WEBVTT - #thisleague UNCUT: Free Agency Preview 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:04.320 Welcome to this League Uncut in the world of twenty 0:00:04.360 --> 0:00:06.240 four hour NBA news, this news. 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:12.840 Hello, Chris Haynes, it's so time, Markstein, it's so time. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:21.799 This League Uncut is underway and on fire. This should 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:26.560 be a good one. Friends, Hello and welcome. Thank you 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:31.120 for joining us on another edition of this League Uncut. 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:34.879 Mark Stein and Chris Haynes here with you. We are 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:39.640 recording on a Sunday night, and as long as technology cooperates, 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:43.720 this will have been posted and published on the same 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:47.000 Sunday night, because we wanted to get a jump on 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:50.120 the week. It's a huge week in the NBA. The 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:53.600 Draft is in the rearview mirror Friday at six pm 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:58.720 Eastern Friday, just not even five full days away. At 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:03.800 this point, the free agency opens officially legally, of course, 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:07.399 we know that there may be a stray conversation or 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:13.440 two happening that hasn't supposed to happen, or wasn't supposed 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:16.280 to happen by the letter of the NBA law. But 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:21.480 that is uh. It was actually two years ago, the 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:26.280 one of my first summer on substack. I believe in 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.200 the reason I even am paying attention to this stuff. 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:31.520 Sorry to bore you with my truvialities, mister Haynes. But 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:37.240 this Sunday was actually today is actually the birthday for 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:40.360 my Substack year two. I'm two years my Substack is 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:46.360 two years old, so that's why I'm kind of thinking 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:48.559 in those terms. And I just remember, in my first year, 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:54.720 my first summer doing Substack, a very wise league observer 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.400 gave me this line, which I absolutely love and I've 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.480 now run into the ground. But it's totally true. When 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:06.560 the opening bell sounds for free agency at six pm 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.239 Eastern on June thirtieth, it's not really the opening bell. 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.880 It's a lot closer to the end of free agency 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:15.720 than the beginning because the all the big ticket players 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:18.079 know where they're going or have a pretty good idea. 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.840 That's just the way it's evolved. And look next year, 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:24.680 next season, you know, the new CBA drops or the 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:29.960 new CBA takes effect basically when free agency starts, and 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:33.440 one of the provisions in the new CBA is the 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:37.280 day after the finals, teams can start negotiating at least 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.920 with their own free agents right away. And so that 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:45.520 means that theoretically we can start having some verbal agreements 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.960 that emerge shortly after the finals. It won't necessarily have 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:53.760 to wait until June thirtieth. We will start to hear, oh, 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:56.920 you know, so and so has reached a verbal agreement 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:58.640 to sign such and such a deal that won't be 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:02.919 executed until after June thirtieth. But because the CBA doesn't 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:07.200 go into effect until June thirtieth, last July first, that 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:11.200 particular rule did not take effect after the finals. We 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.480 just saw so after the Nuggets win it all in 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:17.440 five and finish off Miami this season, there was no 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:22.640 such commencement of negotiating with your own free agents. But 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:27.880 that'll be an interesting change next summer that before the draft, 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:31.680 we're gonna have some free agent deals spill out. But look, 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:34.359 enough of me blabbering. We got a lot to cover. 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:38.080 Let's get to it. Let us start, mister Haynes with 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:41.560 Draymond Green. Earlier on this Sunday, I reported that there 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:47.160 are strong signals that the Warriors are headed to a 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:51.280 multi year deal with Draymond Green. The latest projection i'm 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:55.000 getting it's most likely three years. Look, I don't think 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:59.720 that's really some surprise. Now that the Warriors have traded 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:03.680 yours and pool away, they did that in large part 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:07.920 to give themselves the financial flexibility to resign Draymond Green 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:11.200 and re signed Klay Thompson in the future to do 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:17.840 that comfortably. However, the Sacramento Kings, in Chris Haynes's adopted hometown, 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:23.039 the nine to one six the Kings, they made a 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:26.920 sneaky little draft night move to dumper Shawn Holmes and 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:31.320 now they they technically have the ability to create more 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:33.440 than thirty million in salary cap space, and that has 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:35.760 led a lot of people to think the Kings would 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:40.400 go hard after Draymond Green. Do your hometown Kings have 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:45.320 any chance of recruiting Draymond away from the Warriors? I 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:45.919 would say no. 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.480 This reminds me and I don't know if it would 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:53.200 get this far. But back when I was at ESPN, 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:57.760 so this had to been trying to think the year 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:02.080 I went was it twenty sixteen, sixteen seven? So one 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:03.919 of those years it was sixteen and seventeen I was 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:09.000 covering the Warriors for ESPN. Did I cover Andre Iglo 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:17.719 dollars free agency? The Kings went after him hard hard, 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.279 and I did a really in depth story. I was 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:25.400 pretty I was, I was, I was you know, that 0:05:25.520 --> 0:05:27.360 was That was something that was a story that I 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.600 was proud of going in depth on. If people want 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.240 to get get an understanding of what free agency is like, 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.920 especially when you have multiple suitors and you're taking meetings 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.600 and you want to hear the pitches and kind of 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.200 the elaborate things that these teams come up with to 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:45.159 try to entice the player, please go I don't know 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.600 if I want to go. It ain't too often I 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:49.359 say go back and listen to it. I mean, go 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.880 back and read the story from one about old stumping grounds. 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.480 But if you find yourself doing that, go ahead and 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:57.159 do it. I don't say that often, but it was 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.160 really good. But the Kings are one of the teams 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:04.960 that was in on andre Iguadala and they wanted you. 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:08.200 You know how obviously the vet used to be who 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:09.760 used to what it used to be minor one of 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:11.640 the minority owners the Golden State Wars. 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:14.480 Yeah, part of the part of the one of the minority. 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.839 We know how he feels about the Warriors. He wants 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:21.600 to take them down. He wants to be the team. Uh, 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:25.920 he wants to be the biggest team the northern part 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.960 of California, And so that was one of the ways. Obviously, 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:33.559 Igwalla was a very good player still at that time, 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:37.719 and he wanted I Dollar bad. He wanted the weakend 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:42.400 the Golden State Warriors team, and he felt like bringing 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.240 on Ingwa Dollar that would play a major part in 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:53.279 that mission. And so that mission is still ongoing. See 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:56.240 he got Mike Brown brought over Mike Brown, you know, 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:59.039 a little by little, And there's no doubt in my 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.719 mind Steinn that if Draymond Green gave them the time, 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:06.840 or if Draymond went the route of taking meetings, I 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:08.159 don't know if it to get to that point, but 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.080 if you if you went the route of taking meetings, 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:15.280 I would think he would give Sacramento a shot and 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.440 the Kams will put all their efforts into trying to 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:22.520 snag him away. That they would want nothing more than 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:26.120 try to weakend that Golden State Warriors team. So, but 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:28.360 I don't think it's going to happen. I definitely do 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:32.840 think Draymond Green is resigning. You know, I've heard, you know, 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:36.440 similar things to what you've reported in your substack. Congratulations 0:07:36.480 --> 0:07:39.560 of two years. But nah, I don't I don't see 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:42.200 I don't see Draymond exit. Not right now. 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.360 Well, look, one of the highlights. I mean, you know, 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:51.000 we're basically five months old now this podcast, and let's 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.000 face it, one of the highlights we've had on this 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.800 pod is having Draymond join us, and he said it. 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.640 We talked at length on this pod about how much 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.760 he wants to retire a Warrior, and then when the 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.360 Warrior season ended, he really couldn't have said it much clear. 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:08.080 He was up there at the podium and he said, 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.200 I want to ride out with the guys I rode 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:15.560 in with. And I also reported today that before Memphis 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:19.040 traded for Marcus Smart, that I don't know how the 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:20.880 Grizzlies were going to do it. I don't have the 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.560 salary cap smarts to understand this, but I've had too 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:27.600 many people I trust tell me that the Grizzlies were 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:32.959 scheming somehow to make a credible run at Draymond Green. 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:36.200 In the checking I've done on the math, even before 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.760 the Marcus Smart trade, I don't think they had cap room. 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.520 I think they only had the full mid level, which 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.920 is twelve point four million. That's not enough to construct 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.920 an offer to get Draymond Green. He's going to get 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:52.120 a healthy, multi year deal wherever he goes. And again, 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:54.600 I do think it's going to be Golden State, and 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.800 I do think the three year projection is a wise 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.600 place to start. I don't know how Memphis was going 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:03.880 to do it, but I keep hearing that the Grizzlies 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.400 wanted him, and that's that's just as delicious as the 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.760 thought of Draymond talking to the Kings. Is Draymond talking 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:14.000 to the Grizzlies after everything those two teams have been together. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:19.240 But he was never gonna lack for options. But I 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:22.800 just whether he came on our pod or not, I 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:28.079 just I cannot imagine Draymond Green not playing next to 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:29.360 Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.440 I can't pike sure. He was never going to have 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:33.719 a lack of options, because you know, that's always been 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:36.880 a false narrative about Draymond, is that, well, he's only 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:40.080 valuable to the Warriors, he wouldn't have the same impact 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.440 on a different team. Yeah, first of all, we don't 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.600 know that. But second of all, Man, there are multiple, 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:50.360 multiple star players who've been trying behind the scenes for 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:55.000 years trying to persuade Draymond Green to leave Golden State 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:59.120 and to partner up with them and lead their defense. 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:02.960 So that narrative is just false. It comes out of 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.520 I don't know where it comes from. Draymond has a 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:09.040 unique skill set. It's probably a skill set that people 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.800 probably don't like, but it's a winning skill set. He 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.760 knows his road, he does it well. He's a perfectionist 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:18.200 in what he does, and he goes out there and produces, 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.320 He executes, doesn't have an ego when they're talking about 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:25.440 on the basketball court, So he was going to have 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.640 suitors and the Golden State Warriors. You think about it. 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:30.199 You know, we've been here over the last couple of 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:33.079 years especially you know we heard it with during the 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:37.120 KD era in Golden State's Draymond Green, has you worn 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:41.160 out as welcome? Are they gonna let Draymond go? We saw, 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.360 you know, with the Jordan Poole incident. Oh this is it. 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.120 You know, everybody was pretty certain that this is going 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:50.120 to be the last year that Draymond was going to 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:55.280 be on the team. Look what happened. Jordan Poole was 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:59.640 was shipped out to Washington and sounds like Draymond Green 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:03.120 is on the verge of resigning on a multi year deal. 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:07.199 So that shows you the value not only other teams, 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.760 but the value that Golden State Warriors still have is 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:13.200 Draymond and the belief that they still have in him, 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:16.280 that he can still do what he do what he 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:17.240 does at a high level. 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:23.080 Look, he has his flaws, he has his critics. He's 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:26.840 been justifiably criticized on the number of occasions. He's a 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:30.160 polarizing guy. A lot of fans don't like him, some 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:33.360 opposing players don't like him. But the man is a 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:37.160 winning basketball player above all. He is a defensive genius. 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.160 But above all, he is a winning basketball player and 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:43.719 that's why. Look, the Lakers have no way to get him. 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:46.800 But I'm sure you saw the pictures of Lebron and 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:50.480 Draymond on vacation together. I'm sure the Lakers would love 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:52.360 they don't have a way to do it. I'm sure 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:55.480 they would love to get Draymond Green. The team in 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.839 my city, Dallas, I'm sure they would love if there 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.400 was a way to get Raymond Green. But it's not 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.720 gonna happen. He ain't switching teams. We should talk about 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:08.200 Jordan Poole. I have to you know, I'm a little 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:10.760 I got to give the Warriors credit here, and you know, 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.600 Mike Dunley the first week on the job as a GM, 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:16.400 I thought it would be much harder to trade Jordan 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:20.720 Poole in this financial climate, after the struggles he had 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:24.920 in the playoffs. That really, to me was the most 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:28.599 surprising element of the trade that Washington. That's saying. We 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.960 thought Washington was stripping this thing down all the way 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.400 and you know, just didn't want any kind of long 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:40.280 term money. So super interesting that Washington wanted Pool. Now, 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.520 whether that's to keep him, whether that's to maybe look 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.320 to move him down the line, we don't know yet. 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:48.920 But I mean, did you did you think the Warriors 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:50.760 could move Jordan Poole this quickly? 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:57.000 No, it was. It wasn't on my radar. Jordan wasn't 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:57.839 on my radar at all. 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:00.720 Yeah, me, neither. I mean it was not this. That 0:13:00.880 --> 0:13:01.600 was not the move. 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:04.839 I now I knew I was. Golden State had interest 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:06.679 in Chris Paul. I think I brought I brought that 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:09.280 up on our last part that was before the trade 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:13.720 went down. I was pretty sold on the fact that 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.800 I think Chris Paul was going to make his way 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:20.440 to the Clippers. I think when Chris Paul speaks about this. 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:25.839 I think he'll even say that as well. So I 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:33.080 knew there was interest, I guess I didn't when I 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:36.240 heard there was interest, I guess I assumed there was 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:41.240 interest if Chris Paul was waived. That's the way, That's 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.600 the way I kind of thought about it. I didn't 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:45.000 know that there was going to be a full on 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:49.760 trade to acquire Chris Paul Jordan Poole. That completely caught 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:54.120 me off guard. And then I think for the most part, 0:13:54.200 --> 0:14:00.560 whoever the thinking was, whoever acquired Chris Paul, wherever, whoever, 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.440 that he was going to be waved and his contract 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:05.920 was not going to be guaranteed. And then we're seen 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.880 that when Chris Paul was traded to Washington, got what 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:12.760 about about nine to ten million more added to his salary, 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.400 you know, due to that trade. And you know, I 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.840 spoke to people over the Warriors. They are not waiving 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.520 Chris Paul. He is a Golden State war remember the 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:24.400 Golden State Warriors. That's crazy to say that he will 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:34.000 be playing with Stephen Curry, Draymond, Greg Klay, Thompson, and Stein. Shocking, shocking, 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:35.840 probably probably most shocking. 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.160 Look, I cannot I cannot wait to see it. I 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:42.600 can't wait to see it. I mean, it makes complete 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:46.520 financial sense what the Warriors have done here to move 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:50.040 Pool out, they had to get they had to shed 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.920 one significant contract at least. And after the season we 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:56.920 just witnessed. You knew that if they had a choice, 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:58.600 it would be Jordan Poole. I just didn't think they 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:02.880 would have the choice. But the trade became available, they 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:07.120 made it. They've shed Jordan Poole's contract. It makes things. 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.480 They've got flexibility now going forward because Chris Paul only 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.280 has the one guaranteed year left on his deal, even 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.360 if he gets the full thirty point eight million. And look, 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:21.240 Chris Paul himself is a basketball genius. He is still 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:25.760 a highly productive player, too smart and too good to 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:30.640 joining a team full of very smart players. They're all 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:34.960 two whys and they've all been around the block. They 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:38.280 should figure this out. And that's what common sense tells you. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:42.280 But like you just hinted at it, just I can't 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.680 see it. And that clip, I'm sure you've seen it. 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:48.840 It's been making the rounds all weekend. Draymond Green appearing 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:54.760 on Steven Jackson and Matt Barnes's podcast on showtime. Hey, 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:57.200 I mean, here's what he says. 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.680 I don't like CP at all, Like we don't have 0:15:59.720 --> 0:16:02.360 a good relationship at all. But I respect his hustle 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.520 and I respect his I Q he's smart as hell. 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:07.880 So how is that? How is that gonna go? 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:11.160 How is that gonna I know they've talked. I know, 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.680 I know Chris Paul have talked to Stephan Curry. He 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:18.000 talked to Draymond. One thing about this is this is 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.760 this is I'm gonna tell you about Draymond Starn And 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.920 I know from experience and I know from close up 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.440 and personal just you know, working the sidelines for T 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:33.520 and T. In the heat of the moment, Draymond will 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:38.520 say pretty much whatever. In the heat of the moment. 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:45.280 Draymond's filter, there's no filter. The filter disappears in the 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:48.640 heat of the moment. But then with these subside and everything, 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.080 you know, he booves on, He moves on, you know, 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:57.000 being him, has some has some disagreements, you know, my 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.200 time covering the Warriors and we you know, he's had 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.600 some things to me and I've said some things, and 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:04.800 and he kept it moving. He kept it moving. We 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:06.919 all keep it moving. And so that's one thing I 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:14.520 respect about him, so as h so as as egregious 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:18.000 as that might have that clip might have sounded Draymond 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:21.600 those remarks he had about Chris Paul. You know, Draymond 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:24.280 is somebody that I know that that's moved forward and 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:30.719 it's looking forward to potentially looking forward to potentially teaming 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:33.000 up with CP and doing you know, doing some making 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:37.520 some magic happen. I will say that, you know, the 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:42.840 Chris Paul Stephen Curry dynamic that that is, you know, 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:45.080 that's something I'm looking forward to seeing. I know they 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:46.919 I know they talked, know they had a good conversation, 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:48.480 but you know, I want to see that. 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:58.439 The way they've already connected, they've already connected. Even that 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:02.160 is the list trying to imagine that. I mean, Chris 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.880 Foulow is a constant, He's been a constant opponent throughout 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:09.000 these eight nine years of Warriors glory. 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.359 Yeah, and the thing about it, the Clippers were supposed 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:15.000 to remember, the Clippers was the team that was supposed 0:18:15.000 --> 0:18:18.720 to be on that rise. Then the Golden State Warriors 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:22.000 came in there and shook up the Western Conference and 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:26.600 took it over and never really gave it up except 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:29.840 for a few windows due to injuries. But you know 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:34.199 it was supposed to be the Clippers run, and so 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:36.800 it's gonna you know, it's gonna be interesting. I like it. 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.040 That's why I like sports, man. I like because stein 0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:42.320 I play, you know, I'm just equated to my own 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:46.600 little pickup experience. Thus far. There's guys that when I go, 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:48.960 when I'm playing against them, man, I want to kill them. Start, 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:51.400 I want to crush them. I look forward to going 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:53.679 up against them because sometimes they get the best of 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.560 me sometimes and a lot of times I should say 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:58.840 I get the best of them. But then there are 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:02.320 sometimes where we have to team up and I'm like, 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:04.879 you know what, I would rather go against you, but 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:07.080 there is a mutual respect I have for you. Let's 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.080 go out there and get it done. And we go 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:12.239 out there and we play. And so I like. I 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:17.400 like this dynamic of being foes for so long, rivals 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:21.439 for so long, then coming together, putting out all behind 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:24.920 you and knowing that you know, there's mutual respect between 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:27.760 both sides. Now let's go out there and see what 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:30.480 we can accomplish together. And I like, I like seeing 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:31.280 that that can happen. 0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:35.920 How crazy, How crazy would it be if Chris Paul 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:41.280 finally wins that elusive ring. But it's as a warrior. Yeah, 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:44.159 it's just like I said, you just say that out loud, 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:45.200 and it's just loud. 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:48.640 I mean it is, and I know some people. Look, 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:50.239 I didn't want to go down that rabbit hole I 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:52.560 was about, you know, because then people you got people 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:54.960 that were saying, well, he had to do it this way, 0:19:54.960 --> 0:19:56.680 he had to do well. It ain't like he picked 0:19:57.080 --> 0:20:00.000 the wars. He was traded to the wars. Yeah, oh yeah, 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:05.920 I mean people people, yeah, like that's he was traded there. 0:20:06.359 --> 0:20:10.119 They want they want him, and so they feel like 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:13.080 they need him or else they wouldn't have they wouldn't 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:16.080 have done that. So you know, we'll know, we'll No, 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:19.200 I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm definitely hey, 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:23.480 I'll bet more Golden State Warrior games for sure. No. 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:25.000 I was just gonna ask you. I mean, obviously you 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:27.080 don't know your schedule for October, but if you were 0:20:27.160 --> 0:20:31.200 guessing first day of training camp, I mean, you gotta 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:33.040 go to Golden State, right, you gotta see you gotta 0:20:33.080 --> 0:20:35.240 see this with your own eyes. I know you'd rather 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:37.440 go to the Kings because it's a it's a short 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:41.040 drive away from Charlene's beauty supply, but you might you 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:43.479 might have to go to you might have to go 0:20:43.520 --> 0:20:46.480 to Golden State because one of the first questions to 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:49.479 me is who kind of referee? Is this on the 0:20:49.520 --> 0:20:52.439 players to put it all behind them? Is this Steve 0:20:52.520 --> 0:20:54.439 Kerr has to get all these guys in this on 0:20:54.520 --> 0:20:54.959 the same thing. 0:20:54.960 --> 0:20:56.119 I think he's players. 0:20:56.720 --> 0:20:58.040 Kind of think the players are. 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:01.480 Players, and I think most of those talks have been had, 0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:03.280 and I think most of it is in the rear 0:21:03.320 --> 0:21:06.720 view already. I think they're focused on the task at hand. 0:21:07.080 --> 0:21:09.800 And to answer your questions Stein about where I would 0:21:09.840 --> 0:21:13.280 be for media Day, I don't know if it's on. 0:21:13.440 --> 0:21:15.040 I was on the you know, I did the Lakers 0:21:15.080 --> 0:21:19.119 last year, and for the most part, they kept me 0:21:19.160 --> 0:21:23.440 on the Western Conference, which I'm ecstatic about. That's fine, 0:21:24.080 --> 0:21:29.480 didn't have to travel too far. But Bron still resonates, 0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:34.760 you know, he hasn't. I believe, you know, Bron's gonna 0:21:34.760 --> 0:21:37.320 come back and play next year, but he still hasn't 0:21:37.440 --> 0:21:42.680 came out and said anything himself on if he's coming 0:21:42.720 --> 0:21:45.000 back or when he's coming back. You know, he left 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:47.320 it kind of vague out there. You know, he told 0:21:47.359 --> 0:21:49.479 me he doesn't know if he's going to be I'm 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:51.720 going back what he got eliminated. Told me he doesn't 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:53.000 know if he's going to be there and start a 0:21:53.000 --> 0:21:58.480 training camp. So that's the storyline. Go to State's the storyline. 0:21:59.160 --> 0:22:01.080 I don't know. I don't know where I would be. 0:22:01.800 --> 0:22:03.760 The Kings are a storyline too. I mean, they've got 0:22:03.800 --> 0:22:07.280 you know they're going to do I like I like 0:22:07.320 --> 0:22:09.600 I said, Draymond Green is staying with the Warriors based 0:22:09.640 --> 0:22:12.040 on everything I've been told. But the Kings are going 0:22:12.119 --> 0:22:14.800 to do something with that salary cap space, and they will. 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:18.960 They will certainly extend Domana Sabonis. I think that's a 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:21.320 big part of why they needed to create that extra room. 0:22:21.320 --> 0:22:23.919 But they are going to make upgrades they do. You know, 0:22:24.240 --> 0:22:26.760 they don't want to make this a one time playoff thing. 0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:29.879 So I think the Kings are going to do something. 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:37.040 You had mentioned that you know, you had been hearing 0:22:37.080 --> 0:22:39.879 for days really that the Clippers had a real chance 0:22:39.920 --> 0:22:42.680 to trade for Chris Paul. And as I've reported once 0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:45.280 or twice, you know, the Lakers were really hoping that 0:22:46.359 --> 0:22:49.000 Chris Paul would be waived and make it to unrestricted 0:22:49.000 --> 0:22:52.080 free agency so they could have a shot at him. 0:22:52.160 --> 0:22:56.280 Who do you think it hurts more the Lakers or 0:22:56.320 --> 0:22:59.399 the Clippers that he ends up Chris Paul ends up 0:22:59.440 --> 0:23:02.520 with the war neither team was expecting. 0:23:02.680 --> 0:23:06.639 I think it's it hurts the Clippers more because I 0:23:06.640 --> 0:23:11.439 believe the Clippers felt like they had the best shot 0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:15.639 to get them and I and I can say, and 0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:17.400