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Speaker 1: that first off and starters. New NBA CBA has been
Speaker 1: announced that there's been a deal agreed to. There's to
Speaker 1: my knowledge, there hasn't been anything ratified yet, but there's
Speaker 1: been a deal agreed to, and we know some of
Speaker 1: the points. Let's just jump right into a few of
Speaker 1: those points. I will not give a full reaction, reaction
Speaker 1: slash thoughts on this thing until the entire CBA comes out.
Speaker 1: There's been bits and pieces coming out, and I have
Speaker 1: my thoughts on those bits and pieces, but I do
Speaker 1: want to know more detail exactly what's going on. Quite frankly,
Speaker 1: we find out things on the internet, just like you
Speaker 1: all find out things on the internet. That is the
Speaker 1: dan age we live in on the NBA. So shout
Speaker 1: out the sham, shout out the wolch. Y'all are absolutely
Speaker 1: incredible at what you do because you get news about
Speaker 1: the NBA before players get news about the NBA and
Speaker 1: teams and whatever. So that is that there's a new
Speaker 1: luxury tax apron preventing teams like the Warriors, Clippers, and
Speaker 1: Celtics from acquiring essentially mid level talent, and I think
Speaker 1: that's absolutely insane. It's essentially in creating a hard cap
Speaker 1: in a way. I think that's going to affect players
Speaker 1: more than people realize or else. I don't think that
Speaker 1: would have been agreed to, but yeah, it's essentially creating
Speaker 1: a hardcap. So I've heard things about the hardcap over
Speaker 1: the years and how people want to hardcap. Where there
Speaker 1: it is and there you go, and there you have it.
Speaker 1: I think something that I think is absolutely ridiculous and
Speaker 1: was not addressed is, for instance, the Golden State Warriors.
Speaker 1: As you know, Jef Curry was drafted by the Golden
Speaker 1: State Warriors, Klay Thompson drafted by the Golden State Warriors,
Speaker 1: Draymond Green myself drafted by the Golden State Warriors, Cavan
Speaker 1: Looney drafted by the Golden State Warriors, Jordan Poole drafted
Speaker 1: by the Golden State Warriors. What are you talking about, Draymond?
Speaker 1: Whar are you naming players on? Well? I am naming
Speaker 1: those players because the fact that there's essentially a rule
Speaker 1: being implemented too, I mean, essentially destroy what teams haven't
Speaker 1: been able to accomplish. I think it's utterly ridiculous. You
Speaker 1: talk all of it. Over the years, all of these
Speaker 1: rules have been put in place to Gilbert Arenas rule,
Speaker 1: Bird Rights, Larry Bird rule with the Bird Rights, all
Speaker 1: of these rules to keep players with their teams. And
Speaker 1: then now the Golden State Warriors come along and essentially
Speaker 1: dominates the NBA over the last seven or eight years,
Speaker 1: and now we're adding rules to try to stop that
Speaker 1: because teams can't. Why are the Golden State Warriors, Joe Lacop,
Speaker 1: Bob Myers, Peter Goober, why are they not being rewarded
Speaker 1: for drafting? Well, why are they not being rewarded for
Speaker 1: taking care of the guys that they've drafted and keeping
Speaker 1: everyone together and with their team. I think that's ridiculous
Speaker 1: and quite frankly, I think it's lazy. I think that's
Speaker 1: something that could have been addressed. It's another thing that's
Speaker 1: actually going to take money, more money away from players
Speaker 1: because you just won't be able to pay it. You
Speaker 1: won't be able to do it. And to me, that
Speaker 1: makes no sense. So we so, yes, we have a hardcap.
Speaker 1: Oh and by the way, all of you appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Why you have it. The last dynasty you will see
Speaker 1: in the NBA is here and now the Golden State Warriors.
Speaker 1: We won't see it again. You may think dynasties are
Speaker 1: bad for the game. Quite frankly, I think they're great
Speaker 1: for the game, because guess what, the only thing you
Speaker 1: still talk about our dynasties like you don't talk about
Speaker 1: some team that want a championship. Dallas Marverage for instance,
Speaker 1: Dallas Mavericks won one championships, absolutely incredible. When you talk
Speaker 1: about Dirk, you speak about that championship because the way
Speaker 1: Dirk played, and by the way, shout out to all
Speaker 1: the ogs that was on the Dallas Mavericks when they
Speaker 1: won championship, Dirt, Jay Kidd, Jason Terry, Tyson, Chandler, the
Speaker 1: list of Sean Mary and like, shout out to all ogs.
Speaker 1: They champs. I will never take nothing away for a
Speaker 1: champ from a champ. My point being is they weren't
Speaker 1: a dynasty, and so when you're talking about champions, you
Speaker 1: don't necessarily speak on them first because they weren't a dynasty.
Speaker 1: But you know who you do speak on. You speak.
Speaker 1: You speak on the Los Angeles Lakers, you speak on
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bulls, you speak on even Lebron days in
Speaker 1: the Miami although I don't think they quite built the dynasty.
Speaker 1: But we speak on the San Antonio Spurs. Why because
Speaker 1: we speak on dynasties. That's what's remembered, that's what stands out.
Speaker 1: And quite frankly, with this new CBA, dynasties are over.
Speaker 1: There will not be a dynasty. So you all complained
Speaker 1: about to go and stay Warriors. Oh man kad came
Speaker 1: to the Warriors and blah blah blah. You don't have
Speaker 1: to deal with that anymore. But you'll also lose a
Speaker 1: huge part of the game, a huge part of sports,
Speaker 1: which is dynasty's being built. So, hey, we're the last dynasty.
Speaker 1: I can't complain about that. I mean, it's ridiculous, don't
Speaker 1: get me wrong, but hey, you'll always remember us because
Speaker 1: we're the last dynasty you'll be able to speak of.
Speaker 1: Because of the way this salary cap is set set up,
Speaker 1: No way the Warriors should be punished like a team
Speaker 1: that has went out and god players by the way,
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics, Jason Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Robert Williams,
Speaker 1: those are guys that were drafted by the Boston Celtics,
Speaker 1: and so you know, I understand certain situations where teams
Speaker 1: are going out and like getting players in free agencies.
Speaker 1: We've clearly decided that there can be separate rules as
Speaker 1: far as certain teams go. So why isn't there are
Speaker 1: separate rule as far as teams drafting guys and being
Speaker 1: able to keep those guys and then not counting against
Speaker 1: the luxury tax. Now, if you want to say, hey,
Speaker 1: you guys should be penalized for Andrew Wiggins, I can't
Speaker 1: argue that. I can't argue that could argue it, but
Speaker 1: I can't argue I won't argue that put it that
Speaker 1: way because we went out and we traded for Andrew Wiggins.
Speaker 1: Although we didn't sign them in free ascent, we traded
Speaker 1: for them. But I won't argue that. But I name
Speaker 1: five guys on this team that are well above minimum
Speaker 1: salaries or rookie minimum salaries or whatever. That we're drafted
Speaker 1: by the Golden State Warriors, and yet we are the
Speaker 1: highest tax team. How does that make sense? It actually
Speaker 1: makes none, And like I said, that is a very
Speaker 1: lazy thing that I think is done in this CBA.
Speaker 1: The twenty percent increase on extensions has been raised to
Speaker 1: forty percent. Can't complain about that. I think is good,
Speaker 1: but also think there could have been other issues that
Speaker 1: could have been prioritized as opposed to trying to get
Speaker 1: forty percent over twenty percent. That only helps a very
Speaker 1: select few of guys who signs a contract extension. Everyone
Speaker 1: doesn't sign contract extensions. So that'll help you sign you know,
Speaker 1: if you sign contract extensions. Ah, I'll take it, But
Speaker 1: there are some other things. Sixty five minimum games for awards.
Speaker 1: I can appreciate this, and everyone will appreciate this until
Speaker 1: you got bums on the All NBA team and winning
Speaker 1: awards because someone didn't qualify because they missed ten games
Speaker 1: at some point of the season with an ankle injury
Speaker 1: or whatever. All of a sudden, you don't have Luca Donte,
Speaker 1: Steph Curry, Lebron, James Kawhi, Leonard, Anthony Davis. The list
Speaker 1: goes on. On all of a sudden, you don't have
Speaker 1: any of those guys on All NBA teams, And then
Speaker 1: what NBA are we represented? When you look back in
Speaker 1: history and you got a bum on All NBA second
Speaker 1: team or All NBA First team because guys miss some games,
Speaker 1: it won't be so appreciated then and everybody will be
Speaker 1: complaining now, and you know who else will be complaining?
Speaker 1: I think I think owners are going to end up
Speaker 1: complaining when they find a bum that they have to
Speaker 1: give an extension to that made the All NBA team
Speaker 1: and now they come in there asking you for Max
Speaker 1: and Supermax and blah blah blah because they made the
Speaker 1: NBA team because guys weren't allowed that play sixty three games.
Speaker 1: Then we'll get the complaining because you're gonna have a
Speaker 1: guy making two hundred million dollars that produces at an
Speaker 1: eighty million dollars level because they made the our NBA team.
Speaker 1: Why because Steph Curry missed some games, he got injured once,
Speaker 1: then got injured again and mixed significant amount of games
Speaker 1: and both of those injury this year and doesn't qualify
Speaker 1: for our first first Team All NBA or second team
Speaker 1: or thirteen and y'all pandem bump salaries. There's always another
Speaker 1: side to it. There's always another side to it. Then
Speaker 1: your team that you support is weak because you've paid
Speaker 1: a bum two hundred million dollars. There's always another side
Speaker 1: to it. This year, especially for example, Jannis, the best
Speaker 1: player in the NBA. He's currently played sixty two games,
Speaker 1: he'll probably get to sixty five. But if he got
Speaker 1: to sixty four, we're gonna say Yannis wasn't one of
Speaker 1: the fifteen best players in the NBA that season. And
Speaker 1: that's where it gets ridiculous. And so you know, everybody's
Speaker 1: complaining about the low management and all of these different things.
Speaker 1: And say Yannis played sixty four games and he doesn't
Speaker 1: make the All NBA team. And then say, let's say
Speaker 1: this will be different in Yanni's case because of years
Speaker 1: of service. But let's say Jannis doesn't have the years
Speaker 1: of service, and then he doesn't qualify for the Supermax
Speaker 1: with the Milwaukee Bucks. And then all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: Yanni's like, well, forget this. I'm out of Milwaukee, and
Speaker 1: I'm I'm going to Los Angeles because that's better for
Speaker 1: my brand, and I'm building a production company. I'm going
Speaker 1: to New York because that's better for my brand, and
Speaker 1: I'm building a production company. All of a sudden, it's
Speaker 1: working against those those lord market teams. HM. Did we
Speaker 1: process that or did we get so caught up and
Speaker 1: what talking heads are talking about while trying to do
Speaker 1: a multi billion dollars deal and we even got caught
Speaker 1: up in what talking heads are talking about. That's another
Speaker 1: interest in one. The end season tournament does not increase
Speaker 1: the number of games. Only two teams will play one
Speaker 1: more game. That's making eighty three games. I thought, I
Speaker 1: know when this was first proposed to me. For the
Speaker 1: last two years, it was a million dollars per parellars.
Speaker 1: Somehow one million dollars per player, and somehow it ended
Speaker 1: up at five hundred thousand per player. With all due respect,
Speaker 1: I say this, five hundred thousand dollars is a lot
Speaker 1: of money, A lot of money, Don't get me wrong.
Speaker 1: Five hundred thousand dollars is five hundred thousand dollars, five
Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars. However, in the state of California, once
Speaker 1: I make five hundred thousand dollars, I'll probably see about
Speaker 1: two hundred thousand of that. Two hundred thousand dollars is
Speaker 1: a lot of money, Don't get me wrong, But two
Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars is not going to force me to
Speaker 1: play in a game in October or November. If I
Speaker 1: think I'm exposing myself to injury, it's just not one million,
Speaker 1: maybe because then I'm taking home about fifty after tax.
Speaker 1: It's a little different. But I said all of that
Speaker 1: to say not so certain. I'm not sure how that
Speaker 1: dropped from one million to five hundred thousand dollars. I
Speaker 1: think that was crazy. But in saying that, I don't
Speaker 1: think it's going to force more guys to play like
Speaker 1: the idea would be. I just don't think so. But
Speaker 1: that's just me. Just like you have teams that aren't
Speaker 1: fighting to getting the playoffs because the playoff bonus ain't
Speaker 1: that much. You go win a championship and the playoff
Speaker 1: bonus is less than that by the way, So we're
Speaker 1: creating an end season tournament that's going to pay you
Speaker 1: more than winning a championship. That's crazy. One bigger one
Speaker 1: was players will be able to own minority shares and
Speaker 1: teams via the NBPA selected private equity firm. I think
Speaker 1: this is a step in the right direction. Like I
Speaker 1: think this is a good band aid. Um, I think
Speaker 1: you know this. I need to learn more about this
Speaker 1: is it hasn't been much details released around this yet,
Speaker 1: but I think, um, this is a step in the
Speaker 1: right direction. But I hope what comes with this rule
Speaker 1: is also you can invest with owners, say like Joe
Speaker 1: Lacob is building La Live around Chase Center. Joe Lacob
Speaker 1: and Peter Goober, they're building La Live around Chase Center.
Speaker 1: You can invest in that. I hope that's what comes
Speaker 1: with this rule, because quite frankly, team evaluation. The team
Speaker 1: valuations are so high at this point that you've kind
Speaker 1: of missed the boat. And I'm not saying they won't
Speaker 1: go a more, but in order for players, there's only
Speaker 1: a select few players that can afford to invest at
Speaker 1: the level that teams are at now. So I hope
Speaker 1: this rule isn't just a bend a and doesn't stop
Speaker 1: guys from investing and outside things that owners may be.
Speaker 1: And I had an opportunity to invest in stock X
Speaker 1: at the inception of the company, when stock was just
Speaker 1: an idea. Shout out to my brother Sideal Mordale, I
Speaker 1: appreciate you, brother. When stock X was just an idea
Speaker 1: on a sheet of paper, I had an opportunity to invest.
Speaker 1: I wanted to invest. I could not invest because Dan
Speaker 1: Gilbert is an owner of an NBA team. This was
Speaker 1: at the heat of the Cleveland Cavaliers Warriors battle, so
Speaker 1: there couldn't have been any colluding like Dan's not trying
Speaker 1: to do me a favor, although that is my spartan brother,
Speaker 1: and I couldn't because Dan was the lead investor on
Speaker 1: the deal. He's leading the deal, and I couldn't invest
Speaker 1: in it. That would have been a significant amount of
Speaker 1: money for me. And we talk about players not going broke,
Speaker 1: but yet we limit the way players can't make money
Speaker 1: as far as investing and compounding your money goes. So
Speaker 1: I hope this isn't just a band aid, and we
Speaker 1: actually can invest in other things that you know are
Speaker 1: possible for us to invest in and really compound our money.
Speaker 1: That's a big thing. I think the owners of these
Speaker 1: NBA teams provide some of the best guidance for you
Speaker 1: to learn how to compound your money, as they are
Speaker 1: compounding their money at an extreme rate, and that is important.
Speaker 1: When you get money, It's not just important that you
Speaker 1: got the money. How are you now going to compound
Speaker 1: that money? And some of our best resources are right
Speaker 1: in our face and we can't use them. So I
Speaker 1: hope this just isn't a band aid, and I hope
Speaker 1: this rule is actually changing for the better. I saw
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say about the CBA right now until everything
Speaker 1: else comes out and we get all the details, and
Speaker 1: then I would share my full thoughts on that moving forward.
Speaker 1: Big game tonight, Thunder versus the Dubs. We dropped the
Speaker 1: game the other day that we probably should have won
Speaker 1: in Denver and it was a huge game for us.
Speaker 1: And we currently stand at forty one and thirty eight.
Speaker 1: The Thunders are on the opposite side at thirty eight
Speaker 1: and forty one. They're right in the mix of the
Speaker 1: playing game, currently the last team in, but only one
Speaker 1: game ahead of Dallas. I read something the other day
Speaker 1: to say Dallas may be considering shutting Luca and Kyrie
Speaker 1: down and trying to get a top ten pick. No,
Speaker 1: if you really I personally think you always have a
Speaker 1: chance if you have players like Luca and Kyrie. So
Speaker 1: I'm not really sure shutting it down is the right thing.
Speaker 1: But if that's what they do, I respect it. But
Speaker 1: I know these young Thunder coming in here. I've been
Speaker 1: seeing Shades captions about to play in and all of that,
Speaker 1: so I know they're coming in playing hard and trying
Speaker 1: to solidify themselves in the in the playing tournament. Uh,
Speaker 1: It's an important game for the Dubs. It is our
Speaker 1: season finale at home, so it's important that we close
Speaker 1: out at home strong. But also understanding what this does
Speaker 1: for our playoff chances or our playoff seating, I would say, um,
Speaker 1: I think this is a very important game for us,
Speaker 1: so we need to make sure we come out and
Speaker 1: take care of home court, be that we are all
Speaker 1: tied in the lost column as far as the Dubs, Clippers, Pelicans,
Speaker 1: and Lakers, So very important game. You do have games
Speaker 1: coming up this week where the Pelicans. Pelicans have a
Speaker 1: tough game coming up this week. They do have to
Speaker 1: also go to Minnesota for the very last game of
Speaker 1: the season. The Lakers and Clippers have a game coming
Speaker 1: up this week, so that's gonna be a big game,
Speaker 1: and it's just important that we take care of our
Speaker 1: business and finished this year strong. Also, as of yesterday,
Speaker 1: news came out that Andrew Wiggins will be back with
Speaker 1: the Warriors. I read that like you all did, and
Speaker 1: I saw that it also came out that Wiggs was
Speaker 1: tending attending ding or tending to his family father in particular,
Speaker 1: who hadn't been doing well. I saw that news come out,
Speaker 1: and when that news came out, I couldn't help but
Speaker 1: to remember and think back to our episode of the
Speaker 1: disgusting people who created the disgusting rumors that that man
Speaker 1: woman had, Like, let's not even talk about again. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna get into talking about this man woman, but
Speaker 1: we know the disgusting rumors that came out, and like
Speaker 1: the fact that people are just that thirsty to know
Speaker 1: what's going on in someone's life is almost as thirsty
Speaker 1: as all these people playing for blue checks. The thirst
Speaker 1: is at an all time high, and privacy just doesn't
Speaker 1: seem to be a thing anymore. But hope Wiggs is
Speaker 1: back as we try to make this run. He's very
Speaker 1: important to what we do, So keep my fingers crossed
Speaker 1: there and then also you know, prayers up as well. Lastly,
Speaker 1: before we get out of here, I would be remissed
Speaker 1: if I didn't discuss the Angel Reese in the LSU
Speaker 1: Tigers National champions Congratulations ladies, absolutely amazing. But Angel reason
Speaker 1: and the Caitlin Clark thoughts. I've seen some of the
Speaker 1: things that people have said, and quite frankly, if if
Speaker 1: I'm honest, I think it's absolutely ridiculous. Ain't who did this?
Speaker 1: And everyone makes it like she just went and committed
Speaker 1: a crime. This is basketball. I beat you, and that
Speaker 1: is that you had an opportunity to beat me and
Speaker 1: stop me from doing this and this, and you didn't.
Speaker 1: So you have to deal with that. As you know.
Speaker 1: I don't want to sit here and make this a
Speaker 1: race thing. These are two great women's basketball players. Those
Speaker 1: were two great teams, and I am going to appreciate
Speaker 1: what they brought to the game, what they brought to
Speaker 1: our TV screens, how incredible of a game it was.
Speaker 1: And let's discuss these national champions These girls go out
Speaker 1: here and win a national championship, and all we want
Speaker 1: to talk about is a celebration that happened towards the
Speaker 1: end of the game. Angel goes and winning most most
Speaker 1: Outstanding Player of the tournament the final four, and we
Speaker 1: want to talk about her doing this saying you can't
Speaker 1: see me. But I'm pretty sure I've seen Kaitlyn doing
Speaker 1: this at some point this year. But it ain't so
Speaker 1: fun when the rabbit got the gun. Now, the issue
Speaker 1: that I have is, let's not have these double standards.
Speaker 1: I remember very very very clearly Al Horford in Game
Speaker 1: one of the NBA Finals when made they come back
Speaker 1: and he got an end one and he flexing right
Speaker 1: in my face. Nobody said a word. Nobody said a word,
Speaker 1: by the way he was flexing in Game one that
Speaker 1: didn't end so well. Nobody said a word. But now
Speaker 1: Angel does it, and it's a problem. I'm here to
Speaker 1: tell y'all it's not a problem. It is what it is.
Speaker 1: This is basketball. It's a very competitive sport. And if
Speaker 1: I want to throw in your face after I beat you,
Speaker 1: you can't see me. Guess what, ain't nothing you can
Speaker 1: do about it. Ain't nothing you can do about it.
Speaker 1: So let's stop talking about it. Let's let it be
Speaker 1: what it is. Let's appreciate this display of basketball that
Speaker 1: these young women just gave us. Caitlin Clark, you are
Speaker 1: incredible game changer, has some things that can possibly help
Speaker 1: take the women's game to the next level as we
Speaker 1: all want to see. Angel Reye Champ, keep talking your shit,
Speaker 1: keep doing what you do, keep winning, and keep letting
Speaker 1: them hear about it, Keep letting them here about it,
Speaker 1: because guess what, when you lose, they gonna let you
Speaker 1: hear about it. So when you win, you let them
Speaker 1: hear about it. You keep doing your thing. Much respect, Queen,
Speaker 1: much respect, and congratulations. On the championship. Y'all let that
Speaker 1: stuff go. Appreciate them champions for what they are. They
Speaker 1: are champs. Can't nobody take that away until y'all try
Speaker 1: again next year. That's a rap from this episode of
Speaker 1: The Draymond Green Show Peace