An insider look at the Houston Rockets’ trade deadline plans | The Athletic NBA Show
Back in these streets with the Athletics Hoops adjacent David aldd here in DC Marcus in the bay our man Kelly EO you are you with the team in Indiana or you back at the crib Oh no you’re in the crib because I’m in I’m in the crib you
Got the massive you got the massive I see the ecosystem behind you know what I’m saying the ecosystem is global but not it’s not yet so man I never got the got the got the the ecosystem I know that’s crazy yeah the ecosystem with K the EOS that man that’s good branding right
There you smart I’m trying to be see I’m not a Hall of Famer yet I’m trying to be like d trying to be like better than that marus you Marcus you ain’t you ain’t even coming to India are you oh hell no I KN no I knew it no at least it’s
The last year of of of those of those cities yeah I didn’t do I didn’t do was it Cleveland last year yeah did you do Utah clevand last year no no it was Utah last year was Cleveland years Utah last year I Utah yeah I why did you UT that’s like
You could have walked there I’m not really I’m not really in you know I’m not really into it but the problem is the 49ers have been really good so when they lose right yeah it’s like like yeah I’m not about to go hop to the allstar game you know what I’m
Saying now they in a Super Bowl so it’s like Yeah I’m so so when are you going to Vegas I’m I’ll leave tomorrow morning I’m going tomorrow morning and did you get did you get your hotel straightened out that’s the most important thing did they put you in a better Hotel than the
Crap one that they had talked about before absolutely not no it’s the same Hotel yeah damn I’m I’m I’m checking I might check a bag to Vegas I haven’t checked a bag in like 10 years I might check it back to Vegas because I need to bring my bedding why your back so
Light need need the comforter the sleep number that that’s yeah man man that is dude I would just Bo I would boycott that crap room and go check into my own [ __ ] and just dare them to say something about expensive you would do Airbnb I’m not paying like they send to
Me I’m like nah I tried but they was like they they they basically told me stop being bougie man like everybody staying there you Ain you ain’t better than everybody else I’m G be Bouie like a you know what I’m saying listen man hopefully here’s what I’m my wife says
You know they probably upgraded it for the Super Bowl they probably put out put their best foot forward you know so you know let’s hope right hope I doubt it but if all if if everything fails always you know ask front desk they might be able to help no
You know what no this is a this is a 10-second situation and that key go in that door and I open that door if I don’t like what I see I’m out out and if I got and and if I gotta change my return flight to that day on my way to
The airport then I’ll just do that I’m G be like that baby me where the baby coming walking down like that’s going to be me like yeah I’m out of here I’m I’m not doing this man I don’t mess around with no accommodations man [ __ ] you ain’t the one staying in
The room I am hey that’s what I be saying man I’m years I don’t sleep just anywhere no more you know what I’m saying like grown man like I back what are you talking about I gotta go lay with a woman when I get home I can’t be
Bringing you know what I’m saying tick and lights I gotta BR I’m not bringing that back home I got a shower on the way oh I got stop and shower somewhere like gota gota leave my clothes in Vegas I’m not doing that I’m too old for that see they
Got us in a decent spot for Indies now if you come to Indi you know what I’m saying NBA NBA take care you know what saying NBA little more with the NBA though the NBA got a little more leeway with that kind that’s true NBA don’t be
Putting you no no HS see this this is the problem right here’s the problem I got with it NFL ain’t paying for it every publication is paying for the why they couldn’t they could have put us in manderlay what they you know what I’m saying they could
Put they losing no money if there’s one place where hotels are not an issue it’s like yeah they was like man oh oh y’all would to write about concussions huh okay y’all want okay all right we got y remember all thator how they operate oh you want to
Bring L okay we got you we got you shout shout out to my man who asked Goodell that question yesterday yeah yeah you know what I’m saying that’s why that’s why I’m going I’m I’m a I’m a I’mma deal with these like cigarette holes in the linen just because I’m riding with my
Guy you ain’t gonna scare us off you know what I’m saying like yeah we ask we ask tough question you know what I’m saying so I’m sleep on my sleep hey Marcus we say this all the time can you imagine explaining this to our grandfathers like yeah man I had I
Had the tribulation seen stay in you know what I’m saying they only gave me one key the hell kind of operation is this I didn’t get I didn’t get maid service every day it was every two days and I had to put the do you know you know they don’t
Clean your room unless you ask them to what the what you got to literally call and tell them yeah I don’t know how we do this first world PR oh my I am the dreams I am the you know what I’m saying I’m the dreams of my ancestors let’s go
No question that’s this is what they wanted all right Eco let’s let’s let’s solve some other problems of the world what are your Rockets going to do before the deadline what they doing they they they say they want to make a move and they actually have stuff to do make yeah
So so it just feels like at least for Houston um because they have so much flexibility and because all the talk you hear about around the league is that if things are kind of all a littleit kind of slowed down they have the pieces to
Go out and do things you know if they if they so choose to now obviously it depends on if they really want to make the playoffs or not you know and and by all indications they still want to make the postseason but you know as opposed
To you know just playing it cool and let this pH to right out they don’t have to go make a big splash before Thursday but if there’s a move around the margins that they can do to get better you know as a like a backup big you know between
Now and the end of the year obviously more two-way shooting if those kind of moves are out there that’s what they’re going to try to do because you know they’re 22 what 23 and 26 they’re still a game out of the last playing spot in the Western Conference um know after the
Allstar break they still have they got to play the Clippers they got to play Utah they gotta play Denver OKC like it’s it gets pretty tough between now and the end of the year so you need to sharpen your tools and if you can find a move or two that can just reinforce
Things and give you guys a jolt and I think that’s what they do I like I mean would they be more inclined to trade players or picks you think I I I think honestly I think players um if you look at the rer right now there’s a bit of a log Jam obviously
The one name that you constantly hear um in kind of these trade Concepts and is is Tate Jan Tate because you know he’s kind of fallen down out of down the pecking order he is a guy that team still like because of what he can do on
Both sides of the ball still you know a rsal Defender can guard one through five one through four um he’s he can he’s a playmaker spacing the floor he’s still improving on that but as far as a team first guy and the chemistry guy and the
Kind of gold kind of character that the winning teams need to take them over the edge like just that additional Defender that seventh eighth guy he’s still a guy that they like so if there’s a move out there that they could send out Tate and
Bring in a big you know or bring in some more two-way shooting I think that’s what they they would do but of course you know things are still up in the air at this point they still talks things will heat up between now and Thursday but as of right now that’s what they
Want to do from a conceptual standpoint it to me this feels like a little bit more critical than it might seem on the surface just because the Rockets clearly like have something so to me they’d want to get in the playoffs to get these guys some like experience
Like obviously alerin is like you know an anchor like who are some player who who on this team who you like man for for the purposes of down the line want to get them in the playoffs right now uh I think first off is Jabari Smith Jr I
Think he’s a guy that you look around the league he’s he’s considered one of those tough nailed hard-nosed guys who’s constantly improving you know he’s getting a lot of Praise around the league just because of his two-way ability his potential obviously um just from a length standpoint he’s gotten
Better on the glass he’s improving as a three-point shooter he’s someone that needs that you know that kind of heightened level of play you know to really juice things and really push that development forward T E’s been out for a while but he would also be one not putting that category
And then obviously the rookies you know amen Thompson and cam Whitmore two guys that you know have really might be exceeded expectations a bit in terms of just what they what they’ve been able to do from an early standpoint you know obviously with Cam falling to the 20th
Pick of the draft now coming in and showing the NBA that he is an offensive threat you know even in his in his smaller role he can put points on the board he’s a hell of a floor spacer athletic can can crash the boards you know obviously he needs to improve and
Some the shot selection and the processing speed but the tools are all there so those young guys I think I called that like they call their cor six that those are the guys that would stand to benefit the most from getting to the postseason that’s kind of why you want
To see a team like the Rocks that’s right there in the think of things why they should you know make a move or two two up those chances da did you hear that did you hear what he just said I I don’t know if you heard but it sound
Like he just said Trey jayen Green I you know I was gonna say Marcus I was waiting for I was waiting for J E something so so so with it’s something where like like beginning of the year or in the past two seasons he was someone that everything
Was CED towards right he was the guy that they championed as the player to get them out of the post James Harden era right and if he was going to be a star it would help accelerate everything else around now beginning of this season you bring
In eay who comes with with his own coaching staff who’s coming in from Ground Zero there’s no preconceived notions he brings in Fred vany he brings in Dylan Brooks brings in Jeff Green Aaron holiday and instantly the culture changes from from that point on then also you have alpr shenon developing
Into a star rapidly and I think if you were to be honest with that coaching staff from a ground zero standpoint they might not have seen that you know from training camp it’s it’s kind of thing where alprin kind of took it by the horns and said no I’m that guy so man
It’s still don’t look like it kind of like when he play it looks like it but when you look at him you ain’t think like like yeah because he’s such a back guy a back chill guy and so um you have Jaylen who’s who’s had to adapt to not
Being the guy anymore and having to find his niche in the offense you know with guys that need the ball you know Jabar needs the ball Alper needs the ball of course needs the ball then you have guys like Dylan that came here to have the
Ball you know it’s a bit of a a give and go so you understand kind of from a franchise standpoint you know if there was a move out there that could bring them in another star then it makes sense to to even if it cost them a guy like a
Jaylen green right now on the flip side you know he had that Big Stretch where he was I think he was averaging close to 29 Points a game over the last like six out of the last seven games something like that and you can kind of see when
He’s in a rhythm what they can do with him it’s just going to be a matter of they have so many mouths to feed how do they manage this going forward and and and how much how quickly does e may want to win at a high level like if if if
He’s comfortable getting to the the first round and losing in like a tough six games is that going to change things or does he want to try and make a first round upset like depending on what they want do that’s going to be the direction where they go with Jay ultimately well
You always and you always have to consider the the owner up there you know for sure tman tman ain’t Tillman ain’t the most patient person I’ve ever dealt with in my life so you know I wonder if he’s really you know pushing if even if
It’s not Bridges you know I mean I know that was the a rumor for a minute um but some I I’ll be given where they are I would be surprised if they didn’t do something kind of interesting by Thursday you know just because I think Tillman would much
Rather be in the playoffs than not be in the playoffs you know and um if it if it means doing a little bit extra on a trade to get a Difference Maker Wing that you mentioned um I just can’t see him not doing that because he’s always
Been very aggressive when it comes to these types of things yeah so so there is one caveat that um recently an injury to Fred Van vet the ductor FR I’m not sure how long it’s going to be out if it’s a shortterm thing maybe that does
Change how they approach th and Fred has been getting injured lately last years so but if it’s if it’s a longer term thing I’m not sure if that shifts expectations well because obviously without Fred I don’t think they’re making the playoffs at all so um I think
They have things have to go and honestly speaking with their flexibility the biggest move that they can make is always going to be in the summer right because that’s when you have to go from you can actually sit back and evaluate eay after a year eay
Hasn’t had a group for a year and seeing what’s work what doesn’t work and how can you move forward then those guys would have had a year under the belt extra of extra experience now you can actually go out and be some some Big Boys in the market you know whereas
Right now just because of the injuries with with Fred and then T’s still out he’s missed the last 27 games you know if you don’t have those two p is are you really trying to make the playoffs right now it really depends on health and and
And and and as always Dia you’ve covered this league for a long time someone has to make the first move in the market and it’s going to be a domino effect so um I thought it was going to be Terry Rosier you know a couple weeks ago I’m about
Say you saying Danilo ginari don’t count come on man no he don’t count he don’t count so I’m trying to see scol don’t count you know what I’m saying like had the first move been made man boys them boys don’t count unfortunately so man I’m like uh
What’s my man on the roof you smoke crack don’t you jump it’s time to jump boy jump time to jump rocks let’s go shout shout out to the great Joe Clark of course Joe Clark there you go I don’t know I was thinking Coach Carter in my head
Joe I was think oh by the way just just always just always YouTube that scene with him and Robert Gom that’s the best scene of all time and Stand By Me robt is the principal sure it’s so good no question you to me like I don’t know I
Feel like the Rockets are in a weird spot because they could really make a mistake this is why I think they really got to get to the playoffs because you learn a lot about what you really got in the playoffs and you know obviously you got you got your center right you got
Your big man but like even like yit shows you like you just in this day and age you got to have that A1 get a bucket run your team like crunch time guy and that’s what I don’t know that they have and I’m not sure it’s jayen green but if
You’re gonna give up Jaylen green you better be sure you got one because you’re gonna need that when you look at what they’re dealing with the Rockets are dealing with OKC like Minnesota you know what I’m saying like they’re they gonna be there you gotta have your guy you know what I’m saying
So like I don’t know that I don’t know man I don’t know that jaylen’s they’re guy in that sense but you get him in the playoffs you might look like that guy and it’ll change how you think about some you that’s why the playoffs is always like I wouldn’t call
It a crap shoot but because of the heightened expectations and the stage of the game National TV you never know what can happen even if they do lose in like a five game series or a six game series you can see what those guys do in serious settings which which ultimately pushes
How you do things in the offseason so getting to the playoffs is is is a it should be it should be a mandate is there uh you know I I know you I know you all over the uh you I mean you the ecosystem has expanded
Beyond htown you know what I’m saying it is officially a system now da leag wide yeah I mean yeah this dude is like the the like the mosquitoes that’s coming he just taking over territories you know what I’m saying taking over all right once he in there it’s his
But I’m curious about like what Memphis does uh they’ve got obviously you know so many players out and their season is pretty much a wrap but they do I mean they traded Stephen Adams right like are they learning enough about some of these new pieces they have you know Vince is
Playing really good he’s looking like it might be a good F like Gigi is kind of like he feels like a cut from something right like hey man unbelievable is is there a chance do you think you think they should maybe get active and start preparing for I think
They should be aggressive I think they I think the Grizzlies need to be proactive because you can get ahead of a lot of this stuff now because you have a number of players that are in that kind of same tier of like can they be actual legit
Role players or are they just going to be under the bench guys you know you have guys sanama Luke Canard David Rody you know Z Williams enough guys that in the right setting around the league could be they got they got a billion of dudes huh it feel like they got aund of
Dudes yeah they just turn around every year then you have vce like they’re guys that are that can that are attractive to other teams now I was gonna say isn’t does luk Luke Canard doesn’t really fit anymore does he like he fits he fits J
With a JW team but you ain’t got a JW team right now so right yeah and and that’s why I think if if if the opportunity is there they should definitely consider moving some of these guys and just having like a consolidation move just to Because by
The time next season comes around you’re gonna have to deal with okay who’s going to be the starting center if if you’re not g to roll out jiren at the five you need another guy to come in because now Stephen’s gone and that luxury’s gone as
Well do you depend on Brandon Clark who hasn’t been healthy in in quite some time I was watching to the game and I forgot about him like I was like oh that’s Brandon Clark like where you being and it’s funny it’s funny that this season even when JW returned even
Though it was that that lasted what about a week and a half he showed you in that spam that he’s still that guy so you know that going forward you can rely on J you can rely on Desmond Bane who’s taking leaps as well even though he’s
Been out for a while too and jiren you have your big three you have a quarter to build around you still need shooting you still need Rim protection and you need a rebounder because jarn has never been a consistent rebounder so there are moves out there to go and get you those
Kind of players but like like someone like a Kelly Ock would be great in Memphis you know someone like a Daniel Gafford would be great in Memphis teams like just players around the league that that that can fit because you have so many guys on this roster that are not
Going to fit in a year’s time why not beactive and get ahead of the thing right now yeah see da I think I think one of things the the Warriors have showed us is just how different the league is even than it was last year
These New Kids on the Block to me teams like Memphis and even like Sacramento and the Warriors they they found themselves like man we were really good last year we gonna run it back and it’s like right yeah no buddy it’s different I don’t know about that it feels like it
Feels like Memphis needs to rethink this thing based on like all right next year because next year this is going to be OKC’s League Minnesota’s you know what I’m saying like you got keep up got keep they might need to be rethinking this right now like all right you know what
I’m saying like it ain’t going to be the same league no more and and granted 2022 they push the Warriors to The Brick but I mean they got cooked by the Lakers a playing team right like I wonder I wonder if if like to your point if they’re
Gonna I think Brooklyn could be very interesting here because they don’t just have you know yeah they they’ve got cam Johnson you know what I mean like they’ve got like real pieces that could be very could help a lot of teams you know what I’m saying like and Brooklyn
Turn in a straight Target huh like you go what you need from Brooklyn hey they got like like another team that has a lot of a lot of a lot of tough-nosed tough hard-nosed veterans that players that teams like like a lot of three and D guys a lot of exactly
Switchable guys versatile guys that can come in and step in and help yeah Brooklyn got some pieces makes you wonder why they’re not good but they got they got a lot of pieces I mean they they got they don’t have that that guy though I mean you know they don’t have a
Table sitter they don’t I’m not not a criticism of male Bridges at all he’s a hell of a player but you know Superstars are superstars for a reason like they just are there’s not a lot of them and they need one they don’t have one right
Now so um but Marcus you mentioned the Warriors so what’s it was I was it was so sad watching clay post game last night because I’ve seen that so many times before over the last 30 years you know I’ve seen so many guys who were that guy
Have that moment and be in that locker room saying those things understanding what that means for their career like my [ __ ] is my shit’s not it’s about done I mean not could he play next year yes but I’m just saying like my status as that dude it’s
Cooked I’m done that’s a hard day man that’s a hard day hey you know what it is it’s an overdue day yeah you know like the Warriors The Warriors future the Warriors future depends on everybody realizing that and the crazy part the that I know it’s hard but like it’s
Fine right 34 years old it wasn’t gonna you’re 34 years old you had two and you had two major injuries it’s not like injury yeah like yeah like that the part that I think clay needs to come to grips with is that that dude this is literally what I’m like halfway through
Writing like like that that Clay is done like you got to that Clay is done but they’re still a good player there yes so you got you got to be okay with not being great and be have peace with being good because he’s still a good
Player but he’s not a good player when he’s chasing that great one you know what I’m saying like I think like Ste I mean here’s the difficult reality about all this this is how crazy the war season is Kelly you if IID have told you this was gonna happen before the season
You’ be like heck no Chris Paul came off the bench for the first time in his career yeah and a rookie started in his like Brandon B jimsky ex Klay Thompson for the first time in his career this season is like not a closing games and
Last night a g leager was in his place that’s crazy he get [ __ ] he get [ __ ] for like Moses booty you know the guys you thought was coming like GE Santos guy’s on theer because you gotta have yeah he’s on a roster because you gotta have 14 like
Just pay one of our guys right yeah and like that’s that’s kind of exacerbating it’s like you’re not only losing your spot like what the Warriors need is something that’s provided by the hungriest players it’s not really Dam it it’s like right yo we need somebody go
Out here and go get it like so G out here going to get it man he’s from Brazil he waiting for this he playing for a future like they needed some H out there so like that’s the part but to me like almost like I get why
It’s sad but to me it’s like it’s actually not sad in that sense it’s sad that he need to realize it it’s sad that Reckoning right that Reckoning that he’s got to have like like you said that moment where it’s like yo this is it but
It to me it should be it shouldn’t be as sad it should be more like man who that was a crazy great run damn he had a great run shoot the thing is like he’s not like it’s not like Willie B right in the Outfield right like Willie B was done
Like that was over it’s like hey man please don’t it’s like you know Larry Holmes like yo bro get out the like it’s not that this is I used to be all NBA now I could be a really good starter right like that’s you know what I’m
Saying like I don’t know how sad that is that’s but it’s sad because feels that way yeah yeah no question Superstars is different man it’s different it’s different man like they just I learned that lesson watching Mike everybody when Michael Jordan was here in Washington in
The second year and every and he was gonna come off the bench and he was gonna be six man of the year and it was gonna work out great because stack house could start and it lasted like five minutes and MJ said to hell with that I
Don’t come off no bench and he probably should have it would have helped them that year but it’s hard for great players to to Humble themselves like that it’s just really hard man it’s hard uh especially clay too right clay was the most clay got clay still probably
Got one of the alltime best player walks of all time you know what I’m saying like that dud that dude strut like a black exploitation movie I don’t know where come fromin lockart back in the day you know what saying like like if you threw a fart coat on clay with a c
Hey like that but check this like like so how does that impact I guess the future of that core because it seems like if they’re already making the shift right now from an on onc court standpoint what does that parlay into when it comes to the actual money talk like how much
Money is he looking for is it gonna be okay money done bro money done money done I mean you gota go maybe you go to Houston get it like ain’t nobody paying him $40 million bro it’s not happening nobody can he get 20 can he get he can get 20 I
Think he can get 20 I mean he can get 20 from the Warriors they be like man we give you we want to pay you 15 CL you know what I’m say I think we reported the other deal was two for 50 and he turned it down you
Know they they would 20 ain’t 20 no more like 20 more like you know 14 15 20 so it’s like yeah EX 28 28 would you great make it 24 you know what I’m saying like it ain’t like it ain’t like that’s that much money but the the the the the deal the
The issue is like Clay’s got a $43 million salary slot so even if it ain’t spent on Clay they gotta spend it on somebody and the bottom line is if you’re watching Steph man he needs another guy he needs another dude he needs another dude like need I’m run
This I’m gon run this to you Marcus there a guy that’s that can get Buckets that’s young that has Championship experience Jordan P could come back oh hilarious oh my God I’m just saying I’m just say I’m just saying here’s here’s here’s the crazier things have not happened so
That’s here’s why here’s why here’s why it can’t happen uh you know Jord p is like not doing it be like you know what I just I’m just not playing anymore but uh they just can’t is like I mean can you put a worst Defender next to death like I don’t
Know you can’t you just can’t they need like the beauty of Klay Thompson was that he could defend like he he took a load off of Step for years yes like they need somebody who can do that that’s what they need and go get a bucket yes now you start talking
Somebody like Deon Murray it’s like all right you know I’m saying I like okay I like that okay you know the guy I like I don’t think they like him that much but I feel like I feel like Zack La I feel like you’d have to buy in though like
They’re not I mean the like some buy you know what you do next to Stephen Curry you buy in better that’s what you do that’s what you do you buy in next but but you just mentioned this Marcus Zack LaVine has had years of injuries now
Yeah crazy money hezy he’s had lot he’s had lots of injuries a guy I like that they would that that that they would never do it but Tyrese Maxi would be lights out next I like that a lot gold say literally has nothing that Philly would W for
Ty like they literally have nobody like even you know they staff yes but they’re not doing that so they’re not doing staff you know yeah no I was that’s what I’m saying nobody’s doing it that’s why I’m trying to find like who is the next Andrew Wiggins out there the guy that
Like nobody like be yeah like man Desmond Bane hey would Memphis do that oh that’s Memphis wouldn’t do that I don’t know I don’t know they take DES in a heartbeat they would I saying would like that yeah like that oh no way they I can’t believe like that
Desmond bang called himself the second best shooter in the NBA Kay was like what I right here I’m right here they they just have to find they do need to find somebody else I think the Warriors are in the same situation as like not to or less a degree than the
Rockets but like they need to find who that next dude is and it looked like it might be Jonathan kaminga but you don’t really know until he gets into the playoffs that’s what you know right they got to get to the playoffs so he can do it he’s the closest thing they got
That’s what they have to hold on to him because got they don’t have anything else right now so they need to make the playoffs because he’s never been in a playoff run like he’s right like he does play when in the playoffs he doesn’t play so they need to how much did he
Play how much did he play in 22 did he play at I can’t remember think start n he started they they were looking for a matchup situation so they started him in the Memphis series and it did not go well I was talking about you ain’t ready
Young [ __ ] you need more time is that right so yeah yeah when he spot yeah it’s like a spot matchup situation but like he’s to the point now where it’s like they can barely keep him off the court like so it’s one of situations if they make the playoffs now like he’s
Playing you know he’s playing definitely so that’s what they need him in that like yeah I think he played he played one game against Memphis right no he played one real game the other one he played the two games he played in the blowouts remember he lost about 50 by
One and then won another by 30 like he played those those don’t count right play because he had to play yeah he played one close game against Memphis played one close game against Dallas yeah right he played very didn’t play much against s like Sacramento he couldn’t play in that Series right
Denver he didn’t play like he hasn’t played a lot of playoff basketball so they need to get him there he might be the dude yeah he might be the dude all right all right so out of so out of these three teams that we’ve been talking about today Houston Golden State
Memphis which one of you which one do you think is most likely to make a make a deal by Thursday they all have reason to for different reasons right you know which one is most likely to do something and I don’t mean no little skinny deal either honestly I think I
Think think I don’t think the war’s doing anything big I don’t think they’re doing anything big big not big but you don’t think to do anything I think they’ll do something I think they need to do something I think Steph is beg they get some could they get something
Could they get a role player for for Moody like a vet like just a solid vet not a superstar yeah yeah that’s the thing it would to be something like like they would they need somebody like a Nick Claxton right they need yeah you know uh what’s my man from uh Atlanta
Not not capella uh the big man yeah yeah yeah you know they need somebody like that Wendell Carter you know like him yeah I think gaffer gaffer is on lowkey gonna be I think one of them one of the guys that a lot people are
Gonna try to make a offer for him C his you see his true shooting percentage man he’s 72% this year he is good around the rim excellent this year yeah but his price too high like he big men are tough man big man like it’s going to be a line
Around the corner for him no I mean there going to be a lot of people trying to get him but I’m just saying I think there will be a lot of the market for him is gonna be very robust before Thursday move yeah the real question is
What do the Warriors do with Chris Paul like do they do they keep them because they they kind of feel like they’re right there it’s like some of these games it’s like if you got Chris Paul in the court you win them because you know going to turn the ball over but also
Like what are you really doing like do you really you I think the Warriors are in like that weird spot because they they want to keep it going but it’s like they have to to do something like like like Steph is showing no slowing down he just dropped 60 you
Can’t let that you can’t let that [ __ ] go to that dude with to to Toe with Trey young like hey bro we still young back toes took all the to yeah it was just like bro like that dude is insane wi they got a lot of question
Marks over there so yeah WIS has no what needs to happen is LeBron and these just go and go go to the Warriors they can ride off to the sunset with two more championships together all right very happy you know in a bay where that’s where Warriors fans are like hey
LeBron come on that’s I was going to say here I was going to say like it would be given where their relationship started wouldn’t it be the coolest thing if him and Steph went out got chip together would that be amazing I’m glad they got to this point
Like I’m glad you know started it started so great you know what I’m saying yeah it started so great like you know Bri used to show up to his games like BR used to love stuff and then it got very you know what I’m saying hey as n said we had words but
The best supposed to clash at the top you know what I’m saying like so they had they had their time but it’s good to see them old and back you know what I’m saying but like yeah they imagine that if they you know obviously five is a big
Number like cuz of Kobe you know what I’m saying so both of them I know I know F the respective fan bases were hate it but for them that damn if I had if I had the courage I would write that for Thursday I a even thought about they could both
Get five together get five together yeah how about I mean they’re this era you know what I’m saying obviously BR is you know what I’m saying but like this era don’t happen without Steph like Steph pushed Bron to another level you know what I’m saying like might have to sack
Up I might have to have and Sack up it’s it’s kind of cool it’s kind of a good it’s a good idea D you it’s a good idea damn I love that idea what the Lakers aere be meltdown it’ll be a meltdown all you gotta do is tell Bron though hey man
We’ll draft Ronnie we good here about them picks we got them I don’t care where we pick them right that’s funny n it I don’t think it would be a meltdown if it happened a meltdown maybe maybe that’s what we need to end social media the internet
Yeah restart this thing KN what we know now threads NBA threads that’s the new thing now n they need they need a rebuild talk about no question no question ke eek where you gonna be this week you going anywhere this week no I’m gonna be in Memphis next week though they they they
Play Houston then they play the Bucks I think so I’m going be there doing something on hey you know what I want to ask what does Orlando do to the show Jamal Mosley what what does Orlando do I feel like ever since he came on here they could
Use they need in the shooter I want them to get some shooting you think they could use like a six for seven shooter they could use they could use clay they could use clay over there that’s who could use clay they could use they could use 2018
Clay I think clay would be good is he available go you got you gotta go dig in the archives for that one but but no you can’t you cannot trade Klay Thompson like talk about melting down they they need shooting they they need they need desperately need shooting like I mean he
37 what’s his name no from uh Memphis Luke Canard he would be part great for Orlando yeah like they that’s exactly what they need is somebody like lucard yeah no Chicago Really Gonna Keep this thing together like I don’t understand I don’t know I think you would think that
The LaVine injury kind of forces okay okay we can’t do this anymore but it’s like what are y’all doing I don’t know I don’t know they’re really going to ride this out huh I don’t know what they’re doing I I don’t I don’t get it even even the wizard said yeah that’s it
Man we fold that’s it yeah they finally said even the wizard folded man finally did it damn got Bulls out here straight on their ly Christmas right now like I been hold they don’t want to move pair of for the last 12 years it’s crazy you would
Think that you would think that they would move to Rosen you would you would think so but it’s like what y I mean somebody I know v v I’m casing casing in Kobe white right now Kobe white don’t miss know what his value is like I’m cashing all Caruso be
Good gold Caruso they got pieces that people want you know like yeah they got pieces people want yeah no question no they like yeah no they’re like these pair of sevens is going hit let me see let me see let me see I just can’t believe I can’t if if they’re
The same team come Friday I would be so disappointed I would be so disappoint surprised though because that is mean what has Chicago gotten right in the last what I don’t understand you know I just I don’t understand what they’re doing I just don’t understand what they’re doing
I don’t and you know what boo and Jerry Krauss in cr’s wife that should get them 10 more years of purgatory and they’re about to tr I sent you 10 more years Karm cry that was so that’s that come on that’s a team that’s not gonna trade
Demar de rozan that doing probably not he he could help the Warriors too by the way bro Debo put yeah no question man question uh so funny story da I’m in a uh you know one of the uh 49ers PR guys is from Chicago big bulls fan and so he
Like one of them Bulls fans who like like whenever they lose I go in there and because it’s all over his face he’s just like dying like he’s so disappointed in this team so uh so I’m in the locker room and I’m like look man just give us Debo
That’s all we want is Debo and so all these other reporters are like hold on how come he gets Debo oh we want to talk to Debo too and I’m like oh no no no no no was like what are you myad myad like that’s funny that is funny oh my
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We Marcus because if you leave less than five no you know what no no I’ll do marus got bring you gotta bring your own biddings like you said exactly I was gonna say or we’re gonna make you stay in Marcus’s hotel room yeah yeah keep it
To yourself you haters we going to have you stand right with me in that $72 a night joint me and you g split that key in half and you got to put it incid hey if the incidental is is damn near the room rate you probably don’t want to beat it
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