All Things Basketball with GD - 2023 July 4th Edition: Western Conference Moves

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Greetings my peeps and welcome to the All Things Basketball Podcast with your boy GD.

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And part 2 of my free agent special, the 4th of July edition, we will cover the Western

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Conference, all the free agent movement, as well as trades that went down as well so

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we'll break it all down so just sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

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Okay guys so we are back with the All Things Basketball with GD Podcast and this episode

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like the previous one will be my 4th of July special edition.

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Free agency period is on the way so we'll talk about that.

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We are covering the Western Conference now.

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Let's get into it so like we did in the previous one we're going alphabetically by team so

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we start off with the Dallas Mavericks in a great place to start.

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They re-signed Kyrie Irving to a 3 year, $126 million contract.

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This is also with a player option so it's 2 years then the player option.

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You now sign Kyrie.

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He could have got a super max guys for 5 years and 290 million but he takes this deal.

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Which seems like he's giving them a break so to speak in terms of length of years and

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amount of money so he's leaving some money on the table.

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Basically Mark Human has now given the keys to the franchise to Kyrie Irving.

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If it's a good thing or a bad thing we will soon see.

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It's reported that Luca Donkic, his teammate, gave his blessing on the signing of Kyrie

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so it seems like he signed off on it.

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Seems like things are good so far.

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It's early so I guess we'll see.

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But your pluses with Kyrie you're getting a super talented point guard so he's able

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to put up numbers.

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We know about his handles and so forth so you're getting that.

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When he's healthy this is what you're getting.

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Your minus is the healthy part or the available part.

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We know that he hasn't played over 65 games in a season.

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The last time he did it 2018-19 season.

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Talk about going back about 4 or 5 years guys so you're pretty much rolling the dice here.

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Can he be happy in Dallas for the next 3 years?

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Can he be happy?

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It's a big question.

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He wasn't happy in Cleveland playing the Robin to LeBron's Batman.

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He wasn't happy with that so he left.

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Went to Boston.

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Stayed there 2 years.

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All signs pointed to him resigning back with them.

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That didn't happen.

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He goes to Brooklyn.

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Gets his buddy Kevin Durant to join him in Brooklyn.

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The Brooklyn situation is a disaster.

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No way to sugarcoat it.

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And it didn't end well.

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So much so he opted in but wanted to be traded after a while.

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Initially he wanted to be traded then he changed his mind.

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It was a mess.

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But in the end he ended up getting traded to Dallas.

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Played those last 20 games in Dallas and as I mentioned before they were in 4th place

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and in the Western Conference they finished in 10th place.

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So that's not a good look.

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So we'll see you get a full season of him.

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We'll see what happens with Dallas.

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I'm just giving you the history guys.

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That's his history.

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I can't sugarcoat it.

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I can't work around it.

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That's his history.

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So will he be a change man in Dallas?

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Time will tell.

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So I'll just leave it at that.

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They do resign.

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They're big man.

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Dwight Powell.

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They signed him to 3 years at $12 million.

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So seemed like he's been in Dallas for a long time guys.

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Dwight Powell.

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But he stays there for the next 3 years.

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They also signed Seth Curry.

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Shooting guard out of Brooklyn.

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A teammate of Kyrie's.

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So you have that familiarity there.

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Signed him to a 2 year deal at $4 million plus.

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That's what is estimated.

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Dallas still needs size.

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They did draft big man out of Duke.

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Derek Lyleigh II.

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So still needs some size guys.

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You didn't.

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Resigned Christian Wood.

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He's still out there.

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So we'll see what you do in terms of size.

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That is the Dallas story.

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Let's move on to Denver.

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The defending world champions.

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They did resign point guard Reggie Jackson to a 2 year, 10.25 million dollar deal.

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So you have Reggie Jackson in the fold as a guy who can spell Jamal Murray over there.

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And then you also resign DeAndre Jordan who was your backup center there.

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The terms to be announced.

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But he's staying there.

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They say he was invaluable in the locker room for that championship team.

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So they honor him by giving him a deal.

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So you have those 2 guys in the fold.

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You lose however.

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Bruce Brown.

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He goes to Indiana.

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And then Jeff Green is reportedly headed to Houston.

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So you lose 2 valuable guys in the locker room.

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So are there any other moves that Denver may make?

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We'll see.

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But right now that's all that's reported for the world champion Denver Nuggets.

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So we'll see how that goes.

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Golden State Warriors as predicted by myself.

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They resign Dreymon Green.

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They sign him to a 4 year, 100 million dollar deal.

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So basically he opted out but he won it the years.

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And the money that goes with it.

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So he gets that 4 years at 100 million dollars.

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So basically you replace the money that you were paying Jordan Poole and now you're giving

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it to Dreymon Green.

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Which probably is the right thing to do.

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I know Jordan Poole is the younger player but it seems the money situation kind of changed

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him a bit.

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We'll see what he does in Washington.

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I spoke about the Washington situation.

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But Dreymon Green is a guy you keep in the fold.

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He's the leader.

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He's the emotional leader of that club.

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So you keep him on board.

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Which you gotta give Mike Dunleavy Jr. the GM over there props for keeping Dreymon in

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the fold.

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They do lose however Dante DiVincenzo.

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He goes to New York.

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I talked about that.

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They do sign Guard Corey Joseph.

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They sign him to a 1 year deal.

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So you see what happens there.

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Right now guys you gotta integrate Jonathan Kaminga and Moses Moody.

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These young guys here they gotta get into the rotation guys because sooner or later you're

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gonna have to make decisions on these young guys.

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To extend their rookie contracts you gotta make these decisions.

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These are talented guys you don't really gotta feel for what they can bring to this ball

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club.

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So they have to be in a mix.

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Steve Kerr you gotta incorporate these guys into your rotation.

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You have to.

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So not do it is a dereliction of duty.

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Which is what Tom Tibbado did with Obi Toppin.

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So you need to get these guys into the rotation to see what you have.

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And then of course you have the fit of Steph Curry, Clay Thompson and CB3.

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That three headed guard rotation.

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So we'll see what becomes of that.

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So that is your Golden State story.

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Let's talk about Houston.

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Houston was very busy.

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Very busy guys.

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They pick up the team option on King and Martin Jr. at $1.9 million.

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But they then ship him out to the Clippers for a couple of future second round picks.

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So I mentioned that when I talked about the Knicks.

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The fact that you have two guys here that the ball clubs pretty much gave up on.

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And shipping them to other places.

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So he'll get an opportunity with the Clippers.

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Because you know those guys over there between Paul George and Kawhi Leonard.

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You know they're gonna be load managed.

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So you'll get to see a bit of what KJ Martin can do.

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So we'll see what he does there.

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But let's talk about the additions for the Rockets.

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They signed point guard Fred Van Fleet from the Toronto Raptors at three years.

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$130 million guys.

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That's big time money guys.

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In fact it is the largest contract for undrafted player is what Van Fleet got.

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So kudos to him man.

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I salute him because for undrafted guy you know the odds are stacked against you to come

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in and produce.

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And you see the fruits of it.

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He was part of that championship ball club over there with Toronto when they won it all.

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And he was an important part to that team.

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I say all that to say this.

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Houston made the right decision in bringing in a Van Fleet as opposed to a James Hart.

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This guy here is a winner.

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I know last year didn't look all that great with the ball club.

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But I think that was because he had a lot of odd fits over there.

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Van Fleet was not the problem over there.

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That's for sure.

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So he goes to this Houston situation here.

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I think he'll bring leadership over here.

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He's a guy who's been there done that.

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So someone that the young guys can learn from along with Van Fleet.

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This is the one that knocked me out of my seat guys.

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Dylan Brooks of the Memphis Grizzlies.

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Last time we saw him he was in the playoffs poking bears so to speak.

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AKA LeBron James.

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Memphis said you know we're allowing him to become a free agent.

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He does that.

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He goes on the open market.

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And guys he gets in my bag guys.

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Four years 80 million dollars.

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I was absolutely stunned to see Dylan Brooks get this kind of contract.

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Look to him.

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I didn't think that kind of money was out there for him.

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You know he's a guy he can defend.

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He can get his offense.

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And I think that was kind of his complaint that they forgot the fact that he's a guy

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who can give you offense.

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I think here in Houston I think he'll get more of an opportunity to be a two way player

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with Houston.

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I think so.

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When you're paying him this kind of money you better get that.

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Props to Dylan Brooks man.

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A lot of people wrote him off saying that you know he's a knucklehead he's this and

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that.

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But I tell you what I think M.A.

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Aduca I think he'll be able to pull out the good in Dylan Brooks and be able to utilize

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that with this team.

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So again this deal absolutely floored me but hey man getting his bag so can't hate on him

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for that.

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Center Jock Landale they got him from Phoenix solid backup center four years thirty two

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million dollars.

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So he'll be a guy who backs up Alperin Segoon the young center over there.

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So I think this is a brilliant signing kind of a low key signing kind of along the likes

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of last year when the Knicks got Isaiah Hartenstein I think it's that kind of deal where you get

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a solid backup and a young guy as well.

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So props to Jock and then it's reported that Jeff Green is coming over there as well from

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Denver of course the world champions.

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Not sure the terms of the deal but he comes there also and word has it that they're acquiring

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Patty Mills Patty Mills.

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Last we saw him was at the Brooklyn Nets so you get a three point shooter there and Mills

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so they got him via trade.

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You got these veterans now to incorporate with the young talent there guys like Jaylen

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Green Jabari Smith Alperin Segoon I talked about him Kevin Porter Junior and Terry

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Easton so and not to mention their draft pick as well one of the Thompson twins a SAR Thompson

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so you have your young talent and you blending the veterans in with that so in May aduca

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looks like he wants this team to be in the playoffs next year so it'll be interesting

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to see I know a lot of people are deeming the Lakers as the winners and free agency

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but I tell you what look out for Houston I think they're not going to be that doormat

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that they've been the past few years I think they're I wouldn't say contenders but I think

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they're on the way up.

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So that's the Houston story then we move on to the LA Clippers they resign both Russell

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Westbrook they signed him at two years seven point eight million we just talked about Fred

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Van Vleet getting the largest contract for undrafted player with Russell Westbrook this

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is the biggest payroll drop in NBA history they say remember he was getting the forty

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seven million now he drops to not even in that neighborhood to now getting three point

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four million a year so that's a significant drop in pay but you know Westbrook he likes

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the situation there with the Clippers he was able to be himself so I think you're going

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to see a motivated Russell Westbrook in this situation and a motivated Westbrook is bad

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news for his opposition so let me say that and then also they resign Mason Plumley to

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a one year five million dollar deal you get to solidify your center situation and then

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of course you acquire KJ Martin from Houston I just spoke about him so you get a young

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forward over there of course there's the low managing that you do with Kawhi Leonard and

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Paul George so he's a guy who can step in so you did yourself favorites in that regard

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you did wave Eric Gordon so you're not on the hook for his twenty one million dollar

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contract so I'll talk about Eric Gordon in a minute but now the Clippers are in the James

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Harden and the Dame Lillard trade sweepstakes so they count themselves as being in the running

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in both of those situations the cost the cost will probably be a Norman Powell Marcus Morris

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probably a Robert Covington perhaps a Terrence Mann and other pieces I doubt if it's a Kawhi

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I doubt if it's a Paul George I think they just want to get themselves a big three over

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there so I would keep a close eye on the Clippers in both of those situations again talked about

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it when I talked about Philly I don't know why you want to get in the James Harden sweepstakes

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there the guys track record just doesn't look good whereas Dame I know he wants to go to

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Miami but LA Clippers is not a bad second option I'm just saying you got a fine coach

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over there and Ty Lou then it would ask the question what do you do now with a Westbrook

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if you bring in a Dame Lillard I guess Westbrook would go back to the bench like you did it

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with the Lakers you cross that bridge when you get to it so nonetheless they're in both

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sweepstakes we'll see what happens there speaking of the Lakers let's talk about them again

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everybody's saying that they won free agency they were able to re-sign their guys guys

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like Rui Hachimura he got a three-year contract for 51 million Austin Reeves a guy who could

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have probably netted himself on the open market about a hundred million dollars in contract

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the Lakers get him back four years at 54 million which seems like a steal guys yeah so they

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were able to get him at a fraction of the cost that a lot of people initially thought

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so Austin Reeves he gets this little nice bag sure he's happy about that that's for

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sure and then D'Angelo Russell he stays at two years 37 million so they said you know

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what let's run it back with Russell now that he's got a feel for this roster here with

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LeBron there with an AD and the rest of those guys so maybe this will help him because he

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had a pretty uneven playoffs he had some good days he had some bad days so now that he's

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pretty much gotten a taste maybe you'll see a better showing in next year's playoffs

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we'll see but they brought him back and had a pretty good price I would say also they

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add Gabe Vincent from the Miami Heat at him at three years 33 million dollars which that

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looks like a steal for what he did in the playoffs guys this is a guy that's going to

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come in and definitely help your roster that's for sure and then they got a young big and

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Jackson Hayes from the New Orleans Pelicans they got him on a two-year deal I think this

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could be a one of those low-key moves that pays off you also keep a Jarrett Vanderbilt

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so you got him in the fold also hey I take my hat off to the Lakers that they were able

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to keep their guys and add talent oh forgot they also added Cam Radish from the Portland

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Trail Blazers now Cam is still focused in the Cam Hive that thinks the world of this

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kid this is his fourth team now and I think I mentioned it to my boy D of course you know

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we talk basketball and talk about how it was once thought in that draft that he would be

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the guy out of those Duke guys Zion Williamson and RJ Barrick that he would be the one who

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ends up in the long run being the better pro that has not been the case guys he's bounced

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around quite a bit and this is his fourth team so you gotta wonder it's not the team

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it must be the player it's something that he's not doing but you know he's going to

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get a shot here with the Lakers he'll be around this professional organization here and we'll

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see what happens Darwin Ham I know is not going to let up on him we'll see you know

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he he's either gonna sink or he's gonna swim so we'll see what happens with him guys again

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the Lakers load up for bear but at the end of the day it comes down to the health of

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LeBron James and Anthony Davis is gonna come down to that probably gonna want to load manage

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LeBron who is 38 now and rising so you definitely want to manage his time and then Anthony Davis

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you know you know his injury history so we don't even need to go in that route but no

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Lakers look good they look good I hope there's no denying it they look good on paper so we'll

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see what happens with them moving on to Memphis the Memphis Grizzlies they do the smart thing

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Desmond Bain he resigns to the rookie max at five years 207 million I tell you what man

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Desmond Bain has been a very very good player for them so now you have the nucleus of Desmond

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Bain Jaren Jackson Jr. and of course Jarram Rann has a solid nucleus guys they also pick

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up the team option on Xavier Tillman solid forward big man there at 1.9 million so that's

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something you definitely have to do for his contribution to that team now this one I kind

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of predicted also they signed Derek Rose to a two-year contract when I talked about the

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Knicks not picking up the team option on Derek Rose I said he could go one of two places

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I have a Chicago or Memphis and turns out he goes to Memphis where he played basketball

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under John Calipari over there with the University of Memphis Derek Rose goes back home so to

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speak where he played college ball and he fills a immediate need guys remember John

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Moran he's gonna be out to 25 games so you already have a Marcus smart so you're gonna

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need to back up a solid backup and Derek Rose can be that provided he still has gas in the

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tank it seemed like he does so I think coming back to a place he's familiar with as far

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as the Memphis community goes so I think you're gonna see a motivated Derek Rose you know

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he's a guy root for he's come such a long way he was such a great help to the Knicks

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even last year guys even with him not playing he was still a mentor to the young guys so

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definitely rooting for him to have a fine season over there with Memphis that's your

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Memphis story let's move on to Minnesota speaking of rookie Max's Anthony Edwards he

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resigns his five years 260 million so your cornerstone pick is now locked and sealed

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for the next five plus years so definitely a kid that's on the rise he's a rising star

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in the game I just love his attitude about the game he wants to be out there on the floor

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he doesn't want to miss games guys he wants to be in there fighting definitely a guy you

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want to build your franchise around it looks like like I mentioned previously called Anthony

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towns look like they're gonna run it back with him and Rudy go bare to see what those

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two guys can do together being that call Anthony towns missed a lot of time last season so

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they're gonna run it back they do sign however guard shake Milton who they got from the Sixers

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to a two-year ten million dollar contract and they also signed forward Troy Brown who

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was last with the Los Angeles Lakers turns of his contract to be announced so Minnesota

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add some pieces and of course locking in their cornerstone player then we move on to the

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New Orleans Pelligans they re-signed Herb Jones to forward over there to a four-year

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fifty four million dollar deal so you keep a guy like Herb Jones a two-way player somebody

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who definitely you want to be a part of your program over there and also they signed Cody

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Zeller who was with the Miami Heat they signed him to a one-year three point one million

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dollar deal you have a nice backup center for Jonas Valachunas over there so you solidify

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that situation especially with you losing Jackson Hayes but guys at the end of the day

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you need a healthy Zion Williamson you need him healthy you need him for pretty much a

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season despite all the off-court nonsense you need him locked and loaded and ready to

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be on that court come opening day so hopefully we'll get to see that moving on to the Oklahoma

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City Thunder they acquired Victor Oladipo from Miami they got him via trade they do sign

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Euro League player Facilia Meekess a player out of the Euro League and signed him to

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a three-year twenty three point five million dollar deal so you get the foreign player

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over there from what I hear he's supposed to be the good so we'll see what happens there

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also a healthy chat home grim will definitely help this situation over there with the Oklahoma

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City Thunder and looks like he's already played in summer league summer league is underway

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by the way guys forgot to mention that but having him healthy will help a guy like that

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will take a huge load off of shy Gilchis Alexander as well as Josh Gitty Jalen Williams and

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those guys there so Oklahoma City Thunder getting a healthy chat home grin will be like

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a great addition for this ball club that made the play in but they want to be on the way

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up guys so we'll see what happens with them the Phoenix Suns the Phoenix Suns a lot of

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people are going Gaga over what the Phoenix Suns did I don't know if I'm in that camp

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they do resign a guard like Damian Lee to a two-year deal with a player option also they

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resigned Josh Akogi they also signed forward Utah want to knobby from the Brooklyn Nets

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sharp shooter for them also they signed Drew you banks from the Portland Trail Blazers

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to a two-year deal with a player option also Keita Bates D'Op who was last with this San

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Antonio Spurs signed him to a two-year five million dollar deal with a player option

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also and then remember I talked about Eric Gordon being waved by the Clippers the Phoenix

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Suns pick them up two years six million dollars with a player option so you have all these

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guys a lot of them can shoot from three they're already talking about the efficiency from three

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that you get with Kevin Durant as well as Bradley Beal as well as Devin Booker so so

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it seems like this is going to be a team that's locked and loaded from three point range so

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I still say you guys be able to stop people in this league you got to be able to play

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defense so maybe Frank Vogels trying to run people out of the gym as far as three point

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shooting and so forth but you know you live by the three point shot you die by it so you

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better hope these guys are on nonetheless a lot of people are going crazy over you know

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what they did I don't think what they did super seeds what the Lakers did I don't even think

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a super seed what Houston did and you got a lot of guys there who you may have to low

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manage to so there's that situation but nonetheless you still have a Deandre Aiton there how happy

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he'll be in this new situation of Frank Vogel we'll see but I'm not on the Phoenix train

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as of yet even with all that talent that's over there then we talk about the Portland

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Trail Blazers this is what I've been waiting to talk about his high broke down they wanted

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them to trade their third pick in the draft for veteran help but in all honesty what veteran

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you're gonna get that can warrant you trading a third pick in the draft for that trade wasn't

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out there guys so the GM over there Joe Cronin did the wise thing I'm sure he would have liked to

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have picked Brandon Miller but that opportunity wasn't given to him because the Charlotte Hornets

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at two took Miller so now he takes Scoot Henderson the book on him a pro ready point guard they say

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he compares a lot to a Russell Westbrook so you have a guy there who's gonna be your lead guard

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you already have a Dame Lilith there and I said in my analysis of Scoot Henderson and what Portland

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did that this isn't gonna make Dame happy that's for sure so he kept quiet so free agency begins

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Portland Trail Blazers they re-signed Jeremy Grant at five years 160 million so you're paying a big

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price to keep Jeremy Grant there after that Dame and his people have a meet with GM Joe Cronin and

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it comes out that he wants a trade out of Portland but here's the whole thing Dane's preference is

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Miami. Portland does not like what Miami have to offer they don't want a package where the

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highlight player is Tyler Hero they don't want that you know what they would like but it won't

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happen BAM out of bayou they would like him to be the highlighted player coming back in a Damian

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Lilith deal but that's not gonna happen guys that's just not gonna happen and furthermore Dame

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express wanting to play alongside BAM out of bayou so that puts that to bed here's the whole thing

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though Dame you're not really in a position first of all you don't have a no trade clause in your

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contract so they can send you anywhere so there's that dynamic and then you know you're the one

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that wants out so you hope that they do right by you send you to a situation where it's not a lateral

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move so you know somewhere that's the team is a contender somewhere like Miami would be nice but

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I think you'll have to involve other teams in order for Portland to get what they want so that makes

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it a bit complicated but it's possible to be done I'm not saying it's impossible it is possible but

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you're gonna have to get other teams involved in terms of teams that's in the mix I still say Miami

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has a shot if they can get creative also in the mix I think the Philadelphia 76ers I think they are

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in the mix in fact I think you can get really crazy and they can kind of rid themselves of

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James Harden in the process not saying straight up dame for Harden because I definitely think Joe

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Cronin doesn't want that I think he's more in line to get maybe like a big man maybe a forward

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I don't think he wants a definitely not another point guard because you already got Scoot Henderson

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over there you have an Anthony Simons over there who can play actually I have a guard position

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and you have the contract of a Tobias Harris I don't think that's going to be the NLB all I think

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you're going to have to add more to that package maybe a Tyrese Maxie who you already said you're

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not signing to a rookie extension not off the top so you can send him along with Tobias Harris some

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picks you can do that yeah you just have to get creative guys and then you also have the clippers

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that's in the mix I mentioned the guys that you can use in a package I'm not sure what they have

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in terms of draft picks because you're pretty much dried up that well so there's that dynamic

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Brooklyn I don't understand how Brooklyn's in the mix here but other people are talking about Brooklyn

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I don't know if that gets it done unless a Cam Johnson is coming back as one of your prime players

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then there's the San Antonio Spurs I've been hearing their name bandied about but any deal

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with them is going to have to begin with Kelden Johnson so you have that and I'm sure Dane would

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not be happy you know you are playing with a what everybody's calling a generational talent like

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Victor Wimboyama but I think you will want to keep a Kelden Johnson there as well so yeah it's

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going to be a process I don't think it's something that can be done overnight I think it's going to

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have to be worked through I tell you what guys I think we can get into the month of August and not

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have a deal for Dane in place yet I could be wrong but I think it's going to take some time

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and listen he's on the contract guys so it's not beholden to Portland to force a trade when they

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don't want to make a trade well I'm sure they probably want to by now but they're going to do

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what's best for them that's it in the end of the day so so that is your Portland situation

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a couple more teams guys and then went through the Sacramento Kings they signed DeMontis Sabonis to

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a contract extension at five years 217 million guys so you keep a cornerstone guy like Sabonis

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in there who was a vital part of their resurgent last year so you keep him in the fold you also

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resign Harrison Barnes at three years 45 million that's a reasonable contract guys at 15 million a

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year and he wasn't part of what they did last year as well so he's a guy who fits in there

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he doesn't have to have X amount of shots he's a guy who fits their culture so hey you get to

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keep a guy like that and not have to break the bank to do it you do it so kudos to them for that

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they resign trade Liles who they got in a midseason trade deadline deal they keep him at two years 16

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million so he's a guy who you know he's a backup but he's able to fill Iver forward spot more power

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forward and center actually so trade Liles he stays there also you sign the Euro league MVP

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Sasha Benzenkov and you sign him to a three-year 20 million dollar deal so from what I understand

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this kid is a sharp shooter so you definitely could use that on your roster you get a guy like that

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hey listen you can't go wrong with that so we'll see how his game from the Euro league translates

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to the NBA you still have your core guys over there Dearon Fox over there Keegan Murray and so forth so

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Sacramento will be a flying ointment for many years to come under Mike Brown and then your last

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team the Utah Jazz I'm gonna be honest with you guys I'm not sure what the Utah Jazz is doing

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maybe they're just accumulating talent and seeing where it goes from there they acquire

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John Collins from the Atlanta Hawks he's a power forward you can probably slide them to center

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in small ball but you get him via the trade you also extend Jordan Clarkson this is a smart thing

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to do because he had a terrific year three years 55 million and then you pick up the option on

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Talon Horton Tucker the team option at 11 million and he was a solid solid piece for you last year

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also I forgot to mention they're sniffing around about Dane Lillard so I don't think Dane would be

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too thrilled going to Utah but you know Utah's doing some things over there I'm still trying to

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figure out again you know you're bringing a John Collins so I guess you're gonna slide

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Laurie Markett into the small forward and have John Collins play the power but you just drafted

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a guy and Taylor Hendricks so again I'm not sure what's going on over there guys but hey I guess

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Danny Angel's just accumulating talent and letting the chips fall where it may so but they are sniffing

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around about Dane Lillard to see if these other teams can't bring to you what you want Utah has

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the assets they have the draft capital much of it they got from the Minnesota Timberwolves plus

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their own draft picks so they have the draft capital they have some pieces to move maybe you

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can put Collins uh in a move to go over there so hey listen Danny Angel's a guy who's he's like

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that guy in chess who's thinking like three or four moves ahead so maybe that's his thinking with

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acquiring John Collins who knows the Utah Jazz doing some stuff over there I guess at the end

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of the day we'll figure out what they're doing nonetheless that is it guys so I am done with this

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I'm sure there'll be more deals coming down the pike so we'll see what happens there I do want to do

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a WNBA midseason sort of look at the league and then also the aftermath of the all-star game I've

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definitely want to talk about that so there'll be some content coming up guys not as much though

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because you know again the league right now is in summer league so I'm not breaking down

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summer league games like that you know if there's some interesting stories that break out of summer

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league sure I'll mention it but I'm not going overboard over summer league but the WNBA I do

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want to cover because there's a lot that's going on over there that needs to be talked about so

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all right guys so I'm done all things basketball with gd.com that's the website

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