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Speaker 1: back to The Draymond Green Show. This is episode and
Speaker 1: as you know, we are getting settled into this offseason now.
Speaker 1: But as we know, there is never an offseason in
Speaker 1: the NBA. I think that's one thing the league has
Speaker 1: done is you're gonna get this NBA just like you're
Speaker 1: gonna get this podcast all the time. And the reality
Speaker 1: is in a very round about way, it's credits back
Speaker 1: to Lebron James for the decision which was which kind
Speaker 1: of created NBA free agency as we know it and
Speaker 1: here we are. I mean, it's constant news after news
Speaker 1: after news, AFTERNOWS. Now we're in Summer League, got Summer
Speaker 1: League kicking off that will dominate the majority of July
Speaker 1: and then headed into August. August is probably the only
Speaker 1: month of the year where you get very little NBA
Speaker 1: and I think that's amazing when you take into account
Speaker 1: that there's twelve months in the year and the NBA
Speaker 1: has found a way to be important for eleven of
Speaker 1: those months. I think it's absolutely amazing. And that's where
Speaker 1: we are. Since we've last recorded, There's been a lot
Speaker 1: of things that happened in the NBA Free agency, plus
Speaker 1: the things that's taken place in the Brooklyn organization with
Speaker 1: you know, the Kyrie Irvan to the Lakers talks and
Speaker 1: blah blah blah, and then obviously to Kevin durant Um
Speaker 1: requesting the trade rumors and all of that jazz. Let's
Speaker 1: get right to that. Actually, before we get right into that,
Speaker 1: I know everybody's like, why you have just had on
Speaker 1: what number one it's green, Number two it's Michigan State green,
Speaker 1: and number three it got the Michigan State s on it.
Speaker 1: What is the significance that it had today? Well, I
Speaker 1: am a college graduate. For those that don't know that.
Speaker 1: So this is my album Other. But I actually recently
Speaker 1: just found out that I am getting inducted into the
Speaker 1: Michigan State Hall of Fame, which is absolutely insane. Um
Speaker 1: Our Athletic director Alan Haller called me and he's talking
Speaker 1: to me on the phone and one of my homeboys,
Speaker 1: she's just sitting there and I started, like, I literally
Speaker 1: got chills down my arms when he told me, and
Speaker 1: she's just sitting there like, dude, you got goose bumps?
Speaker 1: What's going on? And I couldn't. I'm just sitting there like, wow,
Speaker 1: all right, hall of Fame. That's forever, Like we we
Speaker 1: won't be here forever, like will we'll leave and you know,
Speaker 1: you know, we'll leave this world. But that's the forever thing,
Speaker 1: Like as long as this world is here, that's forever.
Speaker 1: And as a kid who went to Michigan State and
Speaker 1: everybody told me I was dumb for going there, I
Speaker 1: would never play there, like I'm going to the Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame. Absolutely insane, And so I really just want
Speaker 1: to thank coaches oh um for pushing me the way
Speaker 1: number one for it recruiting me to be a Michigan
Speaker 1: State spartan, but number two for pushing me the way
Speaker 1: he did, for tapping into something that I didn't even
Speaker 1: know it could be tapped into it boy myself, and
Speaker 1: teaching me how to work hard. I can't thank him enough.
Speaker 1: It's changed my life. And to be going into the
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, I mean, that's just it doesn't get
Speaker 1: much better than that. So I'm honored. I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to it. It will be in September and I can't wait. Um.
Speaker 1: I was told I am the eighth person that was
Speaker 1: selected to the Hall of Fame the first year of eligibility,
Speaker 1: So essentially, I'm a first ballot Hall of Famer for
Speaker 1: you haters out there, and I'm thrilled about it. And
Speaker 1: I man, I'm honestly out of law for words right
Speaker 1: now just speaking about it. So with that being said,
Speaker 1: I'm a role right into this Free Agency talks. But
Speaker 1: before we get into that, let's talk Brooklyn nets. That
Speaker 1: was something very interesting that I've been thinking about. And
Speaker 1: the reason I've been thinking about it is because the
Speaker 1: immediately the first thing you saw when when it was
Speaker 1: announced that Kevin Durant requested the trade was the whole
Speaker 1: narrative starting Katie's running from this. He's doing this, um,
Speaker 1: you know, it gets hard, he doesn't stay blah blah blah.
Speaker 1: And I sat there and I asked myself if Katie
Speaker 1: and did indeed request the trade? Is that Katie saying
Speaker 1: partially I made a mistake, And I answered the question
Speaker 1: for myself is obviously I'm not gonna ask Kevin that,
Speaker 1: or why would I ask Kevin that? But I answered
Speaker 1: it for myself and I said, possibly yes, possibly no.
Speaker 1: But regardless if it's yes or no, why does it matter?
Speaker 1: Like if Kevin Durant says, I actually don't want to
Speaker 1: be here any more. I want to go to somewhere else,
Speaker 1: why does it matter? Why does that make you weak?
Speaker 1: Why does that make you Why does that make him?
Speaker 1: You know, it means he's running from something. I don't
Speaker 1: understand that. And the reason I don't understand it is
Speaker 1: because players are in control of their situation. Players are
Speaker 1: in control of their destiny. And so why is it
Speaker 1: that it's just not that's the next step in his career?
Speaker 1: Because again I always go back to if if a
Speaker 1: guy leaves Google, or or or if someone leaves Google
Speaker 1: to go to Apple after three or four years, and
Speaker 1: then they leave Apple after two years to go to
Speaker 1: Tesla and then they leave Tesla after four years to
Speaker 1: go to Docum sign. No one's going to say that
Speaker 1: person ran, if that person did this, or that person
Speaker 1: that Everyone's going to say that person did what was
Speaker 1: best for their career and best for their livelihoods. But
Speaker 1: us as athletes, it's never viewed that way. And it's
Speaker 1: baffling to me that it's never viewed that way because
Speaker 1: our lifespanning with this career is actually ways shorter then
Speaker 1: someone that's working at Google or working at Apple, or
Speaker 1: anyone else in the world for that matter that's not
Speaker 1: an athlete for the most part, Why can't you do
Speaker 1: everything you can to get it right, even if that
Speaker 1: means making a wrong move, And continuing on, why is
Speaker 1: it that athletes are viewed that way? It's baffling to me.
Speaker 1: It really baffles me that we've put ourselves in a
Speaker 1: position we have become the absolute best at what we do,
Speaker 1: which is, if you're an NBA you are at the
Speaker 1: absolute top of the of the of the food chain
Speaker 1: when it comes to basketball. And if you are the
Speaker 1: absolute best, like someone at Apple would be, like someone
Speaker 1: at Google would be, why is it such a bad
Speaker 1: thing that we control our destiny. But you worked that
Speaker 1: hard to be as good as you can be to
Speaker 1: have that power. That's baffling to me, and I'm still
Speaker 1: trying to figure it out and out. So I saw
Speaker 1: the narratives and I saw all these things, and I'm like,
Speaker 1: but why is that? And I personally think I personally
Speaker 1: think it goes back to some things that I've said
Speaker 1: in the past and how people view athletes, how people
Speaker 1: can't accept people can't accept the fact that athletes are
Speaker 1: now businessmen and no longer just playing basketball. And at
Speaker 1: some point people have to realize and be able to
Speaker 1: accept the fact that athletes are businessman and we make
Speaker 1: business moves and business decisions because you are operating a business.
Speaker 1: I am operating Draymond Green, Inc. Or whatever you want
Speaker 1: to call it. So why if Draymond Green makes a
Speaker 1: move a business move? Is it not? View that's just that.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the move that's made. Is it Is
Speaker 1: that a good move for business or is it not?
Speaker 1: But to start calling somebody weak and they run from challenges,
Speaker 1: and that's baffling to me because that man has worked
Speaker 1: hisn't entire life to be in that position. To where
Speaker 1: he controls where he goes next. And by the way,
Speaker 1: everyone in the NBA can't control where they go next.
Speaker 1: So to beat in that position, to have the opportunity
Speaker 1: to control what you do next, that's the American dream.
Speaker 1: That is the American dream. Yet athletes, Kevin Durant in particular,
Speaker 1: in this situation, it's killed for it and it makes
Speaker 1: no sense to me. And what it shows me it's
Speaker 1: those that do that. They still have not adjusted to
Speaker 1: the fact that athletes are businessmen and at some point
Speaker 1: or businesswomen. And at some point you gotta be able
Speaker 1: to make that adjustment because if not, you're gonna keep
Speaker 1: throwing these terrible narratives out there and missing the big picture,
Speaker 1: which is very simple. We're not just playing the game
Speaker 1: of basketball no more. This is big business. You see
Speaker 1: all these contract extensions. Narkola Joker Yoki two hundred and
Speaker 1: seventy million dollars in five years for five years. Guess
Speaker 1: what the next one Hill probably signed for four hundred
Speaker 1: fifty million dollars. That's big business. That's the show, peanuts.
Speaker 1: It's the largest contract in NBA history. You gotta make
Speaker 1: right business moves when you when you're making that type
Speaker 1: of money people. I realized that Devin Booker two hundred
Speaker 1: four million dollars extension, Carl Anthony Towns two hundred four
Speaker 1: million dollars extension, John Moran hundred ninety three million, possibly
Speaker 1: to thirty one, Zion Williamson the same thing, Brad Bill
Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty. I think of thirty four million
Speaker 1: dollars or somewhere in that ball are like, that's big business.
Speaker 1: Darius Garland hundred could be to thirty one, Zach Levine
Speaker 1: two thirty million dollars. You gotta make good decisions when
Speaker 1: you're talking this type of money. And so the fact
Speaker 1: that guys are have put themselves in positions to to
Speaker 1: be the driver of the bus, as everybody say, you
Speaker 1: gotta drive that bus when you're talking these contracts too,
Speaker 1: not just how someone wants to see you on the court.
Speaker 1: This is the NBA is no longer flying commercial and
Speaker 1: making sixty grand a year. I got me five years
Speaker 1: to seventy. Let me do the math. Fifty would be
Speaker 1: to fifty h that's fifty four million dollars a year.
Speaker 1: You know how many people in the world make fifty
Speaker 1: four million dollars a year? And yet people still can't
Speaker 1: wrap their head around the fact that athletes are businessmen,
Speaker 1: and that's why they drive these terrible ass narratives. Somebody's
Speaker 1: weak because they're making a business decision because they're controlling
Speaker 1: their future as opposed to simply getting to understand it.
Speaker 1: But at some point they'll get it, maybe when it's
Speaker 1: maybe it's gonna happen once you see more and more
Speaker 1: guys and and team ownership, more and more guys and
Speaker 1: and team ownership and other sports, not just basketball. Maybe
Speaker 1: they'll get it then. But until then, I guess we
Speaker 1: gotta keep listening to these narratives. But how how it
Speaker 1: guys weak and he just did doing this and he's
Speaker 1: doing that. But my hope for all athletes in this
Speaker 1: position is that you can see past the narrative and
Speaker 1: that you can understand that you how important it is
Speaker 1: for you to make the right decision for your business.
Speaker 1: It's very, very important, way more important than just basketball.
Speaker 1: This is a business, and make sure you operate in
Speaker 1: that way because if not, you get left behind. And
Speaker 1: so big shouts out to all of those guys, and
Speaker 1: it's not just those guys, those were huge ones, but
Speaker 1: big shots out to all of those guys for getting
Speaker 1: their contracts. Um. This this, this is what it's all about. Um,
Speaker 1: you do this. You put your bodies through all of this,
Speaker 1: you put your mental to all of this, you put
Speaker 1: your emotions through all of this. Ultimately to feed your family,
Speaker 1: to change the family history, to change what the family
Speaker 1: looks like, and for generations generational wealth being built. So
Speaker 1: big shots out to all of those guys, and congratulations,
Speaker 1: UM Draymond Green's extension date is August three, so looking
Speaker 1: forward to that date as well. Um could possibly be
Speaker 1: a good day. We shall see. Let's talk about some
Speaker 1: of these trades. I thought the one that really really
Speaker 1: really shocked the world was the Rudy Gobert to Minnesota
Speaker 1: for Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Leandro Bomero, Walker Kessler, and
Speaker 1: Jared Vanderbilt. Okay, cool, but here's where the trade gets spicy.
Speaker 1: For four four first round picks and I think one
Speaker 1: or two pick swaps. For those of you that don't
Speaker 1: know what a pick swap is. That means Minnesota traded
Speaker 1: their picks to Utah. If if a scenario happens where
Speaker 1: Minnesota's pick is worse than Utah's pick, you talking then
Speaker 1: swap that pick with Minnesota to take the higher pick.
Speaker 1: So trade swaps are actually very, very very valuable. And
Speaker 1: I think that's what really tilted this trade is the
Speaker 1: draft capital that Utah received that four first round picks.
Speaker 1: That is absolutely insane. Now, what does this trade say
Speaker 1: to me? And I know Karl Anthony Towns just signed
Speaker 1: a two hundred four million dollar extension, but what this
Speaker 1: trade says to me is Minnesota believes that they have
Speaker 1: a superstar and Anthony Edwards. If you think about the NBA,
Speaker 1: what championships used to be was having a great guard
Speaker 1: and a great big And it says to me that
Speaker 1: they believe in Anthony Edwards to carry the torch. Not
Speaker 1: that Carl Anthony Towns is not important to what they do,
Speaker 1: because he is important to what they do, or else
Speaker 1: he wouldn't have got two four million dollars. And you know,
Speaker 1: you could say, oh, well they gave him that because
Speaker 1: they don't want to. You know, they want to hold
Speaker 1: the value called Anthony Towns is an important asset. And
Speaker 1: if we have Called Anthony Towns locked up for five
Speaker 1: years and they want to trade him, you can get
Speaker 1: a lot of value for that. You can think about
Speaker 1: it from that standpoint, or you can think about it
Speaker 1: from the standpoint of Carl Anthony Towns is an incredible shooter,
Speaker 1: shoots from three so he can stretch the floor. You
Speaker 1: can think Minnesota is thinking ahead and they're trying to
Speaker 1: get back big because they may think the league is
Speaker 1: switching back to two bigs. But the reason it says
Speaker 1: to me that they want to build around Anthony Edwards,
Speaker 1: it's because you go out and you get and you
Speaker 1: trade all of that a way that means where and
Speaker 1: when now mode, we're not planning for the future. And
Speaker 1: the reason it says Anthony Edwards to me, it's because
Speaker 1: Cat's been there and like now you're making these moves
Speaker 1: like they weren't trading the number one pick when Anthony
Speaker 1: when when they just had the number one pick. They
Speaker 1: weren't trading picks before any time before that or really after.
Speaker 1: But they're and win now more because I think Minnesota
Speaker 1: thinks that they have a superstar in Anthony Edwards, and
Speaker 1: by the way, I believe they do. And so you
Speaker 1: pair him with Rudy Gobert, you pair him, you know,
Speaker 1: you pair Rudy Gobert with him called Anthony Towns, Diagelo Russell.
Speaker 1: You're saying I can win right now. Now, here's an
Speaker 1: interesting Here's here's an interesting thing for me. Also on
Speaker 1: why I think they went out and got Rudy Gobert. Yes,
Speaker 1: D'Angelo Russell, who's an incredible player, who's my dog. I
Speaker 1: had the opportunity to play with him. As you know,
Speaker 1: D'Angelo Russell was essentially benched during the playoffs for defense.
Speaker 1: And so you cover some of that up now with
Speaker 1: the rim protection for by Rudy Gobert, and and and
Speaker 1: you allow de' angelo to be great at what D'Angelo
Speaker 1: is great at, which is on the offensive end. Now, yes,
Speaker 1: you still have to compete on the defensive end, of
Speaker 1: course you do, but you now have someone there that
Speaker 1: can erase mistakes. You can erase you know, if you
Speaker 1: think about like let me let me take you back
Speaker 1: for a second. If you can think about the if
Speaker 1: you can think about that Memphis Minnesota series, John dominated
Speaker 1: at the rim, dominated at the rim. They struggled to
Speaker 1: rebound the basketball. So when you think about those things,
Speaker 1: Jaren Jackson dominated in that series. So when you think
Speaker 1: about that, they're saying, okay, we're gonna go get Rudy Gobert,
Speaker 1: and there's our fix to cover up those things to
Speaker 1: where those things that they think cost them a playoff series.
Speaker 1: And so I thought that was a very interesting move,
Speaker 1: Um four Minnesota. Now the downsides of that move you
Speaker 1: have four hundred and fifty million dollars wrapped up in
Speaker 1: the center position. And you can say, all right, Carl
Speaker 1: Anthony Towns is moving to the four. But I still
Speaker 1: can't view Carl Anthony Towns as a four because four
Speaker 1: as our six two in the NBA these days, Like
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm a center in the NBA these days.
Speaker 1: And so you have four hundred fifty million dollars wrapped
Speaker 1: up into the center position. If there is a downside,
Speaker 1: maybe it's that, you know, it's your depth, you know,
Speaker 1: so how how do you continue to acquire and and
Speaker 1: have debt? Now, one way of doing that is to
Speaker 1: build your young guys. I think they're respecting McDaniels to
Speaker 1: take another step forward, which I expect he'll take another
Speaker 1: step forward as well every signatory and prince, and so
Speaker 1: I think depth is where that can hurt. And having
Speaker 1: four hundred and fifty million dollars into the center position.
Speaker 1: But like I said, I think they also could see, like,
Speaker 1: you know what, we're not going to win going small.
Speaker 1: Let's go big and and and give that a try.
Speaker 1: And like I said, most importantly, what that shows me
Speaker 1: is they are building around Anthony Edwards, who's a young
Speaker 1: star to make it. And the thing that I love
Speaker 1: about Anthony Edwards is he got the game. He talked,
Speaker 1: he walked, he got the personality, he got he got
Speaker 1: what it takes to be one of those guys. And
Speaker 1: and in Minnesota see that they're going all in on that,
Speaker 1: And I think it's a beautiful thing. Now, if you're
Speaker 1: at Man, you gotta be in that gym this summer
Speaker 1: because essentially what that's saying is we think we have
Speaker 1: a star, which means you need to be an All
Speaker 1: Star next year. You need to continue to grow. And
Speaker 1: I saw, you know, earlier this year when aunt Man said, like,
Speaker 1: I don't know why I wasn't an All Star. Now's
Speaker 1: your chance because they're going all in. You win games,
Speaker 1: you produce at the level that we all know he's
Speaker 1: going to produce that, and there's your bid. And so
Speaker 1: that was a very interesting move. Um, we'll see how
Speaker 1: it works out. I'm definitely interested in and playing against
Speaker 1: those guys. I think, you know, for us UM and
Speaker 1: our skill set, I think we have some things that
Speaker 1: we can try to take advantage of against them. But
Speaker 1: in saying that, I think this move says a lot
Speaker 1: about where Minnesota is and I'm not sure we've ever
Speaker 1: seen Minnesota go all in like this. So it's a
Speaker 1: very interesting thing and it's one to keep your eyes
Speaker 1: out for. Another trade that caught my eye in a
Speaker 1: major way, and rightfully so. Well, it's one of Jackson's
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics, And the reason that trade caught my eye,
Speaker 1: it's because they brought back Malcolm Brogden, who's a very
Speaker 1: very very good player who's been fifty before in this league. UM.
Speaker 1: Who It's a point guard, shoot the ball, great size,
Speaker 1: good defensively. The reason that trade catches my eyes is
Speaker 1: because I think it adds to something that that Boston
Speaker 1: was missing, which is number one in their depth UM.
Speaker 1: Number two is versatility and and options at the point
Speaker 1: guard position. UM. I don't think they had many options
Speaker 1: at the point guard position, and this past playoff run
Speaker 1: that your Warriors just one, and I think that gives
Speaker 1: him that. Now, let's look up, look at what they
Speaker 1: gave up. They gave up Daniel Tys, who probably played
Speaker 1: all of Timmins in the NBA Finals, Aaron nee Smith
Speaker 1: who played probably all of ten minutes in garbage time
Speaker 1: in the NBA Finals, and first round pick top twelve protected,
Speaker 1: which you have to assume it's gonna be pick nine
Speaker 1: thirty to thirty. If the Boston Celtics have the year
Speaker 1: that most people will expect them to have, the year
Speaker 1: that they should have coming off in NBA Finals, run
Speaker 1: that pick is into the first round. And so I
Speaker 1: thought that was an incredible move by the Boston Celtics.
Speaker 1: Gotta give him a lot of credit um to go
Speaker 1: out and find a guy like Malcolm Brogden. And see,
Speaker 1: the thing is, you go out and you get a
Speaker 1: guy like that from a team that's not really trying
Speaker 1: to contend um right at this moment, and and that's
Speaker 1: where you can swoop in and get a guy for
Speaker 1: not very much, because sometimes teams would love to get
Speaker 1: off that salary. I think Malcolm Bradier is probably making
Speaker 1: close to twenty million dollars a year. So if you
Speaker 1: can get off that salary, get a first round pick back,
Speaker 1: even if it is thirty because you know, the reality
Speaker 1: is the Indian the patients were probably be in the
Speaker 1: lottery again next year. So now that gives you two
Speaker 1: first round picks, and it helps them build the way
Speaker 1: that they're probably going to try to build with a
Speaker 1: young Tyrese Halliburden, you can continue to build through the
Speaker 1: dry he's still on the rookie deal. And so I
Speaker 1: thought that was a very interesting and very good move
Speaker 1: by the Boston Celtics. I can't say that I loved it,
Speaker 1: being there's a possibility that we may meet them in
Speaker 1: the finals again next year, but as an NBA fan,
Speaker 1: I think that was an absolutely incredible move by Boston.
Speaker 1: I think that's one that lets you know, hey, we're
Speaker 1: we're not satisfied with losing in the NBA finals, nor
Speaker 1: do you expect that the Boston Celtics, an organization with
Speaker 1: seventeen championships, would be. They're showing you right away we're
Speaker 1: trying to get better, we're improving, and we're trying to
Speaker 1: get back there. So take my hat off to them
Speaker 1: for that move. I thought that was a great move
Speaker 1: and probably top three best moves over the course of
Speaker 1: the last week or so, and arguably, depending on what happens,
Speaker 1: could be the best trade. Um you know, if Boston
Speaker 1: going to win the championship, you look back at this
Speaker 1: summer and you're like, wow, that was the trade of
Speaker 1: the summer, unless, of course, Kevin Durant does get traded,
Speaker 1: which there's no guarantee that a guy with four years
Speaker 1: on his contract will get traded even if they requested.
Speaker 1: So we'll have to see how that plays out. But
Speaker 1: right now, as it stands, that could be the trade
Speaker 1: of the summer. We shall see. And other news, your
Speaker 1: go to state Warriors made some moves. Number one, I
Speaker 1: want to say congratulations to Gary Payton, the second g
Speaker 1: P two. Well deserved man at twenty nine years old,
Speaker 1: a guy who has continued to grind and grinding ground.
Speaker 1: I was looking at GPS Wikipedia a few days ago
Speaker 1: and just like looking at the teams that he's been on,
Speaker 1: like the G League, you know, going through the G
Speaker 1: League and never quit and to be rewarded with three year,
Speaker 1: twenty eight million dollar deal. Extremely happy for him, not
Speaker 1: happy to see him go, but always happy to see
Speaker 1: guys get their money. It's like I said, that's what
Speaker 1: this is about. Obviously, it's about winning. It's about being great,
Speaker 1: but ultimately this is our job and this is how
Speaker 1: you feed your family. And so to see g P
Speaker 1: get what he's due, I thought that was absolutely amazing.
Speaker 1: I'm happy for GP. Congratchamp, my brother. Good luck to
Speaker 1: g P. Otto Porter has headed to Toronto on a
Speaker 1: two year deal. I'm not sure how much autose deal
Speaker 1: was worth. I never came across. I was looking at
Speaker 1: all over the internet and I just kept seeing two
Speaker 1: year deal, two year deal. But I thought that was
Speaker 1: huge for Auto. I'm very happy for Auto. Congratulations champ um.
Speaker 1: Otto's wife has been reported. I wouldn't say this if
Speaker 1: it had not been reported, but his wife, being from Toronto,
Speaker 1: had an opportunity to to be in her hometown. I
Speaker 1: think that's amazing. Um for Otto to come to the
Speaker 1: Warriors and re establish his career the way he did
Speaker 1: this year help us win the championship. We would definitely
Speaker 1: miss him, his shooting, his length, um, his competitive nature
Speaker 1: that he brought to us all year. But get your money.
Speaker 1: So I love congrats my brother, looking forward to Auto
Speaker 1: continue to do great things. Uh. My brother Juan Toscano
Speaker 1: Anderson headed to the Los Angeles Lakers UM I think
Speaker 1: that is an incredible move by him. I think that's
Speaker 1: an incredible move by his agent and Harris why um
Speaker 1: number one. As I think the Lakers need those types
Speaker 1: of guys, one type of guys who would get in
Speaker 1: and get it out the mud, do all the dirty work.
Speaker 1: I think that's big for them from that standpoint. On
Speaker 1: the flip side, one, as a Mexican American, as we
Speaker 1: all know, there is a huge Mexican population in Los Angeles,
Speaker 1: So how can he then capitalize on on on that front?
Speaker 1: You know, UM one has done plenty things in Mexico
Speaker 1: to help the community. How he can he continue to
Speaker 1: bridge that gap UM with with the Mexican fan base,
Speaker 1: UM in the Mexican community in Los Angeles. Again, we're
Speaker 1: talking business. This is business. This is not just a
Speaker 1: basketball game. You look at it from a business standpoint,
Speaker 1: and I think that's a great business move by one.
Speaker 1: On top of most importantly being an absolutely incredible basketball move.
Speaker 1: You had an opportunity to play with three Hall of
Speaker 1: Famers and Lebron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook. UM.
Speaker 1: Anytime you have Lebron James on your team, you are
Speaker 1: a threat to compete for a championship and one can
Speaker 1: help that, and so I think that was absolutely incredible.
Speaker 1: Shout out to one my brother, good luck Champ on
Speaker 1: your journey. As you know, we tapped in for life
Speaker 1: my brother Damian Lee to the Phoenix Suns. I think
Speaker 1: that is a very good move for Damian Lee as well. UM.
Speaker 1: That is a very structured, uh structured team that money runs.
Speaker 1: De Leo fit right into that. He'll understand, he knows
Speaker 1: the game. He's been in this environment with us for
Speaker 1: four or five years, and so I think he'll do
Speaker 1: well with that. Um. I think that would be really
Speaker 1: good for him. And then obviously you still have the
Speaker 1: opportunity to compete for a championship as well. Congratulations with
Speaker 1: my brother d Lee has been an incredible four years man.
Speaker 1: Much love Champ, go get it done, brother. Another loss
Speaker 1: that was huge for us was losing Belly uh Nemanya
Speaker 1: bi Elia. He has headed back to Finnibachi in Turkey
Speaker 1: and I'm a little hurt by this one. Uh got
Speaker 1: really had an opportunity to create a really good relationship
Speaker 1: with Belly and quite frankly, one that will last further
Speaker 1: than him playing basketball and myself playing basketball. But I
Speaker 1: think for Belly this was more of a family move,
Speaker 1: um than necessarily a business move. You know, Belly has
Speaker 1: um two young children, and to to be closer to
Speaker 1: his family obviously. You know, for those of you that
Speaker 1: don't know, Belly is from Serbia and so to be
Speaker 1: closer to his family, it sucks for us. It definitely
Speaker 1: sucks for us because I thought his versatility and what
Speaker 1: he brought to the floor for us, another playmaker on
Speaker 1: the courting, and obviously the way he stretches the floor. Um,
Speaker 1: I thought that was really good for us. And to
Speaker 1: lose him, I think that that was stung a little bit. Nonetheless,
Speaker 1: extremely happy for him. He's back closer to his family,
Speaker 1: which I understand how important that is having a family
Speaker 1: in my own. I wish Belly well brought there. We
Speaker 1: love you man, good luck and Finnerbachi, and I hope
Speaker 1: to catch one of them games. I definitely want to
Speaker 1: get over there and catch euro League games, so hopefully
Speaker 1: I can't. Good luck brought day now for those Warriors
Speaker 1: that are staying, for those warriors that are incoming. Shout
Speaker 1: out to my brother Convne Loony on a three year
Speaker 1: twenty five and a half million dollar deal, third year
Speaker 1: team option with three million dollars guaranteed. I thought that
Speaker 1: was an absolutely amazing deal for Loon. I'm extremely happy
Speaker 1: for Loom. As I've told you you all before, the
Speaker 1: most professional guy I've ever played with from day one,
Speaker 1: like not like he grew into this, like he got
Speaker 1: into the league and figured it out. I can't recall
Speaker 1: a day he's ever been late. I can't call it,
Speaker 1: recall it day he's ever complained. I can't recall a
Speaker 1: day he didn't do more than anyone ever asked him
Speaker 1: to do. And you know, for a guy who comes
Speaker 1: into the NBA and have two hip injuries right away
Speaker 1: and to to essentially derail your career before it even
Speaker 1: started at nineteen years old, you gotta think about what
Speaker 1: does that does due to a kid and mentally at
Speaker 1: nineteen years old, And then you go back to me
Speaker 1: telling you the most professional guy that I've ever played with.
Speaker 1: It makes sense because the reality is most people, most
Speaker 1: people would crash in that in that moment. You know,
Speaker 1: you go through to two hip surgeries beginning of your career.
Speaker 1: Kavan Lunei was a thirtye pick. So when you think
Speaker 1: about the NBA. It's like you get these lottery picks,
Speaker 1: and these teams really want to see those guys be successful.
Speaker 1: Why Because for the GM, If I drive a guy
Speaker 1: with a lottery pick and he goes on to be successful,
Speaker 1: that's my guy, like I drafted him. Teams take pride
Speaker 1: in that for a guy who's a thirty pick. If
Speaker 1: it works, great, If it doesn't, so be it. So
Speaker 1: to go through two hip surgeries, miss plenty of time,
Speaker 1: come back from that and become who Cavan Luoni has
Speaker 1: become in an NBA absolutely amazing And like I said,
Speaker 1: not many guys, if any, could do that, and it's
Speaker 1: a testament to Cavan and his hard work and to
Speaker 1: see him rewarded for his hard work, it's absolutely amazing.
Speaker 1: I'm happy for Loon, but also to see him back
Speaker 1: on our team and understanding and knowing what he brings
Speaker 1: to this team, allowing us to play the type of
Speaker 1: defense we play um which was extremely vitaling and to
Speaker 1: us winning the championship. I mean we saw the games
Speaker 1: Loon had. Everybody saw it, and so you're always happy
Speaker 1: to see the good guys get rewarded, and for Loon,
Speaker 1: I think that was huge. Happy for keep going brother,
Speaker 1: as you know we're gonna needed uh. Warriors Artist also
Speaker 1: signed Dante de Vincenzo to a two year, nine and
Speaker 1: a half million dollar deal, which I thought was a
Speaker 1: great pickup. Uh, Steph and I definitely put the four
Speaker 1: core press on Dante and and and an understanding how
Speaker 1: important UM that edition is. You know, with losing GP,
Speaker 1: you add another wing who can defend. UH. Dante can
Speaker 1: shoot the ball. I think he's going to get more
Speaker 1: open shots with us then he's ever gotten, UM and
Speaker 1: that will be absolutely incredible. I think he would have
Speaker 1: an opportunity to show his athletic ability. I think this
Speaker 1: would be really good for Dante, and I think this
Speaker 1: would be really good for the Warriors. Something absolutely happy
Speaker 1: about that signing. And then also a guy who knows
Speaker 1: how to play winning basketball. He comes from the Milwaukee
Speaker 1: Bucks organization. Obviously he just was recently in SAT but
Speaker 1: spend years in Milwaukee. Uh, He's he is a champion
Speaker 1: and so UM very happy with that sign and I
Speaker 1: thought that was an incredible move for us, and I
Speaker 1: think he will help us out tremendously. And that is
Speaker 1: pretty much the moves that were made that really caught
Speaker 1: my attention, UM, and that I think really moves the
Speaker 1: needle for teams. And so we'll see um as we know,
Speaker 1: free agency is kind of at a hawk UM as
Speaker 1: this Kyrie and Kevin Durant situation plays out, So we'll
Speaker 1: see what happens from here. And also shout out to
Speaker 1: Javelle McGee, who's a former teammate of mind champion UH
Speaker 1: three year, twenty million dollar deal with the Dallas Mavericks
Speaker 1: that definitely helped swings the pendulum as you can see
Speaker 1: the last five six years. Any team that's trying to
Speaker 1: win on Gravel McGee on their roster, I think that
Speaker 1: is a huge addition for them. Um. And because Avail
Speaker 1: McGee is still probably I think, in my opinion, the
Speaker 1: best lop three in the NBA. And you got someone
Speaker 1: that can pass the ball like Luca Lucas now putting
Speaker 1: that pressure on the rim with a lob threat like
Speaker 1: Jabelle McGee, absolutely amazing moves. So that was a move
Speaker 1: I loved as well. That's all I got for you
Speaker 1: on free agency. But before we get out of here,
Speaker 1: Michael Rubin throws the absolute best party I've ever been to.
Speaker 1: Fourth of July in the Hamptons Michael Rubens party. I
Speaker 1: don't think there's any other place for me to be
Speaker 1: any Fourth of July moving forward, Um, between my best
Speaker 1: friend Danny's house there and Michael Rubin's party, absolutely amazing.
Speaker 1: I mean, where can you go? And now here's where
Speaker 1: we were told Miguel would perform, Oozy would perform, and
Speaker 1: Baby and Little Baby will perform. That turned into Drake performing,
Speaker 1: Dirk performing, twenty one, Savage performing, Meek Mill performing, and
Speaker 1: I'm pretty certain there's a few others that I miss.
Speaker 1: It Absolutely incredible. Um, everybody who's anybody was there, jay
Speaker 1: Z was there, Beyonce, I mean, how do you get
Speaker 1: all of those people that he had in that room
Speaker 1: in the room? The party was amazing. It didn't end
Speaker 1: so well for me at the end of the night,
Speaker 1: but I had a good time. Hope everyone enjoyed their
Speaker 1: fourth Until next time. As a rap from the Draymond
Speaker 1: Green Show, Guess will will be returning soon, so look
Speaker 1: out for that. But until next time, I'll talk to
Speaker 1: you all next week from Summer League. Peace Ligative, Private Ligative, Private,