The Rich Eisen Show Basketball Podcast #30. NBA free agency moves, Durant/Kyrie predictions, Summer League

Everybody at the ridge of the Joe basketball podcast were everybody were back were back in a log last week that a great Fourth of July holiday. Hope you been enjoying summer league and be a free agency and all the crazy mad rumors we were to talk about Harrison Ford. Right before we came on the Aries 80 today guys that is absolutely insidious, no basketball ties whatsoever. I have no idea that we know are you Han Solo or Indiana Jones Adam Chicago. He's your guy Jones okay I like adventures that he has DJ Han Solo Indiana Jones anyway possible question because IL Star Wars I was a kid when that came out for them but for some reason, I can still vividly recall so few stalwarts for Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom was the first movie I ever saw twice, to two consecutive times in the movie. While I got Giese went in and I somehow snuck in the same day or next day didn't leave the theater stay. I was like 10 or 11. So that's really really talking man is awesome.

I know you hate it when I do this so I guess I got to go to her first love would be hung on solo and that's a tough one to like in the hallway early in the basement. What I can remember from that day, as I think maybe your church group of kids went and we went to the theater and we watched it and then all I can remember is like oh here's what happened, which is go see one movie that I didn't want to see.

So I went into a kind of suck myself see Indiana Jones and the movie it already started so I got to see probably two thirds of it.

Then I just hung around and dipped back in and then watched the entire movie. So it is the same day and that's kinda how about half that's incredible so that Harrison Ford man awesome fugitive might watch the fugitive tonight you're sorry. I've never seen the fugitive as bad as you need to watch the fugitive tonight. It's gotta be on some streaming just find it. I think it takes place in the town next to me were a Girl Takes Pl. in Lake Forest, Illinois, all in Chicago, all of Chicago.

These local Chicago actors while interfaces been here so many we would play out during which we play the story all the time. I know that Emily Jones won the Academy award for supporting actor. I know it's a good okay okay good. Just watch it will just looking at Harrison Ford's background in sports and just nothing here that heat when he graduated from Maine East high school in Park Ridge, Illinois. If it was his voice was the first student voice broadcast of his high school's new radio station okay and he was its first sportscaster doing it seem yes incredible so there's some Harrison 2014 guy so wouldn't surprise me that if I played football or something growing up in another dimension in another world. He could've been the next Bob Costas. There's some how could you imagine what our world be like with nowhere. Not as fun. I could tell you that not as fun I speaking of fun. Let's get to the MBA stuff that's been going on guys who wow what a crazy off-season. It's been so far not like huge moves. It's been a lot a guys, re-signing and reading up reading upping with their teams like Joker sign the biggest contract ever. Daimler got a two-year Julian dollar extension with Portland which is crazy to think about Psion got his. Who else whom I missing Zach Levine re-with the guy with Chicago subject James Arnold took less money to stay with his as he re-signing with the EDI announcer Delia I don't know if the pens technically been put the paper but apparently from all points yes we doing that he would object to his are turned down his player option for like 40 million something just of the team could have a little more flexibility.

After quickly ski his move is going to get them an extra 4 million. The play with is actually so glad I was hearing some else talk about it. It seemed like it was a smart strategy turned out to glass to glass, takes 30 million instead of 47 is not starving but if he is a good year.

Then he can sign a max it out probably for a little bit more like you're turning down a little bit to maybe get another three year hundred million down the line. Chris, I find little ridiculous because it's like at this point, you keep getting older and your skills are diminishing social equipment. So now we kinda already have this conversation about your diminished returns, but now are like what were still going to give you a huge contract like next year. I it's just weird to me. I know that's works it's where but also the thing with Horton is okay you know I don't know what his net worth is, but he signed a couple hundred million dollar contract with Artie Goss right like he had a massive Chinese already had a massive contract. So at this point I don't know Jim turn on those mentality is. I obviously you can't tell someone that you have enough money. Also he did sign a two-year 6860 okay my thing with that is what you said, if you got that money and you've got the accolades there's one thing that's missing office James Harden resume that will that's the title, so at some point he would have to like say Ari you want money, you have a lot of money you want to give your team the flexibility to add pieces so that you can get that one thing that's, you know, kinda keeping you off with all those all-time great list, so I kinda hope that's where his mentality was if you recall, last year right after the NBA finals. We got to see the honest going to Chick-fil-A. He was having find easy announcing member what I took out of whom or what I told you, but I told you, man. I hope right now. Joe will impede his watch and every clip of this and saying there's no reason that this cannot be me and you know he can come out and beat had a fantastic year could've been MVP. It seem like he really did kind. I don't know if it was the goddess thing that made him work extra hard to get a great season's entry so I'll think of them. So I'm hoping that maybe Harden sees that same think is remember a few years ago, guys. We had a bunch of point guards was in the wall in in in D. Rose and Stefan Harden and Russ and at that point you may have put Steph Curry is like the best on that list right now Harden sees it like if I wanted like being the man you know kind of race myself on this list is gotta get a teaser was interesting is slow social media that there are random sightings of James Harden in public gymnasts throughout the country and only really see the snow. I have seen one or two there's been a few videos of people posting work on videos that Mike in the background of its entire video. James Harden said I was not a Suzanne LA fitness and work manager knows what he's putting in work and he's in the weight room on the show and there's another video you saw this, he was with Maxie working out and asked him to sell his leg were hilarious. Ms. James Harden look so confused during the workout because it's essentially drilled your medium-range jumpshot is not an James Harden got my orders. I know that is to begin with, but maybe he needs to know because I'm a big proponent that RBC James Harden is not the guy to maybe take this advice, but yesterday we talked on the big show Chris in you know Jakarta jokingly I said, will Steph Curry grew in basketball you like how I know Mike because Steph Curry has been blessed by the Lord above I mean like every one of us a shot at basketball well into the thousands of times you none of us are million with close to being anywhere skilled or is good to Steph Curry shooting all but what they did was much like with anyone mixed tapes came out right. If you watch a bunch of people doing a bunch of stuff that most people can't do and when you ran out there. You try to incorporated in your game and failed miserably. The outgoing move really is on the back. I'm sure takes it. I saw the second net VCR tape ran out we were in the court that I think would step you see a guy who makes it look so fluid and so easy.

And then you also please do it in like, okay, let's everybody shoot from 30 feet. Everybody can do that so means kind of joke and he really basketball but I don't outcome your own conclusion you ever that Nike commercial they did with all those guys to you. It was awesome. Smiles.

Yes, I only know one guy this guy Barry Baker. I went to college with. He won the greatest athletes in the history of Long Island was end up being a prop 49 guy and played football at Syracuse he could do every one of those and one moves. He was the best basketball player I've ever played with pickup, phenomenal, unbelievable, and him and I had this like thing going. I got a lot of respected circuits. He doesn't believe it but pickup player in college and would you please love the football players to enter the football players one season ended, they come up and play Dwight Freddie Duncan, my friend in a pickup game is incredible ends like this dude Barry Baker could do all of the and one moves I never seen anybody do this before. It was just blew my applicant in 2000 net just blew your mind. The clothing also that I thought was incredible was when Skip's my liver fear Alston.

He was there anyone mixed a pleasure and then he actually had a good career and I was so happy when that happened, because I used to love watching is to constantly going the parking.

Failing to do his moves fun doing it to TD. I got into it before but I got a chance to set up but II wanted us to talk about our own teams.

This can be a short pot today, but I wanted to talk about our own teams and how we view and how we feel about the moves or no moves are teams kinda made at the beginning of them be afraid zero like two weeks into it now were still waiting for Kevin Durant Kari Irving to maybe change teams will talk about that in the second. But how do you feel Philadelphia will start with them. I think Philadelphia is done in the off-season so far.

Just pull up the moves here real quick so I can intelligent talk intelligently talking and are happy that Harden is back as yeah. I mean, look what you did you let him walk. You can't let James Harden what he didn't do what a lot of people try to do, but right off the bat.

If you recall, when the tree was made. I looked at that 24 games and was like, I'm not sure if this is enough time to really mess know they played great with him there that the record obviously was I want to see the there were 13 and two may be the first 15 games started out amazing soffit man so you know I'm happy he's back. You know what, with some really good additions you know but it is the bottom line is you put on the steam right.

The bottom line is this Joelle impede has to stay healthy and if he can stay healthy.

Then, you know, the Sixers could go as far as he takes and that's just the only problem right, it's just every year it's something that's it.

It's a finger it's it's this it's that it's a wayward elbow, breaking his eye socket. You know it isn't so bad luck, a lot of bad luck it's really frustrating but you know D'Antoni Melton he's he's gonna be a nice addition to the squad. CPT Tucker you not sure what you get out. Please at least 30 not 37.8 very teen friendly deal three years 30 some million dollars is going to bring what they call the dog to the team yet is that it is necessary.

So again you not you, not signing PJ Tucker in hopes of getting 20 points a game. It's more what he brings to the culture when he brings on the defensive side of the ball and Neil Dano house you will get some some decent guys you know Maxie is his growth is going to be just paramount for the steam to move on and you know I'm a Tobias Harris fan I know there were rumblings about them getting moved but you know if Tobias Harris is the fourth best player on your team. I figure you're doing all right for yourself so I'm excited is TO come down the and beads health and how dedicated James Harden is because James Harden is like I want what Steph Scott. They could be very dangerous, Goodrich said, like United, said half kidding, but not really Gail James Archer called Tom Brady and the like. Bro you are older in your career and you completely change your diet. You change your fitness to change away train, and now here you are to be 45 yo obviously will when I cocina be a player at age 45, but you will run those yummy maybe Emily Brontė on the long run same you Brady trajectory, but like you know your we have a way to extend your career and still be successful. And when a high level. How do you feel about Billy's got 14 to 1 title oddly for about those not not as you know, really great with the odds so I don't really know if that's there's a good offense. Her back on her eighth there then a fast.

I mean, you think that there was a top A-Team in the way that so yeah I don't have no problem with those odds, and I'm happy with where they're at right now so we'll see.

I still kind of think Darrell is going to make maybe another mover to before it's all said and done so will you know will see our animals go to Chicago to deal with the clippers after after I talk about Boston, but Chicago Sakhalin's back iMac steel some tuberose and trade rumors is that the thing that's going down yeah I don't see that really happening unless it's a big move for Kevin Durant's okay, just don't see that happening. That's kind of basis of the right to assume that would be the only worthwhile player to get in return for him. Yeah what I like him drama second behind it. What you think my Chicago they done anything I've ever made much noise as you like. Simeon Wheatley signs Andre Drummond who was was also for a couple years and she still pretty on used words which is 28 years old. Now I you could've told me he was 34. I believe also I kind of on the first first-team of. I've always looked way older than I first ran I was on that for a long time to nice to have this huge goatee like in high school. I look 25 in high school. Gigantic wow grow in height, yet didn't care all man I like Tyson*MAI was the first person growing up, have chest hair to go bald so I That I Go to area armed heroes like 10 or 11 and maybe so like so conscious of it, but self-conscious that during vessel games. I won't put my arms over the incredible being that age. And like having weird stuff start to happen.

Your body is so strange, so I can imagine going to that again. But God is merciful to you not like Andre Drummond. He can be a a good backup center, the bull struggled a lot on rebounding with the bench unit last year and so will provide that rebounding that we definitely need when Victor sick is out of the game and is a good defensive player also. So yeah it's not like a move that will you know make or break a team but it's a good move by trustable management. I really like the guys are in charge of the bozo and then we also signs going tragic is a good sign if you use a good sign.

A hidden plate to well last euro to the shooting percentage for three-point shooting in Brooklyn.

It was like 24%, which is way lower than his normal standard, but he's a good leader.

He's a veteran he's been to the finals before you can provide some good leadership and some experience with him, the balls can have a lot of guards a problem with the bull's-eye knows we just don't know what the health of Lonza Ball will be next year is a lot of mixed signals in terms of how he's rehabbing right now we don't really know it clear outlook on house me will be so I think it's a some insurance for him, but the Bulls a lot of players they're backward now you have Alonzo Caruso hopefully Chris will be fully healthy next year your bio with a good rookie year. Given the new reputable draft and Dale and Terry, who I don't watch in college, I have to be honest I do not watch Arizona play but what I want his clips and he looks like he's a tough player that could be good on defense is a good pastor and then also you have Kobe Wexler's, the a lot of backward guys want to know how much Dragon to play, but use a good insurance for the balls that have so I like assigning human obviously you have Zach Levine and Max feel which I'm fine with.

I don't know if user requires walking bucket. I can be the best player on the title to, but only if somehow you guys work on a trade package, and Kevin Durant comes to town to get a like that. The rant Levine 12 punch with Caruso and Alonzo, if he's healthy and out of all.

Maybe those guys get dealt but it's yet to be seen exactly the number one player on a championship team. I have my doubts right now but absolutely could be a number two player if Durant came in so I like assigning so young. I think you like. 27 silly since entering his prime. So yes, it's a good signing for the Bulls elected looking down the odds of icon and surprise the Bulls are 51 the weight there. They have the same they were sod so the pelicans are 40 to 1 and then then it's we got the 20s we got tea wolves and Mavericks at 25 grizzlies at 22 in the raptors and Nuggets at this point one that's that's good odds for the Bulls in terms of like if your better the value because this team about saying that Bulls will use next year, but you never know that you just never know. You have to guys that are also center team that can score 4050 points a game which the Bulls have with Rosen Levine. You just don't know what will happen. The key is the development this year for the Bulls of Patrick Williams. He's to me the make or break for the Bulls if he's if you take the next leap than the Bulls can really content in the East, but if he if he's not aggressive in these capacities.

He's the same play was lesser than the Bulls really will go anywhere.

So depends on him the yeah we are odds considering just how great you guys started the year last year. One of the most surprising teams off to such a hot start struggled obviously and steams of, winning record is top four teams and you gotta be up on the bad teams, but definite surprised and there's a lot of injuries. I mean, Lonza was allowed to Caruso yeah, those guys are so important in terms of their defense pilots talk about the team that won the off-season. I say this is something and I was joking with you, but you we did have this talk, you know right after the day after Celtics loss of finals you came in your little down and I was trying to hype you up even though it hurt Mixon like to sell exposing Pro you are in a position only thought you'd be in and you play great. That's all you need to do is you cut out of the sterner vicious. Get yourself a point guard to which he replied what like we get a point guard. What happens with the homework that my smart family collects a good point, but I still think you should that might be the moving then you guys end up heading also seemed like a good problem to have apps like suddenly you have smart defensive play the year and a people and a lot of issues with that.

But whatever I do not remember you said that I was likable. Crap, I'd be happy to have that now then now the sea is going get Malcolm brought under new yellow of Malcolm Brogdon member how good he was a Milwaukee one rookie of the year came out like M and then yell at the Pacers era for him didn't didn't go great out high expectations based on what he did to start his career and then he's been banged up, but there is no other way to put anything.

Injuries have slowed him down and I now he becomes expendable, but he goes to a team where he's not counted on to be the guy, not even to start. Malcolm Brogdon has admitted like he will embrace the six man role and so what this is able to do now for the Celtics in that second unit and now maybe in crunch time is he out there. Is he one of the final five minute fourth-quarter guys where smart doesn't have to handle the ball jailing brown doesn't have to handle the ball. We do want to see 20 turnovers in an NBA finals game like that is a huge huge deal that if you're not a Celtics fan you.

You wouldn't really think is as important as it is, but I was so fired up for this am so fired up to get gallon RA like this. The guy who grew up a Celtics fan loves Larry Bird like wants to be there wants to be part of the team and to bring banner 18 and this is a guy that they need.

They need a guy who can make threes he 610. He can defend if he has to, we can grab a rebound. He can stand in the corner and it may make 22 foot three-pointers all day long. He's 10 threes again before no one on Boston really has that ability and we got a guy who can be that seventh, eighth, ninth guy coming off the bench and be able to do that. Boston totally one the off-season.

In my opinion and is not just a home like I really think that Brad Stevens is making all the right moves pushing all the right buttons. He said, is not done so, what is that one final move that Brad can make now that suddenly a 10 man rotation enter the favorites to win the title, which I think is a little insane like let's be honest, like Milwaukee still pry the best team in the NBA if they're fully healthy.

They have the best player on the planet Chris Middleton is a Olympian All-Star.

It's it sucked that eating at the play in the playoffs. It was good for my team, but I still think the walk is for the best team. They have the same odds are 61 phoenixes +650 Golden State 71 with the clippers, but I just think Boston really really did a great job like like teaching, like you said, they over achieve this year compared considering where they started the season where they were halfway through the season. 500 and then they just kinda gone a rocketship to the NBA finals and to improve the way they did this off-season skies the limit now for this team and but now expectations are there directly heart and so maybe if he did what the Cincinnati Bengals in the film need to do. Everyone knew that their liability there. One glaring weakness that that weak link in the chain was her offense of line. So what they immediately do. Interesting. What did they do, they made it to the Super Bowl that God is far as they could, and in what they do now. They didn't Stamp Act may witness aggressively. I took the welders torch to that weak link and I'll know they put some by bringing them some titanium around their you know I when I taught it to yeah I was like what you cut down on your turnovers and that's what Malcolm Brogdon does. I'm just peeping this like over his career he's averaged only and I just save it's only 1.8 turnovers. Games like his last starting season welcoming plate 36 games but it 2.1 of just for comparison, Luca as I'm looking here. He averaged 4.5 turnovers a game tree. Young is in the four turnovers again.

So you got a guy was really to protect the ball is not in the turnovers that was your biggest issue at the end of the season and into the lake into the playoffs so you really, really did a great job addressing that man I'm in game six in the NBA finals. The Celtics three best players. Tatum Brown, and smart 13 turnovers game five. II got imagine it's probably even higher. Yeah that's the one major thing. Boston is great job. Should the three-pointer. We do you bring a guy she is gonna make that even better job at addressing the turnover situation and improving the bench is that it could it could Brogdon be a starter down the stretch and maybe also you like to know what happened. You know what can happen but I just think as a fan could be more excited now the expectations are there. Tatum was first team all NBA.

I keep pointing that out. But you gotta maintain that level now and now you gotta take it to the to the next level, whereas when you have a two and late in the finals. Your close not baby out so that your hope will say pretty excited artesian clippers talk to me. John wall etc. I mean that's it right. You are lucky again.

We just talked about health.

It's always an issue with the clippers right that I have done this on the show before I've given you like a laundry list I've given you a writing receipt list.

Do you know those writing DVS it's I'm sorry yes yeah I'm giving you like so long by the way one you think thing coupons and ads and stuff like that. How did my mother and I don't know but do not get that leasing to I don't want that and Mike I Ricky Bobby likes exit writing. I'm still cut back in the old days with CVS so you know, look John wall had injury problems the last few years of super jumbo. Let's not forget the dudes 19 point per game scoring. Guess what, like he said he doesn't have to be Batman on the steam like God. If you listen and help mice or smoke a lot voice but if these guys can stay healthy. My goodness, which is always the problem, but you got quiet and got PG now John wall doesn't have to be Batman. It doesn't have to be Superman years have to be you know number one on the call seat now hitting just kinda getting working fits and then John Morgan separates himself. You think the third-best offenders going to be able to lock me up. Good luck with that.

So you know you worry about Paul. You gotta worry about Kawai. You know you got nowhere about the tomb sit in the corner in the top of the top of the key hidden threes you know Terrence Mann is going to do his thing. We we Sun Tzu box that was great loss Hartenstine which you know, kinda hurts a little bit with their big situation wasn't that great but you know, big shot Bob Covington.

I believe the Marcus Morris will probably be back link canard. Hopefully I like Luke keep him so I'm excited to see what these what a healthy clippers team can do because no quae Leonard obviously missed some games throughout his career, but when healthy, and on that court. You're hard-pressed to find five better players and quiet Leonard and in basketball get a Weird Way, Adam. The clippers not only added John wall, but there also can add Kawai and Paul Georgia next year's team. Suddenly, maybe they win the off-season weird way yeah absolutely.

The clippers here are for sure title contenders, and I forgot Norman Powell, who we got another big move. There's all really good player.

John wall can either be the six man or start way I think will be playing down the stretch in later talks on the past podcast you have the lineup where you have Reggie Jackson, John wall why Leonard Paul Georgia Nick tomb is your final thought on the stretched a Lente sympathizing off. I am mad at that that sizing through outside shooting every computer like it's more and even if you want to put too much in there to get rebounds or so of guys all around the neck ensure that's that's a great team. Alex hi Lou, I think is a really good coach and yeah you should. I know that you're scared. I know you have PTSD you have strong moments in the past on her. To be excited when I've been I heard the summer of 2022 in front of the 2022 2023 season UT judge others and need to be excited about your loss is always excited about. There's always a little trepidation, but I'm always excited because it's always like that you get the biggest what if and just if we could stay healthy. I might let you guys know my dream is a Sixers clippers and be a final I'm convinced that before the horrible night rebel nightmares are dreams to just keep that my but I'm Lord before he calls me home is going to reward what his favorite sons and let me see witness this in person. Like, what would you do every game just go back and forth will I have to boost up my my economics that stagnant status you not have to maybe you know maybe this mega millions that when talking about Goldstein money.

Of course I believe it make friends of Jimmy not know Jimmy Goldstein here long met him once or twice, but I me Wayne being down like that. But how do I watch his games were interesting.

Anytime a good look clippers Sixers game is my friend Riley would tell you because we been watching clippers together for 20 years so we've seen about 13 clippers Sixers games.

I just basically sit there and I root for good basketball like a human pregnancy somebody like will trigger on this end of the court turned that and I'm pretty much turning the morbid coach and because I see something that someone does bad.

It infuriates me and then I get hyped up for the guys to do well it's I guess maybe some would find it weird but it's just the way I want us to have one scene when Jesus had one again and I've had had to stop forever. It's like Matt I the Sixers you want to Dr. J's might. Second favorite athlete. Besides, Mohammed Ali Ali have two sports idols Dr. J. Mohammed Ali saw my entire life on the six or fan, but I been out here 20+ years I've had clippers season take things the clippers of never one at least I was alive and 83 I know obvious I didn't stay up and watch the game. I was a kid, but I can remember that the Sixers won the title never seen the clippers do anything so if I'd have to say that would be the tiebreaker because this team did when this is one way they live in Los Angeles right when I moved to Los Angeles in 1999 no one knew me.

I could've easily hopped on that Laker bandwagon and as much I love basketball, you know how lovely my life with the been the last 20 years as a Laker frenemy take a few baggers that's five titles I've never sniffed anything like as a clipper fit so I truly believe that as a clipper fan who sat here all these years and earned wages are best if they win and I get to see it that's going to be bro like that's gonna be the greatest thing in the world like like OSHA. What makes me happy. The fact that on the be happier in effect mad, but the fact of the matter is, it hasn't happened.

Haven't come close, but man, if it does, it would be glorious. So if you ask me if they played each other like group for men that's tough. I might have to go for the teams. Never one the title essay the third best odds. There Boston to Milwaukee or 61. Like I said Phoenix is 13 to 2 and then Golden State and the clippers are 712. They have the same odds as the warriors who just won the title warriors lost a lot of good bench players. Gary Payton was lost reporter Otto Porter missing's missing somebody else but will let you know that we sign Louis which I thought Lily was going to dip, to be honest with you, but you know he re-signed one of the dudes went to the lake yet outline is generally a then you have to think that you also will be adding Wiseman will hopefully be healthy. Why don't really good the other night and then there's more role for Moody blues Gagne and then commanded Camille what is expected to take a leap next year as income and hence definitely back to I mean Kylie back to hundred percent to me to me. I'm worried about is warriors again illustrated.

You gotta be hounded yeah there's there's a great seem and insulate show weakness to me that there is a favorite artist. I think another. I think Paul also will have another better year than even to this year will improve the segmentation is really high for Paul, though, that is true is very true. There's not as much pressure necessarily on him because he's wondering now, but there is more I think I think I things got more pressures, more pressure after the contract on a plane to Spain for 200 million so there is more pressure is that I think a really interesting finding is much I want Boston to make it back but like Milwaukee it at 100% against Golden State, 100% like that's kind of an NBA finals. I wouldn't mind will be amazing seven games of love to see obviously cannot stop them.

But I love to see dream uncharted and try to get ahead of John is the CEO would have been impossible also put 50 on all data will just be fun to see dream.

I might try to fight that something broken guys and we can chat about this.

We made it through her teams on the big show.

You know I'm doing the thing where I talk about the NBA goats.

The greatest player per franchise. So maybe real quick rental and leasing discounted quickly get you guys thoughts on some of these pics that I made him like I kicked it off with the Southwest division start off with that so that's, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans and San Antonio exit out.

That was the second one, but at Dirk Nowitzki is the greatest Dallas Mavericks came as a greatest rocket. Zach Randolph is the greatest grizzlies player came down Anthony Davis for the pelicans and Tim Duncan for this purchase. What you guys think about those pics there back.

I think the ones right off the bat were were pretty pretty no-brainers. I really think there was kinda no controversy.

It's kind of weird.

The MBA ones will slightly easier than its own identity and only slightly easier. I think we get to like Boston and LA you're like those ones are going to be so I kinda left them for life pretty difficult.

You know about imagistic similes of franchises and maybe not as old. Either you know talking again at Chris's item today. I picked the Charlotte hornet right now. It was Campbell Walker and I can probably tell you it's going to be the least sexy pic probably of all of these, but there franchise history is kind of as such were the don't really have a great history of living so you know I put Kimberly in there for the greatest show I would disagree with you on that. I'd say it's Alonzo Morris.

I thought to what I was think that every guys and when you say Charlotte was kinda my first and I thought I have to go in campus stats, which I'm sure are mazelike as akimbo Alonzo my initial criteria would you have to play at least three seasons for team Alonzo .3. Incredible three years as I had to guess I'm not as long as we all think that but no remember.

Then he left. So you know Kimberly is the all-time leading scorer in the franchise prayers.

Most times it just like it wasn't maybe the most sexy pic that I season yes amazing. So I guess I think of Charlotte hornet. I just immediately think of Larry Johnson on the morning and hence Boston will hit the jumper and one and always think of anything I was gone and you know I started off at the central because I was like this is the easiest division of bowls, it's obvious you during this. It's obviously Lebron, it's the Pistons. Obviously Isaiah.

It's the Pacers. Obviously, Reggie Miller, but then we got to the box and I spent about three hours.

Believe it or not copying and pasting going step for step back and back going. Ari Yunus is six years Kareem six years. I wanted to give Visteon escape but at its heart, a man in the guy averaged 32.18 rebounds in the three MVPs he want like I just 10 years from now. I said when this list is done, however, does this. It's going to be honest, but as of right now if I just put them together in the combine where the retina career I had to go with Kareem is the greatest book of all time with midnight and it will be honest when Marcus Johnson, maybe with Milwaukee markets and career.

But I don't think that Naomi fight seven years. IT WAS A GREAT PLAYER AND OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW ONE OF THE GREATEST AFTER BASKETBALL CAREERS OF ALL TIME WITH ONE OF THE GREATEST ROLES. ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME SO THAT NO DOUBT NOW I THINK I THINK DOING A GREAT JOB. IT'S APPRECIABLY EASIER WITH THE MBA STUFF, LIKE I GAVE YOU SOME GRIEF TODAY ABOUT THE HEAT. BUT I LIKE THAT'S THE THING WE GOING BACK AND FORTH TO THE RIGHT CONCLUSION. I WAS JUST SURPRISED BROWN THAT'LL BE A BIT LIKE I SAID IF LEBRON PLAYS ANY AMOUNT OF TIME ON YOUR TEAM.

YOU HAVE TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT HE'S ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME IS LIKELY. OBVIOUSLY IT WAS UNREALIZABLE THE ALONZO MOURNING THING THAT HE WAS ONLY THREE YEARS I'VE NO IDEA THAT I LEFT THERE AS YOU KNOW ME HUGE GEORGE SOMETHING SO I LOVE ALONZO SO I KNEW THAT YOU KNOW HE DIDN'T STAY THERE. LEBRON LEBRON DIDN'T PLAY THAT MANY YEARS ON THE UNIT. I THINK IT WAS LIKE WAR, BUT THE ONE TO KINDNESS AND YOUR SWORD ON LEBRON WHEN HE WAS IN MIAMI THAT WAS HIS ABSOLUTE PEAK.

I WAS THERE. THOSE LIKE TO THEM.

ULTIMATE PRIME.

HE HAD SEVERAL PRIMES BUT THAT WAS HIS ULTIMATE PRIME AS WELL. I THINK MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT. I JUST THINK THE WAY GETTING THAT YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT LEBRON IF YOU HAVE A MOUNT RUSHMORE.

HE'S GOTTA BE ON IT FOR THE TEAM YOU KNOW BUT YOU D WADE WHAT HE MEANT TO THAT. I GOT FRIENDS OF MINE WHAT HE MEANT TO THE CULTURE OF THE CITY HE WAS.

HE WAS 80. YOU KNOW SO AND I THINK I ALSO DID THE SOUTHWEST DIVISION. THE DAY WHICH I THINKS PROBABLY SURPRISE YOU WHEN I GOT TO THE HOCKS AND I PICK BOB PETTIT OVER DOMINIQUE WILKINS BUT IT JUST TURNED OUT THEY 11 TITLE BIPED AND HE WAS DRESSED LARRY ADAMS ON FOUR-TIME ALL-STAR GAME MVP 11 TIME ALL-STAR IS ONE OF THE 75. THIS IS WAS ONLY GREATEST 175 MY LETTER DOMINIQUE, BUT I MEAN IF IT WOULD BE REAL AND TRY TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RESPECT THIS LIST BOB PETTIT AND IN THE HORNETS AND OF COURSE AS AKIMBO THE HEAT WAVE THE MAGIC CAME DOWN THE SHACK AND DWIGHT HOWARD AND AGAIN I THINK IT JUST CAME DOWN TO HOWARD DID IT FOR LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN SHACK ELSE'S DEFENSIVE PLAYER THE YEARS WHICH CORRECT ROBERT RIVER REGION WILL SCRAP ON PEOPLE DON'T PLAY DEFENSE AND GET A GOOD GUY WHO DEFENSE PER YEAR THREE TIMES IN A ROW AND NO ONE REALLY EVER TIME A NIGHT IN A ROW.

I'M SORRY MIAMI THAT ON THE 75TH TEAM. DWIGHT WAS THE BIGGEST OMISSION FOR ME. I WOULD SAY I SO THAT'S IS SO DISRESPECTED TOTAL HERE IN FRONT OF IT IS HE'S NOT THE MOST LIKABLE PLAYER COLBY DIDN'T LIKE THEM ORIGINATED ALL HIS LITTLE HAND HERE WHERE IS LIKER'S TENURE WAS KIND OF A DISASTER.

BUT IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS LIKE SMILING AND LOOKING LIKE HAVING A GOOD TIME. SO IT'S REALLY WEIRD THAT LIKE SO AMAZING. IT IS PRIMES THE FACE OF THE LEAK FIRST CONTEST LEG SHACK WAS HITTING ON THEM SO YEAH JUST GOT A BAD RAP FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT IN HIS PRIME. HE WAS THE BEST SUMMER IN THE LEAGUE BY FAR THE DOMINANT DEFENSIVE FORCE IN THE LETTER THAT IT SEEMS THE FINALS AGAINST THE LAKERS ENDS AND HE WAS UNBELIEVABLE THAT YEAR SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T RESPECT DWIGHT HOWARD IS ON HIS PRIME ANYMORE IS NOT ANYWHERE NEAR WHAT USED TO BE, BUT THAT BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT A 100% HALL OF FAMER HUNDRED PERCENT OMEGA HALL OF FAME.

II JUST THINK IT'S WEIRD WERE GONNA LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE LIKE SHACK ISN'T THE GREATEST CARE IN THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE TEAMS HE PLAYED ON TRUST.

I AM LAZY TO THINK ABOUT IT WOUND. WHEN I WAS HITTING SEND ON THE EMAIL LAST NIGHT. I WAS LIKE REALLY LIKE TO DO THIS, BUT THE CHECKS NOT THE GREATEST MAGIC ARGUABLY HE'S NOT THE GREATEST LAKER WELL DID SHACK CAN YOU SAY SHACK HAD A GREATEST SEASONABLY. YOU CAN PUT THEM IN THERE, BUT HER 2000. IT'S JUST THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST SEASONS EVER SHACK FROM 99 TO 2002 WILL UNSELECT.

HONESTLY, I'M GOING TO CREATE AN ALL-TIME TEAM AND I GET THE PLUG PICK THEM FROM ANY ERA EMPLOYEE. MOST OFTEN I WRITE START THE FIVE WHICH SHACK FROM THE 2000 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL WAS THERE WAS NOTHING REALLY NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP THIS MAN. NOTHING GREAT BEFORE WE GET OUT AND NOT FOR SORRY CHRIS I DESCENDED WITH WES ON SOLD AND SETTLED WITH THE WIZARDS EARLY KNOW YOU THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE MICHAEL JORDAN BULLETS AND WIZARDS. I THINK YOU SHOULD SEPARATED IS 7% OR SO IDEA, ALTHOUGH OTHER GUIDELINES THAT A GOOD PLEDGE, GILBERT WITH CONTROVERSY OR WITH HIS BODY IS ABOUT YEAR WERE YOU THROWING UP 60 WAS JUST IT WAS A LITTLE RIDICULOUS STUPID CONFIDENCE LEVELS. ALL CONFERENCES, ALL 60 PLAY GAMES THIS SEASON. THE THIRD REAL QUICKLY LISTED SO I Drank KARI IRVING REAL QUICK BECAUSE THEY'VE KINDA BEEN DOMINATING THE OFF-SEASON ZERO HAS BEEN MUCH MOVEMENT, LIKE WE SAID GUYS ARE JUST, RE-UPPING SIGNING THE MAX DEALS WITH THEIR TEAM AND THEN KEVIN DURANT SAID COOL I WANT TO BE TREATED.

DO YOU THINK THAT WAS JUST A MOVE TO GET TYREE OUT AND THAT KEVIN DURANT IS NOT REALLY GOING ANYWHERE OR DO YOU THINK THEY'RE BOTH GONE OR IN TERRAIN ENDS UP IN MIAMI OR PHOENIX OR CHICAGO OR GOLDEN STATE OR WHO KNOWS WHERE LIKE WHAT YOU THINK IS CAN HAPPEN WITH THESE GUYS. ADAM'S MADNESS RIDE HOME IN BROOKLYN IS CRAZY. IT'S CRAZY WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL HAVE BOTH THOSE GUYS ABOVE EITHER THAT THAT'S HUMORED OUT COULD BE POTENTIALLY THE WORST TEAM IN THE NBA OR NBA CHAMPIONS. BY THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW BROOKLYN IS NOT GOING TO GIVE UP KEVIN DURANT'S WITHOUT GIVING EXTREME VALUE I THINK YOU SENT ME THAT THAT POST WERE MINNESOTA THERE TRY TO TRADE OF MINNESOTA MASTER EDWARDS AND SOUNDS WHICH IS MASTER EVERYBODY I EDWARDS TOWNSEND FIVE TEXT SAYS I WOULDN'T GET EQUAL VALUE BACK FOR KEVIN DURAND. HERE'S THE THING. BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN GIVE UP YOUR TWO GUYS WHO WERE UNDER 30S OR START WRESTLING THAT'S DISCRETE MULTI GRAPHICS LIKE WHAT TEAM COULD DO IT. WANT TO DO IT NOW. PHOENIX STRUMS MAKE THEM A SENSE MAKING THE MOST SENSE. APPARENTLY PHOENIX WANTS DEVON BOOKER, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A BOOK WHICH CAN HAPPEN So YOU TRADE STATEMENT.

MANY SIGNS OF MAXFIELD AND BRIDGES ENDS. MAYBE KIM JOHNSON A COUPLE DRAFT THAT DOES MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT'S A CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER WITH THE BIG THREE MAKES BROOKLYN REALLY GOOD TO CHRIS PAUL PROBLEM CAN COMPETE ABOUT SINGLE WITH YOU SO THEY CAN BE A PLAYOFF TEAM WITH THAT'S TOTALLY WHEN YOU HAVE DEVON BOOKER, KEVIN MARANTZ AND CHRIS PAUL ON THE TEAM THAT'S IN SOME CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDER IS IN A BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. SO IT'S EITHER THE SONS I WANT MIAMI MIAMI ENDS BACK. I MEAN HERE LIKE EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR BAM. IF THERE'S SOME WEIRD LIKE CONTRACT ROLE THEY CAN'T TRADE DOWN.

I'LL SAY THIS I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF THEM GOING HIKING THERE. I THINK WHEN THE SEASON STARTS. KARI KEVIN DURANT WILL BOTH BE AN INCISION WITH JOE HARRISON IS RUN BACK. I KINDA THINK SO BECAUSE THE LAKERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MERELY OKAY THINK MAYBE KARI CAN HAMPER THE LAKERS BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME THAT MOST LIKELY HERE'S WHAT ONE OF THE NETS EVER DO THAT ESCAPE AGAIN LIKE THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING LIKE YOU CAN'T GET VALUE FOR THESE GUYS SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL KEEP SO I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF THEM.

WHAT ELSE THE BULLS CAN HONESTLY HAVE A GREAT PACKAGE FOR DURANT.

YOU HAVE MARTA ROSEN PATRICK WILLIE HAJEK WILLIAMS COLBY WHITE IN TWO OR THREE FIRST-ROUND PICKS. THAT'S A GREAT PACKAGE, THEN YOU PAIR HIM UP WITH ZACH LEVINE THAT TIM CAN COMPETE. ALSO FOR CHAMPIONSHIP KEVIN MORAN'S EQUITY, AND ARE COMPETING FOR CHAMPIONS. OF COURSE THEY ARE COMING TO REST AS A TOP EMPLOYER AND ZACH LEVINE, WHOSE AT LEAST 25 PLAYERS NUMBER TWO OPTION AND THEN YOU HAVE LOST HEALTHY ALONZO BALL YOU SICK. THAT TEAM BUT FELT IT WAS NO CELTICS THEIR PARTNER.

THEY WOULD NOT BE THE FAVORITE BUT THEY COULD BEAT THEM SO THAT'S THAT'S IN PINK AND YELLOW. WHILE I THINK I READ GONE. I REALLY THINK THE RANTING TO COME BACK MADE IT THE TEAM PUT OUT THE SEASON-TICKET INFORMATION PANEL THE OTHER DAY AND TO RANSOM THE PHOTOBOOK. I REASONED THAT THAT WEIRDLY SAYS A LOT TO ME LIKE MAYBE YOU SAY LIKE MAYBE THE OWNER IN DURAND, WORK SOMETHING OUT ON MANY WAS JUST A MOVE.

MAYBE IT WAS KIND OF A CHESS PLAY BY BY KATIE AND HIS TEAM TO BE LIKE, LET'S GET THIS TRADE TALK OUT, LET'S GET THAT LEAKED.

SO THEN KAI REVEALED FORCES WAY TO LA AND THEN I CAN HAVE THIS TEAM TO MYSELF WITH BEN SIMMONS, JOE HARRISON, SETH. HOWEVER, UNLESS AND WESTBROOK POTENTIALLY YET MAYBE LESS EROTICA AND I THINK WE MAY HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS ON THE PICTURE INITIALLY. MAYBE WE DIDN'T. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS IS GOOD WORK KEVIN DURRANT LOVES BASKETBALL RIGHT IS IT WE LIKE BASKETBALL. KEVIN DURRANT LOVES BASKETBALL KEVIN DURRANT WOULD PLAY PROBABLY 24 HOURS A DAY IF HE COULD AND THEN YOU GOT BEN SIMMONS. WE DON'T THINK LOVES BASKETBALL SO FAR I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COMBINATIONS GO TO WORK WHEN YOU GET A GYM RAT AND A GUY WHO DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A GYM RIGHT LIKE LIKE US AND I BELIEVE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON. BOTH OF THEM ON THE NETS YOU NOTICE I DIDN'T SAY BY THE END OF THE SEASON. THEY BOTH BE ON THE NET SO THAT PART OF. NOT SURE YET. IT'S INTERESTING, IT'S INTERESTING, I JUST WANT TO GET OUT THERE ON THE REAL QUICKLY BEFORE WE GO ANY SUMMER LEAGUE. WE GOT CHECK BURST APOLLO HOW AWESOME IS THAT BALD AT THE BEGINNING BUT THEN YOU KNOW KENNY LOFTON JUNIOR. BY THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HE WAS UNDRAFTED. I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND. ALSO, HOW IS NOT THE SON OF JUNIOR'S OFFICE AND AROUND THE CENTER FEELING THAT HE KIND OF SHED A LITTLE BRICK GAME TO AND I DIE DOWN. THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S SATAN.

CHECK HOLMGREN OUT I WAS A LITTLE WEIRD TO ME BUT APOLLO BALL OUT SO I'M A FAN YOU KNOW I CALLED TO VERY CLOSE TO LESSER A LOT A LOT OF THEIR GAMES. APOLLO IS A POTENTIAL SUPERSTAR IS THE TOTAL PACKAGE OFTEN SLID HIS HUGE T6 BEEN FOR 2 TO 50, BUILT LIKE A BRICK HE'S GOING TO GET BIGGER AS HE GETS IN THE LEAGUE. HE CAN SHOOT OUTSIDE COMPOSE PEOPLE UP.

I WILL PICK BY THE MAGIC AND EVERY THOUGHT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PICK JABARI SMITH GOING INTO THE DRAFT AS MUCH A GUARANTEE AND THEN THE CHANGE OF HEART.

I THINK THEY MADE THE SMART PICK WITH APOLLO AND THAT'LL BE FUN TO SEE HIM IN AND SHUT IN A POTENTIAL RIVALRY 2022 DRAFT CLASS RIVALRY ALONG WITH JABARI SO SHED HAS POTENTIAL TO BE SPECIAL. I THINK THE GAME CHANGING DEFENSIVE PLAYERS, ESPECIALLY HE CAN SHOOT FOR A BIG MAN TO BLOCK SHOT IS THE FACT I WAS GOING I WAS GOING THERE THAT HE CAN BECOME UGLY CAN BE MUCH HUMBLE LIKE SHOT BLOCKER WHERE HE'S BLOCKING TO THREE SHOTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. I THINK SO TOO.

IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH IN HIS FRAME.

MAYBE HE'LL NEVER BE'S. SHE'S GOT SOME MUSCLE, YOU WILL NEVER BE RIBS B EUROS LAYING AS I COULD BE SILENT NO END.

YOU WILL BE SOUGHT AS MUSIC GENRES AS HE WAS PUT ON LIKE 15 TO 20 POUNDS OF MUSCLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS AND ESTABLISH HIMSELF IN THE PAINT AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON HIS JUMPER. THAT GUY CAN BE A SUPERSTAR AS WELL SEND IS NO REASON WHY HE CAN'T BE 2010 AND THREE BLOCK COMING, BUT I KNOW THIS IS ME. I'M ALWAYS HESITANT WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE CAMBY MUTOMBO. YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE TO LOSE THE SECOND GREATEST SHOT BLOCKER IN THE HISTORY OF THE NBA TO KINDA SAY LIKE HE COULD BEAT THE CAN BE LIKE EVERY NIGHT THAT SO THAT'S JUST IN A SIMILAR STATEMENT COTTON THAT'S ALSO HOMESICK IS IN TERMS OF ALTERING SHOTS IN THE SIX BLOCKS IN HIS FIRST GAME GET SIMILARLY, COMPANY EVEN WHEN YOU BREAK AND SCORED AT LEAST TWO POINTS IN ONE OF THOSE GAMES ARE EVERYBODY KEEP ENJOYING THE SUMMER TIME WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT MORE OPEN KEVIN DURANT ON THE MOVE OF SOME OF TALK ABOUT PICTURES KATIE TRAY FIVE THROUGHOUT THEIR COLLEGE PRODUCES DO SOME STUFF FOR YOURSELF. TALK ABOUT TIMEKEEPING JOIN EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR WATCHING TJ ADAM