February 2, 2025 • 29 mins
Ricky & Kwame give their instant reactions to the blockbuster trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks centering around Anthony Davis and Luka Doncic.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Ladies and gentlemen, if you are hearing this right now,
this is not a drill. The sirens have gone off.
It is true. This is not a test. Sham Sharania
has reported that the Los Angeles Lakers has traded Anthony
Davis Max Christi a twenty twenty nine first for Luca Doncic.
(00:24):
There's some other players too, but some other players too,
but just for the dramatic effect. Luca dog I'm not
going to lie to you.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It's late, it's midnight.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Trying to contain myself, but I'm not sure I'm believing
what I see right now. The Lakers just got done
be putting it on the Knicks, the hottest team in
the league without Anthony Davis. I just got done seeing
Anthony Davis and Charlotte put up a forty twenty game,
(00:59):
and we never gonna see Anthony Davis in the Lakers'
uniform again. We just got to get into it. It's Ricky,
it's Kwame Kuwalm. I don't nobody believed it. I called you,
Chams tweeted it. It was one of those tweets where
it's not real.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
It's hacked. Everybody's hacked these days.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
It was true, bro, dog, It's crazy. This is like
a game. This is like a trade that you do
in two k We can just you know, flipping superstars
a trade override on. You can do whatever trade. You
just gotta make the salaries work. This cameo so far
out of left field. It's unbelievable. This is one of
those trades you could never have even dreamt was possible,
(01:42):
even feasible. Out of all the trades that we've heard
in the past five years, never was Anthony Davis on
the board in this type of fashion. And to get
arguably the best young player in the National Basketball Association
in Luka Doncic, fresh off the Finals run. He is
now in a Lakers uniform, and you know they're going
(02:04):
to do every single thing in their power to keep
this man a Laker for life. Seventy seven is gonna
be up. It's gonna be up. It's gonna be up
in the rafters, guys, seventy seven and you know what
three is going to be too. And Anthony Davis, man,
I can't even believe it. That's Ricky's favorite player, so
(02:24):
I know.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
He's gonna cry.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Damn, man, I got I got a special place in
my heart for Anthony Davis. Man, I can't believe this
is how it ends. The future is so bright and
so exciting to like get on with, but like it's like, damn,
It's like it's like, you know you got this girl,
you love her right, and you know you you trying
to make it work. But then you know, you just
(02:49):
see this younger girl. She's younger and prettier, she got
it going on too. You have an opportunity to make
a move. It's like, but you still love the girl
you with. But the future is right and ladies and gentlemen.
Jeanie Buss, Rob Polenka, the Lakers brass said, we are
looking towards the future, and they pulled one of the
(03:13):
craziest trades I've ever seen. This is this, This feels
up there with the with the Kawhi announcement that broke
my damn heart that in the middle of the night,
just out of left field. What the hell this was
one of them nights. Man, I'm I'm I'm stunning, I'm stunned,
I'm shocked. I'm everything that you can think of.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
The full trade the Los Angeles Lakers are getting Luka
Doncicz Maxi kleeber Markuis Morris. The Dallas Mavericks are getting
Anthony Davis, Max Christie Grandson.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
It was an honor, man and a nine Lakers first.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
The Utah Jazz somehow find they way into the trade.
They get Jalen Hood Chapino, thank god, a twenty twenty
five Clippers second, and a twenty twenty five mav second.
So I'm sure there was some moving around or that
Clippers pick from the mass over to the Jazz.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
So I cool keeps back that that's that's fun to
the championship.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Keep is back, I guess, but I just let's uh,
let's I guess, let's start unpacking this. Anthony Davis is
no longer a Los Angeles Laker. One championship what four years?
Five years? This is year four five?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I believe year five, okay, five years as a Lakers.
We want ye.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Bro top seventy five player of all time. It was
an honor. It was an honor and a privilege.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I guess. Not everything last forever.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You know, immediately I think back to eighty talking about
Laker for life and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Man, it's uh, it's hard.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
It's tough when you gotta you gotta spend something to
get something. Ma Lakers had to give make some space
in the garage for a big for a.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Really really, really really really.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Premium vehicle, and it cost him a really really premium
vell And oh man, yes, the Lakers gonna get it,
take ahead on the defensive end. Yeah, yep, they sure are.
I don't think this trade was meant with this season
in mind. This was getting JJ Redick, his superstar of
(05:22):
the future, the player to build around. What this means
for Big Bron that's a whole nother thing that we
could get into. But you know, as far as ad Bro,
he's going down down there to Dallas, going to a
team that just got done off of a finals run.
(05:43):
You know, they are struggling a little bit this year. Obviously,
players have been banged up, including Lucas, but it Athony
Davis is going into a win now environment, So he's
not getting shipped off to Siberia in any sense of
the word.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
And it would be fate if.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
The Lakers end up seeing the Mavericks at some point
in time when the games really count. So hey, man,
that's why I think everybody couldn't believe this trade. You
just don't expect to see Anthony Davis and Luka donc
Is getting traded for each other.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
You don't.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
You don't expect like like Steph getting traded for Jason
Tatum right right, You don't.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
This is crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
They already got Luke on ESPN with the little Laker
uniform on.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
This is insane, bro Like, this.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Is insane dog like when you think about it, you know,
and I feel for Anthony Davis right now, because you know,
he gave me Laker for life. You know, he really
gave me that feeling he talks about how you know,
Broun and I still think we can get a done
championship window. We want the parade we never got. Like
I feel like he really wore that. He wore those
letters across his chest and he did it seriously, And
(07:05):
damn man, it sucks that he kind of got punted
for the future. But I get it because there's no
way you see that trade be offered to you and
you turn it down. There's no way in terms of
the future. Like I said, hey, sir, this championship window
(07:26):
could have been open for another year, maybe two. I
don't think Lebron plays beyond next season. To be completely honest. So,
like I said, you get the rest of the season,
then probably one more, and then you're kind of left
with Anthony Davis. And when you think about that, we've
talked about that, what does it look like post Lebron
are And it's like you get this, you get the shakes,
you get a little get a little nervous, the hearts
(07:47):
start beating a little quickly. Everything looks a lot brighter
when your core piece is Luka Doncic and he's gonna
get as we presume up to this point, he will
be under the two of won the great Lebron.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
James, which for how long, we don't know.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
You might do some some wonders for this boy. This
might really turn him into a demon. So you know,
this is tough to digest because I know how much
Laker Nation loves Anthony Davis. I know I talk a
lot of trash about it to you, RJ, but I
love Anthony Davis. He gave our team something you got
(08:26):
like the heart and soul. But it's like so like
it hurts because it's like damn, because like I said
to me, this feels like it effectively closes the door
in the championship window for Lebron James' career in my opinion,
But what it does.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Why do you think that right now?
Speaker 3 (08:42):
kW? Because I mean, when you think about it, the
roster just doesn't make sense right now. You lose your base,
one of your your your best defensive presence, and you
get another heavy ball handling guard. You got a guy
who does Lebron's job. You got a guy who does
Austin's job, and he does it better though he's probably
the best at doing that job in the whole league,
to be honest, like in the whole league, he's probably
(09:04):
the best to do that. So now the roster feels odd.
Are there more trades to come? When they told Lebron that,
they say, hey, if you want to be traded somewhere,
let us know. We'll be open to listen. Is that
what they told them?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
We'll oblige you too, brother, if that's what you want
right now?
Speaker 3 (09:17):
You know, like I'm interested because, like I said, this
team felt like it needed more of a defensive presence,
and not necessarily Luca. But like I said, you see
Luca come on into your cross heads. You can't not
take the shot. You have to take him because you
might never The odds of you drafting a player with
any pick that you're gonna get in the next decade
(09:38):
turning out to be as good as him is slim
to none, my brother, So you have to do it.
And again, you're trading thirty one or I guess, thirty
two year old Anthony Davis for twenty five year old
Luka Doncic, who win healthy, literally MVP front runner, one
of the best players in this game. Like I said,
(09:59):
it feels because, like I said, our roster now looks odd,
but we didn't lose were we We still have another
first we still have a lot of salary ballasts we
were going to use, so maybe we can make something shake.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
And that That's what I'm starting to think about right now,
is are there more Domino pieces to fall? I know
the thought is you want to set up the future,
so you make the deal. You don't pass up on
a deal like that. But I'm not convinced that the
Lakers still don't think that they can flip the that
(10:31):
other first round pick.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Maybe Rui's salary, right, Gabe, does that?
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Can that bring back a A B big? I mean,
I'm not We're done talking about Walkie Castle and we're
done talking about mind? What if this is the actual
time to the Lake trade for voles turned out?
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Somehow they make that trade and now they're going that.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Could look pretty nice. But again, like I said, I
feel like this ar feel weird. Now it's ar tradeable
Now is ar if it's an aar Buca backcourt, the
starting back court of the future. Max is gone.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Yeah that's barbecue chicken on defense, they.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Papped up Max, Max. I love you, bro? You really
can this last these last couple of months, man, this
whole season. To be honest, Max has really come into
his own. It just got us as straded.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Well, now we can finally fulfill his rifle destiny of
eventually becoming the Sacramento King.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
His brother got to move out.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Yeah, no, that's fact.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
It's probably they probably shared the crib.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
They did, Oh absolutely, they absolutely did.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
They got a balance brother.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Hey, what's going on y'all?
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Speaker 2 (12:40):
I'm in shock, Kwama.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Why don't you tell the tell the audience what you
texted me about your contract.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
With Hey, I've been I've been low key MFFL bad
fan for life. I love Luka doncic. He minds me
of young bron obviously with all the fun dunkin and shit,
how we I really love it? And now the Lakers
got him. I'm really a Laker for life like this,
(13:06):
ain't they I'm locked in I got to see my
favorite player of all times Twilight Years, even captured championship
with the Los Angeles Lakers, and now the heir to
the throne. In my mind already it's a Los Angeles Laker.
This is the shit I would do in two k
(13:26):
I eighties getting old because I forced that trade for
Luca and extend my my, my GM season. But now
it's in reality. This is crazy, man. I know Laker
nations feel torn, but you're never gonna get another chance
to get Luca Dantic you know what I'm saying, Like
you're never getting another chance to get a player of
(13:47):
his calibra. It is not you'll just roll out of
bed and get that Andy Davis passes Prime Gonna. I'm
not gonna say that. I'm not gonna say he's not.
Love the love the guy. I love what he did
for his teams. I really wanted to see this team
do something. But you can't say no when Luka Doncion
just on the table, you just can't. Like no matter
(14:07):
how you split it, if you say no, you're the
fool in the situation. You're the fool. We still got assets, So,
like you said, I still think something's coming. But how
do you think this trade looks for the Mads. Do
you really think Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis won a championship?
I don't know, man, and I love it, but this
is thirty two year old Kyrie.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
They got there.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Hey, they said that this trade was initiately initiated by
the Dallas Mavericks.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Yeah, the Mavericks.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Approached the Lakers and they offered the Luca for eighty
package and rob works and science.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
This is crazy just to say yes, this is real, like.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
May pass out, Bro, It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
I can't. I can't.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Uh, Man, Are the Lakers better or worse this season
now after this trade?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Ah?
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Worse? I think their offensive floor was already high. Are
they just gonna do what the Badge tried to do
before they made that trade last year and just outscore everybody,
not play defense? Like again, I feel like this isn't
a move for this season and it'll be fun. Like
I said, it's still gonna go crazy. But like I
said this, I feel like this makes this puts Braun
in an odd spot. Like I said, do they approach
(15:29):
him and say, hey, Bron, what you want to do?
You want to hang around? You want to do something different.
How you feeling.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
He's been traded twice now eight he's waving his trade
kicker the second time. What a good guy both trades
he's gone to. He's waved that kicker because he his
salary could have been.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Sounds like sounds like there was some uh, there was
a riff form and like I said, I get it.
I could imagine why the Laker brass was mad that
he did that. Sean's interview and he's like, we need
a big They're probably like, look, bro, we ain't got
time for that shit.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Old Lakers got me Luca Doncics for my birthday. It
only cost me Anthony Davis.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
I like that. I don't know, man, Well, I mean
February first.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Here's a fun fact for all Lakers fans, new Lakers fans,
old Lakers fans. February first, two thousand and eight. Do
you remember what happened on that date?
Speaker 3 (16:18):
No? What?
Speaker 2 (16:20):
The Los Angeles Lakers traded for pol Gasol.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Wow to the day. Huh.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
February first, twenty twenty five, the Los Angeles Lakers trade
for Luka Doncic.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Tething about this time of year. Dog, the magic happened, baby,
my magic.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
I just can't believe, like this is this is this,
This changes.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Everything everything, like everything that we were thinking about this season,
getting excited about something, not getting excited about something, like
everything needs to be reevaluated. Like we're gonna have to
talk every day for the next ninety days. It just
makes some sense to this. We're gonna have to record
seventy two hours straight.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Hey, I hope Adam Silver feels feels very This might
have saved this might have saved his league, the Lakers
getting the arguably the biggest upcoming star in basketball. What's
better than that? Doc? This is crazy, Like I feel
(17:19):
so tor because this is so dope because it's Luca
don chic Bro, Like, come on, man, it's Luca the
damn hed I know people broad Instead of that.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
They talking about did you see what Bron just did tonight?
That Nigga was hanging from the rim like it was
like it was a fucking jungle jump for kids.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Bro, go crazy.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Lebron's annominally like that Nigga can play basketball as long
as he fucking wants for the Lakers, And I'm cool
with that, But like.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
How do you think what do you think they told
Bron that said, little dog, we get it. We know
you dout y'all could win, but we'd love it if
you stuck around, gave this young man, you know, let
him unlock his mind, give him that championship mindset. We
appreciate you, Twilight, give us your give us your farewell
(18:16):
tour by the way too. We need that money.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Yeah, we do need that farewell tour. Lebron was not
aware ye of the trade. He was out to dinner
with his family when he was made aware, he said, Reportedly,
David Mendiman said, he is processing everything. Do you think
Brownie's doing sitting there?
Speaker 2 (18:37):
What they broa that?
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Now? That would have been imagine? Have to tell Bagine,
have to be the person that a A we traded Brownie?
Mm hmm, dog. I mean this feels a lot like
when they made the when Dallas made the initial trade
for Kyrie Irving. You're like, how are those two gonna
play together? It just doesn't make sense. But it doesn't matter.
When you have an opportunity to get that good of
(19:01):
a player, you just do it and you figure out
the rest. It's kind of how I'm feeling with Lebron
right now. But I just wonder how I wonder what
Lebron does here. Does he just guy the coast with
and see what he could do? They need to make
another trade because they there's pieces, there's holes in this team.
So I assume they're soft blowing up this roster. I
gotta assume we're gonna do a soft blow up. I
(19:22):
think defensive players are sticking around. I think Vando's sticking around.
I think obviously DFS is sticking around. That's probably all
in Lebron, you know, but that's probably all folks. Maybe
Austin Reeves is probably the other. Outside of that, I
think this roster top to bottom is expendable and rob
should be sliding pieces all round. You basically have to
(19:42):
rebuild it because as constructive it looks weird. They got
to start slicing, nicing.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Legion hoops. I'm here in Lebron James to the Warriors
as major legs.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
It's such a dumb Why.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Would Lebron want to play with that that that beat
ass thing though there, He's just gonna go over there
and waste more time. If I Lebron, I saw what
Steph Curry did the other night, I'm not playing on
the team. I'm sorry, I'm not I'm not playing for that.
I'm not playing on it. What's the next Laker game?
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Uh? What is Luca's health status right now?
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Also, he's out fat. I'm just kidding.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
How long. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
I think it was like it was a calf injury.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yeah, the left calf contusion on Christmas Day and was
ruled out for a month. To Jesus Christ, he coming back,
so that's.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Probably they Yeah, they said there's optimism he's going to
be back before All Star weekend. That's in two weeks, right.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Could be wearing a Lakers uniforms.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
You said, what.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Lucas not an All Star?
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Yeah, but they were saying he was going to be
back by the All Star breaker. He'll probably be back
right after. So at at minimum we're gonna look a
we're gonna see him in two weeks. This is absolutely crazy.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
He got a center lined up he had.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
I think he's gonna shake up this whole roster now,
because you have to, like I said, at this point,
all that extra offense you had was expendable. If yo
As can't stand in the corner, you can't defend, you're
on the table. You know what I'm saying, I think
you're on the table. I think he keeps ar, he
keeps Braun, he keeps van Do, he keeps DFS. I
(21:23):
think everyone else is on the table. Think Gabe, think Gruie.
I think all these guys are on the table for
a trade, every single one. Every everybody should be looking
at their locker like because it might be it might
not be here in a couple of days. Because you
gotta spin the phones now. You literally shifted the entire
makeup of your franchise by letting Anthony Davis go. I
(21:44):
can't believe they're gone. Bro, the the Dynamic Duo's done.
No more boom shacka wacas.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Yeah, man, where's my lob threat? I'm not having fun
if I don't have a big big boy you big
boy you has taken a severe hit.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
This is crazy, bro.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Jackson Hayes is the only center, like besides what's his name?
Collocal Christian.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
That's what I'm saying. They're true have to. They're shaking
this entire team up. They have to. That's constructed, It
doesn't the pieces aren't fitting the way you'd want it to.
But like I said, when you're when you're adding to
a core of Luka Doncic.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Underdog.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
You can do that. This is insane, bro, I got
a message.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Who is his message?
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Now? I guess legitm. It ain't a real thing. Huh,
ain't no such thing as LEGITM. He was eating dinner
when he found out the the news.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
I'm waiting for Lebron first, uh press conference after it's
done any days.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Is not a fucking Laker anymore?
Speaker 1 (22:59):
I think think that's I think that's equally as crazy
as Luca is a Laker, like.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
The shock. Don't ask me about rotation. I'm looking at
the Lakers rotations right now.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
It's it's r it's it's it's Luca, it's Lebron, it's
Van doh and Max Kleeber, MAXI Kleeber like I.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Just and I thought the dear Fox trader was gonna
be the craziest trade we're gonna see this upcoming week.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Yeah yeah, they said hold my beer literally.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I should have been more ominous, more mysterious when I
was tweeting earlier this week, when I said, I think
a trade's gonna happen before the.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Before the weekends up.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Anyway, I told you Rob was gonna make a trade.
Nobody saw. I know, he never does the the typical trades.
I feel like it's always something crazy. But to be honest,
he he failed forward into this one because the MAVs
approached them apparently. So he was just sitting there getting
waiting in line in Disneyland in his phone and they said,
(24:11):
look a f ay deep and like what else? What
do you have to do? Is say, yeah, you know
what I'm saying, Like, right, man, Rob got it easy, bro, man,
this is so crazy.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Dog.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Oh man, it sucks to lose a D but it
just unlocked the future. They're gonna give him the Duper Max.
You think they're not gonna give Luca though, Susan, Wait
what he's not.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
He's no longer eligible.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Because the trade. Yeah yeah, yeah, because he's out of
the market. So whatever they're gonna get whatever extend the
max money they can pay him because nobody can give
him a Super Max now, right.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
No?
Speaker 3 (24:51):
No? Yeah, so yeah, I mean whatever. He ain't get
no choices. That's why you got ask that no trade clause. Brother,
Like Bradley Beal.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Give me name, give me the center who the Lakers
are going to trade for? To make this all makes sense.
You said, what give me the center? The Lakers are
going to trade for it to make this all make sense.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Who's not who they're giving up? But you wake up,
you wake up super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
No, it's gonna be for the Super Bowls trade deadline.
You wake up tomorrow morning and you see Rob spin
the spun the block.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
I mean, I'll be honest, I think Bob's turner looks
really good. Now imagine him stretched big playing with Luca.
Don't worry about rebounds. Luca will grab them joints for you.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
The Lakers have been hitting the pacers up pretty aggressively
the last few days. I'm wondering, is it because they
knew they had this Luca uh deal in the bag?
Speaker 3 (25:57):
Reporters saying this only materialized last couple hours. Nobody really
knew about it. That's why it materialized quickly, and they
move quickly. It doesn't seem like something that they've been
sitting on like this was. This would have been the
best kept secret in the NBA. Has Three Big gone
on any longer. It had to literally just popped up
because this has been in the brew for days and
nobody caught wind t the till the till the handshake happened.
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It's crazy, man.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Mm hmmmm, well, Kwame, We're gonna let the dust start
to settle. We're gonna come back figure out what's what,
and uh, Luca Dancis, I'm sure we're gonna have plenty
of time, plenty of time to celebrate what the Lakers
have have pulled off. They got their franchise player of
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the future.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
Literally what everybody is worried about, because we knew it
wasn't bron Ad already getting up there. But Rob Polinka
today on February first, twenty twenty five, said I got you.
I got your answer. And it's one of the best
young players in the league, a generational talent, unbelievable young
(27:16):
man who has not even seen the peak of his
powers yet. And he is in the He's in the
Lakers uniform for the foreseeable future. Hug your children tightly.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
One word to describe your reaction to this deal.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Awestruck. Man. I'm just completely blown away in many ways,
like I can't believe it happened, but it's like I'm
incredibly excited it had Like it's such a mixed bag
of emotions. But my mind is just blown.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Yeah, he's an awe struck.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
And like, I'm happy and sad. It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
I'm in disbelief, disbelief, like disbelief.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
I cannot I believe that just happened at eleven o'clock
on February first.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I'm scared to go to sleep now.
Speaker 3 (28:08):
Like I'm afraid to go to sleep and wake up
in something different. Like I was falling asleep, like I
was half asleep in my chair and I see my phone.
Round'm what the hell rubbing my eyes MS call, I'm like,
what Ricky calling me for? It's like, no, did something happen.
It's late. Look on Twitter, Anthony Davis has been tripped.
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I'm like, what the hell get out of here. I've
seen people say nah, it's fake, then other people start
reporting confirming it, and now we're here, bro. So we
were here for it. We were here for this is
going to be a day that we'll be talked about
in Lakers history years to come.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
One of the craziest trades in sports history, one of
the biggest ones too. Yeah, well we will catch y'all soon.
We're gonna get this up and out and start booking guests.
We gotta talk to Yovanne. I just saw Yovonne and
Charlotte chopping.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
Over with him. I gotta get him on. I know
he got a.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Lot to figure out. We got all types of shit, man,
but we will. We will be providing that good content
coming up here y'all. Y'all deserve it, so we won't
get out of here. Anthony Davis, once again, thank you,
brother for everything. Five strong seasons. Luca, who to the show?
Speaker 3 (29:32):
Baby, Welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
The greatest place on earth for Kwame, It's Ricky Late
now Lake Show were out. Peace,
Ladies and gentlemen, if you are hearing this right now,
this is not a drill. The sirens have gone off.
It is true. This is not a test. Sham Sharania
has reported that the Los Angeles Lakers has traded Anthony
Davis Max Christi a twenty twenty nine first for Luca Doncic.
(00:24):
There's some other players too, but some other players too,
but just for the dramatic effect. Luca dog I'm not
going to lie to you.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
It's late, it's midnight.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Trying to contain myself, but I'm not sure I'm believing
what I see right now. The Lakers just got done
be putting it on the Knicks, the hottest team in
the league without Anthony Davis. I just got done seeing
Anthony Davis and Charlotte put up a forty twenty game,
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and we never gonna see Anthony Davis in the Lakers'
uniform again. We just got to get into it. It's Ricky,
it's Kwame Kuwalm. I don't nobody believed it. I called you,
Chams tweeted it. It was one of those tweets where
it's not real.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
It's hacked. Everybody's hacked these days.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
It was true, bro, dog, It's crazy. This is like
a game. This is like a trade that you do
in two k We can just you know, flipping superstars
a trade override on. You can do whatever trade. You
just gotta make the salaries work. This cameo so far
out of left field. It's unbelievable. This is one of
those trades you could never have even dreamt was possible,
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even feasible. Out of all the trades that we've heard
in the past five years, never was Anthony Davis on
the board in this type of fashion. And to get
arguably the best young player in the National Basketball Association
in Luka Doncic, fresh off the Finals run. He is
now in a Lakers uniform, and you know they're going
(02:04):
to do every single thing in their power to keep
this man a Laker for life. Seventy seven is gonna
be up. It's gonna be up. It's gonna be up
in the rafters, guys, seventy seven and you know what
three is going to be too. And Anthony Davis, man,
I can't even believe it. That's Ricky's favorite player, so
(02:24):
I know.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
He's gonna cry.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Damn, man, I got I got a special place in
my heart for Anthony Davis. Man, I can't believe this
is how it ends. The future is so bright and
so exciting to like get on with, but like it's like, damn,
It's like it's like, you know you got this girl,
you love her right, and you know you you trying
to make it work. But then you know, you just
(02:49):
see this younger girl. She's younger and prettier, she got
it going on too. You have an opportunity to make
a move. It's like, but you still love the girl
you with. But the future is right and ladies and gentlemen.
Jeanie Buss, Rob Polenka, the Lakers brass said, we are
looking towards the future, and they pulled one of the
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craziest trades I've ever seen. This is this, This feels
up there with the with the Kawhi announcement that broke
my damn heart that in the middle of the night,
just out of left field. What the hell this was
one of them nights. Man, I'm I'm I'm stunning, I'm stunned,
I'm shocked. I'm everything that you can think of.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
The full trade the Los Angeles Lakers are getting Luka
Doncicz Maxi kleeber Markuis Morris. The Dallas Mavericks are getting
Anthony Davis, Max Christie Grandson.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
It was an honor, man and a nine Lakers first.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
The Utah Jazz somehow find they way into the trade.
They get Jalen Hood Chapino, thank god, a twenty twenty
five Clippers second, and a twenty twenty five mav second.
So I'm sure there was some moving around or that
Clippers pick from the mass over to the Jazz.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
So I cool keeps back that that's that's fun to
the championship.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Keep is back, I guess, but I just let's uh,
let's I guess, let's start unpacking this. Anthony Davis is
no longer a Los Angeles Laker. One championship what four years?
Five years? This is year four five?
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I believe year five, okay, five years as a Lakers.
We want ye.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Bro top seventy five player of all time. It was
an honor. It was an honor and a privilege.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I guess. Not everything last forever.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You know, immediately I think back to eighty talking about
Laker for life and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Man, it's uh, it's hard.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
It's tough when you gotta you gotta spend something to
get something. Ma Lakers had to give make some space
in the garage for a big for a.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Really really, really really really.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Premium vehicle, and it cost him a really really premium
vell And oh man, yes, the Lakers gonna get it,
take ahead on the defensive end. Yeah, yep, they sure are.
I don't think this trade was meant with this season
in mind. This was getting JJ Redick, his superstar of
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the future, the player to build around. What this means
for Big Bron that's a whole nother thing that we
could get into. But you know, as far as ad Bro,
he's going down down there to Dallas, going to a
team that just got done off of a finals run.
(05:43):
You know, they are struggling a little bit this year. Obviously,
players have been banged up, including Lucas, but it Athony
Davis is going into a win now environment, So he's
not getting shipped off to Siberia in any sense of
the word.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
And it would be fate if.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
The Lakers end up seeing the Mavericks at some point
in time when the games really count. So hey, man,
that's why I think everybody couldn't believe this trade. You
just don't expect to see Anthony Davis and Luka donc
Is getting traded for each other.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
You don't.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
You don't expect like like Steph getting traded for Jason
Tatum right right, You don't.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
This is crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
They already got Luke on ESPN with the little Laker
uniform on.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
This is insane, bro Like, this.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Is insane dog like when you think about it, you know,
and I feel for Anthony Davis right now, because you know,
he gave me Laker for life. You know, he really
gave me that feeling he talks about how you know,
Broun and I still think we can get a done
championship window. We want the parade we never got. Like
I feel like he really wore that. He wore those
letters across his chest and he did it seriously, And
(07:05):
damn man, it sucks that he kind of got punted
for the future. But I get it because there's no
way you see that trade be offered to you and
you turn it down. There's no way in terms of
the future. Like I said, hey, sir, this championship window
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could have been open for another year, maybe two. I
don't think Lebron plays beyond next season. To be completely honest. So,
like I said, you get the rest of the season,
then probably one more, and then you're kind of left
with Anthony Davis. And when you think about that, we've
talked about that, what does it look like post Lebron
are And it's like you get this, you get the shakes,
you get a little get a little nervous, the hearts
(07:47):
start beating a little quickly. Everything looks a lot brighter
when your core piece is Luka Doncic and he's gonna
get as we presume up to this point, he will
be under the two of won the great Lebron.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
James, which for how long, we don't know.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
You might do some some wonders for this boy. This
might really turn him into a demon. So you know,
this is tough to digest because I know how much
Laker Nation loves Anthony Davis. I know I talk a
lot of trash about it to you, RJ, but I
love Anthony Davis. He gave our team something you got
(08:26):
like the heart and soul. But it's like so like
it hurts because it's like damn, because like I said
to me, this feels like it effectively closes the door
in the championship window for Lebron James' career in my opinion,
But what it does.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Why do you think that right now?
Speaker 3 (08:42):
kW? Because I mean, when you think about it, the
roster just doesn't make sense right now. You lose your base,
one of your your your best defensive presence, and you
get another heavy ball handling guard. You got a guy
who does Lebron's job. You got a guy who does
Austin's job, and he does it better though he's probably
the best at doing that job in the whole league,
to be honest, like in the whole league, he's probably
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the best to do that. So now the roster feels odd.
Are there more trades to come? When they told Lebron that,
they say, hey, if you want to be traded somewhere,
let us know. We'll be open to listen. Is that
what they told them?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
We'll oblige you too, brother, if that's what you want
right now?
Speaker 3 (09:17):
You know, like I'm interested because, like I said, this
team felt like it needed more of a defensive presence,
and not necessarily Luca. But like I said, you see
Luca come on into your cross heads. You can't not
take the shot. You have to take him because you
might never The odds of you drafting a player with
any pick that you're gonna get in the next decade
(09:38):
turning out to be as good as him is slim
to none, my brother, So you have to do it.
And again, you're trading thirty one or I guess, thirty
two year old Anthony Davis for twenty five year old
Luka Doncic, who win healthy, literally MVP front runner, one
of the best players in this game. Like I said,
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it feels because, like I said, our roster now looks odd,
but we didn't lose were we We still have another
first we still have a lot of salary ballasts we
were going to use, so maybe we can make something shake.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
And that That's what I'm starting to think about right now,
is are there more Domino pieces to fall? I know
the thought is you want to set up the future,
so you make the deal. You don't pass up on
a deal like that. But I'm not convinced that the
Lakers still don't think that they can flip the that
(10:31):
other first round pick.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Maybe Rui's salary, right, Gabe, does that?
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Can that bring back a A B big? I mean,
I'm not We're done talking about Walkie Castle and we're
done talking about mind? What if this is the actual
time to the Lake trade for voles turned out?
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Somehow they make that trade and now they're going that.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Could look pretty nice. But again, like I said, I
feel like this ar feel weird. Now it's ar tradeable
Now is ar if it's an aar Buca backcourt, the
starting back court of the future. Max is gone.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Yeah that's barbecue chicken on defense, they.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
Papped up Max, Max. I love you, bro? You really
can this last these last couple of months, man, this
whole season. To be honest, Max has really come into
his own. It just got us as straded.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Well, now we can finally fulfill his rifle destiny of
eventually becoming the Sacramento King.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
His brother got to move out.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Yeah, no, that's fact.
Speaker 3 (11:33):
It's probably they probably shared the crib.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
They did, Oh absolutely, they absolutely did.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
They got a balance brother.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Hey, what's going on y'all?
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Speaker 2 (12:40):
I'm in shock, Kwama.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
Why don't you tell the tell the audience what you
texted me about your contract.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
With Hey, I've been I've been low key MFFL bad
fan for life. I love Luka doncic. He minds me
of young bron obviously with all the fun dunkin and shit,
how we I really love it? And now the Lakers
got him. I'm really a Laker for life like this,
(13:06):
ain't they I'm locked in I got to see my
favorite player of all times Twilight Years, even captured championship
with the Los Angeles Lakers, and now the heir to
the throne. In my mind already it's a Los Angeles Laker.
This is the shit I would do in two k
(13:26):
I eighties getting old because I forced that trade for
Luca and extend my my, my GM season. But now
it's in reality. This is crazy, man. I know Laker
nations feel torn, but you're never gonna get another chance
to get Luca Dantic you know what I'm saying, Like
you're never getting another chance to get a player of
(13:47):
his calibra. It is not you'll just roll out of
bed and get that Andy Davis passes Prime Gonna. I'm
not gonna say that. I'm not gonna say he's not.
Love the love the guy. I love what he did
for his teams. I really wanted to see this team
do something. But you can't say no when Luka Doncion
just on the table, you just can't. Like no matter
(14:07):
how you split it, if you say no, you're the
fool in the situation. You're the fool. We still got assets, So,
like you said, I still think something's coming. But how
do you think this trade looks for the Mads. Do
you really think Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis won a championship?
I don't know, man, and I love it, but this
is thirty two year old Kyrie.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
They got there.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Hey, they said that this trade was initiately initiated by
the Dallas Mavericks.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
Yeah, the Mavericks.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Approached the Lakers and they offered the Luca for eighty
package and rob works and science.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
This is crazy just to say yes, this is real, like.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
May pass out, Bro, It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
I can't. I can't.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Uh, Man, Are the Lakers better or worse this season
now after this trade?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Ah?
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Worse? I think their offensive floor was already high. Are
they just gonna do what the Badge tried to do
before they made that trade last year and just outscore everybody,
not play defense? Like again, I feel like this isn't
a move for this season and it'll be fun. Like
I said, it's still gonna go crazy. But like I
said this, I feel like this makes this puts Braun
in an odd spot. Like I said, do they approach
(15:29):
him and say, hey, Bron, what you want to do?
You want to hang around? You want to do something different.
How you feeling.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
He's been traded twice now eight he's waving his trade
kicker the second time. What a good guy both trades
he's gone to. He's waved that kicker because he his
salary could have been.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Sounds like sounds like there was some uh, there was
a riff form and like I said, I get it.
I could imagine why the Laker brass was mad that
he did that. Sean's interview and he's like, we need
a big They're probably like, look, bro, we ain't got
time for that shit.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Old Lakers got me Luca Doncics for my birthday. It
only cost me Anthony Davis.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
I like that. I don't know, man, Well, I mean
February first.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Here's a fun fact for all Lakers fans, new Lakers fans,
old Lakers fans. February first, two thousand and eight. Do
you remember what happened on that date?
Speaker 3 (16:18):
No? What?
Speaker 2 (16:20):
The Los Angeles Lakers traded for pol Gasol.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Wow to the day. Huh.
Speaker 1 (16:25):
February first, twenty twenty five, the Los Angeles Lakers trade
for Luka Doncic.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Tething about this time of year. Dog, the magic happened, baby,
my magic.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
I just can't believe, like this is this is this,
This changes.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
Everything everything, like everything that we were thinking about this season,
getting excited about something, not getting excited about something, like
everything needs to be reevaluated. Like we're gonna have to
talk every day for the next ninety days. It just
makes some sense to this. We're gonna have to record
seventy two hours straight.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Hey, I hope Adam Silver feels feels very This might
have saved this might have saved his league, the Lakers
getting the arguably the biggest upcoming star in basketball. What's
better than that? Doc? This is crazy, Like I feel
(17:19):
so tor because this is so dope because it's Luca
don chic Bro, Like, come on, man, it's Luca the
damn hed I know people broad Instead of that.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
They talking about did you see what Bron just did tonight?
That Nigga was hanging from the rim like it was
like it was a fucking jungle jump for kids.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Bro, go crazy.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
Lebron's annominally like that Nigga can play basketball as long
as he fucking wants for the Lakers, And I'm cool
with that, But like.
Speaker 3 (17:55):
How do you think what do you think they told
Bron that said, little dog, we get it. We know
you dout y'all could win, but we'd love it if
you stuck around, gave this young man, you know, let
him unlock his mind, give him that championship mindset. We
appreciate you, Twilight, give us your give us your farewell
(18:16):
tour by the way too. We need that money.
Speaker 1 (18:17):
Yeah, we do need that farewell tour. Lebron was not
aware ye of the trade. He was out to dinner
with his family when he was made aware, he said, Reportedly,
David Mendiman said, he is processing everything. Do you think
Brownie's doing sitting there?
Speaker 2 (18:37):
What they broa that?
Speaker 3 (18:40):
Now? That would have been imagine? Have to tell Bagine,
have to be the person that a A we traded Brownie?
Mm hmm, dog. I mean this feels a lot like
when they made the when Dallas made the initial trade
for Kyrie Irving. You're like, how are those two gonna
play together? It just doesn't make sense. But it doesn't matter.
When you have an opportunity to get that good of
(19:01):
a player, you just do it and you figure out
the rest. It's kind of how I'm feeling with Lebron
right now. But I just wonder how I wonder what
Lebron does here. Does he just guy the coast with
and see what he could do? They need to make
another trade because they there's pieces, there's holes in this team.
So I assume they're soft blowing up this roster. I
gotta assume we're gonna do a soft blow up. I
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think defensive players are sticking around. I think Vando's sticking around.
I think obviously DFS is sticking around. That's probably all
in Lebron, you know, but that's probably all folks. Maybe
Austin Reeves is probably the other. Outside of that, I
think this roster top to bottom is expendable and rob
should be sliding pieces all round. You basically have to
(19:42):
rebuild it because as constructive it looks weird. They got
to start slicing, nicing.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Legion hoops. I'm here in Lebron James to the Warriors
as major legs.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
It's such a dumb Why.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Would Lebron want to play with that that that beat
ass thing though there, He's just gonna go over there
and waste more time. If I Lebron, I saw what
Steph Curry did the other night, I'm not playing on
the team. I'm sorry, I'm not I'm not playing for that.
I'm not playing on it. What's the next Laker game?
Speaker 2 (20:14):
Uh? What is Luca's health status right now?
Speaker 3 (20:17):
Also, he's out fat. I'm just kidding.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
How long. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
I think it was like it was a calf injury.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
Yeah, the left calf contusion on Christmas Day and was
ruled out for a month. To Jesus Christ, he coming back,
so that's.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Probably they Yeah, they said there's optimism he's going to
be back before All Star weekend. That's in two weeks, right.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Could be wearing a Lakers uniforms.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
You said, what.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Lucas not an All Star?
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Yeah, but they were saying he was going to be
back by the All Star breaker. He'll probably be back
right after. So at at minimum we're gonna look a
we're gonna see him in two weeks. This is absolutely crazy.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
He got a center lined up he had.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
I think he's gonna shake up this whole roster now,
because you have to, like I said, at this point,
all that extra offense you had was expendable. If yo
As can't stand in the corner, you can't defend, you're
on the table. You know what I'm saying, I think
you're on the table. I think he keeps ar, he
keeps Braun, he keeps van Do, he keeps DFS. I
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think everyone else is on the table. Think Gabe, think Gruie.
I think all these guys are on the table for
a trade, every single one. Every everybody should be looking
at their locker like because it might be it might
not be here in a couple of days. Because you
gotta spin the phones now. You literally shifted the entire
makeup of your franchise by letting Anthony Davis go. I
(21:44):
can't believe they're gone. Bro, the the Dynamic Duo's done.
No more boom shacka wacas.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
Yeah, man, where's my lob threat? I'm not having fun
if I don't have a big big boy you big
boy you has taken a severe hit.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
This is crazy, bro.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
Jackson Hayes is the only center, like besides what's his name?
Collocal Christian.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
That's what I'm saying. They're true have to. They're shaking
this entire team up. They have to. That's constructed, It
doesn't the pieces aren't fitting the way you'd want it to.
But like I said, when you're when you're adding to
a core of Luka Doncic.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Underdog.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
You can do that. This is insane, bro, I got
a message.
Speaker 2 (22:38):
Who is his message?
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Now? I guess legitm. It ain't a real thing. Huh,
ain't no such thing as LEGITM. He was eating dinner
when he found out the the news.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
I'm waiting for Lebron first, uh press conference after it's
done any days.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
Is not a fucking Laker anymore?
Speaker 1 (22:59):
I think think that's I think that's equally as crazy
as Luca is a Laker, like.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
The shock. Don't ask me about rotation. I'm looking at
the Lakers rotations right now.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
It's it's r it's it's it's Luca, it's Lebron, it's
Van doh and Max Kleeber, MAXI Kleeber like I.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Just and I thought the dear Fox trader was gonna
be the craziest trade we're gonna see this upcoming week.
Speaker 2 (23:30):
Yeah yeah, they said hold my beer literally.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
I should have been more ominous, more mysterious when I
was tweeting earlier this week, when I said, I think
a trade's gonna happen before the.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Before the weekends up.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
Anyway, I told you Rob was gonna make a trade.
Nobody saw. I know, he never does the the typical trades.
I feel like it's always something crazy. But to be honest,
he he failed forward into this one because the MAVs
approached them apparently. So he was just sitting there getting
waiting in line in Disneyland in his phone and they said,
(24:11):
look a f ay deep and like what else? What
do you have to do? Is say, yeah, you know
what I'm saying, Like, right, man, Rob got it easy, bro, man,
this is so crazy.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Dog.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Oh man, it sucks to lose a D but it
just unlocked the future. They're gonna give him the Duper Max.
You think they're not gonna give Luca though, Susan, Wait
what he's not.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
He's no longer eligible.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Because the trade. Yeah yeah, yeah, because he's out of
the market. So whatever they're gonna get whatever extend the
max money they can pay him because nobody can give
him a Super Max now, right.
Speaker 2 (24:50):
No?
Speaker 3 (24:51):
No? Yeah, so yeah, I mean whatever. He ain't get
no choices. That's why you got ask that no trade clause. Brother,
Like Bradley Beal.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
Give me name, give me the center who the Lakers
are going to trade for? To make this all makes sense.
You said, what give me the center? The Lakers are
going to trade for it to make this all make sense.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Who's not who they're giving up? But you wake up,
you wake up super Bowl.
Speaker 1 (25:21):
No, it's gonna be for the Super Bowls trade deadline.
You wake up tomorrow morning and you see Rob spin
the spun the block.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
I mean, I'll be honest, I think Bob's turner looks
really good. Now imagine him stretched big playing with Luca.
Don't worry about rebounds. Luca will grab them joints for you.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
The Lakers have been hitting the pacers up pretty aggressively
the last few days. I'm wondering, is it because they
knew they had this Luca uh deal in the bag?
Speaker 3 (25:57):
Reporters saying this only materialized last couple hours. Nobody really
knew about it. That's why it materialized quickly, and they
move quickly. It doesn't seem like something that they've been
sitting on like this was. This would have been the
best kept secret in the NBA. Has Three Big gone
on any longer. It had to literally just popped up
because this has been in the brew for days and
nobody caught wind t the till the till the handshake happened.
(26:23):
It's crazy, man.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Mm hmmmm, well, Kwame, We're gonna let the dust start
to settle. We're gonna come back figure out what's what,
and uh, Luca Dancis, I'm sure we're gonna have plenty
of time, plenty of time to celebrate what the Lakers
have have pulled off. They got their franchise player of
(26:51):
the future.
Speaker 3 (26:52):
Literally what everybody is worried about, because we knew it
wasn't bron Ad already getting up there. But Rob Polinka
today on February first, twenty twenty five, said I got you.
I got your answer. And it's one of the best
young players in the league, a generational talent, unbelievable young
(27:16):
man who has not even seen the peak of his
powers yet. And he is in the He's in the
Lakers uniform for the foreseeable future. Hug your children tightly.
Speaker 2 (27:29):
One word to describe your reaction to this deal.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Awestruck. Man. I'm just completely blown away in many ways,
like I can't believe it happened, but it's like I'm
incredibly excited it had Like it's such a mixed bag
of emotions. But my mind is just blown.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Yeah, he's an awe struck.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
And like, I'm happy and sad. It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
I'm in disbelief, disbelief, like disbelief.
Speaker 1 (27:59):
I cannot I believe that just happened at eleven o'clock
on February first.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I'm scared to go to sleep now.
Speaker 3 (28:08):
Like I'm afraid to go to sleep and wake up
in something different. Like I was falling asleep, like I
was half asleep in my chair and I see my phone.
Round'm what the hell rubbing my eyes MS call, I'm like,
what Ricky calling me for? It's like, no, did something happen.
It's late. Look on Twitter, Anthony Davis has been tripped.
(28:30):
I'm like, what the hell get out of here. I've
seen people say nah, it's fake, then other people start
reporting confirming it, and now we're here, bro. So we
were here for it. We were here for this is
going to be a day that we'll be talked about
in Lakers history years to come.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
One of the craziest trades in sports history, one of
the biggest ones too. Yeah, well we will catch y'all soon.
We're gonna get this up and out and start booking guests.
We gotta talk to Yovanne. I just saw Yovonne and
Charlotte chopping.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
Over with him. I gotta get him on. I know
he got a.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Lot to figure out. We got all types of shit, man,
but we will. We will be providing that good content
coming up here y'all. Y'all deserve it, so we won't
get out of here. Anthony Davis, once again, thank you,
brother for everything. Five strong seasons. Luca, who to the show?
Speaker 3 (29:32):
Baby, Welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
The greatest place on earth for Kwame, It's Ricky Late
now Lake Show were out. Peace,
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