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I'm gonna be 33 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: giving you guys my five biggest takeaways from tonight's NBA Draft. 34 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: But I want to talk about some trades and some 35 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: trade rumors here at the start of the show. I 36 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: want to talk a little bit about a little bit 37 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: about this Katie Kyrie report that came out today. I 38 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: want to talk a little bit about Jeremy Grant going 39 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: to the Portland's Trailblazers. A couple of quick notes before 40 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: we get started. If you guys could like this video 41 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: and please subscribe to the Volumes YouTube channel so you 42 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: don't miss any more of our content. 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But the theme 52 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 1: for tonight's show is about acknowledging reality, and I think 53 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: it factors in for all the teams involved in the 54 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: trades that we're going to discuss tonight. You know, I 55 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: talked about this in our season wrap up show, but 56 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: the Lakers and the Nets are not close to being 57 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: a top tier contender if everything goes absolutely perfectly for 58 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: them in their off seasons. In terms of moves on 59 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 1: the periphery, they're just simply not going to be as 60 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: deep with talent as teams like the Clippers, or like 61 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: the Celtics, or like the Bucks, or like the Warriors. 62 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: Those are the teams that I think I'm gonna have 63 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: in my top tier of contenders going into next season, 64 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: obviously right now, not knowing what other moves are going 65 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: to take place, but those teams are just better than 66 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: you right now, which means in order for you to win, 67 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: you need things to break right for you. You need 68 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: someone to get hurt, you need some sort of playoff 69 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: path that involves one of them getting upset. You need 70 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: things to break your way if you're Brooklyn or the 71 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: Lakers in order for you to win the title. I 72 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: would argue even more so for Brooklyn than it is 73 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: for the Lakers, because at least with the Lakers you 74 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: got Anthony Davis and Lebron So if Anthony Davis, for 75 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: whatever reason, manages to regain his form from the bubble 76 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: when he was a top five NBA player, the Lakers 77 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: will have two of the top five players in the NBA. 78 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: So even though they might not have the depth of 79 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: the top teams, they might have the two best players 80 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: on the floor in many of their matchups. Brooklyn. Let's 81 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: say Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons are healthy, what's Kyrie 82 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: the or eighteenth best player in the league? Are we ever? 83 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: If we're being generous and then Ben Simmons maybe maybe, 84 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: And I feel like I'm being really nice to both 85 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: of those guys there. The reality is it's Kevin Durant 86 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: and not a whole lot else. And I'm not a 87 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,760 Speaker 1: big purgatory guy. You're gonna We're gonna get to that 88 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: a little bit later tonight with the New York Knicks. 89 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in pushing your chips to the 90 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: middle of the table. I believe in trying to win 91 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: the NBA Championship, and that signing up for first and 92 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: second round exits, I just don't really see the point 93 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: to it if your goal is to get the trophy. 94 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: And so it's important for the nets in the Lakers 95 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: and the Blazers too when we get to them to 96 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: acknowledge the reality of their situation, which is that they 97 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: are not good enough. So then there you have to 98 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: make a decision about where you move from there. Acknowledging 99 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: it is the first step. It's like Russell Westbrook. There's 100 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: a reason why he never became a great shooter, never 101 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: became a great defensive player, never became a great finisher. 102 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: It's because up here he thinks he's great at those 103 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: things even though he's not so because he never acknowledged 104 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: that reality. He never did the work to rectify those issues. You, 105 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: the Nets and the Lakers have to acknowledge their shortcomings 106 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: right now, and once they do that, they can start 107 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: to accept reality and move on. So obviously, the Nets, 108 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: for good reason, don't want to sign Kyrie Irving to 109 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: a five year max. Don't blame them. He was incredibly 110 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: unreliable over the last couple of years. You know, this 111 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: is what happens when you go into business with your friends. 112 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: Instead of going into business with the guys that are 113 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: actually the best people to go into business with, you 114 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: end up with a guy who's a very good friend 115 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: of yours, who's a flake. And that's what happened to 116 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: k D with this Kyrie Irving partnership. But if they're 117 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: gonna let him go, Kyrie Irving is absolutely willing to leave. 118 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving has a massive ego, a big enough ego 119 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: after everything that happened over the last couple of years 120 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: to say things like this is a great partnership I've 121 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: got going on with Joe and and with with Kadi, 122 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: and we're gonna build this thing together. Actually, no, that's 123 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: not how anybody else saw it, except for you, because 124 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: you didn't have the self awareness to understand that you 125 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: did a lot of self sabotage to that team. But 126 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: there's a reason why they want him to go, and 127 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: he's absolutely willing to leave. So if he leaves now 128 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,480 Speaker 1: you're even more behind the eight ball in terms of 129 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: talent with Kevin Durant. So absolutely he should request a trade. 130 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: And that got reported today that Katie would be contemplating 131 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: his future with the team should they not come to 132 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: terms with Kyrie Irving. So at this point, if you're 133 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 1: the Nets and you acknowledge the simple reality that Katie 134 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: and Kyrie are not enough even with Ben Simmons, and 135 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: that Kyrie is in all likelihood either going to have 136 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: to be overpaid or walk, then this is over. This 137 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: championship window you had is over looking at the Lakers. 138 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: It's not over, but it looks dire, and so I 139 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: see an interesting partnership there. Now this is a trade 140 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,239 Speaker 1: idea that I got earlier today, and it's extreme long shot, 141 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: but I actually think it makes sense for both teams. 142 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: For starters. It's incredibly uncommon to be able to actually 143 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: get a star player in return for a star in 144 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: a trade. It's usually a very flawed star guy like 145 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, who's got obviously mental health concerns, he's got 146 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: physical health concerns, and he's got I don't know what 147 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: to do with the basketball in my hands on offense, 148 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: and the playoffs concerns. Right, he's got all three of 149 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: those issues. That's why he was the guy you got 150 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: in return for James Harden. Almost every NBA superstar trade 151 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: resorts to lots of draft picks, lots of young players, 152 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: or flawed big contracts that can operate a salary filler. Right, Well, 153 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: the Lakers have the opportunity to actually offer a legitimate 154 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: star in return. And this is where this is where 155 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: it's gonna get a little crazy. But I want you 156 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: guys to hear me out, because the Lakers got to 157 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: acknowledge reality to their reality is that Anthony Davis is 158 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: not a guy that you want to use as a 159 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: franchise cornerstone. There are some You know, there are some 160 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: people that have have been very defensive of Anthony Davis 161 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: and point out things like the injuries. And don't get 162 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: me wrong, he's had a bad luck stretch with injuries 163 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: over the last couple of years. But it's not all 164 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: you know, bad luck injuries like landing on a guy's foot, 165 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: like what happened to him towards the end of the season. 166 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: It's a lot of like his groin failed him. It's 167 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: a lot of like his achilles failed him, his wrist 168 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: failed him. He falls down a lot for whatever reason, 169 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: he's obsessed with just any time any sort of contact 170 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: comes near him, he's going to go down to the ground. 171 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: It's a lot of He put on a lot of 172 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: extra weight, so he's nowhere near is quick. He doesn't 173 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: have the he doesn't have the durability, doesn't have the uh, 174 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: he doesn't have the stamina that he used to have. 175 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: He's not the same type of athlete that he was 176 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 1: in And you know, there's lots of intel from not 177 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: just from Lebron but from from anybody who's been paying 178 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: attention that he comes into camp out of shape. He 179 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: goes several months over the summer not doing anything, which 180 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 1: which I understand not every person is so obsessed with 181 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: basketball that they play every day of their lives. But 182 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: it's not exactly. It's it's one thing if you're taking 183 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: a couple of months off from April to June, but 184 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: then you come into camp in shape that April to 185 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: June not doing anything. Thing starts to be a little 186 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: bit concerning when you've come into camp two years in 187 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: a row out of shape for a franchise cornerstone. You 188 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: want a guy who absolutely is in love with the 189 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: game of basketball that doesn't want distance from it. You 190 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: want a guy that consistently takes his job so seriously 191 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 1: that if he ever doesn't reach his personal ceiling, it's 192 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: because of things outside of his control. No one would 193 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: blame him for stepping on a guy's foot and spraining 194 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: his ankle, if he came into camp in shape, No 195 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: one would blame him for those things. If he took 196 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: the game more seriously, if it looked as though he 197 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: was still as bought in as he used to be 198 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: when he was younger. And so I think I think 199 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: Lebron knows it, and I think the Lakers know it. 200 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: I don't know if they've actually come to terms with 201 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: that if it's just something that they know on the 202 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: inside that they won't admit to themselves. But Anthony Davis 203 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: is not the guy you want, is your franchise cornerstone, 204 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 1: and he's, as Colin has pointed out on his show 205 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: several times, he's aging faster than he should. So what 206 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: if for Brooklyn you had the opportunity to get a 207 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: real bona fe I'd star in return for Kadi and Kyrie. 208 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: I would. If I was the Lakers, I'd call up Brooklyn. 209 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: I'd be like, you can have Anthony Davis, you can 210 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: have Russell Westbrook. You can have the first round pick, 211 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: first round pick. We're recording this while the second round 212 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: is still happening, but the Lakers have the thirty one 213 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: overall pick in the second round tonight, which effectively amounts 214 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: to a late first round pick probably going to be 215 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: a good chance to be a quality basketball player. You 216 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: throw that whoever that player is, whoever that pick is 217 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: in as well, and you just say, we'll take back 218 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: Kyrie and Kevin Durant. We take care of your Kyrie 219 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: Irving problem. We take care of your Kevin Durant problem. 220 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: You get a chance to rebuild. You want to use 221 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,199 Speaker 1: Russ to sell tickets, great. You want to send him home, 222 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: that's great. You want to find a third team to 223 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: do something else with him, that's great. But at least 224 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: you get a foundational piece and Anthony Davis coming back, 225 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: which is better than you're gonna get from the vast 226 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: majority of superstar trades out there. And you're getting two 227 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: legit first round picks and one pick that essentially amounts 228 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: to a late first round pick. It makes sense for 229 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: the Lakers because Anthony Davis isn't your guy. Lebron's in 230 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: his twentieth season. You need to go to win now approach, 231 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: and you get off of Russell Westbrook. Makes sense for 232 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: the Nets because you're not winning with Kadi, without Kyrie, 233 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: or with Katie and Kyrie and Ben Simmons. You're just 234 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,439 Speaker 1: not gonna get it done. Not in the East. That's 235 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: as deep as they are, not with teams like Miami 236 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: and Boston and Milwaukee in the in the conference, you're 237 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: just not good enough except for reality. Understand it's time 238 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: to reset. The Lakers are just not good enough. Understand reality, 239 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: it's time to reset. It's one of those It's an 240 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: interesting partnership there. I don't know if it would end 241 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:42,560 Speaker 1: up being enough. Maybe you gotta throw in at Kendrick 242 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 1: nun I'm not sure what what all all the little 243 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: details surrounding that trade would look like, but the foundational 244 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: structure of it would be Anthony Davison Russ plus whatever 245 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: assets you can scrounge up for Kevin Durant, the real 246 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: piece coming back from Brooklyn and Kyrie Irving, the guy 247 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: that Brooklyn doesn't even really want a sign for the 248 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: number he wants anyway. And then from there, I actually 249 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: love the basketball fit for the Lakers. Yeah, obviously you've 250 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: got to find athleticism in the front court to help 251 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: compensate for Lebron and Kevin Durant and their age and 252 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: and their their their unwillingness to buy in on defense 253 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:17,959 Speaker 1: all the time. But they instantly become one of the 254 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: most intriguing offensive teams in the league. We already know 255 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: what the KD Lebron partnership. Excuse me, the Kyrie Lebron 256 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: partnership looks like. We already know what the Kyrie Katie 257 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: partnership looks like. Very good offensive partnership. You know, Lebron 258 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: brings that high level playmaking and game management that Katie 259 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 1: and Kyrie struggle with, and Katie and Kyrie bring in 260 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: that high level shop making that Lebron struggles with from 261 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: time to time, right especially as he's starting to age. 262 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: I think it makes sense for both sides. Now beyond that, 263 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: if I was running Brooklyn and you wanted to commit 264 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: to this, I would resign Kyrie Kyrie to whatever I would. 265 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 1: If you want to negotiate down on specific terms, that's fine, 266 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: but just signed Kyrie because at the very least, if 267 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 1: things do go south before the trade deadline and you 268 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: decide never mind, I don't want to do this, you 269 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: can at least use Kyrie as an asset to try 270 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: to get something in return. But at the very least, 271 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: you can't let him go for nothing. That would be 272 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: the absolute disaster outcome for Brooklyn. You either need to 273 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: sign Kyrie or you need to trade him. No matter what. 274 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: You can't let a player like that go for absolutely nothing. 275 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: And if you're the Lakers, I mean, the Russell Westbrook 276 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: trade was already going to be a disaster if you 277 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: could pull somebody back the caliber of a Kyrie Irving, 278 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: even if you just tried to focus on that move 279 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 1: as a one for one if you needed to include assets. 280 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: I like that one as well. I mean, it's it's 281 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: hard to say exactly how this thing ends out because 282 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: so much of this feels like gamesmanship from Kyrie and 283 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: from Katie trying to leverage the Nets into getting a contract. 284 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: But I think I think there's an interesting opportunity for 285 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: two misery Loves Company type of trade, for two teams 286 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: to kind of reset and to potentially make the Brooklyn 287 00:14:57,600 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: kind of reset for a potential run for the future, 288 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: and the lay Kers to go all in for right now. Last, 289 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: but not least, I wanted to talk about this Jeremy 290 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: Grant trade to the Portland Trailblazers. You know, Damian Lillard. 291 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: There's a gap between him and stuff, and it's not 292 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: in the way that you would think, because in terms 293 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: of on ball ability, Dame is every bit as good 294 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: as Steph. You can shoot the ball off the dribble 295 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: nearly as well. He's a little bit more athletics, you 296 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 1: can get better separation from time to time. He's got 297 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: a nasty step back game, but Steph has n't beat 298 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: everywhere else on the floor. Feel for the game movement 299 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: without the basketball. Steve Kurt did an interview was zach 300 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 1: Loow the other day, and it was so interesting to 301 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: hear Steve Kurt talk about how he attributes Steph off. 302 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: Steph's off ball success to the reps he got at 303 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: Davidson not being the point guard but being basically an 304 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: off ball player, that they'd run off the screens NonStop 305 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: and try to run things for him. That kind of 306 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: that kind of practice that Steff got there is one 307 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: of its amounted to one of the biggest things that 308 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: differentiates him from the from his peers at his position. 309 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: Dame Lillard is not interested in moving without the basketball. 310 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: Dame Liard Lillard is not interested in competing on defense 311 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: the way that Steph does. Those two specific details are 312 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: what allows Steph to be a super duperstar, while Dame 313 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: is something less than that, but portantly needed to acknowledge 314 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: their reality as well. Going with offense and shooting around 315 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: Dame was not working. Going with very versatile bigs that 316 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: are offensive oriented like Nurkics or uh C J McCollum 317 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: on the wing as that as that backup scoring option 318 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: with you know, underqualified three and d guys on the wing. 319 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: It just wasn't cutting it. It wasn't getting the job done. 320 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: I love the idea of going all in on the 321 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: defensive end with Dame going the route of trying to 322 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: surround him with athletes trying to put him in. If 323 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: there's some intel out there that they might be targeting 324 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: O Ganna Nobe from the raptors, I think that would 325 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: be a fantastic move. If you could get O Gianna 326 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: Noby next to Jeremy Grant, next to Dame Lillard, there's 327 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: less pressure on Dame to be the dominant defensive player 328 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: that you hope from the guard position when you've got 329 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: guys like that cleaning up messes behind him. You know, 330 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: there was intel from last year when the Jeremy Grant 331 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: trade rumors were going around that he was gonna want 332 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: a bigger role, that he wanted a contract extension. This 333 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: is that perfect opportunity and the modern NBA, the number 334 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: two gets lots of shots. So makes sense for Jeremy 335 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: Grant to go into Portland and basically fill the CJ. 336 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: McCollum role as a guy who's gonna get plenty of 337 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: opportunity with the basketball in his hands to create and 338 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 1: Jeremy Grants, a great defensive player that can clean up 339 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: messages as a health defender and contain on the ball. 340 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: They need one more move, They need to go after 341 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: a guy like o g and then from there you 342 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 1: need to fill it out with more role players. But 343 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,440 Speaker 1: I thought it was a really smart move from Portland's. 344 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 1: The way you were building was not working. It was 345 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: time to try something different. And the idea of going 346 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: with athleticism and defense around Dame, to me, is something 347 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: to haven't successfully been able to put the other yet, 348 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: and it's a proven successful method in the n b 349 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: A and it might be something that gets a rejuvenated Dame, 350 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,359 Speaker 1: who at the peak of his powers is a bona 351 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: fide top ten NBA player, and I'd love to see 352 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: him get the opportunity to play with the type of 353 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,959 Speaker 1: athleticism he needs to succeed at this level. Al Right, 354 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: here we go. Top five things that I learned from 355 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: tonight's NBA draft. Number one, The Orlando Magic did the 356 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: right thing. I have no idea what all the smoke 357 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: screen was about. There obviously is some sort of perceived 358 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: value in doing that sort of thing, because you see 359 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 1: teams do it every year. I don't really understand. I 360 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: feel like I feel like it's all just about chaos. Uh. 361 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,919 Speaker 1: That said, I thought the Magic made the right decision 362 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: taking Palo. I really like Jabari Smith. I think he's 363 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: gonna be a deeply impactful NBA basketball player, arguably the 364 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: most immediately impactful out of those top three guys, because already, 365 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: right away he has two elite NBA skills perimeter shooting 366 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: and wing defense right so, right away, he's going to 367 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: be impactful at the NBA level, probably more so. Like 368 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: he's the kind of guy that in terms of winning impact, 369 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,719 Speaker 1: maybe not statistically, but in terms of winning impact. And 370 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: in his rookie year, he's probably gonna be better than 371 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: Palo and probably better than Chet. But he's got so 372 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: far to go and the other elements of his offensive 373 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 1: game to reach a star ceiling that I thought he 374 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: was a clear third prospect in this draft. Yes, he's 375 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: a knockdown three point shooter right now, but doesn't get 376 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: great separation from defensive players right now, doesn't have good 377 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: control over the basketball, doesn't see the floor very well, 378 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: and it's pretty much jump shot heavy right now. He 379 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 1: doesn't have that like versatile finishing package. Which I'm gonna 380 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: talk about just a second here with Palo, So I 381 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 1: mean I I didn't even understand why, what would have 382 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: led the magic to believe that was the right guy? 383 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: And more importantly, I always love this like this like 384 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: last day type of mind changing thing. There's no way 385 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: in the world any of these teams didn't know exactly 386 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: who they were taking or have an exact land based 387 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: on who was available coming into today. It's all just 388 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: a big smoke screen. It was all really, really strange. 389 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 1: I've talked a lot about Paulo with Carson yesterday, so 390 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: we'll go too deep into it. But to me, he 391 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: reminds me of Carmelo Anthony in terms of his potential ceiling. 392 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,479 Speaker 1: Carmelo is way more fluid from the perimeter at this 393 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 1: point in his career than Paulo was, but a lot 394 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: of the other elements of his game it reminds me 395 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: very like his. His fluidity in terms of his face 396 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: up game, and all of his moves and counter moves 397 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: in the mid to short range remind me of Carmela. 398 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 1: He's got the turnaround jump shot over both shoulders, He's 399 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 1: got the step back jump shot going both ways. He's 400 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,640 Speaker 1: got all of the push shots and floaters and hook 401 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: shots and things in the lane that you have to 402 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: have to score with seis mismatches, which he's gonna have 403 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 1: a lot of them. He's got a seven one and 404 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: a half wingspan, six ft ten, he's got he's already 405 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: got the physical tools, so to be able to have 406 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: that face up, that back to the basket type of 407 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 1: stuff at his age, it projects well if he can 408 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 1: add the perimeter game for him to have defend just 409 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: have to play up on him, and then to be 410 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: able to get consistent dribble penetration so that he can 411 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 1: utilize that part of his game. Obviously, that's the ceiling, 412 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: and with any one of these guys there's a certain 413 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: amount of risk. But I really like to pick. I 414 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 1: thought he was the clear best player in this draft. 415 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 1: I thought he's the guy that has the most clear 416 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: star potential and he could be a much better defensive 417 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: player than Carmelo was because of his measurables. Also being 418 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 1: on a team with Jonathan Isaac, dominant defensive player, one 419 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: of the best defensive players in the league when he's healthy, 420 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: and a guy like you know, Franz Wagner is another 421 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: big wing who can guard multiple positions. He might have 422 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: not have to take on an on ball roll against 423 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 1: the dominant basketball player for a long time. He could 424 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: be a health defender, a guy that can use his 425 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: length and athleticism around the rim and help that team. 426 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:47,200 Speaker 1: Is starting to get really interesting too. Jalen Suggs Mark 427 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 1: l Folts should be healthy this year. Jonathan Isaac sat 428 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: out all of last year. He'll be back. Franz Wagner 429 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 1: is like the ideal three and D type of role 430 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: player that could put the ball on the floor and attack, 431 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: close out some things along those lines. They just needed 432 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: an alpha dog off of talent. That's what Palo is, 433 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 1: So kudos of the Magic. I thought it was the 434 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: right decision. Number two, It's time for the Oklahoma City 435 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: Thunder to start trying to win. This has been a 436 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: very impressive asset collection strategy from them over the last 437 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: half decade. You could argue it's a more a more 438 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 1: coherent version of the process that Philly ran. Obviously without 439 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: the top end talent that Joel Embiid was, but they've 440 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: got a lot of really talented basketball players now. They 441 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 1: had three additional Top twelve picks today. Chat home Grin. 442 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: Our guy Carson thinks is the best prospect in this draft. 443 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: This kid Jang is really versatile forward from the NBA, NBL, 444 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 1: really good passer. They have a lot of really good passers. Now. 445 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:39,479 Speaker 1: Check can put the ball on the floor and make 446 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: plays for his teammates. S g. A can make plays 447 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: out of pick and roll. Josh Giddy nice big, classic 448 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: point forward type of prospect, and and Jaying's got that 449 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: as well. But you've got all these players, it's time 450 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: to stop collecting assets and to start trying to win 451 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 1: basketball games. I would go to the Oklahoma City Dot 452 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:58,679 Speaker 1: Thunder route in a similar way to the to the 453 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 1: to the way they picked up Erk Fisher and Kendrick 454 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: Perkins and basically had those guys round out the youth 455 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: with veteran savvy and championship experience. That's the route I 456 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 1: would go with Okay See, and I'd start trying to 457 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: put these guys in meaningful basketball games. Most importantly, guys, 458 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: it's just hard to evaluate talent when they're playing in 459 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 1: meaningless basketball games. How can you evaluate Kevin Porter Jr. 460 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: Jalen Green with Houston when every night they're getting the 461 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: other team's worst effort. At a certain point, you need 462 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: to put these guys into some higher leverage situations to 463 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,360 Speaker 1: see what they're capable of playing against good NBA basketball 464 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: teams with real steaks, And that to me would mean 465 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: going for it and try to get a playing spot, 466 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: get yourself into some high stakes environment and see what 467 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,679 Speaker 1: these guys are capable of. But I really like to 468 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 1: pick like the rebuild. It's just time. Now, it's time. 469 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: It's time to actually start trying to win it, win 470 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: basketball games. Number three, the Kings pulled another Kings. I 471 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: really like Keegan Murray and he's another guy like Jabari 472 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: Smith that will immediately be able to help NBA basketball teams. 473 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: I've said this, I said this yesterday when I was 474 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 1: talking with Carson. I'm not sure I've ever seen a 475 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: young wing player that's younger than twenty two that has 476 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: the back to the basket game that he has that 477 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: it's such a lost art in today's NBA and just 478 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: overall in today's basketball culture. You still see it occasionally 479 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 1: from big guys, but you just don't see perimeter players 480 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 1: that have the ability that he has to position himself 481 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 1: and to feel where the defender is and quick pivot 482 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 1: both ways, hooks over both shoulders, floaters, things along those lines. 483 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: He's got that and he's going to be an impactful 484 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: basketball player right away. But there's a clearly defined ceiling 485 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 1: with him because he just doesn't have anywhere near the 486 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: first step. He needs to get separation against elite NBA 487 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: defensive players, and Jade and Ivy was right there. I 488 00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: talked about this yesterday with Carson, but I'm not sure 489 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: I've seen a hard with this type of power NBA 490 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 1: athleticism since Dwyane Wade. We see a ton of freaky 491 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: athletic wings come into the league. I mean the Shaden 492 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: Sharp is a great example of this little more upright, 493 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: little more tall, you know, that crazy vertical pop to 494 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: where it just seems like his heads above the rim 495 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: every single time. But then you see them play against 496 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: a physical defensive player and they get bumped off of 497 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: their spots and they struggle to leverage their physicality to 498 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: get two different spots on the floor, and it effectively 499 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: erases their athleticism. That's why we see so many freak 500 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: athletes in the NBA that struggle to actually use that athleticism. 501 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,479 Speaker 1: Jada and Ivy's got that low center of gravity, and 502 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: he could take those really long strides like like Dwyane 503 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,199 Speaker 1: Wade can't. I think it was Shack who used to 504 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 1: say that that Dwyane Wade had the hamstrings of a god. 505 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 1: And that's the athleticism always like manifests in different kinds 506 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: of ways. It's not just vertical. Pop can be foot speed, 507 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: it can be verticals or excuse me, linear speed. It 508 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: can be long steps. The ability to take really long 509 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: steps is super valuable in the NBA, A to get 510 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,199 Speaker 1: to get opportunities near the rim, to be able to 511 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 1: evade help defenders and things along those lines. When you're 512 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,640 Speaker 1: on a line drive and a players on your hip, 513 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:13,239 Speaker 1: the ability to bounce that guy off so that you 514 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: can keep going rather than him bouncing you off of 515 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: your line. That's a different type of athleticism. And that's 516 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: what I'm always referring to when I say low center 517 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: of gravity. Jade and I view was right there. I 518 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: thought he was clearly a better basketball player. Will he 519 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 1: be able to help write this second? No, but you're 520 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: the freaking kings Man. You're not actually winning NBA basketball 521 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: games right now. There isn't some achievable like win now 522 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: move for you. So I just didn't understand the thought 523 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 1: process going after Keegan Murray, a really solid player that's 524 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 1: going to immediately be able to help an NBA team 525 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: that has a lower ceiling. You want to make that 526 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: type of move when you have a little bit more 527 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,640 Speaker 1: of a win now potential, not when you're a team 528 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: that's so far away the way the Kings are. Number four, 529 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: the Knicks are going to sign themselves up for purgatory 530 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: once again. So they traded their lottery pick today and 531 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: KENBA for cap space and apparently if you factor in 532 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: the Mitchell Robinson cap hold, it's gonna come out to 533 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: about sixteen million a year. So the intel is, according 534 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: to Mark Stein, that they're gonna throw basically a four year, 535 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: sixty four million dollar contract at Jalen Brunson and try 536 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,439 Speaker 1: to steal him away from the Dallas Mavericks. Here's the issue. 537 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 1: Is Jalen Brunson a top ten NBA guard. No Is 538 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 1: Julius Randall a top ten NBA forward. No. So in 539 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: your rush to regain relevance, you are going to sign 540 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: yourself up for extended purgatory any playoff series that you 541 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 1: happen to find yourself in. Your team is gonna have 542 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: the lesser guard, and your team is gonna have the 543 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: lesser forward. I really like Jalen Brunson. I really like 544 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 1: Julius Randall. Both of those guys should be twos and threes. 545 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,360 Speaker 1: Neither of them are qualified to be a number one. 546 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,439 Speaker 1: And you are the New York Knicks. You're not a 547 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: team that's going to struggle with free agent signings. If 548 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: you can just demonstrate competence, you will be able to, 549 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: one day soon enough, bring a mega star. If you 550 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 1: have the class of the cat, flexibility and you just 551 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: demonstrate some competence, keep your head coach for a while, 552 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: develop some young basketball players. Accumulate assets. That's how the 553 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: Lakers ended up getting Anthony Davis. Just accumulate the assets. 554 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: We talked about this after the NBA Finals. But eight 555 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: of the last eleven NBA championships have gone to Steph 556 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: Curry and Lebron James. Who won the other three Kawhi 557 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: Leonard and Janice So you're not winning unless you've got 558 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: the guy. So if you don't, if you either need 559 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: to have the guy or be working to getting the guy, 560 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: signing yourself up to make things more difficult for you 561 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: to get the guy. Is what I don't understand. Now, Again, 562 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: the when we're looking at this that it's on the 563 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: surface makes them better, right. Jalen Brunson in a five 564 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: out system with the Dallas Mavericks last year was relatively 565 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: inconsistent but had some really big, really impactful playoff games. 566 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: He's going to go in there and he's going to 567 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 1: play really well, and the Nicks are gonna be better. 568 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: They're gonna be in the playoffs and in the playoff 569 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: picture in a way that they weren't last year. It 570 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: all makes sense. But what I don't understand is that 571 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 1: tying yourself into that type of contract with Jalen Brunson, 572 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: which at the end of the day is going to 573 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,600 Speaker 1: be difficult to move because as good as he is, 574 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 1: sixteen million dollars a years a lot of money. It. 575 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 1: I just was confused by the strategy. Now, who knows 576 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 1: they might internally they might be thinking, hey, we get 577 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson, he's a mid level contract. Maybe we can 578 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 1: package him with two or three of our young players 579 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: and maybe get that star. All I'm saying is that 580 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: better be the plan. The plan better not be let's 581 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: see if Jalen Brunson and Julius Randall can get this done. 582 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: It better be. We plan on moving these guys to 583 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: get the star and the last, but not least, the 584 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: Pistons got lucky. Jade and Ivy should not have been 585 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: there at number five, and he was thanks to the 586 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: Keegan Murray pick. Who again, I like Keegan Murray, I 587 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 1: just thought it was the wrong pick. You know, I 588 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: think Jade and Ivy could I see him as the 589 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: potential Jalen Brown two Kaid's Tatum. Now, obviously they're different, 590 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: you know, Jade and Ivy shorter, different type of player. 591 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: What I mean by that, though, is Kate is your 592 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 1: finesse wing. He's that guy that's doing it with skill 593 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: and change of pace and floor vision and game management, 594 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: all those things that I value greatly from a perimeter initiator. 595 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: But Kate is not a dominant athlete, and against the 596 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 1: very best defenses, he might struggle from time to time 597 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: to create his own shot even when he's in his prime. 598 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: Jade and Ivy is never gonna have that problem. Like 599 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: I said earlier, I think he's one of the best 600 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: athletic prospects at the guard position since Dwayne Wade, and 601 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 1: I think that having him there is the guy that 602 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: can be the physical force to be reckoned with the 603 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: guy that has unmatchable athleticism to give him the capability 604 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: of creating shots. I think it's a great counter to 605 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: Kate and Cake can kind of manage the flow of 606 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 1: the game and be your perimeter initiator and Jay n 607 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: Ivy can just be your tip of the spear. And 608 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 1: it's a very similar to way, in a very similar 609 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: way to what Jalen Brown was for the Celtics. They've 610 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 1: got another really interesting young court. I like Saddeke Bay 611 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: is another two way wing. This Jalen during kid that 612 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: they drafted classic modern center. You know this is We've 613 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: talked a lot about this, that plotting slow giant center 614 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 1: just doesn't work in the NBA anymore. It needs to 615 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: be an athlete. It's almost better for him to be 616 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 1: six nine than it is for him to be seven foot. 617 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: You need him to be able to get up and 618 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: down the floor and transition. You need him to be 619 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: able to be occasionally make guys work on perimeter switches, 620 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 1: and it needs to be able to roll hard to 621 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: the rim and contain in five out situations where he's 622 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 1: got to cover a lot of ground. You need, no, 623 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 1: you need mobility at the position. So I really like 624 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: the jail and during pick and all of a sudden, 625 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: the Pistons look like a very interesting basketball team. But yeah, 626 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 1: those are my top five takeaways from this year's NBA Draft. 627 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: I will be at NBA Summer League for that first 628 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: weekend and I'm gonna get to see I think most 629 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: of these guys, if not all of them play. We'll 630 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: have well have all all sorts of content lined up 631 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: for that weekend. I'm very, very excited. As always, I 632 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: appreciate your guys support and I will see you next time. 633 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 1: The volume