Phoenix Suns Interested In Golden State Warriors’ RFA Jonathan Kuminga…. Again

Phoenix Suns Interested In Golden State Warriors’ RFA Jonathan Kuminga…. Again

The Phoenix Suns have interest in Jonathan Kaminga. Again, you are Locked On Warriors, your daily Golden State Warriors podcast. What are they going to say now? Part of the Locked On podcast network. Your team every day. [Applause] What’s the good word everyone? Welcome to Lockdown Warriors, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network. your team every day. Thanks for making us your first listen of every day. Very much appreciate it. You can catch the show Monday through Friday on YouTube, wherever you get your audio podcast. Just search Lockdown Warriors and find me on social media at Charlie Walter22 on Instagram at it’s Charlie Walter on Tik Tok and Charlie Walter TV on Twitter. So yes, my name is Charlie Walter, the host of the show, formerly a 957 game. That’s the flagship of the Golden State Warriors. has also covered the team on TV for CBS News Bay Area. Evan Giddings, a weekly guest. He joins me on the program today. You can hear him at 957 the game right now on Warriors Post. Also on the call for the St. Mary’s Gales men’s basketball team on the radio. Today’s episode’s brought to you by Game Time. Download the Game Time app. Create an account. Use code locked on NBA for $20 off your first purchase. We were going to do a full show on summer league dubs today. We’re going to talk about the two-way positions. Could it be a battle between Jackson Row and and maybe just maybe Coleman Hawkins sneaks into the mix? I thought we were going to get in the weeds of some of these guys in the Jonathan Kaminga sweep stakes gets a little spark under it. The Phoenix Suns who were interested in trading for Kaminga in that Kevin Durant deal at the deadline now reportedly are reinterested in Jonathan Kaminga. We’ll get into all this on today’s show. First of all, what’s up Ev? How we doing man? And the offseason never disappoints. Although this one has disappointed quite a bit. Yeah. I don’t know. I mean, in in recent memory, like I was thinking about this the other day. Is this the slowest off season for the Golden State Warriors the last I don’t know since they started winning championships? And it kind of feels like it because even though there may not have been other moves and I know the Warriors haven’t made any, they made ostensible moves but not one pen to paper. Like at least there was some sort of, you know, offseason drama. Um Clay was partying in China. You have guys out there doing different things with different like there was something at least to grab a hold on to that was entertainment. Whereas now it just feels like every day Chuck were kind of talking about the same stuff with different details pretty much. But the details that have come out today is that the Suns have expressed interest in a sign and trade with Jonathan Kaminga as Kaminga seeks more money per the report. He wants$25 million plus. And if the reports are true from a year ago, he could have gotten that had he just signed for what $150 million over five years, which is 30 mil per year. Uh that’s more money than Demar De Rozan has ever made in his career. And Demar De Rozan’s finished like top 15 in MVP many many times, but irrelevant. Uh, the Stein lines Jake Fischer reports the Suns have approached the Golden State Warriors about the restricted free agency of Jonathan Kaminga. If the Suns covet Kaminga, it would likely take a third team to get a deal done in order for the Warriors to get the assets that they want in return. Those assets are a young player and then first round talent. The Suns don’t have a ton of either to really give the Warriors that we think they would potentially offer the Warriors. I’m looking at names like Royce O’Neal who’s 10 million. Uh Mark Williams who’s 6 million. Nick Richards who’s 5 million. And then a potential wild card Dylan Brooks who’s 21 million. I I just wanted to get a stir out of you with that one. You know what? Honestly, of those of those guys, I would take Dylan Brooks on this team. I I I just He’s the best player that they got, which is why the Suns are are so not giving him up. Like I think that the Suns now have some draft capital that they could offer the Warriors, but the young player like like this is the thing. The the Warriors have set a price that no team in the league has any incentive to offer. Like everyone knows that Jonathan Kaminga is either going back to Golden State or he is going to be a low purchase on the trade market. And so why the hell would they give up a promising young player and a first round pick? I think that’s why the Suns are interested. Like if you go back to the Kevin Durant deal, Kaminga would have been going to Phoenix if KD had green lit the deal in in February. So of course they still have interest in him. But the hurdles that they’d have to jump through to make something happen to me don’t really make this this feasible unless the Warriors would be willing to take on like you said a Royce O’Neal and a Nick Richards. Like I’m starting to get to the point, Chuck, and I’ll throw this at you. Do you think that if the deals that are quote unquote under the table like Handshake and Dunn, uh, Horford and Melton, if those are if we can assume that they’re going to be Warriors and then you add Royce O’Neal and Nick Richards, does that is that enough for you considering Kaminga is a player that you might trade down the line anyways? Like you just want to get rid of him and be done with it? No, because I said this on a show the other day. I said, ‘If you buy an $150 stock and it plummets down to $5, at that point, I’m just sitting on the stock and waiting for it to go to zero, the company to go bankrupt, or for some news to come out, in this case, a season to come about, and he he plays well in the first 25, 30 games or whatever, and spark some interest. Um, I mean, towards the end of the year, it was bad, right? The DNPs were bad. Uh, take away the playoff stretch for most of the season, I mean, it was okay. There were the the peaks and valleys, but there were moments there where it felt like the Warriors were going to let Jonathan Kaminga run. Then he got hurt and then they bring in Jimmy Butler and Butler plays the same position and you’re winning a ton of games. So, if it’s not broken, you don’t fix it. All these different things. I do think there’s somewhat of a media circus surrounding Jonathan Kaminga that makes this situation a lot worse than it actually is. You could tell me I’m wrong here, but I do think that, you know, when when the stock plummets, you don’t sell it at its lowest. and Nick Richards and Royce O’Neal, that’s its lowest. If you added in a third team and got a first round pick out of it, then maybe we’re we’re talking to that degree. Uh someone actually commented when when I made that comparison, the $150 stock down to five. They said, “You should have sold the stock at 90, you idiots.” And yes, hindsight’s always 2020. But that’s my stance on the whole thing. I I don’t know enough about Royce O’Neal to say whether he would be a a very welcomed addition, but I do know a ton about Nick Richards. And what I know about Nick Richards is he’s just he’s he’s all right. He’s a big body. Yeah. I mean, I I think I’m I’m not I’m not there yet either, but it’s it’s funny. So, you’re comment saying you should have done it a while ago. That is something that’s becoming apparently clear, like evidently clear, I think, to everybody. The Warriors absolutely should have traded Jonathan Kaminga already because you’re at the point now where he it doesn’t look like he wants to be here. And and that’s my biggest fear is going into this season, Chuck, with a player on the roster that you might have to rely on at some point because you got older guys on your team. He doesn’t want to be out there and and he doesn’t want to be featured for Golden State the way they want to feature him. And so to me, it’s like two parties that are trying to figure out how to get the most out of one another right now. If Kaminga really did indeed turn down five for 150, a lot of people are going to look at that and say that’s stupid. That’s malpractice. I would also look at it and say it means that he’s trying to find a way out. And the way that he can do that now is to just pick up his qualifying offer. That’s why I wouldn’t put that out of the realm of possibility because I I seriously think that he wants his own team. He wants his own opportunity and he doesn’t think that he’s going to get that in Golden State. So, you know, to to turn down that much money and now look at it and say I want 25. That that’s not just taking a pay cut. That’s saying I’m not willing to meet you at a number that is going to keep me here long term. That means I want to go. And that’s where I think the Warriors have to come to a realization that no matter if they want to use him as a trade ship, if they would like him as a player this season, this player wants to get off of your team. team and you’re going to have to find a way to do that one way or another. Yeah. And if you get 25 million from Phoenix, that puts you at about 12 a.5 that you can bring back. You look at salaries. If you’re not getting anyone else involved, you’re talking Mark Williams at 6 million. Nick Richards at 5 million. Royce O’Neal, we’ve said that name at 10 million. But let’s say, you know, it was it was Richards and Mark Williams. That would make a lot of Warriors fans happy. You’d add in some size. And I do like Mark Williams. Granted, he failed a physical and there are some questions there. As a player alone, I do like Mark Williams. Nick Richards has a lot of flaws to his game. He’s incredibly bouncy for 6’11, a legit seven feet. Uh the Jamaican jammer, as we used to call him back in his days at Kentucky, got a lot better over his years as a wildat. Actually added a shot to his game. Always had a nice baby hook. There was just something about the, and I mean this in the nicest way possible, he’s he’s a great human being. There’s something about the wiring of his basketball brain that uh some people have it and some people don’t. And I I’ve always thought that he was just kind of a medium IQ player, not extremely smart. And uh that matters in this system and in every system for that matter. Oh yeah. No, it it totally does. And that’s why, you know, like we were talking, I think an episode ago about someone like Bradley Beal, and I always felt like it was going to be a done deal for the Clippers, but even with the Warriors, like I just I don’t even know how that would look because anybody who needs the ball that gets on Golden State is not going to have the ball or is going to be demanded to give up the ball. And that’s a big, I think, issue right now with someone like JK. So, the Warriors are kind of in this in this strange place where they they aren’t, I think, a destination. One, because people don’t know if they’re a contender anymore, but also, I don’t know how the rest of the league looks at the Warriors as as terms of a, you know, a player, as like an easy place to play. You do have to be a certain type of player, and you do have to be willing to conform in a way. And I don’t think that there’s a lot of veteran players out there who are mainly the ones the Warriors are targeting that are willing to do that. So that’s why like an Al Horford works for me. Melton who was there last year obviously works but a lot of these guys that people were throwing around someone like Damen Lillard who just signed with the with the Portland Trailblazers for three years. That was not a a great fit for me because Dame’s someone even when he’s not hurt who’s going to demand the ball. So all these guys it’s like they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. Not just just with JK but I think with any free agent they’re trying to court. That’s why Jimmy, whether it was on purpose or not, made so much sense because he’s the type of guy that can score when he needs to, can put up 38 in a game, but he will gladly pass the ball a lot more than he shoots. And there are only so many players out there in the NBA, especially ones that the Warriors can attain right now. Few more words I want to get to from some of these reports on Jonathan Kaminga. Then we’re going to take a look at the summer league dubs. Break down how Alex Tui’s been playing. break down how Will Richard’s been playing and and yeah, we’ll actually get into some of the two-way players. Taran Armstrong, is he a lock for one of those spots? Let’s talk about it coming up. Today’s episode’s brought to you by Game Time. We’ve all been there, logging on early, waiting forever for concert tickets to go on sale, only to lose your spot for a show you’ve been dying to see. Live music should be about making memories, not dealing with the stress of ticket shopping. That’s where game time comes in. Game time makes getting concert tickets faster and easier than ever. Prices actually drop as it gets closer to Showtime and you can save up to 60% off with their killer lastminute deals. Tired of endlessly scrolling to find the best deal? 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According to Stein, the Warriors have expressed reluctance to hand Kaminga a long-term contract at his asking price. He also was hopeful that Golden State would work out a sign and trade deal with the Chicago Bulls, who are still working things out with their own restricted free agent, Josh Giddy. According to Stein, the Suns don’t possess the draft capital or the players that Golden State would seek in a Kaminga signing trade. So, it’s either a no-go or you’d have to get multiple teams involved. We talked about some of those players that the Warriors could get in return. And would there be serious interest? Who knows? a Zack Low article that I wanted to get to. He said, “The Kaminga transaction, whatever it is, to me, is maybe the most important franchise building transaction that’s coming in the next two to three to four months in the entire NBA.” He said, quote, I just don’t see a world in which that transaction sets the Warriors up for a happier post future because I don’t think it’s going to be they resign Kaminga and he’s a breakout star for them. I think it’s going to be a signing trade in which the return is slightly underwhelming. Yes, Royce O’Neal and Nick Richards would be slightly underwhelming. What are your thoughts on on some of those comments that you hear? Well, I think by process of elimination, he’s right. I mean, there’s not a lot of players that are, you know, kind of domino guys for their franchises. Like as much as the restricted free agent market hasn’t moved much, I don’t look at Josh Giddy, Cam Thomas, and Quinton Grimes. While some people might argue they’re better in different ways than Kaminga, they’re not as important to their franchises as Kaminga is in regards to trade ships. So he’s right like the Warriors have one final opportunity to turn Kaminga either into a future piece of their franchise by signing him and trying to appease him or trading him. And I think Zach is telling you just reading the tea leaves like his market is not that high. Like what people think that Kaminga could be, should be, would be, will be, that’s not what the rest of the league thinks right now. And there’s no incentive for them to give up anything. So if the Warriors decide to sell, which I think they inevitably will, whether it’s this summer or at the deadline, it’s going to be for something that we’re going to say, “Wow, are you kidding me? you drafted this guy seventh, spent four years grooming him or four and a half if he moves towards February grooming him and then you gave him up for that. That’s what I think Zack Low is trying to prepare us uh for that kind of situation. So like he he he’s right. He he is a big building block. He could also be the the final nail in the coffin, so to speak, because the Warriors have been searching for this young next type of I don’t know if it’s face or just building block type player. And I think he’s the last one that they choose to eventually give up on or or find him. I don’t know that there’s not enough there for them. This is a lesson in every aspect of life though, man. Um that that people hang on to something like relationships. You hear it all the time where they just hang on for, you know, all all the memories that they’ve built in the past or I’ve spent 15 years with this person like why why would I leave now? Whatever. Um and it’s interesting with Kaminga and you know investing all that they did into him. um and turning down reported deals of OG Anobi, Pascal, Seiakum, and list goes on and on of players they potentially could have gotten a couple of years ago and now to potentially get Royce O’Neal, Nick Richards, or just let him walk for nothing if they’re not able to find a partner at any point. I will say this though, do you think there’s any way this can be rectified to the point where they start the season together and the relationship is okay? Because all we’re hearing as of right now are reports and speculations and this and that. Kaminga actually hasn’t said really anything aside from the fact that I do want to be featured. That that’s really all he said. Whether it’s a backhanded jab at the Warriors or not, that’s it. Yeah. Yeah, I mean he well he said on the record like he wants his opportunity to to basically become the player he thinks he is. And I I think the player he thinks he is is a $25 million player. Like he you know I think Chuck it’s it’s a larger indication of like how players view themselves monetarily. To me it’s not just like the you know the lifealtering money that they make. I really do think it it is a status thing. Last year when Jonathan Kaminga saw someone like France Vagner who he believes is his equal or maybe he thinks he’s better than I don’t know he’s a confident guy. He thinks that he’s a $200 million player and the Warriors tell him that he’s not. And in his mind again it’s like he sees Deon Booker get paid $71 million per year this off season. He probably thinks he’s a like is he is a half of Devin Booker? He might think so. that means in his mind he’s worth $35 million or or $25 million. Like to me, the the way that these players are thinking about themselves as as dollar signs, it’s less about just the income that they’re about to receive as it is what kind of player do I think that I am? And clearly across um the league teams I don’t think see Kaminga right now as a 25 or$30 million player. And he does. And that’s where I’m just I’m wondering if he does come back to the team. To answer your question, is he still going to view himself as that max salary player? Because I think that in that situation, there’s inevitably going to be trouble. There’s inevitably going to be reports or leaks from his agent or maybe him talking about how there’s frustration brewing and he’s not happy with his role because when everyone’s healthy, it’s probably going to be as a sixth man. So, I think it could work for a time, but at the end of the day, if he doesn’t change how he views himself, I don’t understand how his future with the Warriors is going to suddenly get better and some magic potion’s going to be spilt on Chase Center. And Kaming is all of a sudden going to be happy with not being a featured player like he wants to be. The thing is, there’s so many ways to be just effective and worth $25 million in basketball other than scoring it. And we know Kaminga has the capability to get 30. He came off the bench against the Wolves, rested, you know, not fresh by any means, no reps under him in like weeks, and he comes out and he puts up 35 or whatever it was with ease. We know he can do that. The question would be if they give him 32 minutes a game off the bench or 28 minutes per game next season and they start the season that way with the words that Steve Kerr said coming to fruition where he’s like we’re going to give Jimmy Draymond and Steph serious run together to begin next season whether it’s as a sixth man or not. What is there to be angry about at that point? You’ve already been offered $150 million over five years. You turned it down. Steph Curry’s one of the greatest basketball players in the world. Jimmy Butler is flat out better than you. And that’s not that’s not a jab at Jonathan Kaminga. It’s just a fact as of right now. So what’s the issue with going out there and doing what the team wants you to do? Seriously. I mean, you could still be a $25 million player scoring at 14 a game, grabbing eight rebounds, and playing really solid defense and using your god-given abilities to help the team win. And I think that that’s lost in all this. It’s like he’s got to be someone that, you know, goes out and carries the load and is the team’s leading scorer and all this. That day can come. He’s 22. Yeah. I mean, you want to preach patience, you know, and I think that his his skill is scoring. Like, let’s you could say that he could be a great defender. He has the tools to be a great rebounder, pass, like his skill is scoring. That’s what he does. So, I think that’s that’s what he sees as his path to getting paid or becoming great. But I could also see Kaminga being like, “Hey, I was the guy who led us in scoring in the Western Conference semifinals.” Like, I was on the floor with Jimmy Butler and still averaged 24 on 56, 40, and 75% shooting splits. Like, with all due respect, yes, Jimmy Butler was a quote unquote better player than me in his career, but I think that I could still outplay him. Like, I I I think that’s the kind of confidence that he has. And it might seem irrational to some people, but I think that’s the way that he he seems to me that he that’s how just ambitious he is. And so that’s the mindset we want him to have. I mean, is it? I mean, you want him to think he’s the best player on the floor. You just don’t want him to um stop the ball and, you know, be ISO and think you’re bigger than the team, anything like that. But in terms of confidence, absolutely you want him to to think that, you know, he could play with anyone. Yeah, but but but that’s the thing is is his idea of being the best player on the floor if it is being the guy is being the guy. And the thing is he can use Steph’s gravity to score off the ball and to, you know, use cuts like he did in the playoffs when Jimmy Butler would find him on a back cut. We haven’t seen that though to this enough. Yeah, we haven’t seen enough. We’ve seen ISO give JK the ball and he’s going to go to work that way. And right now when it’s Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler’s team, that’s just not the way that the Warriors are going to get it done. And yeah, and that’s that’s where I see that’s where I see friction, I guess, is my point is, you know, it’s going to work for some time. Um, I do think that Steve Kerr is going to be willing to experiment a bit. They have to. Well, yeah, they they’re going to have to, but the moment the team starts to dip in in an inevitable roller coaster ride of a season, I just feel like he’s going to lose faith in Kaminga and Kaminga is going to be back in the doghouse and we’re going to be right back to square one. So, that’s the the inevitable situation that I think the Warriors and Kaminga for that matter are are looking to avoid by splitting at some point. And so, and I I I really don’t know if it’s a mendable relationship between the two sides, just because I I I think as long as Steve Kerr is there to be honest, it’s not a relationship that can be mended. You know, the question is to your point earlier, Chuck, if Kaminga is someone that can have the foresight and the patience to say if I play my role or if I just buy in for a year or two, then when I’m 25, it’s going to be my world. It’s going to be my kingdom. But it sounds like he wants it now. And that’s where again, I think friction is is imminent. All right, we’ll continue this conversation coming up getting into the summer league dubs. a little breakdown of some of the players that have showcased themselves and done well. That’s coming up. All right, today’s episode’s brought to you by our sponsor, Open Phone. If you haven’t heard about Open Phone, I’m here to tell you a lot about it, and it’s good stuff. If you’re running a business, you know that every mis call is money left on the table. Think about the last time you had an urgent need, maybe for a plumber or a service provider. If the first person didn’t answer, did you wait? Probably not. You moved on. That’s why you need Open Phone. Open Phone’s the number one business phone system built to streamline and scale your customer communications all from an app on your phone or your computer. Open Phone lets you manage business calls and texts from a single app. They got a shared inbox feature that’s a gamecher so your team can jump into any conversation instantly without missing a beat. And their AI agent handles afterhour calls, answers common questions, and captures leads so you never miss a customer. Openphone is offering my listeners 20 20% off your first six months at openphone.com/lockedonba. That’s openphone.com/lockedonba. And if you have existing numbers with another service, open phone will port them over at no extra charge. Open phone. No missed calls, no missed customers. Yeah, the Kaminga situation extremely fascinating. Last question I have to you before we move on to the summer league dubs. Let’s say there were no draft picks involved. Maybe you get a second rounder and it is Royce O’Neal and Nick Richards or a different team comes into play with that sort of package role players. Would you take it or would you take the gamble that you can make this work for a half a season? I mean, I think you I think you have to take the gamble that he he plays himself into something more because like to me the the Royce O’Neal, Nick Richards or the the Sacramento offer like that offer is going to be there in six months. So, you might as well, you know, ink him to a deal, see if you can make something happen, improve his stock, and then try and sell him when you can get a dollar fordoll amount and come I think Dece December 15th. So, I I wouldn’t sell low on him right now. Um, you don’t think it’d be a distraction? Oh, it it would be. But again, that’s that’s the gray that the Warriors have sort of dug themselves by not by not trading him prior to like that’s where the Warriors are culpable. It’s not just Kaminga’s fault. Like the Warriors are kind of selling this as as he’s not making the choice and he’s holding us up. But they if they really felt this way a year ago, they they could have got rid of him. Yeah. They’ve been holding him hostage for quite a bit. There’s uh goes both ways 100%. It’s like the Kavon Looney thing where Looney is like, “Well, they’re not playing me. They’re they’re jerking around my role.” And the argument on the other side is, “Well, you’re not good enough. Like, at the end of the day, if you were good enough, you’d be playing like Jimmy Butler or Steph Curry or Draymond Green minutes.” So, all right, let’s move on to the summer league Golden State Warriors who have looked a little better in in recent weeks. But we’re not looking at the record. We are looking at the players individually. Three two-way spots I believe will go to a handful of players on this team. The guys I’m looking at, it’s Will Richard. It would be Coleman Hawkins just because of size and versatility alone and and just kind of fits, you know, the Warriors system and and what they’re trying to do with someone that can stretch it a bit. I would say Jackson Row just based off the fact that he’s already done this before. He’s older. He’s 28. He’s played in NBA games. I would say Alex Tui would be in there. LJ Crier, maybe a long shot. And then I would say that Terren Armstrong is the one to me that has locked up a spot. He’s good decision maker. He’s usually under control. He’s got good vision, good passing. He’s 66, which gives you good size at the position. Good rebounder. So on the floor at the same time as Pods, you got an elite backcourt rebounding tandem. The question is his three-point shot. It was 36% last year. If he hits that number, he’s going to be okay. Can he hit that number? his shots questionable and then the defense is a shoulder shrug. We don’t know how good he can be on that side of the ball. But I think based off the Warriors needing a point guard, it’s either him or Crier. And I think um picking up his qualifying offer and not picking up Pat Spencer’s qualifying offer goes to show you that they really like this guy and I think he’s going to be on the opening day roster in a two-way spot. Yeah, I think he basically replaces Pat Spencer and obviously Pat Spencer fluctuated. you know, he moved between Santa Cruz and and Golden State, but that’s that’s the kind of guy you need. Like, you need a secondary point guard. And I think Armstrong is is serviceable. Um, you know, Tui’s place along with Row and sort of the horde of forwards that they’re looking at are interesting to me because I think all of those guys are are like fours. You know, the the the Warriors don’t really have, I think, a ton of like pure fives and not a lot of threes. And so how Kerr does or doesn’t choose to use these guys should their number be called on that’s that’s kind of interesting to me like when I watch Tui for example he he profiles to me more as a power four than a than a three. He’s a little bit slow but he’s got good feel in the post. Um he’s a good passer but he’s not a dependable jump shooter. Like that’s profiles more as a four. The guy I’m interested to see is is Will Richard. You know I think he’s I think he looks like a pretty good defender. I don’t know a ton about the the creation or or the shot making, but they also don’t have a ton of perimeter, you know, if you want to call them 3 and D guys outside of Moses Moody. And so I think there’s a potential place for him there. But I’ve been impressed. You know, look, they’re 4-2. They looked nice their last game against Memphis. And um it’s it’s always fun to see potential could bees for the next uh I don’t know, Santa Cruz and potential Warriors. Evan Giddings 957 the game. Hey, we talk about it, man. two-way players, they can turn into something. Quinton Post, Pat Spencer, both last year were receiving minutes in the playoffs and started the season on a two-way. So, um, that that that happens from time to time. So, we’re keeping an eye on this and breaking it down on Locked on Warriors. Appreciate everyone for tuning in today. Evan, appreciate you. Free and available wherever you get your audio podcast. Peace everyone.

The Golden State Warriors continue to stay put while the Jonathan Kuminga situation goes nowhere. The latest to to express interest is the Phoenix Suns, who were close to landing Kuminga at the trade deadline before Kevin Durant vetoed any potential trade to the Bay Area. Do the Suns have anything the Warriors would want? Chuck Walter and Evan Giddings debate on this episode of Locked On Warriors

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