WEBVTT - The Draymond Green Show - "Baffling" Kevin Durant Narratives + Free Agency Recap 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:07.920 The volume. The Draymond Green Show is presented by a 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:11.080 fan duel sports book. There's no better place to bet 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:15.800 the action than on FanDuel sports Book during the football season. 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:19.599 It's easy to use, it's safe and secure, you get 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:22.720 payouts and as fast as two hours. There's so many 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:27.560 bet types. My favorite same game parlay bets. There's live betting, 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:32.479 player props, futures. If you're new, just download the FanDuel 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:35.920 sports Book app to get started now sign up. Please 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:42.080 use the promode code column C O L I. An 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:51.960 FanDuel sports Book makes it easy. What's up, everybody? Welcome 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:55.680 back to The Draymond Green Show. This is episode and 0:00:55.800 --> 0:01:00.560 as you know, we are getting settled into this offseason now. 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:04.280 But as we know, there is never an offseason in 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:07.520 the NBA. I think that's one thing the league has 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.959 done is you're gonna get this NBA just like you're 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:15.959 gonna get this podcast all the time. And the reality 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:22.360 is in a very round about way, it's credits back 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:28.600 to Lebron James for the decision which was which kind 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:34.160 of created NBA free agency as we know it and 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:38.280 here we are. I mean, it's constant news after news 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:41.680 after news, AFTERNOWS. Now we're in Summer League, got Summer 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:46.720 League kicking off that will dominate the majority of July 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:52.600 and then headed into August. August is probably the only 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:57.440 month of the year where you get very little NBA 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.640 and I think that's amazing when you take into account 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:05.400 that there's twelve months in the year and the NBA 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:09.160 has found a way to be important for eleven of 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:13.200 those months. I think it's absolutely amazing. And that's where 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.959 we are. Since we've last recorded, There's been a lot 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:20.079 of things that happened in the NBA Free agency, plus 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.560 the things that's taken place in the Brooklyn organization with 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.560 you know, the Kyrie Irvan to the Lakers talks and 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:30.160 blah blah blah, and then obviously to Kevin durant Um 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:35.359 requesting the trade rumors and all of that jazz. Let's 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:37.600 get right to that. Actually, before we get right into that, 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:39.600 I know everybody's like, why you have just had on 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:45.080 what number one it's green, Number two it's Michigan State green, 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.320 and number three it got the Michigan State s on it. 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.400 What is the significance that it had today? Well, I 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.040 am a college graduate. For those that don't know that. 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.639 So this is my album Other. But I actually recently 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.760 just found out that I am getting inducted into the 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:07.040 Michigan State Hall of Fame, which is absolutely insane. Um 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:11.880 Our Athletic director Alan Haller called me and he's talking 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.560 to me on the phone and one of my homeboys, 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:18.000 she's just sitting there and I started, like, I literally 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:21.280 got chills down my arms when he told me, and 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.040 she's just sitting there like, dude, you got goose bumps? 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:28.880 What's going on? And I couldn't. I'm just sitting there like, wow, 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:36.800 all right, hall of Fame. That's forever, Like we we 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:40.360 won't be here forever, like will we'll leave and you know, 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:45.000 you know, we'll leave this world. But that's the forever thing, 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:48.960 Like as long as this world is here, that's forever. 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.000 And as a kid who went to Michigan State and 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.320 everybody told me I was dumb for going there, I 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:59.760 would never play there, like I'm going to the Hall 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:06.720 of Fame. Absolutely insane, And so I really just want 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:11.280 to thank coaches oh um for pushing me the way 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:14.240 number one for it recruiting me to be a Michigan 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:17.200 State spartan, but number two for pushing me the way 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.280 he did, for tapping into something that I didn't even 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.359 know it could be tapped into it boy myself, and 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:27.000 teaching me how to work hard. I can't thank him enough. 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:30.640 It's changed my life. And to be going into the 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.800 Hall of Fame, I mean, that's just it doesn't get 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.200 much better than that. So I'm honored. I'm looking forward 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:39.720 to it. It will be in September and I can't wait. Um. 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:44.440 I was told I am the eighth person that was 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:48.880 selected to the Hall of Fame the first year of eligibility, 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.240 So essentially, I'm a first ballot Hall of Famer for 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:56.440 you haters out there, and I'm thrilled about it. And 0:04:56.480 --> 0:05:00.840 I man, I'm honestly out of law for words right 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:03.680 now just speaking about it. So with that being said, 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.120 I'm a role right into this Free Agency talks. But 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.720 before we get into that, let's talk Brooklyn nets. That 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:14.000 was something very interesting that I've been thinking about. And 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:16.480 the reason I've been thinking about it is because the 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:21.040 immediately the first thing you saw when when it was 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:27.000 announced that Kevin Durant requested the trade was the whole 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:31.000 narrative starting Katie's running from this. He's doing this, um, 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:37.920 you know, it gets hard, he doesn't stay blah blah blah. 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:43.719 And I sat there and I asked myself if Katie 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:49.719 and did indeed request the trade? Is that Katie saying 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:57.800 partially I made a mistake, And I answered the question 0:05:57.839 --> 0:06:00.040 for myself is obviously I'm not gonna ask Kevin that, 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:03.960 or why would I ask Kevin that? But I answered 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:09.560 it for myself and I said, possibly yes, possibly no. 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:15.960 But regardless if it's yes or no, why does it matter? 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:24.400 Like if Kevin Durant says, I actually don't want to 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.120 be here any more. I want to go to somewhere else, 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:29.760 why does it matter? Why does that make you weak? 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:34.120 Why does that make you Why does that make him? 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:37.599 You know, it means he's running from something. I don't 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:41.520 understand that. And the reason I don't understand it is 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:51.520 because players are in control of their situation. Players are 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.880 in control of their destiny. And so why is it 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:59.000 that it's just not that's the next step in his career? 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:02.719 Because again I always go back to if if a 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.960 guy leaves Google, or or or if someone leaves Google 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.800 to go to Apple after three or four years, and 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:12.280 then they leave Apple after two years to go to 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:17.000 Tesla and then they leave Tesla after four years to 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:23.800 go to Docum sign. No one's going to say that 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:27.400 person ran, if that person did this, or that person 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:29.600 that Everyone's going to say that person did what was 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.720 best for their career and best for their livelihoods. But 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:36.360 us as athletes, it's never viewed that way. And it's 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.160 baffling to me that it's never viewed that way because 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:46.080 our lifespanning with this career is actually ways shorter then 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.000 someone that's working at Google or working at Apple, or 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.640 anyone else in the world for that matter that's not 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:57.000 an athlete for the most part, Why can't you do 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:00.160 everything you can to get it right, even if that 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:03.640 means making a wrong move, And continuing on, why is 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:07.920 it that athletes are viewed that way? It's baffling to me. 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:13.640 It really baffles me that we've put ourselves in a 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:17.160 position we have become the absolute best at what we do, 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.080 which is, if you're an NBA you are at the 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.040 absolute top of the of the of the food chain 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:27.400 when it comes to basketball. And if you are the 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:31.160 absolute best, like someone at Apple would be, like someone 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.880 at Google would be, why is it such a bad 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:38.200 thing that we control our destiny. But you worked that 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.040 hard to be as good as you can be to 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:44.760 have that power. That's baffling to me, and I'm still 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:46.400 trying to figure it out and out. So I saw 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.800 the narratives and I saw all these things, and I'm like, 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:56.200 but why is that? And I personally think I personally 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:59.160 think it goes back to some things that I've said 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:06.000 in the past and how people view athletes, how people 0:09:06.040 --> 0:09:12.160 can't accept people can't accept the fact that athletes are 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:19.040 now businessmen and no longer just playing basketball. And at 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.079 some point people have to realize and be able to 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.600 accept the fact that athletes are businessman and we make 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:29.520 business moves and business decisions because you are operating a business. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:34.640 I am operating Draymond Green, Inc. Or whatever you want 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:38.840 to call it. So why if Draymond Green makes a 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:44.600 move a business move? Is it not? View that's just that. 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:49.240 Let's talk about the move that's made. Is it Is 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:51.240 that a good move for business or is it not? 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.600 But to start calling somebody weak and they run from challenges, 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:59.000 and that's baffling to me because that man has worked 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.360 hisn't entire life to be in that position. To where 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:05.000 he controls where he goes next. And by the way, 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.280 everyone in the NBA can't control where they go next. 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:10.359 So to beat in that position, to have the opportunity 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:17.120 to control what you do next, that's the American dream. 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:25.200 That is the American dream. Yet athletes, Kevin Durant in particular, 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:30.320 in this situation, it's killed for it and it makes 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.800 no sense to me. And what it shows me it's 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:36.560 those that do that. They still have not adjusted to 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.240 the fact that athletes are businessmen and at some point 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:44.880 or businesswomen. And at some point you gotta be able 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:50.000 to make that adjustment because if not, you're gonna keep 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.760 throwing these terrible narratives out there and missing the big picture, 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.720 which is very simple. We're not just playing the game 0:10:56.760 --> 0:11:02.120 of basketball no more. This is big business. You see 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:08.800 all these contract extensions. Narkola Joker Yoki two hundred and 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:12.839 seventy million dollars in five years for five years. Guess 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:16.320 what the next one Hill probably signed for four hundred 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:24.800 fifty million dollars. That's big business. That's the show, peanuts. 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:29.360 It's the largest contract in NBA history. You gotta make 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.720 right business moves when you when you're making that type 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:38.079 of money people. I realized that Devin Booker two hundred 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.959 four million dollars extension, Carl Anthony Towns two hundred four 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:46.760 million dollars extension, John Moran hundred ninety three million, possibly 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:51.680 to thirty one, Zion Williamson the same thing, Brad Bill 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:58.480 two hundred and thirty. I think of thirty four million 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:02.200 dollars or somewhere in that ball are like, that's big business. 0:12:02.280 --> 0:12:06.800 Darius Garland hundred could be to thirty one, Zach Levine 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:13.040 two thirty million dollars. You gotta make good decisions when 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.280 you're talking this type of money. And so the fact 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:20.200 that guys are have put themselves in positions to to 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:24.839 be the driver of the bus, as everybody say, you 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.319 gotta drive that bus when you're talking these contracts too, 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:30.520 not just how someone wants to see you on the court. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:36.880 This is the NBA is no longer flying commercial and 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:42.480 making sixty grand a year. I got me five years 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:46.440 to seventy. Let me do the math. Fifty would be 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:51.120 to fifty h that's fifty four million dollars a year. 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.040 You know how many people in the world make fifty 0:12:55.200 --> 0:13:00.560 four million dollars a year? And yet people still can't 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:04.960 wrap their head around the fact that athletes are businessmen, 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:10.920 and that's why they drive these terrible ass narratives. Somebody's 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:15.160 weak because they're making a business decision because they're controlling 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:19.040 their future as opposed to simply getting to understand it. 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.720 But at some point they'll get it, maybe when it's 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.520 maybe it's gonna happen once you see more and more 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:28.760 guys and and team ownership, more and more guys and 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:32.960 and team ownership and other sports, not just basketball. Maybe 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.400 they'll get it then. But until then, I guess we 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.120 gotta keep listening to these narratives. But how how it 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.800 guys weak and he just did doing this and he's 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:47.480 doing that. But my hope for all athletes in this 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.199 position is that you can see past the narrative and 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:54.480 that you can understand that you how important it is 0:13:54.559 --> 0:14:00.520 for you to make the right decision for your business. 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:06.439 It's very, very important, way more important than just basketball. 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.920 This is a business, and make sure you operate in 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:14.200 that way because if not, you get left behind. And 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.760 so big shouts out to all of those guys, and 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:19.480 it's not just those guys, those were huge ones, but 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.720 big shots out to all of those guys for getting 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:26.720 their contracts. Um. This this, this is what it's all about. Um, 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:28.920 you do this. You put your bodies through all of this, 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:30.840 you put your mental to all of this, you put 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:34.440 your emotions through all of this. Ultimately to feed your family, 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:42.800 to change the family history, to change what the family 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:47.480 looks like, and for generations generational wealth being built. So 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.400 big shots out to all of those guys, and congratulations, 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:55.520 UM Draymond Green's extension date is August three, so looking 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.400 forward to that date as well. Um could possibly be 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:06.240 a good day. We shall see. Let's talk about some 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:12.160 of these trades. I thought the one that really really 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:16.320 really shocked the world was the Rudy Gobert to Minnesota 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:22.960 for Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Leandro Bomero, Walker Kessler, and 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:29.640 Jared Vanderbilt. Okay, cool, but here's where the trade gets spicy. 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:37.320 For four four first round picks and I think one 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.600 or two pick swaps. For those of you that don't 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:43.800 know what a pick swap is. That means Minnesota traded 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:48.920 their picks to Utah. If if a scenario happens where 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:53.520 Minnesota's pick is worse than Utah's pick, you talking then 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.640 swap that pick with Minnesota to take the higher pick. 0:15:57.040 --> 0:16:03.280 So trade swaps are actually very, very very valuable. And 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.640 I think that's what really tilted this trade is the 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:12.520 draft capital that Utah received that four first round picks. 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:18.000 That is absolutely insane. Now, what does this trade say 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:21.280 to me? And I know Karl Anthony Towns just signed 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:24.400 a two hundred four million dollar extension, but what this 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:28.840 trade says to me is Minnesota believes that they have 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:36.720 a superstar and Anthony Edwards. If you think about the NBA, 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.200 what championships used to be was having a great guard 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:47.400 and a great big And it says to me that 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:52.760 they believe in Anthony Edwards to carry the torch. Not 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.720 that Carl Anthony Towns is not important to what they do, 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.200 because he is important to what they do, or else 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.520 he wouldn't have got two four million dollars. And you know, 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:04.600 you could say, oh, well they gave him that because 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:06.480 they don't want to. You know, they want to hold 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:10.639 the value called Anthony Towns is an important asset. And 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.720 if we have Called Anthony Towns locked up for five 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.240 years and they want to trade him, you can get 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:20.600 a lot of value for that. You can think about 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:24.600 it from that standpoint, or you can think about it 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:29.159 from the standpoint of Carl Anthony Towns is an incredible shooter, 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:32.560 shoots from three so he can stretch the floor. You 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:35.879 can think Minnesota is thinking ahead and they're trying to 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:38.159 get back big because they may think the league is 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:42.600 switching back to two bigs. But the reason it says 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:48.520 to me that they want to build around Anthony Edwards, 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:53.800 it's because you go out and you get and you 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:57.280 trade all of that a way that means where and 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:00.960 when now mode, we're not planning for the future. And 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:07.359 the reason it says Anthony Edwards to me, it's because 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:11.520 Cat's been there and like now you're making these moves 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:13.639 like they weren't trading the number one pick when Anthony 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.000 when when they just had the number one pick. They 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:21.760 weren't trading picks before any time before that or really after. 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.640 But they're and win now more because I think Minnesota 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:28.480 thinks that they have a superstar in Anthony Edwards, and 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:32.040 by the way, I believe they do. And so you 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:35.679 pair him with Rudy Gobert, you pair him, you know, 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:42.439 you pair Rudy Gobert with him called Anthony Towns, Diagelo Russell. 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:48.679 You're saying I can win right now. Now, here's an 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:52.320 interesting Here's here's an interesting thing for me. Also on 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:55.440 why I think they went out and got Rudy Gobert. Yes, 0:18:56.480 --> 0:19:01.520 D'Angelo Russell, who's an incredible player, who's my dog. I 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:03.479 had the opportunity to play with him. As you know, 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:09.919 D'Angelo Russell was essentially benched during the playoffs for defense. 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:13.000 And so you cover some of that up now with 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:17.879 the rim protection for by Rudy Gobert, and and and 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:21.240 you allow de' angelo to be great at what D'Angelo 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:24.680 is great at, which is on the offensive end. Now, yes, 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.040 you still have to compete on the defensive end, of 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:30.720 course you do, but you now have someone there that 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:34.639 can erase mistakes. You can erase you know, if you 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:36.600 think about like let me let me take you back 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.040 for a second. If you can think about the if 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:45.920 you can think about that Memphis Minnesota series, John dominated 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:50.480 at the rim, dominated at the rim. They struggled to 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:53.399 rebound the basketball. So when you think about those things, 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:57.240 Jaren Jackson dominated in that series. So when you think 0:19:57.280 --> 0:20:02.320 about that, they're saying, okay, we're gonna go get Rudy Gobert, 0:20:03.160 --> 0:20:06.879 and there's our fix to cover up those things to 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:10.920 where those things that they think cost them a playoff series. 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:14.800 And so I thought that was a very interesting move, 0:20:15.640 --> 0:20:23.359 Um four Minnesota. Now the downsides of that move you 0:20:23.480 --> 0:20:28.159 have four hundred and fifty million dollars wrapped up in 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:31.720 the center position. And you can say, all right, Carl 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:34.800 Anthony Towns is moving to the four. But I still 0:20:34.840 --> 0:20:37.560 can't view Carl Anthony Towns as a four because four 0:20:37.600 --> 0:20:39.879 as our six two in the NBA these days, Like 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:42.879 I mean, I'm a center in the NBA these days. 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:48.320 And so you have four hundred fifty million dollars wrapped 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:53.720 up into the center position. If there is a downside, 0:20:53.880 --> 0:20:56.280 maybe it's that, you know, it's your depth, you know, 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:59.040 so how how do you continue to acquire and and 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:02.760 have debt? Now, one way of doing that is to 0:21:02.920 --> 0:21:05.600 build your young guys. I think they're respecting McDaniels to 0:21:05.640 --> 0:21:08.560 take another step forward, which I expect he'll take another 0:21:08.600 --> 0:21:11.760 step forward as well every signatory and prince, and so 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:15.879 I think depth is where that can hurt. And having 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:18.920 four hundred and fifty million dollars into the center position. 0:21:19.480 --> 0:21:23.439 But like I said, I think they also could see, like, 0:21:23.680 --> 0:21:25.720 you know what, we're not going to win going small. 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:29.119 Let's go big and and and give that a try. 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:32.600 And like I said, most importantly, what that shows me 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:36.480 is they are building around Anthony Edwards, who's a young 0:21:36.560 --> 0:21:39.280 star to make it. And the thing that I love 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:42.800 about Anthony Edwards is he got the game. He talked, 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:47.879 he walked, he got the personality, he got he got 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:50.520 what it takes to be one of those guys. And 0:21:50.680 --> 0:21:53.480 and in Minnesota see that they're going all in on that, 0:21:54.240 --> 0:21:56.480 And I think it's a beautiful thing. Now, if you're 0:21:56.520 --> 0:21:59.639 at Man, you gotta be in that gym this summer 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:02.520 because essentially what that's saying is we think we have 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:05.399 a star, which means you need to be an All 0:22:05.480 --> 0:22:08.199 Star next year. You need to continue to grow. And 0:22:08.280 --> 0:22:10.840 I saw, you know, earlier this year when aunt Man said, like, 0:22:10.840 --> 0:22:13.040 I don't know why I wasn't an All Star. Now's 0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:16.080 your chance because they're going all in. You win games, 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:18.600 you produce at the level that we all know he's 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:21.360 going to produce that, and there's your bid. And so 0:22:22.200 --> 0:22:24.640 that was a very interesting move. Um, we'll see how 0:22:24.680 --> 0:22:31.640 it works out. I'm definitely interested in and playing against 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:34.399 those guys. I think, you know, for us UM and 0:22:34.440 --> 0:22:37.119 our skill set, I think we have some things that 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:40.040 we can try to take advantage of against them. But 0:22:40.240 --> 0:22:44.040 in saying that, I think this move says a lot 0:22:44.080 --> 0:22:48.040 about where Minnesota is and I'm not sure we've ever 0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:51.280 seen Minnesota go all in like this. So it's a 0:22:51.400 --> 0:22:53.280 very interesting thing and it's one to keep your eyes 0:22:53.280 --> 0:22:56.560 out for. Another trade that caught my eye in a 0:22:56.600 --> 0:23:01.640 major way, and rightfully so. Well, it's one of Jackson's 0:23:01.760 --> 0:23:08.639 Boston Celtics, And the reason that trade caught my eye, 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:13.800 it's because they brought back Malcolm Brogden, who's a very 0:23:13.960 --> 0:23:18.200 very very good player who's been fifty before in this league. UM. 0:23:18.240 --> 0:23:23.280 Who It's a point guard, shoot the ball, great size, 0:23:23.600 --> 0:23:29.440 good defensively. The reason that trade catches my eyes is 0:23:29.480 --> 0:23:32.880 because I think it adds to something that that Boston 0:23:33.000 --> 0:23:36.040 was missing, which is number one in their depth UM. 0:23:36.160 --> 0:23:40.560 Number two is versatility and and options at the point 0:23:40.560 --> 0:23:43.840 guard position. UM. I don't think they had many options 0:23:43.880 --> 0:23:47.360 at the point guard position, and this past playoff run 0:23:47.480 --> 0:23:52.399 that your Warriors just one, and I think that gives 0:23:52.440 --> 0:23:54.360 him that. Now, let's look up, look at what they 0:23:54.400 --> 0:23:57.760 gave up. They gave up Daniel Tys, who probably played 0:23:57.800 --> 0:24:00.960 all of Timmins in the NBA Finals, Aaron nee Smith 0:24:01.000 --> 0:24:03.600 who played probably all of ten minutes in garbage time 0:24:03.640 --> 0:24:08.960 in the NBA Finals, and first round pick top twelve protected, 0:24:10.680 --> 0:24:14.200 which you have to assume it's gonna be pick nine 0:24:14.320 --> 0:24:19.520 thirty to thirty. If the Boston Celtics have the year 0:24:19.600 --> 0:24:22.400 that most people will expect them to have, the year 0:24:22.480 --> 0:24:24.720 that they should have coming off in NBA Finals, run 0:24:25.119 --> 0:24:29.040 that pick is into the first round. And so I 0:24:29.080 --> 0:24:31.680 thought that was an incredible move by the Boston Celtics. 0:24:32.080 --> 0:24:34.880 Gotta give him a lot of credit um to go 0:24:34.960 --> 0:24:37.720 out and find a guy like Malcolm Brogden. And see, 0:24:37.760 --> 0:24:39.199 the thing is, you go out and you get a 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:41.600 guy like that from a team that's not really trying 0:24:41.640 --> 0:24:46.600 to contend um right at this moment, and and that's 0:24:46.600 --> 0:24:49.159 where you can swoop in and get a guy for 0:24:49.400 --> 0:24:53.240 not very much, because sometimes teams would love to get 0:24:53.280 --> 0:24:55.400 off that salary. I think Malcolm Bradier is probably making 0:24:55.440 --> 0:24:57.960 close to twenty million dollars a year. So if you 0:24:58.000 --> 0:25:01.080 can get off that salary, get a first round pick back, 0:25:01.119 --> 0:25:05.800 even if it is thirty because you know, the reality 0:25:05.880 --> 0:25:07.480 is the Indian the patients were probably be in the 0:25:07.480 --> 0:25:09.560 lottery again next year. So now that gives you two 0:25:09.560 --> 0:25:13.080 first round picks, and it helps them build the way 0:25:13.119 --> 0:25:15.520 that they're probably going to try to build with a 0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:17.960 young Tyrese Halliburden, you can continue to build through the 0:25:18.040 --> 0:25:21.000 dry he's still on the rookie deal. And so I 0:25:21.040 --> 0:25:24.000 thought that was a very interesting and very good move 0:25:24.680 --> 0:25:27.600 by the Boston Celtics. I can't say that I loved it, 0:25:27.880 --> 0:25:29.960 being there's a possibility that we may meet them in 0:25:30.000 --> 0:25:33.760 the finals again next year, but as an NBA fan, 0:25:34.800 --> 0:25:38.120 I think that was an absolutely incredible move by Boston. 0:25:38.600 --> 0:25:41.520 I think that's one that lets you know, hey, we're 0:25:41.640 --> 0:25:45.000 we're not satisfied with losing in the NBA finals, nor 0:25:45.359 --> 0:25:48.280 do you expect that the Boston Celtics, an organization with 0:25:48.359 --> 0:25:53.680 seventeen championships, would be. They're showing you right away we're 0:25:53.720 --> 0:25:56.399 trying to get better, we're improving, and we're trying to 0:25:56.440 --> 0:25:59.200 get back there. So take my hat off to them 0:25:59.240 --> 0:26:01.240 for that move. I thought that was a great move 0:26:01.320 --> 0:26:07.439 and probably top three best moves over the course of 0:26:07.480 --> 0:26:12.640 the last week or so, and arguably, depending on what happens, 0:26:12.640 --> 0:26:15.159 could be the best trade. Um you know, if Boston 0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:18.200 going to win the championship, you look back at this 0:26:18.280 --> 0:26:19.919 summer and you're like, wow, that was the trade of 0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:23.640 the summer, unless, of course, Kevin Durant does get traded, 0:26:23.680 --> 0:26:27.639 which there's no guarantee that a guy with four years 0:26:27.640 --> 0:26:30.719 on his contract will get traded even if they requested. 0:26:30.760 --> 0:26:32.520 So we'll have to see how that plays out. But 0:26:32.760 --> 0:26:35.080 right now, as it stands, that could be the trade 0:26:35.080 --> 0:26:45.280 of the summer. We shall see. And other news, your 0:26:45.520 --> 0:26:48.399 go to state Warriors made some moves. Number one, I 0:26:48.440 --> 0:26:52.119 want to say congratulations to Gary Payton, the second g 0:26:52.359 --> 0:26:57.640 P two. Well deserved man at twenty nine years old, 0:26:57.680 --> 0:27:00.320 a guy who has continued to grind and grinding ground. 0:27:00.400 --> 0:27:03.879