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Speaker 1: Celtics pull the trigger with all of the assets that
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Speaker 1: if they make the move for Jimmy Butler, Paul George,
Speaker 1: all of those bigger names that could be on the
Speaker 1: move because of the position the Celtics are in. Absolutely,
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Speaker 1: Leading up to the draft, there has been a ton
Speaker 1: of you know, smoke or fire rumors between LaMarcus Aldridge
Speaker 1: Paul George, Jimmy Butler. There's been a lot of rumors,
Speaker 1: but there have actually been some moves already. I'd like
Speaker 1: to get your guys take on this Lakers trade. First
Speaker 1: of all, they moved D'Angelo Russell and Timothy Mozgov to
Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets for brook Lopez and the number twenty
Speaker 1: eight overall pick Um Kevin. Are they in essence clearing
Speaker 1: the way for them to in fact draft Lonzo Ball
Speaker 1: number two overall? Absolutely, the report actually is right now
Speaker 1: that Ramona Shelburne is confirming they're gonna take a Lonzo,
Speaker 1: which is what most people expected. And I think in
Speaker 1: some ways they're trying to recreate what he had at
Speaker 1: U c l A. And brook Lopez's game is pretty
Speaker 1: similar to what Thomas Welch did at U c l A.
Speaker 1: The big man that they had, so you can kind
Speaker 1: of see the similarities there that I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: try to make this as easy of a transition as
Speaker 1: possible for Ball. I hear you, But one of the
Speaker 1: things to me is that it's not about brook Lopez
Speaker 1: is game, Greg. It's about brook Lopez his contract and
Speaker 1: that being a better contract than Timothy mosgolf, because I
Speaker 1: think they are kind of organizing themselves for next summer.
Speaker 1: When we hear a word of potentially Pg. Thirteen wanting
Speaker 1: to come to l A. We hear names like Russell
Speaker 1: Westbrook another California kid, and of course the King as
Speaker 1: well may head out west I think it's just like
Speaker 1: organizing the salaries. Do you think about this movie? I
Speaker 1: know there's any question about that. It's about organizing the salaries.
Speaker 1: Don't even to have injurs in brook Lopez the player.
Speaker 1: Any think Brook Lopez gives him this year's great? I mean,
Speaker 1: he's not the point of the trade. It's it's setting
Speaker 1: the table, setting the stage, seen setting the stage for
Speaker 1: lots of ball to come and be the starting point
Speaker 1: guard to start off his Laker's career. And I don't
Speaker 1: have to worry about any of the nonsense that's come
Speaker 1: before them, from Dangel Russell to Nick Young to Lou Williams. Right,
Speaker 1: none of that stuff will be involved in anymore with
Speaker 1: the Lakers. This will all be brand new. Like I've
Speaker 1: talked about Vika Zoo bach a lot. He is a
Speaker 1: good basketball player. He needs the opportunity to improve the
Speaker 1: only way that's gonna happen is if he plays, he's
Speaker 1: gonna have an opportunity this year, much like Moscow was
Speaker 1: on the bench. He'll see brook Lope has missed a
Speaker 1: lot of games with foot injuries and real foot injuries.
Speaker 1: So I get from the Lakers perspective, from the next perspective,
Speaker 1: it makes a lot of sense. This is the Cleveland
Speaker 1: Browns trade where they accepted brock Osweiler, right like you're
Speaker 1: just taking to the second round pick, Well, you're taking
Speaker 1: to maybe Moscow because you can Dangel Russell is the
Speaker 1: star of the trade where he's gonna talk about thousand
Speaker 1: shots of games and he can improve and maybe we'll
Speaker 1: see what he becomes. But they have the ability because
Speaker 1: of where they are and how long it will take
Speaker 1: them to get back to just take on these bad
Speaker 1: contracts and improve, uh in many years times right now,
Speaker 1: right now, alright. Another deal that did go down already
Speaker 1: in advance of the draft, the Atlanta Hawks traded D
Speaker 1: twelve Dwight Howard and the number thirty one overall pick
Speaker 1: to the Charlotte Hornets from Miles Plumley, Marco Belinelli and
Speaker 1: the number forty one overall pick. Greg Here's the thing
Speaker 1: with me, Dwight Howard. You know, he was so happy
Speaker 1: he was gonna sign at home, back in his hometown.
Speaker 1: But if it didn't work out for him in Atlanta,
Speaker 1: is it ever going to work out for Dwight Howard?
Speaker 1: You know? I mean he was all fun and games
Speaker 1: with the Cape and you know the dunk contest. But
Speaker 1: ever since then, I mean, everybody's been piling on him.
Speaker 1: Is he really even someone uh that's a factor in
Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference anymore? Well, when you when you see
Speaker 1: you know what Dwight Howard, I forget the word you
Speaker 1: just use. But j Howard's been very successful right where.
Speaker 1: He's our fifty six million dollar contracts. He's thirty two
Speaker 1: years old. We're gonna be thirty two in December. It
Speaker 1: is thirty two years year old. Season he's made will
Speaker 1: Over rodre million dollars playing basketball. Alright, So Dwight Howard
Speaker 1: isn't the killer instinct, all right? So Dwight Howard isn't shocked.
Speaker 1: Dwight Howard at this point in his career is the
Speaker 1: guy that rebounds basketball. He goes to collet's paycheck and
Speaker 1: he goes home. I understand that we don't want that.
Speaker 1: We don't accept that, like all right, is the passion
Speaker 1: of a Russell Wells Westbrook. He's not determined as Lebron
Speaker 1: James Collux's paycheck. He's about He's a fine basketball player.
Speaker 1: He fits with Charlotte needs, which is desperately some post
Speaker 1: president as someone to gravel rebound. That is what Dwight
Speaker 1: Howard is. That's what he's fine. He's not a superstar,
Speaker 1: He's what he is, all right, bigger name than Gay
Speaker 1: Give this point, right, right, Ken, what do you think
Speaker 1: about this? I just think there's a real argument to
Speaker 1: be made that Cody Zeller is better than Dwight and
Speaker 1: just hasn't had enough of a chance to show it.
Speaker 1: And that's why it's just so weird, because the Howard
Speaker 1: contract is not good, and they have a couple of
Speaker 1: tracks that aren't great, like the Batune contract. He's a
Speaker 1: good player, but the Hornets have no wiggle room whatsoever,
Speaker 1: so they're stuck with what they have. You're right, Dwight
Speaker 1: is certainly a name. He's a draw. He will get
Speaker 1: people to come the first twenty games of this season. Probably,
Speaker 1: Like it's just I don't know how much overall sense
Speaker 1: this makes MJ does not seem to have any sort
Speaker 1: of plan in Charlotte. Well you know what, and maybe
Speaker 1: he's taking it from his boy Phil. Tell you what,
Speaker 1: I like his plan better than the next plan. That's
Speaker 1: fair enough, fair enough. I mean, we're gonna get into
Speaker 1: Phil Jackson. We'll get into Christops porzingis a little bit
Speaker 1: later on. The one other thing I want to mention
Speaker 1: here before you know, before we hear anything of what
Speaker 1: happens with Philadelphia, we all think it'll be Marquel, folks.
Speaker 1: But the other big news that is happening this week
Speaker 1: is the instability in Cleveland. Okay, after the GM David
Speaker 1: Griffin was fired, we are now hearing reports. You know,
Speaker 1: we here that Lebron is concerned. We know he has
Speaker 1: the ability to kind of opt out next summer, and
Speaker 1: I am now hearing that Cleveland have your players are
Speaker 1: telling other players in the league, no, you do not
Speaker 1: want to hit your tail to this wagon for the
Speaker 1: long term, because this might be a one year and
Speaker 1: that's it. Um with Lebron maybe moving because he is
Speaker 1: concerned and frustrated. You know, there is no love lost
Speaker 1: between him and Dan Gilbert, and it seems like Gilbert
Speaker 1: is just treating the front office like they are interchangeable parts. Um,
Speaker 1: do you think this is true? Greg that you know,
Speaker 1: it's crazy that the second best team in the league
Speaker 1: is somehow a black hole for free agents. You know
Speaker 1: what's amazing is that one month ago, maybe not even
Speaker 1: this team is twelve and one on the playoffs. They
Speaker 1: were in the finals, there were twelve and one. They
Speaker 1: lost one game and it was absolutely remarkable. They were
Speaker 1: gonna go up head to head with the Warriors for
Speaker 1: the third time, and we're gonna have this battle for
Speaker 1: the Ages and they wound up losing in five games
Speaker 1: the Warriors. And listen, they lost one of the best
Speaker 1: games of all time, right, okay, one of the best thing,
Speaker 1: you know, all time. Rob went to his seventh consecutive final,
Speaker 1: and now all of a sudden, the Cabins become a
Speaker 1: dumpster fire. It doesn't make sense to me. Out Throughout
Speaker 1: his history of owning the team, Danny Gilbert has always
Speaker 1: felt this way about head coaches and not general managers
Speaker 1: are expectable and help. Hey, whatever it costs to get
Speaker 1: rid of them, and David Griffin didn't cost anything to
Speaker 1: get rid of But you know, it's I find it
Speaker 1: surprising where you're hearing what you're saying about the players,
Speaker 1: because I guess it all comes down to one man,
Speaker 1: and that's Lebron James and Lebron jameson is sticking around.
Speaker 1: Then no one's going to Cleveland. As J R. Smith said,
Speaker 1: there's just nothing to do there, so no one's no
Speaker 1: one's rushing to Cleveland. But the Lebron stays and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, they acquire Paul George, acquired Jimmy Butler,
Speaker 1: they acquire even a name we're not even talking about,
Speaker 1: you know, all a sudden becomes a destination Again. Kevin
Speaker 1: Love had zero interests of going to Cleveland. All of
Speaker 1: a su Lebron James came back and it was an
Speaker 1: inevitability that Kevin Love to go to cleve them. I
Speaker 1: think what it speaks to and we're seeing this in basketball,
Speaker 1: we see this in other sports, specifically football. Um, you
Speaker 1: either want to be a team that can contend or
Speaker 1: be a team that's completely breaking it down and trying
Speaker 1: to find your window in the future. It looks like
Speaker 1: a lot of teams right now are thinking that the
Speaker 1: Warriors are here to stay and are going to be
Speaker 1: at the top of the mountain for a while. You see,
Speaker 1: for example, Boton, you know, stockpiling draft picks and moving back,
Speaker 1: maybe thinking that their time is not now, and maybe
Speaker 1: even Cleveland is doing this as well, you know, if
Speaker 1: it's not now, acknowledging that, admitting that and going to
Speaker 1: another part of the cycle. I just think that Gilbert's
Speaker 1: messing the whole thing up. He messed it up the
Speaker 1: first go around with Lebron, and it's happening again. If
Speaker 1: he clearly states that he likes David Griffin, you bring
Speaker 1: him back. People to say that Gilbert has paid more
Speaker 1: money than any owner in history to get them that championship.
Speaker 1: And he did, and you give him credit for that,
Speaker 1: but he is messing it up again. You're giving Lebron
Speaker 1: no reason to stay if there is no Jimmy Butler
Speaker 1: or Paul George. Kevin Love is good, but he's not
Speaker 1: enough to get them to beat the Warriors. We saw that.
Speaker 1: Business opportunities and lifestyle and the fact that he already
Speaker 1: got the championship for Cleveland gives Lebron every pass in
Speaker 1: the world to leave. And Gilbert's making it easier because
Speaker 1: now when he makes that decision to go to the
Speaker 1: Clippers or the Lakers. He gets to point upstairs and
Speaker 1: say it's his fault. And this time, no letter is
Speaker 1: going to trick the fans into thinking that that's not
Speaker 1: the case. Absolutely absolutely, and one name to keep an
Speaker 1: eye on in Cleveland. It sounds like Chauncey Billups maybe
Speaker 1: the uh the pick for general manager Dan Gilbert loves
Speaker 1: Chauncey Billups. Yeah, No, he was his real estate spokesman
Speaker 1: back in the day. All I know is that might
Speaker 1: hurt his impact in the Big three league with my
Speaker 1: boys the Killer Threes, Uh coming up if he has to,
Speaker 1: you know, be in the front office in Cleveland. Check
Speaker 1: this out. We're gonna take a quick break here on
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Speaker 1: what's going down at the Barclay's Philadelphia. Seventy sixers are
Speaker 1: still on the clock. We're gonna get into some of
Speaker 1: these guys whose names we expect to hear early on
Speaker 1: in the draft when we come back for my man
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Speaker 1: The Philadelphia seventies sixers are about you know, they're on
Speaker 1: the clock. They're about to make their pick in the
Speaker 1: next ten minutes. Everybody thinks that it is going to
Speaker 1: be point guard Marquel Folks out of Washington. This guy
Speaker 1: average twenty points a game, almost six assists, but came
Speaker 1: kind of out of nowhere. Did like at the going
Speaker 1: into this college basketball season, was he really on the
Speaker 1: radar as someone who was gonna be a top pick.
Speaker 1: I didn't think so, So how did he emerge Kevin,
Speaker 1: it was not to this level. On the ESPN, he
Speaker 1: finished I believe seventh in their top one hundred, and
Speaker 1: within a month he was number one in all mock drafts.
Speaker 1: It was crazy, but if you look at how we
Speaker 1: start off his career in Washington, he was just putting
Speaker 1: it all on display. Well, I mean for me to
Speaker 1: actually the short answer was, yes, he's a de Matha kid.
Speaker 1: Went to Obviously De Matha in Maryland in the Dicy
Speaker 1: area is a prolific high school basketball program, and and
Speaker 1: Maryland where I went. Obviously is was interested in Mark
Speaker 1: hill Folds and he went out to Washington. What the
Speaker 1: hell is this guy going to Washington for um? But
Speaker 1: they were They've constantly been able to get recruit at
Speaker 1: the recruit after recruit to play for the Huskies and
Speaker 1: Mark hill Folds. I think if he went to Kentucky
Speaker 1: with the Dukey, with the UNC with the Kansasy, with
Speaker 1: the world these blue blood programs, everybody would have Mark
Speaker 1: hill Folds. Maybe not the Alonzo ball level, but certainly
Speaker 1: the Jason tag him to the Josh Jackson level. Everybody
Speaker 1: would have understood and watched quite a bit of Mark
Speaker 1: hille Folds now the opposite. So it is very siliar
Speaker 1: Ben Simmons last year where the team doesn't make the tournament.
Speaker 1: It's something we're not enough of the Mainstrepublic have seen
Speaker 1: markhale Folds. It doesn't make him not like the uber prospect.
Speaker 1: Obviously we'll have no idea what worked out of Ben
Speaker 1: Simmon because he was hurt. We'll see this year Mark
Speaker 1: Hlle folds. Really from day one, Kevin Simmon, his talents
Speaker 1: are on display in Washington, and people will point out
Speaker 1: that make the tournament. As I said with Ben Simmons,
Speaker 1: but when by himself, there's only so much you can do. Obviously,
Speaker 1: obviously there's a coaching change in Washington. He wasn't good
Speaker 1: enough to get the job done. So great recruiter, not
Speaker 1: a great coach, and that's part of the problem. You
Speaker 1: know in Folds and uh, you know Ben Simmons maybe
Speaker 1: playing together. But here's you mentioned that Washington did not
Speaker 1: make it to the tournament, but honestly it was worse
Speaker 1: than that. Washington won like eight games. So my question
Speaker 1: is obviously his skills were on display, but at some point,
Speaker 1: especially in that locker room in Philadelphia where they do
Speaker 1: not have the winning habits, you know, at some point
Speaker 1: does it matter? Are you concerned that he was not?
Speaker 1: If he's so great, how come he couldn't lead his
Speaker 1: pack twelve team to more than eight wins in the season.
Speaker 1: Does that matter to you at all? Greg, Well, it's
Speaker 1: really interesting because you you mentioned Philadelphia where more help
Speaker 1: folks will be in literally ten minutes from now. And
Speaker 1: if Sam Hainky was general manager of Philly, he doesn't
Speaker 1: make this trade because you think you have assets for anything.
Speaker 1: And it's it's clear that the Collagel loose and Bryan
Speaker 1: Colangelo's had, you know, certainly has ups and downs with
Speaker 1: Phoenix and Toronto before, and they he felt that Mark
Speaker 1: hell Folts was a big enough upgrade over Ben Simmons
Speaker 1: at point guard. Remember then when it Simmons to be
Speaker 1: their ball there the guy that brought the ball up
Speaker 1: and trying to molding the point guard even though he
Speaker 1: really played that at l s U before the shooting guard.
Speaker 1: So to have Marquel folks coming, they have to believe
Speaker 1: in what they saw. Despite not making the tournament in Washington,
Speaker 1: Lorenzo romar as I said a better recruiter than he
Speaker 1: was coach. That's why he's not the lead recruiter for
Speaker 1: Sean Miller. In Arizona. Lorenzo Romar has gotten been able
Speaker 1: to get recruit after recruit there, but he hasn't had
Speaker 1: sustained success. He made the final and then a switch.
Speaker 1: He has the number one seed with Nate robertson back
Speaker 1: in the day, right Nate Robinson, So he hasn't had
Speaker 1: sustain tournament success. He's been degaily to the recruits. To me,
Speaker 1: that's a trend where he can get the best players.
Speaker 1: We didn't do anything with that with them. That is
Speaker 1: not on Mark he Folds. I think that, like you mentioned,
Speaker 1: De Maath is a really great program. In his last
Speaker 1: two years, he only lost four games in high school.
Speaker 1: He was the m v P of the Under A
Speaker 1: ten USA tournament, and you're surrounded with the best of
Speaker 1: the best, and he was the one that was the
Speaker 1: brightest star amongst all those prospects. And you also mentioned
Speaker 1: as well that they are confident putt the ball in
Speaker 1: his hands. And you look at the two comps that
Speaker 1: the players getting. It's obviously big names, but Ben got
Speaker 1: the Lebron comp and Folds gets the hardened camp, and
Speaker 1: I think it's it's gonna be in some ways similar
Speaker 1: to where Ben can handle a lot and Folds can
Speaker 1: play off of him and attacks because he's so good
Speaker 1: at that. It gives them so much versatility, and it
Speaker 1: can again it's it's hard to give these comparisons without
Speaker 1: overstepping boundaries, but it can remind people of how Lebron
Speaker 1: can just give the ball to Kyrie and just say
Speaker 1: go and it gives you that extra break. Absolutely. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: let me ask you guys this because you meant what
Speaker 1: Colangelo is doing right. In essence, he's reaping the benefits
Speaker 1: of seven the process right, So let me ask you
Speaker 1: with tonight. Is the process complete? No, you know, I
Speaker 1: don't think it's ever completely. I think Philadelphia has played
Speaker 1: bass that's left to believe that I believe. I'm not
Speaker 1: even joking about this, and they have the nixt second
Speaker 1: round pick from next year through the next four years
Speaker 1: after that. Not not joking that that that's real. I
Speaker 1: think the process continues. I think we have to see
Speaker 1: you all and be be healthy. Like he was fantastic
Speaker 1: in the games that he played, he didn't play back
Speaker 1: to backs, he missed thinking dire second half of the season.
Speaker 1: Dario Saris comes over for the first his first year
Speaker 1: in the NBA, he was tremendous. We have to see
Speaker 1: him take a step. And then you have Simmons and
Speaker 1: then you have Foulton that is an awesome core. Then
Speaker 1: what can you do in phre agency? How do you
Speaker 1: attract the players to come to Philadelphia. I know that
Speaker 1: was the next step to clear out all this cash
Speaker 1: space and to be able to get somebody in there.
Speaker 1: But in order to get somebody to Philadelphia, you have
Speaker 1: to have a little bit of something someone on to join,
Speaker 1: exactly which I think they're building. And again I wish
Speaker 1: I wold have seen, we would have all seen Sam
Speaker 1: Pinky be able to complete the process. We killed him,
Speaker 1: We killed and we killed him. He got killed enough
Speaker 1: that he got fired. But I wanted to see his
Speaker 1: vision because I've seen the Colangulo's vision it doesn't really
Speaker 1: work out. I want to see his vision. We'll see
Speaker 1: what the Collegulo was doing. What he did. It works
Speaker 1: out for Team USA basketball. Certain, let's get that is true.
Speaker 1: That that is true, But Brian Colangelo did not do
Speaker 1: a great job in Toronto when he left, and then
Speaker 1: they got good. I think it could be like a
Speaker 1: perfect marriage kind of though, because Kinky would have not
Speaker 1: made the trade. But I think think I think the
Speaker 1: trade was a good idea. I think getting Folds was
Speaker 1: the right move. Depends who they wanted, right, it depends
Speaker 1: who they would have brought in, and I don't know
Speaker 1: who that is. I mean, it may have been Tatum
Speaker 1: or Jackson, will never know, right, But I think if
Speaker 1: you combine kind of what Hanky did, which is all
Speaker 1: of these other assets and then Colangelo's, you can just
Speaker 1: give them credit for faults. And then they'd have to
Speaker 1: obviously figure out the free agent process and things like that.
Speaker 1: But I think right now the big three that they
Speaker 1: have there, of course and beatings to be healthy is
Speaker 1: one to be very very optimistic. Included before. I think
Speaker 1: Darius Hart good. He is that good. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: it's fair. He only started I think it was thirty
Speaker 1: six games, and he's one of the finalists for a
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year. The rookie class was not great
Speaker 1: last year, but he impressed. He he was very impressive.
Speaker 1: I think that it might be similar and again these
Speaker 1: comparisons make it sound wild, but to Golden State, where
Speaker 1: like maybe there's a clearer tier to it, but all
Speaker 1: of them deserve credit on a high, high level. All right. Now,
Speaker 1: one of the things you said, and it's kind of funny,
Speaker 1: you know, you throughout that term big three, right like
Speaker 1: every team is trying to get a big three, and
Speaker 1: it's almost like, you know, now you're talking about maybe
Speaker 1: Faults and Beat and Simmons has a big three. Everybody's
Speaker 1: trying to put that together. Another place where they're trying
Speaker 1: to get a different big three is back in Cleveland,
Speaker 1: and one of the big names there is Paul George.
Speaker 1: So I want to talk about Paul George real quick.
Speaker 1: My theory is this, the Lakers need to pull the
Speaker 1: trigger now and not necessarily wait for him to sign
Speaker 1: in free agency, because you never know what might happen
Speaker 1: in the interim. Yes, he says he wants to go
Speaker 1: to l A. What what if the Clippers make a
Speaker 1: trade for him and then he's happy. What if you know,
Speaker 1: they do make a trade and move him to Cleveland
Speaker 1: and oh he's he's in the NBA Finals, and then
Speaker 1: you know, things could change. I think the Lakers need
Speaker 1: to strike when the iron is hot, when they think
Speaker 1: they have the ability to add you know something and
Speaker 1: someone who could be potentially part of a Big three.
Speaker 1: Do you think, um, the Lakers are wise to kind of,
Speaker 1: you know, wait and play it out and think they
Speaker 1: can get PG thirteen. Absolutely, I don't think there's any
Speaker 1: doubt about that because l A's has to become a
Speaker 1: destination again. As you said, Dane, they're they're clearing the
Speaker 1: cap space and they're they're getting players to be able
Speaker 1: gonna want to play with it. If lots of ball
Speaker 1: is what they think, he will think he will be.
Speaker 1: If Julius Randall continues to improve, Uh, they're gonna have
Speaker 1: ton a cap space and they'll be able to get
Speaker 1: whoever they want. When you play for in l A
Speaker 1: like you have that ability. You've see what Kobe Bryant
Speaker 1: could be and Magin John's gonna be, not say that,
Speaker 1: two of the best players in the history of the NBA,
Speaker 1: but when you have that light shining down on you,
Speaker 1: that means something, and it's They're always going to have
Speaker 1: that ability to a tra racked free agents. That's not
Speaker 1: changing anytime soon. So Paul George, An l A Kid, Right,
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook and l A. Kit they're going to be
Speaker 1: able to attract the free agents. Magic Johnson is now
Speaker 1: running the show. Nobody Garners were respecting the NBA, the
Speaker 1: Magic Johnson. So to me, they said, I can wait.
Speaker 1: You know what, clevelands to give up assets for Paul George. Great,
Speaker 1: he's not resigning until he has at least a chance
Speaker 1: talk to the Lakers. The Clippers are impluded, like, let's
Speaker 1: just Clippers completely imploding, Chris, Paul, maybe san Antonino. So
Speaker 1: if I'm the Lakers, I'll wait and see what it
Speaker 1: comes to me and they'll make and then we'll see
Speaker 1: what we wear the cards fall. Basically, Kevin, what do
Speaker 1: you think you pull the trigger now? No, you also
Speaker 1: wait because my thing is the worst case scenario is
Speaker 1: Paul George doesn't come, and I don't think that that's
Speaker 1: that bad. I wouldn't have moved the Russell trade. I
Speaker 1: think I would have tried to see what happened with
Speaker 1: the young kids, and then you could have made the
Speaker 1: trade in next off season. But it's like Greg said,
Speaker 1: they are becoming more of a destination. And if a
Speaker 1: Lonzo is what everyone says in this infectious passer and
Speaker 1: just everyone wants to play with him, it's going to
Speaker 1: multiply that because then everyone's gonna want to be alongside Lonzo,
Speaker 1: knowing that there's a superstar who only wants to make
Speaker 1: other players better, and everyone is gonna want to spend
Speaker 1: four hundred and ninety five dollars to buy a pair
Speaker 1: of sneakers as well if a Lonzo becomes what they
Speaker 1: think he is. The question is, do you think LaVar
Speaker 1: calms down quiets down if he's in La La Land?
Speaker 1: Do you think that you know, we're still just building
Speaker 1: that brand. Baby, he's in La La Land, he's right now,
Speaker 1: and this is how he's building his brand, and absolutely not,
Speaker 1: he's if you're watching the draft right now, he's at
Speaker 1: the time, has BBB on it crazy the big ball
Speaker 1: Iran and I'm still up to the poonium right now
Speaker 1: announcing that these six years now officially officially officially I'll
Speaker 1: be on the clock. Alright, let's see what we have here.
Speaker 1: We all think it's definitely gonna be Marquel fault. You know.
Speaker 1: Let me ask you real quick, Kevin Um. With things
Speaker 1: like this the draft, the commissioner gets booed all the time, right,
Speaker 1: do you think um, I'm sorry, he's cheered silber. He
Speaker 1: is the only Commissioner's cheered. So but I just I
Speaker 1: think it's kind of like a tradition, you know, to
Speaker 1: kind of boo the commissioner as he comes out. You
Speaker 1: saw the goodell, Like, wait, get on, he's like the
Speaker 1: biggest heel in the business. If we're gonna use the
Speaker 1: wrestling terms. But in Silver's like the perfect baby face,
Speaker 1: completely caters to fans and players and just does everything
Speaker 1: possible to make all of those people happy. They're almost
Speaker 1: like they would be like the perfect w W rivalry.
Speaker 1: I could see them get in a WrestleMania Masks also
Speaker 1: catering to us on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network because
Speaker 1: he wants to legalizes gambling. Uh in the sports world.
Speaker 1: When we come back, the pick will be in and
Speaker 1: we're gonna break it down the newest addition to the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventies sixers. It should boyd Dane Martinez, speeds and
Speaker 1: spinning statistician right here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the
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Speaker 1: I Got a Man. Kevin Walsh, heer I got Greg
Speaker 1: Sussman Susmania. Greg, you are hearing a little birdies say,
Speaker 1: you know, because there's a lot of moves to be
Speaker 1: made at draft time. So what are we hearing right now?
Speaker 1: Mark Stein ESPN or four the ESPN still ESPN Stein
Speaker 1: Lane on Twitter tweeted out just a moment ago, the
Speaker 1: Wolves are close to acquiring Jimmy Butler from the Chicago Bulls.
Speaker 1: Remember Jimmy Butler played for Tom Thibodeaux in Chicago, and
Speaker 1: they wanted to do uh, they want to trade it
Speaker 1: from last year. They wanted to basically do Chris Donne
Speaker 1: straight up if you remember, for Jemmy Butler, Chris Dawn
Speaker 1: and a little bit more. It turns out, uh, this
Speaker 1: year they're very very close to making it. Happened the
Speaker 1: big rumor on Twitter, and this comes from Zach Low.
Speaker 1: He says he thinks it's Chris Donne, Zach Levine and
Speaker 1: the number seven pick for Jimmy Butler. We'll see if
Speaker 1: that gets done. As Mark hell Folks officially joins the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia and he's absolutely Greg the pick is in and
Speaker 1: Mark health Fols, the point guard out of Washington, is
Speaker 1: the number one overall pick of the two thousand seventeen
Speaker 1: draft going to Philadelphia. Like we said, Kevin, let me
Speaker 1: get your take real quick on this idea. You know,
Speaker 1: the Wolves were not necessarily a team that I was
Speaker 1: thinking about with Jimmy Butler. You know, Tipodeau will like
Speaker 1: his defensive prowess pairing him with you know, cat up there,
Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns. Um could the t Wolves be a
Speaker 1: team on the rise that not many people are talking about.
Speaker 1: I think absolutely. Towns to me, is already near top
Speaker 1: ten talent in this league. If he's not already there,
Speaker 1: I really like Wiggins and Jimmy Butler is to me
Speaker 1: definitely a top ten talent right now. This just tried
Speaker 1: to pull this back off last draft, and the Bulls
Speaker 1: waited him out and they got done, which was kind
Speaker 1: of the pick they were gonna go with last year
Speaker 1: that Adliza Levine and the seventh pick on top of
Speaker 1: It's not done, that's the rumored report, but I could
Speaker 1: see that being done, and I really like that from Minnesota,
Speaker 1: well Minnesota nationally, Towns. I don't need a guy to
Speaker 1: come in and show everybody how how to play, right
Speaker 1: like everyone like Minnesota last year as his sleeper team.
Speaker 1: They're all young and they're made jell together. They were
Speaker 1: to grow together, and they had a lot of a
Speaker 1: lot of fallacies on the defensive end, and that you know,
Speaker 1: Ricky Riby really improved it as a defender, but nobody
Speaker 1: brought the Tomtato style like I think he needed Jimmy Butlers.
Speaker 1: Guys can play when he's healthy forty eight minutes to
Speaker 1: night for you and to end action, be able to
Speaker 1: be to be able to score, but also be able
Speaker 1: to guard the team's top player. You pair him with
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins, who really kind of just scores um and
Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns. I think it's a really good mixed
Speaker 1: We'll see if Ricky Rebiya stays there. I know he's
Speaker 1: been a mass, massive rumer basically linked to everybody. We'll
Speaker 1: see if he stays. But I think it's a very
Speaker 1: nice trade from Minnesota and clearly Chicago retooling absolutely, And
Speaker 1: you know, to your point, Greg, this is one of
Speaker 1: the things we are saying, this idea of bringing in
Speaker 1: people who know how to be professional, who know how
Speaker 1: to win, to try and teach some of the young guys.
Speaker 1: What we were talking about with the process in Philadelphia
Speaker 1: as well. Do you think Kevin though that they're gonna
Speaker 1: be able to bring in any kind of veterans or
Speaker 1: that that exact you know, uh, veteran to be able
Speaker 1: to instill a culture in Philly. You've got a lot
Speaker 1: of young kids and beat on Twitter trying to holler
Speaker 1: at Rihanna all the time. Do you think that, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, part of the process is to get veteran leadership.
Speaker 1: I think. So there's one interesting name out there, Kyle Lowry.
Speaker 1: They were linked him early on, and I know Falter,
Speaker 1: I know Simmons is that but false has to guards
Speaker 1: size and they can really do a lot of stuff
Speaker 1: that would be interesting. Lowry is three point shooter and
Speaker 1: he's a really good defender, so it's limiting his role,
Speaker 1: But then it's he's a guy in tough spots throughout
Speaker 1: the regular season that could really make things a lot easier.
Speaker 1: A lot of people don't expect it because again, then
Speaker 1: you have three primary ball handlers and you could get tricky.
Speaker 1: But they have the cap space, He's from Philly them
Speaker 1: it could mark Stein. Mark Stein has reported that he
Speaker 1: is expected to be Chris don zach Levine and the
Speaker 1: number seven overall picked to Chicago. Casey Johnson on top
Speaker 1: of that, has reported Peoples have agreed to the deal
Speaker 1: in principle. Wow. Okay, So there you have the Greg
Speaker 1: Sussmania Susman breaking a little bit of news here on
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Freety. Right now, though, the Los Angeles Lakers
Speaker 1: are on the clock. Um, here's where it starts to
Speaker 1: get exciting. You remember a Lonzo Ball with his workouts?
Speaker 1: Was he in shape? Does the team want to deal
Speaker 1: with LaVar and the big baller brand all that kind
Speaker 1: of stuff. There's been talk that maybe the Lakers do
Speaker 1: like a guy like Fox going somewhere else. Um, you
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be Alonzo. It has to be. Everything
Speaker 1: that they've done has gone to this point. And Russell
Speaker 1: was the nail on the coffin because he I thought
Speaker 1: he could have played two guard next to Alonso, but
Speaker 1: they either didn't or I mean, Russell has a lot
Speaker 1: of off court issues that I don't know if I
Speaker 1: would want to pair with LaVar Ball. So it to
Speaker 1: me it's got to be a Lonzo Ball. I'd be
Speaker 1: shocked if it wasn't. Sham Saranya of the of Wosan's
Speaker 1: career at the Vertical has reported that number two overall
Speaker 1: pick the Los Angeles Lakers will select a Lonzo Ball.
Speaker 1: Here's the thing, and I mean, you know, we could
Speaker 1: talk about LaVar all we want. I actually think he's
Speaker 1: doing his son a disservice. And here's why. On a
Speaker 1: number of levels. One, all you're do wing is making
Speaker 1: the vets in the league like a guy like Patrick
Speaker 1: Beverley is colonel want to you know, show that he
Speaker 1: could shut down lawns ball. And here's the other thing. Honestly,
Speaker 1: if Lonzo Ball in his rookie year twelve point of games,
Speaker 1: six assists a game, that would be good, you know,
Speaker 1: for most rookies, but it will not be judged as
Speaker 1: such because of the expectations and all the drama around
Speaker 1: Alonzo Ball. I think, you know, and it's interesting when
Speaker 1: we see Lavarro all the time, Alonzo very rarely talks himself.
Speaker 1: What do you think that is? Greg? You know, I
Speaker 1: was every year I trying to figure out which players
Speaker 1: you're not obviously making which are as as is everybody,
Speaker 1: and Lazo Ball was one of these guys that from
Speaker 1: the start, from seeing U. C. L A. I believe
Speaker 1: that did He's did he's really I mean, you saw
Speaker 1: a locker commercial where where you know he joked about
Speaker 1: his dad. He let's his dad do the branding stuff,
Speaker 1: and he kind of basically let's his game do the talking,
Speaker 1: which I think were really fair him. Well. Um even
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, I think what we underestimate or underappreciate,
Speaker 1: perhaps um as media uh is that the players understand
Speaker 1: that they're all brands. The players understand that everyone's trying
Speaker 1: to make the most money and make the contracts. I think,
Speaker 1: like we talked about this in the NFL, and players
Speaker 1: hold out right and all of them are just like,
Speaker 1: we get it. We don't we don't get involed the
Speaker 1: other agents do it. We let every man handle himself.
Speaker 1: It's a scene in the NBA where they'll let levard
Speaker 1: do what they whatever he wants because they understand, Listen,
Speaker 1: he's trying to make his son money. It's not gonna
Speaker 1: fix us all the court. It's Angela Russell and Nicky
Speaker 1: Young could play together for a season and a half.
Speaker 1: We're happening between them. I'm quite certain that in l A,
Speaker 1: Lonzo ball will be fun. Absolutely but confirmed it's for
Speaker 1: the trade is confirmed. The Minnesota t Wolves and the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bulls have made a trade. Jimmy Butler is on
Speaker 1: the move, so we had our first big name that
Speaker 1: is moving. You know. We talk a little bit about
Speaker 1: um Alonzo ball again though uh DeAndre Fox though, like
Speaker 1: as his dad said, eat them up. Both times when
Speaker 1: they played at Kentucky, you were talking about how he
Speaker 1: was so great and was able to kind of be
Speaker 1: what we thought he was at u c l A.
Speaker 1: With that fluid motion. U c l A was basically
Speaker 1: the Warriors of college basketball, the highest scoring team in
Speaker 1: college basketball. But now when d Fox was on the
Speaker 1: other side and they played Kentucky, Yeah, Darren f Daron
Speaker 1: Fox is the Kentucky is different team when he was
Speaker 1: on the court and obviously when Darren Fox Well wasn't
Speaker 1: on the court. And this is a player that I
Speaker 1: think I really am looking forward to in the NBA
Speaker 1: and I want him to do well. He seems like
Speaker 1: a really good kid and he seems like somebody, uh
Speaker 1: that should have a great mass success in the NBA.
Speaker 1: My question is if his if his shot can complete
Speaker 1: enough for him to be successful. Somnuel Moodier come in
Speaker 1: the league and everyone's the same thing, right, he's young,
Speaker 1: he's really athletic. He's a really good kid. But the
Speaker 1: question becomes, will his shop he out I'm prove enough
Speaker 1: it hasn't. He's clear that Jamal Murray has past Emmanuel
Speaker 1: Moodier on the up shot and he very well can
Speaker 1: be on the move tonight. Um so UM. I hope
Speaker 1: the same thing doesn't happen to Darren Foxes. I like
Speaker 1: Darren fox his defense. He's probably better. Uh. The Manue
Speaker 1: definitely is better than Emmanuel Moodiers. We'll see as loves
Speaker 1: the ball officially as Los Angeles laker. Yeah, Adam Silver
Speaker 1: has gone to the podium. And right now you see
Speaker 1: on ESPN Lonzo Hall donning a purple and gold cap
Speaker 1: making that walk right now, shaking hands with the commissioner.
Speaker 1: What about a Lonzo ball shot? That's my question. You know,
Speaker 1: it's a little bit awkward. Will he be able to
Speaker 1: get it off quickly and you know, or will he
Speaker 1: struggle with that at the next level? In your pea
Speaker 1: shoots from so far, he'll have no problem getting it off.
Speaker 1: I I think that that will be fun. I think
Speaker 1: the interesting thing is his form makes it hard for
Speaker 1: him to get jump shots off the dribble, and that's
Speaker 1: the thing that he's gonna have to be able to
Speaker 1: do in the NBA, because I just don't know if
Speaker 1: he's gonna necessarily ever reach his potential if he's limited
Speaker 1: to just a spot up shooter and if he can't
Speaker 1: take people off the drive that way, they're gonna lean
Speaker 1: back a little bit too far. I think the biggest
Speaker 1: thing though, for Alonzo, and the reason why I really
Speaker 1: like this fit for the Lakers, is there is talent
Speaker 1: already there, and that's necessary because he needs a minimum
Speaker 1: level of talent to work with for then that he
Speaker 1: can bring up to another level. This is huge for
Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram, this is huge for Julius Randall, I believe.
Speaker 1: So I think that Ball's fit in l A is
Speaker 1: gonna be really good. And I think personally I trust
Speaker 1: Luke Walton and I think that he's gonna get the
Speaker 1: best out of Ball. Alright, So, Folks and Ball go
Speaker 1: one in two as we thought, But now we get
Speaker 1: to three, and this is where it can get fun.
Speaker 1: We're hearing Jackson, we're hearing Tatum, others. It could be,
Speaker 1: you know, So where do you think? Where do you
Speaker 1: think they go here? Danny Ainge. Also, what a master, right,
Speaker 1: Danny Ainge accumulating assets. I kind of think that whoever
Speaker 1: they pick here was the guy that they wanted at
Speaker 1: one and just knew they could probably wind up getting
Speaker 1: at three. They knew that Faults and Ball were gonna
Speaker 1: go early, right. Sham Is from The Vertical has reported
Speaker 1: that Boston will select at number three Jayson Tatum. Jason
Speaker 1: Tatum from Duke Okay, what I mean, we would say,
Speaker 1: you don't really like it. I'm not personally I'm not
Speaker 1: that big on Jayson Tatum. But the thing is, Boston
Speaker 1: isn't such a weird spot. You cannot convince me for
Speaker 1: a second they couldn't have topped that Ball's offer. It's
Speaker 1: just they're in such a weird spot that I personally
Speaker 1: don't ever remember where a team just won the first
Speaker 1: seed of the Eastern Conference while also having picks as
Speaker 1: if they were the worst team in the NBA. Well,
Speaker 1: imagine the Pistons right when they made the NBA chance
Speaker 1: and we made the Eastern a little to young, So
Speaker 1: I don't remember as much, but it's just to me,
Speaker 1: so it's just so strange. Tatum I don't like as much.
Speaker 1: I think they needed scoring, which is probably the reason here,
Speaker 1: but fit it makes sense for this roster, but this
Speaker 1: isn't the roster that they're gonna try to win titles
Speaker 1: with the Lebron Leaves. The whole thing to me is
Speaker 1: so so strange. I don't know I expected a trade.
Speaker 1: Maybe I'm just disappointed there was no move. Maybe, but
Speaker 1: I'm not a huge fan of this. Yeah, you just
Speaker 1: want action, That's what it comes down to. Kevin, I
Speaker 1: think this is actually a good pick Listen. Jayson Tatum
Speaker 1: I think can score eighteen twenty points a game right
Speaker 1: now in the NBA. And you know, with Boston, one
Speaker 1: of the issues, especially at qunch time, it was Isaiah
Speaker 1: Thomas and who else was going to get buckets for
Speaker 1: that team when they needed it. Now you add another guy,
Speaker 1: a wing player that might be able to also add
Speaker 1: to that offensive firepower. I kind of like the move.
Speaker 1: We know Kevin does not. Greg. How do you feel
Speaker 1: about the dukie going to Boston? You know, Jason Tatum
Speaker 1: is an interesting case, and he was one of these
Speaker 1: top guys coming out of high school into college A dude, right.
Speaker 1: They were loaded with him and with Harry Giles, with
Speaker 1: Luke Kennard and you know, ultimately do kind of underperformed
Speaker 1: for me this year. Of course, LaVar Ball now on nonetheless,
Speaker 1: So Jason Tatum, I think I think he's somebody that
Speaker 1: still has a lot to prove. I think he's a lot.
Speaker 1: Maybe he's nineen years old, so he clearly has a
Speaker 1: lot of his game to improve. Kevin's right, where's the
Speaker 1: fit in Boston right now? Like why don't you go
Speaker 1: get and he's to be wilder. The Bulls also sent
Speaker 1: the sixteenth pick. Yeah, that was also included in that deal,
Speaker 1: So I don't know if that I think that's nine spots. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't. That's so there's no way Boston can't top
Speaker 1: that offer without sacrificing. Are you a Boston fan? No,
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm a fan of competence. And if you
Speaker 1: are on the YouTube stream right now and that you
Speaker 1: can see Kevin, he's just exited this thing. He's flabbergasted.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you alone on this though, listen,
Speaker 1: if you didn't tell me, that's fine, I'm I'm used
Speaker 1: to it. But like, don't you think would you don't
Speaker 1: you think Boston would have been better off trying to
Speaker 1: to make some sort of move for Butler. Well, I've
Speaker 1: said it along. I though Jimman Bilt it was a
Speaker 1: perfect fit for Boston and it's surprising that they didn't
Speaker 1: go out and get him. Yes, they they clearly could
Speaker 1: have made a trade for more picks and whatnot and
Speaker 1: give a Chicago better off because they're trying to improve
Speaker 1: in the Tucher. Yeah, I don't think theres any doubt
Speaker 1: about that. Um. I think ultimately they're playing the long game.
Speaker 1: Is Dane Is is kind of inferred here, and I
Speaker 1: think Minnesota clearly wanted to wanted this guy, wanted the
Speaker 1: last year, wanted it. Now he got him. He was
Speaker 1: gonna be aggressive. Boston's kind of in the position to
Speaker 1: wait and see and make anyone ever they want. They
Speaker 1: have all the draft capital to do it. Let's see
Speaker 1: if they pull it tonight. We will see right here
Speaker 1: on the Fantasy Freestyle, We're about to take a quick
Speaker 1: break and then, as you know, we are almost done.
Speaker 1: We've gotten through three picks of the NBA Draft. Keep
Speaker 1: it locked. When we come back, maybe we'll talk about
Speaker 1: one other guy would love to get your thoughts on,
Speaker 1: and that is Jox Jackson, the forward out of Kansas
Speaker 1: incredible talent, but we're also hearing about some off the
Speaker 1: off the court stuff. I want to get your opinion,
Speaker 1: Kevin when we come back about how much does that
Speaker 1: impact you know, teams thoughts going into this, you know,
Speaker 1: eighteen year old kids coming in going into this NBA lifestyle. Um,
Speaker 1: is it too much to handle? That's the question I'm
Speaker 1: gonna ask you when we come back here on the
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Speaker 1: on Fantasy YouTube, which a boy day martinezpe spit statistician,
Speaker 1: let's go Welcome back to the Fantasy freestylish a boy
Speaker 1: Dame martinezpeeds the spitting statistician. I am joined on this
Speaker 1: NBA Draft Special edition with Kevin Walsh and of course Susmania.
Speaker 1: Greg Susman. Hey, Greg, you were saying that, you know,
Speaker 1: the Tatum pick was puzzling a little bit, but we
Speaker 1: may have some rationale as to what's going on. Whispers
Speaker 1: around a potential deal with PG thirteen. Yeah, the big
Speaker 1: rumor right now. Report by Adrian will Naski is Indiana
Speaker 1: and Boston ore engaged in quote serious talks on a
Speaker 1: Paul George trade and we'll see if that materializes. We
Speaker 1: know that the Knicks for Porzing is one of Josh Jackson.
Speaker 1: We know some other teams that Kevin was talking about
Speaker 1: during the break, other teams were interested in Josh Jackson.
Speaker 1: It was clear that Boston like Jason Tatum, and now
Speaker 1: it's clear to me the indianalyze Jason Jatum. Speaking of
Speaker 1: Josh Jackson, he was reported by the Vertical and he's
Speaker 1: headed to Phoenix number four with the number four overall pick.
Speaker 1: It looks like the Phoenix Sons will be taking Josh Jackson.
Speaker 1: Kevin in the like minute that we have left, there's
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff about Josh j incredible talent, but
Speaker 1: maybe some off the court issues. Phoenix another team that
Speaker 1: is very young. Is that the kind of culture again
Speaker 1: with all these kids, who is going to teach them
Speaker 1: how to be professionals? Certainly not Tyson Chandler and all that,
Speaker 1: and that that's a very risky landing spot for him.
Speaker 1: I like on court fit it's great, but sure they're
Speaker 1: so young. Earl Watson, I believe is their head coach,
Speaker 1: who I don't necessarily know if I'd bank on being
Speaker 1: there much longer because he's not not necessarily great. That
Speaker 1: is where you're relying on Tyson Chandler, whose names are
Speaker 1: consistently not just thrown around in trade rumors anyway, to
Speaker 1: be the leader of the team off court wise. This
Speaker 1: is not something that should put anybody at rest. Hey, Greg,
Speaker 1: does this fit concern you? Josh Jackson Phoenix? No. I
Speaker 1: think Phoenix is also a team that is just stockpiling
Speaker 1: talent at this point, and Josh Jackson very I could
Speaker 1: be best player in this draft for all you know.
Speaker 1: He has his issues off the court. We've talked about
Speaker 1: that before, Dane, So I you know, I don't know
Speaker 1: how I feel about Josh Jackson. But ultimately, you know,
Speaker 1: Phoenix trying to just get talent, and I wish lots
Speaker 1: of ball shoes weren't so cool. They just released the
Speaker 1: Lakers version of them. They're awesome, so cool. If I
Speaker 1: had an extra five hundred dollars, maybe that's where I
Speaker 1: would go. Listen, where to get out of here? But
Speaker 1: I do want to let you know that at number five,
Speaker 1: it looks like the Sacramento Kings are going to take
Speaker 1: Kentucky guard Daron Fox with the number five overall pick.
Speaker 1: There will be a boatload of other picks um Tomorrow
Speaker 1: on the Fantasy Freestyle, we will be breaking down everything
Speaker 1: that happened. Will there be more trades? Will you know?
Speaker 1: Will a Lonzo Ball? Will LaVar Ball have something to say?
Speaker 1: And who will be on the move. We'll be breaking
Speaker 1: that down on tomorrow's episode of Fantasy Freestyle. Thanks a lot,
Speaker 1: Greg and Kevin for stopping. Alright, We're out of here.
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