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We're gonna be breaking down that deal from 39 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: the perspective of both teams. I'm also working on a 40 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: bigger trade deadline reaction that I planned on doing tonight, 41 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: but I'm actually pushing till tomorrow morning. We want to 42 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: talk Fox to the Spurs, Levine to the Bulls, I 43 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: want to talk Kuzma to the Bucks. I have more 44 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,639 Speaker 1: thoughts on Luca to the Lakers and just whether or 45 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: not they should feel some more urgency in the short term. 46 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: I'm going to get into all of that in tomorrow 47 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: morning's episode. Tonight just hitting Jimmy to the Warriors. 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Keep dropping mailback 58 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: questions in the YouTube comments so that we can hit 59 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: them on Fridays throughout the remainder. 60 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 2: Of the year. All right, let's talk some basketball. 61 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: So there's still a bunch of details getting worked out, 62 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: but from what I can tell, the Warriors are getting 63 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler. Jimmy's agreed to a two year, one hundred 64 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: and twenty one million dollar contract extension as part of 65 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 1: the deal. The Heat are getting Andrew Wiggins in Peach 66 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: j Tucker. Looks like maybe Kyle Anderson. It looked like 67 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: he was originally heading to the Raptors, but now he's not. 68 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: They're also getting a protected first round pick. There are 69 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: some other moving parts. It looks like Dennis Schroeder is 70 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: getting rerouted to the Jazz, Lindy Waters is getting rerouted 71 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: to the Pistons. I think not sure where Kyle Anderson 72 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 1: is going. It looks like he might stay with the Heat. 73 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: But the gist of it is Wiggins in a protected 74 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: first round pick to the Heat, Jimmy Butler to the 75 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors. The Warriors finally did it. They finally 76 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: brought in a legit secondary star to play alongside Steph Curry. 77 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: There's been this weird energy surrounding the Warriors all year 78 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: one that I've disagreed with and then I've pushed back 79 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: with a pushback against a lot on the show, which 80 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: is that they're just a bad team. And I've watched 81 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: a lot of bad NBA teams, and to me, the 82 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: Warriors aren't one of them. They're well coached, they play 83 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: super hard, They're led by a top fifteen player in 84 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: the league. They have top ten defense. They're super deep 85 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: with role player talent. I was looking at this earlier 86 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: with the recent play of Gie Santos and quintin post. 87 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: I've counted fifteen different players this year that have played 88 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,119 Speaker 1: quality minutes for the Warriors at various times during the year. 89 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: You can actually push that up to sixteen if you 90 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: want to count the Anthony Melton. 91 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 2: They've reached some really high highs. 92 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: According to Cleaning the Glass, they have eleven wins this 93 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 1: year against teams that are in the top ten in 94 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: point differential. That's the third most in the entire NBA. 95 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 1: They have a win against the Celtics. They have two 96 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: wins against the Houston Rockets. They have two wins against 97 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies. They have two wins against Oklahoma City Thunder. 98 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: But there's a through line, there's a consistency in that 99 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,119 Speaker 1: story in all but one of those wins against Boston, Houston, Memphis, 100 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: and Oklahoma City, and all but one of them they 101 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: scored at least one hundred and fifteen points. They can 102 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: beat anybody, but they have to score the basketball. In fact, 103 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: here's another crazy stat for you. The Warriors are twenty 104 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: and sixth this year when they score at least one 105 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 1: hundred and ten points, not one twenty, not some crazy 106 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 1: high number, when they hit just a baseline of one 107 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: hundred and ten points twenty and six. They are five 108 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: and eighteen when they fail to score one hundred and 109 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: ten points. When the Warriors score, they can beat anyone. 110 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: But the problem is they only have one reliably good 111 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: offensive player on the entire roster. That's Steph Curry. And yes, 112 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: his production has been inconsistent this year, but he still 113 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: gets guarded like Steph Curry. So even on the nights 114 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: where Steph isn't hitting shots and isn't putting up the 115 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: numbers he normally puts up, he's still regularly impacting the 116 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: game offensively in a positive way every single night because 117 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: of his gravity. Because of the way he's guarded, everyone 118 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: else is like a maybe they'll have it tonight kind 119 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: of guy right. Buddy Heald has shot twenty five percent 120 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: or worse from three and twenty two games this year. 121 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins has hit twenty points seventeen times, but he's 122 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: failed to hit fifteen points thirteen times. So there's a 123 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: lot of good Wiggins, and there's a lot of games 124 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: where he just doesn't bring anything offensively. And Jonathan kaminga 125 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: has been just as likely to score twenty or more 126 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: in a game this year as he is to score 127 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: twelve or few. That's inconsistent, but that's not their fault. 128 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: We've never considered Buddy Heal to be this consistently good 129 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: offensive player. We've never considered Andrew Wiggins to be a 130 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: legit second option outside of that one year that him 131 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: and Jordan Poole kind of combined to fill that role 132 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: when they won the title. Johnathan Kaming is twenty two 133 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: years old. It's completely irrational to expect those guys to 134 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: be consistent producers on the offensive end of the floor. 135 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: All of those guys are being asked to do something 136 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: that's frankly above their pay grade. They're role players, and 137 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: role players are always going to have dramatic highs and 138 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: lows when it comes to the grind of the regular 139 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: season because the consistently great offensive players are not role players, 140 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: they're stars. And yet on the nights, when all those 141 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: guys play well and they hit their shots, they have 142 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 1: a top ten defense and they're led by Steph Curry, 143 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: So yeah, they can beat anybody. That's why I was 144 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: clamoring for this type of deal. You have this short 145 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: little window here where you have Steph Curry on your team, 146 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: a generational t that you might never have again. You 147 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: might literally never have this guy again. Think about the 148 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: way the Lukadancich trade was discussed over the course of 149 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: the last few days. You want to know why MAVs 150 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: fans were pissed. They're like, we might never have a 151 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: player like Lukadancic ever again in the history of the franchise, 152 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: and they feel like. 153 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 2: They punted him. 154 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: Obviously a little bit different circumstance in terms of the timeline, 155 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: but the point is is, like you have one of 156 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: those guys in Steph Curry, you might never have that 157 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: guy again, or anything even close to him. Potentially, you 158 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: don't just get to have top tier superstars. How many 159 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: of them are there in this league? Four, maybe five 160 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: they're exceedingly rare. You had to give him a fighting shot, 161 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: at least give him a chance, even though it was risky, 162 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: even though it cost you a draft pick. You were 163 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: destined for a rebuild after this era. Anyway, you might 164 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: as well go out with Steph playing in meaningful basketball 165 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: games while you still get to enjoy Steph playing in 166 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: meaningful basketball games. Let's start with the Jimmy Butler angle 167 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: on this first, and then we'll talk about the rest 168 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: of the roster. Jimmy hasn't played in the playoffs since 169 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three because of that flukey injury he suffered 170 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: in the playing game. If you guys remember, but he 171 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: was a consensus top ten player in the league at 172 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: that point, and he's kind of uniquely viewed as one 173 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: of the few guys in the league that raises his 174 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: level of play when he gets to the postseason. I've 175 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: talked about this before. It's a very simple set of 176 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: circumstances in my opinion. He's big, strong, and fast, which 177 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: means as things get more intense athletically, he can thrive 178 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: in that setting. And then he's super versatile, meaning whatever 179 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: the challenges that's presented him, he can kind of shape 180 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: shift and fill different roles to whatever his team needs, 181 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: and as a result, he just has a higher floor. 182 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: He can change whatever he needs for that specific matchup, 183 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: so there's less situations where his talent doesn't match up 184 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: and more situations where his talent does match up to 185 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 1: the circumstances, and so he's able to play well. Now, 186 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 1: he had this ugly falling out with the Miami Heat, 187 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: and that's classic Jimmy. We've seen it before. But I 188 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: expect him to come into Golden State in immediately locked 189 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: back in as a member of the team, and just 190 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: before we get into some of the fit, it's just 191 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: real talent upside. He's still probably one of the top 192 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: fifteen players in the league you'd want to have on 193 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: your team in a playoff series. That's an automatic influx 194 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,920 Speaker 1: of talent. So now let's talk about his fit with 195 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: the team. He's going to have to immediately fill two roles. 196 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: He's going to have to fill that Andrew Wiggins role 197 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: of that primary perimeter defender, but he's also going to 198 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: have to fill that Dennis Schroeder role in terms of 199 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: the guy that's got to be their secondary shot creator. 200 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 1: When Steph is on the floor and have to lead units. 201 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: When Steph is off the floor, He's going to have 202 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: to be their primary perimeter defensive weapon against the wings 203 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: of the Western Conference. 204 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 2: Now he is capable of that. Like guys. 205 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: His last playoff series that he played in was in 206 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: the finals, and in Game two he was like the 207 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: only guy I watched in that playoff run that actually 208 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: made Jamal Murray look uncomfortable the job he did chasing 209 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: over the top Jimmy and Bam together actually managing to 210 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: beat that Denver team once when no one else seemed 211 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: to be able to beat him right except for Phoenix. 212 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: So like we've seen him doing it an excellent job 213 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 1: guarding players on the perimeter in the playoffs. I think 214 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,079 Speaker 1: in the regular season he'll be a slight downgrade from 215 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins, but in high leverage spots he's still one 216 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: of the best defensive. 217 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 2: Players in the league. 218 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: But then he's also going to have to fill that 219 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: shot creation role that Dennis Field. This is where I 220 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: view him as a massive upgrade like Andrew Wiggins, I 221 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: view with in such highest team on the defensive end 222 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: of the floor. In a big part of Andrew's a 223 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: big part of Jimmy's ability to make this trade worth 224 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: it will be his ability to fill the shoes that 225 00:10:36,559 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins leaves open on the defensive end of the floor. 226 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: But I do think Jimmy has that talent and that ability. 227 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 1: It's more just about commitment and his willingness to do 228 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: that amount of work. But I think, at least in 229 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: a postseason context, it's something that I think Jimmy's going 230 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: to be able to live up to. I think he's 231 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: just a massive upgrade over any sort of offensive weapon 232 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: that this team had. Last year, he was one of 233 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: the best matchup attacking players in the NBA. Of the 234 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,720 Speaker 1: twenty four players ran who ran at least three hundred 235 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: ISOs last year, he ranked third in efficiency at one 236 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: point one to three points per possession including passes. He 237 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 1: was over a point per possession on almost two hundred 238 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 1: post ups. He was over fifty percent or just under 239 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 1: fifty percent excuse me, have floaters and hooks. Very gifted passer, 240 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: similar to what I was talking about earlier with Steph. 241 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: Even on the Knights, when Steph isn't hitting shots, he's 242 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: still creating shots with the way that he's guarded. Jimmy 243 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: Butler last year had fifteen games with at least seven assists. 244 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins has had fourteen such games in his entire career. 245 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: That's how much of a playmaking upgrade Jimmy Butler is 246 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: over Andrew Wiggins. It will help them offensively in every 247 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: single way. It'll give him the best two man game 248 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: they've had since Kevin Durant was on the team again. 249 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: Any sort of action involving Steph and Jimmy is going 250 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: to present defenses with a lot of problems because the 251 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: kind of guy who's quick enough and attentive enough to 252 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: guard Steph's very different than the big kind of like Ford. 253 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: You need to deal with a guy like Jimmy Butler. 254 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: So any sort of action between the two of them, 255 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: Jimmy screens for Steph. They're gonna have to put two 256 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: on the ball now, Jimmy's gonna be open. You've got 257 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: a four on three being led by a very very 258 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,839 Speaker 1: good offensive player, better than anybody else that's on the 259 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: roster at this point. Right Jimmy has the ball, Steph 260 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: screens for him. They don't switch to stay with Steph. 261 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: Jimmy's gonna go right downhill, rip to the basket for 262 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: a dunk. If they leave Steph to put two on Jimmy, 263 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: Steph's gonna be wide open poppingto the three point line. 264 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: And now, if Steph and Jimmy run a two man 265 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 1: game and there's a switch, Jimmy Butler is the type 266 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: of player that has the ability to consistently punish that 267 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: switch in a way that Andrew Wiggins could not. It's 268 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: a massive upgrade there. He's been a knockdown spot up 269 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: shooter for a few years now, like damn near fifty percent. 270 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 1: It'll give them a much much better chance to survive 271 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 1: than non Steph minutes. It'll give them a bona fide 272 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: playoff stud to just hang in terms of the talent 273 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: of those environments. And most importantly, it slots all the 274 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: other role players into more achievable roles. As long as 275 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: Steph and Jimmy are both healthy, you'll never have to 276 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 1: watch a bench unit without a star trying and failing 277 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: to score. As long as those two guys are healthy, 278 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 1: you won't have to see that. I'm super excited to 279 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: see this group in action. Also, the spot up shoot 280 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: numbers that's based on catch and shoot numbers. He's been 281 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: shooting about fifty percent on catch and shoot jump shots 282 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: for the last couple of years, which is crazy. And 283 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: you still have depth. This is the beauty of having 284 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: fifteen guys that have all played quality minutes for you. 285 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 2: This year. You kept kaminga. 286 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 1: You still have Buddy Heal, Trace Jackson, Davis Kavan, Louoni, 287 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: Moses Moody, Gary Payton the second. I'm super excited to 288 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: watch lineups with Jimmy Draymond and Gary Payton all on 289 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: the floor together playing defense. Brandon Potemski is still on 290 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: the roster, Gi Santo's Quinton Post. By my count, you 291 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: still have eleven guys who can play quality minutes in 292 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,320 Speaker 1: the NBA, and now you have them all in more 293 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 1: achievable roles. Not to mention, you just have a stronger 294 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: foundation this summer. If you're if there's some other hole 295 00:13:57,960 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: in the roster that appears over the course the next 296 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: couple months and you want to try to round it 297 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: out this summer. Now you have a stronger foundation with 298 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: Steph Raymond and Jimmy as opposed to just Stephan Draymond. 299 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: The Warriors are currently two and a half games out 300 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: of the sixth seed. Do I think they're gonna climb 301 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: to the top of the conference. No, I mean they 302 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: have a chance to get out of the plane. But like, 303 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: they're not gonna be some dominant team in the Western Conference. 304 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 2: But now when you face the. 305 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: Warriors in a playoff series, it's contending with Steph Draymond 306 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: and Jimmy Butler. You've changed the entire challenge of trying 307 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: to overcome the talent that the Golden State Warriors have 308 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 1: on the table. This is again when you're in a 309 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: situation like the Warriors are in where you're a little 310 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: bit strapped for assets, where the types of salaries you 311 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: have to match. Like before the deal, I think they 312 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: had six guys that make between five and ten million. 313 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: That makes it really hard to aggregate salaries without giving 314 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: up a ton of players. They were in a tough spot. 315 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: There was no perfect deal. There was nothing out there 316 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: that was gonna magically turn them into some top tier contender. 317 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: But you went from a team that had no shot 318 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: because they didn't have the shot creation talent necessary to 319 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: actually contend to now you there's a chance there. Now 320 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: I can see Steph and Jimmy in a playoff series 321 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: and the defense comes together. This is a top ten defense. 322 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: You can imagine a lineup with Steph next to Gary Payton, 323 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: with Jimmy on the floor, Jonathan Minga and Draymond and 324 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: you're like, there's actually a good amount of talent, athleticism, 325 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: defensive talent, guys that can score the basketball on the floor. 326 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: That's a lineup that might cause some problems for teams, 327 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: Whereas we've seen too often this year, like if you 328 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: just guard the Warriors, well, they probably aren't gonna make 329 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: any shots and you'll probably beat them. It just gives 330 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 1: you an upside that wasn't there before. And I just 331 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: really wanted to see Steph playing some more meaningful basketball games, 332 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: and I'm really really excited that we're going to get 333 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 1: to see that. I think this was probably the perfect 334 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: outcome for the Miami Heat. Andrew Wiggins is a really 335 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: high level role player. In the same way that he's 336 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: like underqualified for what the Golden State Warriors needed from him, 337 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: he's overqualified for what the Miami Heat need from it, 338 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: and that's a good thing. I think he's a top 339 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: tier perimeter defender in this league. He's got the speed 340 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: to guard guards and the size of guard wings. I'm 341 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: super excited to see him in lineups next to Bam 342 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: and kill el ware like that could be frightening to 343 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: deal with defensively. But most importantly, you turned a malcontent 344 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: who is actively trying to sabotage your season into a 345 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: really high level role player that plays the same position, 346 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: and you got a first round pick out of it. 347 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: Too hard not to view that as a massive win 348 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: for the Miami Heat compared to the alternative. The alternative 349 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: is your max contract player is just actively trying to 350 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: mess up everything that you're trying to do. Now you 351 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: can move on see what this group is capable of. 352 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: I think there's an obvious offensive ceiling on a team 353 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: that's led by Terry Rogier, Duncan Robinson, Tyler harrowbam Adebayo. 354 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: There's an obvious offensive limitation there. But now you have 355 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: the actual type of top end athletic personnel on the 356 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: wing to anchor your frontline and give yourself a defensive 357 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: ceiling that wasn't there before, or at least wasn't there 358 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: because Jimmy Butler wasn't playing. So I mean, I think 359 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: if you really compare it to some of the other 360 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: deals that were getting floated around out there. I think 361 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: this one actually made the most sense for them in 362 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 1: terms of increasing their potential in the short and the 363 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: long term. All right, guys, that's all I have for tonight. Again, 364 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: as I said, I'm going to get much deeper into 365 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: the trade deadline tomorrow. I'll get into a bunch of 366 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 1: other storylines. As always, a sincerely appreciate you guys for 367 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: rocking with me and for supporting the show. And I'll 368 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 1: see you guys then. 369 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 2: The volume. 370 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: What so, guys, As always, I appreciate you for listening 371 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: to and supporting OOPS tonight. They would actually be really 372 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:48,679 Speaker 1: helpful for us if you guys would take a second 373 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: and leave a rating and a review. 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