Full Transcript for The Biggest Question, Western Conference (Part 2) - Featuring Dan Favale

is that Scoot has gotten more used to playing 38 00:01:49.599 --> 00:01:52.390 off the ball. uh, Damian Lord, we know he's never 39 00:01:52.450 --> 00:01:53.969 played off the ball a ton, but he just has 40 00:01:54.030 --> 00:01:55.590 a skillset where it's, Oh yeah. 41 00:01:55.650 --> 00:01:56.010 Yeah. 42 00:01:56.750 --> 00:01:58.810 So it's, I guess the question is what is the 43 00:01:58.870 --> 00:02:02.230 Denny Avdia John Moran dynamic is the push and pull 44 00:02:02.269 --> 00:02:04.930 trying to stagger them or what do they look like together? 45 00:02:04.950 --> 00:02:08.189 I'm a little bit higher on the blazers still figuring 46 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.180 out a way to keep Denny off retained any obvious 47 00:02:11.219 --> 00:02:15.099 prominence within the offense. But this is not a team where, 48 00:02:15.219 --> 00:02:17.000 you know, if you're worried about, we're talking about new 49 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:21.460 fits and formations, are you more worried about Minnesota? figuring 50 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:25.240 it out or about portland figuring it all out i 51 00:02:25.259 --> 00:02:27.979 just feel like lamello is more likely to augment the 52 00:02:28.020 --> 00:02:31.599 strengths of the team around him more so than the 53 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:33.699 job would be in portland we'll have to see it 54 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:35.560 play out though but i am i'm a little bit 55 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:38.280 more optimistic about denny avdia being able to be a 56 00:02:38.340 --> 00:02:40.860 key cog in the offense just if you can put 57 00:02:40.900 --> 00:02:43.719 him in those situations that i referenced earlier. 58 00:02:44.620 --> 00:02:47.979 I'm generally skeptical of this team this year, despite the 59 00:02:48.020 --> 00:02:50.620 fact that they made it to the playoffs. I am 60 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:54.849 not an optimist for the Blazers this year. It's not 61 00:02:54.930 --> 00:02:58.729 just the John Moran acquisition and the glut of guards 62 00:02:58.870 --> 00:03:00.830 and what the hell they're going to do there and 63 00:03:00.870 --> 00:03:06.469 the fit. It's also ownership because it feels as though 64 00:03:07.449 --> 00:03:10.629 when Tom Dunn came in and just started firing people 65 00:03:10.650 --> 00:03:16.310 all around, I just don't, I refuse to believe that 66 00:03:16.349 --> 00:03:21.199 that instills confidence in the members in an organization to 67 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:25.020 this extent. I suspect that a lot of people within 68 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:28.280 the organization are watching their backs all the time because 69 00:03:28.300 --> 00:03:30.560 they kind of know, all right, we can be out 70 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:33.889 in our asses at any given point. That to me 71 00:03:34.009 --> 00:03:37.270 is something that can completely implode a team from within 72 00:03:37.830 --> 00:03:40.530 because you You can say it's all about the players. 73 00:03:40.930 --> 00:03:44.250 It's just not. And NBA organizations are huge now. And 74 00:03:44.289 --> 00:03:48.699 it's by design. And everyone knows each other. And if 75 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:54.599 you're walking on eggshells, if things are bad inside the organization, 76 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:57.590 if there are bad vibes going, then it doesn't matter 77 00:03:57.770 --> 00:04:01.509 how good your players are. That will just spread like wildfire. 78 00:04:01.530 --> 00:04:05.689 I am very skeptical of the players being a good 79 00:04:05.710 --> 00:04:11.689 team this year for us. Primarily non-basketball reasons. Like, don't 80 00:04:11.710 --> 00:04:14.599 get me wrong. I have my questions here. I really do. 81 00:04:14.620 --> 00:04:17.240 I don't like the John Moran fit. I still wonder 82 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:19.019 what the hell the plan is for all their guards. 83 00:04:19.740 --> 00:04:24.439 Shaden Sharp, I like him as a theoretical shooting guard, 84 00:04:24.500 --> 00:04:30.170 but in practice, I'm still struggling with his so-so shooting 85 00:04:30.189 --> 00:04:33.069 capabilities and feel for the game. 86 00:04:33.990 --> 00:04:36.009 Well, he's out for like six months or whatever. So 87 00:04:36.029 --> 00:04:37.870 you're not even going to get an answer on that. 88 00:04:37.910 --> 00:04:40.230 Right. But like, even when he's healthy, I'm just not 89 00:04:40.310 --> 00:04:46.800 like someone, I don't consider him all that reliable. Yeah. 90 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:50.319 I honestly, if let's assume the vibes within the organization 91 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:54.319 are great. I think to me, the biggest boost to 92 00:04:54.379 --> 00:04:57.420 change my outlook would be a huge year three of 93 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:00.269 Donovan Klingon, because I think that just moves the needle 94 00:05:00.310 --> 00:05:03.600 a whole bunch. And given that he's also begun shooting 95 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:06.199 a three ball, that should also allow Denning to have 96 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:08.379 a little bit more room and space. But to answer 97 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:11.269 your original point or question in regards to the stagnation 98 00:05:11.790 --> 00:05:15.290 or not stagnation, stackering after you and Morant. Yes, I 99 00:05:15.329 --> 00:05:18.629 would do that very, very much. I would not prioritize 100 00:05:18.689 --> 00:05:19.970 minutes between the two whatsoever. 101 00:05:20.629 --> 00:05:22.370 And there is like a case to be made that, 102 00:05:22.750 --> 00:05:25.279 you know, Denning not having to drive the ball 30 103 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.300 times a game might be a good thing for just 104 00:05:27.339 --> 00:05:29.620 like he had the back problems last year. But I'm 105 00:05:29.670 --> 00:05:31.529 just so curious to see how it all comes together. 106 00:05:31.550 --> 00:05:36.089 Are we done with– let me make sure. No, we 107 00:05:36.110 --> 00:05:38.629 have one more team left in the Northwest. It's your team, 108 00:05:38.949 -->

00:05:39.810 the Utah Jazz. 109 00:05:40.269 --> 00:05:44.060 The Jazz. So this is very specific. And you're going 110 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:46.379 to just sigh because you know where I'm going with this. 111 00:05:46.819 --> 00:05:50.959 Are they good enough on the glass? Because, again, this 112 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:54.430 is a team that went out and said, look, part 113 00:05:54.449 --> 00:05:58.199 of our long-term– front line is Lauren Markkinen and Jaron 114 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:03.360 Jackson Jr. Both are poor rebounders. Markkinen was slightly better 115 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:05.879 than Jaron Jackson Jr., granted, but none of them are 116 00:06:05.899 --> 00:06:09.959 plus rebounders. You are looking at a situation where there's 117 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:12.269 no longer a Walker Kesselbrook. Granted, he didn't play a 118 00:06:12.259 --> 00:06:14.750 whole lot last year. It was five games he managed 119 00:06:14.870 --> 00:06:19.490 before he got injured. Yusuf Nurkic, they kept around, but 120 00:06:19.529 --> 00:06:22.269 he's injured for a little bit as well. I just 121 00:06:22.529 --> 00:06:26.490 want to know what they're going to do if they 122 00:06:26.550 --> 00:06:31.160 consistently find themselves out rebounded on the defensive class offensive 123 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:33.860 class because like if you if you can offensive rebound 124 00:06:33.899 --> 00:06:37.540 on a team consistently you stand a pretty good chance 125 00:06:37.579 --> 00:06:40.879 of beating them because you're optimizing possessions i need the 126 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:43.529 jazz to become a better rebounding team i need to 127 00:06:43.569 --> 00:06:47.750 figure out where is that additional rebounding going to come 128 00:06:47.769 --> 00:06:50.629 from because jaron jackson jr is not someone i trust 129 00:06:50.689 --> 00:06:53.819 in the class market in He can go get a board, 130 00:06:53.860 --> 00:06:55.339 but you can't really ask him to do it and 131 00:06:55.379 --> 00:06:59.589 be sure he does it. So, like, he's fine-ish. I 132 00:06:59.649 --> 00:07:01.829 just need to know what the hell their plan is 133 00:07:01.870 --> 00:07:04.129 in that department. 134 00:07:04.310 --> 00:07:07.889 Jackson Hayes, Mo Bamba, and ask Ace Bailey to do it, 135 00:07:07.949 --> 00:07:08.709 I think, at this point. 136 00:07:08.750 --> 00:07:11.089 Well, I mean, how many minutes– well, Ace is going 137 00:07:11.110 --> 00:07:12.750 to play, but how many minutes are those guys going 138 00:07:12.769 --> 00:07:14.389 to get? And is it going to be enough? 139 00:07:14.540 --> 00:07:17.209 That's kind of like– Jackson Hayes is going to have 140 00:07:17.230 --> 00:07:18.870 to play a whole bunch at this point now. 141 00:07:19.029 --> 00:07:20.829 Yeah, I mean, he would have to, but do you 142 00:07:20.910 --> 00:07:23.689 trust him? Like, really? No, this team on the glass 143 00:07:23.750 --> 00:07:24.129 is going to. 144 00:07:24.149 --> 00:07:26.529 I'm at the point where, especially with Nurkic injured, you 145 00:07:26.589 --> 00:07:28.550 might as well just... Maybe you don't want to put 146 00:07:28.610 --> 00:07:31.910 this on his shoulders, the wear and tear, but why 147 00:07:32.209 --> 00:07:34.350 isn't Jaron Jackson Jr. just playing more minutes at the 148 00:07:34.370 --> 00:07:38.060 five than ever? Really ratchet up the offense at that point. 149 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:40.519 And then your defensive versatility will be through the roof. 150 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:41.540 So this is. 151 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:44.389 Now a team where a good question would be, When 152 00:07:44.430 --> 00:07:46.449 do they go out and try and trade for a 153 00:07:46.470 --> 00:07:49.910 big man? Not make this all in swing, but when 154 00:07:49.930 --> 00:07:51.709 are they going to put first round equity on the 155 00:07:51.750 --> 00:07:58.240 table to upgrade from Nurkic, Hayes, Filipowski, that trio? I 156 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:00.959 have no idea how good they're going to be. You 157 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:03.120 could talk me into any range of outcomes for the Jazz. 158 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:03.740 They're another team. 159 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:06.680 I think we're all intrigued by these teams this time 160 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:07.000 of year. 161 00:08:07.660 --> 00:08:08.860 At the same time, they're Justin. 162 00:08:09.269 --> 00:08:11.290 When they still had Walker Kessler on the roster, I 163 00:08:11.329 --> 00:08:14.120 was getting ready to say some pretty inflammatory things about them. 164 00:08:14.629 --> 00:08:17.100 And then you move him and I under, I understand 165 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:19.519 why they did. I can't even criticize them for accepting 166 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:24.100 that trade, but it fundamentally changed the, the outlook of 167 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.000 their team and even the makeup a little bit. Cause 168 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:29.410 the appeal was we get to play super huge. And 169 00:08:29.430 --> 00:08:32.090 then we still have like these like multiple defensive anchors. 170 00:08:32.129 --> 00:08:34.470 And now it's, you could still play super huge, but 171 00:08:34.490 --> 00:08:38.230 you have one defensive anchor and that's in Jared Jackson jr. 172 00:08:38.269 --> 00:08:40.710 So, they would be a team. 173 00:08:40.549 --> 00:08:42.470 That I would put on the radar as if there's 174 00:08:42.490 --> 00:08:45.710 like a big man, again, not, not going for first 175 00:08:45.769 --> 00:08:47.850 round picks or a big, but if someone ambles their 176 00:08:47.889 --> 00:08:51.460 way on a chopping block, is it a, is he 177 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.980 helping rebounding enough? Would they take a flyer? He's kind 178 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:57.039 of a rebounding machine. That'd be a nice fit here. 179 00:08:57.500 --> 00:09:01.120 But yeah, I'm wondering when they're going to upgrade center rotation. 180 00:09:02.429 --> 00:09:05.529 And who

would you use as the primary outgoing piece there? 181 00:09:05.570 --> 00:09:09.460 Are you just making a draft-oriented package, or are you 182 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:12.539 dangling the Josh Green deal plus a young guy? Like, 183 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:15.379 what are you looking at? Yes, all of the above. 184 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.539 I mean, you have, what are they? They're 20, they 185 00:09:19.179 --> 00:09:20.000 don't want to go into tax. 186 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.169 We'll say they're about $ 19. 9 million below the tax. They 187 00:09:24.210 --> 00:09:26.490 just have all sorts of flexibility that they could use. 188 00:09:27.169 --> 00:09:30.529 Once they're trade eligible, like Josh Akogi, Jackson Hayes, those 189 00:09:30.549 --> 00:09:34.539 salaries slide into wherever even the nurkic salary at 11 190 00:09:34.539 --> 00:09:37.110 and a half million bucks yeah josh green's a good 191 00:09:37.230 --> 00:09:40.789 one uh at 14.7 so i'm not i'm probably not 192 00:09:40.830 --> 00:09:42.950 going all in unless it because if this team is 193 00:09:43.029 --> 00:09:46.409 gangbusters without a big you're probably not good you're probably 194 00:09:46.429 --> 00:09:48.649 not going all in but i would make i would 195 00:09:48.669 --> 00:09:51.129 be semi-aggressive i don't i'm trying to think of who's 196 00:09:51.169 --> 00:09:54.870 the biggest name that would catch my like if i'm 197 00:09:54.889 --> 00:09:57.509 the jazz for what they would cost i don't think 198 00:09:58.039 --> 00:10:00.200 Jared Allen might be the guy. I just don't see 199 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.519 his pathway to becoming available in Cleveland mid season. 200 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.159 Yeah. Not after the Peyton Watson acquisition as well in Cleveland. 201 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.440 Like they have to go with that lineup and see what, 202 00:10:09.700 --> 00:10:13.860 what actually figures out there. Uh, who could that be? I, 203 00:10:13.850 --> 00:10:17.250 I don't have one. 204 00:10:19.350 --> 00:10:23.090 There's like, yeah, that's a Wendell Carter jr. Maybe, but 205 00:10:23.789 --> 00:10:26.600 that's not like, I don't know if that's a Eves 206 00:10:26.629 --> 00:10:28.759 Meecy would be like a lower end solution, but again, 207 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:29.919 he's not going to be the best. 208 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:33.559 Let's pair up Wendell Carter jr. And Lauren marketing it again, 209 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:34.799 because that worked out so well. 210 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:40.440 The first, uh, Isaiah Stewart or Zach Eadie. Like, what 211 00:10:40.620 --> 00:10:41.639 is Memphis doing? 212 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:44.259 I was actually thinking of Zach Eady right before, but 213 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.500 I was like, they tried that at Memphis with Jaron 214 00:10:46.539 --> 00:10:49.320 and him. Like, it was fine. 215 00:10:49.419 --> 00:10:52.179 To be fair, Zach Eady was just never healthy. He wasn't, 216 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:56.100 and he's like an extraordinarily good rebounder. This is just, 217 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:58.399 you get to a point, though, where it's, you don't 218 00:10:58.419 --> 00:11:00.580 want to be too reliant on him, but Steven Adams 219 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:02.240 would be a good addition to this team. 220 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:06.370 Yeah. How many minutes can he even handle at this stage? 221 00:11:07.309 --> 00:11:10.450 Well, if you're going to play pepper in some Jaron 222 00:11:10.470 --> 00:11:13.169 Jackson Jr. at the five, I think it could work out. 223 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:18.940 Daniel Gafford would be fine, but that's not a move 224 00:11:18.980 --> 00:11:20.750 that moves the needle for me. 225 00:11:20.779 --> 00:11:22.299 I agree with that. No, it wouldn't. 226 00:11:23.059 --> 00:11:26.259 I already mentioned Musa Diabate. That'd be a name I'm 227 00:11:26.299 --> 00:11:28.320 looking at. Back and forth on Yaka Okungwu. I think 228 00:11:28.340 --> 00:11:30.470 for the cost that it would take to get him 229 00:11:30.509 --> 00:11:33.169 out of Atlanta, do you think, because he's not the 230 00:11:33.250 --> 00:11:35.419 biggest big, It's like 610 or whatever. 231 00:11:35.460 --> 00:11:38.480 He's gotten better as a rebounder. He's a great shooter. Yeah, 232 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:42.100 he's become a really good shooter. If he's available, I 233 00:11:42.139 --> 00:11:45.840 would do it. Yeah, also because the financial commitment from 234 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:50.259 Okonkwo isn't substantial. He's earning, what, in the $ 16- $ 17 235 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.470 million range a year? It's really pedestrian compared to what 236 00:11:54.490 --> 00:11:54.750 it should be. 237 00:11:55.250 --> 00:11:58.370 I think he's probably... There's not much time left on 238 00:11:58.389 --> 00:12:00.309 that deal, though. Yeah, he has this season and then 239 00:12:00.409 --> 00:12:00.830 one more. 240 00:12:00.970 --> 00:12:02.129 So, I mean, still. 241 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:04.799 you have a starting big at under 10% of the 242 00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:06.299 salary cap in the next two seasons. 243 00:12:06.330 --> 00:12:09.710 That's a, that is just so, yeah, I mean, this 244 00:12:09.789 --> 00:12:13.129 isn't about Atlanta at all, but like their cap situation, 245 00:12:13.210 --> 00:12:14.190 I fricking love it. 246 00:12:15.629 --> 00:12:18.409 There are another, well, we're not on the Eastern conference. 247 00:12:18.429 --> 00:12:21.090 We are done with, we are done with the Northwest. 248 00:12:21.190 --> 00:12:24.409 So if we're going Pacific division, we're onto the sons, 249 00:12:24.929 --> 00:12:25.830 which I believe. 250 00:12:25.590 --> 00:12:29.389 They were your team. Yes, this is a big one. 251 00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:34.960 What even is a realistic expectation for, season. I have 252 00:12:35.100 --> 00:12:38.919 looked at this team in so many different positions and 253 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.759 I

just can't figure them out, Dan. I don't know 254 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:44.639 what they're trying to do. They still have Jalen Green 255 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.830 on the roster. They traded for Miles Bridges, a guy 256 00:12:46.870 --> 00:12:52.490 who was very much an empty stats guy in Charlotte. 257 00:12:53.269 --> 00:12:56.590 Booker is still there just kind of ho-humming his way 258 00:12:56.710 --> 00:13:01.879 to another year of being slightly overrated, if you ask me. 259 00:13:03.250 --> 00:13:05.970 Are they going to finally give some time to come 260 00:13:06.070 --> 00:13:09.269 on Maluach? I think so. But are they going to 261 00:13:09.330 --> 00:13:11.649 stick with it throughout the course of a long season? 262 00:13:12.690 --> 00:13:15.950 Do they trust Koopi to do anything spacing-wise? What about 263 00:13:16.009 --> 00:13:18.789 Ryan Dunn's development? Are we going to return to that 264 00:13:18.820 --> 00:13:22.559 at some point? What are they doing here? What can 265 00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:28.799 we realistically expect from this team? I find it so 266 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.779 difficult to get a read on what they are and 267 00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:34.279 what they're trying to achieve. Yeah. 268 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:36.379 What makes you think, so do you view Devin Booker 269 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:38.090 as overrated or just overpaid? 270 00:13:38.129 --> 00:13:40.769 What makes Devin Booker overrated? So, well, I mean, I 271 00:13:41.110 --> 00:13:45.190 think the way that we look at it is, and 272 00:13:45.250 --> 00:13:48.000 I will, I will say slightly, it's not like, I 273 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:51.500 think he's, you know, all overrated. So like in a 274 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:55.389 perverse extent, But I think, for example, I think we've 275 00:13:55.509 --> 00:13:58.610 glorified his shooting capabilities. I think he's a much worse 276 00:13:58.649 --> 00:14:01.600 shooter than what we actually are as an NBA society 277 00:14:01.789 --> 00:14:08.259 willing to admit. And I just honestly, I wonder whether 278 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:11.659 he's the ceiling raiser that we all kind of pecked 279 00:14:11.700 --> 00:14:14.019 him as a few years ago. He made the trip 280 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:17.639 to the finals and he was instrumental. He was wonderfully 281 00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:22.590 good that year. Ever since, you know, he's been good. 282 00:14:23.470 --> 00:14:27.289 But is he really a franchise caliber player or is 283 00:14:27.309 --> 00:14:29.429 he more of like a secondary? And I think we 284 00:14:29.549 --> 00:14:32.100 packed him as a guy who can lead a team. 285 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:38.639 I don't think that is necessarily true. And that's not 286 00:14:38.659 --> 00:14:41.200 to say he's a great player or that he shouldn't 287 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:45.360 be an all-star or occasionally an all-NBA type of player. 288 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:47.779 But I just don't think he's the guy you

build 289 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:49.639 something around as the main piece. 290 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:53.950 I think the contract could be problematic i don't necessarily 291 00:14:53.970 --> 00:14:57.129 know what the sons's other options were but i think 292 00:14:58.090 --> 00:15:00.269 really the issue with him is that they've over saddled 293 00:15:00.350 --> 00:15:02.350 him with he needs to be their best passer and 294 00:15:02.389 --> 00:15:05.559 best score which that's there are how many guys who 295 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:09.899 can who fit that bill in the league realistically is 296 00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:10.840 it you. 297 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:12.019 It's shay. 298 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:17.370 Luca yoke in there he has your best score but 299 00:15:17.409 --> 00:15:20.169 like so i can't fault him for that this feels 300 00:15:20.190 --> 00:15:23.090 like flawed roster construction. And he just seems happy to 301 00:15:23.129 --> 00:15:24.629 be there and get paid, which is fine. But I 302 00:15:24.629 --> 00:15:27.379 actually think he's become a little too underrated for my taste. 303 00:15:27.389 --> 00:15:30.500 Cause his passing actually is really underrated. 304 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:34.139 Yeah. Okay, cool. I look, I mean, look, you and 305 00:15:34.179 --> 00:15:36.620 I don't necessarily disagree all that often. So I like this. 306 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:39.980 It's nice. All right, cool. My question for them would 307 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:41.120 be how many you're right. 308 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:45.399 I don't understand the direction because giving up a 2033 309 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:47.509 unprotected first round pick in the miles bridges trade is 310 00:15:48.690 --> 00:15:51.740 insinuates that this team is trying to win now, but 311 00:15:51.769 --> 00:15:54.860 you don't do that unless win now means content. Now 312 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:57.100 to me, you don't give up that type of an asset. 313 00:15:57.419 --> 00:16:00.240 They're not, you want to talk yourself into them. Try 314 00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:02.340 harding their way to top six in the West. 315 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:05.340 Fine. Cool. I don't know if that's going. 316 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:08.080 To fly this year just because of how they'll be 317 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:11.360 more teams trying. And the sons were among the teams 318 00:16:11.379 --> 00:16:14.200 that feasted on really bad opponents last year. 319 00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:16.470 I think they were, we double check this. They were 320 00:16:16.470 --> 00:16:16.679 24 and seven. 321 00:16:18.009 --> 00:16:22.759 Against teams below. 500, and then they were against teams 322 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:25.269 that had a. 500 record or better,. 21 and. 323 00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.759 30. 324 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.179 So the easier wins might not be there as much. 325 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:31.120 I do, and also, will teams be as caught off 326 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:34.639 guard by,

whoa, their wings are crashing the offensive glass, 327 00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:36.639 and look at how hard they play on the defensive end. 328 00:16:37.690 --> 00:16:40.950 My question to you is, how many games does Common 329 00:16:40.970 --> 00:16:43.399 Model Watch start? If it was me, it'd be 82. 330 00:16:43.389 --> 00:16:47.590 It's very clearly... He starts one preseason game, grabs like 331 00:16:47.629 --> 00:16:50.649 a trillion boards. I'm just, this isn't, I won't call myself, 332 00:16:50.710 --> 00:16:52.730 I was a common model watch guy from the beginning, 333 00:16:53.070 --> 00:16:55.049 but now that I am a common model watch guy, it's, 334 00:16:55.610 --> 00:16:59.049 it needs to be like, he is the, even more 335 00:16:59.070 --> 00:17:01.169 so than Booker. If you're trying to get excited about 336 00:17:01.210 --> 00:17:04.970 this team's future, he is the guy. And so the 337 00:17:05.009 --> 00:17:07.869 Mark Williams injury, I think opens the door for it. 338 00:17:07.869 --> 00:17:10.750 They'll probably start. Oh, so they did in two preseason 339 00:17:10.769 --> 00:17:14.259 games as we're recording this, but I don't know if 340 00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:16.759 I set, this is kind of spoiling something Grant and 341 00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:18.759 I are about to talk about. If I set like 342 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:22.650 the over under or honor before Christmas, common model watches 343 00:17:22.690 --> 00:17:24.549 star is the starting center for the Phoenix suns. Are 344 00:17:24.569 --> 00:17:27.289 you taking before or after Christmas. 345 00:17:28.569 --> 00:17:31.029 Before? So will I, I don't know if that's going 346 00:17:31.049 --> 00:17:34.450 to end up being what happens, but yeah, no, I will. 347 00:17:34.549 --> 00:17:36.390 And I was, I was a model watch guy coming 348 00:17:36.430 --> 00:17:39.009 into the draft last year as well. So like, I, 349 00:17:39.130 --> 00:17:41.349 I've just kind of been waiting for them to, to 350 00:17:41.430 --> 00:17:43.920 give him a shot. But like, we also know, that 351 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:50.650 Phoenix is notoriously not anti draft specifically, but like they 352 00:17:50.750 --> 00:17:56.609 are just not that interested in young players. And we 353 00:17:56.650 --> 00:18:00.450 finally seen a shift recently, which is great, but they 354 00:18:00.490 --> 00:18:02.950 also have to follow up and make the investment of 355 00:18:03.009 --> 00:18:06.630 actually putting them on the floor. I, that's important when 356 00:18:06.650 --> 00:18:07.019 you're trying. 357 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:10.980 I think if there was ever a worry that they 358 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:14.319 wouldn't there, it, put him on the floor, he's one, 359 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:17.440 made himself undeniable, and two, the Mark Williams injury just 360 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:20.380 kind of ensures, okay, what else? There's Oso, and then 361 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:22.599 what else are you doing at that point? Are you 362 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:24.740 going with Wap Reef? I love Wap Reef, but you're 363 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:26.299 not playing him over Common Model Watch? 364 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:30.700 No, I wouldn't say. Yeah, agreed. Is he even going 365 00:18:30.720 --> 00:18:31.359 to make the roster? 366 00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:34.390 Well, that's the other question, too. That might be an 367 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:39.329 answer by the time this releases. Let's... We're still in 368 00:18:39.349 --> 00:18:41.750 the Pacific. We're on to the Warriors, which I believe 369 00:18:41.789 --> 00:18:44.559 was my team. I was struggling coming up with a 370 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:46.720 question for them. The easy one is how many games 371 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:50.220 does Steph, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond and Christoph Porzingis play 372 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:50.740 in together? 373 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:53.180 Honestly, that's a real question. 374 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.309 Jimmy Butler's not coming back until after the calendar turns 375 00:18:57.069 --> 00:18:59.950 to 2027. We don't know what's going on with Christoph 376 00:18:59.970 --> 00:19:02.750 Porzingis as you and I talk about this right now. 377 00:19:03.589 --> 00:19:06.089 I don't even know what to set the over-under at 378 00:19:06.150 --> 00:19:07.069 for them. If I put it at 19 and a half, 379 00:19:09.029 --> 00:19:11.250 games of those four playing together. Are you taking the 380 00:19:11.329 --> 00:19:11.970 over or the under? 381 00:19:11.990 --> 00:19:14.849 I want to be optimistic, so I'm going to say 382 00:19:14.869 --> 00:19:20.910 the over, but I'm not going to feel great about it. 383 00:19:21.250 --> 00:19:23.910 I don't want to wish injuries or bad health on anyone, 384 00:19:23.930 --> 00:19:26.009 so I want to be optimistic on that one, but 385 00:19:26.670 --> 00:19:29.799 I understand the question, which is just in and of 386 00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.680 itself horrible. 387 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:34.240 The actual question I settled on, though, how good is 388 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:37.980 Yaxo Lendeborg going to be right It seems like he's 389 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:42.140 going to play a bunch. The Warriors, they're not running 390 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:44.529 as much offense through Draymond Green, which I think then 391 00:19:44.589 --> 00:19:46.930 is going to open up more opportunities for touches to 392 00:19:47.490 --> 00:19:51.099 basically everyone until Jimmy Butler comes back. Is there a 393 00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:55.839 chance that Yaxel, we look back, fast forward like 25 394 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:57.480 games of the season, and we look back and say, 395 00:19:57.509 --> 00:20:01.910 Yaxel Lindenberg is like the Warriors' second most important offensive player. 396 00:20:01.930 --> 00:20:06.289 Yeah, I think that is within the realm of possibility. 397 00:20:06.710 --> 00:20:10.230 I mean, we knew coming out, That he was very seasoned.

398 00:20:10.269 --> 00:20:13.970 He's also one of the older rookies. And what is 399 00:20:13.990 --> 00:20:15.490 he listed at? He's got to be bigger. 400 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:17.660 The way he gets to the basket with his dribbles, 401 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.779 he just has to be bigger. 402 00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:23.690 Wait, what is he listed at? Isn't he like 6'8, 6'9? 403 00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:27.109 This guy looks like he's 6'11, to me, when he's 404 00:20:27.150 --> 00:20:32.789 dribbling the basketball. He's listed at 6'9, on NBA.com. Yeah, 405 00:20:32.829 --> 00:20:33.730 I call BS. 406 00:20:33.769 --> 00:20:37.730 I'm going minimum 6'10 1⁄2. He just looks so huge. Look, NBA.com 407 00:20:37.789 --> 00:20:40.509 also has the pre-draft measurements. 408 00:20:40.970 --> 00:20:44.930 Look, he's 6'9. He just looks a lot bigger than 6'9. 409 00:20:45.170 --> 00:20:47.910 And so there's the questions with the shooting for him, 410 00:20:47.950 --> 00:20:50.029 but his ability to put the ball on the floor, 411 00:20:50.509 --> 00:20:52.829 work his way to the teeth of the defense, that 412 00:20:52.869 --> 00:20:54.509 might be someone who gets the foul line a ton, 413 00:20:54.529 --> 00:20:56.799 can put some pressure on the basket, two things that 414 00:20:57.170 --> 00:20:59.339 actually is really only one thing they lost with Jimmy Butler. 415 00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:00.960 He's not getting to the rim nearly as often as 416 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:03.440 he used to. Just maybe someone can get up and 417 00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:05.980 down the floor in transition and is spraying the ball around. 418 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:08.369 There is some defensive malleability there. I don't know if 419 00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:11.529 I view him as like the A1 defender who could 420 00:21:11.589 --> 00:21:15.910 guard a ton on the ball. But this Warriors season, 421 00:21:15.950 --> 00:21:20.369 I feel like lacks purpose. And Jax and Lindenberg is 422 00:21:20.430 --> 00:21:22.609 kind of just, if you want to get excited about, 423 00:21:23.250 --> 00:21:25.569 sort of what I said about Common Model Watch, if 424 00:21:25.609 --> 00:21:28.400 you want to kind of peek into the Warriors' future 425 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:31.859 and try to get excited about it, him just being 426 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:34.319 awesome would be the way to do it. And I 427 00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:37.960 think he's going to have the opportunity at least. Maybe, again, 428 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:41.299 my question is how good is he? But I don't 429 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.759 think we're going to look back and say, oh, the 430 00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:45.299 Warriors didn't give him enough minutes. It seems like this 431 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:47.640 dude is set up to play a bunch, and so 432 00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:52.569 we'll have some really valuable data collection on him from 433 00:21:52.589 --> 00:21:53.119 the onset. 434 00:21:53.890 --> 00:21:56.769 And I have the height here. Without shoes, 6'8.75. Yeah, 435 00:21:56.990 --> 00:22:01.190 that's bullshit. He's at least 7'1. 436 00:22:01.670 --> 00:22:07.829 At least 7'1. He just looks bigger than 6'8, 6'9, 437 00:22:07.890 --> 00:22:08.150 to me. 438 00:22:09.490 --> 00:22:12.369 Again, this is without shoes, so with shoes, you're looking 439 00:22:12.410 --> 00:22:16.509 at a guy who's probably 6'10 1⁄2, which isn't far off. Alright, 440 00:22:16.529 --> 00:22:21.730 there we go. Ball watcher over here. By the way, Mara, 441 00:22:22.410 --> 00:22:25.660 I for some reason thought that he was 7'3, with shoes. 442 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:29.339 He was 7'3, without. That's just so massive. He. 443 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:32.369 The way he was moving in summer league versus the 444 00:22:32.390 --> 00:22:34.450 way he's moved in preseason with the Thunder has been 445 00:22:34.490 --> 00:22:39.569 night and day to me. But yeah, not the Thunder section. 446 00:22:41.769 --> 00:22:44.299 Yaxo Lindenberg, I think he's going to make an all-rookie team. 447 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:45.779 That's how high I am on him. And I think 448 00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:48.900 he's going to have the opportunity and usage to get there. 449 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.700 And so I don't know. 450 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:54.029 What that means for the Warriors in terms of the standings, 451 00:22:54.109 --> 00:22:56.710 but I think we're going to know how good or 452 00:22:56.829 --> 00:22:59.410 how not good Yaxel Enderborg is by the end of 453 00:22:59.450 --> 00:22:59.910 this season. 454 00:23:00.430 --> 00:23:01.130 Yeah. Same. 455 00:23:02.410 --> 00:23:05.329 Our final team in the Pacific is the Kings, which 456 00:23:05.369 --> 00:23:05.730 is holy. 457 00:23:05.769 --> 00:23:11.470 It's also me. So I, I want to ask this 458 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:13.500 question and I'm genuinely curious. 459 00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:20.519 Does this team have a second long-term prospect on the roster? 460 00:23:20.970 --> 00:23:23.599 Because there's Darius Acuff, and a lot of people are 461 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.740 kind of out on him already. 462 00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:26.420 They don't love the shot selection. 463 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:29.200 When I was doing our Kings look-ahead and doing some 464 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:31.279 extra film work on him, I was a little bit 465 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:34.380 more impressed with his willingness to get into guys when 466 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:39.529 he's going downhill. He is, for want of having any 467 00:23:39.569 --> 00:23:42.769 other option, the Kings' primary cornerstone at this point. 468 00:23:43.250 --> 00:23:43.750 But do they. 469 00:23:44.009 --> 00:23:46.569 I'm not asking for them to have another star in waiting, 470 00:23:46.950 --> 00:23:49.119 but of everyone else on the roster, can you point 471 00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:52.170 to someone and say, this... Who's most likely to be 472 00:23:52.250 --> 00:23:55.859 on the Kings

in two years? The answer's got to 473 00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:59.480 be Keegan Murray, right? And are they going to carve 474 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:04.259 out the runway necessary to explore the depths of his offense, 475 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:06.359 which has been all over the place since he's come 476 00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:06.960 into the league? 477 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:10.980 See, I thought you were asking about prospects. Well, he's, 478 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:14.200 I meant more of like a long-term player. 479 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:16.640 If you thought Sabonis needed to be here for like 480 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:19.000 the next three years, you could pick him. The answer 481 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:22.339 almost needs to be Keegan Murray, if you're talking prospect, 482 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:25.319 it's what? It's Nick Clifford or Maxime Reynaud or Dylan Cardwell? 483 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:27.759 It's Maxime Reynaud after Agoff, yes. 484 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:31.440 Oh, my hot take is Dylan Cardwell is better than 485 00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.180 Maxime Reynaud. 486 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:33.680 I don't know if he falls into your prospect. 487 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:36.440 Emmanuel Sharp is there, and he's kind of like a 488 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.299 defensive menace. 489 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:40.720 So I'm just curious. 490 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:43.079 Keegan Murray, though, to me, feels more like someone who 491 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:47.119 will eventually be moved. I wouldn't say this season, but 492 00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:48.480 I don't know if he's... If you ask me, is 493 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:48.819 he on. 494 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.640 The Kings in. 495 00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:56.140 for the start of the 2028 and 2029 season, I think, 496 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:58.759 I don't know if the answer is yes, but are 497 00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:01.480 you confident? Who are you confident and also saying is 498 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:03.470 still going to be on the Kings at that point then? 499 00:25:03.829 --> 00:25:06.890 Aside from Darius Acuff. Are we even sure that Acuff 500 00:25:06.950 --> 00:25:08.009 is being, like, look. 501 00:25:08.190 --> 00:25:10.450 The Kings trade him for like Trey Young or somebody. 502 00:25:10.470 --> 00:25:11.930 They decided to go that route. 503 00:25:11.990 --> 00:25:15.789 I mean, look, they traded Halliburton fairly soon into his career. 504 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:22.240 So I'm just curious as to who the, Who the 505 00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:26.819 second most important long-term player is in Sacramento? The easy 506 00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:30.309 answer is Keegan Murray. I think the Kings, based on 507 00:25:30.349 --> 00:25:32.549 what they paid him, need that to be the right answer. 508 00:25:32.849 --> 00:25:33.170 Yes. 509 00:25:33.630 --> 00:25:35.809 I don't know if it's necessarily the answer, though. 510 00:25:36.650 --> 00:25:40.130 I mean, you should, because there isn't really any other alternative, right? 511 00:25:41.490 --> 00:25:42.349 Who should that be? 512 00:25:43.049 --> 00:25:44.990 I think some people might say, I mean, he avoided 513 00:25:45.029 --> 00:25:48.390 disaster with that knee injury, would say Maxime Reynaud. 514 00:25:48.849 --> 00:25:52.579 But I don't know. What is the final form of 515 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.559 Maxime Reynaud? 516 00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:57.069 What is the NBA comp or the caliber of NBA 517 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.470 player he turns into? 518 00:25:58.950 --> 00:26:03.869 Is he what Alex Lennon should have been? God. Wasn't 519 00:26:04.049 --> 00:26:08.269 Alex Lennon supposed to be good defensively? Yeah. Alex Lennon 520 00:26:08.289 --> 00:26:10.670 was supposed to be a beast. 521 00:26:10.789 --> 00:26:13.210 Maxime Reynaud, that's not going to be his final form. 522 00:26:13.250 --> 00:26:14.690 I can't imagine him ever getting to. 523 00:26:14.750 --> 00:26:18.319 So is he just going to be Alex Lennon? I 524 00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:21.910 mean this with all due... all due respect, is his 525 00:26:22.250 --> 00:26:27.759 final form Mamu? Like, that's who you want? That would 526 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:32.309 not be a bad thing. That's a bad thing. But 527 00:26:32.470 --> 00:26:35.589 as Mamu, as your second most important player. No, no, no. Yeah. 528 00:26:35.630 --> 00:26:36.529 That's a problem. 529 00:26:36.910 --> 00:26:37.450 Yeah. 530 00:26:38.150 --> 00:26:41.180 But like, I think, but that's, that's kind of outside 531 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:43.700 of his control, you know, if the organization. Oh, I'm 532 00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.859 not getting. Yeah. Right. 533 00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.500 And like Maxime, you know, I don't know if he'll 534 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:48.740 ever have like the pure driving that Mamu does, but 535 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:50.880 he's got the feathery floater. I expect him to just 536 00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:55.170 the three, like have three point range. I just, the 537 00:26:55.250 --> 00:26:57.829 answer needs to be Keegan Murray. And so the follow-up 538 00:26:57.849 --> 00:26:59.730 question would be what, How do they use him on 539 00:26:59.809 --> 00:27:03.599 offense this year? Because this also applies to Darius Acuff. 540 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:06.880 You have Sabonis, Levine, and Monk on this team. They're 541 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:08.920 just a bunch of veterans. And that was the other 542 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:11.140 question that I had penciled in was, how does Doug 543 00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:16.619 Christie handle playing veterans versus youthful development? And I think 544 00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:19.660 that Sabonis can be an additive for guys like, I 545 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:21.980 really do, Darius Acuff, even Keegan Murray. 546 00:27:22.869 --> 00:27:25.609 I don't know about Zach Levine in theory, the way 547 00:27:25.650 --> 00:27:26.009 he plays. 548 00:27:26.089 --> 00:27:29.119 Sure. I don't

think Malik monk hurts development, but I 549 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:31.980 don't know that he helps it. So it's, if they're trying, 550 00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:35.099 if they're closing a game and trying to win, my 551 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:39.420 preference would be anyone who matters beyond this season needs 552 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.769 to be on the floor. It's like, that's a cuff. 553 00:27:41.829 --> 00:27:45.170 That's that's Ray. No, that's throw manual sharp into that 554 00:27:45.190 --> 00:27:49.369 knee Clifford. So that's, that's a bunch of questions on 555 00:27:49.390 --> 00:27:52.779 the Kings that I think, orbit around the same dilemma, 556 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:56.859 which is who is important moving forward? And we know 557 00:27:56.900 --> 00:28:01.779 Darius Acuff is. Aside from him, who do they view as? 558 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:05.900 Building blocks is such a loaded term because it implies stardom, 559 00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:10.039 but it can also just mean this guy is someone 560 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:11.859 we are planning to keep around who is going to 561 00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:16.029 help us drive our vision of the future. So I'm 562 00:28:16.049 --> 00:28:18.809 going to settle on Keegan Murray, but is that who 563 00:28:18.849 --> 00:28:19.569 you would settle on? 564 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:23.680 I think it's who we will need to settle on. 565 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:28.140 Because when you're looking at this roster, you're not... Okay, 566 00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:32.109 who's number three then? Maybe that's the better question. I 567 00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:36.630 want to make a Ben Simmons joke so badly. That's 568 00:28:36.869 --> 00:28:37.309 the other thing. 569 00:28:37.450 --> 00:28:40.690 If Ben Simmons is starting, and then so she's like, 570 00:28:41.089 --> 00:28:43.009 what does that say about how they're going to juggle 571 00:28:44.470 --> 00:28:45.890 veterans versus development? 572 00:28:45.970 --> 00:28:48.309 So if I had to pick a third. 573 00:28:48.950 --> 00:28:51.109 I think I probably still would wind up on Nick Clifford, 574 00:28:51.150 --> 00:28:52.710 but you could talk me into Dylan Cardwell. 575 00:28:52.869 --> 00:28:59.170 I'm just Dylan Cardwell. He was good for them last year. 576 00:28:59.190 --> 00:29:00.480 He was. 577 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:04.700 What would be the worst spacing lineups the Kings could? 578 00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:08.759 So it'd be precious. Ben Simmons, Dylan Cardwell. Who else? 579 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.819 I guess. Right. 580 00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:12.460 Well, that's like, are we playing some bonus with precious 581 00:29:12.549 --> 00:29:13.329 and Dylan Cardwell? 582 00:29:13.349 --> 00:29:16.910 That wouldn't realistically. All right. Fair enough. All right. You're right. No, 583 00:29:17.069 --> 00:29:20.859 it would have. So manual sharp. Probably throw in there. Yeah. 584 00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:23.390 And then I guess like no one else. 585 00:29:23.410 --> 00:29:26.269 It can't be Keegan Murray. He's like the closest thing 586 00:29:26.289 --> 00:29:28.769 this team or DeAndre Hunter. It's not going to be 587 00:29:28.809 --> 00:29:30.609 one of those guys. It would be the worst shooting 588 00:29:30.630 --> 00:29:32.250 lineup that we could see the Kings fielding. 589 00:29:33.390 --> 00:29:36.609 Alex. Yeah. So I'm going to go. Okay. Shooter. But like, yeah. Yeah. 590 00:29:36.630 --> 00:29:48.599 We'll go. We'll go. We have to go Simmons. Mm hmm. Cardwell. Yeah. Sharp. Sharp. Precious. Yeah. 591 00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.619 And. 592 00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:52.440 Oh, Alfred Payton's on the payroll. Still. He's not going 593 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:55.200 to make the roster. Oh, here. Here it is. This 594 00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:57.829 is the one. Daquan Plowden. That's how we wrap it up. 595 00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.859 There we go. I could see. Honestly. 596 00:30:00.410 --> 00:30:02.970 That lineup might not be bad defensively, though. It'd be 597 00:30:02.990 --> 00:30:04.299 a pretty good defensive lineup, I think. 598 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:08.740 It wouldn't squeeze out a lot of points, though. Ben Simmons, 599 00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:13.319 I don't know, man. The righty hook. The righty hook. 600 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:20.869 Getting in the basket. Has he figured out he's right-handed yet? Look, 601 00:30:20.890 --> 00:30:22.049 Kings fans can't be mad. 602 00:30:22.190 --> 00:30:24.769 I'm wearing the Hardwood Knox branded Kings shirt, so I 603 00:30:24.809 --> 00:30:26.319 wish nothing but the best for Kings fans. 604 00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:29.650 Right off the top, yeah. So your third pick would 605 00:30:29.690 --> 00:30:35.599 be after Keegan Murray. Is it? I honestly think Nick 606 00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:38.789 Clifford because of like he's a wing and he's got 607 00:30:38.809 --> 00:30:42.549 a little bit of everything. But it's it's not it's 608 00:30:42.630 --> 00:30:45.349 not something I feel overwhelmingly secure about.