NBA Offseason Recap, MLB All-Star Selections, & USA Soccer! – What’s On Your Mind Podcast Ep. 23

NBA Offseason Recap, MLB All-Star Selections, & USA Soccer! – What’s On Your Mind Podcast Ep. 23

Lucad Donuch. There’s so many problems about him. He’s so unconditional. I’m always within 10 feet of a hot tub. I don’t think I’ve watched sports. God doesn’t bless those who can’t block Jenga. All he has is just off of memory. I guess nobody gives a [ __ ] on my mind. Then it’s just a taco. What can you say to back up that statement for me? It is what’s on your mind. It’s not what’s true. [Music] Welcome to a rare short staffed episode of the What’s on Your Mind podcast. Literally like this is literally all we need right here. [ __ ] the rest of them. I think we’re I think this week is going to teach us a lot of a lot of lessons about this podcast and the the true talent of it. Uh somehow not a whole lot but a lot to talk about. I think we’re just mainly just going to recap NBA free agency. If we if we want to, if we feel like we fly through that, maybe we can talk about MLB Allstars, snubs, and whatnot, and who deserved it. But, um, but for now, yeah, let’s just get right into NBA offseason transactions. Biggest one, Kevin Durant trade with the Rockets, which I don’t know if you saw, apparently that’s going to be expanded to like a seven teams. How How do you even like imagine this the Zoom call for that? Like you get a pick. You get a pick. You get a pick. I don’t understand what the point of doing that is. Like there’s got to be there’s got to be at least two teams in there who are only trading with each other or some [ __ ] And because like I just don’t get why why you got to include seven teams in one trade. Like it’d be one thing it’d be one thing if like like this is just an example, but like if the the Rockets and Suns were making that trade and all a sudden this uh the Suns were like like, “Oh, but I really wish you guys had a Kobe White type player and then like they were like, “Okay, let’s get the Bulls on the phone.” But then they got to work something out so that the Bulls get something in return that both teams are okay with giving up. Another team and but and then it’s crazy that gets to seven teams. Yeah. No, it’s insane. Oh, also really quick before I forget and before it’s too far off topic, h it is July 3rd on Thursday, so happy 4th of July, Junth, USA, Britain sucks, all that. [ __ ] Britain. [ __ ] the tea party. Honestly, coffee for life. It’s It’s funny. My my one of my former co-workers visited the office saying her she she’s kind of British. Like she was born in she was born in England. Her mom’s like British and everything. Uh, and like our old boss like walked by was like like, “Oh, hey, good to see you. Happy 4th.” I’m like, “She she’s British. She doesn’t celebrate that.” But, uh, but anyway, back to we were talking about. Yeah. So, Kevin Durant got traded to the Rockets. Every every member of the big three of the Thunder back in 2012 has now been a member of the Rockets at some point. All we need All we need is Westbrook to go to the Nets now, too, to complete that as well. Jesus. What’s like your What’s like your immediate thought to KD being on the Rockets? I mean, they gave away Jaylen Green, which right, that’s who they gave away. Yeah. He was like that. Yeah. I thought that was certainly something. Here’s what I’m going to say. Kevin Durant is a franchise ruiner. Kevin Durant has never went somewhere and made that franchise better other than the Warriors, which they were already the best. Yeah. And even then, like Yeah. I don’t think he’s ever gone somewhere made them better. and like you know left them like you know feeling like oh yeah we’re like we got the most out of him like even yeah even with them like it was like kind of left with a sour taste in the mouth. No he’s never every time he goes somewhere he’s never that team gives up their like entire future for this guy who doesn’t like he’s not he’s not the one he’s always hurt he’s good in the playoffs but he’s not a clutch player in the playoffs. He’s never the guy to give the ball to at the end who’s going to win you a game in the playoffs. Even when he was on the Nets, it was Harden or [ __ ] Kyrie on uh I mean on every team, he’s never been that guy. So yeah, it’s funny when people post that one clip of like it was like they were in practice and it was Kyrie, Harden, and Durant like all hitting like the same step back three or whatever. It’s like who’s going to like they’ll be like looking back like how did this ne team never win a championship or whatever. It’s like I mean it’s a Kevin Durant led team. Like I I love him as much as the next guy. Like back back in middle school, he was easily my second favorite player. But he was my But yeah, no, it’s like look, it’s like like everybody’s like looking back, how did this not win or whatever? It’s like what did you It’s It’s Harden KD and Kyrie like the three of the most toxic dudes in the NBA. Like you really think they were going to all be buddy buddies sharing the ball. I mean, so many other cancer issues on the team. Well, yeah. Ben Simmons was their backup point guard and he thought Was he with there? Yeah. And he thought he should have been a [ __ ] allstar. Oh, wait. No, no, he they tra they traded they traded Harden to get him. So I think it would have been Yeah. Yeah, cuz Yeah, cuz Harden went to the Sixers, but I think he I think he was KD on the I thought he did. Never mind. All right. Anyway, um Yeah, that was There was a lot of Steve Nash was a [ __ ] head coach. Oh, yeah. Problem and a half. Yeah, he was awful in every situation. He like didn’t even like truly want to be there, did he? Yeah. No, it’s just like he seemed like loweffort, never really cared. I mean, when you’re already a multi-millionaire and you’re already like a star, it’s like, do you what willingness do you have left? And yeah, like I I think I think teams are starting to realize that big threes don’t work anymore. like you need to stop trying to just sell tickets and like literally the two the two teams that won or that were in the championship this past year were mostly built through well yes through the draft but also like obviously trading for Hallebertton and Seakkum but uh but I mean still like trading for young guys who had roles to play and like didn’t just go out and you know give up the farm for them like they were very even even trades they didn’t they didn’t franchise the future for these players. Yeah. Um, but yeah, do you I don’t know. What do you think what do you think the ceiling is for the Rockets this next year? Second round exit. I mean, yeah. Who else do they have outside of KD? Uh, no. No, he was in the trade, too. Yeah. Um, I hate the [ __ ] M. I don’t even know. Is Jabari Smith going to take like a leap? Signed that big deal. I think he’s expected to be a main guy there. I mean, who knows? That deal was a pretty crazy deal for a guy who still has not taken the big leap, but Yeah. Yeah. That’s certainly uh certainly not a formula for success that the Rockets got going on. No. Yeah. And Kevin’s 36 now. Yeah. Great. And I’m I’m like hope the [ __ ] are you doing? And like I’m hoping like you’re I know you really like uh you really like Sang. I’m hoping that like KD hogging the ball doesn’t like help hurt like some of these guys developments and everything. Yeah. Yeah. really I’m really struggling to remember like who else is left there now. Um did they trying to remember who they would have drafted? Oh, I mean they drafted Reed Shepard but Oh, they have [ __ ] Amen Thompson. Oh, yeah. Yep. Yeah, he’s he’s a dude. Um but but yeah, no, I I don’t really see them still being a like a true contender in the West. I mean, they were good, but it’s like you trade away you trade away two guys who are pretty instrumental to your team’s success and replace it with a guy who’s going to make your team play a completely different style of basketball. What are you doing? Yeah. Especially if the Rockets just had their best season in [ __ ] years. Yeah. No, exactly. Yeah, they I don’t know. I Yeah, I just don’t get it. And yeah, I get wanting to like take the next step, but usually that’s your players developing. Yeah, your players developing or roster develop or or signing one more guy to like truly put you over the over the top. But yeah, no, I don’t know. Trading the [ __ ] farm for 36 and and and Yeah. And how many how many picks too? Wasn’t it like five or something? Yeah, I was going to say it was at least three or four. Yeah. Yeah. No, I like five. Yeah, it was like five second rounders alone, I think. Yeah, something weird like that. But yeah, there you have it for KD to the Rockets. Uh what do you think? What what what else comes what else comes next as far as like big big mover to the Bucks? I mean, we live in Wisconsin. Uh yeah, true. I mean, he’s again, I don’t know a ton about the NBA, so I could be completely [ __ ] wrong, but he’s definitely a lot better than Burke Lopez. Let me say that. Actually, we’ll talk about Damian Lillard because they kind of go hand in hand, but Dame Lillard, I also think that was a good move. I do because what a like Damen Lord. So you’re paying him you’d be paying him 50 million this year to rehab and then 50 million the next year for a torn Achilles Damian Lord. You never know what’s going to happen and then the next year he has an option. So like he has all the control. It’s just like you get rid of him now. You you cut you cut him loose. You save halfish of that money and then you go and get someone like Miles Turner who we knew Brook Lopez was gone all along. I think that was super mutual. Yeah, you you did a lot of good things here, but you just you’re getting too old. We need to move move along. I think Miles Turner was the perfect guy to bring in. I he was the best uh free agent player available by far. Yeah. By a long long shot. Yeah. Sadly, I don’t think he’ll replace Brooks shooting three, but I I I feel like you’ve started getting a little Lobus fell off towards the end of the season. He did. He did. Yeah. His bucks or maybe maybe I don’t know. I think Miles Turner’s shooting got ended up getting a little inconsistent in the in the finals. But that Yeah. I think he’s still he’s a good three and D guy and I think that’s the exact center Giannis needs. Yeah. Exactly. Like no, they they did the best that they could to not only replace it but actually upgrade it. Yeah. So actually like pretty cool move by the my cool move by the Bucks. And then point guard I like they uh I could be completely wrong but I’m pretty sure I saw them resign Kevin Porter Jr. Yes they did. Yes, they did. And uh I always thought he was a hooper. I mean, if he didn’t beat that [ __ ] girl, he probably would be a like either still a rocket and at like, you know, pretty good there or would have been a trade piece in the Kevin Durant trade. But no, I always thought he was pretty good. I thought he was good for a while. So, not surprised to see him getting his shine. Is it a good thing that NBA players are allowed to beat the [ __ ] out of their girlfriends and then still be stars? Yeah, I don’t know about that. Probably not. But yeah, go Bucks. Yeah, exactly. Um, but yeah, I I guess speaking of like Bucks and former Bucks, uh, also, uh, Drew Holiday got traded to the Trailblazers and he is not happy about that. I mean, I get it. Um, from [ __ ] where? New Orleans to Milwaukee to Boston. Three like big Hey, don’t forget Philly, too. Starting off Philly. Yeah. one three like well big known like people love to play there type cities. Culturally rich cities. Yeah, exactly. Like people love to be there, you know, like no matter if it’s cold or whatever to [ __ ] Portland, dude. We got we got we got forests. We got forests in a mountain range that’s really far away from Yeah, they they got they got trees taller than their buildings probably. That’s about it. But yeah, I mean I don’t know if I were after the last time like you know when they had him for a day and then traded him to Boston. I don’t know. You would think these teams would, you know, kind of kick the tires with their agents, say like, “Hey, if we I don’t know. I don’t know how the trade process works all the time.” But in the NBA, there’s a lot less of that. In the NFL and MLB, that always happens. Teams call the agents, make sure the player wants to be there. In the NBA, it’s so much like a business. Like, like Dame Lillard was never told he was getting waved. Yeah. Exactly. He saw it like he got a tweet not like a tweet notification and was like, “Oh, I got cut.” Yeah. That’s how the NBA works. And that’s why like that’s the only thing that like like I know I jumped jumped the ship or whatever a little too early on uh like the whole like because we saw Chris Haynes said that Giannis was unhappy and I sent that into our group chat. Everybody’s every everybody’s like dude he posted that 10 minutes after like there’s no way he knows that. The only way that I could see it is cuz like they said that uh Giannis helped recruit Miles Turner. The only thing that I could see is like him saying like oh yeah I’d love for him to come here but didn’t realize that it was going to be at the expense of Dame. And then once he saw that, he was like, “Why didn’t you tell me that? I would have probably thought differently.” Would have been a [ __ ] smarter human being. True. They talked through his agent. His agent definitely could have explained like, “Hey, Giannis, uh, your team definitely cannot afford a third superstar after still being on the hook for a lot of players dead cap. They have more dead money than anybody in the NBA.” It’s like, I don’t know. I mean, that was pretty pretty obvious thing. And like the thing with I say like with with like mine’s like Yeah. Like what when I I I do think that was a lie cuz it was literally 10 minutes after. Like who the [ __ ] do you know? Yeah. And that that you know Giannis’s feelings 10 minutes after Dame got cut. Cuz if Dame didn’t know he got cut until he got cut, Giannis didn’t [ __ ] know either. And then that tweet came out 10 [ __ ] minutes later. So like there was that’s what I’m saying. It’s like all right, this is a bunch of [ __ ] And then another thing is I always say this. It’s like these guys are grown [ __ ] men. I find it so hard to believe they’re openly just like letting everybody know how they feel all the [ __ ] time. And and they’ve gotten to the point where they know that they have to live private lives, too. So, it’s like whenever they like I’ve always not even just about Giannis with Milwaukee, even though he is a bad victim of it. Anytime a player’s like, “Oh, a player feels this way. A player feels this way.” I’m always like, “No, they don’t.” Like, they’re just pulling that out of your ass. And it’s it’s the same like not to get too too far off topic, but that that was the same when uh when Bears fans were trying to decide if we if they wanted to keep Justin Fields or draft Caleb Williams and everybody was saying cuz like like reporters would ask, you know, DJ Moore like, “Oh, how do you feel about Justin Fields?” And like he would speak highly of him and everything. He’s like, “Yeah, he’s my he’s my quarterback until he’s not or whatever.” Uh and everybody’s like, “See, DJ Moore loves loves Justin Fields. If if they uh get rid of Justin Fields, then it’s going to hurt the locker room.” It’s like these guys are only here for another 5 years. They’re just trying to win a ring. They’re just a [ __ ] paycheck. Like that’s people so many professional players get to a point where they really realize like like these star players, they can’t all be [ __ ] championship guys. Like cuz think about it, when you have super teams, only in the NBA this [ __ ] works. [ __ ] you, Kevin. And I guess in the MLB now, but when you already have a bunch of stars, it’s really hard to just be like, “Oh, here’s another star.” So yeah, often times stars get left to die with no [ __ ] rings. I mean, Charles Barkley, I don’t think Steve Nash ever got one. Melo. Melo. Like stars get left to die with no rings. So yeah, I mean just they go and get they go get their bag and then it’s really all that’s really all they care about. Yeah, it’s really all they care about. No, I I agree. Yeah. And I don’t know. I don’t know where I was going to go with that. Anyway, um also I have a crazy DeAndre quote. I said this at work today and nobody knew this. I thought this was just like a I thought I thought this was like a common known meme. DeAndre and right when he got drafted, you know, like they walk up the stage, walk her right up to like a reporter. Yeah. You know, she asked a normal question like what do you want to accomplish in the in the NBA? DeAndre Aton’s response, very first thing he says is, you know, my only my only goal, this is a real quote, my he didn’t say like my main goal, my only goal is to just get to that second contract. He said that the second he was drafted and people are wondering why DeAndre was chasing the bag this off season. No, honestly, did you guys realize they’re they’re admitting it. They don’t care about [ __ ] winning. Yeah. No, they came from nothing. They want money. I don’t know if it was I can’t remember if it was Brandon Ingram. For some reason, I associate Brandon Ingum Ingram with this quote. Uh mainly cuz I think that I’ve always viewed Brandon as this type of player. But yeah, it was someone that said that uh and this was a while ago that a lot of guys in the NBA are like only in the NBA because they know that they can make a lot of money off of it and they don’t actually have any passion for the game. It’s it’s literally just their career. They Yeah. So no. Yeah. That I’m I’m not surprised at all cuz basketball is the easiest sport to get to become good at. And it’s and that’s that’s lame because coming into the league like DeAndre Eaton was seen as like being like I don’t necessarily want not one of the best prospects ever, but a top five center prospect ever. Yeah, I was going to say like like I like I want I want to say he was being viewed as like generational and Yeah. and just obviously never cared to like any actually do anything with that. Um, which I don’t I don’t get why you would like it’d be one thing if like you know you were like undersized and everything like had talent but like it was just really hard to like you know overcome being undersized but like when you’re already seven foot and you know you have the talent like why are you not trying to like actually have fun dominating in the paint with that? Like you would think like they’re just so cuz they well they get the money and then Yeah. I mean just like cuz they’re humans too. Like they get the [ __ ] money and then they just they don’t like cuz I mean think about it right now like what would I rather do right now? go on a [ __ ] run or go get shitfaced on a boat. I’d rather go get [ __ ] faced on a boat, honestly. Yeah, they have that human that’s the human element to him coming through. It’s like That is true. Especially the guys who like it’s usually and I don’t know DeAndre’s backstory at all. But I’m It’s usually the guys who like they don’t they don’t come from much. It’s like the second they get that money, they’re like, I’m just going to live a life, you know? I’ve had to grind every day my entire [ __ ] life. Like, yeah, time to party now. Sorry. Um, yeah. No, it’s I don’t know. It’s maybe it’s just cliche to say this, but yeah, it’s just disappointing like like being like two two people who at when we were kids like we would have given anything to like have that sort of talent and everything and to see like guys who have all the talent in the world literally just not even have any respect for it yet. It’s it’s disappointing. [ __ ] honestly. Uh, what about what about your king and goat Westbrook? Is there any news on where he might land? Uh, I don’t know. I’m really hoping he uh goes to Bayern Munich. Yeah, I’m just kidding. Uh, I don’t know. I hope he ring chases. I want him to get one so bad, but I don’t even know. Like, that’s not Ring chasing is so hard to do now cuz you never know who’s going to [ __ ] win it. Do you think he should try to ring chase and help OKC repeat? He doesn’t He just doesn’t like fit in there. Yeah. He’s too He’s too much of a ball dominant player still, which is hard to be at this age when you’re not that good. Yeah. Yeah. Which like I don’t think what he should do is go lead a second team on a middle of the pack team because he would he’s still good enough to play on a not top 10 team and be their sixman and literally put up six man of the year numbers. Yeah. But he’s he’s ring chasing. He already is, which I get at that age. So I don’t know. I don’t know where I want him to end up. being Milwaukee would be pretty [ __ ] I was literally just gonna say like now that Dame’s gone and like I think as of right now Kevin Porter is their starting point guard. I’m I’m like I’m like dude that actually doesn’t sound like the worst idea off top of my head. I’d be so that would be the greatest news. We we we’d have to go like we went to so many games. Yeah, we we went first game. Yeah, we’d we’d have to go to that. Um be so excited, man. Yeah. No, now that I think about it, like I’ve I do wish Dame would have had a little bit more. Like obviously I’m a Bulls fan but I wish Dame would have had a a longer at least a longer tenure in Milwaukee because when he got traded here I was actually like excited to have Damian Lillard in Wisconsin. Like yeah even though you’re not cuz I’m not a big Bucks fan cuz I don’t care about the NBA but it was still like holy [ __ ] Dame Lillard’s here like like I was like dude I might buy that jersey. Yeah, he plays in the same state I live. Like that’s pretty [ __ ] sick. Yeah. And then it just ended up being Yeah. It was for nothing. It’ll be a weird trivia question way down the road. Um, Damon Lillard [ __ ] go to for a year and tears Achilles. Yeah. And it was weird from the start. Like I get it. Like you don’t when you get traded, he got Yeah, he got traded. You don’t just [ __ ] up and move our entire family, but he never his uh wife and kids never came to Milwaukee. Really? Never. Wow. They never saw him play in Milwaukee. They stayed in the whole time. That’s wild. Yeah, that’s really wild. And like that all that came out during like his Achilles rehab cuz like he went back there and like it was everyone was saying it was the first time he seen his family in like forever cuz he he didn’t want them in Milwaukee. That’s insane. I think I actually I think I do remember hearing hearing that. Yeah. Clearly he was unhappy from the get-go. Yeah. Yeah. And honestly like even though I don’t know like I don’t want to like jump to conclusions but yeah it it seemed like he and Giannis never truly meshed well together. Like it was just they could never decide who was going to have the ball late in the game. Opposite people. Yeah. Dan Lillard is the like just [ __ ] quiet. Like he’s going to be a [ __ ] rapper. Like Yeah. Quiet like I’m too cool type of guy. Like his Instagram stories pissed me the [ __ ] off, dude. He’s so annoying. Yeah. He acts like he’s too good and too cool for everything. Yeah. But like and then Giannis is the exact opposite. Like Giannis is so such like a happy like excited like always talking like [ __ ] always making jokes, always messing around with people. in Denver was just like the whole time, oh yeah, whatever, bro. Like that type of guy. So, yeah. So, yeah, they’re definitely complete opposite people. Uh, what else do we got? While I’m while I’m trying to think of other high-profile acquisitions, I’ll at least take a second to trash my my favorite team and their lack of doing anything. The our biggest move so far has been trading Lonzo Ball for Isaac Aoro. Diabolical. Yeah, especially when it was it’s been known for like the past like 6 months or whatever. I forget when the NBA trade deadline is um but there were reports that the Bulls could have gotten a first round pick for Lonzo. I don’t get this. You could have got a first pick first round pick for Lonzo Ball. You decide not to. You go to the length to extend him for two years and then trade him for a role player who has not lived up to his potential and Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that’s that’s the thing. Has there’s no there’s no getting better. Yeah. And Yeah. I just I don’t get it. And while while other teams are making all these moves like the the Suns traded for Mark Williams, who the Bulls have wanted, Bulls fans have wanted ever since like he was coming to the league, like everybody was hoping he would fall to them in I can’t remember which draft which draft it was 21 or something like that. Yeah. I’m trying to remember who the Bulls would have drafted in that one, but I’m not going to spend too much time trying to think. But yeah, the Bull Bulls fans wanted them to draft him. He didn’t fall. And then he was available at this trade deadline. Bulls fans wanted them to trade for him. He almost got traded Lakers and then didn’t. So, it’s like, okay, well, what now? And then the and then during this draft, Suns traded for him and then drafted the other center from Duke that Bulls fans wanted. I forget how to say his name. Malu Amen or whatever. The guy from the Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, or something like that. My mind always just thinks Malachi, but that’s that’s the that’s the whitewashing in me. But um but yeah, so it’s it’s it sucks that we’re seeing all these teams make, you know, all these there’s about to be a seven team trade and it’s I don’t think it’s still going to involve the Bulls Bulls. Yeah. Meanwhile, we’re making sure we sign guys to two contracts. Trade Capital at this point. Who or what? Uh either Well, there’s still rumors. There was a rumor for of uh Kobe White for Kaminga, I would say. I would say that’s a bad trade for the B for the Bulls, I’d say. Yeah, I know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I agree. Yeah. If you’re going to trade Kobe, like at least get something else out of it cuz like obviously it it’s it’s tough to say in this day and like like 10 years ago a guy that averaged 19 points a game cons like back toback years or whatever you would want to say is all-star caliber, but in today’s NBA not so much. But yeah, I yeah, I like tweeted that that yeah, that that would be a stupid trade. And I mean I want to say Vas, but I mean obviously he’s getting paid a little too much for a lot of teams liking and he’s and he’s getting old, but I don’t know. If they’re smart, they should trade him literally for literally anything that they can get. Um yeah, but other than that, not a whole lot. Um Josh Giddy posted a Instagram story of like just like him in a bull like in a game this past off or this past season. People think that an extension is probably coming, which I think is deserved, but yeah, it’s just disappointing seeing all these moves be made and your team’s never involved in any of them except for the worst from the outside. Yeah. Yeah. The worst ones. Um, but oh, another big another sort of big one. Uh, Michael Porter Jr. got traded to the Nets for Why am I blinking? Oh, Cam Johnson, which that’s an interesting trade. Yeah, it’s that’s that was a trade that me and my friends were laughing about at work. It’s like it’s like, “Hey, I got a fork. Can I can I get that spoon?” No, seriously. Yeah. It’s like I don’t know. Like, they’re the same player. They both hate [ __ ] passing. They both love shooting. Yeah. They play below average defense. I mean, I I’m guessing I’m guessing there’s something to do It’s more of a contract thing. I’m guessing the Nuggets I know the Nuggets pay Michael Porter Jr. pretty [ __ ] well. So, I’m guessing it’s the Nuggets wanting to save a little more money cuz I doubt Cam Johnson has paid any anything too too crazy. I I mean there it’s just it’s a one of those trades where it’s like okay same player. I want to say the Nuggets might come out well Michael Porter Jr. is the better player but but uh but like playing with a player like Joic, I think the Nuggets come out on top cuz I to my knowledge I don’t think Cam Johnson like Michael Porter Jr. is a guy that does want the ball in his hands and will try to like create his own shot and everything. Whereas I think Cam Johnson is a guy that just shoots coming off of screens and stuff like that. Michael Jr. dude he gets clowned for never taking dribbles really. He’s he played like multiple games last year with less than with less than five dribbles. What basketball am I watching? Interesting. Never mind. Um I mean Michael like no you are. He he is still like he he can create a shot for himself but like he was always just getting clown last year because he would like he had so many games where he had over it was a stat. It was some God, what the [ __ ] is the stat called? It’s like one of those Twitter accounts where they like they like single out a funny stat and it’s you have to have 20 plus points, zero assists, and zero dribbles. Michael Porter Jr. had like three of those last year. It’s like it’s like it’s not a whole lot, but it’s enough to make it interesting. It led the NBA. Yeah. No, that makes sense. That makes sense. Uh all right. Well, that’s interesting. Uh I feel like there’s a few other Oh. Oh, actually I wouldn’t say this is the biggest one, but definitely I would say maybe the biggest head scratcher. Desmond Bane to the Magic for what was it? Four or five first round picks. Yeah, something like that. Like and and I’ll I’ll admit when I first saw it, like I knew Desmond Bane was solid. I didn’t know he averaged 23 points, not last season, but the one before. So that’s pretty solid. And he’s a good defender. Best defending shooting guard. I think it’s literally just cuz he has a kind of a small wingspan that kind of like makes me what for whatever reason give not give him the benefit of the doubt. And I mean I definitely like still at the end of the day like if the MA in the Magic like they made that trade thinking for the cuz they’re super young. They made that trade. I mean what were they? They were a three seed in this year’s playoffs I think. Three or four three or four. Yeah. Like maybe even a two for some reason. I want I’m thinking all of a sudden now they were good and it’s like and they have a really young team. So I think they’re planning on all those picks being you know picked 20 or later. But, you know, still at the end of the day, it’s like that’s one of those trades where if they hit on a single player, Memphis loses. Yeah. But the chance they hit is like complete 50/50. Yeah. No. And I I think it’s like mainly like like Yeah. You trade it for a really good player and like you are giving yourself a chance to really put yourself over like over the edge. But I think it’s like when you like compare it to like previous trades like when you like like that and like the Paul George trade like that has like almost the same amount of picks that the Paul George trade had. Obviously they got Shay Gillis from that was from a bad team too. Well yeah better picks. Yeah. Um yeah. No it’s just I don’t know some it’s like it’s like man like how did the how did the Grizzlies GM have the have the stones to sit there and say no I want like like oh we’ll give you we’ll give you three first round picks. No I want more. Okay fine. first round pick, you’re allowed to trade. Yeah, exactly. You can trade only 5 years in advance. He got every one you can get. Would you would you have hung up on that? See, I don’t know cuz I don’t hate the trade cuz think of like what I’m saying. Think about the magic, dude. Like Paulo, the ma the Vagner brothers in the paint. Like they really were another like a good ass guard away. Not well. I I I think Sug is solid. He just can’t stay healthy. I don’t even think it’s their best guard. I think it’s Cole Anthony. Well, they traded him, did they? They He was in that trade. Yeah. Oh, okay. So, okay, that makes sense. I think No, but I think Cole Anthony was their best guard, I’m pretty sure. So, I think I think it’s going to be a big help. I’m definitely Desmond Bane is definitely definitely what completes their team in my head. But like at what cost? Yeah, Wendell Carter’s solid enough, too. He just he needs to be more consistent. Carter Williams. Wendell Carter. Oh, I thought you said Michael Carter. I was like I think he did play for the Magic at one point. He did. He did. Yeah, but he’s going to uh No, that was Ben McLeammore. Did you hear about Ben McLemore? Didn’t he get in trouble or something? He got [ __ ] uh found guilty on like three counts of rape. Wow. Yeah. Kansas legend right there. In like 2021, too. Like not even Oh, yeah. Yeah. No, I was I was going to say I’m like I feel like I remember something, but I don’t think it was recent. But uh but no, actually probably would have been a Kansas legend if it wasn’t for Trey Burke hitting that hitting that uh three to tie. I remember that. I remember like it was yesterday, too, dude. Speaking of college basketball, 28. Yep. 29. So excited about that. Me, too. I’m going to grind the [ __ ] out of that game. I’m going to rebuild. I’m going to make Wisconsin a [ __ ] 45 time national champion, dude. Honest. Yeah. No, I I’m very much like a I’m making my own coach. Craig Guard’s going to lead that [ __ ] team. I think I think the thing that’s going to be most fun about even though I’ve always said that recruiting is the most fun part about Dynasty in in NC like in NCAA football. Yeah. Uh I think what’s going to be fun about college basketball is that you’ll actually play more games cuz you won’t have to recruit 50 players. But from like I mean all of this is still speculative obviously. All this is is complete speculative. They haven’t announced anything more than that the game is coming out. They didn’t even announce the [ __ ] year. But from what I’ve seen is that the recruiting is going to be way more in-depth. Like you’re it’s still going to be like you can like you get recruiting points after every game. After all 30 games you are get points and you’re supposed to do recruiting, but the thing is it’ll be easy cuz think about it. How big is your recruiting class? No. Yeah. Ex. Exactly. You’re [ __ ] recruiting. You’re bringing in two to three high schoolers. And I mean, I don’t I guess I don’t know how it’s going to work, but like nowadays you only bring in two to three high schoolers and then bring in three to four transfer guys. So, actually, I just realized though, I think it actually will still be tough cuz I think it’ll be more competitive like like thing about for football like whether like if you’re the number one recruit or if you’re like the number 100 recruit, like like yes, there’s, you know, a considerable, you know, margin between those, but like if you if you’re a college football team and you get the number one 100 overall recruit, like that’s still that’s still a solid player. Whereas the number one recruit in college basketball versus the number 100, like the number 100 is like probably just going to be like a role player. Okay. Well, that’s what a coach like him is saying here at Wisconsin. We’re going to mold that white man down in Rankings don’t always three and D player in college basketball history. No. Yeah. Rankings don’t always mean everything. Like like Devonte Graham is one of the best Kansas point guards ever and he was like I think he was like maybe in the top 70. But um but I mean every Wisconsin legend’s been uh that’s that’s not even but I but but I also mean like they were all low ranked. No, they weren’t. But I mean like also from the perspective like uh like like college football did a good did a decent enough job of like not just making it so like Georgia or whoever like you know like Georgia recruits like three fivestar quarterbacks like if they get one obviously like like others aren’t Yeah. others aren’t going to commit to them. So, but like with basketball, like a top team can, you know, potentially hoard I’m it’s got to it’s about to be like real life and I’m going to lose out on a kid from Madison, Wisconsin to Duke. Yeah. Duke or Kentucky. Yeah. Exactly. Uh yeah. No. So, yeah, definitely excited about that. Yeah. Know, me, too. I’m really excited about that. And like if they I’m obviously they didn’t have online dynasties set up back in 2010, which the last year was, but I’m hoping that’s a day one thing. Online dynasties, get [ __ ] Yeah. 30 of your buddies and that [ __ ] And no, just honestly, I mean, that would obviously be a grind through that season. I mean, I’m hoping though you can make it like a 14 game season, something like that. That would play a lot better. Yeah. Only play like your conference games or some [ __ ] Yeah, that’d be uh instead of like advancing to like the next week, advance to the next day. That’d be crazy. Yeah. I I I wonder how like assuming Yeah, assuming they can do online dynasty. I wonder how they’re going to handle that. Or like kind of like maybe it’s something like with you know how the mo the show one worked where you could play people whenever you wanted. Yeah, there was no season. That would be dumb. I want there to be like a Yeah, cuz then Yeah, cuz then there’d pretty much be like almost no recruiting. I mean, how many weeks are in how many weeks are in [ __ ] a basketball season? It goes from November to February. So, like Well, if you’re if you’re counting March, man, if you’re counting March Madness, go regular season would be February. Like I would say mid-Marchch is Well, no, cuz that’s the that’s conference tournament starts like March 6. Oh my god. Okay. Then yeah, February. Yeah. Yeah. So I mean that’s what that’s what 4 8 12 that’s so like 16 games that that is one a week then. Yeah. You just play one a week in the big 10 you’d play every team once and then have a non-con one non-conference. Yeah. That’s the biggest [ __ ] actually know it’s 18 [ __ ] teams now. Holy [ __ ] Wow. They need to change that name. Yeah. The big 18. Oh my gosh. Uh are we missing any moves NBA offseason? Yeah, probably. We are um but I mean we obviously got the biggest ones. Yeah. I don’t know what Dam’s going to do. I don’t know what his his next team is at all. I mean with a torn Achilles too, like nobody’s going to Yeah. You you’re not signing him for this. Yeah. You got to be willing to like sign him for Does he even not Does he just rehab and not even sign? Possibly. But I wonder I don’t know. I I think because he’s clearly obsessed with staying in Portland. So Yeah. True. Yeah. And then make your decision. Yeah. And like I don’t know. I think it all depends on like how willing teams are to like commit to him. And like I guess like if he’s Yeah. If he’s not if there’s not a team out there willing to give him the deal that he wants, maybe you do take a shot on yourself and rehab. And then then again, how do you show teams that you know you’re ready to come back and stuff? So I guess obviously, you know, working out for them and everything, but and someone you don’t Damian Ler wouldn’t have to work out for somebody. Yeah. somebody else on Damian Lillard to Achilles. Yeah. Um yeah. Or wait, I this just came to mind. Uh Colin Ston got traded to the Hornets. I mean, obviously that’s not really like league breaking or whatever or anything, but uh I didn’t know that actually. Yeah, it was Colin Ston to the Hornets for Yousef Nich. Like I think it was just straight up, which correct me if I’m wrong, I thought Ysef Neric was actually a solid player. Is he just kind of a stat? Oh my god. Let me explain Yousef Nerous’s fall off as somebody who had him in as him in Dynasty fantasy basketball. He was playing on Phoenix with Durant and Booker, right? Starting center, [ __ ] averaging like a smooth 10, like 10 10 and five. Like seriously, a true double double guy through and through. And then, oh my god, I wish I knew who they [ __ ] switched to. Then out of nowhere, a guy they had on the team all along, like all along for the year and a half, just takes over the start starting role and Nerkage goes from starting and playing like almost 30 minutes a night to never seeing the floor. Wow. Literally never t like he was literally one day starting and the next day they like got a new center and he was never touching the floor. And then like the coach was coming out and openly saying like he didn’t like his work ethic like he thought he was lazy. He thought he was this. like coach was flaming him, gets traded to Charlotte, plays literally three games there and then same thing gets [ __ ] benched, never never touch board again. Wow. Interesting. Yeah, like it was the quickest fall off ever in just like two months. He went from a starter on the Suns, you know, a solid playoff team to not touching the court on the Hornets. the old I feel like the most recent thing I remembered about him that was like you know anything that like I would have thought like oh this is why you know fans wouldn’t want him on their team uh I forget who it was but he he got into it with someone and he was like just a big baby about it like on like it was it was like a on the court scuffle and yeah he ended up I don’t know he just looked like a wuss about it but I wish I knew yeah I can’t remember but yeah I want to say I want to say that about it for Oh, wait, no. Who? Oh, no. The Spurs drafted someone. That’s cuz I I had remembered that they like ESPN like posted a graphic of the Spurs or whatever, but I’m Yeah, Ruters. Uh Derek Harper. Yeah. Um I think that about does it for NBA offseason. Do you want to real quick discuss MLB Allstars? Like who about Diego Luna? Remind me who that is. I just learned about him today. Yeah. Enlighten me. All right. So, USA soccer. It’s soccer. Oh, yeah. Yeah. US just defeated Guatemala. Cup. Yep. We’re playing in the Gold Cup, which is so like uh I don’t even [ __ ] I don’t want to get into a whole thing, but the Gold Cup is our grouping, our continent’s tournament pretty much. So, like Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, tr I’m gonna say Trinidad and Tobago. Sounds crazy. Top 15 soccer team in the world. Don’t know why, but it’s like we have some decent teams in there. We’re the best team for sure. But so this year, all of our [ __ ] best players just decided they’re going to skip out on the Gold Cup. Like they just didn’t want to do it. It happened. It did happen just it was a weird timing where it ju it happened right after their club seasons finished up. So like a lot of them were kind of beat up. Although Christian Pissic is a [ __ ] [ __ ] because he’s our team captain, Captain America. and said he was out for rest and but then proceeded to play in his last his club’s last two like throwaway games because they weren’t even making their team their season leagues playoffs. Mhm. So [ __ ] that guy. But no, to create replace Christian Piss, we got this guy Diego Luna, dude. [ __ ] neck tatted up. Got some face tats, dude. He’s like he’s I think he’s younger than me. He’s like 22, 21. That’s crazy. And he’s just [ __ ] carrying us through this Gold Cup. Like, yeah, we are the best team, but since we had nobody, we were projected to finish like third. Like, we had the third best odds to win at all. And he is just [ __ ] dominating. Like, scored two goals against Guatemala. I saw I saw I was seeing this on Twitter, but like he has some of the best [ __ ] touch ever. It’s like watching Messi play. Like, he gets he’ll get a [ __ ] a 90 yard cross. Like, he’ll get a 100 mile per hour pass to him. He’ll [ __ ] stop it on a dime under his foot. Like, break two [ __ ] guys ankles. That’s what he did against Guatemala. Like stopped a 90 yard [ __ ] cross on a dime at his foot, snapped one guy’s ankles, went around another guy, goal from like 70 yards out or 70 ft out. It was like, what the [ __ ] Yeah. Now, I can’t imagine what that’s like for a defender to like know like the pass is coming in and like thinking like like, okay, I’m going to fly. Yeah. And and like thinking like, okay, I’m going to have a second because like he’s going to have to let it bounce and evaluate like what’s he what he’s going to do and everything to all of a sudden he just settles it and he’s still off to the races. It was immediate stop and then just go and it was like what the [ __ ] did I just see? That’s crazy. And yeah, I mean he’s he’s just dominating. So that’s pretty exciting to see because all some of our old guys have been [ __ ] lately. So So Diego Luna, are we seeing a potential US soccer legend in the making or is it just kind of catching fire lightning in a bottle? See, I mean, you never know cuz uh the Gold Cup is significantly different from the World Cup. I mean, obviously the World Cup is the biggest sporting event on the planet Earth and the Gold Cup is just we’re on our home turf, too. That’s another thing. We’re playing in our home stadiums with like [ __ ] half sellout crowds. It’s so embarrassing they keep putting them in NFL stadiums. But yeah, it’s I mean, I don’t know. like he’s got the potential for sure, but we’ve seen this with uh Gio Raina most recently. He was coming up and everybody’s like, “Oh, he’s already he was like 19. He’s like, “Oh, he’s already signed with uh Dortmund. Like, he’s got to be the one, you know, he grew up in academy. He’s already on a a senior team of like one of the best teams and one of the best leagues and it just completely fizzles out. But it’s [ __ ] stupid because he dominates in his club, but he comes here and he [ __ ] sucks. [ __ ] G Arena.” But no, I mean, I don’t know. I hope it works out. He’s got it. Like he’s got it. He doesn’t [ __ ] care. He’s a psycho. Yeah, that’s what you need in soccer players. All the best. I mean, Messi obviously was a little different. He was more composed, but like Ronaldo, Ple, like the best like Clint Dempsey, the best US guys [ __ ] they’re kind of there’s some screws loose. Like they just don’t care. Balls to the walls at all times. And that’s that’s what he’s got. So, it’s definitely pretty exciting. Exciting to see in US soccer because we’ve had a bunch of [ __ ] soy boy [ __ ] recently. Yeah, we lost the World Cup solely because we’re soft, but or we lost so early. But yeah, I don’t know. I’m excited. Really exciting spot to be in. Young guys look good. The We still have a really good uh group of like mid20s to late 20s guys should be around for two World Cups still. So yeah, it’s pretty exciting times. But I’ve been saying that for 10 years, so who knows? Hey, all it takes is uh all it takes is for one literally, man. One team to catch catch fire. All it takes is to literally we just got to go [ __ ] two and one in the group stage and then one win, one knockout stage win is all I ask more out of us. Feel that? Uh but yeah, let’s finish up with uh MLB Allstar selections. Uh let’s see. Who do you guys have for the Cubs? Tucker and PCA. No p all pitchers aren’t out yet. It’s just Yeah. And we probably we probably won’t. Show’s been hurt too long or like he just got back, but yeah, he’s not I don’t think he’s going to get it. Steel’s hurt. Those only two pitchers that Well, Matthew Boyd’s having a solid season, but he’s not really a big name, I don’t think. But I mean, now pitchers aren’t up to big names. It’s up to I mean, yeah, he might squeak in there if there’s injuries or whatever, but uh yeah, you guys we just had Judge, but I mean obvious like that’s just starters. Well, and and and Ben Ben Rice and Gold Schmidt were right there. I think I think they’ll both probably get in there. Yeah. If Ben Rice doesn’t get in, especially after how crazy like when we filmed that TikTok about who we think we’re going to like we filmed that video about who we think we’re going to get in, Ben Rice was the best DH [ __ ] of course right as we say that huge slump, but the last month again he’s picked it up and he’s been one of the best DHS again. So, if he doesn’t get in, it’s just [ __ ] Yankee hater on the league. Yeah. But yeah, no, I think Yeah. Ben Rice, I want to say goalie’s going to get in, but he has been slumping hard lately, like for a month now, and there is better options out there than him, sadly. I want to say that se I think overall, just based on how he’s been playing, Seiya Suzuki deserves to be an all-star, but obviously crazy. You hated him this past offseason. I only hated him because he was making a huge stink about uh about being a DH and everything. Like I like I didn’t want to trade him, but like like with Tucker coming in and like say like being like, “Oh, I don’t know if I want to play DH.” I’m like, “We have literally one of the probably like arguably one one of the best right fielders in the game coming.” I was about to say the best, but I’m like, “Wait, Judge plays right field?” But uh but yeah, arguably one of the best right fielders in the game coming in. And he’s won a gold glove in the past. You can’t read a fly. You lose fly balls in the light too much. Like you will go where we tell you to go. And he and he did. He’s he’s been fine with it. And then when Hap got hurt for a little bit, then he was playing in the outfield and he did fine. So it all worked out. Um but yeah, obviously show got the DH nod. I I want to say that Sei will get selected, but at the same time Schwarber No, I was I was I was going to say Schwarber’s just still crushing the ball, too. They won’t bring a third DA. Yeah. And and well, Seiya has more RBI’s, but Schwber has, you know, more home runs in the long ball and everything. 15 more home runs. And I I think Shwbber’s OPS might be higher than him. It’s like it’s like one of the best in the league. Oh, yeah. I think it’s over I think it’s over a thousand. I say I want to say it’s over a thousand. Yeah. So, we’ll see. It’ll probably be I won’t be surprised if say it doesn’t, but um I I’m I’m probably giving up hope that Nicoer will get a nod as a reserve at second base just cuz Tommy Edmonds got the love in LA and Brennan Donovan’s having too good of a season in St. Louis. Like there’s just there’s not enough depth. Yeah. Um I mean, you never know. But I mean, two all-star starters, uh, you know, I’m not going to complain about that. Um, yeah, Carson Kelly might still get that second catcher position just cuz NL I don’t know. Or no, no, actually, no, he won’t. I’ll I’ll tell you who it will be. They bring three catchers. Both both teams usually have three catchers. If they bring three, then yes. Uh, they’re not going to have a guy catching more than three. Yeah, true. game. But but I was going to say I think the other catcher position should probably go to and will be this team’s only all-star, Hunter Goodman of Colorado. He’s having a good season. I know he should have gotten the starter, but obviously Colorado fantasy baseball had him on my team. They said that he was getting put on the 10day injured list. So I was like, “All right, well, I’m sorry, but I like my injury list is already full. I can’t just have my catcher position, you know, not filled or whatever.” So I dropped him for best catch catcher available. all of a sudden he didn’t doesn’t go on the injured list and the next day gets like hits two home runs and gets like 14 fantasy points. I’m like, “Cool. [ __ ] you.” ESPN sucks at fantasy baseball. They do. They really do. I I It’s kind of funny, but I have DM’d and like contacted Sleeper many times, begging them to make fantasy baseball. Yeah. Begging them because they would year one, they’d be better than ESPN is right. I really don’t get how a like I know we say like pitching stats for win or wins for as a pitcher stat like you know it’s stupid whatever but at the same time I don’t get how a win is worth less fantasy points than a save. Yeah it’s kind of stupid. Yeah but yeah yeah closing pitchers can carry in that [ __ ] It’s kind of wild. Yeah. But do you think for do you think uh overall like for allstar starters that fans got it right and everything? I can’t really think of anybody that got snubbed. Yeah. Uh Javier Bayas shouldn’t be out there and I love Yeah. But then again, I feel like AL outfielders are like kind of like Will Breu and I hate saying this will from the Red Sox, Will Breu, and Saddon Raphaela were both both way more deserving. I I was my main three that I was consistently voting for were Riley Green, Aaron Judge, and actually Steven Quan. And then he didn’t get it, did he? No, he didn’t. Yeah. a million times more deserving than Javier Bayz. Yeah. So, the Yeah, the two guys from the Red Sox, which is crazy to say that they should have had two starting outfielder allstars with how bad they are. But yeah, that’s weird. Breu and Saddan Raphael were definitely way more deserving. Yeah. And uh Yeah. I I cannot I just assume Quan made it. That’s That’s [ __ ] up. That’s actually [ __ ] up. Yeah. He he I think he also has like in a thousand OP he has I think it’s up there and which is crazy for a dude that only has like I think like six home runs or whatever. But yeah, and especially in a day and age where like you know like you still have like you know people would say like oh you know like batting average still matters where like you would think they’d want to put in a guy who’s batting just under 300. Also I have to call out a stat that on this very podcast I said it was good. I don’t know if people agreed or disagree with me but war. How does Anthony Vulpi still have a good war defense? No, he’s not good at it anymore, Evan. I don’t know. He leads shorts stops and errors. Well, according to Baseball 7, his Rome metric is in like the bottom 10 10 percentile. Maybe shorts stops are just not hitting that great great this year. But why? His war is good for like like it’s a one it’s a one six. It’s like like some all-star starters have like a one six. Wow. I I truly don’t know. That’s weird. It’s like why the [ __ ] does he have that? Yeah. No, I I think I think it’s only good like in certain context, which obviously like I I hate when people like cherry pick stats for certain context, but at the same time mediocre players like, “Oh, this guy’s stats comparable to Aaron Jud.” Yeah. No. Yeah. But uh but no, like uh people there were Cubs fans trying to say, “Yeah, that Danby Swanson was a better baseball player or is like a is better overall than Ian Hap.” If I promise if you watch it at least pay attention to like even like you don’t have to watch the games just pay attention to like the not not even the box but like you know like the playbyplay or whatever. Danby Swanson is just a routine ground in a double play strike out with runnies and scoring position just like not even never even getting productive outs or anything. Whereas Ian Heap at least walks play I mean yes Danby plays gold glove defense and that’s the only thing that saves him. Don’t disrespect my goats elite defense. No, I definitely I definitely couldn’t cuz I do like watching him in the field, but yeah, like Hap has the power. H like has a much better eye at the plate. Uh and the and granted the only time that I saw people say that they were better was when was when uh Ian Hap like grounded out grounded into a double play in a really clutch situation and this dude’s like, “Well, this Danby can get down the line and isn’t a fat, you know, whatever.” Uh and everything. And I’m like, and like it’s funny cuz like the next day Danby the grounded a double play in a clutch situation. That’s it’s just like that’s so weird to me. I could never imagine like why are you comparing your shorts stop to an outfielder? Yeah. No, I I agree. Yeah. And and no and they used war to compare a short stop and a left fielder. I’m like you’re not about to do that. Like I’m like look at his look at their OPS plus like you know look at their OPS in general. Yeah. No, it’s it was stupid. Outfielders Outfielders cannot accumulate war through defense. While a shorts stop, it’s easy to accumulate war through defense cuz that’s where the most balls are hit to. Yeah. But yeah, but o overall I think all-star selections are fine so far. We’ll see how they we’ll see how they round out the rest. Hater of them by any means. I didn’t know made I’m definitely a hater of that. Yeah, Bayz making it over him is actually just laughable. Yeah, I agree. I didn’t know Detroit had that many fans. I got three starters. like where are all these people coming from? Yeah, I’m not sure but uh but no and I don’t know if you heard me say but yeah, Goldmith should probably get a get a reserve spot too. So you guys will I hope so. He got a little bit he I mean I mean it came it came down to him and Vlatty for the first base spot. So I would like to think fan there’s better first base. Ryan O’Harn’s way better. He’s DH. He and he and he he got the DH nod. Oh really? Yeah. Yeah. really weird. He’s definitely their first baseman. Yeah, I can’t really think of who else would be playing first base for them, so that is weird. I don’t know. We just played them and he started first base every game. I Yeah, I sincerely can’t. I keep wanting to think Treyman Sior or Ryan Mount Castle, but that’s definitely not it. Um, yeah. No, I have no idea. I don’t know. I don’t know Oreo’s ball anymore. Yeah, I mean neither. What a falloff. Speaking of that, yeah. Oh my gosh. Yeah, their pitching’s horrible. That’s awful. But they were relying too hard on young guys. I mean, obviously losing Corbin Burns sucks. But yeah, they thought [ __ ] Eduardo Rodriguez or whatever. Or great Grayson Rodriguez. Yeah. Yeah. He hasn’t come back yet. Yeah, exactly. Not even [ __ ] there. Yeah. And like Dean Dean Kramer, I think he’s a trade candidate. I think he’s their only one that’s like worth worth anything. Yeah. But what do you think? You think that about concludes this? Yeah, I’m good with it. All right. Well, thanks for joining us for a short-handed episode. The dynamic duo. You’re welcome. Honestly, we we did we did learn a whole lot today. Very, very productive. Um, yeah. Like, comment, subscribe. Thank you all for tuning in. Happy 4th of July. Unless you’re British, then [ __ ] you. [ __ ] you. Do some do some real thinking and get your soccer team better. We beat you guys in the [ __ ] World Cup. Yeah. And screw the air soccer team. Yeah. Bang. Bye. [Music]

After a long break, the What’s On Your Mind Podcast is back again with Episode 23!!

In this episode we discuss…

-NBA Offseason Transactions including:
– Kevin Durant traded to the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green and picks
– Damian Lillard cut by the Milwaukee Bucks
– Myles Turner signs with the Milwaukee Bucks
– Michael Porter Jr. traded for Cam Johnson
– Desmond Bane traded to the Orlando Magic for picks
– Deandre Ayton signs with the Los Angeles Lakers
– Chicago Bulls continue to be offseason losers
– MLB All Star Selections, did the voters get it right?
– USA Soccer wins the Gold Cup
– Diego Luna a future soccer star for Team USA?
– EA Sports is reportedly bringing back College Basketball!

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