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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up,

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Speaker 1: straight Fire fan? It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Friday,

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Speaker 1: July one, and what an end to June we had

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Speaker 1: on Thursday. The month of July is just gonna be

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Speaker 1: absolutely bonkers if June was any indication. Do you guys

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Speaker 1: remember earlier in the week I started the podcast with

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Speaker 1: a song Kenny Rogers, You gotta know when to hold him, no,

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Speaker 1: when the fold him? Oh yeah, Kyrie Irving Caving, you

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Speaker 1: remember that? That That was fun. I like singing, you know,

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Speaker 1: I do it on TV sometimes. Whatever. Um, I feel

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Speaker 1: like I should start this podcast with a great song

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Speaker 1: from the nineties, one of my favorite rap songs, probably

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Speaker 1: still a top twenty all time rap song for me.

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Speaker 1: It's all about the Benjamin's Baby. You guys know that

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Speaker 1: song obviously. I mean I don't need to sing Oh Puff,

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Speaker 1: Daddy and Biggie, but that's a classic on all time great. Um.

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Speaker 1: If you want to get like pregame, you know you

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Speaker 1: the night. All about the Benjamin's comes on. Everybody's got

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Speaker 1: the shoulders, Shimmy, got the head, bob in uh and listen.

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Speaker 1: That is the beginning of this podcast. No, we're not

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Speaker 1: starting with Kevin Durant. I think it's bigger than Kevin Durant.

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Speaker 1: I know he's a massive basketball player, one of the

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Speaker 1: top twenty players in the history of the sport. But

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Speaker 1: we've got to start with what happened in college football

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Speaker 1: on Thursday. A seismic shift USC and you see l

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Speaker 1: this is stupid and silly, and well, folks, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if you haven't been paying attention to college football,

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Speaker 1: but have you seen how silly it's gotten. They go

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Speaker 1: from that wacky bowl game formula and scrap it and say, oh,

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Speaker 1: we'll do a four team playoff for is not enough.

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Speaker 1: Eventually we'll get eight or sixt Then there's the whole

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Speaker 1: transfer portal, which is just absolutely bonkers the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years. And then you want to talk nuttiness. N

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Speaker 1: We've done podcasts on it. If you want to go

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Speaker 1: look at them. Look them up. I love chaos. You

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Speaker 1: guys know that chaos is great for my business. My

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Speaker 1: it is very clear that USC and u c l A.

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Speaker 1: It's all about the Benjamin's. They're going to the big

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Speaker 1: they were making. I saw this number. I I don't

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Speaker 1: know if it's a thousand percent accurate, but because of

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Speaker 1: number that Vanderbilt is making eighty million dollars thanks to

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Speaker 1: just not as relevant. In the Pact twelve, USC low

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite nuggets from this entire saga was

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Speaker 1: Nothing zero was out there. No blog, no insider, no no, no,

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Speaker 1: no guy with source, source of material. I heard this

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Speaker 1: from my dad's cats sister. None of that nonsense. Nothing

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Speaker 1: got out all of a all of a sudden, the

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Speaker 1: Big Twelve on Thursday completely blindsided. They got a new

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Speaker 1: And it seems like the remainder of the Pack twelve,

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Speaker 1: Texas they bolted for the SEC. So I joked, you

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Speaker 1: It's money. These schools are going to print money. As

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Speaker 1: a matter of fact. Okay, the TV negotiations had happened

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Speaker 1: ESPN got it. CBS was expected to take some of

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Speaker 1: according to one of these media outlets, Apple TV. Right

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Speaker 1: after it was announced that USC and u c l

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Speaker 1: eighty or ninety years. You know, they've called the Pact

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Speaker 1: My dad loves that quote. I've mentioned that many times

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Speaker 1: Nobody has any clue what's coming Nobody. By the way,

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Speaker 1: was like four hours. I'm like, no, it was four hours. Hell,

423
00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,720
Speaker 1: we've barely been able to watch Stranger Things and get

424
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,680
Speaker 1: caught up before the new season searched a lift fourth

425
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:53,399
Speaker 1: at any rate, Kevin Durant demands a trade, beating Kyrie

426
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,320
Speaker 1: to the punch, you know, because Kyrie's gone next year.

427
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:56,760
Speaker 1: He's not coming back. He didn't get what he wanted.

428
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,399
Speaker 1: He's like the Joker in Batman, the Joker with Heat Ledger,

429
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 1: Heath Ledger, where he just wants to blow up everything

430
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:08,159
Speaker 1: and just just destroy everything. That's what Kyrie wants to do.

431
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,840
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get my way. I'm gonna act like

432
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,479
Speaker 1: a sixth grader, six year old and just pout and

433
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: kick and stomp and until I get what I want.

434
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,719
Speaker 1: You know, the kid who's on the ground at McDonald's

435
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,120
Speaker 1: throwing a temper tantrum because he didn't get the happy meal,

436
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 1: and then the parents caven get him the happy meal.

437
00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 1: I know, by the way, the parents didn't give him

438
00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,880
Speaker 1: the phone to play with a lunch. You know, I'm sorry.

439
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,040
Speaker 1: I'm the dad who grabs a kid up and spanks

440
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 1: him right there, get out. Don't give me this garbage.

441
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,480
Speaker 1: That's what Kyrie Irving is doing. It's embarrassing. I feel

442
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 1: bad for the Nets. So now you're looking at well

443
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 1: working you unload Kyrie because honestly, you could say, all

444
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,159
Speaker 1: you want a trade and do Orlando. Why don't Why

445
00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 1: don't the Raptors take a chance. He may not play

446
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:46,960
Speaker 1: for any of them. You just say I'm not doing it.

447
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: So it's basically Lakers or bust. I don't like the

448
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,880
Speaker 1: idea of Kyrie to the Lakers. It's gonna be tough

449
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,679
Speaker 1: for me to root for him. It will not end

450
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,800
Speaker 1: with the Championship. I'll tell you a thousand percent, I

451
00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 1: will bet against it every chance I get. It would

452
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,879
Speaker 1: be a bad move for Lebron. Obviously, Kyrie will be

453
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,159
Speaker 1: in jury, he'll take games off, He'll be an absolute

454
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:10,040
Speaker 1: train wreck with Genie Bust and company. I mean, Jeanie

455
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:11,680
Speaker 1: should put her foot down and say no, we're not

456
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,880
Speaker 1: getting in the Kyrie every business. Sorry, no, thank you.

457
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 1: I don't need that. Rob Polink, is that what you

458
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:19,159
Speaker 1: want at the end of your resume with the Lakers.

459
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,720
Speaker 1: So it just feels like nothing will go right for

460
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,960
Speaker 1: Kyrie irving with the Lakers. I would say no personally

461
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,640
Speaker 1: if I'm the Lakers. And now you're like, well, Jake,

462
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,240
Speaker 1: what do you got? Where is Kevin Durant going? I

463
00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:33,879
Speaker 1: got a couple of good questions, and you guys do

464
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,399
Speaker 1: hit me with the questions on the d m s

465
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,359
Speaker 1: on Instagram and then you hit me up on Twitter.

466
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,679
Speaker 1: Did Kevin Durant quit on the Nets? And I had

467
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,679
Speaker 1: to let that marinate for a moment and say, Okay,

468
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 1: did Kevin Durant quit by asking for a trade? Well,

469
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,119
Speaker 1: I don't think Kevin Durant was ever wedded to the Nets.

470
00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 1: I think he was wedded to Kyrie Irving. That's what

471
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 1: he was there for. He wasn't there for the nets.

472
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 1: He doesn't care about the organization. He never did. He

473
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:11,760
Speaker 1: was there to play with his buddy, Kyrie Irving. So

474
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Speaker 1: I don't think he quit on the nets. This isn't

475
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,679
Speaker 1: like Paul George demanding out of Indiana. Paul George. They

476
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 1: tried to build a winner around him. It was. It

477
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 1: went pretty well until it didn't. He got hurt, and

478
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: it run its course. He was drafted by Indiana. Whatever

479
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 1: he left Kevin Durant, it ran its course. He did

480
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,159
Speaker 1: not quit on Okay, See, just because you're drafted by

481
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,080
Speaker 1: somebody doesn't mean you have to play your entire damn

482
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: career there. It just doesn't that. That's not how it works.

483
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,720
Speaker 1: It should not work like that. You can. You're entitled

484
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: to go wherever you want to play with whomever you

485
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,560
Speaker 1: want for whatever, coach, for whatever, front office, for whatever Jersey.

486
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 1: So no he did. I don't think Kevin Durant quit

487
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Speaker 1: on the nets. Now, the other question was did he

488
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Speaker 1: stand up for his guy, Kyrie Irving. I think that's

489
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Speaker 1: a fair question. I think there's probably some true to it.

490
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: But here's my thing. Why would you stand up for

491
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving? What on earth has he done to stand

492
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: up for? Name one thing I know off the quarter

493
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: he does grade, he's donating and helping put kids in school.

494
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: That stuff is great, awesome, awesome. But as a basketball player, really,

495
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 1: I don't know. I I mean, yes, I think he

496
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 1: probably stood up a little for Kyrie. Wait, you guys

497
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,399
Speaker 1: aren't gonna pay Kyrie. He's gonna be gone. Oh well,

498
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:31,879
Speaker 1: what am I doing here? Well, I don't know. You

499
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 1: got Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Joe Harris, You've got a

500
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 1: lot of trade pieces. I think that NETS could have

501
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 1: been a decent team with KD, but that's not happening.

502
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: So before I run through a couple of the other

503
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 1: um names of free agents that moved on Thursday. And

504
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,359
Speaker 1: by the way, my buddy Dan, who I will be

505
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,320
Speaker 1: going to a boxing class with later today, was stunned

506
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 1: that Malik Monk left the Lakers for the Kings. The

507
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,679
Speaker 1: Kings gave him a Lake Monk two and twenty Lakers

508
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 1: could not afforid that. I mean, would I leave Los

509
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,600
Speaker 1: Angeles to go live in Sacramento for two years to

510
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 1: make that kind of bread? Well, it's not really on

511
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 1: the table for me, but ten million a year to

512
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 1: live in Sacramento for two years. I think the Kings

513
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,119
Speaker 1: are gonna be good this year. I know I'm in

514
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 1: the minority on that. I really do think they're If

515
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: you're looking for a season win total over, I would

516
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: bet the Kings. It's early. We haven't seen numbers, we

517
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,680
Speaker 1: haven't seen the full team yet, but I just I like,

518
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 1: I know it's not gonna be popular. I like what

519
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: they have. I'm bullish on Sabonus. You guys know, I

520
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 1: love Keegan Murray dating back to the draft. He is

521
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,400
Speaker 1: a rookie. We'll see Harrison Barnes, Davean, Mitchell, dear and Fox,

522
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: Malik Monk, Jeremy Lambs serviceable off the bench, Terrence Davis

523
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: serviceable off the bench. You know they're a little thin.

524
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 1: If Sabonis goes down, they're really hurting. Um Met to

525
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 1: the kid from U C. L A. Is not bad.

526
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 1: As like a backup Alex lenn You maybe steal some minutes.

527
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: Trade Lyles like they're thin at the center, but I

528
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,280
Speaker 1: like their wings. I think they're gonna def ND. I

529
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: think they're gonna I mean, I don't know that they're

530
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: a playoff team. I think that. I think the play

531
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 1: in is a realistic goal for the secondment O Kings

532
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 1: this year. But we're not going to talk about the

533
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 1: Kings in Malique Monk just yet because I've got obviously

534
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 1: some trade stuff on Kevin Durant Number one, first and foremost.

535
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant turns thirty four in September. I talked about

536
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 1: the injuries earlier in the podcast. I think he's got

537
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: one to two more years of prime basketball left. Okay,

538
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: Steph Curry just won a Finals MVP. He doesn't have

539
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,000
Speaker 1: the injury history that Kevin Durant does. The body frame

540
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 1: that Kevin Durant does, he just doesn't. And we know

541
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 1: some of these tall, skinny guys dave had some injuries

542
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 1: later in their career. How are they going to bounce back?

543
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: I mean, Kevin Durant, I like him as a player

544
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: a lot. I'll be honest. I'm not giving up the

545
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: farm for Kevin Durant now. I know that everybody's trying

546
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: to pop up his value and uh, you know the

547
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 1: nets are thing king, You're gonna get the world for him.

548
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 1: But I'll tell you right now I don't see the

549
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: Miami Heat giving up Bam out of Bio, who I

550
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,440
Speaker 1: think turns twenty five this month. I mean, you've got

551
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: like seven years of prime Bam out of Bio left.

552
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 1: He's an All NBA guy. You got to the finals

553
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 1: with him, you got to the Eastern Conference Finals, Game

554
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 1: seven with him. I'm not giving up Bam out of Bio.

555
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: If I'm the Miami Heat for Kevin Durant for one

556
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,959
Speaker 1: to two years, when you got like seven years left

557
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: to Bam out of Bio, who does a little bit

558
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 1: of everything, and Kevin Durant kind of on the I

559
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't want to say he's on the decline,

560
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: but I'll just say he is not what he was

561
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: in Golden State four years ago. He's just not surrounded

562
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 1: by supreme talent. So if I'm Miami, I'm sure you're

563
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:52,320
Speaker 1: interested in uh Duncan Robinson, Tyler Hero, Max Strus, and

564
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,880
Speaker 1: like three first round pick. Sure take it nothing the

565
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,680
Speaker 1: Nets are you doing that? I don't know, Tyler? Can

566
00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,640
Speaker 1: you build a team around Tyler Hero. Tyler Hero was

567
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 1: I don't know, second or third best player in the

568
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: finals a couple of years ago for the Heat. Jimmy

569
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: Butler was first. I don't know if if if Tyler

570
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: Hero was was second or third, but he was very good,

571
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 1: I mean sixth man of the year, like Kenny. I

572
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: think Tyler Hero, if he's the third best player on

573
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: your team, you're in great shape. If he's the second,

574
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: you know, you're probably battling for your ceiling is probably

575
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: conference finals, right, I like Tyler here, Duncan Robinson give

576
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 1: you salvage something you know we'll see and then you

577
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 1: get the picks. So what would you rather have? Tyler Hero,

578
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 1: Duncan Robinson, Max Strew's you know, he's shrew started whatever.

579
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 1: I'm not a huge fan. But then they don't have

580
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: a lot on that roster. There's not a lot of

581
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 1: young guys on the Miami Heat. By the way, the

582
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: Heat did lose p J. Tucker um which which was

583
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,680
Speaker 1: an instrumental and we'll get to that shortly. But I

584
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 1: just there's really nothing else on the Heat that they're

585
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 1: not giving up. Jimmy Butler, you want toss Kyle Lowry,

586
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: and I don't think the Nets want Kyle Lowry, Like

587
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 1: what are you doing that salary? Like, Uh, they just

588
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: don't have a lot of young guys on that team. Um,

589
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 1: they kept the Victor Oladipo, So what's a better deal

590
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: that Miami heat one? No Butler, no bay him. I

591
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: don't think there's they would want Kyle Lowry. He just

592
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: he did not look like I don't want to say

593
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 1: he's washed, but he doesn't look like a guy who

594
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: would do much at thirty six years old for the Nets. Um,

595
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: I don't know. I hope that's not be switching the

596
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: name of Kyle Lowry's who's had a great Hall of

597
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: Fame career. I just I don't see it. Let me

598
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: quickly take a peek at his contract, but I just

599
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: I don't see what the nets are doing for that.

600
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 1: We should establish what the nets want, which is obvious

601
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: they want three things. Um, Kyle Lowry's deal. Oh, Kyle

602
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: Lowry only has one more deal when year one more

603
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: year left at twenty nine mill, so he's kind of

604
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: an expiring so that may be attractive to match salaries. Um,

605
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 1: Holy count Duncan Robinson's contract is actually not good. I

606
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 1: guess I would do here Owen Lowry instead of Duncan Robinson. Yeah,

607
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 1: Duncan Robinson has two more years total of thirty seven

608
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 1: mill than a player option, which he's obviously taking um,

609
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: so that I think the offer Phoenix has is superior. Right.

610
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: First of all, stop with the Devin Booker. You're not

611
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: getting Devin Booker in his prime for thirty four year

612
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 1: old Kevin Duran. Devin Booker is twenty five years old,

613
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: turns in October. Zero chance they're giving up Devin Booker. None.

614
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 1: You would be getting Michael Bridges still in his prime

615
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 1: or maybe just entering his prime, and DeAndre Ayton that's

616
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: what you would be getting, and a pick or two. Now,

617
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: I know what you're gonna say, those guys stink. I'll

618
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 1: just remind you in the finals two years ago, DeAndre

619
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: Ayton was the second or third best player on the Suns.

620
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 1: Now I don't. I I would not want to personally

621
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Speaker 1: pay DeAndre and the maxio. He's gonna be looking for

622
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: the max wherever, so that's gonna be a big factor.

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Speaker 1: I think the Nets would probably have to agree to

624
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 1: some kind of deal obviously to take him, because you

625
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: don't want to take him and then have him not

626
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: be interested in the new contract. So Aton could be problematic. Again.

627
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep coming back to it. I'm telling you

628
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 1: guys that that video game story is not good. I'm

629
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 1: not giving maxim money deal to a guy who's playing

630
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: video games all hours of the freaking night and like

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Speaker 1: talking about it in stories and like, Oh, I'm gonna

632
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 1: wake up. I'm gonna play video games till two and

633
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: three in the morning, and then I'm gonna wake up,

634
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,759
Speaker 1: eat breakfast, play some more video games. Then I'll go

635
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: to the facility. Like I don't want that. I'm sorry,

636
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 1: I'm not giving maxim money to a guy who's doing that.

637
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: You can do that, deandret and sure, but I ain't

638
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:43,440
Speaker 1: paying you. So the offer from Phoenix. I think Bridges

639
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 1: is a very good wing Aton is a very good center.

640
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 1: And now if you're the Nets, I guess the next

641
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 1: question is what are we doing with Ben Simmons? Can

642
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 1: we build around Ben Simmons? This is what I would do,

643
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 1: and I would get radical. Fox Sports Radio has the

644
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Speaker 1: to listen live. And remember radical means try something new.

648
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 1: You've got to get totally different. The Kyrie Kevin Durant

649
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 1: experiment was a colossal flop, one of the biggest we've

650
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,520
Speaker 1: seen in the NBA among super teams. I mean, guys,

651
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: they didn't even get to a freaking conference finals. Okay,

652
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 1: they barely ever played together. One of them is asking

653
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: out the others about to be done. Think back for

654
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 1: a moment to the Nets. A fun story. Two games

655
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: with Kenny Atkinson, that was the guy Kyrie had fired.

656
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 1: They went with D'Angelo Russell, Joe Harris, Spencer, Dinwiddie, Caress, LeVert,

657
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: Alan Crab, Jared Allen cobbled together a young, plucky team

658
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: that tried really hard. I didn't know this was a thing,

659
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: but my son says, in Fortnite and some of these games,

660
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,800
Speaker 1: there's people who are called try hards, who are always

661
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: just trying hard in the kind of layman annoying. That's

662
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: what those Nets were. They tried hard, They got to

663
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 1: the playoffs. They lost. They lost to the Sixers, I

664
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 1: think for one, but they made the play It was

665
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: a great story. They did it without a star and

666
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,400
Speaker 1: you know what they want, forty two games and maybe

667
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: that was their ceiling. But the year after they went

668
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: to Kyrie k D and it was all downhill from there.

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00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: That being said, I get ultra radical. If I'm the

670
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 1: Brooklyn Nets, I say Ben Simmons, obviously you're playing. You're

671
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 1: not going anywhere. You are our point center. I make

672
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,799
Speaker 1: him the big This is an experiment that they should

673
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: have done in Philly. I would have said Oust and

674
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 1: Beid because that was when he had his injuries. I

675
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: was defending Ben Simmons. I would build around Ben Simmons.

676
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 1: You get Ben Simmons, they're keeping Seth Curry. Sounds like

677
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: they have Joe Harris back. I know his contract is

678
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: not great. Patty Mills is staying. You surround him with shooters,

679
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, Mikhail Bridges. You get these shooters. I think

680
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 1: there could be something there. Clear Are you gonna make

681
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,879
Speaker 1: a deep playoff run? No, but you can't bottom out,

682
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,799
Speaker 1: as you guys know, because they don't have picks. They

683
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: give up a billion picks for James Harden. I try

684
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,360
Speaker 1: and experiment where Ben Simmons is like my point center.

685
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,399
Speaker 1: I don't really do anything on the big man front.

686
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: I just don't know that there's anything there. You've got

687
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 1: like Kessler Edwards sounds like Blake Griffin's gonna land in

688
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: one of the l A teams. You know, I don't.

689
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: Maybe Nick Claxton's your big guy and Ben Simmons is

690
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,279
Speaker 1: your point, But I would build around Ben Simmons. I

691
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: know that. You know, people are down on him and

692
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: he's good. People think he's garbage. Was the number one pick.

693
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 1: He's still in his prime of swimming the back is fine,

694
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 1: you know. I'm sure he's not thrilled about being there.

695
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 1: He's turning twenty six here in like a few weeks,

696
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,120
Speaker 1: didn't play any year. Maybe he is not this player

697
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 1: that he once was. Maybe he's got a jump shot now.

698
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: I don't know. Cam Thomas I like, but I would

699
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 1: go for a middle tier of picks and a mix

700
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 1: of picks and players. I don't know that you're gonna

701
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: get an All Star. I saw Portlands just signed Anfredy

702
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: Simon to uh getting twenty five million a year. I mean,

703
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,399
Speaker 1: I know Dame would love Kevin Durant. Would you take

704
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:12,399
Speaker 1: Shaden Sharp, An Freddy Simons and some picks? Like does

705
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 1: Portland do that if they want to appease Damian Lillard?

706
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 1: Sure maybe they do, But it's like I just I

707
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 1: don't see a path to any other deals is day.

708
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,080
Speaker 1: Is Kevin Durant going to Portland. I'm gonna be like

709
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 1: the seventh or eighth or ninth best team in the

710
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: West for the next three years. Like, I don't see that.

711
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,400
Speaker 1: So you start looking around at teams and you're like, okay,

712
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: well if you look at the young stars, then by

713
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: young stars, I mean like Evan Mowbley and Cleveland who

714
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: looks like a Surfire star, LaMelo ball In uh, Charlotte

715
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: has had some big time potential, Kate Cunningham, Um the

716
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: rookie in Toronto from f s U whose name I

717
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 1: am temporarily spacing on just because the day was wacky

718
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: and I've woken up a little shell shocked. Scotty Barnes, Right,

719
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,799
Speaker 1: Scotty Barnes has star potential. I don't think any of

720
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:03,400
Speaker 1: those teams are giving up the young star and a

721
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: boatload of picks for Kevin Durant. I just don't see

722
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 1: that happening. I mean, I've heard a lot about Oh Toronto,

723
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:15,479
Speaker 1: Fred Van vleet O, giann or Obi, Pascal sim Kevin Durant, Like, well, yeah,

724
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: that's a good team, But it's Kevin Durant going to

725
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 1: Toronto for three years, he's gonna want to play with

726
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: somebody's friends with That's why Chris Paul and Phoenix makes

727
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,839
Speaker 1: the most sense. And I don't I I just absolutely

728
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 1: don't hate the idea of Chris Paul, Devin Booker and

729
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. That's one of the best teams in the league.

730
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 1: I know people don't want to take eight, and well,

731
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 1: you gotta determine. DeAndre Aden, I'm not paying you a

732
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 1: max deal. Will you do a two plus one and

733
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 1: then you have another bite at the apple? Prove it?

734
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: You gotta prove it. I'm I found the nets. I'm

735
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,320
Speaker 1: not not bending over backwards that you got Eton and

736
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, though you've got two non shooters. Not ideal.

737
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 1: So listen, it's not gonna be easy coming up with

738
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: a deal for Kevin Durant. I mean, really, nothing's easy,

739
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: but one will happen. Now. Somebody mentioned to me, what

740
00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:01,240
Speaker 1: about the Celtics. They came close to the title. Jalen

741
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 1: Brown's value is that sky high? Marcus smart value sky high?

742
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: I mean, are you messing with them? They were up

743
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,480
Speaker 1: to one of the Warriors and led the fourth quarter

744
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: of Game four to put the series up three one like,

745
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 1: that's a team that's close. Now. I know you said,

746
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 1: well you get Kevin Duran, you can take him, all right?

747
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 1: Uh maybe I just if I'm Boston, I feel like

748
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 1: Brown and Tatum are young, Robert Williams is young. Smart.

749
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 1: None of those guys are even thirty. What are you doing?

750
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 1: Somebody mentioned to be Golden State Warriors. What if they

751
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: give up Wiseman and cominga bring back k D. There's

752
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: no chance Kevin Duran's going back there. Come on, but

753
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,360
Speaker 1: his tail tucked between his legs. Come on, like Minnesota Anthony, Um,

754
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,840
Speaker 1: what's his face? Anthony Edwards is not going They're not

755
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:43,880
Speaker 1: trading him. Are you trading a guy who's like twenty

756
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: years old and the up seemingly dominant. No way, And

757
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 1: again you're not getting like a young Kevin Dury at

758
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,439
Speaker 1: thirty four with a lot of miles. I'll remind you guys,

759
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 1: I think Isaiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird were

760
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: all done by the age of thirty four. Thirty four

761
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 1: is old in in the NBA, so maybe one or

762
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,799
Speaker 1: two more prime years. I just don't see it. Now.

763
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: I did see an interesting thing. What if the Sixers

764
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,760
Speaker 1: who just got p J. Tucker is there any way?

765
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 1: And I would say no, But is there any way

766
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 1: they consider Tobias Harris a boatload of picks? I mean,

767
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: is there any package that could possibly excite the Nets.

768
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 1: I just think the proximity is too close. I don't

769
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: see that happening. I can't Some people were trying to

770
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 1: pair Yokich and k D. I don't see Kevin Duranko

771
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,360
Speaker 1: under the Denver Nuggets. I think if Dallas would accept

772
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 1: the trade for Kevin Durant, I think Kevin Durant has

773
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,360
Speaker 1: to seriously consider that. You want to talk about lengthening

774
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 1: your career, you go somewhere where you're not the best player.

775
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:52,920
Speaker 1: You go to Dallas, where it's Lucas World, and you

776
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,920
Speaker 1: just spot up for threes and I soa when you

777
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,280
Speaker 1: need to the problem is, I don't know that Dallas

778
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 1: has a great a great deal offer for KD. Like

779
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 1: you could say, hey, we've got really by the way,

780
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,240
Speaker 1: Dallas lost Jalen Brunson, which we'll get too shortly. Dallas

781
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:12,080
Speaker 1: has some appealing pick player combos, but they don't have

782
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 1: a ton of picks. The Nicks have one of their

783
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: picks in the porzingis deal. So it's like, how does it?

784
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:25,959
Speaker 1: How does Josh Green, Spencer, Dinwitty, Reggie Bullocks good deal

785
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:27,800
Speaker 1: or Dorrian Finney Smith. Yeah, he's got a bit of

786
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 1: a longer deal, But like, does any of that appeal

787
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: to I don't know. I feel like Phoenix with Bridges.

788
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,399
Speaker 1: I think Bridges is probably the top end that they

789
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 1: can get of any player. Now I could be wrong.

790
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,680
Speaker 1: I mean, if I'm out of Bio, if Miami's going

791
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,640
Speaker 1: apart with him, and I don't think they are, I

792
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 1: think that's the best you can get. I think if

793
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: you're Chicago, can you put together a package of Hey,

794
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 1: we're we're willing to go Zach Levine and you know,

795
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 1: uh Patrick Williams, and and we'll bring on for K

796
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,759
Speaker 1: and Picks obviously for for Kevin Durant. Then you've got Alonzo,

797
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 1: Tamar De Rosen, k d, Nick Fuchi, Alex Caruso, Kobe White,

798
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:10,320
Speaker 1: I like the young kid dal and Terry, Like is

799
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 1: there anything there? I mean, I guess Chicago, But again,

800
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 1: the three things you're gonna have to remember market are

801
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: gonna matter big time for Kevin Durant. I know people

802
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 1: are still yelling, but Jay he's got four years left

803
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 1: on his deal. Why do they have to trade him?

804
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 1: Because that's how the NBA works. Guys. You can't have

805
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: a just grunt with Kevin Durant, who's saying I'm not

806
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: gonna play the year I'm sitting out, don't pay me

807
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 1: like he's not gonna do that, and jeopardize where he

808
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 1: is in his career right now. He's just not doing that.

809
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 1: So ultimately they've got to trade him market matters with

810
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:48,840
Speaker 1: the next kid in return matter and folks, this is

811
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,359
Speaker 1: just super super fun like the next It is gonna

812
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 1: be an exciting holiday weekend folk show. Um. I guess

813
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 1: if if there's a sleeper team out there, it's I

814
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: think Dallas is a sleeper sleeper team. I think Toronto

815
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 1: is toiling the mix. I mentioned this earlier in the week.

816
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: The Washington Wizards. You just gave Bradley Beale one of

817
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 1: the most insane contracts I can remember. Bradley Beale a

818
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 1: very good shooting guard in the league. Not a top

819
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,839
Speaker 1: ten player, Bradley Beal. I'm just gonna remind you guys

820
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:21,880
Speaker 1: real quick. Bradley Beale has been to a grand total

821
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,359
Speaker 1: of three All Star Games in his career, he has

822
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:29,239
Speaker 1: been All NBA third team once. He got five years,

823
00:44:29,239 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 1: two hundred fifty one million dollars. When Bradley Bill is

824
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,880
Speaker 1: thirty five years old, his NBA contract is gonna be

825
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 1: fifty seven million dollars. Can you even wrap your head

826
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 1: around that? Bradley Beale, NBA money is funny money. But

827
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 1: is there any way Washington can say, listen, We'll give

828
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 1: you our first round pick, Johnny Davis, you want Kuzma,

829
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: you can have Porzingis, you can have anybody on our

830
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 1: roster except for Bradley Bale and picks. We'll do it.

831
00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,840
Speaker 1: You give that a shot. I mean that Durant was

832
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,320
Speaker 1: in the East, But are Durant and Bill getting you anywhere?

833
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 1: That's it. I don't know Bill A Bill is a soldier.

834
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: I like him. I just don't see it. I mean,

835
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Speaker 1: I can't see that happening. So it's gonna be a fun,

836
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,880
Speaker 1: exciting weekend. A quick buzz through some of the deals

837
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 1: that have gone through. Uh. I think the Sixers were

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Speaker 1: a big winner. Guys, I'm bullish on them. I think

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Speaker 1: you need to probably bet the Sixers. I saw them

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Speaker 1: plus sevent right before free agency. Let's see what it

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Speaker 1: is when the dust settles. James Harden underplayed story because

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Speaker 1: of Kevin Durant. James Harden is taking less money. Looks

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Speaker 1: like he was on the line for like forty seven

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Speaker 1: million or whatever. Looks like he's gonna end up getting

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Speaker 1: about thirty five mill. Major haircut for Harden, which is good.

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Speaker 1: I mean, listen, you want to endure yourself. The Sixers

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00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:46,359
Speaker 1: fans take less money. It enabled them to get Daniel House,

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Speaker 1: who again is not great, but he's a rotational guy.

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Speaker 1: Remember they got Melton at the at the draft, they

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Speaker 1: got p J. Tucker for three years and thirty three

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Speaker 1: million dollars. It's funny. Joel embiid raved about him when

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Speaker 1: the heat pushed him around in the playoffs, and then

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Speaker 1: they go out and get p J. Tucker three years,

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Speaker 1: three years, thirty three million. They've got um who else?

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Speaker 1: They got Tyrese, Maxie, Tobias Harris. I mean, is there

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Speaker 1: enough shooting with a Tucker? Uh em beat Harden? And yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think they'll be okay. Is there enough defense? You know,

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Speaker 1: they probably need to rotate in Thible and Melton. This

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Speaker 1: is a good this is a good Sixer team. I've

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Speaker 1: been very critical of the Sixers. I've been extremely critical

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Speaker 1: of Joel and Beat. I think there's some value in

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Speaker 1: them to win the championship. I'm just it's early. There's

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Speaker 1: a lot of dust that left to be settled. UM.

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Speaker 1: The other thing, Yokis got a five to sixty four UM,

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Speaker 1: Bobby Portis got four and forty nine million, four years,

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Speaker 1: forty nine million from the Bucks. Mo Bamba, who we

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Speaker 1: talked about, Rob G devastated that Mo Bamba is staying

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Speaker 1: in Orlando two years twenty one million. Nick Patom staying

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Speaker 1: with the Clippers two years twenty two million. Ti Tyas Jones,

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Speaker 1: who I thought could could be a starter somewhere, is

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Speaker 1: not going to be a starter anywhere staying in Memphis

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Speaker 1: two years thirty million. That's a good signing because again

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Speaker 1: John Morant has always hurt. And some people will say,

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Speaker 1: what is there a Is there a Memphis deal to

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Speaker 1: get Jaw and Kevin Durant together? Well maybe except Jaren Jackson,

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Speaker 1: who would have to been in the deal. Maybe Jackson,

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Speaker 1: Desmond Bayne and some picks could have got the deal done.

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Speaker 1: Jaren Jackson had to have major surgery and he's out

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Speaker 1: for six months. He's probably out until the All Star Break,

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00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:31,799
Speaker 1: and I feel bad. Listen, I'm not gonna say how

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Speaker 1: I know, but I know somebody close to Jaren Jackson. Okay,

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Speaker 1: this foot surgery is is he is. He's devastated, and

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Speaker 1: the worst part about it is he's actually looking on

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Speaker 1: social media and they are crushing him in Memphis because

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Speaker 1: he has always hurt. And I just want I hope

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Speaker 1: Jared Jackson's head is in the right space because he's

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Speaker 1: getting buried by Memphis fans. And I know somebody close

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Speaker 1: to him, and they're like, I told him, you're making

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Speaker 1: a lot of money, You're on a good team, You're

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Speaker 1: on the uptick. Why are you looking at these idiots

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Speaker 1: on Twitter? Who cares? And I hope Jaren Jackson listens

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Speaker 1: because those guys don't know anything. And Jackson Baine picks

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Speaker 1: for Kevin Durant would have made Memphis spicy. I don't

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Speaker 1: see that happening now that he's out until the All

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Speaker 1: Star break. Those were some of the bigger moves. Um.

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Speaker 1: I think we're gonna save the Lakers for next week

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Speaker 1: because because the Lakers haven't done Jack Squat and I

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00:48:24,239 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: played pickup ball on Thursday and I was talking to

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Speaker 1: somebody who's kind of connected with some agents, and I

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00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: was like, why why the lake is so quiet? I mean,

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Speaker 1: they got Lonnie Walker, decent player, he could be their

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Speaker 1: next Caruso picked him up from the Spurs on the cheep,

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Speaker 1: and like, why aren't the Lakers getting anybody? And they said, well,

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Speaker 1: people know that Lebron has two years left there and

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Speaker 1: then he wants to go play with his son. So like,

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Speaker 1: are you gonna get locked in long term to the

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Speaker 1: Lakers if you know Lebron is out of there for sure?

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Speaker 1: And I was like, well, that's an interesting point. I

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Speaker 1: mean to Mobama took in Orlando, why not take two

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Speaker 1: for the Lakers. I mean Lakers, I don't think I

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Speaker 1: could have afforded that. That That was outside of their purview.

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Speaker 1: They got Damian Jones. Whoa Damian Jones. You probably remember

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Speaker 1: him or not from Vanderbilt six eleven. He was a

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Speaker 1: first round pick by the Warriors. He has bounced around

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Speaker 1: the league and he will be coming off the bench.

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Speaker 1: He was in Sacramento. I don't think you knew that

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Speaker 1: because he wasn't doing anything. Bottom line, Lakers have not

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Speaker 1: really done much. It's a little disappointing. I'm hopeful that

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Speaker 1: here early this morning or midday the Lakers were able

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Speaker 1: to get somebody, because right now it's it's looking bleak

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Speaker 1: for the Lakers. Just not a lot happening on the

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Speaker 1: free agent front. And uh, you know, Lebron, I'm just

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Speaker 1: telling you, I I do anything but Kyrie Irving. If

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Speaker 1: you're telling me that you can move Russell Westbrook and

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Speaker 1: get a package led by Buddy, he'll give you that.

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Speaker 1: I just I don't want Kyrie Irving. Guys, all right,

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Speaker 1: head off into the holiday weekend. There's a long one.

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Speaker 1: I'm very very pumped for the long break. We will

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Speaker 1: be back on Monday. I did it, and I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: be doing an interview um today or maybe tomorrow for

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Speaker 1: Monday's podcast. He's an actor. I'm not gonna tell you

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Speaker 1: any more than that, but it will be a good one,

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Speaker 1: I promise you. Obviously, we'll do all the free agency recap.

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Speaker 1: Have a safe July fourth. We'll talk to you Monday.