolves have appeared in exactly three
Speaker 2: playoff series in his entire eight year career. He has
Speaker 2: been largely neutralized.
Speaker 3: In those series.
Speaker 2: I know he was pretty good in the Memphis series,
Speaker 2: but outside of that, he's largely in foul trouble, can't
Speaker 2: keep his emotions in check, and more importantly, in today's
Speaker 2: CBA and in today's NBA, his Super Max extension carries
Speaker 2: through with the Wolves till twenty twenty seven to twenty
Speaker 2: twenty eight. He has two All NBA Third Team nods
Speaker 2: in eight season, and he's owed two hundred and fifty
Speaker 2: six million dollars over the next five.
Speaker 3: Years, a whole lot. Wooooo.
Speaker 2: It looks like Silver Surfer, the Herald of Galactus, and
Speaker 2: the MCU change is a coming, and I think that
Speaker 2: ends up with Carl Anthony Towns in some place like
Speaker 2: New York or Goldenwall State or maybe Dallas.
Speaker 3: Up next.
Speaker 2: The second low key free agent move Dylan Brooks Baby
Speaker 2: after being jettison from the Memphis Grizzlies. The Memphis Grizzlies
Speaker 2: that we know put out an official statement two seconds
Speaker 2: after they got eliminated that said, we are not bringing
Speaker 2: back Dylan Brooks under any circumstances. And now you've got
Speaker 2: Marcus mart coming in to replace one part Dylan Brooks
Speaker 2: replace one part tyas Jones, and now we know for
Speaker 2: sure he's going on the move.
Speaker 3: John Hollings, you're at the.
Speaker 2: Athletics, said that Brooks is one of the more interesting
Speaker 2: free agents for any team with cap space and defensive issues.
Speaker 2: I don't know a team like Houston could use them.
Speaker 2: Dallas was at one time plus three hundred to sign
Speaker 2: Dylan Brooks. There are a lot of reasons to look
Speaker 2: at him because he's a second team All defensive player.
Speaker 3: That's just what it is. He's just really good at that.
Speaker 2: Bee Ball Index has Dylan Brooks in the ninety fourth
Speaker 2: percentile in defensive position versatility, so he can sw one
Speaker 2: through five. He's not a great shooter, but he's a
Speaker 2: defender who you could really use. A lot of people
Speaker 2: thought he was gonna get the mid level exception at
Speaker 2: around twelve million dollars. Now it looks like he might
Speaker 2: get twenty million dollars. Jake Fisher, friend of Show, reported
Speaker 2: that Brooks might sign a four year, sixty million dollars deal.
Speaker 2: So what like fifteen fifty fifteen seventy million, So Brooks
Speaker 2: as a rocket, I think that would mean no way
Speaker 2: that Harden returns. I think that is great for Ema Udoka.
Speaker 2: I think that helps him. I think that helps him
Speaker 2: from a locker room perspective and from a defensive standpoint,
Speaker 2: And we know that if he can stop chucking threes
Speaker 2: and he can take better shots, he could be a
Speaker 2: very valuable t piece on a team that's looking to rebuild.
Speaker 2: And then number three, the third most low key free
Speaker 2: agent that nobody's quite talking about, because it's will he won't? He?
Speaker 2: Will he request? Will he not request? Dame Lillard and
Speaker 2: Jeremy Grant are about as peas and carrots in terms
Speaker 2: of free agency as it gets. So Jeremy Grant all
Speaker 2: set to re sign with Portland and then the Dame
Speaker 2: drama comes in and rolls in like the Kraken, and.
Speaker 3: Now we don't know. Now we don't know. It has
Speaker 3: everything to do.
Speaker 2: Whether Grant is going to stick around on a team
Speaker 2: with Dame or maybe not. As I said, the signing
Speaker 2: is very interesting because Detroit is rumored to want him back.
Speaker 2: He has a really good relationship with GM Troy Weaver.
Speaker 2: It's a fresh new system. There's a lot more talent
Speaker 2: on this team than there was the last time he
Speaker 2: was there in Detroit. He was kind of the man there,
Speaker 2: but there was no other infrastructure around him, so he
Speaker 2: ends up trying to play with Dame. The Pacers could
Speaker 2: be another really interesting fit. They need defensive versatility as well.
Speaker 2: You pair him with Jeris Walker, you pair him with
Speaker 2: Myles Turner, and now you are cooking with gas with
Speaker 2: Tyrese Halliburton and Chucker Buddy Heeled and Chris Dwarte. Oh
Speaker 2: my god, Jeremy Grant plays three to four until Jeris
Speaker 2: Walker is a starter, and all of a sudden, Rick
Speaker 2: Carlisle has his man. Rick Carlile loved Harrison Barnes, so
Speaker 2: it's either Jeremy Grant or Harrison Barnes in terms of
Speaker 2: who's going to take that spot in the lineup. The money,
Speaker 2: of course, is going to be tricky because Portland can
Speaker 2: offer him five years, two hundred and thirty three million dollars.
Speaker 2: That is absurd. That's forty six million dollars a year.
Speaker 2: No chance that's happening. He'll probably get like four years,
Speaker 2: one hundred and thirty one hundred and twenty million. But
Speaker 2: I think that there are a lot of teams that
Speaker 2: are gonna want them. Sacramento is another one as well.
Speaker 2: That he gets slot right in and take them to
Speaker 2: a whole new level. So that's the big Three. Well,
Speaker 2: I guess it's like the low key three today. With
Speaker 2: free agency just a few days away, we have a
Speaker 2: lot to cover between now and then, but that is
Speaker 2: that's going to be a very interesting thing to watch
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