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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Obviously, we know that free agency is always fun in
the land of the NBA, and I know that Shane
is a numbers guy, agency guy, free agent guy, draft
guy here on the tickets, so I want to give
him right now.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
According to ESPN dot com, the top five unrestricted free
agents and the last one's going to be a good one.
I'll start from five and their best fits and if
you agree or don't agree, okay, all right? So number
five is going to be Desumu from the Timberwolves, the
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deal that people would offer us three years, fifty one million.
His best fits are the following Minnesota, Detroit.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
The Clippers, the Lakers, and the Heat. What do you
think of Desumu?
Speaker 4 (00:57):
So, Desumu is definitely an ascending player because he's only
twenty six.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
He's a guy who essentially who essentially remember he grew
up in Chicago. He wanted to be a Bull and
they shipped him out of their mid season this past year.
And all he has done is had essentially what you
would call maybe like a breakout type season, especially in
the playoffs that game where he didn't miss a free throw,
didn't miss at three point shot, and shot above forty
has put the league on a lot of notice and
a lot of times in the playoffs, these players will
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have these type of games which shows like the ascension.
And so with him, who has become right now he
is the backup two. It's he's the backup two for
obvious reasons. You're behind Anthony Edward, who might be the
best two guard in the league. This guy is playing
like a starter. He also he doesn't really I would
say this, I don't think as a defender.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
He has a lot of a lot of flash to
his game, his offensive.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Ability to the ability to drive the basketball, the ability
to shoot on the outside. He also has a really
good spot up ability. I think, I think is where
the quality lies. I like the fit that you mentioned there.
I think one of them he said, was Detroit. Yes,
because I think what that does is two things. Is
because if you keep him as a true off the
off the bench player, it means you don't have to
mess with your primary five. So Astor Thompson can stay
out there, you can keep Tobias Harris out there, your
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primary five can stay out there, and it gives you
points off the bench.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Because we saw what happened.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
To Detroit was is when you went is when you
went from your starting five, you didn't have a lot
of depth, especially offensively, and so you need that second
scoring option, especially if Jalen Duran, who's also a free agent,
if he doesn't resign, which I don't know why he wouldn't.
But I like the Detroit fit another one that I
wouldn't mind because I think they're also an ascending team.
I don't like the La fits because I think the
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Clippers are on their way down the Lakers right now.
I think I'll be interest to see what they do
with Lebron because I feel like that might harper that
might hamper.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Them a little bit, especially if they want to bring
in somebody else. I don't mind the Miami fit.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Miami is interesting because I think I think that concept
of him and Bam as a as a sorry him
and Tyler Hero as your backcourt that could be your
primary starters. Because remember on Norman Powell, he was only
thirty two, but he also made his first All Star game.
He's also a free agent. They bring him back, do
they build up the momentum or do they want to go younger.
Desumu is a rising talent. I wouldn't be surprised if
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he is. And this is very, very very a very
broad comparison, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes to the
Riot James Harden and becomes the next All Star guard
that we that we saw breakoff breakout from a bench
player to a starter.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, And I also think though Shane is in light
of the Dante de Vincenzo injury, I think Minnesota does
need to kind of maybe hang onto this guy because
right now we don't know the return date for their
starting point guard, so we'll see what they do. Their
number four from the Charlotte Hornets Kobe White. Oh, Kobe
best fits obviously in Charlotte, and then guess who Detroit?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Yeah, Detroit.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
I feel like, as you mentioned, because they it's not
very often you see a number one seed look as
flat as they did in the playoff. They look flat
against Orlando, they looks flat against against the Cavs, even
at home. So Kobe White makes it makes some sense.
He definitely has had in the last couple years, he's
been more of a scoring threat. Remember early in his career,
like that's all he did was a score. Now he's
going to be true scoring threats, But I do believe
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I forgot what injury he sustained. He's a staining to
injury this year. He missed a good amount of time
end of the season. And I think what you would
say about him is that he's a solid on ball defender.
I would be interested to see is if they want
to keep him back, if they want, if whoever signs him,
do they want to use him like that in Charlotte
as an off the bench player, or if they want
to start, they make him as a starter like he
was in Chicago, Because when he was in Chicago, he
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was a guy who gets you like twenty points a game.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
He just was kind of a defensive liability at times.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
If you want to use him as an off the
bench player, one, that probably saves you money. And two,
what it also does is it gives you really good
scoring ability off the bench as well. Give me the
fits you wrote he had Detroit and Charlotte, so he's
if he goes to Detroit, he's definitely off the bench.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Yeah, why should he go to Charlotte. He's definitely off
the bench too, because he'd be behind the LaMelo.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
So I think it sounds to me like the article
is pointing out, is telling me that his market is
going to be as a six man option as a
point guard. Yep, which is fine because I think if
you looked at his time in Charlotte as the off
the bench guy, he actually had some success there. He did,
he did, so I I I do like, I don't.
I don't love the Detroit fit just because it means
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if you want to have him and Kate Cunningham on
the court, I means you're playing small.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah. Uh, he would get more offensive ability.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
But I also saw this same Pistons team play against
Orlando when they ran their small lineup and it didn't
look as effective. And we'll see what other moves they make. Yeah,
I would rather him resigning Charlotte. Okay, Charlotte to me
seems like an ascending team. Okay, number three from the
Atlanta Hawks. C J McCollum.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Ooh, now they're saying the best fit is only in Atlanta. Really,
do you think that he could go somewhere else and
be a good fit. Well, I mean, he's he's he's
an undersized guard.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
He's what six two sixty three or something like that,
but he's a really good shot creator he's really good creating.
He's he's thirty four really, thirty four really yep, And
he averaged sixteen point seven points forty one games with Atlanta, and.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
They forgot he's been around that long. He's been around
as long as Dame has he.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Yeah, I know, McCollum's name has come out a lot. Yeah,
you know, but yeah, he's thirty four years old, and
you know he's he's walking twenty points. Yeah, and you're
forty one games, right, I mean you're averaging double digits.
I mean, you gotta be spicy somewhere. And what is
Atlanta going to do?
Speaker 3 (06:18):
You know?
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I feel like Atlanta of course, earlier in the year
they get rid of Trey Young, Yeah, you know, and
it's like, Okay, are they blowing up or are they
trying to do something?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
You know? So CJ.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
You know, I don't see why you would not try
to get him back.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Well, I mean, I guess part of it because like
remember when they moved off from Trey Young, they said, Okay,
we're gonna build around our young Colt.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
We're gonna build.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Around Jalen Johnson. We're gonna build around to kill Alexander Walker.
We're gonna build around on Yeko Kuwongbo. We're gonna build
around Dyson Daniels, who's one of the best defensive guards
no one's ever heard of.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
He's a really good player.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
He's also a guy that I think Steph Castle fans
are mad at because people think Steph Castle should have
gotten the All Defensive team. Yeah, people are upset about
at Atlanta is quietly building some young, really solid peace right.
I think McCollum, though, I think at this point in
my career, his career, he might need to go somewhere
else if he wants to actually compete for a championship,
if that's his end all, be all goal, because I
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think Atlanta's at least two years away from that. Yeah,
I would say, and this might be kind of sacrilegious,
why not go to Orlando? Orlando as an eight They
were an eight seed last year, but that was only
just because if you look at the Eastern Conference, the
final like six seeds in the playoffs were separated by
what like three games.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
And three games at one point, yeah, down to the
last two games even into the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Orlando was a very physical team the playoffs, but they
ran out of gas towards the end of that series
against Detroit. I think having McCollum on this team with
someone like Jalen Sugs and someone I know we love,
Franz Vogner. He's always hurt, so they need plenty of
guard depth, they need plenty of scoring ability. I think
him going to Orlando and what I would say is
a ever shifting Eastern Conference, maybe even Indiana, who I
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think with the return of Tyres Haliburton could look to
have someone like him, right because if they don't resign
Benedict Mathern, they need some three point scoring. Very true,
and Benning matther I think is one of the most
underrated free agents that's gonna be in this year's crop
of free agents. Yeah, I would love to see him
call him either in Indiana or Orlando.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah, and we've got two more to go here in
this one. This one, to me, has a lot of
missing pieces as of right now, if that makes any
sense to you, And as soon as I say his name,
I'm sure you're going to know because this team has
been in a conversation with another NBA athlete that has
said I'm not going to play there anymore.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Number two Norman Powell of the Miami Heats.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
Oh yeah, yeah, I just mentioned him. He just made
his first All Star Game this year.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (08:36):
He's thirty one, thirty two. I think I think he's
in his early thirties.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I know that. Yeah. What he has right now is
he has the ability to be a really good score
for you.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
I wonder if what kind of Norman power is seeing
if if you're going to sign the Norman Powell, who
we think might be another late season All Star, sorry,
another late blooming All Star, ye, then maybe you could
sign him because he's going to get you at this
point in his career at least anywhere.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
From nineteen to twenty two points. Yep.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
I think I would rather sign the sixth Man of
the Year contender Norman Palin instead the one that we
saw at the Clippers, the guy we saw come off
the bench. I like that factor. I'm I'm curious what
were the fits they listed.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
If I Miami? Really yeah, they just to be side
with Miami. Yep.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
And when he was with the Clippers, You're right, that
was the pal that you would won because he was
averaging twenty four point two points a game and before
the break and after he was at fourteen point five, because.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
He was at forty.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
He's a forty percent three point shooter for his career.
He is a really good shot creator from the three.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
He's a killer. He will make those shots. Yep. He's
also a solid wing defender.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Think of think of Devin Vasell in that same light,
but you and the difference.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Is is that Norman Palace case.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
You rely on him more to score than you do
vacill and so it's in that same vein so Miami
I gets. I'm trying to think like other teams. Every
team could could use a good three and D wing player, Yeah,
for sure. But I also don't know what his market's
going to be because he is an All Star player now,
but he's also thirty two, and so the market for
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that one's gonna be interesting because I think there's gonna
be teams that are gonna say notice that, I actually
think that if he wanted to go back to La
play for the Lakers, that would be fun. If if
he was to call off the bench, if they so
fall the scenario if they bring back Luke Canard, the
Lakers bring back Luke Canard, they don't resign Lebron and
then if they wanted to start pal or start Canard,
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you haven't off the bench player for either one. It
keeps your three spots solidified on both ends. So I
think that, and I am not a Lakers fan, I
think that would be actually a really interesting fit, especially
if they want to go that route, a cheaper but
still more valuable route. Right.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
And the last one, Shane, which is gonna get everybody
in San Antonio saying no, And I think it's gonna.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Tell you no.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Number One, Yeah, Lebron James, the Los Angeles Lakers. His
best fits are the following, the Lakers, the Calves, sure,
the Nuggets, the Golden State Warriors, and lastly the San
Antonio Spurs.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
So the re and I'll go ahead and tell the
people why the Spurs are listed, because he's in the
twilight of his career and if he wants to make
that one last attempt at a championship, a true attempt
at a championship. The Spurs have shown that they at
least this year in the playoffs, they need more. They
do need at least some more experience, They need more
value from their outside guy.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
I think Lebron in.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
This system, if I had to guess, would probably play
more than four because they wou want to keep a
small one, two three lineup they like to sell as
a wing.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
I think.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
I also think it would probably mean they would relegate
Champagne to the bench, because I doubt they would bring
Lebron off the bench if I had to guess.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Among those teams, though you mentioned Golden State, I feel
like that to me, Lebron joining Steph kind of reminds
me of when Gary Payton and Charles Barkley turn the
Rockets that the four Rockets had the ninety six all
to All Star team. Essentially, think of it that way. Yeah,
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I would love Actually, as a fan, I would love
to see Lebron go to Cleveland, finish out in Cleveland.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
I think that would be great. That's what I'd like
to see him go.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
I do wonder though, if he hasn't try and finagle
something to stay with the Lakers.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
But I look at Lebron and I think that he's
gonna basically look at the season and say, where's my
best fit to win a championship and walk out of here? Yeah,
because Lebron seems like that guy.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Your best fit is.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Among those scenes is probably the Spurs the same Chris
Paul thought his best fit was to like team up
with Wimby.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
And that's the thing that's gonna happen Spurs fans, is
that you're gonna have names like Lebron, James and all
these guys potentially put san Antonio on their list because
who doesn't want to play for seven foot four frenchmen.
That is unbelievable. And Lebron wouldn't have to play that much,
to be honest.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
With you, when when the Spurs, when the Spurs Mountain
got Palagasaw, people were excited, but it wasn't the same
Palagasol we've come to know. Right, Lebron you're getting now
is not going to be the Lebron we've already we've
known for our entire lives. He's a Lebron that at
this point he would still be the most talked about player,
but he wouldn't be the face of your franchise.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
He's a guy that who would probably play.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Still meaningful minutes even at the age he does give
him credit for that, but he would not factoring as
much as he used to.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, and the thing is is that would you buy
the jersey if he became a Spur.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
I don't typically buy jerseys until the players retired, right,
just as like a concept, but I would I would
definitely consider that.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
It'd be fun to have a Spur jersey with Lebron
on it. That'd be kind of cool. It would be
kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
So free agency, those are unrestricted free agents. But coming up,
we'll get into a little Wimby talk because I kind
of want to motivate Wimby for tonight's game four more
head on the Fanatics on tickets seven to sixty
Obviously, we know that free agency is always fun in
the land of the NBA, and I know that Shane
is a numbers guy, agency guy, free agent guy, draft
guy here on the tickets, so I want to give
him right now.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
According to ESPN dot com, the top five unrestricted free
agents and the last one's going to be a good one.
I'll start from five and their best fits and if
you agree or don't agree, okay, all right? So number
five is going to be Desumu from the Timberwolves, the
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deal that people would offer us three years, fifty one million.
His best fits are the following Minnesota, Detroit.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
The Clippers, the Lakers, and the Heat. What do you
think of Desumu?
Speaker 4 (00:57):
So, Desumu is definitely an ascending player because he's only
twenty six.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
He's a guy who essentially who essentially remember he grew
up in Chicago. He wanted to be a Bull and
they shipped him out of their mid season this past year.
And all he has done is had essentially what you
would call maybe like a breakout type season, especially in
the playoffs that game where he didn't miss a free throw,
didn't miss at three point shot, and shot above forty
has put the league on a lot of notice and
a lot of times in the playoffs, these players will
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have these type of games which shows like the ascension.
And so with him, who has become right now he
is the backup two. It's he's the backup two for
obvious reasons. You're behind Anthony Edward, who might be the
best two guard in the league. This guy is playing
like a starter. He also he doesn't really I would
say this, I don't think as a defender.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
He has a lot of a lot of flash to
his game, his offensive.
Speaker 4 (01:43):
Ability to the ability to drive the basketball, the ability
to shoot on the outside. He also has a really
good spot up ability. I think, I think is where
the quality lies. I like the fit that you mentioned there.
I think one of them he said, was Detroit. Yes,
because I think what that does is two things. Is
because if you keep him as a true off the
off the bench player, it means you don't have to
mess with your primary five. So Astor Thompson can stay
out there, you can keep Tobias Harris out there, your
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primary five can stay out there, and it gives you
points off the bench.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Because we saw what happened.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
To Detroit was is when you went is when you
went from your starting five, you didn't have a lot
of depth, especially offensively, and so you need that second
scoring option, especially if Jalen Duran, who's also a free agent,
if he doesn't resign, which I don't know why he wouldn't.
But I like the Detroit fit another one that I
wouldn't mind because I think they're also an ascending team.
I don't like the La fits because I think the
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Clippers are on their way down the Lakers right now.
I think I'll be interest to see what they do
with Lebron because I feel like that might harper that
might hamper.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Them a little bit, especially if they want to bring
in somebody else. I don't mind the Miami fit.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Miami is interesting because I think I think that concept
of him and Bam as a as a sorry him
and Tyler Hero as your backcourt that could be your
primary starters. Because remember on Norman Powell, he was only
thirty two, but he also made his first All Star game.
He's also a free agent. They bring him back, do
they build up the momentum or do they want to go younger.
Desumu is a rising talent. I wouldn't be surprised if
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he is. And this is very, very very a very
broad comparison, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes to the
Riot James Harden and becomes the next All Star guard
that we that we saw breakoff breakout from a bench
player to a starter.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Yeah, And I also think though Shane is in light
of the Dante de Vincenzo injury, I think Minnesota does
need to kind of maybe hang onto this guy because
right now we don't know the return date for their
starting point guard, so we'll see what they do. Their
number four from the Charlotte Hornets Kobe White. Oh, Kobe
best fits obviously in Charlotte, and then guess who Detroit?
Speaker 3 (03:45):
Yeah, Detroit.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
I feel like, as you mentioned, because they it's not
very often you see a number one seed look as
flat as they did in the playoff. They look flat
against Orlando, they looks flat against against the Cavs, even
at home. So Kobe White makes it makes some sense.
He definitely has had in the last couple years, he's
been more of a scoring threat. Remember early in his career,
like that's all he did was a score. Now he's
going to be true scoring threats, But I do believe
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I forgot what injury he sustained. He's a staining to
injury this year. He missed a good amount of time
end of the season. And I think what you would
say about him is that he's a solid on ball defender.
I would be interested to see is if they want
to keep him back, if they want, if whoever signs him,
do they want to use him like that in Charlotte
as an off the bench player, or if they want
to start, they make him as a starter like he
was in Chicago, Because when he was in Chicago, he
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was a guy who gets you like twenty points a game.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
He just was kind of a defensive liability at times.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
If you want to use him as an off the
bench player, one, that probably saves you money. And two,
what it also does is it gives you really good
scoring ability off the bench as well. Give me the
fits you wrote he had Detroit and Charlotte, so he's
if he goes to Detroit, he's definitely off the bench.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Yeah, why should he go to Charlotte. He's definitely off
the bench too, because he'd be behind the LaMelo.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
So I think it sounds to me like the article
is pointing out, is telling me that his market is
going to be as a six man option as a
point guard. Yep, which is fine because I think if
you looked at his time in Charlotte as the off
the bench guy, he actually had some success there. He did,
he did, so I I I do like, I don't.
I don't love the Detroit fit just because it means
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if you want to have him and Kate Cunningham on
the court, I means you're playing small.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
Yeah. Uh, he would get more offensive ability.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
But I also saw this same Pistons team play against
Orlando when they ran their small lineup and it didn't
look as effective. And we'll see what other moves they make. Yeah,
I would rather him resigning Charlotte. Okay, Charlotte to me
seems like an ascending team. Okay, number three from the
Atlanta Hawks. C J McCollum.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Ooh, now they're saying the best fit is only in Atlanta. Really,
do you think that he could go somewhere else and
be a good fit. Well, I mean, he's he's he's
an undersized guard.
Speaker 4 (05:46):
He's what six two sixty three or something like that,
but he's a really good shot creator he's really good creating.
He's he's thirty four really, thirty four really yep, And
he averaged sixteen point seven points forty one games with Atlanta, and.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
They forgot he's been around that long. He's been around
as long as Dame has he.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Yeah, I know, McCollum's name has come out a lot. Yeah,
you know, but yeah, he's thirty four years old, and
you know he's he's walking twenty points. Yeah, and you're
forty one games, right, I mean you're averaging double digits.
I mean, you gotta be spicy somewhere. And what is
Atlanta going to do?
Speaker 3 (06:18):
You know?
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I feel like Atlanta of course, earlier in the year
they get rid of Trey Young, Yeah, you know, and
it's like, Okay, are they blowing up or are they
trying to do something?
Speaker 3 (06:28):
You know? So CJ.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
You know, I don't see why you would not try
to get him back.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Well, I mean, I guess part of it because like
remember when they moved off from Trey Young, they said, Okay,
we're gonna build around our young Colt.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
We're gonna build.
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Around Jalen Johnson. We're gonna build around to kill Alexander Walker.
We're gonna build around on Yeko Kuwongbo. We're gonna build
around Dyson Daniels, who's one of the best defensive guards
no one's ever heard of.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
He's a really good player.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
He's also a guy that I think Steph Castle fans
are mad at because people think Steph Castle should have
gotten the All Defensive team. Yeah, people are upset about
at Atlanta is quietly building some young, really solid peace right.
I think McCollum, though, I think at this point in
my career, his career, he might need to go somewhere
else if he wants to actually compete for a championship,
if that's his end all, be all goal, because I
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think Atlanta's at least two years away from that. Yeah,
I would say, and this might be kind of sacrilegious,
why not go to Orlando? Orlando as an eight They
were an eight seed last year, but that was only
just because if you look at the Eastern Conference, the
final like six seeds in the playoffs were separated by
what like three games.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
And three games at one point, yeah, down to the
last two games even into the playoffs.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
Orlando was a very physical team the playoffs, but they
ran out of gas towards the end of that series
against Detroit. I think having McCollum on this team with
someone like Jalen Sugs and someone I know we love,
Franz Vogner. He's always hurt, so they need plenty of
guard depth, they need plenty of scoring ability. I think
him going to Orlando and what I would say is
a ever shifting Eastern Conference, maybe even Indiana, who I
(07:53):
think with the return of Tyres Haliburton could look to
have someone like him, right because if they don't resign
Benedict Mathern, they need some three point scoring. Very true,
and Benning matther I think is one of the most
underrated free agents that's gonna be in this year's crop
of free agents. Yeah, I would love to see him
call him either in Indiana or Orlando.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
Yeah, and we've got two more to go here in
this one. This one, to me, has a lot of
missing pieces as of right now, if that makes any
sense to you, And as soon as I say his name,
I'm sure you're going to know because this team has
been in a conversation with another NBA athlete that has
said I'm not going to play there anymore.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Number two Norman Powell of the Miami Heats.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
Oh yeah, yeah, I just mentioned him. He just made
his first All Star Game this year.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (08:36):
He's thirty one, thirty two. I think I think he's
in his early thirties.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I know that. Yeah. What he has right now is
he has the ability to be a really good score
for you.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
I wonder if what kind of Norman power is seeing
if if you're going to sign the Norman Powell, who
we think might be another late season All Star, sorry,
another late blooming All Star, ye, then maybe you could
sign him because he's going to get you at this
point in his career at least anywhere.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
From nineteen to twenty two points. Yep.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
I think I would rather sign the sixth Man of
the Year contender Norman Palin instead the one that we
saw at the Clippers, the guy we saw come off
the bench. I like that factor. I'm I'm curious what
were the fits they listed.
Speaker 3 (09:11):
If I Miami? Really yeah, they just to be side
with Miami. Yep.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
And when he was with the Clippers, You're right, that
was the pal that you would won because he was
averaging twenty four point two points a game and before
the break and after he was at fourteen point five, because.
Speaker 3 (09:24):
He was at forty.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
He's a forty percent three point shooter for his career.
He is a really good shot creator from the three.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
He's a killer. He will make those shots. Yep. He's
also a solid wing defender.
Speaker 4 (09:33):
Think of think of Devin Vasell in that same light,
but you and the difference.
Speaker 3 (09:38):
Is is that Norman Palace case.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
You rely on him more to score than you do
vacill and so it's in that same vein so Miami
I gets. I'm trying to think like other teams. Every
team could could use a good three and D wing player, Yeah,
for sure. But I also don't know what his market's
going to be because he is an All Star player now,
but he's also thirty two, and so the market for
(10:04):
that one's gonna be interesting because I think there's gonna
be teams that are gonna say notice that, I actually
think that if he wanted to go back to La
play for the Lakers, that would be fun. If if
he was to call off the bench, if they so
fall the scenario if they bring back Luke Canard, the
Lakers bring back Luke Canard, they don't resign Lebron and
then if they wanted to start pal or start Canard,
(10:24):
you haven't off the bench player for either one. It
keeps your three spots solidified on both ends. So I
think that, and I am not a Lakers fan, I
think that would be actually a really interesting fit, especially
if they want to go that route, a cheaper but
still more valuable route. Right.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
And the last one, Shane, which is gonna get everybody
in San Antonio saying no, And I think it's gonna.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Tell you no.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Number One, Yeah, Lebron James, the Los Angeles Lakers. His
best fits are the following, the Lakers, the Calves, sure,
the Nuggets, the Golden State Warriors, and lastly the San
Antonio Spurs.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
So the re and I'll go ahead and tell the
people why the Spurs are listed, because he's in the
twilight of his career and if he wants to make
that one last attempt at a championship, a true attempt
at a championship. The Spurs have shown that they at
least this year in the playoffs, they need more. They
do need at least some more experience, They need more
value from their outside guy.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
I think Lebron in.
Speaker 4 (11:18):
This system, if I had to guess, would probably play
more than four because they wou want to keep a
small one, two three lineup they like to sell as
a wing.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
I think.
Speaker 4 (11:27):
I also think it would probably mean they would relegate
Champagne to the bench, because I doubt they would bring
Lebron off the bench if I had to guess.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (11:33):
Among those teams, though you mentioned Golden State, I feel
like that to me, Lebron joining Steph kind of reminds
me of when Gary Payton and Charles Barkley turn the
Rockets that the four Rockets had the ninety six all
to All Star team. Essentially, think of it that way. Yeah,
(11:53):
I would love Actually, as a fan, I would love
to see Lebron go to Cleveland, finish out in Cleveland.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
I think that would be great. That's what I'd like
to see him go.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
I do wonder though, if he hasn't try and finagle
something to stay with the Lakers.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
But I look at Lebron and I think that he's
gonna basically look at the season and say, where's my
best fit to win a championship and walk out of here? Yeah,
because Lebron seems like that guy.
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Your best fit is.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Among those scenes is probably the Spurs the same Chris
Paul thought his best fit was to like team up
with Wimby.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
And that's the thing that's gonna happen Spurs fans, is
that you're gonna have names like Lebron, James and all
these guys potentially put san Antonio on their list because
who doesn't want to play for seven foot four frenchmen.
That is unbelievable. And Lebron wouldn't have to play that much,
to be honest.
Speaker 4 (12:36):
With you, when when the Spurs, when the Spurs Mountain
got Palagasaw, people were excited, but it wasn't the same
Palagasol we've come to know. Right, Lebron you're getting now
is not going to be the Lebron we've already we've
known for our entire lives. He's a Lebron that at
this point he would still be the most talked about player,
but he wouldn't be the face of your franchise.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
He's a guy that who would probably play.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Still meaningful minutes even at the age he does give
him credit for that, but he would not factoring as
much as he used to.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, and the thing is is that would you buy
the jersey if he became a Spur.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
I don't typically buy jerseys until the players retired, right,
just as like a concept, but I would I would
definitely consider that.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
It'd be fun to have a Spur jersey with Lebron
on it. That'd be kind of cool. It would be
kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
So free agency, those are unrestricted free agents. But coming up,
we'll get into a little Wimby talk because I kind
of want to motivate Wimby for tonight's game four more
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