Free Agency Live Stream – The NBA is about to change forever
welcome to pcer basketball live we are here we are live and make sure to hit like on your way in I’ll appreciate it the Toronto Raptors are heading into a transformative few hours and so are a lot of teams across the league the Golden State Warriors the Los Angeles Lakers the Orlando Magic the Philadelphia 76ers these are teams to watch it is very possible that we are going in right now it is 5:20 p.m. right now the Boston Celtics are the favorites to win the championship next year there are a group of teams right around let’s say six teams are tied for second place in terms of odds teams like the Denver Nuggets the Dallas Mavericks the Minnesota Timberwolves the Oklahoma City Thunder however could we possibly see a Paul George going to Philadelphia and tilting the balance of the East could we possibly see Klay Thompson and Isaiah hartenstein going to the young upstart Orlando Magic on short-term deals and potentially taking that team from I don’t know first round hopeful to a second round threat this is not the strongest free AG in class but it is one of the most interesting free agencies in a really long time because this is the first time that we’re navigating this new CBA with all the implications and all the complications of the first apron and second apron there are a lot of teams from what I’m hearing that feel very jammed and very stuck now there are opportunistic feeders teams like the Toronto Raptors teams like the washingt Wizards there are teams that maybe aren’t very desirable destinations that have a boatload of cap space like the Detroit Pistons there’s a team that’s a little bit of an upstart team that has a bit of cap space like the San Antonio Spurs we can see a lot of traits we can see a lot of rumors and we can see some pay cuts we could see LeBron James Tak pay cut uh potentially to get yonas Valen chunis or potentially deard de rosan on a major haircut what I’m trying to say is that we are right now at 520 525 we have five or six teams by the end of the night we could have 10 we could have upwards of 10 teams that are right on that level because a lot is going to happen and we’re going to have you covered so my name is Robert this is penar basketball if you’re new around here please hit like subscribe and all that good stuff uh there this is a calling show um during the year we have a ton of callers who have a lot to say lately I feel like a lot of people have been a little bit trigger shy about hitting that call button I don’t bite so call in let’s let’s have a let’s have a let’s have a dialogue let’s have a conversation throughout the night we’re going to be flashing wo and Shams we’re going to see these two guys compete for who’s going to break it first and we’ll react and we’ll give you live coverage I have spent the last two days trying to familiarize myself with the new CBA so that I am a little bit more educated in trying to explain to you why a certain team is trading away a young Prospect to get under the get under this tax line or that tax line here’s what I have gathered and surmised and I do not pretend right now that I am a CBA expert but I’ll tell you right now by next month I will memorize the CBA I will straight up like I want to be okay this is a shout out to Blake Murphy I want to be I want to be the Blake Murphy of C ba knowledge okay I want to get so familiar with it that I know exactly what every exception does and every adjustment but so far I think I have around a 70% grasp on the new CBA and what it all means so to anyone who is unfamiliar with the new additions to the CBA here’s what I’m understanding basically there the overview of this is that the NBA has forever been trying to create a parody where owners who are billionaires um cannot outspan small Market teams they’re trying to create parody for small Market teams because as you understand democracies work by sometimes the tyranny of the majority and smaller Market more costc conscious teams vastly outnumber The Big Spenders Big Spenders like teams like the Golden State Warriors with Joe lob teams like the Clippers with uh Steve Balmer teams like U Matt ishbia Phoenix Suns these teams are very much in disaster situations now whereas in previous years they have been penalized and rep penalized and dissuaded from spending into the cap ultimately all it was hurting was a little bit of their flexibility maybe they didn’t have you know the same exceptions but they still weren’t completely locked into their rosters they weren’t having massive implications to their draft picks now under the new CBA um I think that this has been you know perhaps a massive overcorrection to limit these teams from doing what they have been doing for years and essentially teams like the Phoenix Suns teams like the Warriors are and the teams like the Clippers the teams that I mentioned also teams like you know the Boston Celtics these teams are going to be very very stuck into their rosters some of the implications you cannot sign guys in the buyout Market if their contract was 12.5 million um you’re not going to be able to use your uh various exceptions you’re not going to be able to aggregate contracts in a trade if you’re a second apron team you get hard capped the second you break whether you break in first apron or second apron if you break any of these rules you become hard capped you’re not going to be able to aggregate contracts there’s a restriction on seven years versus six years in terms of how far out you can trade there is a vast number of list uh in terms of what you can and cannot do ultimately the overview of this is if you are going to operate as a second apron team you are not only going to pay a massive Financial penalty you are also going to be largely stuck with the roster that you have and teams like the Phoenix Suns um teams like even the Denver Nuggets they’re not going to be able to keep these cores together some of the early implications of this are already showing up for the clippers for instance that were not really okay with giving Paul George that fourth year from what I understand there’s also teams like the Golden State Warriors whereas in perhaps in years past this is a team that has paid $100 million to Jordan P $100 million to Andrew Wiggins again to preserve their title odds they didn’t care what they were spending now they may be parting ways with a franchise icon and Legend Klay Thompson because ultimately that is the imposition and that is and and again lob is on record saying we don’t care what the rules are well now you have to care what the rules are teams that have navigated this well are in a position to benefit from the teams have not managed this well what does this mean for the Toronto Raptors let’s try to explain the Toronto Raptors go in tonight with various free agents guys like Jordan noira could be signing somewhere else could also be coming back Gary Trent Jor could be signing somewhere else could be coming back um the tronto Raptors I believe there’s also one more thing and this was not something that I was completely clear on but you can now trade exceptions out for contracts back as I understand it this means you can actually trade um for instance like the tronto Raptors have a trade exception if I’m not mistaken please don’t make this the blind leading the blind I am not as I I am 90% sure about some of the things that I’m saying here I’m not 1,00% sure and I do want to mention that just in case someone has a clearer picture of it please correct me but the Toronto Raptors did create a $10 million exception a trade exception in the Pascal SE yakum trade because they took back less salary than they than they put out so there is that exception that you can trade I believe you can also trade your mid level exception if I’m not mistaken is that is that correct the Toronto Raptors um I’ve heard some mixed reports on this again all very complicated and you know despite hours of trying to get all the minutia there’s still some questions I have because you hear two people saying two different things and I think a lot of people are actually confused so for instance like Michael gra said the Raptors if they opt into the Bruce Brown team option they won’t have their full but then they’re operating above the cap but they’re below the luxury tax so why wouldn’t they have it is that is that because of something they did last year so little bit confused on that but I do believe the Raptors do have a mid-level exception and I do believe that I read somewhere in the CBA that they can trade that exception so a lot of these things are going to clarify themselves throughout the night we’ll probably get a little bit more clarification when these deals go out through Shams and W and Bobby marks and people like that so what this could mean for the tronto Raptors I believe that the Raptors have a ton of flexibility here not only with their exceptions but also also with the contracts that they have I mentioned it in the previous show that I believe the Raptors are gearing themselves up for a trade and that trade could be to offer one of these aforementioned teams that haven’t planned this very well a bit of flexibility it’s almost like the Raptors were the team that built a very solid house and a very solid base and now everybody’s out of money and the Raptors are like we’ll loan you $25 we’ll loan you a million dollars but you have to pay 35% interest on that the Raptors from what I understand are looking to gather draft picks they’re looking to draft they’re looking to gather young assets and draft picks to add to this core around Scotty Barnes around and Manu quickly now we did have one domino fall which is the NBA did announce that their cap and luxury tax and all those thresholds for next year and that is a little bit lower than it was expected Mohammad Le is asking do you have uh do you know what the details are for the sh shade trade um I don’t but I expect that whenever a 57th pick is traded it’s usually for cash or something in the future that is very unlikely to convey sometimes you have a trade where you say a top 55 protected second round pick from 2028 or something like that or something crazy um yeah exactly we paid 1 million or something that that that would exactly be be what it is um the Tron raptors have a ton of flexibility um despite the fact that I was very critical of the Emanual quickly trade um sorry the Emanual quickly extension uh that extension is looking a little bit worse but I do expect the cap to continue to go up in years after this year so once the new TV right steal KS in I do expect that cap to go up up up up up and maybe that manual quickly you know contract will stay closer to that 20% of the cap Mark I think that eventually the Toronto Raptors will have tradable pieces like AR okay look like I know right now it seems like RJ Barrett Emanuel quickley Scotty Barnes this is the future going forward Grady dick jacobe Walter right Jonathan mopo like these these feel like core pieces right now for the Raptors going forward but as we know from previous iterations of the Raptors these are also potentially convertible trade pieces when a player comes up that you really like and that doesn’t always have to be a rental like Kawhi Leonard it could always sometimes be a swap that just someone who fits better the Raptors also have major major major sites on the 2025 draft I have done a lot of digging into the 2025 draft while I Was preparing for the 2024 draft and I can tell you that all the way up to 14 15 there are starter level players that are going to be available in the top four five picks in the in the 20125 draft you will have stars like real stars like you know players that are on a different level than Emanuel quickley RJ Barrett Grady dick that are like you can get Scotty his second star there right and at that point you will potentially be able to Target the I apologize um apologies for that okay so long story short you will have the 2025 draft and the 2026 draft to continue adding talent to this that will be cheap Talent obviously as rookies and so you’ll have expensive Talent cheap talent and you’ll have draft picks flexibility the Raptors have navigated this entire CBA very very well it kind of helps to have one of those very analytically focused very future focused very responsibly managed front offices the Toronto Raptors are rarely ever in the tax they are notoriously cheap about it and by the way the league is kind of tending to reward teams that work that way so I think the Raptors will have a lot of difficult decisions today but hopefully a lot of very interesting opportunities um there are players that are expected on the move I I I can probably share with you some let’s call it expectations I I I am expecting Paul George to to be a Philadelphia 76er it’s I’m sure I’m going to be wrong but that’s something that I am expecting to happen I’m expecting the Orlando Magic to you know land something pretty big I think I could imagine Tobias Harris either ending up a Laker or a piston at some point so this is going to be really fast it’s going to be really whirl windy right and I expect that 6 o’ is going to come and we’re going to see a lot of stuff I also expect the Raptors could trade yaka purle I know it seems unlikely I do um but we don’t know what’s been going on behind the scenes with yako purle and the Raptors there may already be internally some sort of push on hey I don’t really want to be on part of this timeline so we could certainly see that yakob is not a great salary but is also the other thing that I think is worth mentioning is the Raptors can take back more because they are operating well below the luxury tax line you can absolutely continue to take back more in every single trade you put out so even if you consider yaka purle a somewhat of a disastrous contract at 19.7 19.8 million it’s a pretty flat contract it’s a serviceable player that almost every single Contender could use Off the Bench and you can take back about 25 million in a contract back so it does help it does also matter that teams that are desperate are also locked into the restrictions of the second apron so yeah um okay let’s let’s take a look at some of the stuff that’s already happened today there have been a few um updates already so let’s just take a look at that okay so here we have Adrian morowski and I expect this to be a pretty comprehensive thing here okay let’s let’s go back a few hours so we did have an OB topin for year $60 million extension which I personally think is a massive overpay but hey that’s just me and I understand the skill set and why they felt the need to do this we have seen players opting out potentially to restructure contracts we have already seen that with um we we saw that hold on let’s just let’s just get to a let’s just try to recap the last few hours so the Atlanta Hawks do not deliver qualifying offer to sidik Bay again he’s an unri free agent with the Raptors look at him given his current injury situation he had a torn ACL in late March so he is expecting to make a full recovery however he probably will not be available to you until the allar break again for a team like the Toronto Raptors that is looking to start big and end week um in the event that things don’t work out the Raptors will probably not be looking at sadik Bay now as I say this watch the Raptors go out and sign sadique Bay to a four-year deal that’ be hilarious um the Detroit Pistons are declining ion forer’s $19 million team option uh this opens up $50 million in c space for the franchise new new president traan langon is eager to use this team space to take on contracts with future draft assets so it seems that the Toronto Raptors have some competition in terms of dumping grounds now this is interesting because Troy Weaver the other guy that he has replaced probably would have gone the other way and tried to sign a free agent and and been stuck in musical chairs I think that it’s interesting that the Pistons are choosing to operate as a below the below the cap team because this gives the Pistons a unique opportunity to Simply absorb they can absorb a contract without giving out anything else this will be of the most utmost benefit to teams that are capped out and they will have to give up picks expect the Pistons to get probably some very very very enticing um big contracts back the tronto Raptors are not the only team that has figured out that it helps to have some flexibility the the Pistons will be able to do this the Spurs will be able to do this uh the magic considerably could even do this where you you know see a team like the Warriors that are in a bind with Andrew Wiggins and now suddenly you know if you’re attaching you know picks to that contract you are now able to dump that contract outright so this is where I think the Toronto Raptors will have some competition because right now they’re probably thinking hey we have Bruce Brown at 23 million and the other team is like we don’t even have to give you $23 million back now if the team wants something back that’s a completely different situation and I think that there is a different set of teams that the Tron Raptors will deal with I don’t that the Raptors be making deals with necessarily the most egregiously capped out teams like the Clippers and the Suns but there are other teams that are looking to avoid future disaster say next year they’re looking for a disaster avoidance or the year after and those are the teams that could really use Bruce Brown so we’ll see where Bruce Brown if he lands somewhere where he lands um LeBron James again uh open to taking a bit less in order to persuade perhaps a free agent to con to the Lakers under new head coach JJ reck um we will see what that turns into BB is going back to a one-year contract with the Phoenix Suns so to any Raptor fans out there who are very big bull bull fans that’s a bit of a loss for you personally I don’t care not a fan Paul George is planning to take free agency meetings with Los Angeles Clippers Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic personally I know he probably won’t do it but I think his best fit would be with Orlando I know he won’t do it he’ll probably go to the Sixers because you know connections and whatnot but I think that you know ultimately I think with the magic Paul George would be great so that’s just me San Antonio Spurs uh did not tender a contract offer to Dominic Barlo make him an undried free agent there are plenty of players who are becoming undried free agents but we’ll quickly tap back I believe Isaiah Joe is also unri free agent so we’ll check that Detroit Pistons are hiring JB bicker staff as the franchise’s next head coach so that is interesting that’s interesting uh after being fired from the Cavaliers he lands his next position do I think he is a significant upgrade on Monty Williams no I don’t actually and I respect JB bigger staff but yeah um I’m sorry like it it seems like a pretty lateral move And if Monty really just didn’t want to be there I completely get it but yeah um talked about OB toppen already and let’s see here so this is uh as as mentioned here this is the new salary cap so we have the NBA salary cap is set at 140 mil 588,000 luxury tax uh luxury tax threshold is set at 17814 the first apron is set at 178 second apron is set at 188 this will change how a few teams operate today there’re it’s it’s slightly lower from the projections so you’ll see perhaps some teams willing to trade out a $5 million player for a $4 million player or a $10 million player for an $8 million player to make up that difference so this is where the Raptors could get involved uh restricted free agent uh Max Christie intends to sign a four-year $32 million deal to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers um it’s a very interesting deal uh 35th pick in the 2022 draft kind of makes you think could you have gotten him on a threeyear or fouryear guarantee given that he was the 35th overall pick but nevertheless let’s move on um okay and let’s just check Shams here if there’s anything else right now that we should be thinking about we’re 20 minutes out from free agency so this should be crazy um so Alex Len intends to sign a one-year $3.3 million deal for the Sacramento Kings uh Patrick Williams yes fiveyear 90 million deal to return Chicago Bulls we had heard that he wanted so much more I think this is way way way closer to what he’s actually worth this deal reminds me a little bit of the DeAndre Hunter deal um to anyone saying because the cap is going up that you should be signing players for more I will have a very very strong rebuttal to that soon um I know that I heard that argument a lot when we were talking about Emanuel quickley contract or ogan and no’s contract but I’m telling you right now that the way the CBA is going even when you factor in for the bumps and raises paying Max money for non Superstars or non Stars non Allstar is going to hinder you in ways you cannot even fathom um whereas previously you know under previous CB I think that it was perfectly possible to have three max slots and there there were like a couple of different team building philosophies there was the AAR you know like the star that you’re paying you know the the main guy and then like four really good pieces like really solid pieces like we’re talking like top 80 players and you’re paying them all like 20 25 20 25 and then you have a sufficient bench you know probably of rookies guys on rookie contracts V contracts a couple of ml guys then you had the other version which was the two stars you know like the 50 million 50 million guy and then role players but sufficient money for role players then you had a third type of team which was like the three stars and then minimum guys and that’s kind of like the Phoenix Suns type of contract uh structure I think we are much much closer right now to heading back to you can’t really have two stars without completely gutting your roster some of these stars are going to be making 60 plus 70 plus million dollars at some point it’s not really going to give you a lot of options if you have a second one I would say your roster is pretty much going to be rookies minimums you’re not going to really be able to do three stars four stars or two plus two anymore so the consequences of paying a guy like OG and anobi who’s not a superstar even if you can consider him the most valuable role player one of the most valuable role players to have a guy like that on your books for you know upwards of close to $50 million at some point no matter how you project the cap he’s not worth 25% of the cap and I do think that in order to adjust our brain to the new numbers you do have to look at things as percentages and you know 26% you know again again what’s what is Emanuel quickly really worth to the Tron Raptors I think as a team building philosophy he should be at no more than 16% 7 % of the cap once you start getting to 2021 21% 22% it starts to get a little bit scarier right so again what role you play now a lot of people have argued again Emanuel quickley is a starting point guard I think a lot of people gut themselves into this you know this guy’s a starting player this guy’s a bench player right so the Raptors you know they paid kembers like a starting center they paid um Gary trun Jer like a starting shooting guard they paid manck like a starting point guard but when when you pay a guy like a starter it helps to understand how many teams he would actually start for and I think you know with OG and anobi yeah he is a starting small forward he is a starting small forward absolutely on every team he would be a starting forward but for Emanuel quickley I think there’s about 18 teams in the league that he probably wouldn’t start for and I think that that is the bridge that the Raptors will have a really difficult time and when you move forward with these bigger contracts to non-stars or even aging Stars when you consider Paul George you know he’s 32 years old if some team out there is going to go four years you know 200 million or four years $190 million and give Paul George the bag I think you are massively hand handcuffing yourself to an aging asset and the number of teams that will be able to trade for that player with this new CBA also shrinks down massively so I think all of this is worth thinking about uh Wizards ran Holmes has declined his 12. 8 million contract in order to sign a 2-year 25.9 this is very common uh commonly done it’ll probably be with an increase that that frees up probably a million dollars next year for ran Holmes uh Klay Thompson of course uh is probably not going back to the Warriors and that’s going to be a really really big deal cam reddish exercises his $2.5 million player option to return next year which to me is crazy he’s a really good Defender I don’t understand why he would take that player option in like is he a clutch guy like that just I mean to me it feels like cam reddish probably could have gotten five million on the market somewhere but maybe I’m wrong the Oklahoma City Thunder are declining team options for Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins clearing the way for them to walk or to for them to work with both players on long-term deals in July okay um is Isaiah Joe a restrictive free agent that think that would be very interesting to know um and yes uh Jackson Hayes exercising a 2 point uh $2.4 million player option to return next year again the Los Angeles Lakers that is a lottery pick Jackson Hayes I believe was a lottery pick so that that is uh that’s you know I mean it’s depth I guess um D’Angelo Russell picks up his player option 18.7 million I’m not sure if the Lakers would be super happy about that or not but nevertheless uh Josh Josh Richardson is picking up his $3 million player option and yes okay so we are all caught up at this point let’s see if anything new has happened in the last two minutes here okay so at this point I think we can oh golden state is waving Chris Paul oh my God uh Paul had a $30 million guarantee date uh guarantee date today he now becomes a free agent okay that is is awesome is Golden State looking to now possibly look to offer Klay Thompson a that would be interesting okay cool okay liberal saying Isaiah Joe is an unrestricted free agent okay um would the the Raptors make a run at Isaiah Joe is that even possible that would be cool he’s a really good shooter no one wants CP3 at 30 million this is the NBA and this is where I think the Raptors might have outsmarted themselves with the Bruce Brown thing because if nobody wants Chris Paul at um 20 uh at 30 million I don’t know how many people are lining up for um for Bruce Brown at um um 23 but we’ll see Abu uh saying what does waving CP3s 30 million say about the kind of Market Bruce Brown has I don’t think Bruce Brown has a huge Market but that’s just me uh ran saying uh Rob what do you think the Raptors do also by the way I was not looking at the chat can anyone tell me if there were any super chats that I need to scroll up for um I apologize for whatever reason my interface is not showing super chats in its own column usually did so I don’t know if that’s something I switched off or some sort of something that I need to uh figure out here but anyone who’s been here since the beginning just make sure to let me know if there were any and then I will go back and Flash them I’ll try I’ll try to pay a little bit closer attention to okay Scott play 2 no super thank you thank you so much okay um uh oh yeah here here we go okay Brown contract was kept to shed at the trade deadline not now I don’t agree with that um I don’t think it’s I don’t think it is um I don’t think it has to be it has to be shed then I think it be shed now I think you could see you could see it moved um we lose Gary Tren Jr for nothing I don’t okay so here’s the thing I would love if we can get out of this mentality of losing this guy for nothing or losing this guy for something look man like if you want to pay somebody $20 million when they’re worth $10 million you’re actually Handa you’re handicapping yourself Gary Shan JR could go to Orlando he can go to Philly I think he fits beautifully in both places he could potentially go from the mid level exception to a place where he’s going to have more opportunity and be more prioritized than he’s been in Toronto um you know what I mean like like he’s uh he could potentially I think he’s an Ohio guy isn’t he is garyan JR an Ohio guy um I’m losing my mind here so I mean you know there’s a there’s plenty of things there’s no bad blood here the Raptors have fairly rewarded uh Gary Tren Jr but it’s it’s completely a different situation right look first of all you know they gave him the audition in Tampa and he played reasonably well in Tampa I’m not going to lie like he had a really dominant run and the Raptors bought into the upside even though I completely disagreed with with it based on the analytics at that point and they paid him and they paid him hoping that he would meet the level of that contract and had he met the level of that contract right I think that they would be offering him a new contract right now but unfortunately he hasn’t met the level of that contract I’ll also tell you that the Darko component of this changes everything right for the Toronto Raptors my opinion Darko bakovic coming on uh instead of Nick nurse changes everything Gary Tren Jr fit into what Nick nurse wanted to do as a coach right I I I believe that like he is um hang on one second let me let me end is there a poll here let me see didn’t we do a poll y’all see a poll I thought we did a poll we did it end man I need to hire a team bro I really do okay there we go and Pole so predict the Raptor free agency 30% of you are Pi predicting a big trade and 33% of you I believe are right patience and opportunistic hunting that was a bit of a cop out right because that that you’re you’re you’re trending safe I appreciate that guys so yes I I I I believe you are right um that the tronto Raptors will be patient and that they will look um Nathan Taylor saying you can hire me for $ five dollar a month for real that’s uh that’s that’s a very generous offer thank you so much yeah I mean um I’ve seen I’ve seen the other end of how these live streams work for teams for for for channels that have like three four people where I could just text someone and be like hey can you flash that graphic package or whatever it would be so much easier to do this with two or three people but this is something to work towards for sure what can we do besides midlevel um we can do a lot we can absorb more salary than we put out we can make trades I believe we can trade exceptions we have a trade exception to trade I believe if I’m not mistaken someone please correct me if there’s a capologist out there who can correct me on this I believe we can trade our um mid-level exception this year right is that is that the new CBA is that how it works we can trade it um and from what I understand if I’m not mistaken again the mid level exception thing has been a little bit confusing to me because I thought it worked one way and then Michael grain said we don’t have our full mid level and I’m like he probably know um yeah so Abu saying $10 million yep there we go so yes vegan grass Raptors haven’t posted about Jamal shed yet either yeah because the trade hasn’t been finalized yet also is there is there any way I if the Raptors put off signing the Emanual quickly trade uh deal they’re still under the cap aren’t they why sign that deal right away like why why would you do that you don’t have to do that you can agree to it and sign it later everyone is saying the Raptors are above the cap but you haven’t signed that deal with the manual quickly like do you know what I mean like you can agree to it in principle and sign it later no that wasn’t that the whole point Bingo yeah so I mean everyone is saying the don’t have cap space but technically I think you can free up a little bit right so the Raptors have options this is where having Bobby as a GM is very useful yeah I agree um it is the one place where it’s useful yes okay um I’m going to apologize in advance this is the worst timing ever but I’m seeing one bar on the internet and this has been happening a lot lately so I’ll apologize right now if there are times where the internet is skipping in and out it is not stable I’m seeing two bars constantly one bar and I hope that it’s it’s pretty smooth but I guess I don’t know it’s it’s this computer I guess like it’s I’m I’m using my girlfriend’s uh MacBook uh for the last two weeks since my iMac died out so I’m trying to save up for a new computer at this point we will see where that goes next week hopefully but yeah okay good to know um okay man we are six minutes away this is this is cool yeah I don’t know Raptor and enter free agency $14 million below the tax for second rounders mid-level Trent 17.2 million below the first tax apron which is relevant if they use the full mid level when did you change router position since renovating nope I did not good stuff okay we got 420 we got 420 people and I’ll bet you anything we don’t have even 200 likes can you get us up to 200 likes I would be super appreciative um if you get get us up to 200 likes that would be cool um okay let’s see here Naji Marshall would be a w I completely agree with that the problem is there’s a lot of teams that have mid-level and there are quite a few teams that have like more than mid-level so what would be the best thing right now for us is three or four teams get stuck and the Raptors pounce early which is to say that like if three or four teams get stuck in a Paul George bidding war right like the Raptors can strike early last year I think the Raptors were late to the late to the Bowl because they had Fred Van B and Fred Van B you know kind of dictated things because if Fred Van B was coming back to the Sha Raptors was going to be for around I think 28 million three years or 30 million three years and he ends up going with the Houston Rockets when they bulk and give him 43 for three so I just think that Harden back to the Clippers 2 * 70 yikes that’s I mean it’s not crazy James Harden $70 million deal includes a player option for year two which he will definitely pick up yikes that’s tough man um didn’t we draft white boy that’s a Sim that’s similar to Lowry oh dear God Steve Stevens dear God no please don’t compare those two players because of the color of their skin Chris Paul to the Spurs question mark thanks for adding the question marks so I don’t freak out um that would be very interesting for the Spurs I think Chris Paul would do one wonders for ston Castle I also think you would do wonders for Victor oneyama that’d be great for Chris Paul let’s predict where Chris Paul’s gonna go um could he finally go to the Lakers win a championship does he fit JJ system not really not really to be honest not really do we we still have cap holds though no we can renounce them if you renounce uh Gary Trent Jr you can just yeah Chris Paul to the Knicks on what a minimum okay let’s see here all right man we are 3 minutes away and you will be lying to yourself absolutely lying to yourself jet has asked me this question four times in four different chats you really really care what I think about the Inside the NBA ending I don’t really care man good show [ __ ] changes I don’t really care I I’m not like I’m not one of those I enjoy it just like I enjoy some of the but it’s not it’s great television it’s not the greatest basketball in site um do you think Raptors are beginning their preparations for a shay trade signing no Spurs are showing interest in Chris Paul also just to limit super long conversations that go nowhere we’re going to limit we’re going try to limit every single phone call or call in to about three minutes just so we’re not going into co-host mode okay fa what’s up I’m good myself what’s going on what you think the Raptor going to do maam ah good question I don’t think we’re going to do anything big I think our Ro is close to set I think we’re going to try and help a team with a trade to clear cap space and possibly trade for br okay and where does Paul George go Finance what yeah Phoenix there’s been um buz all there that it’s likely going to go back to Phoenix V minimum you say Paul George oh not Paul George oh I talk you’re talking about Chris Paul I think Paul George is going to um Philadelphia 7 CS okay in a actually I I had not I had not thought of uh Phoenix Suns for for Chris Paul that is a really really good fit yes yeah yeah I I think it’s going back to I think it’s going to 7 sign and trade and uh earlier today I um PA George’s wife started following now um Jo and bid’s wife on social media so maybe that means something yeah it does mean something yeah I’m telling you the minute I saw those two guys on the NBA Finals talking to each other getting all chummy and stuff I was just like this is this is gonna happen and you know Joel and be is such a troll and honestly not not a player that I like so I am pretty sure that him saying like oh we got to sign someone side eye side eye side eye was kind of a red herring to cuz he’s not going to go and do that if he doesn’t know that Paul George isn’t already interested like he’s not like he’s not trying to recruit him you know what I mean like he’s he’s an egomaniac man like that guy that guy do that they’re trying to also get kcp so it’s going to be interesting yeah like I think cavius cwell Pope you think cavius pop would fit with the Raptors if the Raptors could actually make that happen yeah a lot of players will fit to T but we have to make a decision I we trying to win now I don’t think the answer is yes so there’s no point okay Luke cornette goes back to the Celtics that’s that’s the first one um luk KCK one-year deal to return to Boston let’s see we’ll see what he got for it but yeah okay um any final thoughts fa um what do you no what do you think is they going to do I think they’ll have a trade man I think I think they’re they’re going to have uh a trade um yeah I’ll be curious uh Chiran is saying after 13 iconic Seasons together first to say Klay Thompson is departing the Warriors and the sides will begin to work through assign and trade options okay yeah yeah so so so where is it going possibly Dallas or orando Magic all right let me let me let let me let let me jump out so that you can run your show listen on the back end so guys if you’re if you’re watching this stream please like like like we need more than 200 likes appreciate you man thank you so much all right thanks I hope the Raptors do something huge man I really do um yeah if anyone else wants to call in again we’ll keep the lines open we’ll keep the lines clear so any two minute three minute type of reactions bring them on let’s talk through let’s get your opinions if anyone wants to become a viral sensation being like the Raptors are going to do this and then two minutes later W breaks it I mean this is your chance do it right um considerer basketball where can I see the new CBA locked in a vault no I’m just kidding Google it Google it it’s it’s very easy to find uh sporty dude saying fa is the man yes sir um I’ll like the video If Toronto trade Bruce Brown and Chris bue bro if Toronto trades Bruce Brown and Chris buet I will like the video okay appreciate that Keon say fa where’s your brother I think at this point Paul is like a celebrity around here ny4 WPS is like a little bit of a celebrity around these parts because people are like yo we need the brothers on and when one of them comes it’s like yo where’s the other one why is he not why is he ducking so that’s funny Kevin Love two years with the heat okay so we got one more to break down Kevin Love going back to the Miami Heat okay see where are we going here okay Kevin Love finalizing twoyear 8 million plus to return to the Miami Heat it’s valuable right I mean it is right um I guess teams are waiting a little bit you know we used to get to a point where 601 every deal got negotiated and everything signed now people are worried about tampering so they’re like okay we’re going to pretend that we’re just negotiating so we’re going to let the deal leak out at 608 609 so we don’t usually get that flood of stuff happening like right at 601 but nevertheless um cornet’s agent Jim Tanner and Max weeping bring cornette back to the defending NBA champions and keep him out of free agency so that’s a little shout out to his agents by wge transparent as hell that’s funny that’s like like a little bit of a hey I’m gonna give you a shout out nobody cares okay hot take Scotty and mobo ceiling is our modernday tmac and Vince Carter bro you know what I hate I’m just not there’s not nothing personal nothing personal to you I hate when people hype up like go crazy hyping up players that I already like cuz then I have to trash the players that I love and tell you that you’re just wrong no Jonathan mobile does not have T-Mac potential but if you mean it as two guys who are long and are going to bring Good Vibes and excitement to the city then sure but like not as player types like Tracy McGrady’s potential as an 18y old out of high school was just madness madness madness madness yeah did I say he can be NS Reed that would be a wonderful outcome um what about Sasha Davon Bruce to Atlanta for bogdanovich Hunter and Sacramento’s first round pick Atlanta is in a similar boat as the Raptor so I don’t know if they agree to it yeah uh de saying isn’t Sasha officially out the team not yet and yeah there have been a lot of conflicting reports about this allegedly he wanted to return back to Greece when he was with the Spurs W bomb we got a w bomb yep okay Klay Thompson plans to have discussions with the Mavericks Lakers Clippers and 76ers in the opening hours of free agency okay cool let’s check what’s going on with shams nothing all right we got a little bit of radio silence right now as we head into 607 we are 7 minutes into the Siri of free agency I expect the busiest time to be around 630 till like 7:30 and then we’ll probably run this um we’ll probably run this till about 8:30 9:00 and then you know we’ll call it a day from there my dog is has been limping a lot like the last uh the last day or two um well the last day so he was yelping a lot so if at some point I have to put a screen and just jump off it’s because he’s in a lot of pain but you know this is the thing man he’s turning 15 years old the aches and pains the the little sprains from jumping off the thing he’s a very hyperactive dog so sometimes he forgets how old he is so you know it’s it’s just something you go through with an older dog uh Noble Venom saying what breed a dog do you have I have an Australian Shepherd so yeah 15 is already pushing pushing the pushing the luck but I’m very happy to have him and uh I’ve had him since 2019 since after my mom passed away so he’s been like he’s been like my family because I don’t have parents um so he’s like he is my family so I don’t know like are we are we about to face you know a year of vet bills uh are we about to face a year of whatever I don’t know but I’m just I don’t know every time I every time I try to think about this I’m just like yo bro he’s gonna live till 20 he’s gonna live till 20 so think positive all right okay um W nothing all right shams nothing Jake Fisher where you at bro okay um I don’t know man like to grade this this James Harden deal I’m a really big supporter of James um 2 years is probably the good thing the player option probably is the bad thing of this deal I think James is going to make 30 million is you know what I mean that’s not that’s not the worst thing tank commander what’s going on hey can you hear me yes I can what’s going on hey hello yes yeah just wanted to say uh tank commander back here and uh what do you think of this trade that the Raptor should make bu Bruce Brown for Zack Levine’s terrible contract and the pick like some of the reports are saying what pick like uh Chicago’s own pick one of their future picks because they the report came out that they’re willing to give up to get off his contract I think we don’t need cap space we’re going to be [ __ ] team for a while and let Zack LaVine rest he’s coming off an injury let him not play even half the season and when time comes we’re not going to be a good team so I don’t see the the use for cap space you know it’s uh okay so I would probably want more than just a pick like I would want a little bit more than that and there’s a couple reasons for that so it’s one thing to take on a role player who’s a little bit overpaid it’s another thing to take on a really Dynamic offensive player that is a defensive liability right yeah so for instance to me like a player like yako purle a player like Bruce Brown These are players that just slot in they don’t have to start they don’t have to are you gonna are you gonna bench Zack LaVine you’re not gonna bench Zack LaVine but I just doesn’t really have as much value as people think he does you know so getting him in getting a future Chicago pick Chicago is not going to be a good team either I think that’s going to be really valuable pick in a few years okay but again from the from the perspective of what you’re trying to do long term as a basketball team right you’re trying to develop Scotty as a primary you’re trying to you’re you’re trying to develop Emanuel quickley as a primary B you’re trying to yeah you’re trying to develop all these guys the minute Zack LaVine comes into the picture I promise you he’s your first option I guarantee you right now like he would be he would take over your offense so quickly because and and that’s just the way basketball works man like what an atrocious contract what an atrocious contract yeah and and look the upside on this is you get young assets and maybe just maybe you rehab his value right because his value really went in the tank when the Bulls started to play better without him right so at this point um he Sparks you know a Revenge season right with the Toronto Raptors and he’s great and darko’s able to use him and they’re able to coach him in a way that he’s not the same player he’s been but he’s a hell of a talent you know people see him as an albatross contract because he is very overpaid but he’s a really good player he’s very Dynamic and I think he’s not that old either you know I feel like he just having like two years ago Zack leine was thought of as a really like you know solid piece you know but yes but feel like he’s also a name that could be rehabed that’s why I mean it’s it’s a bad contract but two years from now it could be you know we’re not we’re not going anywhere you know so yeah I’m just looking at that first round pick to be honest I I think you know the way you have to think about it is Zack LaVine will be worth a hell of a lot more next year than he’s worth this year uh because that massive contract could then be used to Parlay towards another massive contract and then as expiring he could be worth even more than that and if at some point during this process he shows that he’s healthy that would be even greater he helps your season ticket sales right um black SP spawn saying Flynn is with Detroit yo so two two two names to watch for in free agency which I think are interesting uh Malachi Flynn and precious auua so the Knicks did not tender precious AA an offer which makes him an un agent which is really interesting and also Malachi Flynn was not extended an offer so to anyone out there who thought I was wrong when I said Malai Flynn is not an NBA player I’ll be very curious to see if he gets a new contract we’ll see see getting a contract proves that you’re an NBA player right if a team’s willing to sign him but yeah I mean honestly at any any given time I think that there are about 650 to 700 real NBA players in the league right so Gotta Get Lucky be at the right place right time yeah I mean some guys are old some guys are you know too injury-prone some guys have controversy some guys are in jail some guys whatever but I think if you scoured the entire world and you plucked every human being Earth and you put you put them all in a gym or the biggest gym in the world or whatever you would find that 700 people are actually capable of playing in the NBA um so Paul waved yeah we we got that already anyways man uh tank commander any final thoughts man final thoughts man tank commander I’m just happy the direction the team’s going in I think we should have been tanking from two years ago honestly two seasons ago but we are where we are now and let’s just develop these young players and we’re just going to be a cap you know under the cap team and take take on bad contracts for picks that’s my conclusion appreciate it man thanks all right cool man thanks James says we are going to be horrible defensively will the we would be uh Tetra hydron Chris Paul Chris Paul got waved yep we already got that I’ll take a moment to shout out one of my own tweets um something that I’ve been thinking about for a while in terms of the Raptors tapping into a market inefficiency so just to read this out people clown MSI jury for this but I’m really proud the Tron Raptors taking a strong focus on drafting prospects with African Roots so ogn anobi Pascal seak pre auua bis bomo Jordan noara oai abaji Jonathan mobo um Ur sh sergy Baka Christian Koko you know uh Solomon aliy you know this is this really cool and it works out for us for a ton of reasons you know number one African prospects are usually underrated you’ll see it you know Joel embiid went third in the draft he should have clearly been the first pick right uh yanis TMO right again like there’s something serg Baka like when do you never see African prospects going top top top in the draft right they almost always underrated by 20 30% I think the Raptors have found a real Market in efficiency here also it really helps to go grow the game over on that continent I think it really helps the the infrastructure You’re Building you know people who are then going back look at what Jordan war is doing back you know and I just think that it’s important and also like Canada you know like teams have to to some extent and I I you know granted there are varying degrees of opinion on this but teams should ideally represent the city that they are in right Detroit is all lunch pail you know look at the best pisson teams of all time they’re very hard hat teams right well that’s the Motor City right it’s it’s a very Blue Collar city so I think that you know the Raptors uh exist in a country that is you know again Prides itself on very diverse values very opening welcome and the other thing that I think maybe people enough people don’t give credit for is that it really helps you to set the stage like later down the line when some of these young kids that are growing up as Pascal SE yakum fans Christian Koko fans you know precious Chua fans Oobi fans when these people come into their own as prospects themselves again it’s a cycle it’s it’s maybe going to take 20 years to see the full results of this but it’s very possible that the Raptors could not only be Canada’s team but also Africa’s team and Africa I tell you from a business perspective is one of the most untapped opportunities in the world I know that sounds very colonizer and I I don’t like talking about things like that because I think that some of the companies that have gone into Africa have always tried to loot from Africa and take from Africa in in in very horrible ways because they’re exploiting you know corruption and weakness of economy but at some point I believe that the right people will take charge and there will be a boost to the infrastructure um um yeah King’s interested in Jonathan Ingram sorry in in um Brandon Ingram wow Dan Damon saying WPS made a bunch of deals recently maybe they take a chill pill today or maybe all those deals were setting up to be active today um let’s see well I mean in the worst case you’re going to see the Raptors have an update on Gary Trent you know it’s a pretty big Mo ball to just leave hanging he is a valuable player you know as a wide open three-point shooter Gary Trent Jr is a pretty valuable guy um so I’ll be very curious to see what he gets on the open market and again if he does okay so the Jazz are planning to wave Center Omare you’re you’re at seven okay cool is this something that the Raptor should pursue my bad I meant Brandon Ingram I was thinking Jonathan Isaac and I was thinking about Jonathan Isaac and then I saw Ingram and I mixed them into two one I ironically if Brandon Ingram and Jonathan and Jonathan Isaac could become one player it would be almost an MVP candidate Trent going to Lakers on a veteran minimum um what are you talking about are you saying that for sure okay little housekeeping please please please whoever you are do not say something is happening okay don’t I’m GNA jet appreciate you man I’ve met you you know in person app Penance let us not do that thing where we attention [ __ ] to you know or predict our things as statements so if I said right now Chris Paul is going to the Kings I’m prettyy sure every single person would have to do the same thing which is they would have to check their phone be like oh my God and then we all find out that it’s a [ __ ] head fake so put a put a question mark on it or say I think that this will happen this is like I’m sick of people doing it like please don’t do this this is just a this is a forewarning to everybody please don’t do that thing where you get everyone jumping out of their seat like oh my God because when you say that my my thought is Gary TR Jr is going to the Lakers on a veteran minimum and I’m confused as [ __ ] okay no problem okay yeah exactly Rob get post notifications on W and Shams I actually have post notifications on those guys so okay it would be so much easier to just use my phone how much is the rap’s best three-point shooter worth so here’s the thing I’m not sure he’s your best three-point shooter I’m not sure he’s your best three-point shooter and also to me it seems like the Raptors prioritize it type of three-point shooter and I think that this is the next evolution of the game is we got to develop three-point Shooters to be different types of three-point Shooters bro you can say a guy is a great three-point shooter because um also another housekeeping R please assume that if news is more than five minutes old we have already talked about it cool prediction Trent is going to the Lakers on a vet minimum LOL uh prediction you are going to be wrong I I don’t think he would take up that minimum coach Mo what up bro this is weird I swear in years is this the first 6 PM no this is like the second 6 PM year for 6 PM right why usually it used to be uh midnight remember and then they were like okay we all know you’re not waiting till midnight so let’s all stop pretending and we’ll move it to six I get it next year 5m next year I remember when it was at midnight holy [ __ ] you all you have to do is hit refresh as soon as the clock strike midnight and the pay just so so so you legit think like teams are really waiting now a no I think what you said is true they’re they’re just pretending like they did they’re doing the right thing I think it’s probably both I think they I think some teams are waiting because again like they’re not bullshitting at this point like they will find you for tampering at this point right like I I think sometimes they’ll look the other way but like for the most part I expect I expect they will find teams for T tampering if if they can prove it at this point especially if you’re taking a guy away from a team that wanted to keep him or whatever like people would just be like baiting on everybody so yeah I I one thing you did say earlier that was interesting was okay the Raptors can be help facilitate trade right yeah they can third team in a trade they can be you know they can they can take back like a random contract or whatever but we have competition for that when you said we have competition for that I was like oh no that’s actually true and a ton of competition yeah it’s like why wouldn’t they just deal with a team that’s literally not going to send any salary back to them well so here’s the thing um sometimes it’s helpful to get salary back but they can do both but they can do both well maybe they don’t have the salary see we have the yeah we have a good number on an expiring so even though they have they may not have the numbers I guess so I think sometimes it is helpful to have um it’s helpful to have a salary to send back but it depends on what kind of salary so the ideal salary that you want to send send back and again this might be why Bruce Brown is worth a little bit more than a guy like Zack LaVine or something right is because Bruce Brown’s portable he fits every single team right every team could use Bruce Brown that’s the only utility he has is like every team could use him find me a team that could that could not use him I dare you we we can all agree that he’s not worth $23 million but find me one team that can’t use Bruce Brown can you think of one um us no I’m just kid okay yeah but I mean even we could um find me a team that couldn’t use Chris bu there’s probably like yeah an extra big an extra big but but those guys those guys work best in the context of around better players right they’re they they’re not going to work in Bottom Feeders they don’t work in bottom feeder situations yeah but I mean as Bottom Feeders they become more shot taker maker whatever we saw this with ch and Tampa right yeah but I mean I don’t even think bu can tap back into that ever again I don’t know I I I think the the the reason that I think the Raptors assets are even Sasha vazov guys like um you know even someone like Davon Mitchell even someone like oai abaji I think all of these players are the types of players you can squeeze into a team without disrupting your team it’s a type it’s it’s it’s fully a type the Raptors have a type which is low disruption High portability High versatility role players I think to some extent yaka purle is that way too can you think of a team that absolutely would not play yaka purle would the Mavericks play him yeah I mean if they didn’t have Daniel Timberwolves wouldn’t uh he’s not getting on the court over NZ Reed he’s not okay fine okay that’s one who else the OKC thunderwood um the Pistons I mean they wouldn’t trade for him largely because they have Jay and Duran there but you know the Knicks could use him yeah if if they’re losing Mitchell Robinson they could use them you know uh the Miami Heat could use them like there’s a lot of teams the Memphis Grizzlies could use them the S could use them there’s a ton of teams so again um you know I I just think that you know you have certain teams that prioritize certain things and it’s like the Raptors are like spreading the field so they’re just like would we rather have a guy that two teams can use and 28 teams can’t like a pascal SE yakum yeah but would we rather have a guy that 30 teams could use but he’s not as good as the guy who two teams can use like ogan anobi and I think when you like again Bruce Brown’s not OG anobi yakob is not OG anobi um oai and you know all these guys they’re not OG and Obi but they’re built in the same mindset of OG and Obi as in their low disruption you got to think about this from also the perspective of trading the contract down the line and again smart GMS do think about this what made OG so valuable and what made him so highly paid he is extremely portable which means you don’t actually have to do anything for him to be on the court he’s plug-and play Bruce Brown’s Plug and Play oai is pretty plug-and Play yakov’s Pretty plug in play they’re all pretty Plug and Play IQ is not Emanuel quickley is Emanuel quickley is fairly Plug and Play you know who’s not plug in play RJ Barrett’s not plug in play that’s a guy who’s going to take higher usage you know he’s going to be a starter he’s going to take higher usage you know but Zack lavine’s not plug in play IQ plug IQ Off the Bench is Plug and Play I point he’s done he’s done both right Emanuel quickley okay Emanuel quickley on the Lakers it’s cool think about it yeah I’d rather have him than than uh Russell okay perfect am man quickly on the Clippers cool yeah he works next I okay Emanuel quickley in Dallas you coming off the bench and he knows it but cool works right okay emanu quickly Chicago Works emanu quickly in Orlando Works Eman quickly in San Antonio Works Eman quickly in Houston Works Eman quickly works everywhere the thing I don’t like about IQ and you’ve mentioned this before is you have to adjust your team building especially if he’s a starter if he’s a bench player it doesn’t matter but if he’s a 35 per game minute guy then you’re like okay I need I need a more defense I need we need more size right you pay you pay for everything right like if you like every contract is is p like every contract is signed as an asset right that sounds some some like a TIY like an asset assigned as an asset but the value of a contract will always come down to several things the marketability of the player the skill of the player the upside of the player and ultimately the movability and portability and value Rarity of that player all of those things have to factor in OG is there’s no chance in hell OG is getting 42 million if there’s 25 ogs in the league but there aren’t 25 ogs in the league you know what I mean so that’s why he’s getting paid more he’s getting paid more because a rare player type right so that’s what I’m saying like if there was a player drafted next year who was like the ultimate Center stopper and suddenly there’s a ton of offensive centers that players value goes up so it’s always a value proposition anyways uh coach Mo any final thoughts uh you can definitely call back later we just have a whole bunch of callers lined up so I just I just want to keep it rolling I think I think it’s taking a while because I think there’s like multiple two three four team trades and that’s gonna be a while if they are all wink wink starting at six legit you know gotcha yeah yeah yeah I feel that all right uh call back if there’s anything that breaks for the Raptors all right peace man okay next up we got oop and then uh upti or oop and then after that we got Kobe beef upti what’s up is it up yeah yeah it’s upt what’s going on what’s going on man so I just wanted to ask you a couple questions sure so I seen earlier that you said something about OG and he was gonna come back to the Raptors but of course that didn’t happen you know so I just want to know your thoughts on that are you an N fan no no I’m a Raptor’s fan but I believed in you you know you led me astray I didn’t lead you as I said that the deal for OG with with the Knicks the initial thing was that he was not guaranteed to go back to the Knicks and if you believe that he was guaranteed to go back to the Knicks you’re stupider than you think than you seem because if they if he was guaranteed to go back why’ they have to pay him $45 million or $43 million that’s true clearly competing offers right so if you if you don’t think the Raptors were one of those competing offers that’s difference opinion but the main thesis of that video was to debunk this idea that he was a guaranteed Surefire thing to go back to the Knicks because the son was his agent or whatever because if there was some wink wink he wanted to that was the allegation he wanted to take less to play for the Knicks he demanded to go to the Knicks he was going to fit in next to a star but now he’s being paid more than most Superstars and I think that that that is telling and the Knicks always had that option of paying 5 years 45 million whatever bro they gave him 43 million they made him their highest paid player they gave him a trade kicker and a player option what does that tell you he had him by the balls why yeah yeah those reports were true n it’s just because I seen you tweet something about it you know and I follow you on Twitter I have notifications on so I’m anything you say bro I’m right on that so so I just I just believed it you know but honestly I’m I’m glad we’re not paying him 42 mil no I’m happy we’re not paying 42 million either I think that’s a criminal overpay but I’m saying that ultimately if OG was only going to go back to the Knicks if that was true which is what was reported when we traded for him he’s gonna go back to the N son’s the agent blah blah blah blah blah my video discussing why that was not true said hey this is not true and the Raptors can capitalize because the Raptors will have cap space to make a threat now I also did not think that the Knicks were willing to pay 40 plus million so they bulked they paid but I don’t know if they can make that 40 million overpay without Mel Bridges coming on cuz now they make the Mel Bridges trade and if you follow me on Twitter you remember what I said after they made the Mel Bridges trade yeah I think I remember yeah I said he’s 96% likely to go back to the Knicks and even when I said I’ve said multiple times on this channel anyone can back me up the chances of becoming a raptor are always going to be less than 5% and I’ve also said that multiple times that the those videos were to troll the [ __ ] out of Nick fans so that’s that’s me being 100% transparent on that one my take is on record I don’t think OG is a guarantee to go back to the Knicks just cuz he went back to the Knicks does not mean that’s wrong all right cool yeah moving on I just got one more question for you what’s up what do you think of RJ’s long-term fit with Scotty do you think it’s great he can be a number two offensively great defensively he needs work but it’s it’s a it’s a good fit can he be a number two no not think stealing us on this team playing playing and prey no no I mean what do you think RJ ceiling is on the team because like he has to improve that mid-range if he wants to be a consistent scorer especially in the playoffs um defense complimentary you know um offensive valve I think he he can be a downhill scorer I think he’s unlocked in transition he had a really efficient season um you know he’s he’s a he’s a dynamic offensive player that’s getting better and he’s 23 years old I don’t think we should sell him so super short because you know of who he’s been with the Knicks he can still get better um I’m I’m just not I’m of the opinion that the Raptors will probably draft Scotty’s co-star next year I’m thinking that if long term you want to have like a a really good chance at a championship in 2027 2028 you’re going to have to get a massive Talent upgrade and talent like that does not grow on trees the Raptors obviously have had a difficulty attracting that Talent via free agency so they’re going to have to either accumulate assets like manual quickley like RJ Barrett like future draft picks and trade for that player or they’re gonna have to tank or get lucky in the draft and draft that player and that’s the way it’s always been for the Raptors and that’s probably the way it’s always going to be all right but the the thing with that is let’s say we get lucky we land number three pick next year we draft like Ace Bailey for example sure then what’s going to happen with that because Ace Bailey is supposed to come in as a starter but then we already have RJ at the number three position position RJ but the thing or or Ace can come off the bench for the first year that’s not rookies don’t have to start I mean amen Thompson came off the bench but amen Thompson is is different from like a generational Talent you know what I mean you think Ace Bailey is generational yeah I think so I think he’s up there with Cooper flag in terms of being a generational Prospect I think to me neither of those guys are generational just because they’re way better than everyone in this draft I mean to me Victor wanyama is generational LeBron is generational Cade is not generational yeah Anthony Edwards not generational generational what we use that term way too let me let me let me slow it down with the generational talks but super potential Superstar I’ll go with that yeah sure like potential Superstar I mean do you remember what they were saying about Kade and Jaylen green when they came out yeah okay so let’s see these guys in college and let’s see what holds up because honestly like there’s a chance that Cooper flag is a pretty flawed Prospect offensively there’s also a chance that he is every bit like a super duper type of you know five five five star like best Prospect in five years or you know like there are certain guys where it’s like they would go number one in 80% of drafts that’s what I consider generational I don’t know if Cooper flag’s one of those guys because I do you think Scot is generational no okay but he has the ability to be is what you’re saying he has upside to be one of the top five players in the league I don’t think that makes you generational yeah like I think I think uh like Luca is great Shay is great or either those guys generational like no but Andre in the 416 saying when generational means annual that’s exactly it right generational to me is like you got top five alltime potential generational LeBron’s generational no other Prospect in the last 30 years that I’m willing to say that about the last player that was generational before those guys was probably Kareem and Magic Shaq like that’s the list Kobe is not generational Katie you know not generational Durk not generational these just really great players it’s just generational sounds like such a great word and you know Craig Dy saying a generation is like 15 years I would say it’s like 18 years but yeah no I I get what you’re saying um if if you’re asking me if I could pull 2026 and 2025 into one draft class I’m not even sure Cooper flag goes number one I think I personally I would pick AJ Deo over him but isn’t AJ the year after 2026 yeah that’s what I’m saying if I could pull 2026 and 2025 into one draft class that’s why I say like if AJ if if we agree or we don’t have to agree but you know if anyone agrees out there that AJ is a better Prospect like like you know than Ace Bailey then how’s Ace Bailey generational if he’s not even better than the guy who’s going to go number one to the year after it’s like well like I mean where are we gonna we’re gonna say Cam Cameron boozers generational the next year you know what I mean like the the three is loose but I think a lot of how hyped people are about 2025 and 2026 comes down to how bad 2024 was there’s so star for it you know and 2023 outside of Victor mayama is like it’s tough right because scoot looking pretty bad so far Brandon Miller looks like a really good player but not like Superstar so it’s been a while since we got a really really hype draft pick like Zion was super hype you know yeah so is z like Zion the prospect would he go over uh Ace Bailey the prospect yeah yeah exactly that’s my point that’s why he’s not generational anyways all right man thanks a lotan appreciate it all right okay Kobe beef what up hello okay off sorry can’t can’t be uh letting anyone on who’s playing music just in case the the stream gets um uh removed so yeah kick kick kick all right cam reddish would have been a good signing for us but I think he is going back to the Lakers interesting oh we got ARA ARA what’s up hey can you hear me yep yeah um what do you think about Andrew Wiggins as like a as like a trade option for the rors it’s great it’s an interesting option obviously not a very good player at this point has never really been that great of a player per the analytics but fits really well with what the Raptors left want to do um I’d be curious to see what the Warriors be willing to give up in terms of assets and what they’d want back you know if it’s for expiring right and they’re taking Andrew Wiggins like I’m looking at first you know and again like with I think the the thing with getting rid of Chris Paul does this take them off of the second apron if I’m not mistaken can they now aggregate salaries that’s what I’m a little bit confused about because if they can aggregate salaries I would definitely definitely definitely want um Moses Moody back you know and and a first round pick like I I would I would hard ball him because he is he is not a productive player and he’s coming off a terrible year yeah I’m just wondering because like we still need a bit more size and uh you know like right now just kind of looking across the league at who we can try and poach for like not that not that expensive wise and um you know he’ll he’ll give us like a bit of a boost because I think with we saw with RJ you get like that juice when you’re back at home so maybe something I’m not saying he’ll be like great but maybe he’ll be a bit better than you know he was could also be worse uh I’m just saying like he’s a he’s a Livewire athlete who’s 28 heading into 29 going into 30 31 so he’s going to be 31 as an expiring contract I understand the Raptors have the time to wait but they need to be fairly compensated if they’re going to take that because again like if you are going to take on that type of salary you are also limiting your flexibility in terms of what you could do with your cap space going forward and I think that if you’re going to take on that type of salary you need to be very fairly compensated for it because at some point if you decide to Pivot off of him you’re going have to get rid of a first to get him to get him off your team um in terms of just serviceable guys who kind of fit nice guys you know character you know High character guys who the organization already knows Canadian guy kind of helps uh you know your your sales I think it helps to have RJ and and Andrew Wiggins and Kelly oen on the team and Chris bue if he stays like holy crap you have Team Canada up in here so maybe it’ll help like with some people on the ticket sales side but yeah I’m not saying it’s like a total disaster I’m just saying like if you’re expecting him to come in and replace OG an anobi like that’s not going to happen no obviously not but is there like a wing that you’re kind of intrigued if the Raptors can go for that won’t like break the bank but you know just but add more size to the team because that’s what I feel like is kind of a bit lacking I was gonna say Dyson Daniels but he just got traded uh to the to the Atlanta Hawks uh Zeke Naji sorry Naji Marshall Naji Marshall would be a really interesting um interesting pick up I think he could be really serviceable I usually like sadique Bay but I think I’d be I mean could the Raptors facilitate something around um with Atlanta potentially for one of their wings right so I think that’s that’s potential Caleb Martin is another name that’s out there kcp is another name that’s out there I mean these are you know someone said torine Prince I’m not really a fan I I just not not not a fan at all I I would look at cam Tom I would look at cam Johnson uh injury history kind of scares me but prototype with Scotty really works the Raptors seem to be prioritizing stretch bigs they do and and it’s interesting that the Raptors passed on Kyle filipowski I’m very happy they did but you know very interesting in light of um you know everything that they prioritized but I think we have to consider really a lot of Darko right now the Raptors are building around two key cornerstones right now they’re building around their coach and they’re building around their star and it’s very evident from every single player that they’ve picked up over the last year and a half that they are trying to do everything to support darko’s system and Scotty strengths right does Andrew Wiggins support those two things I think he does so that’s the only thing I would say is like synergistically it kind of matches what the Raptors need point of attack defense Livewire athlete transition athlete the problem is he’s very very highly paid and he’s just not very good but yeah if you can Overlook those things if you can make them a little bit better and a little bit more efficient players not static you know what I mean but he’s been playing next to Steph Curry in Golden State and he had a really dominant playoff run like a couple years ago so maybe and and I think the other thing is the Raptors really really like to prioritize winners right they like to prioritize people who won championships they talk all the time Bruce Brown won a championship Fred van bed how do you ask a champion to you know so internally I think they’ve kind of let it slip many times that they prioritize players who’ve won on multiple levels so they look at a guy like Dennis Schroeder last year consider you know coming off the FEA championships right like oh he won with Germany you know they like that they’re like oh he’s our starting point guard he’s a go you know he’s a winner he’s whatever right so start looking around at whoever wins [ __ ] in the last two three years that’s who the Raptors want you know and if you’re if you’re on a lottery team the problem is I don’t think that way I I really don’t mind trading for someone who’s on a lottery team if they’re a good player but yeah to me it doesn’t mean a hell of a lot let’s just put it this way I’m not I’m not saying Patrick mot because you want to [ __ ] jamion yeah anyways any any final thoughts rap um no just waiting to see what happens with with the Raptors if they make any more moves absolutely all right cool thanks thank you and SP saying juano Heron Gomez exactly dude that’s exactly it juano Heron Gomez uh Dennis Schroeder now now there they they drafted the winningest player in college basketball right in Jamal shed right they just like these guys Scotty Barnes he said winning 45 50 times in his pre-draft interview so he’s like winner by association I guess he won Rookie of the Year they like that he won that yeah man this is a team that’s obsessed with winning okay yep how would you feel about a Bruce Brown and buet to the Hawks for Hunter and onaka I would fall over laughing from Joy if that happened Nathan if that happened I would jump for joy honestly Clippers are trying to trade Russell okay let’s let’s see what’s up with that where is that coming from okay $4 million does he go to Phoenix where’s he going does does does Russell Westberg come to Toronto that would be crazy the Spurs have strong interest in Chris Paul per the Stein per the Stein line the Warriors are waving Chris Paul we already we already talked about this huh the Golden State Warriors are signing Kevin Knox to their summer league team okay Pur Jake fiser D’Angelo Russell R hachimura Jared Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent the Lakers have also been exploring trade scenarios with the contracts of D’Angelo Russell rimar Jared Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent that’s interesting so again hachimura and gabee Vincent very interesting um players in in a sense and by and by the way Bruce Brown fits very very well with the Lakers just uh you know in terms of what JJ reic likes and what he doesn’t like Vando is a non-shooter and I think positional versatility I think per crafted plus minus last time I checked his defense of plus minus with 91st percentile so he is an incredible Defender Jared Vanderbilt but just again non-shooter would the Raptors take on the challenge of developing Jared Vanderbilt into a more well-rounded offensive player or would they say pass he is their type of player uh gab Vincent uh the Raptors notoriously high on Gabe Vincent he is a player I believe if I’m not mistaken with Nigerian roots or he played for team Nigeria so expect that to factor in at some point um not a fan not a fan the only reason I was even remotely happy that we signed Denis schroer last year is because we didn’t sign Gabe Vincent to a three-year deal so I would say no to Gabe Vincent like very overrated player in my opinion because he started you know a few games in in Miami for a while but high volume three-point shooter so I’m kind of interested to see why the Lakers want to move off of him rui haimura I think is a 42% three-point shooter last year but again really overrated as a player I did not like him in Washington he proved me wrong for a little while when he went to the Lakers initially but I’m just not sold fa saying he is Nigerian there we go good good go not gab vincon another guard that not what we need yeah ironically Gabe Vincent is a guard that would work pretty well off of Scotty Barnes if that is your long-term goal but personally I’m just I’m not just not a fan bro I’m just not a fan of that guy okay weirdly enough the dunk Central might be the best place to go in terms of you know just oh wow the nuggets are showing interest in Russell Westbrook right now really Russ and joic well I guess they got to replace Reggie Jackson that’s interesting well I mean look like we sometimes get way too obsessed with what players do not do right but sometimes we forget that there are players out there that just do a lot of good things right um does Washington want to dump any of their metoc talents are staying Pat kozma for example what did I miss not much NBA Central is Canadian too cool um Vando and contracts for Yak I would take V and picks no I don’t know about picks yeah I mean like if you wanted to develop Jared Vanderbilt into a center right would that be interesting wouldn’t that be interesting like as a development idea would it not be interesting to develop Jared Vanderbilt as a center let me think about that for a bit hold on let’s see how much Center he actually played last year I don’t think he played a lot but again it’s always intrigued me to try to turn Wings into centers so he is he’s already like a power forward Center anyway so yeah like I mean turning him into your long-term Center wouldn’t be too much of a stretch anyway he’s already playing like a ton of minutes at the four um so 68 with a 7-1 wingspan and let’s see how many minutes did he play at Center so he spent a ton of time guarding point guards shooting guards small forwards a little bit of time guarding centers not a lot of time guarding power forwards so I mean he’s got a 91st percentile defensive versatility rate he’s great with deflections he’s good switching he’s he’s got pretty flexible hips I mean really you’re just looking at a player he crashes the glass crazy he’s relatively efficient not super efficient like yeah I I I would definitely take a flyer on Jared Vanderbilt that might be my hottest take it it’s probably a lot to ask him to play center full time unless he buls up a little bit but I mean like [ __ ] like this this could be interesting Dron sharp being made available by the Nets interesting cuz that’s an old Scotty teammate from mon bird um man this would be cool so get Deon sharp from from uh get Deon sharp from the Nets get Moses Moody from the Warriors and you’re basically rebuilding the monver Eagles that’s interesting that was like one of the best high school teams of all time um where did you get uh where did you get the dayon sharp update with cap space teams Orlando focused on wingf free agents and Utah focus on current roster decisions and nicks working to unhard cap sources say the OKC Thunder are in uh in Eugene Oregon set to met set to meet with Isaiah hardenstein this would be awesome for the Thunder and personally I would love for them to get Isaiah Harden because I think that makes them Championship favorites I’m not even kidding if you can if you can add Isaiah hartenstein to what they already have and if Nicole topic can come back before the end of the season yikes that would be freaking awesome I don’t know about that then Cade will come as a free agent no thanks no thanks no thank you I’m good no thanks okay that was the most Canadian answer ever to whether the Raptors should sign Kate Cunningham at some point no thank you uh the Clippers are looking to trade PJ Tucker per Shams chirania and that broke a minute ago all right so a lot of rumors not a lot of dead deals not a lot of signings this is a Prett week free agency class and this has been somewhat uneventful to date um taking Simmons out of the americ American Spotlight could help Simmons get Dron as compensation no no [ __ ] way in hell no thank you um Nathan Taylor saying I want Dron and DQ yeah that that would be a very interesting thing and I’ve I’ve talked about both at length about what they could offer um uh Smith the fines for tampering in the new CBA look to have teams players and agents all playing by the rules so far we’re over 30 minutes in and not even one report of a free agent changing teams that is interesting if you think about what that implies what was happening before and honestly congratulations to Adam Silver for doing this because look man if you’re a Toronto Raptor fan which I assume a lot of You Are um there’s a lot at stake here for you in terms of vested interests we are not a tax team we are we’re a relatively I want to say a relatively small Market team we’re pretty okay siiz Market in my opinion not a small Market team but not a huge Market team we’re not La we don’t have a we do have a billionaire owner but billionaire owner is not an independent crazy whacko like Steve Balmer and so I mean we have never really shown that ability and again we kind of live in a hockey craz country that maybe you know basketball is not going to be prioritized by Rogers and Bell so that all being said and plus I’m already sure that all those Executives already think that these players make way too much money so playing into the into the luxury talkx even though Messi has towed the public line of like oh well whenever it’s uh you know whenever we want to we have the green light to do it sure but when you want to you’ll have to be a championship team I think the Raptors have played luxury attacks like one time um which is the year they won the championship and other than that they haven’t done it so this has been one of the best managed teams even though I don’t agree with everything they do this is one of the best managed teams so if you’re a raptor fan you should be really be happy about the new CBA in my opinion because you know it’s actually flatten things out for you uh and if teams are finally playing by the rules here that’s also flatten things out for you because again once you take the musical chairs element of this the Raptors can now talk to somebody that hasn’t already talked to 18 different people do you know what I mean so if you had a Target or if you had a second target or a third target whoever the Raptors are targeting as with a mid-level exception or if the Raptors were targeting a trade or whatever all these things they weren’t done beforehand so now everyone has to play by the rules right so the Raptors will benefit because I I suspect that the Raptors have always been playing by the rules right so now the other teams have to operate under the same Provisions that the Raptors have already been operating under and so I think that to some extent this is a little bit like for instance I’ll give you an example it’s like let’s say you drove in a country where laws were not enforced for traffic violations right so you could speed you could run stop signs you could run stop lights and all you have to do is bribe the police officer like 200 bucks or whatever and you get off Scotch clean right but now you move to a country where traffic violations are very strongly penalized it helps if you’ve already been following the law to begin with that’s probably not the greatest or most poetic analogy but it’s what I came up with on the spot uh uh uh do we have a notification no no we just we have this appreciate y’all following us on pensar basketball pensar bball on Twitter we sometimes post fun interesting things and what the hell no okay yes it has been slow it makes it hard for a player of value to leave without their current team getting something in return would they should they want to leave love it agreed also can anyone who’s been here the whole time verify that there have been no super chats I just want to make sure because as I mentioned earlier um I’m not able to see super chats in a separate section so I’m not sure if there has been one and I missed it and I don’t ever want someone to do a super chat and I don’t flash it on the screen because that’s just Bad Manners okay good no thank you thank you so much thank you appreciate that guys no he fell off no it’s okay um you guys have been very very uh crazy generous over the last um last year and we’ve had like some really really huge months so I’ll appreciate it very much and our Amazon wish list is almost I think we started at seven items we’re at two items left so it’s been very cool um Jimmy Bob Li saying hey Rob what do you think is the biggest need for the Raptors in free agency talent talent and youth and defense defense which is why I’m open to taking a flyer right on a quote unquote non-shooter like Jared Vanderbilt it’s like [ __ ] develop him right like Jonathan saying minor news for Celtics all right let’s let’s see what that minor news for the Celtics is if God help me if it’s Luke cornette again I’m GNA like Snap all right it’s like Luke cornette is a star of free agency right now for real for real no shade intended for luk corette but like come on man oh okay uh nemus uh neas k neas k is it K ke NASA I’ve heard the name like pronounced six different ways so I think it’s NE neas has agreed to a agreed to sign a multi-year deal to stay with the Boston Celtics cool congratulations to n neemias k for becoming the center of the NBA Universe for four and a half minutes that is amazing neas K okay that’s cool league is changing says Joshua Avery with the ultimate troll of all trolls yes the league is indeed changing I expect some big things to happen here man today like you know like all of this stalling and you’re just going to see like 720 7:30 it’s just all going to come you know it’s going to layer layer layer um there are quite a few teams cap space nothing in terms of you know like oh oh oh oh oh okay what oh god what free agent Andre Drummond plans to sign a two-year 10 plus million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers yikes two years 10 million for Andre Drummond we’re seeing a lot of reactions C crazy news again WTF nurse and Drummond insurance for embiid de saying come on he’s nice no he’s not not terrible should go to OKC he is not welcome in OKC cheap for what he provides eh Bull’s front front office got to be bottom five I disagree he played well for them before what is the veteran minimum it’s like 2 million in change the vet minimum is so it was um $1.8 Million last year on a one- year two-year was 2 2,700 so it’s in that range okay hold on one sec accept so this is okay let’s just be informative about the cap one sec let’s take a look uh let’s take a minute to learn a little bit about the salary cap uh while we wait for deals to break out and I’m sure in the comments y’all will update me if something changes right okay so so this is from as.com the MBA salary cap explained cap exceptions veteran minimum salaries Max contracts might as well okay stop with the [ __ ] popups bro my girlfriend needs AB blocker and the worst way I should have installed it for her before doing this um the NBA salary cap which is a ceiling that sets a limit on how much teams can spend on their players is the only uh is the only one in an American League that is somewhat workable the the NBA has a soft cap that allows teams to exceed the cap limit sometimes franchises go over the cap luxury tax line hold on is this current uh yeah it is good okay so the Warriors and Nets are a good example of teams that have dived into the tax with nine figure bills so when a team below blows past its cap room they have a series of exceptions that they’re allowed uh allow them to exceed that cap including mid-level biannual and several forms of bird rights that you will read more about below okay so once a team uses any of these roster scenarios they become hard capped and cannot surpass the given tax apron at any point during the rest of rest of the league year the first apron for 2425 has been set at approximately 178 I think we got an update on that up from 167 last year once the league year end uh once the leag year ends and newone starts the hard cap teams become free again to exceed the succeeding apron and apron is essentially a hard cap for any team that requ that acquires a player via signning trade signs a player using a non-t tax player midlevel or a buy an anual exception okay so NBA minimum veterans salaries unless the NBA team is up to its hard cap they should be able to go and sign players to a minimum salary contract if they have if they are both of the cap space and have used their midlevel or by anual exceptions unlike the mid-level or biannual exception a mid minimum salary exception can be utilized several times allowing teams to add as many players as the roster limits whoa thanks a lot for the Super Chat man okay I am seeing super chats my bad okay so I can I can see super chats perfect thank you um thanks Rob your channel is my favorite two questions one since we didn’t pick up Gary trench Jor player option does this mean we can’t sign and trade second will you be teaming up with any other channels in the community so thanks a lot for the super chat um small correction Gary Shan Jr picked up his player option last year and and he played out his year and he had a worse year than he did last year there were no options on Gary Trent so the only option that the Raptors had was to sign him back um naturally they have his bird rights they can do that he has a prettyy significant cap hold right now so if they’re going to do anything with their cast Bas you know again resequencing deals with Emanuel quickly they’re going to have to wave they’re going to have to wave his um cap hold but right now it’s still possible Gary Shan can come back to the Raptors he can go somewhere else but there was no option to keep him on the team other than to resign him so and the second will you be teaming up with any other channels in the community um I don’t know I really don’t know I’m not I’m not sure who’s really who’s a fan at this point and who’s a who’s a detractor I’m personally I’m pretty open to it I would love to uh you know have some other channels come on this Channel or you know I’ve been pretty Cy I mean honestly um uh yeah like i’ I’ve been pretty Cy with C certain channels I’ve called out certain channels so don’t expect a you know certain New York boy and another New York boy to be teaming up anytime soon but like you know um we we’ll definitely explore it and yeah man I would look into you know I I I’ve been on players choice quite a few times you’ll see me on there a lot uh probably good time to announce that I signed up for players choice league so that’ll be doing debates um on players choice uh soon so you see me on other channels yeah Mohammad LS how about Samson folk uh um if you’re betting for me and Samson to be on the same podcast um it will not be my podcast or his podcast that that I will probably tell you for sure um yeah that has been entertained and has been um yeah I don’t want to say more about that that’s it’s not probably going to happen um but yeah appreciate the Super Chat man uh that was our first uh Super Chat and um you know we’ve been live streaming for an hour and 57 55 minutes so thank you so much for that appreciate it check Drummond’s tweet before Shams tweeted it LMAO did he break his own did he break his own story did did he pull a um sorry I let me just complete this I I feel bad and also sorry to anyone who’s seeing all these stupid ass ads like personally like I run a couple websites I don’t like running all these ads I get it you know you got to make money somehow but shit’s crazy man like like if you don’t use an ad blocker like this [ __ ] is like unmannered okay so okay unless an NBA team is up to its hard cap they shouldn’t be able to sign a player to they should be able to sign a player up to a minimum salary contract um okay since a player’s minimum salary depends on his experience veterans often earn salaries twice as much as rookies on minimum salary contracts this makes sense uh the NBA reimburses clubs assigned veterans with three or more years of experience to a one-year minimum salary contracts yes this is something that the Players Association uh negotiated to incentivize teams to sign some of their older players and obviously this was negotiated by older players to preserve their end of basically it’s like almost like uh the NBA is paying you to to sign players who have some tenure in the league and this hopefully is a bit of a check against some team out there that thinks that it’s super cute to have a full of 20-y olds because it’s it’s not good for the players either right sometimes these these exceptions and these rules that are negotiated by both sides the checks and balances that exist or sometimes to prevent uh completely idiotic teams from themselves so the 11 types of salary cap exceptions in the NBA so there are 11 qualifying veteran free agent exception early qualifying veteran free agent exception non-qualifying veteran free agent exception y’all see in my screen right yeah okay um by anual exception non- tax player midlevel exception tax player mid-level exception midlevel salary exception for room teams rookie exception minimum salary exception disabled player exception traded player exception that’s a lot let’s talk about that okay so first the qualifying veteran free agent exception aka the bird exception if a free agent has played for a team for some or all of three consecutive Seasons they may resign to the contract with the first year salary of the minimum player salary okay uh early qualifying veteran free agent exception the early bird the early bird exception is used to sign a contract for at least two seasons if a free agent has played for a team for some or all of the two previous Seasons a team is allowed to resign him with a first year salary of up to 175% of the player salary of his last season’s contract or 105% of the average wage for the previous season um Kevin Porter Jor is going to the Clippers allegedly okay we will we will definitely talk about that once we get through this but cool okay um then we have the non-qualifying veteran free agent exceptions the non-bird a free agent with with who’s neither a bird nor an early bird player May resign a contract with the first year salary of 120% of the player salary in his previous season’s contract or 120% of the players’s minimum salary for given season or lastly if the player is a restrictive free agent his qualifying offer amount makes sense by annual exception teams who want to sign one or more players to contracts whose firste salaries are up to 3.38 million can use this exception and teams who want to resign their free agents and not acquire a player by assignment signed contracts however cannot cover more than two seasons or be used in succeeding years non- tax player um non- tax pay non-t taxpayer mid-level exception is at okay so teams who want to sign one or more players to contracts whose first year salaries provide up to 8.64 million as well as resign their free agents and not acquire a player by assignment this exception can be used for up to four NBA Seasons okay tax player midlevel exception teams who want to sign one or more players to contracts whose first year I think this is like three seasons yeah whose first year salaries provide up to 5337 million resign their free agents and do not acquire a player by assignment this exception can be used for up to three NBA Seasons Nathan Taylor I’m reading this and still confused I hear you there’s a lot like I think once I master this like once I figure this out 1,000% I will be able to teach this to everybody and then we will will be one of the smartest communities when it comes to the cap we will all be Blake Murphy okay I mean I’m a pretty [ __ ] smart person like this should be pretty easy to figure out it’s just sometimes there’s so many rules and you you do require like sort of a comprehensive like memory and recall of like okay well this this this but I think once you visualize it out and we can explain it in sort of layment terms like it’ll be easy especially when we start using examples we will be able to explain this super well yeah no it didn’t and if it didn’t you just got banned so we’re just going to keep this on here um did it happen Okay this better not be a head fake guys Kev Porter Jr has signed a two-year deal with Los Angeles Clippers cool nope cap cap cap so teams according to NBA dunk Central teams that could show interest in Marcus Morris Miami Philadelphia Dallas Detroit Orlando Cleveland New Orleans cool um okay just in case you are some sort of visionary from the future who this right I’m going to issue you a warning right now um please don’t say this if it’s not true um but yes ban aabo are you telling me to ban someone who’s named adab Bio or are you misspelling bam adab bio does YouTube have timeouts yep oh you’re a [ __ ] [ __ ] oh so LeBron James got traded now guess what you just got waved that’s not very professional Rob how are you supposed to get sponsors if you’re giving a middle finger to to trolls well say love you man Sports Empire saying Bruce Brown to Warriors Sports Empire probably this is not true so you are also about to get banned we’re going to put you in a Timeout actually Rob needs to hire a fact cheer chat is getting haunted troll time yeah we’re we’re at that part okay no but I mean I I really believe the teams have operated well largely operated within the confines of what the CBA and hey man like honestly I think a lot of people have accused Adam Silver of being a little too relaxed with the players you know um but he has been like hardcore he has been hardcore with the owners yeah thank you uh rap’s interested in Camp uh Allison howlet raps interested in cam Johnson trade according to hoop type can hoop okay let’s check hoopy and Allison if hoopy is not saying that guess what happens can I verify this this Clippers Bruce Brown thing because I’m not seeing it anywhere on hoop type at all okay cool uh what would you trade as the Raptor to get cat H that’s a difficult question I’m not I’m not entirely sure I want carony towns it’s a pretty big contract but he’s also a very major Talent also super fits in with what you want to do with Scotty um it would definitely have to involve yaka purle going the other way though cannot imagine playing those two together cool my apologies Alison um rank scrub with a super chat here would you trade buet for Paul Reed in a heartbeat they wouldn’t wait what what’s Paul Reed’s contract like rumor cavius calwell Pope leaving Denver and headed to Orlando on a three-year deal rumor according to who kcp to magic magic magic okay yep I think that makes sense okay we got we got a deal Orlando Magic yeah cavius cobwell Pope let’s talk about it we have something to talk about okay all right we could you know what we probably should do we should just continuously update the um here where the hell are we here oh Shams okay NBA down Central wait yo this community is awesome you guys are faster than NBA dunk Central where is this am I am I crazy where okay reloading W nothing reloading Shams nothing what what are you guys seeing this is it Chris Haynes who who broke this okay um F zilet and be reported for USA Today okay cool 24 seconds how’ you guys beat that can you tell me like where the hell you’re looking am I in a different time zone am I like am I am I on a on a backwards version of Twitter like what’s going on here finalizing three years $66 million for cavus callwell Pope in Orlando sources tell ESPN 54 seconds but y’all were talking about this three four minutes ago where Legion Hoops okay I got I gotta look at this Legion hoops so three minutes ago Legion Hoops broke kabius cwell Pope is signing well they reposted Ze Jeff zilet is signing with the Orlando Magic on a threeyear deal so 66 million on three years is nuts honestly makes sense they need Shooters around Paulo probably means they struck out with Paul George right so you can you can uh it’s cool seeing Shams and and and W getting scooped true Suggs kyp France Paulo Wendell Carter gets you what seed in the in the East Third I think PG is headed to the Sixers yeah that’s probably it that’s that’s what I should do okay the problem is I get other notifications too is like people messaging me and stuff uh the Raptors clear the magic they do not sorry to tell you that man magic are in a significantly higher position right now obviously the future you know Scotty versus Paulo I prefer it but um free agent contous po pop has reached an agreement with the oranta magic on it three-year $66 million deal that’s the first major Domino to drop and it has dropped an 90 minutes into free agency and what I tell you guys 7 to 7:30 you’re going to see did I say 7:30 or 8 or 7 to 7:30 I thought that okay so this is this is teams actually paying it you know like really honoring um the Raptors are better than the magic last season they were injured the whole second half yeah I I’m sorry you’re just you’re wrong they are not better than magic right now they’re just not not a ma not a magic fan but no healthy Raptors Beat magic in a seven game series um I don’t think so they still have no point guard and RJ is better than fron no he’s not what you think RJ Barrett is better than France Vagner bro that’s that’s crazy this I agree with but this is [ __ ] CRA this is Criminal this is criminally insane sorry bro RH I like you but that’s that’s crazy there’s not one general manager in the league that would take RJ Barrett over France Vagner I’ll tell you that right now say whatever you want about the scoring bro you’re talking about one of the best defenders nah nah he’s younger too what are you talking about here you understand like when when France gets um when France gets his is uh when he gets his rookie extension you’ll see who is Jaylen sugs Jaylen STS is a good player bro I I talked a lot of [ __ ] about him for year uh for his first year because he played like ass but he’s a really good player uh he might be one of the best guard defenders in the NBA like you’re you know as a team that just drafted two guys whose literal life goal should try to be to be jayen Suggs right and Jamal shed and um Davon Mitchell I’m sorry like jayen sus awesome sus injury P yep can I get unbanned um no and why are you back how are you back you probably reported some fake news Guardian Transit JV to the Lakers rumor that’s interesting I hope LeBron doesn’t see JV doing his impression of LeBron that’ be funny but he’s often unavailable yeah sure so so Gian anobi rumor coach Mo joins P basketball to co-host uh okay I know Luca Rosano and Chris at Sports Corner if you’d like to connect I don’t know who Chris at Sports Corner is and a hard no to Luca Rano no thank you we have had exactly one conversation and um sometimes it’s like that’s the F first conversation could be another conversation there will be no more conversations all right do we have YouTuber beef there’s no beef there’s just chicken and it was one too many yep took the words right out of my mouth you know I don’t play I don’t play the [ __ ] politics game man like I I just don’t like if I if I’m cool with you I’m cool with you and maybe people don’t like that people want me to play politics people want me to like smile at their face and talk [ __ ] about them behind their back I’m not I wasn’t raised that way yes um um do we have cap space to sign anyone uh in theory yes Rob’s podcast Eminem bro I’ve been called Eminem for a uh by by by another podcaster I get called Eminem every single time someone wants to insult me they always call me Eminem I don’t understand it guess when I grow the beard I kind of look like M I promise you I don’t look like Eminem in real life at all I don’t but I guess you’re talking about more like the disc beef um yeah cook up some trades in the meantime if you want um I’m at a point right now where I guess uh could talk about the Toronto Raptors just like their roster going forward um not even close okay if the only market for J G Tren Jr is Detroit thinks he thinks he gets back and takes a pay cut um Detroit could really use him so if Detroit goes for Gary Trent Jr plus um Tobias Harris that would be a really big boost for them I think um okay let’s uh let’s take a look at something here um okay and Chris Haynes is adding that there is a player option on the third year which which makes this even more of an overpay in my opinion you know this is the price of success and this is the price of championships like what is happening to the Denver Nuggets right now is almost precisely what happened to the Toronto Raptors after they won their single Championship like how the [ __ ] are they supposed to make up for Chris or cavius cwell Pope like he fit in so beautifully with what they wanted to do and ironically the Raptors just drafted jobi Walter who has who’s primee and almost all always there’s a comparison he’s kcp kcp kcp um so it’s interesting I do think kcp fits in really well I wonder if this opens up some potential trades with the orlandoo magic because that’s a that’s a pretty significant dude right kcp he’s he’s going to play some minutes for the magic does that take someone out of their rotation could we make a move right now for Caleb uh for Caleb Houston uh or jet Howard if you have some hope in jet Howard I don’t can we send Bruce Brown back to Denver now Allison howed saying Edy is out for the Olympics why oh no what really that sucks so the Clippers are pursuing free agent Chris Paul whoa Legion who saying the Denver Nuggets lose Bruce Brown Jr and cavius cwell Pope in back toback Seasons well I can tell you one person who you can have back Bruce Brown you can have back Bruce Brown Christian Burton saying where have you been robbed at Ed news was hours ago I’m not one of those people that like aggressively look at my phone uh I spent the two hours prior to um two two hours prior to this like reading the CBA so that’s probably like where the Zach news thing broke Richard’s missing as a side note what’s your what’s your take on Bill Simmons [ __ ] on Scotty’s extension I don’t care what Bill Simmons says anymore I really don’t I cannot I cannot take that guy seriously um there’s just too much [ __ ] and and I’m a fan of the ringer I used to listen to and and I’ll I’ll I’ll throw this out just so I’m not throwing the baby out with the bathwater Bill Simmons is not KOC Bill Simmons is not Verno Bill Simmons is not you know there’s a lot of really cool people that work work for the ringer there are a lot of cool people that have been on the Bill Simmons podcast this is not me taking a shot at every single person who associated with the ringer but Bill Simmons himself as a basketball mind I feel about Bill Simmons as a basketball mind is marginally better than how I feel about Colin coward as a basketball mind right now I do not think that these people are coherent I think they’re losing their marbles Scotty is a fair extension but watch if the if the Detroit Pistons signed Kate Cunningham to that same amount of money he’d be like all over it again it’s just it’s these people don’t watch Scotty play I don’t need your [ __ ] opinion on things you don’t know about right like ah man I get I get so irritated about this everyone doesn’t need to have an opinion about everything dude right like you really don’t need to have an opinion about everything I don’t need to have an opinion about baseball I don’t watch baseball why do I have to have an opinion about whether this guy is overpaid or you know um I don’t I don’t care like I I I’ll learn I’ll ask questions but it’s okay to say I don’t know do I have do I have to have an opinion on how good Austin Matthews is no I don’t I don’t watch hockey I’m not a hockey fan I’ve watched my first hockey game literally game seven of the Stanley Cup was my first full hockey game am I supposed to have great opinions about whether Mario Lemieux was better than Green graty because I watch one game we are in a [ __ ] era of wannabe Wan toe experts everyone wants to be an expert on everything Bill Simmons probably assumes because he runs a podcast and because he works for ESPN and he’s watched a thousand games that he’s a Sant for basketball and I think that that’s where you get lazy what I appreciate and have appreciated about people like Ben Taylor for instance for thinking basketball right is that I appreciate when they say I haven’t watched that yet I haven’t watched tape on that guy yet I don’t know enough about this yet Ben Taylor when he’s asked about the draft prospects he’ll just straight up say I’m not watching I don’t watch these guys I watch the NBA I don’t watch college basketball right now you know what I mean so I mean could he [ __ ] could he he could in theory you know Ben Taylor is smart enough that he could totally [ __ ] his way about why Cooper flag is good but he doesn’t watch Cooper flag he didn’t watch Cooper flag he didn’t watch the high school tape so he’s not gonna he’s not going to sit there like I appreciate people like that I don’t really need to um and Dave Chappelle quote one of my favorites Abu saying someone find job rules so we can make sense of all this a call back to non Dave Chappelle fans for um Dave Chappelle criticizing why we needed jaw rules take on 911 right um he said he said I’m scared to death right now I’m not trying to dance I love it uh Dave Chappelle all-time favorite comedian ever uh Rob did you see the smackdown episode yes I did yes I did uh tyres halberton and Jaylen Brunson on WWE Smackdown cool and honestly my I started last year as a major major major major major Tyrese halberton Defender I used to defend people who called him overrated I defended people who was a St who said he was a sta patter I vehemently defended the take that he was one of the top young players and one of the top 20 players top 15 players in the NBA I even went as far as to say he might be a top 10 player in terms of overall impact I have to tell you the truth I have very very very much flipped on tyres halberton I’m out like I’m out on him right now wish him well but nah I just I can’t with the Pacers and halberton it’s just the personality flip when when they won that like I don’t know it’s just something I I can’t I can’t quite get over it it’s the heel turn it’s just weirdo heel turn and I just didn’t like it I didn’t like it I like guys who stay true to themselves in terms of players that I really like around the NBA that are nron raptors Jason Tatum Deonte Murray uh Victor W Bama these are guys that I’ve really like supported for a long time um and I will continue to support those guys Nicole yic obviously most of the Serbian players uh some of the ex Raptors Kawhi Leonard Demar de R rozan Jonas valent chunis apart from that not really like crazy about a lot of players in the league it’s if I’m if if I really like a player is because I really admire their game and most people don’t or you know there’s some sort of personal connection there or something or like maybe they’re from you know my country or you know there’s something about their story that particularly sticks out to me Derek Lively is another one Derek Lively yes yes Kyle Lowry of course Kyle Lowry always support forever um no okay tyes has a major victim complex I am very excited about the 2026 Indian yeah why do we pick up Bruce Brown’s option because you haven’t heard flexibility flexibility is good right okay um okay time to refresh nope 19 minutes with nothing what are we getting here would Denver go for Gary Trent Jr now Gary Trent Jr to Denver would be really interesting this this comment deserves to be a headline for the Toronto Star the only unfortunate thing about that would be Doug Smith would have to write the [ __ ] article but the Raptors have flexibility to eat themselves into the lottery Koopa Troopa you you win my comment of the hour that is my favorite comment so far that and the call back to um Dave Chappelle that’s great that’s great appreciate y’all that’s funny uh Grant to the Lakers seems very interesting seems like they’re working on a deal uh which grant grant Williams Jeremy Grant Jeremy Grant would be interesting to the Lakers money gone to money Heaven Kevin Porter Jr signed with the Clippers yes yes he did Flynn signs 10year deal in Wong Dawn okay Sports Empire pay attention to the rules I’m going to say it one last time if you are presenting and I know this is a troll so I I understand but I’m just trying to get ahead of this before we get behind it again okay if you are saying something like this you must say prediction dot dot then say what you got to say okay so to correct this let’s let’s let’s let’s work through this like we’re in grade school here prediction dot dot Flynn signs a 10e deal in wongon okay cool Anthony Iran TW Portland Lakers in a discussion on Grant trade I actually wouldn’t mind taking on Jeremy Grant myself personally I’ve always liked him as a player he’s hella overpaid uh for a pretty long contract but yeah I don’t know it’s it’s difficult to gauge what you’d be able to get out of something like that would you be able to get multiple picks again a pick in the Raptor’s hand like a high pick in the Raptor’s hand in a really good draft it could net you another Scotty Barnes level talent and what is the value of that player right he has three years left no he has four years left actually Jeremy Grant has four years left on his deal which is absolutely crazy he signed a five-year deal last off season time to go bet on the Lakers to win the championship next season Jason Watson prediction Rob signs a 5-year deal with ESPN nope kpj and Primo on the same team so good time to give this community a shout out to one of my favorite YouTubers we’re talking about a lot of content creators we’re talking about this content creator and that content creator and whatever let me give you my um nonsexual woman crush content creator hold on I honestly love this woman hold on what’s her where is there we go okay pull it up I discovered her Channel when she had I want to say like 20,000 subscribers well she blew up so this is Nisha she is an accountant sorry she’s an invest Banker she has a lot of accountancy qualifications she is extremely smart and very insightful and all her videos are super succinct and honestly to anyone looking to get into better financial position this is not a sponsorship this is not a paid ad this is a spontaneous impromptu shout out to one of my favorite YouTubers uh Nisha so Shad out sisha congrats on 1.13 million subscribers I’ll give another shout out while we’re here while we’re waiting go theology to any of you who don’t know obviously friend of mine huge Channel just passed 200,000 subscribers congrats bology um great new video today on JJ reic uh awesome video on welcoming to the new MBA about the the death of super teams and how balance is going to do well and I like the JJ reic video today too so yeah if you guys are looking for something to do obviously I’m not trying to tell you to pull away from the chat but if you want to leave this s in the background or something like that or mute it or whatever and come back yeah uh these are awesome people but yes Nisha is just incredible like I I cannot say enough about um about her like I think I think uh this this video on why looking poor is important like she’s just she’s so smart and I completely agree with that what about Raptors content creators o uh um Muhammad Le is saying she is awesome yes she is she’s awesome Rob will join hello and welcome okay um Scott plays 2K saying check out pen basketball for great appreciate you bro thank you um yes check out pens basketball indeed that’s awesome it’s a dream come true 10 point like honestly I I realized I just talked about two very very big channels but this feels really big to me as well um 10,500 subscribers for a channel that is largely very very very off the cuff a lot of honest conversations um you know a lot of live streams and stuff it’s a really bustling community and honestly what I would say to anybody out there is that you know if if you’re telling me that um okay like this channel is huge that channel is huge whatever I get you I get you I understand that um you know some channels are really big but I think this community is like one of the most dedicated Craig D do you like No Ceilings for draft stuff I actually know quite a few people over and no ceilings and yes I do yeah I do um in terms of like other content creators I guess I could shout out I like NBA Storyteller those of you who’ve been been with us for a long time know that I love Meo and NBA Storyteller and everything that you know he’s done he’s a really big let’s call it a hero of mine like I think em is one of one of my um content creator Heroes I like um I think his name is Michael mie melie mie he has really great video essays yeah and athletic Alchemy another one yeah appreciate it Jimmy High Roller is awesome yeah no shade to Jimmy Jimmy’s awesome um Kenny for real yeah a lot of really great content creators out there man um sometimes I’ll listen to Rusty buckets sometimes I’ll listen to commissioner Dynamo yeah not a fan at all actually yeah a lot of lot of lot of great you know stuff um yeah okay let’s let’s go back to Twitter and let’s let’s remain On Target and on Focus kcp to the Magic Paradise loss you’re behind yes will you link up with Ben from waps digest again um maybe yeah six rings of Steel that guy is a maniac man like the amount of content it’s crazy like it’s just it’s constant the grind is amazing respect the hustle man um John do saying I’m more of a sinking basketball type of guy me too um if there is one podcast that I do listen to Beyond uh thinking basketball it’s um it’s the mismatch ironically on on Whatchamacallit on the ringer podcast Network this match is cool it’s just like it’s great just to hear the banter I don’t know I consider it like it’s like the it’s like the equivalent of for you ’90s you know people it’s like listening to friends right it just kind of fills fills the room a little bit anything with yet yeah that’s exactly it it’s a Vibe because it’s like it feels honest do you know what I mean it like I understand some things can be insightful and some things can be very well structured be very well edited but like I prefer to listen to something where I don’t feel like I’m getting bullshitted so personally I like the mismatch because they have like a lot of natural chemistry right and and even if they’re like I can listen to a difficult personality I can listen to someone who’s angry I can listen to someone who’s you know a little bit high pitched or low pitched or a little bit irritating to listen to as long as I’m I feel like I’m getting someone who’s honest and and again like I don’t need to listen to someone who’s like the best person on Earth I don’t need to listen to Mother Teresa and super kind and polite it doesn’t matter nor do I have to listen to someone who’s screaming at people I don’t have to listen to that either I just prefer not to listen to people who are bullshitting me like I I don’t like people who are like trying to put on an act and that’s probably why I can’t stand certain people um and and a lot of those people are you know being mentioned in these chats like people are like oh wow you know they’re great they’re great they’re great you know Motown out fun yeah Abu saying here’s some LaVine trade value news from Haynes Bulls prop proposed LaVine for CP3 plus Wiggins Warriors said no and waved CP3 wow sportting in logically ah Tucker over at sporting logically I have also seen that podcast grow from about 2,000 subscribers all the way up to where it is right now that’s Cool’s see here is LaVine value and contract that talk yeah it is for a multitude of reasons High usage low defense High injury lot of years right there is a very slim chance oh and [ __ ] how am I not giving a shout out to players choice so again in the same vein as the mismatch maybe I’m giving us too much credit there but I think players choice sometimes sometimes not always but sometimes has some pretty intelligent discussions with a lot of people who are pretty good at what they do right like um there’s there’s there’s people there that are serious content creators or serious reporters and stuff so it’s always interesting when I go on players choice so yeah and yes the the affiliation that I have with them is is obviously you know linked to why I’m giving that a shout out chill is dope on there the rest are at I like chill toown too I like chill chill is cool so give a shout out to chill um we don’t always agree on stuff he’s always pushing back but I I like it I’ve always enjoyed our conversations but they’re they’re a they’re a massive platform man like I am just blown away sometimes I’m looking at the chat and like bro like no wonder that clip about my my top 10 went viral over there cuz it was like I don’t know like it was it was me and Mars kind of going back back and forth but yeah it was really interesting to see like cuz cuz I think my my girl she she looked at uh one of the live streams and she says you realize there’s like 5,000 people watching right now 5,000 I was like whoa that’s crazy Nate sheeper saying ticket is an Entertainer they are the YouTube version of First Take sometimes sometimes sometimes not all the time I feel like when I’m there it’s not like that usually but then you had sunglass boy you know that Lakers fan that I debated like two two uh two three weeks ago that was that was crazy yeah I like Mars we came a long way with Mars right initially it was like a little adversarial I mean like I thought he was pushing pushing back a little bit I still get called VP guy for for whatever reason I get it I understand it I live with it um I wonder why Malik mon signed such a reasonable contract when he could have gotten a lot more in the open market that is facts like Malik is a much better player than kcp like it’s not even close it’s not even close Malik mus a really good player I feel like his injury really you know hampered him a little bit that yeah okay so we are now two hours into free agency we’ve gotten Luke cornette news Andre Drummond news cavius calwell Pope news no news on LeBron no news on demard Rosen no news on K I mean some news on Klay Thompson but no deal for Klay Thompson yet no deal for Paul George yet so I mean this is yikes this is the slowest free agency I’ve ever seen but again this is what happens when you don’t actually tamper right no Gary Trent news correct no no trades from Raptors correct Chris Paul was waved yes you know what and and this is what it is the big fish has to sign first right that has to be it y’all ever heard of the Malik monk better than Donovan Mitchell takes from gills Arena that’s crazy I love Malik monk but that’s just Madness precious Cheo so I don’t want precious back but there’s a part of me that’s just like his analytics profile has been better every year could he be on the precipice of finally cracking through could I could I sell myself on three years $15 million for precious AO like would that be like a fair price would I feel like even better about that Nicks trade like I don’t know I’m I’m tempted I’m a little bit tempted right now Paradise L saying thee ncks did precious dirty no precious suu did basketball dirty what are you talking about did him dirty no man this is the business he didn’t play well for them he was a very very limited player like I don’t think he played that well he played like they gave him 40 minutes in the absence of OG and he was still kind of trash they were talking about oh 14 rebounds 12 points whatever but like dude you take some shots you play basketball like three for 12 million I would look that he played well for them bad for us that’s just not true sorry Paradise Lost I think you’re wrong he did play bad for us he didn’t Nick’s fans loved him I don’t care [ __ ] do I care if Nick’s fans loved him the context is totally different they got Mel Bridges now they got um like I mean I could look at precious satua is a possible fit in OKC as well like weirdly enough auua had hartenstein fits no he didn’t I’d like to give precious a shot with Darko did you not watch the first half of last year he is totally is massively overleveraged I would take a flyer on Jabari Parker for cheap the the former lottery pick you don’t mean Jamari Jabari Walker you mean Jabari Parker like former second overall pick super defensive liability that guy you know the last time I heard an idea that bad it was let’s sign Jared singer same thing I I I don’t agree with that um if you bring in a guy like that like no no here’s the thing you can’t get high usage low efficiency guys it’s it’s a it’s a recipe for disaster right now the Raptors Ace in the Hole with all the players right that they have that are available for trade Davon Mitchell oai abaji Bruce Brown yaka purle Chris bu apart from Chris bu who you know probably could be rained in at some point four of those five guys are pretty low usage guys low usage High defense High versatility High portability I’m telling you these things are very important I’m not saying they’re the super most valuable players but the worst player type is like the bones Highland archetype right that’s just it’s so useless nobody needs that Dominic saying Jaylen Smith is better than precious hands down he is a better player maybe does not have the same potential cuz he does have like some pretty glaring issues that I don’t think are are salvageable Jabari Parker hooped good in Barcelona in the Euro league that’s where he should stay facts now let me bring up a name that should come back to the NBA no I’m just kidding let me do it let me do it can I can I give you my two-minute pitch on Bruno kaboko you remember how he was two years away from being two years away I think he’s finally cooked I think he’s ready Christ okay I thought the worst archetype was non-shooting Center non- shooting non-defensive center would be the worst archetype no the non- shooting center you are you telling me Rudy goar is the worst no no man a super low efficiency poor defensive smallish guard on high efficiency who doesn’t do a lot of stuff off the ball is to me the worst type of player no we got shamsh now maybe we can bring Bruno in as an example for shamay to um you know to follow right [ __ ] saying you can’t be serious did you watch him last year for real for real like did you did you watch Bruno kaboko last year I talk to I talked to a couple players who played against him they thought he was he looked good looked really good he is finally arived you made me spit my drink uh I hope it will wasn’t alcohol why would anyone watch Bruno in 2024 well some of us happen to be from the country that Bruno was playing in he playing for my favorite team in Europe so I I watched him a lot and so did Darko just an FYI he don’t really fit in completely I get it but would be an interesting flyer to take I really think that it like I’m not I’m not I’m not capping I’m not kidding like he’s a center now and he’s very interesting sorry to hear that I don’t understand that explain it you’re sorry to hear what that he plays for one of my favorite teams don’t be sorry Bruno was really good I would bring him back One Last Dance oh my God there’s no way you just said last dance bro this is the new documentary that we all need this is the documentary we need it’s not the one we wanted it’s the one that we need Bruno kaboko Last Dance I feel like unfortunately what Fran felle has said about Bruno kok being two years away from you two years away look let me say this Bruno kaboko had a longer NBA career than a lot of kids who are picked in his range um H JMT Holdings thank you so much for the Super Chat our fourth Super Chat of the evening I don’t see the Raptors doing anything to make the roster better I think they are in full tank mode um H JMT thank you for the Super Chat I fully disagree with you I think they are going to make this roster better um I think that they are going to give themselves more Assets in the future and I think this is a two-year Vision I really do I think this like from today mark it down this calendar extended two years set an alarm for yourself come back and tell me I was wrong this is fully a two-year plan it does not mean the Raptor’s going to tank doesn’t mean the Raptor’s going to botom out doesn’t mean they’re going to tank next year doesn’t mean anything um Dominic saying sorry to bring this back up the contract you mentioned you’d sign you consider precious for I’d consider taking a fly on jilen instead to see if he fits the team uh I get what you’re saying I think yeah look I’ve I’ve I like I like Jon Smith I’ve I’ve always like him I actually wanted him in the Indiana trade with with Pascal it just um when you see his numbers you get very excited uh when you see him you know hitting a three or you see his analytics you’re like oh wow this is great but I got to tell you like when you watch him play you see the gaps you see why he’s not a starting center so it’s tomato tomato for me it’s very different types of players nameless saying I just like to say shamsh yeah um definitely up there in in terms of raptors Hall of Fame coolest names wuri shamsh so I have tried to I’ve listened to him say his own name um I think now this is me as a non-german non- Cameroon person trying to say this from what I gather from him saying it it’s urish shamsh urish shamsh I think it’s urri sham um he’s not German right no but his name Ur like urick I don’t know how German people say it but he how he says it is important no way a guy named urish will be a urish will be a bust um okay I don’t know man I’ve ah Susan Garrett how are you uh longtime supporter one of the few people that I follow back on uh Instagram check out Susan Garrett dogs on on Instagram if you are a dog owner like I am and you are looking for fantastic insights into how to train your dogs and how to better understand your dogs I think Susan is probably one of the best people in the world at it precious doesn’t mentally process the game fast enough for darkos system this is exactly it this is exactly why um this is probably why Chris bue is also consistently out of it right oh I appreciate it D thanks for all your support I like dogs more than most people I get that you should definitely follow Susan on on Instagram PG W update right now okay and I’ll take it from the fact that you’re not saying oh my God that is just an update the Clippers exit leaves the Sixers as strong Front Runners to land Paul George on a free agent deal sources tell ESPN the Sixers contingent is set to meet with George in California tonight so the Clippers have remained steadfast on a three-year deal similar to the structure of Kawhi Leonard’s contract structure George is Seeking a 4-year deal without George the Clippers are proceeding into free agency armed with a a 12.9 mid-level exception and a 4.7 Million by anual exception so I believe it’s like kind of where the Raptors are except we don’t have a biannual exception because of Jo mcdels last year if I’m not mistaken great okay ESPN sources Paul Paul Paul George’s agent Aaron Mintz uh oh I’m not sharing my screen so I apologize right now I’m not even sharing my screen I’m just reading it out but and advertising our YouTube channel my bad okay uh give me one sec here pull it up on screen make myself super small there we go so okay so finalizing three years 66 million I already got that so Paul George’s agent Aaron mince of CIA and Clippers president Lawrence Frank had a conversation a short time ago that resulted in no New Movement on a deal and an acknowledgement by both sides that that George is unlikely to return to the Clippers and I find this very interesting that the Clippers are prior prioritizing their long-term flexibility and yet just signed James Harden to a two-year deal so I guess everything really is kawhai Leonard Centric with the Clippers and I think that’s a bit of a mistake personally as much as I can argue that you know at this point you can’t really say with a straight face that you know they they didn’t make a mistake three years ago four years ago when they made that entire thing happened for Paul George and kawh Leonard because they gave up shake go Alexander and all their cat flexibility but yep already been there um Tony G what if Davon turns out to be Kyle Lowry I don’t know if you’re trolling bro I don’t know if you’re crazy Kyle Lowry was [ __ ] borderline and Allstar Davon Mitchell is borderline and NBA player make it make sense same age 26 years old when did kyar get traded the Raptors 26 years old he was worth the first round pick Davon Mitchell is barely worth the second round pick right now look don’t make me trash Davon lard uh Davon uh Mitchell but he is nowhere close to to Kyle Lowry he will never be close to Kyle low he is not that type of player don’t do that to yourself just it’s a triggering thing but it’s not even close do you think Jamal shed has much higher upside than Davon yes shamay is more likely to turn into goar then Davon is turning into Kyle you know what that’s 100% accurate shamp is more likely to turn into Michael Jordan than Davon Mitchell turning into K okay just that that was stupid no um basically neither one of them are turning into that is what I’m saying man it’s a slow night all these teams really really waiting for that one big Domino to fall nuggets losing kcp is a huge loss going to be tough to replace first of all thank you so much for the Super Chat our fifth of the night thank you um it is a really tough loss right for the Denver Nuggets reeling off of a very disappointing season in which you know they were right there and one could argue they were probably the best bet to give the Celtics to run for their money they get bounced in the second round by a very good Minnesota team a Minnesota team that by the way has gotten better this offseason and you lose one of your primary Defenders let us hope for the Nugget sake that Christian Brown pton Watson Julian strw those young guys are ready to take a major step up could the Raptors be a facilitator in a s trade yes um kyari was an All-Star six times yeah probably should have deserved more kyaru is on fire in Houston yes he was very underrated extremely underrated but crazy crazy good player and if you understood ball you knew when the Raptors traded for him that they were trading for like a real franchise level point guard but I guess a lot of people felt he was a troubling guy in the locker room you got damaged assets with with with kyari who who had had a bit of a PR crisis on his hands right because he hadn’t gone along with Kevin mccale there’s a lot of stuff being floated around about him by previous coaches that he’s troubling he’s a strong yeah he’s a strong personality he remained a very strong personality for the Raptors but like man the basketball Talent is the basketball Talent Kyle L freaking basketball Talent is just crazy like his abilities as a floor General I would argue he’s a better Defender than Davon I realize people call him off night and there’s a lot of branding behind it but K was an amazing Defender so yeah I wish we just dropped Bruce Brown it wouldn’t really help too much but I see what you’re saying davidon Davon Mitchell is closer to Andre Barrett B who’s Andre Barrett I’m thinking Andre blch who’s Andre Barrett am I am I crazy who am I missing RJ Barrett RJ’s dad I think there we go bro you had the chat losing their minds here um okay was Andre Barrett an actual Raptor and I just don’t remember this 2000 hold on I I gotta I gotta see who this is it’s Andrew Barrett there’s no Andre Barrett wait there is an Andre Barrett uh oh Andre Barrett wow okay holy [ __ ] Andre Barrett exists he is 5 foot 10 what he played for Toronto what 056 okay okay 0506 that’s crazy yes I do remember this guy wow he played okay let’s talk about forgotten Raptors for a second here so he played three years in the league I’m sure you met Anthony Anthony Bennett I’m just I think that it’s hilarious that you have or maybe you did mean this because he is he was a bit of a pesky defensive guard this is hilarious oh God oh God where’s the Cade news what Cade news oh boy there we go here we go here we go Kade Cunningham getting a Max contract I don’t want to hear anyone ever tell me again for the rest of my life that Scotty Barnes is overpaid don’t ever that’s one less than Barnes it’s the same amount as Barnes it’s the same contract see you Detroit yep just 2255 it’s the same deal Scotty is 270 because Scotty is likely to actually hit an Allstar right it’s the same one I’m pretty sure it’s the same thing anyway that’s that’s wild to me Bingo is IQ better than Cade yes they’re similar they’re similar levels there’s different levels of upside different types of player but yes he’s better y’all don’t want to hear yes he is but I don’t give a [ __ ] he’s a better player right now I watched Emanuel quickle without any help without any spacing play with like [ __ ] players he was not turning the ball over 400 times a game and you know like failing to defend like I’m sorry I understand the value of the player type of K [ __ ] him I get it big Wing Creator all that stuff I get it um he’s got to get better he’s got to get a lot better but Emanuel quickle at 175 uh 575 5175 is a better deal than Kate at um 5225 50 extra million doll to Kate Cunningham break that down over five years that’s $10 million per year SP is quickly properly paid now no he is still overpaid you know what I mean yes so Scotty has to be either all NBA MVP or Defensive Player of the Year Troy McDonald P sorry for prime minister I was not born in your country I would not qualify for prime minister and yes that is the only reason that I cannot be prime minister of this country given what I’ve seen the last four years um no I look I get it I understand he’s your franchise player you’re building around him he’s your engine fine whatever that’s what you got to do you got to do it but understand like uhuh yep long time ago who’s giving him a Max contract which which other team out there was willing to give him Max contract like I would just play hard ball I know they won’t because he’s their franchise guy like I’m just like oh like this would be like building a no like here’s the thing you can’t just look at basketball on the court you can’t just look at the off the court you can’t just look at the marketing you can’t just look at The Branding you have to look at the whole picture when you sign e when you sign a Max contract that’s that’s a piece that’s like 40% 35% of your cap you better make sure that that player makes other players players better holds people accountable is durable as [ __ ] is actually a top 50 player and probably close to a top 30 player in the league because you’re not going to be able to afford two of these guys like I’m sorry and you got to make sure that the guy has upside projectable upside and you got to make sure that the player is like a valuable player type like he has a real and you got to make sure that they’re portable that they’re tradable that their personality holds up that their work ethic is solid that they have good leadership and tangibles yo there’s so much that it would take before I before I say yes this guy deserves a super max or Max contract now the Pistons sign Tobias Harris let me just put it to let’s say the Pistons sign Tobias Harris Gary Trent Jr let’s say that’s their offseason right and let’s say because of how [ __ ] the East is and do not by the way and and this this might be might be why the Raptors will hold on to Bruce Brown there will be a ton of teams that will tank but they won’t tank right away they’ll be in the same boat as the Raptors so if you’re the Toronto Raptors take a team that is trying to get worse right because not a lot of teams are trying to get worse right now some teams are trying to get worse I expect a lot of teams will want to get worse could you get a really good long-term contract on a pretty good player for Bruce Brown plus expirence I I think the Raptors G us some Max Max maximum flexibility if Bruce Brown stays there’s a Eric Eric Gordon to the Sixers okay so whoa so this is going to be so huh oh this is going to be interesting we’ll get back to that in a second there are no other teams in running for Paul George and he could make his decision to join Philadelphia tonight okay so Paul George to the Sixers is it was my prediction at the start of this show I think you know again to anyone who watched him and Jolan beat he fits he totally fits I’m gonna say this Paul George is a pretty good player like he’s a really good player actually um but another player where under the criteria that I was just talking about culture Builder you know injuries works hard keeps his nose clean no offc court distractions builds people up aging well has some potential etc etc so if his hangup is the four years right he just wanted the four years right um already seeing comments saying Kade would be better than Scotty if they switch teams yeah I also see comments saying the Earth is flat the internet is a really weird and stupid place sometimes I feel like PG fits in anywhere a really good point yes Paul George is one of the more portable superstars in NBA history I agree like he’s uh he’s not a superstar anymore but he was one of the coolest Superstars he could fit in a lot Cade making two million more than Scotty what the [ __ ] no he’s not it’s the same deal Eric Gordon to Philly yes let’s talk about eight Eric Gordon to Philly is it is it like a minimum cost or what I um is it chams who has it okay so Eric Gordon has agreed to a deal with the Phil Philadelphia 76ers we will see what that deal looks like I wonder if it’s a minimum deal that’s interesting because he was former Clipper former rocket former Sun wow Eric Gordon having a real journeyman like career right now decision made yeah it’s going to get done so what’s Kawai gonna do request a trade hey Clippers we’ll give you we’ll give you Bruce Brown for kawh Leonard right now Bruce Brown plus a pick swap for kawhai I bring back bring back fun guy would you guys bring back fun guy I love kawhai letter man I I I always I always will it’s one of my favorite Raptors of all time run it back run it back vegan grass saying CP3 to the Spurs oh great that is a great move if if that is in fact true um that’s a great move Chris Paul is teaming up with Wy and joining the Spurs per Chris Haynes that is awesome that is amazing Chris Paul is is great for basketball development I’m telling you like of all the young stars in the league this guy’s like a star whisper it’s a great move great move so no Trey young they can still get Trey young they can still get Trey young but what A smart business move for Chris Paul um is this the start of free agency now yeah we’re hitting 8:30ish teams are so afraid of being suck with a restricted roster now due to the CBA um yeah kawhai mentoring Scotty would be perfect yeah WT what what the [ __ ] are the Raptors doing they are uh evaluating they’re evaluating goo you got to give appropriate time for evaluation 3 years no more no less got to evaluate and once you’re done evaluating you got to reflect you got to ponder you got to go into deep existential thought and then when you’ve done that you have to evaluate whether you’ve done a good job with your ex existential thought and at that point Bruce Brown has expired and he’s gone welcome to one year of the Toronto Raptors presented by P basketball how close are the Raptors to being Orlando Google driving directions from Toronto to Orlando I am not Google Maps bro Rob is there available case player that would actually give pix for that I would give pixs for yeah yeah absolutely [ __ ] you never you never I don’t think you should ever from a roster building perspective I don’t think that you should ever perspective you never put yourself in a position where you’re like no this is off the table no like nothing should be off the table unless we’re talking like moving Victor wey that should be off the table everything else is negotiable you know what I mean almost everything else is negotiable so right now for instance would I move off of 2028 first round protected pick for Dyson Daniels yep would I move off of 2028 and 2030 first round picks Lottery protected if they don’t convey the year here they uh turn into 2 seconds that type of Lottery protection or not Lottery protection let’s say top 10 protection 2028 20 2030 for Trey Murphy Trey Murphy yep I would um would I trade 2026 Lottery protected for herb Jones and it’s Lotter Lottery protected 2027 and in 2028 turns into two first would I do that yeah I would so yeah like I mean there’s always there’s always some room for negotiation what are the Pelicans going to do with Trey Murphy they should sign him um I’ll trade 2030 screw it sure okay let’s read uh let’s read the statement on the Clippers oh my God okay well you know what honestly after reading Dan Gilbert’s comic SS statement about LeBron James none of these statements ever seem as cringe as that so okay so Paul George has informed us that he is signing his next contract with another team Paul is a tremendous Talent an elite two-way player feel fortunate for the 5 years we spent with him over that span we went to three All-Star games oh sorry he went to three Allstar games my bad made the most three-pointers in franchise history and helped lead the team to a place it had never been before really okay sure what H I’m pretty sure the CP three I’m pretty sure CP3 Clippers went further but okay his performances in game five and six against uton 2021 won’t be forgotten by anyone associated with the Clippers oh God y’all really really reaching eh okay we traded a lot to pair Paul and Kawai and in exchange we had five seasons of contention had five seasons of a lot of controversy too anyways even though we fell short of our ultimate objective we appreciate the chances we had with Paul heading into this off season our roster was constructed three three great players 33 and over two of whom could become free agents we wanted to retain them on a contract that would allow us under the constraints of the NCB to continue building the team we negotiated for months with Paul and his representative on the contract that would make sense for both sides and we were left far apart the Gap was significant we understand and respects Paul’s decision to look as where for his next contract we explore an optin and trade scenar optin and trade scenario so sign in trade scenario but it would have left us in a similar position under NBA with very little asset value to justify the restrictions we miss we will miss Paul at the same time we’re excited by the opportunities see this is like PR 101 like you’re excited you just lost one of the top 30 players in the league for Jack [ __ ] you don’t have picks like why are you excited okay at the same time we’re excited by the opportunities we’ve now been uh afforded including greater flexibility under the CBA ah now the CBA is our friend okay Kawai is an all NBA player and we believe t t is the best coach in the league well um Kawai hasn’t been an lnba player and will probably never be an all NBA player again so that’s cap and Tyron L is definitely a good coach but not the best coach in the league so okay miss me with that we will find a highly competitive te we will field a highly competitive team this season and moving forward use our organizational advantages to bring up top talent to into it to okay first of all love Englewood California uh organizational advantages is money that’s literally your only organizational advantage and also kawhai is not like really like a guy that a lot of people are going to be lining up to play with no offense like I I love kawh Leonard one of my favorite players but I don’t think so so you know what [ __ ] you guys I despise what the Clippers did to the Toronto Raptors Lawrence Frank Steve bomber you tampering [ __ ] you tore you you broke up a happy home that’s what you did right you broke up a happy home you’re like a you’re like a [ __ ] home wrecker so y’all got nothing I don’t typically like to rejoice in other people’s failures but honestly I would be much rather have been a raptor fan over the last four years if I could just reincarnate myself and go into another body or something I think that the past four years as frustrating as they were as a Toronto Raptor fan it would have been even worse as a Clippers fan so y’all broke up a happy home you deserve what you got what you got was she took half she took half so what you need to do is you need to do is you need to play Kanye’s Gold Digger on repeat and you need to have Steve bomber dancing to it and you need to have Tyron Lou and you need to have you need to have kawh Leonard come and do his whatever maybe he needs to dance to it just make sure you know the floor’s padded so he doesn’t get injured yo I’m like I’m serious I do not like the clippers for what they did [ __ ] them took half a billion and yo yo yo you didn’t even play us you played yourself because you lost Shay gilders Alexander who’s Canadian by the way so we can take pride in that and the OKC Thunder are about to beat y’all for the next 25 years come on now damn it I hate the fact that YouTube is going to like YouTube would shut down this stream if I started playing Kanye’s gold digger right now but I really want to anyway should I end the stream just to listen to that song I kind of want to listen to that song can I listen to it in private money okay how satisfying would be PJ PG goes to the Thunder I don’t want Paul George on the Thunder I don’t want Paul George on the Thunder I understand the irony of it and how stupid it would be but I don’t want Paul George on the Thunder I mean the Thunder are a young upand cominging team like yeah like I would I would want them I want them to get Isaiah hardenstein man I want them to get Isaiah hardenstein use Chad hren you know um you can sing it copyright free is that worth going viral for um JV no yonas you sold your soul to the Wizards yuck all right free agent CER y found TR has agreed to a three-year $30 million deal with the Washington Wizards well the power of the league has certainly shifted God damn it okay what the [ __ ] are the Wizards doing man you got off of Daniel Gafford and then you go and get like Jonas F chunis like what are we doing here what’s the vision okay so you get a big to protect Alex SAR okay cool I think you overpaid by about 5 million a year personally this is because alexar wants to be a power forward I mean okay so the power of the league is really shifting here with Alex SAR and Zachary ree not really um all right yonas valan chunis I mean defensively little bit compromised over 30 years old obviously the Pelicans didn’t want to bring him back I wonder what the Pelicans do for center now h CP3 to the to the Spurs is going to be fun I agree I’m I’m gonna love it like I think again I have long suspected that Chris Paul is just great for development I mean we saw it like I I’ll make the case when he went to Phoenix Devin Booker became very point guardy right when he went to the the Clippers Blake Griffin became way way better as a playmaker Shay gild Alexander became a much better player after playing with Chris Paul he’s just great for development the Spurs know it he’s going to finally have a chance to have a you know spend a year to be coached by pop he’s a perfect Spurs player they probably wanted him for like decades now so there’s no way in hell that that’s true really really no what really right because he didn’t get he didn’t get he didn’t get waved he just his contract didn’t become guaranteed so he he was basically without money okay that makes sense where did you get the onee um where did you get the onee uh $ 11 million figure that’s not not that I think that’s that bad of a play and it’s like Chris Paul’s not that bad like he’s not that bad a player right now he’s fine he’s not he’s not great he’s not terrible whatever but he still keeps $23 million of his Warriors contract is that true that doesn’t make any sense to me I’m sorry I don’t think so uh wasn’t his contract like partially not guaranteed he’s expire wasn’t he expiring contract like you don’t have to wave an expiring contract hold on I I need to I need to verify this Chris Paul contract so let’s see here spot track um what the hell so contract dealings no man his contract uh so his contract guarantee date his contract wasn’t guaranteed this is just like the Jonathan Isaac thing so the contract becomes fully guaranteed if not Wave by June 28th and I think they extended it up am I am I mistaken on that hold on there’s no there’s no way they guaranteed it and then waved them that would be stupid someone confirm Loco saying damn we could have sign JV and what are you g to do and what are you going to do if you sign JV that’s that’s exactly it yeah it was extended to June 30th right JV over yakob absolutely not in terms of player types defensively does defense matter at all to you no I understand the offense I do but you have to understand basketball as a physics proposition right you put JV in the post he’s demanding the ball I mean have you watched yonas Fun’s play Lately dude have you watched it I’ve watched it I’ve watched it a lot and I think he’s a really good player he he bangs he whatever like you know he’s he’s getting into the glass he’s getting into the paint but he’s always there he’s always there em Islamic shut it who are you talking to are we we about to have a standoff you talking to me are who are you talking to um oh I like I like Yas B sh man like and I don’t even agree with this I don’t think his career is done but if you’re asking him through your starting center in the modern NBA there’s a lot of compromises here you compromise Pace you compromise like defensive versatility like your scheme is locked with him right like you got to think about that y’all just look at 10 and 10 that’s why guys like Andre Drummond and Jonas F Tunis get paid but like man basketball is a five five sport it’s not a one-on-one sport bro like if Jonas funas one-on-one against most centers he probably does work he probably goes to work I remember how happy JB was when MSI said he was keeping him exactly and this is where I think we have to draw the line between what what is spacing and what is shooting spacing is created by three-pointer by three-point Shooters who are respected and I think that as a channel as a community we have to just dissect different types of three-point shots as being worth different values in the grander scheme of your offense right a standstill pick and pop you know a pick and pop big like a big who sets great screens and has this incredible skill to shift back and take a three a trailing three like a transition Corner shooter a transition Above The Brak shooter all different types of players a movement shooter like a movement three-point shooter who can come up come off uh you know double pin downs and staggers and you know just come up and and launch it quick um a self-creating three-point shooter you know like someone who can get it off the dribble get it off the catch these things have to matter it cannot just be I looked at the Box SC the guy went two for five from three uhuh that’s not the way it works that’s just not the way it works okay if that were the way it would work I promise you that guys like Jason capona would probably still be in the league they’re not okay we have to think about that and that’s just the three-point shooting element of it there’s so much more to this right there has to be there’s the defensive element of it there’s the versatility angle of it there’s the offensive you know fluidity and and Pace version of it how good are you in the half court what SPAC is on the court do you occupy Etc and that’s what I’m saying like a movement shooter is a space generation machine one of the best movement Shooters is Steph Curry he’s not just great because he hits a lot of Threes it’s how he hits his threes it’s it’s how many different ways he can get his three it’s the fact that he can get it off the catch he can get it off the dribble he can get it off the move he can he can he can dive back door he’s a great off ball cutter like this these things all matter like that’s what makes a dynamic player that’s like some version of that is what you’re hoping you’re praying RJ Barrett andan quickley can pick up some of those Steph Curry qualities I’m not comparing them to Steph Curry I’m just saying like that that ability to like you imagine you come down the court and you’re initiating your offense and then you know you have Emanuel quickley setting a screen for RJ Barrett and then RJ Barrett comes up uh to you know like to to spots up to the corner and he’s able to provide but the ultimate version of this that makes that makes all of this work is when will you shoot well enough for the defense to now react creating the Mis mismatch creating the Cross Match cons creating the confusion right because if you’re a shooter who likes to shoot from three but I’m willing to live with you shooting open threes guess what you going to the corner does nothing to my scheme makes me it does not force a rotation it does not force a close out it doesn’t Force any Panic if you end up slipping it like that to me is what’s missing from players like this Bruce Brown is a better player right now than Jonas Valen chunis people don’t expect that to be true based on looking at their production but Bruce Brown is a better player than yonas Valen junas 100% surprised he chose the Wizards I’m actually not I’m not they’ve gone for belal kabali Zachary ret they’re going for a lot of international guys I’m very curious to see what happens with DeAnthony Melton I think DeAnthony Melton fits Toronto like a glove I really do and now the Sixers going all in on Paul George where does that lead De Anthony Melton man I would signed De Anthony Melton four years no questions I think his Market is better than that though the Anthony Melton to where also like do not underestimate the power of redundancy you know like what if a team signs a player that makes an existing player on the roster somewhat redundant you know what I mean and then they’re looking for a little bit of something Dynamic did I say rese my bad yes s just like Janos fit the wraps like a glove I mean he kind of did fit what we do um probably should have thought a little bit more about the personality type but yes prediction PG to OKC thanks a lot appreciate you writing prediction this time um no I don’t think so I don’t think Sam prey would be that shortsighted do you think Perle will be on the shopping block this season yes he certainly could be yeah I think he’s a big part of what the Raptors are hoping to accomplish but when it becomes clear if it becomes clear that the Raptors are not going to be competitive this year I I could see him being one of the first players moved I’m just not sure for what um yeah but again like it’s hard for people to wrap their head around why a team would rather have Bruce Brown than Zack LaVine or why a team would rather have yaka p and Zack LaVine or W team would prefer to have a Davon Mitchell like again that that’s where I feel like some of those casual basketball conversations try to they kind of irk me because people always make it about the schoolyard right according to reports it’s just Philly in contention for Paul George right so it’s pretty much a done deal right but now I’m curious where Demar rosen’s going to go I’m curious about a lot of stuff all right I think this is a really good time to take a 5 minute break we have been yapping non-stop for 3 hours and 38 minutes we are sitting at nearly 9 o’clock 9 o’clock and ain’t nothing really happened and I expect that things will break as again right now where are we on the west coast right we’re at 6 o’clock on the west coast right I’m assuming some of these deals are going to be signed over at dinner or something I do expect that we will have some sort of news over the next two hours and I’m not going to close this live but what I will do what I will do is I will play Kanye West go no I’m just kidding I promise you I’m kidding um vrats saying you’re real one for these lives appreciate you guys man Debo veterans minimum that’s crazy DeMar rosen is way better than a veterans minimum um no what what I’m going to do is I’m going to take a 10-minute water break I’m going go check on my dog see if he’s limping see he’s okay I’m just hoping that like he just he just I don’t know twisted something or whatever um how would Depot and deot to the clips Tony G please follow the rule prediction dot dot boom or Debo to the clips question mark okay and yes I could see thear go into Englewood yes I could what do you think the Warriors will get I don’t know can we afford dear Rosen I’ll promise you 1 million per dear rosen’s Raptor Days Are Over um Valor baller can we meet your dog maybe not when he’s in this condition but when he’s feeling better yeah I’ll definitely bring him on I brought him on before I’ve definitely brought him on a live before to end the live um who would you like to see come to the wraps Anthony melon would be awesome Debo is not coming to Toronto after not like us video I’ll tell you what I trade you Drake for DeMar not after that Kendrick show that’s true do you think we will sign Kao to Mentor some of our youth um that would be interesting uh Brandon Ingram would be very interesting I’m not entirely sure about the fit but prediction ant to the Raptors I’m assuming you mean De Anthony Melton and not Anthony Edwards but okay Melton Gary Harris Naji who do you guys want on the Raptors curious um okay so what I’m going to do is I’m going to take 10 minutes to just decompress drink some water go to the washroom whatever um I’m going to leave this on the screen with a notice be right back at 9:10 you know what I wish I had I wish I had like a movie to put on or something you know what I mean like could I just put on a movie at some point but I’m so worried about like not even like a movie but like like if I could put on one of my films that’s so that’s so like conceited cuz it probably has nothing to do with basketball um let me see here oh actually could do that oh my God I could do that I could do that it’s not it’s not one of my best it’s not one of my best but maybe it is one of my most important I don’t know could I do that could I just put on one of my my films for 10 minutes like a film that I directed can I put it on for 10 minutes I don’t know let me see hold on one sec I just feel bad leaving something like this you know like just leaving uh you know be right back I feel like a freaking not sure um okay I’m just going to pick one hang on one sec give me one sec I could play no no no you know what the sucky thing is what like really is terrible is like when you’re reasonably um self-aware you end up hating everything you do which kind of sucks like I look back at all my films and I’m like man they’re all terrible I don’t think any of these are good damn it no know it’s crazy I haven’t directed a film in almost two years I gotta get back to that really soon I don’t know man I don’t think I can play anything of mine I’d be more inclined to play something of somebody else’s that would be awesome uh I can’t I thought the Raptors would have trade of Trenton brown right now you can’t trade a player that’s not under contract for you dude the goat has a good one out now I can’t play [ __ ] content cuz that would be like that would be super that would be very not nice um and kind of criminal I’m just be stealing another person’s content that’s what I’m trying to avoid doing um trying to think here like what could I play that could avoid a copyright strike that would be ethical to play um yeah screw it I I’ll play something on mine I get over my nerves okay I’m sure people are going to like it way more than I do anyway okay hang on uh you know what why don’t I let y’all pick hold on one sec and I promise that if something does break in the next 10 minutes I will um I will I will break the thing so here’s kind of the content let me see playlists films what the hell are films okay so film shorts whoops okay close close close so beautiful okay so those are our options and some of these do have copyright triggers unfortunately because a song was used or whatever so this doesn’t not my favorite film at all this does at the end and this probably would be the one I would play but little bit tough subject matter um this also has a song that’s used it was cleared but unfortunate um also has a song that was used this not bad and I don’t think it uses any songs and it’s pretty po politically charged but H okay cool let’s play It screw it all right ah okay pull myself off play it Daniel let me go today I just stormed out I don’t think I took it very well Daniel let me go today I just stormed out I don’t think I took very well I know things haven’t been great for a while I really I really need you can you please please pick up the phone please Pete where are you why are you calling from your cell phone I’m out with clients give minute I’ll call don’t bother I’ll just get a cab myself hey he e 911 excuse me 78 shurn Street there’s I’m there’s somebody chasing me calm down I’ll help you young man uh blue hoodie I was at an ATM I I think he might have a knife can you please send someone [ __ ] are you following me look I just wanted to give you this hey wait why because you did a really nice thing for me and I’m not entirely sure I deserve it if I take this you’ll deserve it that’s not what I meant look you want to come you back you could check out my band at the playoff showcase on Friday Jazz huh I used to work at this place in college you know it is I’ve G I miss hey look wait I feel terrible honestly I do you could have been a real jerk and instead you’re this really nice guy and I know that it shouldn’t but for whatever reason it makes me feel worse I don’t suppose you change your mind about the 20 what’s your name Louise Louise people get mugged every week it’s not a black and white problem it’s a crime and poverty problem what you think I’m not scared I’ve done that ATM grabbing Dash a couple times too but I guess I’m supposed to think that you ran because you saw my face I didn’t for whatever it’s worth it was the box cutter I guess I just scare easy exactly but I’m supposed to be offended and you’re supposed to be ashamed we’re not supposed to have this this yeah this that’s a surprisingly fresh perspective you don’t live around there right no no I don’t I nearly crashed my car and after it got tow I just started walking not realizing you know how you do that sometimes lack out and then hours go by no no that’s okay you don’t know where I can find a pay phone do you you don’t got a cell phone I lend you mine but it’s dead Gorilla Glass what you do put a hammer to it you want me to fix this for you a musician who fixes phones what else do you do if you can break it I can fix it I work in my granddad’s electronics repair shop he’s ripping me off on $5 an hour since I was 13 boy do you mind if I ask how old you are 17 but I’m 18 next month why seem a lot older not by the way you look just by everything else you need it tomorrow just pay me once is fixed why don’t I pick it up from you on Friday after your concert you actually coming are you saying I don’t have to no I mean you don’t I’m just kidding but promise me that you will not play any Miles Davis what’s wrong with Miles Davis serious dead serious you play blue and green and where go Sanctuary I’ve never heard it you want to hear it is it by Miles Davis yeah you know I never asked you your name it’s Penny like the basketball player I’m seriously impressed most people think it’s the Koy coin hi I made a cab I’m at um the corner of church and wle yeah great I’ll be at the w people yes sir yes sir you don’t understand I’m the one who made the call dvis no sign of caller 1078 you you realiz everyone take a step back who threw that you everyone take a step back bre what’s this it’s more work you know keep your hands right call ATM at we don’t have a looks like it says the employee is advising theil in the back was threaten people with the KN look like the RP employee what’s in here what’s in here hang right there you got anything on he just going to poke me stick me stab me stay your side don’t move anything else on you you know if you get anything else on you you go to the jail with it becomes a felony right oh are I’m the one who made the call we’re just trying to do our job okay we got a call about this from me you phone that you make the call no I don’t I gave it to him come in yeah we’re good can’t see moved 23 okay bye B okay we’re back a minute early let’s remove that okay let’s see if anything’s happened with the Tonto Raptors Johnny G really really toned off but okay no see that’s the problem like I think a lot of people were confused by that that’s yeah um thanks a lot appreciate it yeah it was um it was a commentary on the multiple misunderstandings that need to happen in order for something like that to happen right like it’s um maybe not the greatest job explaining visually obviously if people are this confused but yeah so basically what happened was she jumped to she jumped the gun she called the cops right initially when she was at the ATM she got a little bit freaked out she didn’t see his face but she got scared because she’s panicked and because she called the cops thing escalated escalated escalated and of course you know when you say someone has a knife right because you’re scared then people come looking for something else this was I made this seven years ago I’m a I want to say like I’m a 100 times better now but this is one of my first shorts I made this in my first year uh first year and a half of making films and um yeah um something that I I really felt in my in my soul and and of course like this is on the heels of you know Trayvon Martin and Oscar Grant and and all these seemingly innocuous you know like hey I was just trying to keep my neighbor Hood safe type of calls to the cops but you know how you call the cops is ultimately how they show up right so uh JV signs with Wizards is weird not bad for rookie start yeah yeah it was it was interesting it was very ambitious it was like we were trying to take on a lot and um yeah I don’t know all my director Heroes they all did like two three years of stuff and then they took like this eight-year you know kind of break I’m not taking an eight-year break from filming but I am taking a couple years I to tell you like you know so much of being a filmmaker and being a good director comes down to Ego management and massaging people and getting the best out of people and you know managing a lot of multiple pieces move it around managing your own emotions um project management I don’t know so yeah liberal saying that was good acting in Parts yeah but honestly I would I wouldn’t I wouldn’t hold the actors responsible for anything it was very rushed it was very uh very quick um it’s interesting if y’all have watched um there’s there’s a TV show that was just crazy on um God it’s it’s on crave um damn I’m forgetting the name wow how am I forgetting the name bric briam y’all remember briam Mac uh has anyone watched Bri ma can I get like a little bit of a it’s a great show uh the actress from that was actually in this yes so Game of Thrones no nope yeah it just uh it won a lot of awards so yeah it’s it’s really really worth watching as long as I’m giving shout outs since the Pelicans are in need of a center now the Raptors can swoop in and offer yaka purle and ask for a 2025 first the Pelicans have no Leverage What other Center can they get Aaron Rector saying I was actually really impressed with the short film basketball oh thank you appreciate that um yeah it was I think to some extent I think I can consider it my greatest failure as a filmmaker um that I was not able to give uh more technical expertise or have a more technically proficient it took me forever to edit that film and and and the end result was was was not great um but it just felt like to who to whoever got it it was the right message it was probably the wrong film but yeah okay okay let’s let’s share screen here share screen and let’s check the rumor mill it’s it’s it’s this um I owe my trophy I owe my trophy that’s what I owe his organization um it’s it’s it’s this is uh a window that we’re trying to capture and uh my commitment and my job is to try to bring a title here I mean like for whatever reason people don’t like Paul George I’m not really here to comment on it nor do I care why you don’t like him he’s a really good basketball player I don’t think he’s the reason they didn’t win a championship the last you know four or five years I certainly don’t I know that that seems so stupid now like oh you broke your word people really love clowning on that but he is definitely not the reason right and you can say Kawai you know his injuries whatever but he’s not the reason either they they put a lot of eggs in this basket and I don’t necessarily think they had the best team now here’s a question would you as a team no no I wouldn’t I was going to say would you bring Norman pow back but that just seems regressive Isaiah hartenstein is going to OKC um David C if this is not confirmed can I please ask in the future that you just WR I think or I hear or allegedly or something um or even prediction prediction dot dot Isaiah Hardy is going to OKC I also feel that he’s going to OKC but unless somebody you know credible reports that like it’s it’s not something that we need to be saying like that because then as I mentioned earlier in the in the live if you weren’t here everyone kind of pump fakes and has to go and check so that’s that’s not really fair Zack LaVine and the Bulls are trending that’s cool try to get they wanted to see if they would Chris Paul would agree to push the the guaranteed date um back again to give them more time um Chris Paul in this Camp they were not amenable to that um I was told that the Chicago Bulls were trying to get something going with the Golden State Warriors trying to get a Zack LaVine packaged together um you know what I was told it could been a Zack LaVine for Chris Paul or Andrew Wiggins the Warriors how was explained to me the Warriors they didn’t feel that was an adequate amount uh for a deal structure so things didn’t go as planned so that fail through and which led to uh the Golden State Warriors choosing to um release Chris Paul and I was told it was Mike duny the general manager who called Chris Paul and gave him the news I want to I want to give some context background real quick on what happened with Chris Paul um I mean that’s valuable I guess okay let’s see here any predictions on whether the Raptors will get something done tonight it just see this is a game in musical chairs typically you want to get things done early right but the only reason to get things done early is because other teams were skipping the line right I still I’m still pretty firm that [ __ ] will get done by 10:00 11:00 I’m pretty sure something is gonna happen for the Raptors I mean because you don’t want to be the last dog to the Bowl but obviously some pretty big dominoes have to fall first right Klay Thompson demard de R rozan Paul George just a really old person draft you know frankly not disparaging any of these guys I think they’re all younger than me um they’re 32 33 years old and I’m calling them old but old by NBA years there’s a lot of like older players right in terms of rating just like some of the moves that have been done so far I I can’t say anything looks too promising in terms of fit I I guess kcp in Orlando fits you know that’s that’s a that’s a that’s a good get for them um and with a roster that still has some guys in the rookie contracts but now fron Wagner and jayon Suggs are extension on ible next year Paulo Bol will be extension knowledgeable how do you keep all those people that’s where I’m like damn like it’s it be good to have some roster flexibility here because what if you could make a run I’m just hypothesizing here what if you can make a run at a team that has like four lottery picks and they can only pay three of them I mean like what if the magic can’t afford jayen sugs could you get them on an offer sheet here’s a here’s a hypothetical oh whoa huh why is your super sticker this color or is it because the other ones are super super chat and yours a super sticker that’s cool uh thank you very much for the super sticker that’s awesome really appreciate it coach Mo calling in what’s up so why do you think Chris Paul went to the Spurs some people are saying it’s uh he wants to start he wants to start yeah you think he’s gonna start in San Antonio he should start it’s almost like he threw in the towel on the championship though I mean okay what would you respect more him going to a young upstart you know team that could be a playoff Bound for the first time and be competitive or would you respect him more for bring Chase right now and where is he going where he’s ring chasing which which Contender would like him he doesn’t fit into a lot of contenders I get it and he’s and at this point you know this might just be um his his tag but it’s like is he worth the locker room potential the locker room potential like you know how he rubs people the wrong way and everything yeah he only rubs stupid people the wrong way humble opinion I like Chris Paul man you don’t like Chris Paul I do like Chris Paul I I love him as a player um but your the your reputation goes around and enough people say things about you right I mean if that’s the case I’m [ __ ] um no I I like man like I I I think he means well uh I always judge how a situation is after you leave more so than how it is when you’re there right like if you leave and the building crumbles two two weeks after you leave to me that’s you if you leave and the garden flourishes two weeks after I’m like oh that’s cuz he was watering it every day right so to me that’s that’s the general philosophy on this I look at a lot of guys who play with Chris Paul they got better they got way better and then after he left they got even better so I I think that’s a that’s a great legacy to have we very much you know hyper focus on rings and championships I don’t hold I don’t hold it against Charles Barkley that he didn’t win a championship I really don’t I don’t hold it against Gary Payton that he didn’t win a championship wait he won one Championship late in his career with um you hold Carl Malone what about Carl Malone I hold Carl Malone’s rap sheet against him about his championship um no I mean he bumped into Michael Jordan he wouldn’t I I didn’t really like car Malone that’s before all that other crazy stuff happened I didn’t like him I didn’t like him at all I grew up absolutely despising car Malone couldn’t stand the way he played just didn’t like his personality didn’t like anything about him just hated car Malone I was the original car alone hater like eight-year-old Rob I don’t think eight-year-old Rob hated any player in the league more than car Malone yeah so how do you feel about first of all are you shocked yonas went to the Wizards for 10 million a year for three years I mean okay so what’s worse three three years $10 million a year for Jonas funis or four years $20 million for yaka purle exactly so Steve stepen saying didn’t Malone get a ring with the Lakers no he didn’t no he didn’t the Pistons beat their ass I I also will say in that final series the Lakers had a chance if Kobe just relaxed and stopped hunting that Finals MVP because you know how they even talked about it later uh the Pistons some of the Pistons players they’re like we are going to make sure Kobe doesn’t get a shot off we’re gonna we’re gonna play everybody oneon-one but we’re going to double team we’re going to make it really hard for Kobe to get his numbers because we know he wants Finals MVP so it was almost a mind game and Shaq was actually pretty efficient his scoring numbers weren’t High because he wasn’t getting enough shots now Shaq kind of was a little bit on the heavier side and he was now at the tail end of his prime but I feel like had Kobe just put his ego aside they had a chance oh yeah for sure and that’s where and this is where I can’t put Kobe in the GOP debates yeah neither can I but a lot a lot of people do the way the way he shot in that Phoenix series that second half to prove a point yeah it’s like look here’s the thing Kobe died uh rest in peace his legacy goes beyond what he did on the court I think a lot of like his greatness comes come comes from the influence that he’s had on people I don’t want to get into a point where I’m like trying to talk about like Kobe because obviously I don’t rank him as a top 10 player of all time and everyone neither do I neither do everyone thinks crazy for that and that’s fine I don’t really need to argue that with anybody but yeah I mean when you look at the NBA history like they’re they’re just again people say five rings five rings five rings but it’s like yeah yeah there’s a there’s a lot of context to that so Kellen saying L see this is exactly what happens right if you don’t put Kobe in the top 10 it’s it’s religious this is It’s religious with him it’s religion yeah but but I mean it’s it’s like also like he was one of my favorite players like I really like he was my favorite player growing up besides Vince Carter he was my favorite player I used to I used to actually like count his stats in game him and Vince Carter were the only guys I used to do I’d be like okay he’s three for four okay now he’s four for nine I used to do that how many assists you have I used to count and watch him and do the counting stats in my head I kind of do that with Scotty now you know when you do it with your favorite player I I love that guy but hold on I’m just being objective I’m gonna show one thing bro that series that Series against the Pistons do you want to hear his stats cuz I know he shot them out of the building what the [ __ ] what Y what the [ __ ] I can’t find NBA cour side I have Kobe Bryant NBA course oh I’m so stupid I used to play that game I used to play that game and there was Kobe R cide too they came out with a second one yeah there we go uh hold on I’m make this small make myself big NBA cor side uh N64 ended up getting this um couple of weeks ago K Bryan NBA cor side y’all remember this I don’t know yeah man no I’m just quickly doing because if I remember correctly I’m trying to go back and see if I was actually correct uh on what yep on what oh my God so Shaquille O’Neal in that final Series against the Pistons was 53 for 84 53 for 84 in five games he shot he shot 63% he was a 26 and 10 so yeah but there’s a reason for that yeah yeah but you want here’s the thing here’s the thing Kobe he was he shot 113 shots he was 43 for 113 he shot 38% from the field that series and he shot 177% from three he took 22.6 shots a game I remember watching that series and being like and being a Lakers fan because Kobe was my favorite player and I’m like dude chill like he wanted it so bad he didn’t want the championship bad he wanted the finals MVP that bad and this is where you tip your hat to Jason Tatum yeah because he could have he could have done that had his objective been finals MVP there’s a very good chance the Mavs win that series that’s uh Mavs bro did you see how he was shooting oh he could have he could have lost him a game or two I I I need to go back and watch that for sure let me tell you this he shot he was shooting 30 I think he was shooting like 37% going into the final game from the field now take 25 shots 30 37% you’re gonna yeah for sure someone saying NBA Jam was fun NBA Jam was fun I have um I actually got NBA Jam the other day that was cool these are two games that um have a lot to do with my childhood I don’t know you you were an N64 guy right yes yeah so these were these were okay so so part of me chasing down all these N64 games was me just feeling very nostalgic and typically when you feel nost stalgic there’s probably something very wrong or very right going on in your life and I have no idea why I felt so suddenly nostalgic this year but when I was um when I was a very very young boy I did not have video games and I got made fun of mercilessly for it because all my friends have video games and they would just be like you don’t have video games cuz you’re poor and then you know you lie and you say you’re going to get it for Christmas or you you know but I mean I didn’t know why we didn’t have video games I guess my mom thought they were going to rot my brain or she thought you know they’re bad for you they’re bad for your eyes they’re bad for your brain they’re bad for this but I remember my grandparents um one day I I I complained about it this after my parents got divorced and I complained and complained and complained about it and I said yo like I don’t have video games I get made fun of mercilessly it’s like grade four it’s brutal you know video games kids don’t want to come to your house when you go to their house there’s nothing for you to trade with them you don’t have anything to talk about they’re talking about the new Smash Brothers game they’re talking about the new this game that game you can’t talk about it because you don’t have it so I don’t know and then I went to um I remember um since my parents were divorced uh my my my grandparents came over from Europe and they had this bag yo this is the funny part they didn’t tell me what was in this bag but it was a clear a clearish white bag and I could see into it I could see into it and I could see a Nintendo 64 in there bro for 3 hours I sat there having dinner knowing at the end of it I was going to get in 64 and I was like so giddy hour dinner it was like two and a half hours two hours whatever yeah I was like whatever we were sitting there for a while we were talking they were talking whatever and there’s this white bag and it has a Nintendo 64 and then halfway through it I’m like bro they haven’t given me an N64 yet maybe they’re just trolling me maybe they got it for someone else maybe it’s an empty box the guy started to get freaked out but I’m like man I want this S4 so bad and um and then at the end of the dinner W and behold they brought it out and they were just like you know you didn’t have a video game and I was like yeah and then they brought this box out this N64 and then there was one game with that and that was this Star Fox 64 and yo this big box this gigantic ass box with the rumble pack inside it’s crazy and um I L this game I cherish this game and I played it CU I didn’t have any other games so this was the only game I had for a long time and then in 2000 uh my dad decides to go back to Europe my parents had divorced for you know two three years at that point he wanted to go back and um it would be the last time I would see him alive because he died a year later and um my my grandmother told him uh go and buy him a game go and buy him a game for uh for the N64 and I was a kid like I’m not thinking about my dad’s leaving I didn’t really you know think too much about that I was just like Oh yay I’m getting another game and uh we went into the store and there were two games and um I was looking at shadowman 64 if you remember that game and this game Duke Nukem Zero Hour and I ended up getting the Duke nuk zero hour and I played the living [ __ ] out of this game like I bought the strategy guide for it and everything so these two games were so important to me to get back I don’t know what it is I felt really bad the minute I gave it back to EB Games I felt like a [ __ ] it’s just something weird man like I would love to be able to share these with my kid one day but the largely what these games I know they’re not my parents I know they’re not my dad I know they’re not my grandparents but for whatever reason like these these games have like memories and these boxes even though they’re not the same boxes they are like they look like the same boxes they are the same boxes but they’re not the exact same box but yeah I don’t know it’s something um that’s just really connected to to that period of my life you know and I really appreciate that um buo kitty saying do a Barr yeah um Carvin Chang say we all get um nostalgic yes like I’m not typically a very nostalgic person uh in general um but yeah like something something struck me with the 64 thing I just needed to get it so I ended up like I got like 80 games bro we’re around the same age we’re around the same age you’re like two I think you’re two years older than me for people for guys our age 64 you’re 34 I’m 34 Nintendo 64 is the most nostalgic uh console for our age range it is it has to it is like for me it’s two it’s Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast like those are my two and then I have I have memories of PS2 but also like my Dreamcast was what I got when I traded my64 in and my PlayStation 2 I got with my own money like I I like literally like bought it on my own salary so the Xbox Xbox 360 PS3 these things I bought for myself you know uh PX pjx saying banjo yep then there was banjo Tui I remember that one um but for the PS2 the greatest game on that console to me was Street volume two NBA Street volume two oh my God I have it um let me put you on game banjo banjo kazui banjo Kazi for the Nintendo 64 yeah bro this is this is Nostalgia 101 look at this it’s like if if you were to have if you were to have like 10 games that are a staple that game’s in it yeah that game’s in it so is Star Fox so is so is Diddy Kong Racing and and Mario Kart and Star Fox 64 and yeah I literally went through the entire list I have a really weird list because I obviously like so here’s the crazy thing when I like when I got when I got a job like and I was able to buy [ __ ] for myself and I didn’t have to rely on other people to give me Christmas gifts and stuff it was really strange because now I suddenly could get multiple games at once and that’s what really [ __ ] me up it’s when I can get like three four five games you know what mean now you’re not finishing games because there’s something else there’s something else there’s something else you know the truth is I love Duke n 64 I love Star Fox 64 I have no idea if these two are the best games I never I I never actually had Zelda as a kid I have I have both Zelda games now but I didn’t have them as a kid um but I had to play these games through the flu to like full because I didn’t have anything else to play yeah by the time I got like I I I played the living [ __ ] out of you know the other game I played living [ __ ] out of uh NBA 2K on Dreamcast that game was revolutionary the one that had Iverson on the cover for a couple years they had Iverson on the cover for like three straight years four straight years yeah yeah it was it was great I actually have um people didn’t know like after NBA Live 2005 NBA Live fell off so hard the one with Carmelo Anthony on the cover NBA Live where they introduced the dunk contest do you remember they had was crazy they had that yeah after that game it was a wrap for NBA live it was done by the way what Pride did you feel knowing Vince Carter was on the cover of 2004 I you know how much pride I felt I got two of them I got two I got two of them the only game that I can think of off the top of my head that I deliberately have two of cuz I was like yo I don’t know the next time a rap a raptor is going to be on a live or whatever I never ever thought about repping my city or whatever until I saw Vince Carter on that game on games I used to play I used to see Tim Duncan or Kevin Garnett right on on the covers Jason kid and it’s like we got our guy on it speaking of games that I milk the living [ __ ] out of NBA Live 2000 on the PC so NBA Live 2000 on the PC the one with Michael Jordan when Michael Jordan comes back in the game right dude with Tim Duncan on the cover it had this thing on PC that you could um you could face like you could basically take a picture of someone’s face right like you could take a picture of Chris Bosch’s face or Lebron James face or whatever and you could put it on there so for four years straight I played NBA Live 2000 and never got live 2001 never got live 2002 2003 I just kept playing live with all the new play players and I would draft like Chris Bosch you know uh I kept drafting Melo I drafted Melo to the Raptors a hundred times it never happened it was crazy um do you remember live 2003 where they introduced cutscenes they would always like MBA live used to do weird things they’ add things I don’t think I got live 2003 actually was kid on the cover and that’s when kid was on cover and that’s I hated I hated that one I they had these weird cut scenes they added these weird cinematic moments that didn’t actually affect the game play I I remember yeah yeah I remember going Jason kid to Kenyan Martin for like alyo Aly you B been spamming that [ __ ] like I was also living in that area at the time and then I I moved away so I mean Jason kid was like I mean it was interesting right when we eventually traded Vince Carter like back to the tri-state area that sucked um because I had a whole bunch of friends who could out root for him in East retherford New Jersey so um Carvin CH say the NBA 2K was the best game honestly those Graphics don’t hold up super well I got be honest with you like I played NBA 2K a couple of weeks ago the graphics do not hold up super well at all no they do not they do not but the live has a nostalgic feel because they were so good early onh and even though 2K was better years before it blew up it just took a while for people to yeah it took a while for people leave NBA 2K1 2K1 was awesome I you know who my favorite this is kind of weird like my favorite player in NBA 2k Brian Grant I love Brian Grant NBA 2K I don’t know why I scored like 50 points a game with that guy and he probably never scored 50 points Brian Grant the rashed Wallace on the with the dreads yep yeah I love Brian Grant Brian Grant was my what like honestly Brian Grant his position is what is extinct right he was a power forward he was a legit power forward like a Bly legit fil he’s now a fossil yeah stud in history books yeah let’s see here any news at all I feel like they’re just waiting for the big ones yeah they are like I feel like all these deals are pretty much up the entire night oh did you see that tweet did you see that tweet that read Kawhi Leonard won more playoff series in one year in Toronto than he did in five years with the Clippers yeah that’s absolutely true yeah he won four playoff series here and the thing is had you told him that he still goes probably yes yeah I mean maybe yeah probably it it was important to him to go home and you really shouldn’t uh yeah prediction rap Ingram wow uh Abu they offered Kingo for pg3 really where you get that I think I think Ingram is gone I think Ingram is gone I think Ingram is gone and I think the Pelicans need a center the Pelicans need a center and they’re going to use Ingram to get a center you know what I’m think it could be a three-way trade you know what I’m thinking yaka purle yaka purle for Brandon Ingram and we we’re gonna need a center so how do we replace our Center issue if if yaka PR’s in a trade what’s out there the in if theoretically he’s traded and we don’t get a center back in a deal where do we go Scotty Barnes is now your Center I’m kidding um do that to the kid good question I remember I remember breaking wilts record in NBA Live playing as Aaron mck I thought Brian Grant was bad all right cool that’s that’s that’s hilarious I remember having on the Super Nintendo having NBA Live 95 and the cover was literally the NBA Finals right the Rockets were on the cover I remember and the game was was so flawed if you shot from a certain area you never missed that’s how bad the game was if you took shots from certain areas it was a it was a swish that’s exactly it um man I’m trying to trying to think like when is this going to break surely we’re not going through the entire day of free agency first day first six hours of free agency without like I mean we we got one we got two is he sp’s major he’s not major but there’s so many free agents that are remaining right now but doesn’t it kind of like suck to know yonas a year later signed for three years 30 now I do think yakob is a better player but is he that cont he’s yeah different context right so number one he did not sign as an un he did not sign as uh as an unrested free agent he signed as a resigning it’s totally different resigning a guy you’re overpaying him to not go somewhere else if yaka Perle hit the open market he’s probably getting 45 and three so yeah a little bit more than Jonas sorry a little bit more than Jonas funis but also but here’s the thing the threat theoretically the threat waser can I also mention he’s way younger than him he is I don’t know about well yeah Jonas is getting up there in age isn’t he yo yonas is drafted in 200 he’s 32 so he’s like three what is he three four three and a half years older yobs in his 20s dude we’re not just talking about a more valuable player type I think I think yakob is being criminally slept on here like I’m three and a half years younger he’s three and a half years younger he’s three and a half years huge that’s Jonas’s entire [ __ ] contract that’s a massive difference and just just the player type is so different like yakob is is just he’s just better okay so here we go here’s the here are the free agents okay NBA free agents tracking the status and and signing the ball free agents I should have done this to begin with uh uh oh so available LeBron James Paul George Klay Thompson Tobias Harris you can see my screen I can see it okay Tobias Harris Gordon Hayward Kao Debo buddy heeld ion fornier Gary Trent Jr Mark Kel folz Malik Beasley tus Jones Luke Canard Doug mcdermit guy Harris Gary Harris what are these numbers that are attached to them so that’s their last contract their previous annual average was that so Gary’s previous annual average was 17.28% or like dear they’re getting an LA kid okay so in terms of let’s just Peg out where these guys go LeBron where’s he going Lakers take a pay naturally Paul George Philly Klay Thompson how does Dallas get him people are saying Dallas Dallas midlevel he can get him with his mid-level I think okay you’re telling me you’re telling me he’s going to take less to not being golden yeah it’s a pride thing okay so here’s here’s what I think here’s okay this is going to sound crazy because he because hear me out clay has a lot of uh he looks up to his father and his father was a Laker great yep he might go to the Lakers his dad has always wanted him to play for the Lakers because his dad does radio for the Lakers I think right exactly so I think that clay to the Lakers or or clay to the magic now the magic already signed Casey P so I’m not really sure how much roster space there is for Klay Thompson now seems a little bit redundant so it seems so the way this is breaking down it seems to me the magic went to Clay and they were like this is our offer and he said no and then they went okay kcp let’s get it done let’s lock this up let’s not some teams are deciding to be early some teams are deciding to dangle their feet a little bit and see what opens up there might be some great opportunity that comes up later in terms of the players that I’m really interested in here let’s talk about that right and also let me stop advertising for all these stupid ass companies that are running ads damn now I’m advertising for Lion King well that’s not that bad Lion King is pretty cool [ __ ] man how do I bro how do I cancel this [ __ ] like get these [ __ ] ads off my screen where does Tobias Harris go I guess I’m gonna I’m gonna install AB blocker I I can’t I can’t do this [ __ ] anymore hold on ad block surf the web stop annoying ads accept get ad block yep got to download this [ __ ] bro like I am done these popups they’re so insanely annoying okay where we at where we at where we at where we at how do we get this why Chrome web store I stupid why why can’t I figure this out why can’t I get this it no longer works use one block extension instead is ad block dead oh no I don’t know if ad block is dead for non YouTube stuff but if you I know no bro I’m looking at the screen it’s June June 30th uh it no longer works use the one block extension instead YouTube will literally be like yo you’re on ad block get that off or you do you cannot use YouTube yeah yeah I get that that’s not that’s not what I’m that’s not what I’m saying here I’m saying that like ad block literally is not working so if okay you block all right [ __ ] whatever 4.7 rating all right yeah apparently I’m an idiot can’t figure out how to download this either okay while you’re while you’re doing that um so all these teams like like you’ve had discussions about you know um Zack LaVine they’re not giving you their 2025 that’s not happening but what about we take that and we we sweeten the deal for them with like an expiring but we just ask for a 2025 swap top three protected not enough they’re going to be like Zack LaVine dude I need more no no no I need 2025 top Three swap 2026 uh wait wait wait something happened W bomb okay finally got something free agent nji Marshall has signed a three-year $27 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks well that takes one out [ __ ] we would have gave him more too I don’t know if we would have given him more we should have given him more damn it n million a year God free agent Mason plumbley has agreed to a one-year deal with the Phoenix Suns all right okay we’re finally getting rolling here [ __ ] it’s 10 o’clock and we’re finally getting some deals done here all right Naji Marshall threeyear $27 million deal I give this deal an a great job he is however replacing somebody because I believe Derrick Jones Jr is not a free agent right sorry he is a free agent he is he is would we go after Derrick Jones I’d rather have’t had N na Marshall yeah so would I um I don’t know man the Raptors have this funny funny thing about them I just know in my heart we would have gave him more than this we would have to yeah but it really does come down to does he want to be here or does he not want to be here um RX saying Messiah is waiting to sign a g-league player Naji and Lively dang Dallas got better yep Jones would be a great fit yo it’s like what man Naji Marshall is he’s good I just feel like when what we saw um Griffin get traded for right we saw how Dyson Daniels was lowkey kind of a throw in not so much but kind of and it’s like we never know like we never know what being valued as work bro yeah but we never know what is being valued as what right like we don’t know that and Dyson’s 20 so it’s like he’s a top eight pick 20 right I know the Raptors would have been super interested in him the same way they were interested in oai abaji but he wasn’t available and you know again it’s like at some point Dyson is going to be extension eligible and he’s going to have less value because you’re GNA have to extend him so at like right now I think we’re at a point in the CBA where rookies who are somewhat productive need to be traded after year two right because if you trade them after year three the other team is basically biting the bullet on the extension it’s kind of like you know trading Emanuel quickly so like right now let’s say for instance Jobe Walter right job wther we just drafted him let’s say he’s good this year and he’s really good the year after he is not going to have more value in year three than he has in year two yeah because he’s closer to Payday exactly so you get like you gota you got to think like what an interesting you know team building option a productive player on a rookie contract actually gives you okay saying is Dyson Daniels like Jer O’Neal buried on the bench and then goes off first team I don’t know maybe but I see him more as like a role player like a super role player he fits well he fits much better next to Trey than dejon did first of all we will see how long Trey young is there like I think that could also be a bit of a hold here what’s San An doing with all the cap space the reports in Atlanta are they had way more offers for Deonte Murray yeah I don’t doubt that because again portability exactly exactly and I don’t want Trey Young on my team I don’t but also like first of all de jante makes a lot less money so you’re gonna have less and this is what I say like the Raptors now I know dejonte Murray and Derek white are better than the players the current current that the Raptors currently have on their team a lot of the players the rap they have but that portability is what I’ve been talking about pretty much the entire time is that when you have um players like Bruce Brown players like they just switch you know they just flip and switch like you have to restructure your whole offense for Deonte Murray no you have to restructure your whole offense for Trey young yes yeah that’s different build the entire roster around him yeah exactly uh zigsaw puzzle saying did we talk about Naji Marshall yes he is a really good young player I think the the the Pelicans are losing a good one here um you’ve been doing some digging on the trades the Raptors have been making right not too long ago when was the last trade the Raptors made where you were like that’s my front office um the last trade the Raptors made where I thought that’s my front office H let’s see I that’s I I I did like the New York trade okay I did um the trade hold on hold on hold on hold on I mean I guess I I don’t mind the value we got back for Jay Jaylen McDaniels it’s not bad um marol is pretty cool I like JV but I completely understood the massive upgrade that marol was defensively we don’t win we don’t get out of that Philly series not not a chance no we don’t um in terms of like man like like like uh you know the second round pick for AJ Griffin type of deal like that crazy gravis Vasquez for Norman Powell type of swap the barani heist The barani Heist the barani trade yep that that yes offloading Rudy gate immediately knowing this ain’t it yeah but I mean okay you know it’s ironic we kind of need to do the Rudy Gay trade again but in Reverse that’s what we need to do see all these talks about like oh we got to get Zack LaVine we’re actually talking about doing the Rudy Gay trade in Reverse we’re talking about letting another team do the Rudy Gay trade now right so we need to be very fairly compensated for that we cannot buy into this illusion that Zack LaVine is a star because the Sacramento Kings so thirsty for uh for relevance back then and so thirsty for ticket sales needed to you know go after Rudy Gay like of all [ __ ] players like one of the most overrated undeserving you know like franchise tag type players and I remember I’ll never forget like I respected Brian Colangelo until he did this and this is this is a true story uh Rudy Gay got here uh Brian Colangelo traded for him obviously and Rudy Gay said to BC he said to Brian Colangelo you f he Brian clel said finally like finally we got you finally and Rudy Gay says uh it’s it’s time to [ __ ] what was it God damn it I’m I’m missing the words but basically the essence of it was you should have picked me first right like like you finally got we’re going to make it right now that I’m um it’s been a long time I remember hear hearing that story and it was from someone who would have known back then and I just lost my [ __ ] mind I was like if you’re acting like this guy’s like your franchise savior type of guy coming over like no wonder I think a lot of Americans uh SP saying you should have picked me yes that that is that is the that is the that is the notion of what he said in an interview about that interaction afterwards but there was something else said before anyways long story short I don’t like that because they treated him like a star and this notion of Toronto treating a whole bunch of role players like stars it obviously precedes Messi jury Y what I have never appreciated and this is something that you know um I think it goes to a content creator out there as well but it also goes to a lot of Americans I think a lot of Americans come and to Canada or approach Canada with a sense of elevated arrogance savior yes they have the what you know what Americans have a white savior complex with Canada it’s a big brother complex or a white savior complex or whatever you know what I mean like like when you like I’m just talk I’m going to talk about something real right now like when you have like a wealthy white person right that goes into the ghetto right or goes into government housing or goes into the hood and she starts the African trips those those African trips to build a school or whatever exactly yeah that notion saving the world yeah like I can save you before even understanding you because I’m better than you that notion of like saviorism complex but the problem with that is also you expect to be viewed in that way and aned in that way forever credited that way it is the ultimate you know Big Fish small pond element it’s all like and it’s not just Canada obviously it’s it’s not a Canada America thing it’s a small Market Big Market thing whereas Rudy Gay might go to a team that he deems to be a smaller market and and act like Oh I’m a big shot here you know what I mean and I’ve always had an issue with that because first of all I think Toronto’s a world class City and what I really appreciated was when Tim liwicki came here he really invigorated that notion of like you gotta you got to sell yourself on yourself before you try to sell other people on yourself and the issue is when people come here acting like they’re doing you a favor coming here like they should be happy I just reported you know what I mean that to me is really weird and I’ve heard a lot of Americans uh talk about uh Toronto in this sort of sense of like a second class sort of thing and it’s just it has never sat right with me and even some of the Canadians who are you know talking well about Canada across the world have this notion of inferiority to them and what I’m Derek Jones Jr news okay is it Toronto Raptors related Derek Jones new news let’s see Legion Hoops okay um Derek Jones Jr will not resign with the Mavericks this summer well no [ __ ] that’s not breaking news we know that they already signed oh man okay never mind I got all hype for a second we know that we know he’s not resigning with them I don’t know man I I would I would look at Derrick Jones he’s a he’s a decent cutter um you know could could the Raptors develop him as a shooter I don’t know this this this does have the potential to blow up in your face though for sure because he is a guy who’s coming off a championship run and he was really good as a Defender but this could also be one of those like you know this was a contract year type of situations yeah but he can’t it’s it’s Bruce Brown all over again um okay maybe I’m not sure I mean Bruce Brown looked good with KD and Kyrie and then he looked good with uh yic right so I mean 6 foot eight 7 foot wingspan this is a this guy has Raptor written all over him okay so yeah I mean this is a very Raptors z type of guy right true shooting percentage three-point attempt rate is really high free throw rate is high you know overall a solid two-way stop Gap role player probably consider him like bringing some sort of finals experience or whatever the [ __ ] they think so yeah I mean he’s an on ball you know he’s a he’s a point of attack Defender he kind of short up a little bit like I mean would you offer him a mid level yeah he’s the type of player we do need Mavs are pursuing a sign and trade routes for Klay Thompson okay Harris Amari saying can’t thank you enough for streaming this long man you’re a legend appreciate you thank you this might have to go to midnight before anything pops off my God 8 Hour live stream we’ve done that before I think we did a seven hour stream before ah the stamina that it takes to talk for seven hours [ __ ] it does take a lot okay let’s go back to this so this one right here let’s predict where all these guys going Nick Claxton is still available by the way or did he no he went back my bad my my God the top three contracts are are Raptor or former Raptors yeah true true true true true um crazy you get Emanuel quickly for a little bit less than you would have gotten Fred Van b or Pascal yakum or OG anobi when you put it that way because all the teams overpaid for those guys it almost makes you feel better I I feel okay about the Patrick Williams signing it’s a reasonable enough swing on a player who has some upside it honestly the Kings win the off season right away for getting Malik monk four years you know 77 million is crazy James Harden two years 70 million canabus com so let’s just go through and just break down the deals that have happened like uh I’ll just I mean I guess I can ask you just for a letter grade and and a sentence and we we can move on OG and anobi five years 212 grade and um one I would give it I would give it a b because of the circumstances they were in okay and the roster that’s built around them but in a vacuum it’s like a D minus okay I would give it a B+ because they pretty much had to do it or they would have lost him guaranteed Pascal seaka four years 189 I’m honestly G to give it a B+ because of they didn’t give up any core players and it was a good trade for them considering what they gave up and they kind of had to do this deal but they didn’t give him five years so I’d give him a B+ I’m I’m gonna give it a C+ because honestly I think it’s going to age poorly but I think he was fine for them and I just hope for their sake that this is not going to massively complicate their ability to keep some of their young players because at some point down the line you’re going to have to re sign jarus Walker Benedict Maan Andrew nard and other teams can come in hard with restricted free agency for those guys because you have Pascal sakam on a virtually unmovable contract going into age 34 Emanuel quickley five years 175 grade comment C minus they bit against themselves he was a restricted free agent I like the player but I I believe they could have got him for less or at least tried to get him for for Less I’ll give it yeah I’ll give it I’ll give it a c minus as well I love the player love the fit don’t love the length I mean I’m fine with the length of the contract I just think the annual average is a little high given where we are in the new CBA and how difficult this contract might be to move but I like his portability and versatility and I do believe even if right now he is not by many people considered a starting guard some people say he’s a bench guy he’s a bench guy I think with within a year of this contract he’ll establish himself firmly as a starting point guard I already think he has that I think he’s good enough to already have that yeah but if if I go through the list of every single team in the league I guarantee you end up with at least 15 teams he wouldn’t start for well I read somewhere as of right now going into next season if nothing changes and no one s anything he’s like at the halfway point in terms of starting point guards in terms of salary no I yeah I I get that but I’m trying to tell you he wouldn’t start on at least 15 teams as either a backourt player right and you gotta understand a lot of a lot of websites don’t even have him as a point guard they have him as a shooting guard shooting shooting guard is like the weakest position in the league has been for years so that’s where I’m seeing like as a guard forget point guard shooting guard whatever just as a guard right I is he a top 30 guard in the league he could be yeah but he’ll be on the very bottom end of that and I think we’re gonna get to a point where you just don’t pay $35 million average for the 30th guard he won’t be 30th at the end of this year I believe okay derp saying hoop Central I’m told LeBron James called Klay Thompson right when free agency open these conversations this negotiation will go tomorrow go into tomorrow there’s probably not going to be resolution tonight Sour’s hoop Central cool um yeah overall I’m fine with that uh Nick Claxton four years 100 it’s almost incomplete like they’re they’re tanking cool 25 is whatever yeah I mean he’s 25 years old and they paid him $25 million a year to stay on a tanking team they had to do it I’m going to give this a B minus uh Patrick Willams five years 90 million I like this deal I’m going to give this a B+ because they got him for five years and considering the rumors of what he wanted and he fits a need they have a bunch of guards I think they two most important players besides him is Kobe white and now it’s giddy so yeah he fits and they got five years so yeah I I feel the same way I probably would have given him a three-year deal I would have hard B I would have hard bargained for a three-year deal because I still don’t completely trust him as a basketball player but that’s just me but he’s 23 years old and if this deal works out for you I just think with a five-year deal if I don’t trust that he is going to get much better this could feel a little bit more like DeAndre Hunter contract which is no one’s definition of an asset so the only thing I would change is I would try to bargain for a three-year deal to give him more time to prove himself as a basketball play because I don’t think we’ve seen enough really good basketball from Patrick Williams if he does show you have him for five yeah I get what you’re saying it’s it’s a risk but I feel like and they’re not planning on being good anyway so their salary cap besides LaVine it’s not okay out of 100% give me the odds that he exceeds the value of this contract is because in an Ideal World under 50% it’s under 50% ex considering what we know yeah what I’m saying is in an Ideal World the fairest contract in the world is 50% you have a 50% chance to exceed the value of that contract and a 50% chance that you will not I think that any contract that is signed where it is 75% unlikely that the person will exceed the value of that contract is an overpay personally even if you can somewhat sell yourself on like okay well you know we had to pay two million extra but he’ll get close I mean Patrick Williams yeah I mean a deal five years 90 represents an 18 18 million a year annual average that’s going to be close to the mid-level exception in like four years so the back end of this deal does not scare me what scares me is if he comes out next year and is completely unplayable and that would require him to become just awfully lazy right but you have to ask yourself like do you trust him as a player because if you don’t trust him this is a stupid deal I don’t and I don’t either so like that’s just kind of where I’m at with him like I just don’t trust him so I wouldn’t give him five years I’d give him three years I would given him three years 60 million I wouldn’t mind that that’s what I would have done with him okay Malik monk four years 78 a plus me too James Harden two years 70 with a player option um I’d give it an a a one one more year you’re at he’s giving you a discount so I guess you won $35 million a year for 35 35y Old James Harden is not necessarily a discount but I understand the theory of it yes um for the regular season he can get he can get you through a lot of rough patches in the regular season he’s that good um I remember thinking if I’m James Harden if it’s possible I’d rather go to the Lakers because I think they could be more competitive kaw’s Health PG gone it’s like you you’re really not gonna be doing much in on the clippers but somebody I remember saying that and somebody was like it’s just going to be like the watch watchbook thing all over again and I’m like are you serious you know um certain teams and this is a this is a phenomenon of the NBA right do you remember Tracy McGrady in San Antonio remember Tracy McGrady in Detroit I do I do and the Knicks yeah you remember Steve Francis in in New York he wasn’t there long do you remember um hakee elijan in Toronto unfortunately yes all of these players looked like they’re Allstar selves when they became these completely scrubby terrible players Harden’s not a scrub no I know that Harden’s awesome what I’m trying to say is that and and more specifically I’m talking about uh Klay Thompson going to the Lakers and you know legm taking a discount for it what I’m trying to say is that it’s really hard for an average person to distinguish between a 29-year-old dear Rosen and a 34y old Demar Ros because they look like the same [ __ ] person it’s really hard like the worst I want to say like the weirdest type of player like John Wall like if you saw John Wall on the street right now right or saw John Wall in a in a gym or you saw John Wall in an open gym or you saw John Wall in like a proam or something like bro you probably thinking this guy could be a starting point guard right now wall wall in the workouts is crazy work right now right his his mixtapes are legendary even today absolutely even Melo right now he still kind of looks like Melo he didn’t blow it up like if you seen Don Marshall lately you understand what I mean like he looks different I’m not laughing like I think that’s health related bro I’m not I’m not laughing he looks different but it’s not like that Vince Carter he he don’t look that different Tyreek Evans is a good example he don’t look that different Larry Hughes I mean I’ve seen some of the guys Gilbert Arenas [ __ ] Gilbert arenus looks like he can still give work right but man watching Gilbert Arenas at 32 gez he fell yep what I tried to tell people about Pascal kakum was the same thing you could say Professional Pride whatever I’m I’m just saying I don’t want to find out where the motivation ends I just don’t Dev like Advocate wall Arenas ravaged by injuries like destroyed Arena’s knee he had like multiple surgeries wall multiple surgeries right those guys it wasn’t it wasn’t a will it’s just their body just gave up even McGrady it wasn’t a lack of will he was a shell of himself even near the end of Houston he was nothing like his Peak Orlando days nothing okay Devil’s Advocate back Kevin Durant Achilles injury still came back right Kobe Bryant Achilles injury right still came back Dominique Wilkins like these are way more serious injuries than some of these other guys suffered it look at arvita sabonis 30 to 36 years old like those six years of his career he was ravaged by injuries prior to that like he had multiple surgeries and he didn’t need to play he didn’t need he didn’t need to fight through that but there was something in him that still is that what you’re saying there was this will to continue to to put the work in yeah that’s exactly it right it’s like look injuries the a the the risk of significant basketball related injuries goes up with age and no one going to tell me that the average 25-year-old is less durable at 25 than they will be at 35 so I start to think of it like a little bit like you’re playing roulette or like Russian Roulette almost right and it’s like at some point you stop like look at okay easy to say Klay Thompson’s washed but like look at the multiple injuries he went through and he described many times numerous times how hard it was to get back from it um your body just doesn’t recover the same after 30 right um okay so tyry Fontaine Rob injuries cannot be Quantified this easily um I understand that I’m saying the average the average 25y old is more durable at 25 then they will be at 35 would you agree with that statement like Vince Carter in Theory should have been I mean again of course you can take drastic changes uh Vince Carter certainly was less injury PR you can change the way you play you can change the way you train you can change a lot of things but I’m saying on average a basketball player is more likely to have and is less likely to recover quickly at an older age right that’s why that’s why we’re always talking about when injuries happen did you tear your ACL at 18 or you tear it at 28 28 different situation right that’s the body so um my point is sometimes after a guy has had multiple but also like I also look at where you get your advantages from right like I’ve mentioned this many times with the seak thing quick Twitchy athletes don’t um they don’t typically age well and I would dare anyone to find one that did okay can I I right can I ask you this question what since we’re talking about seum cakam though I agree when he starts when the quick the quick twitch and the speed goes down it’s going to be a problem for him he’s been he’s healthy he’s relatively healthy he plays games now a guy who’s around his age this gentleman who’s a great player a Hall of Famer a champion he’s going to be 30 in December Giannis has been injured multiple playoffs in a row right he’s turning 30 in December yep how is how will he age cuz he doesn’t have a great skill set he’s not Skilling people to death well that’s exactly it look look at how great Al Horford has aged relative to others look how great Al Horford has aged and look at that as the absolute archetype of a player that age well right a player who constantly evolved their game a player who can shoot and a player who’s Big so every time you deviate from that model I.E you get a player who’s small you get a player who can’t shoot you get a player who’s more slight to build you get a player with injury history you know you get a player that’s more finesse more relying on speed and quickness when have you ever thought Al Horford’s fast Al Horford’s never been fast right you never thought Al Horford’s super athletic he’s a functional solid athlete but he’s never super athlete he wouldn’t blow him past anybody right I don’t know I think I think about that um there are just certain players that have just fallen off I really think like people don’t remember Ben Gordon’s fall off people don’t remember Josh Smith’s fall off people don’t remember Rudy Gay’s Fall Off K Walker kemba’s K was like overnight it was almost like overnight absolutely um and so what people don’t really factor in is that this Paul George contract four years potentially being signed his fallof could be literally next year well he’s already in defensive Paul George he is not even close to having the burst he did in his Indiana days if you remember highly he had a deadly First Step oh I understand that but he’s still a 69ine shooter with a lot of skill so he’s slowed down significantly already he’s just that good he has a really good base a skill set that’s why they call him the goat he’s like the the Prototype of the modern player mhm I I think what I’m trying to say is that like at some point there’s like a human element to motivation okay now I like whatever pushes you like I remember I shared a story about like my building going crazy right like there’s a lot of people beefing with each other and stuff like that right I shared it on a previous live so there’s this woman who’s like leading the charge for all these PE you know and it’s particularly because she did construction her father passed away due to a lack of attention to detail on poor construction and she believes that our building is on the path to doing something very dangerous with construction so she is super passionate about this right you take a case like I don’t know like like my my my my friend my my friend who passed away Rob Stewart you know the the filmmaker behind shark waterer like he saw what people were doing to sharks and he made a documentary about it he did something about it because he loved sharks he grew up with sharks he swam with sharks he loved sharks and so he could not imagine that you know um these these these these people were just cutting off their fins and throwing them in the ocean he couldn’t he couldn’t he couldn’t unsee it so he had to do something about it I’m saying like human motivation is a real thing there there’s a reason why people become more efficient with their time when they become new parents you know what I mean when you have a kid you’re going to make you probably think like oh my God I’m going to be stressed out no man your brain is going to rewire itself real fast and you’re going to become more efficient with your time you’re going to become very stingy with wasting time on things because you got you got something real to do you got purpose you got identity so purpose is important like what is your purpose for a lot of basketball players and I’m just being real about it per their purpose is money their purpose is one more bag one more big bag let me set it up one more big bag right when you give the person their last big bag now you test the Love of the Game now you test Legacy LeBron James I have no question last big bag still going to be his his his quest is so [ __ ] Beyond money with LeBron it’s never going to be about money he’d probably take like $2 to play if that if that gave him a championship and that is really a great quality of his but yo like at some point you’re just going to run out of fuel to give a [ __ ] about doing this it’s going to break down your body’s going to break you know Tracy McGrady’s talked about it Gil’s talked about it there’s a lot of players man I don’t know if they’re going to admit it as candidly as some of these other guys did at some point it just it’s not worth it you lose you lose passion for it but you’re not losing passion if someone’s throwing $180 million at you to play for four years you’re not going to like say no to that but like how much did you love it to begin with that that to me it will be tested in your last payday that’s what gets tested right so Pascal yakum his days of you know 5060 million type contracts $40 million this done this is the last one Fred Van vet probably this is his last huge contract but he’ll probably still get a decent one after this one because this one runs out this year he has a he has a team option next year guarantee you they don’t pick that up and then we’ll see what happens after that but like someone like Paul George like if he if you find out that he doesn’t care next year if comes in there’s dysfunction between him he not happy he lets himself go a little bit oh my God like that’s that’s tough so to me it’s like you always got to keep someone focused on their next contract but at some point you run out of next contracts and then you find out who they are then you find out because that’s the thing we guaranteed contracts like imagine if I told you straight up if I told you you get paid no matter what for the next five years whether you do your job or don’t do your job are how how how motivated are you to do your job well that’s I mean that brings up it makes me think of like union jobs yeah and the work and I am and I’m certainly seeing the the fruits of of unions right now because you know we we’ve had these new TOs installed in our building and they’re very hard to clean they’re very hard to clean and every all the cleaners seem to hate these new Tils and they are insisting that they do not have the right machine to clean it so I was like bro like you just need new materials and to scrub a little harder you probably be able to clean it and I proved it by doing it on our floor but they won’t clean it and the Management’s like we can’t let them go we can’t fire them so for weeks and weeks these tilts are left dirty in our building because they don’t they don’t have the machine yet and they won’t they won’t go further and the management can’t let them go union jobs tenure all these things people become people show you who they are when they have nothing to lose okay so I guess what I’m saying is when you sign someone to what they believe will be their last big contract you’re going to find out who that person is yep right um so we’ll see you know and and and I think ultimately comes down to standards you know you need to get a real Clear Vision of what that player’s vision is for themselves so when Scotty Barn says I want to be one of the greatest players of all time you know money is not the motivating factor here money is nice to have so I believe IQ has intrinsic motivation I agree but I agree but do you think the contract that he was given knowing full well he does not earn that in the open market does that make him go harder it could yeah it could or it could be like ultimate like whoa they paid me like I’m better than jayen Brunson let me go be better than jayen Brunson yeah if if look if if I’m Emanuel quickley and this is the contract they gave me and he’s obviously a very prideful person like it’s important like to to know that like he’s a very very prideful person um he’s talked about it many times about like his vision for himself like what he’s trying to prove to himself like he’s trying to he’s like obsessed with the craft of it so if none of that is cap and this is real yes this contract is like he is going to work even harder than he’s working before to get to earn this contract cuz you know again pride is important Pride some some people are down on Pride I think Pride’s important you know some people internally they answer to themselves right those are the best people in my opinion those are the very best people because those are the people that don’t [ __ ] you over even when there’s no camera even when there’s no proof see I always say you find out who someone is when they can get away with [ __ ] you over and they don’t that’s it a lot of people won’t do a lot of things there are people out here who probably go and run someone over if they knew that they can get away with it the motivation factor is really important here there are certain players though and I mean I’ve talked to a lot of people about this this is one of the questions anytime I’ve met a scout anytime I’ve met a coach anytime I’ve been anywhere around basketball the one question I ask is what percentage of players do you think don’t care what percentage of players do you think treat this like it’s just a job what percentage of players basically show up and do the absolute bare minimum ass just to not face ridicule like there’s a obviously like a professional Pride ego element of this like OB these obviously all these guys are like very very proud individuals and whatever but you know so they don’t want to be like subject to like accusations of you know like you know what I mean um but to some extent when I look at when I when I’m always curious about that and I always get come back with it’s more than 50% that more than 50% of people view basketball or professional sports specifically basketball as a means to something else a means to an Investment Portfolio a means to a successful retirement a means to take care of their family a means to launch companies a means to whatever and if it’s a means to an end and not the end in itself then it really does matter what your next motivation is so when you sign a guy to a four fiveyear deal you better be [ __ ] sure that in their mind that’s not the last big contract they’re signing you got to get a real gauge on the ideas that they have about themselves what goals they have about themselves are they chasing championships are they chasing a billion dollars because you know what I have no problem no problem giving someone $100,000 a year if their goal is a billion dollars because they’re going to chase that next one and the next one till they get there right I’m not trying to make this about money I’m just trying to make this about human motivation and maybe I’m going way way way too long about it but to me it’s like if you find out that a guy that you just signed to four years 190 million didn’t really [ __ ] care and was just looking to get paid and maybe behavior that you’ve witnessed from that person like throughout has shown you that this whole [ __ ] thing was about money to him and it’s always been a means to an end that that’s tough that’s really tough because you know the Raptors found out a very very hard way with hakeim alijan he didn’t give a [ __ ] about being here it was one last payday for him $18 million $8 [ __ ] million and he played half a year basically and then took off so like to me that’s the motivation you know what are your thoughts on Troy Weaver don’t like him okay so there’s this tweet that’s hilarious it says Troy Weaver got to the Wizards drafted SAR and handed out 55 million to ran Holmes and yonas melan chunis love to see people stay true to themselves hold on what um he’s joining the Wizards front office is he what is he bro he’s a senior adviser he’s not their general manager yeah must be great to have connections what do you think the pay for senior advisor is um probably like 300,000 200,000 something like that I don’t know I have no idea I’ve never asked to to and and what does that entail like you you hit up the zoom chat once a week I don’t know bro but if the Pistons are teams Microsoft teams let me make myself available to y’all I’ll take on a junior advisory role you can pay me $20,000 a year and I promise you I’ll help you out unfortunately and I’ll probably help you out more than this guy I mean honestly that that might sound very egotistical um you know Troy Weaver was a very very well-respected executive prior to Detroit um and I probably just sold myself very very short with the 20,000 I correct myself 200,000 Junior advisor role I petition for it yeah I mean it’s a it’s a lot of money to do a job with no pants on and just a button up shirt I mean honestly like how much of what happened in Detroit do I hold against him how many GMS would have taken Cade first almost all of them almost every single J and would have taken Kate first I I I can think of one or two that might have considered Evan Moy or Jaylen green but most people would have taken one of those three guys all three guys were the wrong guys to take number one the number one guy should have been Scotty so it’s like you look at that and you’re like well he’s tried to jam a square peg into a round hole what do you what do you think of the Kade deal where I think uh the max was 229 what did he get like 226 the max was 226 they gave him 226 um the Wizards are going to use this team friendly contract and cycle these contracts for expensive team salaries and take draft assets so pretty much exactly what the Raptors are doing but they they have more room to do it they can take back even more sizable Behemoth contracts did OKC really offer number six and Shay for Cade in 2021 you know I heard that rumor too that OKC really really wanted to move up for Cade and you know weirdly enough I’m not even I’m not even I wouldn’t even be surprised if that was true because Shay is just like he is such a weird development story like in terms of the player he’s become yeah I I don’t know if that’s true though I I heard something like that as well but I’m not sure it’s true who would have predicted he got even better this year dude but that’s the thing what is Kade uh sorry what is Shay’s internal Motivation by the way trying to beat himself that’s the point you know um that’s the best type of person do you know yeah yeah for real and people okay where were you at Shay during the regular season let’s say February right I’m I’ve watched enough OKC games and I’d honestly say people would be like he’s he’s not better than Tatum I’m like yo Shay’s better than Tatum I was like Tatum’s been to the playoffs this many times I don’t care Shay’s better than him I’ve seen enough he’s better and then we see him in the playoffs and he’s performing I feel like Shay in that bro I don’t care what anybody says Shay against the Mavs that series he that was a deadlift job Tatum he had to do that whole series Tatum has done uh drag his teammates to the finish line for a game here and there but not a series right and it’s like bro there’s levels to this there’s levels to this and and I feel like people are like oh he’s in the MVP conversation Jason Tatum it’s like yeah but he’s never going to win it because everyone knows he’s not an MVP level player like we just know he’s not we know he’s not he’s not an MVP tier who Tatum he’s not MVP tier player I mean MVPs are made by narratives I understand what you’re saying as well yeah you know but context I mean the two what are the two most narrative based MVPs you’ve ever seen probably Rose and Westbrook the last the two most recent Rosen and and and and Westbrook we’re the two most recent embiid is the most Nar good though like he’s we know he’s better than those two yeah um when you say narrative like I mean really an MVP level player okay so this is prior to analytics right no he’s not I never believed he was either personally that year when he won I was like Tom Tibido was new coach right they had the best defense in the league um they they had a really good team jokim Noah luel Deng I think Carlos Boozer that was his first year they were really good he that to me was best player on the best team record-wise right that that that’s the Jason Tatum award you know what I mean that’s like a Jason Tatum MVP the difference is Rose was 22 he’s from Chicago and they like yeah we can’t give LeBron three MVPs in a row right yeah I mean I don’t know you have a young ascending star in a really big market like Chicago you know I don’t think he was the number one reason do you think he was the number one reason they won like 60 games I think it was the defense that was the number one reason they won 60 games they were the best defense in the league sure but there were so many factors like I mean dude this is this is pre-analytics it’s like we’re talking silent era you know basketball you know stuff and truth be told like you have players like Steve Nash who have been very incorrectly assessed MVPs before you potentially even have a guy like alen Iverson who is a very good player but also remarkably inefficient and very incomplete I mean I listen to Andre galz say the craziest [ __ ] like a few days ago I was listening to a clip and he said back in my day so Andre Agoda has officially entered the old man yells at Cloud stage of his career yet so soon after retiring and he said back in my day players couldn’t come in if they were incomplete now all these guys are getting exposed in the playoffs because they have weaknesses and I was like bro what yeah the stupidest [ __ ] I ever heard in my life players are more talented than you couldn’t shoot like Iguodala Couldn’t Shoot JDR is a dummy uh J Scotty saying JDR saying Scotty is overpaid I guarantee at least 26 teams to 28 teams to maybe all 30 teams would have paid Scotty Max you’re dumb he starts on every single team and he’s 22 years old I I have another question for you so the 2021 draft Scotty got his extension Kade got his extension what’s the hold up with the rest of the dudes I don’t know they’re not that good um I’m just k um Bron is all right Mo I mean they don’t have they don’t have to do it right now right um You Think You you how many of the 2021 draft members do you think are gonna walk in to the season home season opener without an extension a lot a lot a lot of them will um herb is gonna do it did Mo gonna get an extension Moy will get the same contract herb already got his contract did he yeah man no not her sorry sorry sorry not herb herb was a second round pick uh I’m talking about um who’s the other guy Trey huh Trey Murphy yes isn’t Trey Murphy 21 draft yep okay he’s gonna walk in to the start of the season with nothing I’m gonna tell you right now Trey Murphy’s gonna take less than he’s worth and I hate it I hate it so much because sometimes you know we all assume that because a guy takes this much is because he was worth this much but sometimes a guy takes this much because he has bad representation and they don’t shop it around properly or teams don’t fully value the type of player he is until it’s too late like we see value contracts all the time so just because like Bruce you know just because Bruce Brown got 45 million doesn’t mean he’s worth more than Malik monk who got 78 million across four years it’s just it’s a contractual situation I feel that Trey Murphy is gonna take a deal like I don’t know like hundred for four or some stupid [ __ ] like that and I’m gonna be pissed because I really do think Trey Murphy is a better player than um Emanuel quickley and RJ Barrett I I believe he is because he he just like I mean it’s a role player fine but look at look at what he does on the basketball court and tell me it’s not very very impressive he started the it’s sort of Genius by the Pelicans where it’s like he first of all he only played 57 games this year but he started 23 games he started 23 games right it’s like it’s almost like we’re g to kind of self- sabotage you in a way so we have better leverage in negotiation he get injured he he did get injured I don’t know what the injury was but he didn’t he didn’t play that many games but hustle hustle saying quickly eventually gonna get package for SGA I thought about that too actually I didn’t think about it for SGA I actually thought about it for Steph Curry that’s funny um that’s too good I I don’t know how anybody can honestly with a straight face sayc is not the favorites out west they are they are if if they if they get Isaiah hardenstein they definitely are okay let’s get back to these free agents where the [ __ ] are the free agents thing oh God what did I do here free agents MBA list Spa track let’s go Okay so so share this tab Instead The Narrative on this guy oh by the way while you’re looking this up what are your thoughts on the whole nepotism conversation and there was a clip where wge was like I didn’t want to hear it the amount of nepotism that goes on in this league like wge and and and Stephen A didn’t even want to they didn’t even want to entertain it they’re like no we’re not we’re not we’re not dying on this hill today where for LeBron yeah yeah the bronny thing and people brought up netism I will guarantee you 1,00% bronny James Goes higher than 55 not for LeBron um okay so but he’s probably and people ask him like he was a top recruit because he’s LeBron’s son no he was a top recruit because he was that good he probably goes undrafted if he’s not LeBron’s son but I mean I don’t know maybe not okay uh Gordon okay wait these are all the available players these the these are deals that have been signed um let’s let’s go through these really quickly and and you know no no sentences just grades because we’re we’re never going to get through these Malik monk we talked about James Harden we talked about kcp three years 66 million just a grade B+ B B minus uh Obi toppen four years 60 million C+ D+ okay Roy O’Neal Phoenix Suns four years 44 million for their situation A minus B plus okay Max Christie four years $32 million okay 21 years old legit do he even play did he play for them last year a little bit yeah because this shocked me so I’m gonna go C minus I don’t know who they competing with I don’t know who I’m gonna go with a B minus because I think if you believe in him this point like you’re basically you’re basically paying him like he’s an eighth overall pick this is less than mid-level exception money for a 21y old who can actually play that’s that’s not bad uh this is the type of contract you’re going to have to sign Ur shamsh to if he ends up being a half decent player okay uh yonas valentus 3 years 30 million for yonas f for the Wizards C okay I’m going to give this a I’m going to give this a D+ honestly okay Naji Marshall Dallas 3 years 27 million for Dallas a okay y’all are seeing my screen right I can okay cool because it it was showing me like uh lost your uh thing okay um let’s see Chris Paul one year 11 million to the San Antonio Spurs for the Spurs A+ yeah me too um Andre jman 2 years 10 million for the Philadelphia 76ers five 5 million a year I’m giving this a d because they didn’t need to give him two years probably um I’m I’m yeah I’m in the same boat I don’t value him as a player okay two years $8 million $4 million a year for Kevin Love for Miami Heat I don’t know what the heat are doing but D I’ll give it a C+ I think he’s still halfway serviceable but he is 36 years old in his 16th year so you are basically paying him a slight boost on the veteran minimum uh DeAndre Jordan one year three million A+ A+ did you did you see that story about on on DeAndre Jordan DeAndre Jordan yeah did you see that story on DeAndre Jordan talking about how how him and jokic started doing the kissing thing together it’s hilarious DeAndre Jordan’s hilarious and his relationship with he’s a great vet his relationship with yic that’s a minimum A+ fair enough Alex Len um one year three million is there a more boring player in the league than Alex ly yes there is Mason plumbley literally the next next one up okay okay so Alex Alex and Mason a comic book uh should should be in you know resurrected in these guys names right yeah it’s like who gives a [ __ ] it’s like a champ championships were made championships were broken man hopes and dreams all right Alex Len three million I mean whatever no no shade play he plays occasionally he’s 30 years old which is crazy makes me feel very old but a lot of these guys are signing are very very old relative to NBA terms the youngest player to was Max Christie Obi toppen 26 years old Malik monk 26 so Sacramento Kings I mean really Sacramento just won the off season right there I’m telling you man you got a 26y old Malik monk signed through his Prime at a crazy deal this is basically a mid-level exception for the Sixth Man of the Year in my opinion he is awesome um in terms of what’s available just give me a team that you think they can go and if it’s not a team it’s retiring and if it’s team and if it’s not a player that you think is gonna be in the NBA next year just say overseas so I’ll start LeBron Lakers Lakers yep Paul George Sixers I agree he has Corner he’s cornered look where else is he gonna go facts Klay Thompson I think he’s going to the Lakers I agree Tobias Harris Dallas I think he’s ring chasing can’t can’t go to Dallas unless he takes a minimum I’m goingon to say Pistons I think he still thinks he’s good I think he he has he’s bag he’s just bag yeah he’s he was a starter last year he’s bag over everything that’s what you’re telling me I don’t know about B if you’re going if you’re going to Detroit with all due respect Rob if you’re going to Detroit it’s for a bag it ain’t it ain’t for it ain’t sightseeing it definitely ain’t basketball wow Detroit just catching all the Strays all right well you said it not me but hey like I think I think he’s I’m not a fan of Tobias Harris I’ve literally never been a fan of Tobias Harris this is going back to piston days Clipper days I’ve never liked his game once but I get why people and he bodied the [ __ ] out of us he gave us work um but I will say this if the Pistons get Tobias Harris it will be probably a move in the right direction for them um he’s an older guy they need some adults in the room they haven’t had many they need some adults who can still contribute he’s 32 years old if they give him three years 40 million 42 million something like that that’s a fair deal you could ask yourself could you get a mid-level somewhere else sure they’ll have to overpay the midlevel in order to absorb it Gordon Hayward H interesting I think he sticks around till near the end okay see you know what he might go back to Utah why well isn’t that’s where he had his best days that’s where he had his best days he and he seems like he fits in Utah even culturally but also isn’t Danny a trying to be competitive now wait what who do you mean culturally what are you talking about well he I don’t know I remember reading about you know he he’s married he has like three daughters and it’s like yeah is he Mormon no he’s just I don’t know why I said that but it’s probably because yeah I get it Abu saying didn’t prey call Hayward a mistake yes he did he said he said trading for him was a mistake they thought it would work better than it it wasn’t it wasn’t a mistake they just never played him um I think it was a mistake personally but yeah okay it’s cool so you think he’s going to Utah I think Gordon Hayward will go to I think Gordon could go to where’s he from he’s from Indiana I think he’s from the state of Indiana is he yeah he was isn’t Butler in Indiana isn’t Butler born in Indiana Indianapolis Indiana okay so I am just going to do the laziest thing ever and just project that he is going to go to Indiana if he’s what within who minutes I know he kind of fits with what they like to do I don’t know they always have a white guy who can shoot okay um kyari Raptors no that would be great that into existence I wanted for Emanuel quickley and Scotty Barn so [ __ ] bad so you’re basically doing for we get Kar Rob that contract that IQ contract looks so you can now you can now talk yourself into that contract if he gets if he goes to the school of kyari and and and and he has the heart of Ky Lowry and the spirit of Ky Lowry and you know the the humbleness you know it’s almost like does he but does he have the booty of the Kari he do have the booty of Kari don’t mean [ __ ] yeah he doesn’t have the booty of Kari but Kar never had his jump shot or first step that’s true that’s true uh first step’s not that great but yeah okay so Kari you’re projecting Raptors I will project that he is back with the Sixers don’t don’t wish him upon that I don’t wish sh I’m can sit on him and crush him like a bug for after a flop I feel like if they get Paul George they’ll they’ll wna they’ll want to bring him back but if he doesn’t go to that um maybe somewhere else I have no idea maybe he’ll join deard Rosen wherever he goes maybe they’ll join up maybe they’ll link up maybe we’ll see a demard rosan and kyari reunion today because they are both free agents they can like they can choose to go to the same place can’t they they’re still best friends imagine imagine the uh the um the tribute videos when they both come back together grab your tissues grab your tissues Lowry oh that’s that’s that’s that’s foul that’s criminal bro you don’t do that don’t do that to our boy that was a diss against Drake don’t don’t throw Lowry into this yeah not our goal not our goal you know uh it’s all natural our goal that was all natural that’s god-given yo you know what’s funny I remember um I can’t remember it was like uh this I I had a neighbor you know and she used to get she was very religious right she was very religious and um she had a son on a basketball team together um I say she was from Jamaica or she was from Louisiana I can’t remember where the hell This Woman’s from her name was Andrea so every time I used to be like really frustrated I’d be like godamn it I say godamn it or whatever and she always say don’t bring God into the don’t bring God into your mess don’t bring God into your mess right so I feel like yeah that’s kind of like don’t bring kyari into Drake beef um okay so moving on you think kar’s going to okay I’m I’m pretty much kar’s going wherever Demar rosen’s going Demar is the high the higher rated player he’ll be able to choose and maybe he can kind of squeeze Lowry into that deal as well like hey kind of two for one deal like I’m willing to pay I’m willing to take a little bit of a pay cut if you bring in kyari so where’s Ro what does that look like give me a number kind of did with the bulls don’t you think you think he took a pay cut of $27 million you know how much do you know what laach LaVine makes Zack LaVine is a lot younger than kyari I’m sorry he’s he’s he was a lot younger than demard Roos bro DeMar rosen is 35 years old what are you talking about production wise yeah I don’t give a [ __ ] about what your production is give the number give me the number what’s the I think he’s a midlevel player right now God damn okay I know he’s better than a mid-level player but he’s also like ring chasing Now isn’t he what you’re You’re Expecting 20 20 $22 million or something like that I mean okay I’ll get you if he goes to a team with cap space yes if he’s going to Detroit which okay give me the team give me the team midlevel what team so okay ask yourself the question which teams have cap space and which of those teams is gonna sign them would he go to San Antonio hell no okay would he go to OKC been there done that nope does does he fit Philly right now not unless they strike out on on Paul George right he has that relationship with Nick nurse so he that could potentially be he go can he go to the Clippers he could go to the Clippers right it just be Paul George’s replacement you know what be crazy you know be like really wild this is this is gonna [ __ ] it’s just like this is this is dear and Cy go where to the Clippers that’d be crazy right CU because dear and and Kawai on the same team is like now you have to face your replacement he’s together huh no dear is going to have to relive demons he’s he’s he thought he slayed um Daman saying surely Demar goes back to San Antonio I guarantee you that’s not happening no I don’t want to guarantee you should because they just signed Chris Paul would they sign a demard Rosen I don’t know maybe demaro Rosen goes back to no the the Bulls are tearing down man they’re trying to be bad okay does not help you be bad a demard de rozan bench roll for a contender um the Carmelo Anthony Arc a bench roll for him on a contender Dallas but they already used their money um Minnesota interesting yeah Minnesota has a lot of difficulties generating offense they have the Defenders to really you know help them um but Demar is from Compton he values home right um going to play in Los Angeles has always been a bit of a dream of his and playing in front of your home crowd might just be worth taking a massive massive pay cut so I’m not saying he’s going to go out and sign a minimum contract or some [ __ ] like that but Demar Rose made plenty of money and also being close to family um I think his mom’s still alive right well there’s a chance he goes to the Lakers if the Lakers uh don’t get clay right that’s a big if and I think the Lakers will get clay I mean they could absorb all of them you realize that like they could absorb all three they can get clay and KY I don’t think you can understate how the LA kids the Lakers jersey and name like absolutely and plus like you got to consider the the JJ reic recruiter element of this you have to consider this because their friend yeah he is their friend inter you’re going to Tinsel Town you’re gonna be in Hollywood you’re gonna be like uh you’re gonna be National Spotlight you know what I mean and bronnie is gonna be watching all of it do you remember do you remember when Paul George was a free agent and everyone thought he was going to the Lakers and they resigned with the Thunder and we were all shocked yes I do were you shocked were you shocked uh yo uh it’s 1111 everyone make a wish whatever your Raptor’s wish is make it because it is 11-11 on the dot right now I’m going to close my eyes and make a wish yes I have made a wish and I’m not superstitious enough to believe that making wishes and means that they don’t come come true like out loud if you if you make it out loud it doesn’t come true so I’m just going to tell y’all I just wished for draft picks all right I did the same thing I did the that’s funny I think we all did I think we all literally just like take whatever contracts you need yes okay um moving on so demard Rosen what’s your final answer where’s he going I think he’s going I think he’s going to be a Laker a Laker okay yep I’m leaning the same way but it’s like how can he and Clay end up there that seems crazy to me so I’m going to go with like the Clippers would be really weird too what about the Golden State Warriors that is interesting do you okay who do you think was more productive last year contracts be damned dear or clay who’s better dear okay yeah way better so if he if you were to just replace clay and dear last year the warriors were better no no no no no it’s a completely different player type what dear requires um is the ball what clay requires is something completely different clay fits in better as a motion movement spacer shooter Corner whatever Clay is creating space for LeBron right you know the thing with the Lakers too is they’re trying to trade um Russell so and vanderbild I I like vanderbild I heard you talking about him earlier uh yeah he actually can shoot Corner threes decently I think he just needs to be encouraged to do so but strictly from the corners because that dude defensively is amazing they had him the year they went to the Conference Finals they had him guarding step like he’s really versatile like for a guy as big as he’s not as big as Barnes but like he’s near that size he’s a much better point of attack Defender facts um Sheran Forbes saying thank you rob for the stream tomorrow is my birthday this is a great present thank you for your time and services greatly appreciated brother thank you for your constantly um positive energy around here man that was awesome and you’re always reminding people to like the video and stuff so thank you I think we should definitely go through your your birthday we should go you know past midnight it is stamina Galore at this point of course three hours ago I could have cut this stream and been like I’ll go live if something happens but you know we’re we’re we’re vibing you know we’re talking whatever um do you do you think the league likes this how it’s dragging on like it started at six we’re we’re we’re five hours in yep and nothing really has happened is this good for the league I sound like ESPN but like honestly you really do sound like ESPN right now but see but that’s the thing there’s a difference between good for the league and good for the fans right and and good for the league is ultimately once all this dust settles it’s about competitive Advantage it’s about Fair negotiations and it’s about an even playing field right so yeah uh Cersei cat saying go wraps go get bi um also there was a question earlier I can’t remember from who uh which was I had mentioned at some point that I would not mind trading off the draft picks and who would I trade it for um yeah I wouldn’t mind trading draft picks out in the future especially uh you know heavily protected first round picks Lottery protected top 10 protected type of things where there’s a contingency I would trade it only for players that are as good if not better than Emanuel quickle on rookie deals so that’s a very small group of players right um but I wouldn’t mind but now also I said that before the Raptors added all these young players right all these young players so you got urri shamsh you got Jonathan mobo you got you know Jamal shed jacobe Walter great dick that’s five basically rookies right that’s five kids like you got five kids that are 21 22 on your roster yeah 23 whatever you got big man who can shoot whose name I’m forgetting Carlson you know he’s 25 years old but he’s a rookie he’s 25 but he’s a rookie so you know you got Sasha venkov who is a Euroleague former MVP 28 years old uh Goron music saying you got oai too correct thirdy year player your roster is so young right now um that to make it even younger right where you start trading all your vets because ironically all these players that you’re trying to trade away are all vets yakob vet Bruce vet right they’re all vets Chris bue vet right Gary Trent you’re losing him he’s 25 years old 26 years old but he’s a vet right so all these dudes that are going out are older and if you you keep bringing in kids bringing in kids so yeah I mean like if you’re asking me like what would I trade draft picks for herb Jones uh maybe uh Trey Murphy definitely that’s what I would trade it for because again those guys are still young enough and they’re on Scotty’s time line but they’re super valuable and I can sell myself on the idea that there ain’t no way in hell that the 15th pick in next year’s draft is worth more to me than Trey Murphy the third just is it Trey Murphy thei I keep calling him Trey Murphy the third my whole life and I swear to God at some point I discovered it was Trey Murphy thei it’s probably Trey Murphy II I don’t know why I’ve been calling him third my whole life I’m like talking about his son his son is going to see this one day and be like hey he’s been talking about me for 35 years um yeah so Trey Murphy or Joshua Avery it is third it’s the third okay thank God then who is the second it’s Derek Lively it’s Derek Lively that was the second it’s Derrick Lively the second and I called him Derrick Lively the third once okay good thank God it’s the third okay yeah so anyway it it would be someone like that or alternatively someone so I wouldn’t do it for Jonathan kaminga I’ll tell you that I don’t think I would do it for Brandon Pinsky I wouldn’t do it for haime hakz I wouldn’t do it for Nico yic would I do it for uh shade and sharp that’s a question what I do if for Shen sharp anyway I totally just bounced myself out my bad it’s good to have disruptions like that once in a while are you there or you fall asleep who me yeah oh I’m here okay so we’re going dear I’m gonna say Demar Ro and warriors that’s crazy that’s that’s not bad de Mar and Kyle Warriors okay buddy heeled would the rap would you take a no no no Noah where’s buddy gone probably to the bucks on on a Min that is interesting um n Sixers don’t bring him back right he wasn’t great he barely played he don’t want to go back there he was sitting on the bench and they threw him in the last game last second nurse like nurse always does he doesn’t play you then when he’s in a jam he just throws you in there and says please save me I never believed in you all year but please save me yeah um teams that desperately need shooting would it be crazy if he went to the OKC Thunder that would be weird but just like a stabilizing end of bench Force he’s a really good guy a really good person and I feel like the Thunder would value his veteran presence he’s only 32 years old so how did the Knicks value his his his his veteran presence the Knicks yeah maybe um okay Ivon forier oh that’s who I was talking about oh okay Europe I’m just gonna say it I yeah I I think he’s done with the NBA Gary Trent Jr I don’t know why but I feel like I feel like Gary is so confident in his abilities that he might do a one-year bet on myself and you know clutch he’s a clutch client so you know they’re they’re irrational the irrational confidence is through the roof I think he goes to La one year one of the LA teams one year and then chases it back B and then he goes to Detroit after that he goes to Detroit I initially thought that he would fit in very well in Philly oh yeah because him because him and nurse are tight right I mean in theory yeah nurse started him all those years um I could also see him with the Lakers but not after they signed Klay Thompson like where are the minutes where are the minutes he’s going for opportunity what about Charlotte you know a team like Charlotte we haven’t talked about Charlotte San Antonio like there are other teams Minnesota would also be a really interesting place for Gary Trent I think Minnesota that’s like you know Minnesota Cleveland like these are these are teams like I would expect Gary Trent Jr to be in the midwest Charlotte does seem like a good team for him where he can get overpaid slightly but I mean they they just need talent down there MH what about Mark cultz I would love for him to go to us but okay do we even have a backup point guard right now no I I would love for him to come to us too I really like marel I think the problem is the shooting the defense whatever but the talent is there I think like three years um mid-level exception would be fantastic we our backup point guard situation last year and even the starting point guard situation at the beginning of the year with with um with Dennis it was like my God we might be going into this year it’s going to be I feel like such a blessing to not just be pissed off with the point guard situation all year yeah I mean it would be fantastic and I think you know Marquel does something that you know I think Darko really values which is he gets into the paint a guy I really love is coming up and I wonder what he’s gonna get um is that Malik Beasley no he’s not up okay I have the I have the wrong Jones Trey Jones yeah I was thinking of tyus Jones tus Jones is up he’s up too yeah he is up we need that guy you need tyus Jones yeah yes I just feel like he of all the players in that group he seems like he’d be he’s worth the most well interestingly enough Gary Trent Jr and down on this list is pretty much the Raptor’s mid-level targets right so here we are and I mean obviously some exclusions players who are going to make more than the mid-level players like Isaiah hartenstein and probably the Anthony Melton however this is really the Raptor’s list so the Raptor’s list is as follows I’m just going to read out the names Reggie Bullock marke Morris Tristan Thompson Javale McGee Garrett Temple Wesley Matthews Justin holiday Cody Zeller Jay Crowder Patrick reverly sadik Bay Dereck Jones Jr chuma okiki uh Seth Seth Curry Kyra Lewis Jr no thank you um tan Prince Jaylen Smith Caleb Martin Daniel Ty Isaac aoro cheddy Osman miles Bridges Mo Vagner who allegedly is going to go right back to Orlando but we’ll see Isaiah hardstein I think is out of our price range we’re not going to get him for mid-level exception danthony Melton is probably priced out of mid-level exception range as well I feel like anyone will beat that offer so these are the Primo guys right these are definitely the guys that are getting full mid-level from somebody but everybody else Monte Morris Kyle Anderson James wisman Alec Burks Talon Horton Tucker I shudder to think maybe a Raptor’s Target here because he is only 24 years old and the Raptors seem to really like him Joe Eng Les Nicholas Batum ran Holmes is by the way another guy that the Raptors really liked but he has gone back I believe rwn Holmes has renegotiated the contract I don’t understand why He’s listed as a free agent here because he’s already signed a two-year $25 million deal to go back to the Wizards Robert Covington Gary Harris Doug mcder Luke uh Luke Canard tus Jones Malik Beasley Markel Foltz that’s the list it’s a pretty depressing list it is yeah so I think that I would much rather just absorb trades at this point as opposed to trying to sign the next jayen McDaniels personally um George says you forgot Tobias we talked about Tobias very very early um if you’re saying I forgot about Tobias like as in like you think I would like to bring Tobias to this team first of all he’s not coming back uh to this team but he’s probably mid now no I don’t think I don’t think he’s mid I think I think if he goes to Detroit he’ll get 20 but like the list after you get away from the top guys how many of those guys are impact winning it’s like Ty Jones and DeAnthony Melton okay in terms of impact winning yeah give me the guys that are impact winning Mark Mark calz okay tus Jones um when we say impact winning do you mean they’re just positives yes okay um you’re anti-tank you’re trying to win games Okay um Monte Morris not terrible but you know not going to kill you uh Kyle Anderson DeAnthony Melton as we already mentioned Mo Vagner solid cheddy Osman he’s not a bad player not he’s not moving [ __ ] for you but uh Caleb Martin if you can get the version of him that was in the finals two years ago it’s not going to happen but you know he’s 28 years old kind of fits what you want to do um what are the Heat doing huh Dereck Jones Jr might be you know a guy sadique bay again if you’re willing to be patient uh these guys are winning winning guys Garrett Temple for the culture and The Vibes and yeah um you know and then we have this other list which is going down precious auua Jordan noara I’m Kelly UB Jr I’m down to get precious but on a one-year minimum contract is there a market for him no dead ass what does he get like what does he get what does he get tell me what does he get I think he gets two years or three no I think he gets three years 18 million from someone three years two two years 14 three years 18 that coach better not be over the age of 65 with a pacemaker yeah okay a l g d thing how many are Darko guys need thinkers precious one years’s 5 million for SP um he’s been training okay I need to go to the wash room real quick um I’m just going to put this on on the screen I’m just going to write this uh be right back at 1130 by the way can I just say every time every time rob you have a live I’m on YouTube and it’s like oh live coming at at 8:30 and then it says 835 and then it says 840 8:45 y you can book it you can just book it if if you see a Rob if you see a pensari basketball live that says 8:30 just know it’s 9:00 yeah um sometimes it starts on time though I I surprise people but yeah you know you know what it usually happens um I’ll have something that I’m doing and I’ll just mismanage my time or something like that or what will happen is I’ll check and it’ll be like four people waiting and I’ll be like that’s not enough people let me post it on social media let me give it 10 more minutes Etc so it’s usually something like that but if you see a lot of people waiting usually I won’t delay it by more than 10 minutes that’s that’s my point but yes it is like like a lot of a lot of lives they start with a clock to to populate I start with delays it’s the same thing but yeah anyways okay uh and yeah I’m gonna say be right back at 1134 I’m gonna be right back y’all um yeah if y’all need to take a break or something I feel like we’ve been at this for a while now I’m gonna head out I’m gonna head out I don’t think anything’s happening like I feel like we’re gonna go to bed like wants us to go to sleep wake up I feel like God wants us to go to sleep and then wake up all right I mean I don’t know may like I mean I’m I’m giving it till Sheran Forbes birthday I’m giving it till 12 o’clock so I’m gonna come I’m I’m gonna come back and we’re gonna I’m just gonna point out some guys to watch out for um maybe taking another caller or something like that but yeah all right man thanks thanks a lot good chat all right see keep an eye on on Malachi Flynn just just keep an eye Wong dong yo he’s y you know what’s gonna be hilarious Malachi precious auua Gary the guys this front office refus to give up on we’ll see what they’re actually worth we’ll see what we kept ramming our heads through the wall for talk about freaking treadmill and Insanity the definition of insanity we’ll see what we really were working with I agree yeah all right man talk to you later peace 11 okay be right back at 1138 no movie this time just wait couldn’t I couldn’t I play something I could play something hold on let me give y’all something to watch um where we at where we at where we at oh Bobby Webster no want to play Bobby Webster interview not really really um ouch oh my God you know what we need to do at some point we need to do a draft grades we could probably like rope in yep that happened I pressed back barani passed the commercial play a next one of your movies no we lost like 120 people when I when I played that movie that that that that is not happening Primo pasta and sauce that’s hilarious bro I had tell you I I pretty much will not buy Primo pasta I think that that had the opposite effect on what Primo was saying and I wasn’t even a barani hater at all I just hate their commercials um okay I am just going to what the hell where are we at I’m just GNA say be right back at oh I know what I could play It’s the video yall never got to watch that’s true you never got to see it it’s a private video now wait it’s private for a reason because it got um um hold on no we made it okay hold on Yo cool okay I why why didn’t I think of playing this earlier I’m such such a silly silly goose okay hold on all right uh boom take a bite out of it while it’s lit while it’s lit kidding the basketball world and NBA family mourned the passing of Bill Walton a towering figure both in stature and in influence known by his endearing chuckle his Lifelong Love of Basketball and a sense of what if ISM Walton’s career had the highs lows controversies and triumphs of a Hollywood movie bill was born in 1952 in California son of Gloria Anne and Ted Walton Jr he had three siblings his mother was a librarian and his father a social worker and music teacher apart from his older brother Brucey The Waltons were not a typical Sports family but Bill Walton was a byproduct of all of them in high school he took music lessons his father formed an informal family band Bruce played trombone Bill played baritone horn Andy played the saxophone and Kathy played the drums he also took a deep interest in social issues eventually bill would follow Bruce’s footsteps towards Sports which he would use to cope with the discomforts of adolescence he would recall I was a skinny scrawny guy I stuttered horrendously couldn’t speak at all I was a shy Reserve player and a shy reserved person basketball was my safe place The Waltons may not have been a sports family but they sure as heck became one when Bill and Bruce got to Helix High School the Elder Walton was a year older stood 6’6 250 and Bill recalls that whenever he was picked on Bruce always had his back when they would begin to rough up Bill I would take a look at coach and he give me a nod recall Bruce yes Rec called Gloria Walton and then when the referee wasn’t looking Bruce gave that player an elbow and let him know that skinny guy was his kid Brother Bruce was also the star of the football team and eventually went on to play for the Dallas Cowboys Walton proudly recalled that he and Bruce were the only brother Duo to ever play in a Super Bowl and win an NBA championship Walton Grew From 61 to 67 between a soft more in junior seasons and often man the paint with his brother this is right around when his injury issues started during that growth spurt where he would break his ankle leg bones in his feet and had to undergo a knee surgery prior to his sophomore year as a Collegiate player at UCLA under the legendary coach John Wooden Walton led the Bruins to two consecutive national championships his dominance earned him two NCAA Final Four outstanding player Awards three consecutive college player of the year honors and Walton time at UCLA remains one of the most illustrious periods in college basketball history for Bruins fans Walton remains one of the greatest college players of all time he was drafted in 1973 by the aba’s Dallas chaer rolls and in 1974 by the aba’s San Diego conquistadors many tried many failed but Walton was not going to the ABA so when the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers picked him first in the 1974 draft Walton packed his bags for Oregon and for a little while things were good in the NBA Walton’s prowess entered New Heights he led the Portland Trailblazers to their first NBA Championship in 1977 earning the NBA Finals MVP for his remarkable performance in 1978 he won the NBA’s most valuable player award despite playing only 58 games while averaging 19 points 13.2 rebounds five assists and 2.5 blocks but Walton’s game was always better understood through analytics than box scores he was truly one of the smartest players of all time and while his raw box score numbers compared to some of the Gody averages we see today may not seem like much his 8.1 box plus minus and his 8.4 win shares were very impressive still to this day Walton’s sole MVP is considered slightly controversial as at the time a 30-year-old Kareem Abdul Jabar had posted a 9.3 box plus minus 12.1 win shares and played four more games the 9.3 box plus finest Mark is the second highest in Kareem’s career a career which fan 20 years it was the only one of Kareem’s 20 Seasons where he didn’t make an All-Star team this followed an incident where he punched rookie Kent Benson in the face leaving Benson with a black eye and requiring two stitches was it a revolt against Kareem by the NBA an already controversial figure in a changing America who was a black Muslim and an outspoken human rights Advocate was it punishment from the NBA who was suffering in ratings and had been failing as a business for being quote to Black to punish their best player in the leag league for punching a white player who himself alleged that Kareem had attacked him unprovoked it’s a dark chapter in NBA history which predates magic and bird predates the Jordan golden years predates LeBron but for many people Walton became a recipient of an award that wasn’t his and while it’s fair to argue that Kareem had the better season better career this can never take away from the fact that 25-year-old Bill Walton had a comparable season to arguably the greatest Center of all time at the peak of his powers and was on a better team that’s impressive Portland finished the regular season 58- 24 and Walton returned for the 78 playoffs unfortunately x-rays taken after game two revealed that the bone below Walton’s ankle was broken Portland lost the Series in six games and Walton would unfortunately never play for the Portland Trailblazers again during the off season Walton demanded to be traded citing unethical and incompetent treatment of his and other players injuries by the Blazers front office and specifically the painkilling injection he was given for his injury Portland refused to trade him and he set out the following year in protest before signing with the San Diego Clippers when he became a free agent Walton played 14 games in his first season in San Diego before missing the next two years with injury in the following two years he would be relatively healthier playing 88 games before the Clippers would move to their now current home in Los Angeles at the end of the 1985 season Walton reached out to the Lakers and Celtics as his final stop so so that he could end his career on the same note he had started it winning his decision to choose the Celtics over the Lakers allegedly came down to Larry Bird Larry who was in the office when Celtics R arback was making the deal said quote if he feels healthy it’s good enough for me which starkly contrasted with the lack of trust he felt from the Lakers Jerry West who wanted to wait to make the decision pending a medical report Walton described doctors looking at his X-rays at the hospital after he arrived in Boston and then red he burst through the double and he’s smoking his cigar in the hospital and he walks in he says who are you guys and what are you doing with my player and they’re saying Fred come here look at this look at his feet look at his face we can’t pass this guy and red says shut up I’m in charge here and red pushes his way through the doctors comes over I’m lying on the table there in the doctor’s examining room red looks down at me he says Walton can you play I looked up at him with sad soft eyes of a young man who just wanted one more chance one more chance to be part of something special to be part of the team to be with the guys one more time and I looked up at him and I said red I think I can I think I can red and red through the smoke with his big cherubic grin on his face looked at the doctors looked at me and he said he’s fine he passes let’s go we got a game and we were able to go out and win a championship Walton received a standing ovation in his first appearance with the Celtics and became a Celtics Legend he played a career-high 80 games as a backup won six Man of the Year in his second NBA championship beating hakee alij Juan and the Houston Rockets Walton became the only player in NBA history to win a sixthman of the Year an MVP and a finals MVP bill was great was he better than Kareem as voters thought in 1978 no does he have a place as one of the 50 greatest players of all time sure I guess it depends on how you Define greatness bill was one of the greatest college players of all time and on his way to becoming one of the greatest NBA players of all time before injuries took all of that away I’m going to get ahead of this before I get behind it I absolutely know that that song gets a copyright strike every single time and it’s so stupid because it’s licensed this dumbass company and that is why I did not uh release that video anyways I hope I hope too much of it didn’t play but anyway buddy uh terf is saying we were watching that yeah I apologize um I can I can give you a link if you if you really want to see it hold on one sec here if you really want to see the end of it you can go see the end of it here I just put it in the I put it in the chat I should have done that before anyway uh um here we are we are 5 minutes and 45 seconds sorry 45 minutes 5 hours and 45 minutes into free agency I don’t think dlan Wright’s coming back Muhammad saying was that you narrating Rob yes it was um it’s one of my videos that I just kind of released for a bit and then didn’t like how I was doing so I released it um it was after Bill wal Bill Walton passed away okay let’s see where we at okay so overall I mean again in terms of guys who sort of impact our own players there’s always a possib AB ility to resign your own guys Jordan NOA right Jordan wara not noira wara X Raptors like Malachi Flynn Utah watab Utah I’m pretty sure Utah went overseas didn’t he mo bomba O’Shea Bret another former Raptor he is available Isaiah Joe allegedly supposed to go back to the OKC Thunder there’s a lot of names Tillman is this is this really like is he free is he available because that might be your backup center right there um he’s not gonna be cheap he played really well go go bati day he’s pretty good he’s a good player um who else who else who else who else Jeff dton of course we all know I love Jeff dton and any other names that really stick out here as like go get that guy Usman garubo would be a very interesting upside play I’m not really sure you’re creating anything new on your roster you’d have to go into this assuming that you can get something more out of him than has been shown so far um Tav tur cravon Smith is an interesting you know name um andman Bates is already a free agent they only give him a one year deal that’s interesting uh let’s see anyone else man there’s so many there’s so many players man but it’s like none of these players are consequence right I call them bottom 50s like all of these guys are like at best these are like 150 players who are vying to be one of the I don’t know 50 worst non rookie players in the league right so who is who is really of any consequence here right Malik Williams just had him right so I don’t know man um alandis Williams ish way W bring back another former Raptor we finally hit the end of the list okay and I mean of course there’s overseas you know you can look at the overseas Market uh in terms of that or the trade market I don’t think the Raptors have to take the conventional route I mean they can exercise this ability to trade your midlevel for an actual player why create a new bad contract if bad contracts already exist if you’re going to create a bad contract anyway why not take some assets back in exchange for said bad contract right Nick laugh saying Jones Jr potentially to the Clippers I could see that I definitely could see that let’s see here so according to Legion Hoops the Clippers could now emerge as suitors for Derek Jones Jr so what is interesting to me is just this notion of like the domino effect uh derp saying Sixers will meet with Paul George soon with agreement likely see that’s the thing so what happens if the agreement doesn’t get done tonight right toring Prince mid-level exception would be a good signing uh could be a good signing I don’t like tan Prince and tell you that right now he’s versatile but he’s not a very good Defender he’s not as great as people make him out to be is what I’m saying like like I mean I I I know I read a comment the other day saying like could toring Prince replace OG an anobi and I was just like whoa there’s such a significant Gap here and I’m not saying being worse than ogan anobi is some sort of like terrible thing but like obviously it’s really difficult uh to and I just I’m not really sure I need need a player who’s nearly that ready to win I wouldn’t again in terms of existing contracts out there that are kind of like fitting into what the Raptors want to do offensively defensively the Raptors wouldn’t mind a four like a fourman right like I think it’d be interesting to get a 34 type right I really do believe that that’s uh OG and anobi type really did work for the Raptor lineup right now because it moves Scotty to the three it moves RJ to the two or it moves Scotty to the two and RJ to three whatever makes them wings I just don’t want Scot I don’t want Scotty to be a big how is Jeremy Grant like I would not mind taking on Jeremy Grant’s money if it comes with assets love Merck saying Lakers fans hate Prince well there’s no need to hate him but like he’s not he’s not good Prince would be Demari Carol all over again I feel like sometimes these comments are a little bit physical related but sure NBA have come with a rule to stop overpaying with a player to stop overpaying a player that’s think that’s what the second apron is you get timed out you know what I mean the NBA is a PO basically basally imposing bet limits on on teams who keep overspending is like we got to save these billionaires from themselves it’s such a weirdly um politically speaking it’s very conservative okay it’s called the CBA if teams want to overpay that’s their prerogative um sort of Lakers are trying to trade for Jeremy Grant Lake Show yo with a weird and then this guy Kevin clearly Jeremy Grant’s agent and this random person who thinks Shaden sharp is about to turn into LeBron James if he doesn’t have all these people in his way have I started something now this Fred Van B Scotty thing Jeremy Grant needs to be a Laker sure are the BET Awards happening right now is hartenstein the best center available now on the free agent market and if so can the Raptors somehow get him somehow yes and no so yes he is the best center available no the Raptors cannot get him does PG to the Sixers make them a legit title Contender no did you see the rumor of a Houston Rockets private jet set to land in Toronto what a Houston Rockets private jet [ __ ] do I what what does that even mean een tar e would make a lot of sense for the Rapters where where is this I know right where is this coming from this rumor of a Houston Rockets private jet and why the hell are the Houston Rockets setting tar e and a private jet to Toronto tracking planes again it’ll never be the same bro would you take LaVine with an unprotected first attached for a Bruce brown bche type package I would want okay so for LaVine I would probably want yeah that’s exactly it Nathan Taylor uh Na Nathan Terry saying I would want d too Enzo saying they posted a photo of the jet okay please clarify what your sources is where it’s going just like where are you getting this from I need to know where you getting this from otherwise you’re probably going to get timed out for this so if this is fake if you’re not like if you’re getting this off you know something legit you got to let us know otherwise you’re just trolling five 340 people 350 people at midnight and I don’t appreciate that so if you don’t tell me who they are I’ll appreciate it restrict free agent Isaac aoro is a possible Rob not sure if we can get him but it current restrictive free agent no doubt that Ms okay oh this guy again that’s hilarious that’s so trash yeah I don’t know if you genuinely felt for this but it’s a troll yeah um source is trust me bro yeah Drake flying in rocket private jet cosplaying is Fred Van B cuz he doesn’t want to be seen right now after not like us the more I hear it the more I like it okay I’m sure someone got that joke um Dennis Jones Jr three years 30 million to the Clippers jsk if you actually fell for that I’m sorry for you um were you the person who wrote it no okay cool you’re just taking some pride in how smart you are we check everything like that’s that’s called due diligence you know um all right so sham Shia three years okay free agent Derrick Jones Jr plans to sign a three-year $30 million deal with less with clippers sources tell the athletic okay so that takes one I’d say good player off the table for the Toronto Raptors and you know someone who really fit I mean not not someone who is a realistic Target really realistically um you would have to pay him quite a bit liberal saying thanks thank you so much for doing the seven hour stream thank you it’s a good deal we’re losing options maybe we could get grant for bue and Bruce Brown they’re in Capell I got it um yeah I mean each say uh Clippers got a good deal what’s the upside on Grant he’s expensive positional versatility really really really solid person which for whatever reason may matter to you or may not matter to you like a really good guy really good person fits re relatively with what you want to do kind of a role player um not a huge ego guy I he just fits man oh oh there we go happy Canada day and happy birthday Sheran so we go right till Canada Day and sheron’s birthday and you know happy birthday to you I wish you know I had some sort of like birthday thing to play but instead we’re just going to play crickets nope play chime and then that and then we just have random clapping for you yay all right happy Canada the day it’d be cool if the rappers announced something on Canada Day yeah all right okay 6 hours and 43 minutes and man I’m glad I slept last night cuz this would have been hella hard to do without some sleep uh sparkling saying happy July 1st happy July 1st to you as well um also I wanted to give a shout out because these things are not public and I realize that people are helping me by doing this but you know they’re not really um getting the public notification for it I want to give a thanks to Andrea and I want to give a thanks to to Jesse uh for for sending e transfers appreciate you guys so much appreciate that and as I as I mentioned yesterday Karen Hall thank you so much for the sound panels I will add that I think the sound is going to get a lot better in here it’s like there’s no carpet everything is tile everything is concrete so this not an ideal setting for a studio I feel like it’s going to it’s going to get a lot better really soon um I got to go take care of my dog jsk saying shout outs to you for doing the stream for real hello I appreciate it man like honestly here’s the thing like I remember people used to ask me like how the [ __ ] are you how the hell do you um you know work so hard when I was like on a film set for like 18 hours he’d be like how do you work so hard how are you working so hard I’m like it doesn’t really feel like work so I’m not really working hard you know or when I was uh in University I was doing tutoring I don’t really feel like I felt the hours just fly by I love tutoring I love I love most of the stuff that I do so hly I love all the stuff that I do and when I don’t love it I don’t do it like you know that’s just that’s been a I’ll I’ll share something with you guys so I remember um I was watching um Warren Buffett lecture once and someone asked him what’s the best part of being you right what’s the best part of being you and he said you know expecting I think the person was asking me was expecting him to say like I don’t know being a multi-billionaire that’d be great you know having whatever I want whoever I want but he said something going to really change my life he said freedom of Association I don’t have to deal with anybody I don’t want to deal with and I was like that’s great that’s true because most of us have to deal with people we don’t like to deal with all the time we have to deal with bosses we don’t like we have to deal with neighbors we don’t like we have to deal with like because we’re trying to we’re trying to play nice right but what if someone’s like really draining your life and you know what if something is really draining your life what if you know what if you’re you’re taking care of your family and the only way to do that is to drive Uber but you hate driving Uber I don’t know like you know what I mean we all put up with these things that and to me I’m just very blessed I think for the last I want to say 10 years 12 years 13 years now I don’t 14 years 15 years damn it’s been a while but I just keep doing things that I really enjoy doing so honestly this doesn’t feel like 7 hour you know 6 hour 46 minute live stream this feels fun so I’m very happy to do this um and if something does break and I’m awake we’ll do a live stream we’ll do an emergency live for whoever’s awake and you all see it in the morning uh I want to thank this community for staying up for six hours and 46 minutes of absolutely nothing I feel like I just created the show seinfo do y’all remember Seinfeld what’s the show about is about nothing what was this live stream about nothing but it was fun and hopefully we talked about some stuff um had a little bit of a ramble with uh coach Mo we talked about where where things were going to go we watched one of we watched a short film um yeah but you know I I’ve never really been into live streams I think one of the first twitch streamers I ever watched was Scotty Barnes right so weird you know but what I realized is um it’s it’s been really cool for me to have this community um in general like it’s just been really great for me um I find myself to be much calmer person when I started this not just with guests not just but I mean in day-to-day life I find myself to be much calmer so yeah so it’s it’s been it’s been great for my growth and personally whenever I’m doing something like whether I’m doing a writing project or commercial or whatever I always I always go through the three things that I needed to matter to me for those three things and it has to it has to satisfy two criteria it has to be either it has to be wellp paying which no offense to YouTube and AD Revenue this is not so this doesn’t that it has to be sufficiently difficult right it has to be difficult or it has to be sufficiently meaningful right it has to it has to satisfy two of those criteria so has to be sufficiently wellp paying sufficiently difficult or sufficiently meaningful and yes I said difficult difficult is a good thing talking to strangers getting on camera to me is difficult I am not a person who likes being on camera I’m a person if I could show you 2017 pendant holy [ __ ] 2017 pendant they had to scrap the interview that they did with me I think Toronto uh the city TV or whatever they scrap that they’re like you’re so awkward on camera and it’s gotten better and better and better but I don’t I genuinely don’t like think that this is something that I’m good at or anything but it’s hard it’s hard it’s hard for me you know so yeah so it’s sufficiently difficult and it is sufficiently Meaningful for this community so it never really matters to me you know like I don’t know like I think I remember I did like an 8 Hour live once and my girlfriend’s like you realize I was less than minimum wage I’m like [ __ ] do I care like it’s fun it’s fun the minute it’s not fun I would never do a six- hour live if it wasn’t fun so yeah uh Alexander B six hours of therapy just expressing our individual uh thoughts with some peaceful debate exactly and that’s what I like about this community I love that this chat for the most part not always but for the most part that this chat is always respectful that you guys aren’t baiting each other and going crazy at each other and saying like completely ridiculous and stupid things and you know it’s good it’s um you know one of the things I realize whenever when every time I go on players choice is that there’s always like these string of comment to like bring ticket back you know y’all lost your aura y’all lost your this who are these randoms blah blah blah blah blah you know and someone called me boring as [ __ ] the other day and I was like all right okay you know I’m Bor boring CU I’m not screaming right but if I was screaming and swearing then I wouldn’t be so boring and it got me thinking it’s like those are our standards right we are if we are growing up in dysfunction then we find anything functional to be boring that’s the standard we’re setting for ourselves right so yeah I mean I guess I guess everyone has an opinion but it just got me thinking it’s like we are setting a standard for debate here like we can agree disagree whatever someone probably in this chat thinks RJ bear is probably better than someone thinks he is or some people think yaka purle but it’s like man like when we started this channel it was constant infighting maybe I was being controversial but like constantly like you’re stupid you’re [ __ ] you’re dumb bro blah blah blah I don’t see that stuff yet I mean I don’t see that stuff in this in this chat anymore so I appreciate you guys for keeping it nice and respectful and still being able to learn some stuff nontoxic chat indeed non-toxic chat you know someone once um you know when I was getting really angry about the Fred Van bleach stuff like last year the year before someone said you know you need to think about you know you’re so angry you’re so angry about this fed van bleach stuff and Pascal Zak you got to think about the type of people you’re bringing into this chat you got to think about the people trying to the people who are drawn to your material must be super angry because you’re being angry about something and I didn’t never found out to be the case every time I met one person from this community I found out to be incredibly smart I found them to be very generous very graceful very um interesting very successful you know um just very good people so I was like yo like yeah I might be screaming and yelling but I don’t find that the people that are coming into this community are like that at all I think a lot of them are are just really frustrated because they’re watching something really dysfunctional and it kind of brings me back to something that Dave Chappelle said to tie this all up which was that sometimes we we judge a Hollywood celebrity or something like you know they they do drugs they they’re losing their minds you know what I mean like Britney Spears is shaving her head and stuff and it’s like we’re judging all these people for being crazy right we’re calling them crazy because like oh man this person’s crazy they they they uh you know they they disappeared off the face the Earth they did rehab they drove a car off a cliff whatever they’re crazy right they they they they ended something like they we consider it like it’s they’re sick right but it’s like if the environment is sick what if the environment is sick right they’re in an environment that’s sick I’ve seen Hollywood I’ve seen like a little bit of it up close not saying like a Matt Damon but I’ve seen a little bit of a clo bro it’s sick it’s sick these people are sick they’re [ __ ] they’re so fake and they’re they’re like all like in this like very weird pretend bubble and it’s like you can’t be around that for more than five minutes without feeling sick like physically sick and when you feel physically sick you’re going to medicate yourself you’re going to you’re going to do drugs and you’re going to you’re definitely going to crash your car or check into rehab and people going to say that you’re messed up it’s like no man you the environment is messed up so to all of us who were super angry about what was happening with the Toronto Raptors to our beloved team that that were called haters that were called angry that were called whatever toxic they’re not real Raptor fans I don’t think we were those things I think we were responding to the fact that what was happening to our team was that I think that’s it that’s what it is uh Cersei cat saying PG to the Sixers I think okay let’s check before we head off into the sunset let’s at least get one major Domino out of the way where’d you see it petting my cat I really really really appreciate democracy but get [ __ ] out of here sorry I I’m not I’m not I’m not I don’t I’m not like necessarily gonna um I’m not against anyone who wants to vote a different way you vote whoever you want I’m not a big Biden guy anyway I don’t really give a [ __ ] it just it felt like you were trolling I could be wrong and if I’m wrong I’m sorry okay um Cersei cats where did you see this nothing new free agent wise okay so are you just saying you think because Rob do you know if we get Brandon Carson uh is that tallboy from from Utah Utes yeah we already got him I think we signed him to a two two-way contract right that’s a very interesting player I mean athletically he doesn’t strike me as a super you know functional NBA athlete but he does shoot it really well the pick and pop potential is very real with him um in terms of what he can be just a serviceable live body good kid you know to just kind of put into your culture and see what happen happens right like you throw a dart you know you’re not going to tell me that when the Miami Heat brought in Duncan Robinson and everyone was like oh my God Duncan Robinson are franchise is saved no I mean you take a chance you never know uh with increased space yeah this no but like not at all not even a little bit every white guy who who shoots is not Lori marinan and Derk nitzky they are levels to this and that’s what I was saying you know the pick the pick and pop potential is real though so if he can set screens at a high enough level if nothing else he’s going to be able to mimic Kelly oenux role for the 905 right and you know uh seems like a good kid watch a couple of his interviews seems really nice so you know can the MAV sign PG after signing Naji Marshall or it had to be ass sign and trade it would have to be a sign and trade yeah he got a in post game not from what I saw is the roster 20 now it has to go down to 15 by some date uh the roster is not 20 now oh you you mean yes yeah yeah yeah it doesn’t have to go down to 15 I think it has to go down to 17 if I’m not mistaken 17 right you you can carry upwards of am I am I wrong it’s 14 plus plus three um it’s 17 right someone correct me if I’m wrong um pretty sure I mean personally I’m a little bit I’m a little bit curious because Paul George is out of options right now right his option is the Sixers beyond the Sixers there’s no other option I don’t think the magic have the option anymore to sign him after signing kcp the Clippers obviously are not going to be able to sign him I believe right so it have to be a sign and trade at this point so I mean like yeah so if if the Sixers you know prior to the meeting they reneg on the four years right if he thinks he has a four-year deal and do have a four-year deal now I’m not sure like after releasing a press release as if you’re the Clippers that he’s leaving I don’t understand how you go back to that situation it’s pretty untenable um or this is the brilliant move by the Clippers where it’s a brilliant move by the clippers but I mean really are cutting his leverage can the dubs get PG um I mean in theory anyone can get Paul George like almost anyone uh other than the second apron teams can can do it because all you have to do is aign and trade right so if right now we wanted to trade RJ Barrett and uh Chris bue right and the Clippers really wanted RJ Barrett and Chris bue and we really really wanted Paul George yeah we could do a sign and trade too sign and trades really work out because like you typically don’t have enough value to throw back but I don’t know I feel like plus clay might leave Kay is definitely leaving what do you think of jayen Smiths for the Raptors I’ve always like Jaylen Smith as a player but I fully accept his limitations uh and yeah I mean you could say a stretch big but yeah it would be interesting for the Raptors all right I’m at guys seven hours on the dot I’m out peace have a good one
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