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Anybody who doesn’t have Lebron at a CLEAR #1 all time player in the nba is an absolute cornball. I can see him not being the best iso player not being the best playoff contender not having 6 chips in the toughest league by literal leagues ahead of any other but no
At the end of the day it comes down to Beal and the coaching. If Beal runs it back and Bud gets our offence firing we should be a top 4 seed. Denver and Minny gonna drop off this year. We should be no worse than a 5th seed with less than 50 wins.
@HardwoodKnocksNBA My bad, I only listened to the beginning, we do have Mook, Shamet, Mcbride, Achuwa, Kolek, Mitchrob, Dadiet, and Simms. It's not like this trade completely depleted the roster. I think we're good
The best objective conversation I have heard about this trade from any media/podcasts I have listened to in the last 24 hours. Incredible work guys. Dan w an excellent breakdown of the choice wolves are making from a roster perspective. Divencenzo, Naw and Naz or KAT. To me choosing KAT in that scenario is insane.
@@CityFetish appreciate the kind words and thanks so much for tuning in! and i guess we will see whether that framing (Naz, DV and Naw or Kat) holds up lmao
This trade gives the wolves so much future flexibility that they didn’t have before. There was a ceiling to kat and rudy financially. After paying mcdaniels and trying to retain naz, they would be way too expensive. Randle won’t be a permanent guy, they Will definitely be looking for a new star to pair with Ant
@@coltondodd3086 yeah as we said it feels like it came down to would you rather pay KAT or DV, Naz AND Naw, which feels justifiable but is still risky when weighting the Randle element. will be interesting to see how it plays out
How the hell is trading your #1 pick for Randle and a player who will be on the bench a great trade for Minnesota? Lol You go from the #2 seed and being in the WCF to possibly being a 6th seed with Gobert and Randle clogging up the paint for Ant man. Divo was a great pick up, but you can't say taking steps back was an upgrade.especially when the Wolves never won a chip and they were close to getting one. Several teams improved in the west except the twolves but this was a great trade 😂
Finch has been talking up Minott, so this can free up minutes for him, but with TJ Shannon getting minutes we assume Miller is still a year out. This frees a path for him down the road though
What kind of dumb question is this ? Clippers have always been a playoff team regardless of injury or what type of players they have. If the 2018-2019 Clippers team led by Lou Williams and Pat Bev could make the playoffs what makes you think current roster ( which is much better roster ) couldn’t make the playoffs? We have James Harden, Norman Powell, Kevin Porter Jr, Zubac and ton of great defenders like Derrick Jones Jr, T-Mann, Kris Dunn, Nico Batum and Kai Jones. We’re absolutely stacked 🔥🔥🔥
@@HardwoodKnocksNBA This iteration of the Celtics is the greatest team ever. If we’re playing in today’s rules and today’s NBA, there’s no team beating the Cs if everyone is healthy. People hype up the KD Warriors like their the greatest thing since sliced bread but they almost lost to the Harden Rockets and the Celtics are a better version of those Rockets
I will forever be confused by national medias take on the wolves off-season. They had very limited resources outside of some wild hypothetical trade that breaks up a young western conference finals team. So the biggest needs were shot creation outside of ant, pg of future and thick perimeter deader so ant can get a break. Dillingham and tsj fit that perfectly. Plus they traded nothing for the eighth pick given any will be in his prime in 2031(and using the pick now increases the chances we win now and he stays). As far as things they have to replace, Kyle played 23 minutes a game, was benched in the playoffs and is the may reason they were 28th in 3 attempts. If the get 17 from ingles like last year, that leaves 6 minutes plus the tenish minutes for both rookies. THAT IS NOT A HUGE ROLE. They are not relying on them. It was a move for the future do to thier constraints. Everything they get from them is bonus.
@@donaldw12318 1) we gave them a b overall (b+ from dan, b- from grant) so chill lmao and 2) there’s risk in placing so much stock in a rookie to help you now while playing you’re best trade chips remaining. the difference here is you’re assuming Dillingham will be everything they need immediately and we’re hedging against the possibility he’s not. also, calling a 2030 swap and 2031 pick “nothing” is bold. it didn’t cost them any rotation players but those are real assets. differences of opinion are totally fine but I think you’re short-selling/dismissing our perspective as typical nat’l media stuff way too much
@@HardwoodKnocksNBA 1) yeah that’s my point. I think given there’s assets that’s as good as you could do. Give me an example of something you’d prefer keeping in mind they were a few close loses from the finals last year. 2) I am not putting any stock in the rookies lol. THATS LITERALLY MY POINT. Y’all think they’re gonna have to have this huge role for some reason. Slomo played 23 and back up pg played like 13. So 36 minutes between ingles, TSJ and dillingham. If ingles gets his minute from last year, dillingham and TSJ are SPLITTING 19 minutes a game. And yet everyone’s trying to tell me we are relying on rookies. THEY ARE BARELY GONNA GET MINUTES. That chill enough lol
@@HardwoodKnocksNBA oh and the pic stuff. The only way the 2031 pick is close to the 8th pick is if ant leaves. Why not spend that asset to improve the team in the near future to improve the odds any stays. Those assets combined won’t be worth a lottery pick if ant stays and this increase the odds of that. Pretty simple
Timestamps ⬇️ 0:00 - INTRO 3:15 - Paul George’s exit 8:49 - The Kawhi Leonard injury 13:23 - Is James Harden still a superstar? 23:17 - Did the Clippers add enough athleticism and defensive disruption? 25:53 - The impact of Derrick Jones Jr. and Kris Dunn 30:40 - What does the secondary backcourt rotation look like?, Roles for Kevin Porter Jr. and Bones Hyland 37:40 -The importance of Norman Powell 39:52 - Is Ivica Zubac STILL underrated? How will the defense change? 48:13 - Is there a next frontier for Terance Mann? 54:23 - Biggest keys to the Clippers offense 56:00 - Secondary frontcourt rotation, Will Amir Coffey have a bigger role? 1:05:48 - How the Rockets factor into the Clippers’ season 1:08:06 - Are the Clippers more likely to trade for an upgrade or burn it down? 1:15:11 - The top-10 rotation, Who starts? 1:17:31 - Go-to crunch-time lineup 1:18:42 - Funky lineups we want to see 1:22:36 - Win total predictions, Where do the Clippers stack up in the West 1:30:02 - Early impressions of Jordan Miller
Last 30 games(of 57) 22-23- KPJ- 34.5mpg… 19.8ppg 5.1reb 5.9ast 1.3stl .1blk 2.5TO 3threes 47/40.9/80.2 splits and advanced stats shot way up… not a great guy but he has talent he was better than Jalen Green when they played together. We will see how looks with a year off but he was not nearly as bad as ppl remember just super young team, immature and terrible coaching from Silas
An easy summary of why Vogel isn't there: the players didn't like him, the assistant coaches didn't have much chemistry with him based on KY's comments regarding what he envisioned the offense to be, and his rotations destroyed the team both in on and off the court chemistry. There is zero reason to continue kicking a -108 player down the road (Eubanks) and giving him all that playing time when you had better options as a backup big in Bol and even Udoka for what little he played.
3 a game on passable percentage is good enough, Nurk is good, not his fault he doesn't really fit, they traded away a really athletic center that would fit perfectly, that's James Jones being the worst GM in the league for you
I'm not going into the season hoping for a championship for the Suns for the first time in 3 years and I think its going to make things much more enjoyable as a fan
Timestamps⬇️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:12 - Frank Vogel’s exit 4:38 - Expected stylistic changes under Mike Budenholzer 7:03 - Breaking down the impact of Tyus Jones 10:14 - How does Jones affect the core lineups? 15:23 - The evolution of Grayson Allen 17:07 - The fit and future of Bradley Beal 21:20 - How important is Jusuf Nurkic to the Suns? 28:20 - What makes Devin Booker so polarizing? 37:15 - Kevin Durant’s defensive impact 38:22 - Can the Suns replicate their defensive success? 39:37 - Early impressions of Ryan Dunn 42:22 - Early impressions of Oso Ighodaro 44:30 - Ranking the importance of role players/Sam picks Bol Bol to win MVP 50:51 - Are the Suns flying under the radar? 51:41 - Biggest roster needs / trade targets 53:39 - Top 10 rotation 54:42 - Go-to crunch-time lineup 55:56 - Funky lineups we want to see 57:32 - Win totals, Where do the Suns stand in the West?
in a 2022 redraft im taking tari eason over jabari, jaden ivey, mathurin, sharpe, dyson daniels, sochan, johnny davis, dieng, jalen duren, aj griffin, mark williams, ochai agbaji. only guys i take ahead of tari are paolo, chet, jalen williams, keegan murray. tari is 5th best in 2022 draft. if the rockets are very lucky, suns 2031 pick will be top 5. why would they punt a top 5 player in a draft just to get a chance at getting a top 5 pick that could have a chance of not being a top 5 player in that draft 7 years from now? go ahead and think about that for a minute. im taking tari over jabari as a rockets fan. so ask yourself, "whats a 21 year old 6'10 3 & D prototype wing drafted at 3rd overall cost?" and then add on some more because tari is better
