Brian Geisinger, LPL, talks NBA since their opener kicks off October 18th.

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My question to Brian Geisinger league pass layer hornets podcast or of of note, it will get will actually start their how concerned are you that lamella ball is injured and might miss the first X amount of games this year yeah will you never want to see the teams unquestionable. Unquestionably best player go down. That's not good and also watching the game in real time to get right and it looked bad. Like when it when it happened. Actually, you know, we got an MRI little bit of time since then he will play tonight. This one or two weeks so luckily nothing to to serious book for watch ability standpoint from an enjoyment factor. You know Lou Mello is crucial to to that is what makes this team remotely entertaining like remotely worth investing your time in.

And again, like if there gonna try to win games certainly will Mello is critical to the most feeble attempts to try to win games at the same point in time, you know, there should be no rush, no matter what to get this guy back what he just turned 21.

Six weeks ago so I know he faced sorry yes I was getting a call their apologies, yet not good, but but it's very important for someone like that take their time to get back at the same point in time, and I know this is sort of like the messy secret make. Everyone knows but no one wants to say out loud is like look the hornets are going to be very good this season right in with lamella ball in the lineup as your may be thinking about what point of the season. Is this team decided to I don't know pulled the proverbial plug me looked militantly a lot this season you mean by just one of those things if if they are in fact congenitally lenient to get a top three pick in the draft you know that that maybe adds even sort of like more patients with getting someone like this back in the lineup and if you're going to get a top three pick in this draft.

Why not get the topic in this draft and Victor women llama is I don't even know what to call him I've seen.

I've not seen them play a game, but I am seeing high lines and he is a 7'3" guard is he not know that.will correction I would say he's like a 7 foot four guard the perverted B6 Pacific here, but don't mean this guy is a is a generational prospect that gets put in the same basket in the last 20 years of guys like Lebron and Anthony Davis enzyme Williamson.

He is a euro a foundational defensive player in terms of the rent protection. What he can do block like blocking and altering shots at the rim but also using what he can do regarding pick a role in being able to contest and alter jump shots out beyond the three point line. The guy has the ability to be in two places at the same time, if not more C7 and that will with a with purportedly close to an 8 foot wingspan to which is just yeah like that to imagine that is kind of kind of insane, but the movement is so good he's gotten stronger like women llama spit on radars for years now. I first saw him last summer we was playing for team France at the U 19 feeble World Cup was impressed me was hands-down the best player at that it is not for a like to store performance from Kenny Lofton and some other guys continuously line up like France with a one gold medal at that event beating USA with women llama is the star guy, but he's that was 15 months ago by keys. He's bigger he's stronger and he's better the shooting profile incredible when he shot out. He's that kind of terms of like your tall shooters mount no fees can end up in like the third Dirk the Carl Anthony towns are like the Kevin Durant category, but he's going to be a good shooter on fall right and if you can be in the support of Zynga's the yoke it type of policy or category is going to be incredible in your suit. Then you can see what he can do with the basketball like he can to help.

He starting to like spread his wings in terms of what he can do creating his own shop creating offense for others. I will say though, he's the gold you're right like he's the number one prospect. He's the one pick Stu Henderson is awesome as the proverbial number two prospect right and maybe a little bit lesser-known but Amon Thompson and I would have slotted as number three for 2023 and is another sort of like foundational talent, but perhaps that I think this is like a three player in terms of like potential franchise altering guys of the top end of the other draft this year that look like I just I'm I'm intrigued by the, the size of the length the skills year of of this kid, so it should be. It should be advised it's hard to believe he's real like it a lot.

If you watch a full game in Vegas. It's it's insane that he's a bit after the court. Everyone on the court is tall in some people are like abnormally tall and women llama seems to be, you know, 20% taller and longer than everyone else out there in yet he's moving around with grace and with with ease and just what he's able to do shooting the ball getting his feet square, his body squared to the rear of the touch like all of it is just it's it's really one-of-a-kind and special stuff. Some people look less tall because they're just fluid and I think he looks less tall simply because he is a fluid comfortable looking aptly I'll I got ask you about what's going on in Golden State. The video is now everywhere we see dream on green slug Jordan pole IT has apologized unequivocally. He's not putting any caveats any excuses on the up. He says this was on him, he lost his crew. He lost his cool. He was frustrated for whatever reasons are taking full responsibility, but Steve Kerr called the biggest crisis. They have had in a Golden State. I believe Steve Kerr with that because these are two hugely important pieces, although is it possible the dream on green is feeling that he is less important than Jordan pool, which is why he did what he did. I suppose there's the possibility of being.

It seems like Steve Kerr and Bob Myers the G and that sort of like shot that notion down that this was like a financial thing as Trey Mondrian was in line for an extension this summer and maybe didn't get it right and Jordan pool is in line for an extension as well. He's yet to get it, but that seems like only a matter of time is Golden State probably like to sign into a big deal before he was it restricted free agency next summer right and so maybe it feels like impossible for that to not play a role like your Fremont has will help this team win four titles in it and it does seem like he's in the midst of some decline but when healthy last season.

He was probably the best defensive player in the NBA, and he still crucial to like unlocking the Steph Curry experience. I mean, I think I think you and I could probably Steph Curry's on our team.

He's probably gonna be due okay because he's that talented right was Raymonde with his passing his screening of the court mapping is feel like his aggression.

Like all of that is critical, not just the quarterbacking Golden State's defense but to unlocking apex Steph Curry and in Clay Thompson, to an extent as well so I can understand why he would look around and say where's my extension.

Where were where is it. I do think though there we daily duty to put some merit into a golden community. It's been like what Myers and Kerr saying and what some other you know ESPN reporters that cover the team or Seder coming out and saying like no it's not about the money but I think there's an interesting thought that it could be about like the culture shift and in that I think like what Steve Kerr says it's the biggest crisis they face and sees got there just like there was a physical act in bewitching because of the video getting out. We can we can all see it by the things that have made Golden State great over the last decade.

Like the top of the list is like Steph Curry note and then somewhere not too far down there is like the culture is the five is is the system on and how Golden State was playing in playing incredible basketball redefining the game. In some respects on and in doing so by having strong culture from the top down in that within that organization, and you could look at this team and see guys like Jordan pool Moses Moody, James Wiseman Johnson commingle you got this.

You got this. A young nuclear's right you got the old guard Raymonde Yvonne Looney, Steph Curry, Clay Thompson, and the vibes are good like they just want seemingly were good. They just want the title, but you could also see how there would be like a power you know, maybe not a power struggle, but sort of like to be the guiding posts per how this team plays what it looks like outperforms you know what's the next direction of this team can look like a stream on getting phased out.

Like all of these questions are like maybe speculative, but there's probably some merit to the as well as I could see that I could see the financial component. I could see the culture component being a factor. I can also just see Jordan pool as awesome as he is like is probably annoying when he is like talking crap like he's a talker that you showed up. That said, you can't punch people rising. Do you think you don't care what your workplace etiquette is like skin can do that not excusing it and I'm surprised Raymonde wasn't giving some type of suspension. Like you, even if it was like a five-game suspension or whatever, but I'm sure it's it's annoying to have Jordan quote Jordan pool. You know in your face saying to you, it can't be much fun is my my read on this and I want to ask you one more question before the Brian Geisinger go league pass layer and add big ice_bird on Twitter.

I'd I understand why people wanted to see more of the suspension, more punishment for J migraine.

My feeling is that the punishment ultimately will be. This is the last year in Golden State and I don't think there is any greater punishment that you can give dream on grade by essentially saying this year is it to him there and I did not say never to say that but I don't see them offering him a contract extension that he will accept yeah yeah I think that's totally. I think that's totally true, but he's got a player option for next season. I'm sure he'd like to again he would've liked to have had an extension third place. The summer to just sort of like you start that yeah, my guess is that he's not in a wanted like pick that up and play for another year in Golden State like he's gonna want to sign something eat for longer-term and for that amount of money per year but over a couple of years know for years or whatever so yeah and that's that can put them in kind of a tough spot.

Like if this becomes the proverbial last dance like it's impossible to imagine Raymonde without year without being a part of the Golden State. Like the fabric of what rice is team special like in both directions is also possible to imagine him having the same level impact any other system in many ways they want B&B to NBA title with in spite of him a year ago he he admittedly struggled a lot in the postseason will ask you one more thing run before answering. But I don't know if you saw the video Brooklyn the Nets were I guess it is a waterpark doing some sort of a community event at Ben Simmons herky-jerky left-handed jumpshot drew air. Nothing yet it was also time it was short. Everybody just moved. God help me not assign any meaning to that know it's impossible. Everything was too perfect about that for you including Kylie Irving being the only guide not wearing a jersey like the water like he's holding his jersey in his hands.

In the foreground will demonstrate an air ball behind him shelter TJ Ward. You can also see that video is just along for the ride of whatever that can end up being in Brooklyn this year.

But no, I mean no notes right like that's just it's a perfect like a distillation of leg where were at with the minister and also like what, why, like we should, if you're like why baby team should people should be considering betting the under Brooklyn's wing total here. I've no idea what to do, what to make of it all. Simmons doesn't have to shoot for it for him to at least help but gosh that was just dutiful note. No notes like it was perfect. It was so good an instrument of bright guys grabbing guys_bird I thank you very much mental thought diversity. You guys be good. I