Kevin Durant trade rumors, Knicks trade for Mikal Bridges, Will Bronny James be a Laker?

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(00:00) Surprised that Kevin Durant is in trade rumors again? / Will the Lakers draft Bronny James today?
(24:03) Did the Knicks give up too much for Mikal Bridges?
(33:52) How does UConn’s Stephon Castle fit with Victor Wembanyama?
(38:44) Want to see Paul George join Steph Curry and the Warriors?
(44:01) Broussard’s Under Duress List
(58:10) JJ Redick on critics: “I don’t give a (expletive)”
(1:04:33) Will Bronny James definitely be a Laker?

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live from New York it’s the show that just loves lasagna this guy is just out of his mind today he’s fresh off 4 days in Italy can’t stop talking about it and is out of his mind the food about like oh the food in Italy you didn’t know the food no it’s like it’s like when we we knew wemi was tall and we went to see him like you yeah everyone talks about it not enough at the same time first things first today are we hours away from the Lakers having bronny James on the team but not LeBron is he officially no I mean we can’t be hours away from that maybe he’s an unrestricted free agent not yet no I a question Mar on that one there a no meanwhile Mel Bridges ogan anobi the Knicks have the third best Championship odds is it sbob in New York absolutely and finally the most motivational segment in all sports Tua who’s about to make $50 million a year somehow on the bud list maybe right W he the league and got to get up to date on the latest reports all right alongside Nick Wright who’s fresh from Vegas didn’t win a lot of money but on the black dark but didn’t lose a lot right no I did all right I did I did all right overall nobody cares about our personal lives we’re here for sports who’s on the bubble bud list bro gambling’s not a sport Now who’s on the bubble budless uh bro you had five not sure I got three and that’s that okay then stop yelling me about five barely get to three we start with the shrapnel of a draft day W bomb while outlining some draft day trades W wrote the sunet said they’re keeping Durant for now but that could change next season uh-oh Matt ishia didn’t like that Phoenix loves Kevin Durant and Kevin Durant loves Phoenix what and we are competing for a championship this this year because we have the team to do it got to love draft KN go suns are you shocked that Durant’s trade rumors are percolating listen I I don’t know how anyone could be shocked Phoenix is incredibly high on the NBA’s no clue what they’re doing with and it might be number one well I don’t know Detroit exists the Wizards are out there I mean there are some but the other teams on that list are just in this Perpetual no man’s land of rotating through coaches not having star players now the suns are rotating through coaches but they do have a they were recently in the finals and they have two top 20 players in the league they but they the fact of the matter is this they are right now in the grasp of one of to use your buddy’s coined phrase new owner syndrome one of the worst cases of it in NBA history and because they have just put pressed the accelerator down fully for Kevin Durant made sense but was risky for Bradley Beal didn’t make sense was incredibly risky and I think now Brew is in something of denial about how close they actually are to contention that the team might view this roster Championship aspirations differently than the players on it so it wouldn’t shock me at all if Kevin Durant’s like yeah I’ve kind of always been restless and this is not going the way I thought it was going to go and I wouldn’t want to be here I think it would be smart if Phoenix traded Kevin Durant and accepted their reality of we’re not contending during what is left of his you know tail end of his prime but I don’t think they’re going to do it before the season cuz I don’t think Matt is wants to accept that reality you said a lot there first of all let’s say Houston was one of the teams rumored to be interested in Durant I don’t think that’ll happen if I was Houston I’d be more interested in Devin Booker well sure they’re younger I’m trying to win you know I don’t think Durant winning any more champ if the team he needs to go to has to be really close like Milwaukee okay somebody like that where he’s just that final piece he’s not leading you anywhere I’m sorry he’s not not to a championship he didn’t lead teams to championships in his prime so he’s going to do it at 36 it’ll be 36 when the season starts it’s not happening now as far as I I don’t think they’ll trade him all right I think you don’t I don’t think you pay Mike buen hoser sure he can build a program he’s done that but I think you bring in Mike buen hoser for 10 million dollar a year because you feel like we got a we got a roster that’s right there you do have three but you do have I mean part of the pro and look I don’t think they’re winning a championship but I’m saying part of the problems health and that’s always a problem with Bradley Beal but they’ve got three healthy star if they have three healthy Stars youf nerkish Grayson Allen I mean it’s okay but I think there I think you got to give it a shot and then see how things go before you make this year giving it a shot yeah well they can say everybody was hurt or at least be in the but they hadn’t developed chemistry I I’m with you and that I don’t think they’re going anywhere I just don’t think they’re going to make the trade here’s the other thing before you go I don’t want to hear from Kevin Durant that you want out oh see that’s what I was going to ask you yeah who are you to be wanting out it’s like same thing as right right there’s rumor it’s it’s like Joel ID I don’t want to hear from you that you want out you’re part of the reason we can’t go far Joel M has no business saying to the Sixers I want out because he can’t stay healthy which is part of their problem and Kevin Durant if if the sons can’t go further part of it is you okay part of it is because you got you didn’t play as well as you should in the playoffs and you let a young boy talk trash to you and then kick you out of the playoffs in four games I mean at some point guys got to look in the mirror if I’m supposed to be that good then let I got Deon I got Bradley pill get Bradley pill and also I just don’t want to hear from a superstar that’s not delivering that I won out for the record Paul Jo and be’s at home like what the heck person first back I didn’t say anything I’m just I’m trying to get Paul George here and Kevin Durant hasn’t said anything I was going to ask you it feels like once you get you’re in trade rumors and it’s a little bit of like you know what get so I disagree with entirely this I I I wish Kevin Durant would ask out oh here’s the thing man he is at this he’s a Wanderer and whether he stays in Phoenix or doesn’t stay in Phoenix that is going to be his rep the what is werer a Wanderer rolling just he is restless and I and he seems unable to find basketball peace and he is had a lot of different environments and he’s found it nowhere and it’s not just about the winning because he was at the apex of the winning and it’s not like oh but I wasn’t a big part of it no you were the finals MVP and that by the way I supported him in leaving that cuz I did think he had more to go prove Brooklyn didn’t happen for him the way he wanted to Phoenix is not happening so here’s the point I’m making Brew if he were to ask out it doesn’t change his rep at all the only thing that can change his rep is if we see him on another sign significant postseason run because Kevin Durant like honest to God does he have a single really memorable moment as a son no it’s like wait didn’t he and Booker both score like 40 in a playoff series against the Nuggets I think like they set some record or what nothing Durant post Warriors Durant the last five years it’s a very it’s somewhat similar to what I say about Josh Allen which is his best win was a loss post Warriors Kevin Durant what’s the Apex the foot on the line game where he played unimpeachably great could have won maybe they win the title if they do it that year all those things but they lost in round two like that Bills team by the way and so the point like I but where where do you I mean again Milwaukee sure that’d be awesome but where do you want to see him go like you said he can’t find happiness anywhere so I don’t think that Houston’s the answer yeah and I don’t think Milwaukee’s realistic I think so there right now I think Phoenix is super far away and I think in part because I don’t think even healthy Bradley Beal is a top 30 guy I don’t think Bradley like I think Bradley Beal at this point in his career is not that player anymore and I like Bradley Beal and I’m he had a very nice you know he’s had a nice career but I don’t think he’s that player anymore so I just it has been seven years since we’ve seen Kevin Durant play a playoff game outside of round two s years we blaming that on everybody else around him no what I am no I am not what I am saying though is I don’t think he any longer at 36 years old is capable of dragging a team to contention so I would like to see him in a better basketball situation cuz he’s still an awesome player and he’s still a legend of the game that we are going to go his entire 30s and not see a relevant playoff game can I ask you a question bro yeah okay so suppose Kevin Durant saw this segment and he he texted Jo what’s this guy he’s like hey Brew question for you yeah you said yourself we can’t win right I really want to win and I happen to agree with you what do you think I should do outside of play better I mean look Nick his Legacy isn’t changing right I would it would be a great sexy storyline if he went to a better team but I’m just I just get tired of people blaming everybody else now Brooklyn is a legit you guys mock me all the time about it they didn’t have a legitimate chance except for little small stretches right cuz Harden was hurt Kyrie was hurt or wouldn’t take the vaccination all that stuff so that’s legit but I I just I just want to look Durant to me it’s he’s a a great illustration of where situation matters cuz if he had stayed and I’m with you I supported him when he left Golden State cuz I was like go prove you can win somebody else he he couldn’t prove it and some of that was injuries and and other things but if he had stayed in Golden State he might have four rings maybe three or four finals MVPs and people are actually talking about him as maybe a top 10 player of all time instead of Steph some might be arguing him or Lebron I don’t know but I this era would be LeBron KD era maybe the LeBron KD Steph era you know what it is now because he left Golden State it’s the LeBron Steph era yeah KD is not in the era I mean he’s a star he’s a superstar Hall of Famer all that but it is the LeBron Steph era and part of it is because we know Durant hasn’t been a great leader that’s not necessarily his personality that that’s fine but I’m going to say this too cuz Nick you got him firmly in the top 20 players of all time yeah I don’t think he’s firmly in the top 20 players of all time and it is and and reason I say that is because he hasn’t proven he can lead a team to a championship the Golden State teams were ready made right there and he was great but he didn’t lead them and I look at Kevin Durant he’s a great shooter he is he is I said he’s a a poster boy for right situation or wrong situation he’s also a poster boy for hard work works his tail off on what he wants to work on what name one thing he’s added to his game he is a great scorer has he added any he’s not a great he’s a solid rebounder solid Defender solid passer has he added in he has not even adjusted with the three-point error he takes five three-pointers a game he’s a great three-point shooter he’s 39% for his career he should be shooting nine three-pointers a game he hasn’t even made that adjustment so I don’t want to hear about you don’t have the teammates you don’t have the plays you don’t have the coach get it done but but he but he’s 30 but he’s I I I feel like this is a more fair take four years ago he’s now 36 he’s now the and again like that is that is the age Michael Jordan was when he played his final game with the bulls but LeBron all of a sudden started taking but that’s not fair for everybody else the numbers are the same the rant it’s just like LeBron his numbers are the same as they’ve always and and so I I guess the the and this is the last thing I’ll say I I think a lot of what you’re saying is maybe a little harsh but in in general correct but that’s kind of why I think he has nothing to lose by moving on because it’s not like whether or not he stays or leaves Phoenix is going to determine if you look at Kevin Durant like you know one team guy that’s never going to happen so if he could find a better basketball situation and play some Conference Finals and I know I think he made a wrong choice I think he made a wrong choice in team with Kyrie I think he made a wrong choice in thinking he and Booker were going to be great in Phoenix I think he made bad GM decisions for the for the player Kevin Durant but I still think he’s good enough to kick ass in a Conference Finals yeah but I want to see him we haven’t again since the 2018 finals he has played a 11 minutes post round two and that was the game he blew as Achilles I mean that that part of the story sucks start we’re back that was a lot of takes you had saved up there well we’ve been off for a few days Lakers drafted uh 17 they take Tennessee’s Dalton connect he was SEC Player of the Year and projected top 10 pick Rob pinka thrilled take a listen we would have never imagined a player as skilled and sort of perfect for our needs would would be there for us as connect um we had him you know as a top 10 player unanimously across our scouting boards um I was at the SEC tournament uh scouting him extensively and in my mind was like there’s no way a player like this could be available for us to pick on draft night okay how happy should Lakers fans be I mean I credit words due I’ve been a very vocal critic of Rob pinga the Lakers front office uh but this is I think an except pick I I this is a kid that scored 35 or more six times in just the last year he was a smaller college and then was at Tennessee he doesn’t have the rivals pedigree that you guys know I value the but his one year of big-time college basketball he was exceptional I was certain San Antonio would take him at 8 if he were there and then when he started dropping I was like a Daryl’s going to get him at 16 because he will spread the floor and you know be a plug and play again rookies don’t typically have a huge impact in the league but if they have one Elite skill set you can sometimes drop them in and they do something like what the Mavs were able to do with oh goodness the center Lively Derek Lively was and they can make an impact so I they’re having in a lot of moves Lakers front office has made that I’ve applauded I applaud this one wholeheartedly I think this is an excellent pick look he started junior college he played what two years at Northern Colorado great at Tennessee all right he’s 23 years old playing against kids that are younger than him they shouldn’t be happy they should be ecstatic ecstatic he got you again I got you he got you again he got you again but I with NI I love the pick and I know he is 23 and something but I care about the top I but here’s the reason Scouts do look down on that because you are playing against younger everybody your age that is like really nice is already in the NBA however players like this it’s kind of like the Villanova guys they come in they I love the I love his journey like the fact that he has gone from Joo to Northern Colorado to starring at Tennessee it shows a work ethic it shows a mental toughness and I think he’s going to come in he’s going to be a he’s a he got some athleticism even though people know him for his shooting but he can create his own stuff I’m not predicting stardom but I think he is a a great pick at 17 and a guy that can really help them out can I say one thing for the Lakers specifically assuming LeBron’s back I want a guy at 17 that is older I don’t want the 19-year-old with long-term upside who’s not going to get on the court for a long time if I’m drafting for I’m I would like a guy that you know what maybe even as a rookie he can give us 16 minutes a night and spread the court and hit threes like that to me it makes more sense for this Lakers team than for a team that’s you know rebuild or you know has a long journey ahead of them you take the more upside younger kid okay we’ll check in on the Lakers second round pick which might be bronnie James uh Lebron worked out with both of his sons this week and wrote on Instagram pops over here getting emotional just thinking about Journeys so far that’s really sweet it is um here’s a recent history of the 55th pick which the Lakers have uh it’s a lot of guys that either are development guys or don’t do a don’t have a ton of on their resume some decent uh overseas experience there when Josh and I were grinding some overseas tap people remember Kyle guy from Virginia but it’s not even a lot of big and Aaron Wiggins from Kentucky not even a lot of big college names yeah so I had Josh make that just I feel like the nepotism angle has run wild and it’s just like guys the 55th pick usually doesn’t work out so you can take a flyer on a superstar Sun uh so what are the chances that they select bronnie I think it’s darn near 100% I think bronnie will be assuming he’s there I don’t think any other team’s going to take him they will take him at 55 I think LeBron will resign with them for three years 160 million and they will play together and it’ll be a great story MH the and I look the nepotism angle it’s OB obviously there I don’t think they draft a player the equ equivalent of bronnie at 55 if he’s not LeBron’s son but nepotism is rampant in the NBA Michael Malone David Adam and anyone their father’s coaching Le that’s just the name a few all right it’s throughout the league and so what what LeBron is doing is giving him a chance and if I I do think Brony I think his work ethic his character is great I think he has the enough athleticism actually fairly athletic um he shoots it well enough and I I think that this will be a good move they develop him I think the only thing that would mess it up Nick and I don’t think this will happen but if LeBron like pushed JJ or them to play him when he’s not ready and I don’t think I don’t think that’ll happen I I’ll give my answer in a moment but first I just want to ask you a direct question because you said assuming he’s there what there is now more bubbling call it you know takes that why wouldn’t a team you know cuz what’s the history of the 54th or the 53rd or 52 pick not much better use that pick on bronny and then tell the Lakers we want two second round picks for him like to draft him purely because you we know you want in Los Angeles so we’re going to draft him and then make you pay 150 cents on the dollar because you want him and he’s more that’s more valuable to us than the 50 whatever pick of the draft do you think that is a likely outcome tonight that a team drafts him as a trade asset it makes some sense here’s why I say it won’t happen and look rich isn’t the only he’s arguably Rich Paul the most powerful agent in the game but there’s a handful of guys like him that are powerful and Rich has a lot of players and if you draft brownie for that reason you’re clearly not trying to develop him right all right so now he’s not in a good situation and you’ve upset one of the most powerful agents in the game who has a lot of players so I I I don’t think they’ll do that yeah I by the I think it’d be great if a team drafted him because they’re like we actually think he’s you know more valuable than the guy think LeBron would be on board with that 100% all right so here’s the thing here’s what I will say about the nepotism angle shout out to Tom habber Two Fire articles in the last couple weeks the debunking the 1988 defensive player for and well I’m Sor well you should have been why don’t you read the article read the article and read the counter articles and I really like AB but we need another bite at that that’s F sorry buddy that’s what happens when you miss work but the other article that he wrote yeah that was today or not today but that is relevant today is he looked at what colleges overperform draft slot like and so the number one college that overperforms draft slot since 1989 is Kentucky at 26% number two is Tex at 25% number three is UCLA at 24% sadly Syracuse the worst they underperform by 48% that’s a bummer but whatever that mean be so so again the best was Kentucky at 26% kids of NBA players oh I like this overperform draft slot by 30% yeah so the nepotism angle is people think here LeBron they’re like oh that’s the whole thing of it there there is some real data to suggest there is an undervalued resource in yeah his dad played in the league yeah and by the way that makes sense not only from a genetic standpoint but also coming up around the game being comfortable all those things and there was a kid that went the lottery who averaged 2 and a half points a game in the Australian League this went in the 20s I should say so I understand Bron’s college stats are not good at all go check the college stats of everyone that was a first round pick and you’ll see some that look like bronnie so I just don’t think it’s an outrage that this guy’s going to be a second round pick and I think that even if LeBron were retired there would be a team to be like you know what you know what I think is worth a flyer LeBron James’s son because and so I think so by the way read allaer shows article particularly the one on the defensive player a well I mean cly cly a little without the cooking New York sbob next on FS1 Fox Sports channel Series XM by the way who’s a a player son Rick Brun that’s right I cover Rick warmer and sunnier days are near and factors no prep No Mess meals or what you need to fuel up for them Factor will help you meet your Wellness goals this summer thanks to a vast menu of Chef crafted never frozen meals with options like calorie smart Protein Plus and keto these fresh meals are ready to eat in Just 2 minutes so no matter how busy you are 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first things first50 at Factor meals.com slfirst things first50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next month while your subscription is active welcome back to an exciting show if you like the 2017 Villanova team you’re going to love the 2025 Knicks New York added kale Bridges to the roster sending a Rudy goar esque Hall of picks to Brooklyn in the ever rebuilding Nets you’ll get them this time Sean marks here’s what it looked like uh Knicks are getting Mel Bri uh the Nets getting five first round picks a 2020 first round Swap and a 2025 second did New York give up too much no uh and gosh darn it I we you should have put Shawn marks on the bud oh a missed opportunity for us for you to run back that old class they went from three Superstars to a full-on rebuild multiple times super multiple times so here’s the deal he’s a Charmed Life the the the Knicks are not getting Giannis and holding on to the picks for the hopes of maybe in two years we could you’re not getting Yiannis you hold on to the picks in a year if emids you know unhappy I suppose but then embiid’s a year older the injur you know it’s a real concern this fits it’s not too much because the Knicks still have picks from other teams they still have a first from Detroit that’s protected it’s valuable but it’s protected one through nine for three years but if assuming Detroit ever gets it together they also have a pick from Washington assuming they ever get it together that one’s also protected I think just Lottery protector 1 through n protected and they can if they want to move Julius Randall at some point for some stuff so the cupboard is not totally bare the team is very young as in not you’re not trading for a 35-year-old Kevin Durant or 34y old Kevin Durant you’re not trading for an aging player male Bridges makes 48 million total over the next two years and we know it works and so I it doesn’t have like the wow factor of getting an MVP candidate but as far as building out a roster it makes a ton of sense Bru so I like it look I like the move and we’ll talk more Nicks but they gave up more draft picks more first round picks then the uh Minnesota gave up for Rudy gobear who’s made three all-star teams more than Cleveland gave up for uh Donovan Mitchell who’s made five all-star teams and more than Phoenix gave or the Brooklyn gave up or Phoenix gave up I’m sorry for Kevin Durant and obviously he made 14 all-star teams and Mel Bridges made zero so my I like the trade but here’s what I’m saying they gave up too much unless they win a championship they are absolutely sbob and I say that with hope for Nick’s fans because they haven’t been sbob Championship or bus for a long time so this has they have to win the championship I mean they cuz the whole Nick and you know this was in those picks it was like man we’re good we’re second round we maybe get to the confers finals and we got all these picks to improve to get this star or that star that’s over now I mean they still could make some moves but that pretty much is gone so this is it this is your squad it is a good roster it’s a very good roster and they got to win the championship okay well now we’ll figure out if they can so New York wasn’t done with just the bridges trade OG resigned with the Knicks on a 5year $2 million deal here’s the uh championship odds it’s Celtics one Denver 2 New York all of a sudden at three that is wild to see then OKC then the Wolves oddly Mavs not on there Yannis not on there yeah Mavs is um and now you’re thinking well that seems high but look at the record with Jaylen and OG together includes the playoffs 25 and5 offensive rating great defensive rating even better and they were below 500 in all the other games so does New York really have a championship roster here I believe absolutely because I believe they have excellent role players a great defensive team and a legitimate Superstar so I assume Brew you really is I don’t I mean I don’t know if we have Club Superstar on the ready but if we did you’d see Jaylen Brunson firmly in there I am very interested in how Brew feels about this because Brew is a very well-known on the record Jaylen Brunson skeptic he’s I just don’t think he yet Prov King of the Hill the his critique is Jaylen brunson’s too high we do Club Superstar and Brew is like Rick wasn’t a superstar Jaylen in summer league that is true um so I listen I think that this Nicks team has the best chance to win a championship of any Knicks team since 1995 the season after they had gone to the NBA finals I know people like but in 99 they made the finals that team had no chance of winning the title even when they were in the finals they had no chance of winning the title I love that team I loved spree but the so and they were an eight SE they were an eight SE right so I really believe this team is as well better equipped than any Knicks team in 30 years to win a championship since that the Starks you know AEM block Stark shot so that’s how I feel I don’t hate that take I mean some people might say in 2013 when they got to the second round they won 54 games Melo got an MVP but that team was going to have to go through the Heat and they were never going to beat that hit Heat team no look I like the team they are legitimate Championship contenders all right and they have clearly said we’re going the Celtics route of 2024 we’re going the Detroit route of’ 04 I still don’t think brunson’s a superstar I think he’s a star and what they’re going to have to I don’t think they have two players as good as Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown and that is they’re trying to build after the Boston model but I don’t think they have guys that are that good but Bridges and OG noi can match up with Tatum and brown and defend them and make it tough and then Randall everybody’s like we will Randall fit now with Brunson and all that when when they first traded for anobi they went 12 and two they had their full roster they beat Denver they beat Minnesota they beat Philadelphia and then Randall got hurt so it looks like it can work but Nick here’s the thing they’ve got to figure out okay what’s the way for us to play it’s not going to be like they played in the playoffs when it was all Brunson all the time and he’s dominating the ball and taking a ton of shots and he played great but now randle’s going to have to get some some of that Bridges and OG are going to have to get some of that don’t think Anan noi’s contract is not going to make him I need to get about close to 20 a game they got everyone getting like 17 yeah I mean they’re going to have to just figure out the team way to play and I think they will tibs is a great coach and I think they’ve got unselfish players who will play their roles but it’s not that’s what they that’s the challenge cuz it’s not just going to be it’s not going to be like Derrick Rose and the bulls with tips where it’s the Derrick Rose show or jayen brunon show it’s going to be a team but I do like him a lot do you think this is the in I’ll go through basketball history the biggest bet on chemistry and friendship in the n in the NBA where it’s like you know what these guys are more than the sum of their parts because they really like each other and we’re all teammates in college and I think we can get more than yeah I mean the I you throw all of basketball history at me a tough one but I it is C to imagine a team like and it makes me wonder what would Horford Noah Cory Brewer have done you know the the Florida team that went back to back Drexler and Elijah played sure and and so but I the teams that win a you know win a championship or multiple championships together re recreating it is special I and I also the thing that I think brew that can’t be discounted it’s not only the point wild is making about chemistry and unity but also man this team defensively male bridges in Phoenix when he was not asked to be the leading scorer was a terror defensively in Brooklyn he was good but as every as happens to everyone when you’re asked to be the teams leing score you’re going to Trail a bit defensively well now he can focus on that more he’s the third or fourth score now correct o so you have Bridges and OG on the wing defensively that’s as good as what Boston has on the wing defensively not on the wing as the two-way players but defensively and my real question is how does Randle fit in this and if he doesn’t he is a 20 and 10 guy that has real value AC you know what I mean across the league and so that’s the other reason I like the trade is because you can go see how this looks and if you don’t love the fit or if something it isn’t quite there you can move Randall for pieces uh according to nba.com Mel Bridges eighth best ISO Defender among 109 players who oh you love you hated those stats when it was luk in the finals you so much you hated it what’s up everyone it’s Nick Wright and I got something exciting to talk to you about today Angie your ultimate 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in on Bruce Spurs who take Yukon Stefon castle at for katanic favorite college team uh then at eight they took kuy Rob Dillingham and then traded him to Minnesota for more picks not really in win now mode I guess back the castle here he is talking to Wy yo what’s good brother I know who you are bro bro just want to welcome you bro it’s going be in for sure I’m so I’m so so happy with what we did for sure me too you I’m super excited still working welcome for sure I can’t wait to get out there brother it’s me wmy I know Bru should Wy be happy yeah yeah I like Castle I mean one we know he’s a winner we know he is willing to sacrifice because he sacrific that Yukon right when your goal is get me to the NBA he sacrificed some of his game wasn’t the predominant ball handler there and all that and he defends and with him and wimy that’s going to be like some really good defense once they mature I Nick a little bit cuz he’s athletic he’s 66 he’s a big guard he can handle the ball he can really do everything but shoot he kind of reminds me a little bit of Deonte Murray who they had remember they drafted him back in 2016 they love to have him so it’s that type of player I’m I’m a little baffled by Trey Dillingham so that’s what I want yeah I I I he can he can shoot and he’s only 6’2 so you could theoretically play them together but I love uh so I like the castle pick and I love that they traded the eighth pick oh why really yeah it’s not about Rob Dillingham because if they stayed there they might not it’s not like they took Dillingham and then traded him they I know that’s how the sequence of it but they traded the eighth pick and Minnesota wanted Dillingham good for them good for them I think it’s smart I think that it is taking the Long View and not getting over excited about your chances of competing this coming year for anything substantial and now the Spurs have Atlanta’s 25 and 27 first round pick and a swap with them in 26 Chicago’s 2025 pick Minnesota’s 3031 first round unprotected which who knows you know what unprotect get to swap with Minnesota in 30 and unprotected in 3031 3031 in 2031 pardon me and so in a year when dearen Fox is looking around like or Donovan Mitchell has signed his extension it’s like I signed the extension I want to be traded or in two years when Devin Booker or jaah or Hala Burton because here’s the thing about NBA stars somebody’s unhappy every summer mhm and if you’re the team with wimy and you have a real war chest of picks you’ll get one of them so I think that not trying to go you know when New Orleans had Anthony Davis they went the other way they were like oh he’s so good right now we’ll trade our picks to bring in Drew holiday because we want to win this very moment we want to do it right now be smart about it you know what I mean like be like this is we we are not realistically I know people are crazy high on wimy you’re not competing for a championship this coming season or next year so if you build it to where when wimy really is ready to be an MVP that you have another great player alongside him and you’re developing castle that to me is smart rather than just have a bunch of young guys well what it also does is tell you how to build around wimy because he’s such a unique player that does so many things that you don’t just bring in a star I mean maybe Donovan Mitchell would work I’m not sure yet but you got to but you want to watch him for like I expect him to come back next year really on fire I would imagine he’s going to bulk up put a little muscle on he’s going to have even more confidence because of the way he played last year so this year will be huge for him and you can kind of watch how Castle plays with him cuz your whole goal is who plays well with him and what type of players do we want to surround him with to win championships so it buys you some time with that you can’t flirt with the play in at least this year no Poss hard flirt with the playing you want them to 500 rocket just be like the Rockets the Rockets took three years of tanking to be like the rocket but now they’re flirting with the playin okay by the play they also don’t have I’m not not it’s on the board I’m just check in on the goat Paul George some hey some people’s go he is some people’s go after being courted by embiid during the NBA Finals we’ve got a new report that maybe could join the Warriors who would dangle a Max contract in front of him bring him to Northern California here’s Paul George stats this year career highs in field goal percentage three point percentage and free throws 91% pretty good it’s podcast honestly not bad agreed not bad solidly not bad if you’re currently in the NBA is a high bar uh your reaction to Paul George to the Warriors brw I totally support this for the Warriors not because I think it necessarily makes them Championship contenders even but because I just believe if you have one of the greatest players ever and he is still performing at an elite level even if it’s not his Apex you owe it to him to always be Allin that’s how I have always felt about LeBron every step of the way and I feel the same way about Steph as long as Steph is still an all NBA level guy you should constantly be going for it you owe it to him and Steph in particular because he has been the consumate team guy he set aside his own numbers and shoe deal to bring in Durant has always done everything right has been the team’s damn chaplain essentially dealing with the Draymond stuff and he wants to win and so I think you would have a better chance even if I still would probably be like yeah you’re probably going to lose in round one but better chance it’s I don’t care about Joe lakea paying luxur tax bill it’s not my problem so I’m I’m all for it RW if they were to do it I think they owe it to Steph I don’t know if they will but I would support no I I love it I love it for Paul George I don’t think he he doesn’t he seems lukew about going to Philly he just does and now they appear to be lukewarm on him so and and you look Chris Paul and Andrew Wiggins work now obviously Paul probably is just you know they might get rid of him but it’s just to get the money to make the trade work the Clippers cuz I’m trying to look at it from both sides are they that much worse with Andrew Wiggins than Paul Paul George is much better but how far are they going as they are now George you don’t have to pay him nearly as much this deal I would think that’s a that’s a like that would be a lot to give up I probably cuz I think the Warriors like you said even with Paul George and kaminga they’re not like the favorite in the west I’d like to keep kaminga if I could he George is like a way better version of Andrew Wiggins and when Wiggins played really well they won the championship right so I I would love this for them I’d even love it if and I Klay would probably be so upset that he he wouldn’t want to come back but if you could keep Klay with him because that gives you some shooting clay moves is that feasible the I mean they could do it if they wanted but I don’t think Clay’s out of to because they can go over the cap right they go over the cap to keep clay and they’d be trading for Paul George so it is I like that a lot but I don’t know if clay cuz they they’re prioritizing Paul George ahead of clay and Klay is probably yeah I don’t I don’t think I I think it yes it’s feasible no it’s not a realistic outcome if that makes sense like it’s it cap wise they could make it work but they this does seem to be somewhat in conflict with lob on the record quote of saying our number one goals to get under the tax line much less this first or second apron but I just I I think that if you’re I I’m going to keep making this point because I just believe it to be true and it’s not stirring stuff it’s just being honest the Warriors must do everything they can to Stave off Steph Curry feeling like I have to make a decision between being a warrior for life and competing and if you don’t get Paul George and Klay Thompson leaves and it’s Steph and Draymond and whatever you get from Wiggins and the slow growth of the you know young guys then Steph is going to realize I have to make that decision and maybe it’s an easy decision I just want to be a warrior for life but the ideal is that’s you are close enough that Steph feels like I have both I’m a warrior for life and I’m still competing and I’m still at least you know tangentially in the conversation if they went out and got Paul George he would definitively feel that way even if we wouldn’t pick him he would be like oh yeah we can do this get me the playoffs and and see what I do so I just think that’s smart I think that’s how teams should operate again not a lot of teams are in this situation it’s like oh we have one of the 15 greatest players ever as homegrown guy let’s go ahead and try to do what we can to stay and the Lakers are you know close enough with Anthony Davis where LeBron can feel like we got a legitimate chance we haven’t just you know given up that’s right yeah yeah okay budless coming up next what if Steph says you know what do right by Clay get him what he wants even though it’s not best for the team per se well then you do it well look if you live from New York it’s the show that spent the break trying to make the Sixers a contender how did you do bro well I have a plan okay I mean I don’t rather to get to the plan I have a destination how to get there the second hour first things first today JJ reic calls out the engagement Farmers oh oh trying to farm for engagement uh meanwhile term he Ed I mean uh the Lakers is there a chance they draft bronny here in a few hours uh we discuss but right now well you’re in luck it’s time for the most motivational segment in all of sports it’s the budless it’s also time where we take a little break out of the show and discuss some comments and concerns from the audience I I like to call it do Nick did a good job with it last week did he yeah wasn’t watching it was on in ital we’re on in Italy I think big internationally really yeah big how many times I got recognized well you she was I had sunglasses on dear Wilds I even have my Gentleman suit welcome back we know you were at a wedding but where were Nick and Brew cheers Ryan and Brian see Ryan and Brian are always watching the show so so uh we’ll start with you what did you do on your vacation I I wasn’t vacation I was working I always am uh I was in Vegas uh doing a little oh there I was oh there oh good support I was there play well I was proud of you uh yeah I did okay I didn’t do as well as I should have you look cool there though thanks I app I was talking about brw oh well I I just come from the buffet as you can see my stomach all right number three on the bud list Nick I know it’s your friend Daryl Mory wow this is bruis president of basketball operations for the Sixers this is supposed to be the summer right I mean they’ve got two stars one a legit Superstar Jo MB Tyrese Maxi and nearly $60 million in cap space that’s great but here’s the problem the free agent Market is dry all right uh Paul George he doesn’t seem very interested in you you don’t seem very interested in him LeBron let’s not waste our time James Harden been there done that hated itow Demar D Ro we it wasn’t good wasn’t good brought that back Living Color yeah living I don’t even think Nick got that one good Demar de ro you want Demar de Rosie I mean he he like maybe yeah okay but the guy Ros and dear might be the guy yeah but they it should be Jimmy Butler a bust at this point Butler wants a contract extension I think the Sixers would give it to him I don’t know how you make the trade happen they only got five players under contract and two of them Maxi and MB are off limits but clay this is why you get the big well he he won’t he ain’t Jimmy Butler at this point so Daryl this is why you get the big money I do believe in you you’re a very good uh executive go out and get Jimmy Butler all right at number two two okay all right now look I know that I have the cold weather graphic record 0 and6 that I use a lot I know I have the one lost record verse playoff teams those are in heavy rotation here know uh on first things first but Tua I do feel you all right you want the bag and I don’t blame you and Miami doesn’t want to give you the bag and I don’t blame them all right so you have a decision to make and the right look the market value reports are that they don’t want to give you market value that Nick 53 55 million a year with Trevor Lawrence and jar golf deals and stuff and they don’t want to give you that much so you got a tough decision to make take they are from 45 to 50 somewhere in that look that’s less than the market however you got great weapons you got a great coach you’re in a great location it’s warm in mi right it’s warm or we know you struggling cold weather so I there’s that or your other choice is go out this year and just ball out now they still could franchise him if they if he does that they can franchise you so it’s a tough decision I’m not completely against taking if it’s between 45 and 50 you know I mean you you’re in a great situation so Tua um I do believe in you somewhat I like you a lot I hope it works out for you all right at number one the New York Knicks wow all right the New York Knicks now look this is I thought it was a great move we all agreed we love the move for Mel Bridges but you have gone all in you have gone all in you are sbob Championship or bust all right see I I I don’t mean to interrupt but it’s transcended Sports w okay everybody knows that I know but you say you now just didn’t catch on but now you’re you’re calling it Championship or bust well but just so they know to make ignore I’m sorry here we this is the most now Nick shot this down earlier but this is the most hope since 2013 when you had the great car and Amari St was there he was banged up you got to the second round against a nice Pacers team there was a little the the best Miami Heat team of the whole heatles generation existed that year that team hope that’s all all I said was hope okay now you gave up more pick more first round draft picks than teams gave up to get Kevin Durant Donovan Mitchell Rudy gobear 22 Allstar games between them just one or no Zero from Mel Bridges all right so you got to get it done all right there there’s no ifs answer about it and this trade will be worth it if you win the first championship in what would be 52 years I don’t care if it’s 53 54 55 you got a few years right it doesn’t have to be next season but you must deliver a championship period now Nicks fans I I like sometimes just making fun of the Knicks cuz the fans here they I love them but they little obnoxious sorry Ramsey but I like making fun of the Knicks however I do live in the greater New York area and I actually believe in these Nicks you got a chance so there you go it’s a great b list can I just before I give mine can I make one little addendum to the Nick’s point cuz you you’re right about the first round picks but the Knicks in the trade didn’t give up any player of note and the Suns gave up those picks and male Bridges and cam Johnson the the um the Cavs gave up Lori Markin in you know what I mean the Donovan Mitchell trade so there so I said pick no I know no I’m not disagreeing with it I I don’t think the Knicks paid the player price as other teams did all right I hate to always have to be the general Sports media’s on budsman uh but I am going to continue to be that when duty calls because I think the Kansas City Chiefs are breaking the NFL media’s brain so I’m putting the NFL media under duress before we get to the latest tweet a little context like a month ago my friends at pro football talk and other places tried to make a story oh my God the Chiefs might move to Kansas and then they got out their I guess you know atlases and realized oh wait they’re talking about moving 20 minutes West probably not a big deal to the fans so that’s not a story then today I see this tweet from Florio as Patrick momes creeps towards 30 the question is becoming inevitable how long will he play he then graph to brew explains to us how aging Works he’s 28 he’ll be 29 September and as he gets closer to 30 the questions about how long you’ll play are inevitable are they really or are you the first person to actually consider this topic has he given us any reason to think patri Mahomes for the record is closer in age to rookie bow Knicks than he is to Russell Wilson we are thinking you know what clock’s ticking boys here’s how my pal Mike closes the piece if we can add to it regardless expect momes get plenty of questions about long-term plans Florio I don’t expect that I got to tell you right now I don’t think Patrick is going to get a single question at a press conf this year of hey Pat retirement retirement on the horizon get him on the show I’ll ask him so here’s what I think Brew is happened I think because I think it’s one thing to win two Super Bowls in a row but winning this last Super Bowl when so many folks wrote them off at various times in the year has made people gunshy31 quit hey Dallas mayor sent out a tweet are they going to move to Texas kelse quit too hey Travis Kelsey he sure likes his girlfriend is he going to quit or Patrick Mahomes who is 28 years old which does mean he’ll be 29 soon and then 30s after that oh at some point he’s got to stop so I listen NFL media you’re under duress my friends very good very fair um look the Chiefs and and I’m not even saying this to to M horn cuz when I called him Jordan years ago but they really look like could we actually have a football equivalent of something like what Michael Jordan did you told me that when you I mean but I was a lot of I was talking individual he’s going to dominate this world but could they we don’t see this in football especially in this era with the free agency but they look like every year they could win it do you think in 20 years we’re going to find out that Mahomes 50 touchdown season was actually 40 and they we just they faked some of those interceptions the other way I mean is that what’s going to like I know tide them together uh I’m dud I think I’m putting Zach on the bud list no I was just figuring out how to say it now I have an announcement to make okay just like the New York Knicks brought everybody from Villanova together and put a real bet on chemistry chemistry is not only important on what you see on camera also behind the scenes and Dusty and I largely agree on most things outside of his scooter I think he should wear at least High Biz uh some of his clothing again more colorful stuff I don’t like that mauve shirt that you wear and zachi but Dusty I have an announcement I’m now officially a Zach guy you’ve been right all along the guy can play and I’m tired of people disparaging not only Zack Eed but Dusty by proxy by saying it’s one of the worst picks in modern NBA draft history why cuz he’s two-time National Player of the Year well so was Obie toen ramsy shout out to you and Jaylen Brunson who I I mentioned because like well he did in college can he do it here will it translate yeah you know what translates 74300 lb is that it he averaged 22 12 and two blocks he shot 62% from the field like oh wild you don’t understand the modern NBA now it’s all it’s all three-pointers that doesn’t work I’m sure it’ll work a little bit okay I’m sure it will work when you need to get a bucket you give it to the guy in the post who 74 300 lb and get you 12 points a game like well they’re going to put him in the pick and roll wild you don’t understand they’re put him in theck they’re going to torture him in theck well have Triple J he’s going to sit back there Triple J will be will be roaming he’s a defensive player of the year but he went back last year cuz he had to play out of position have zachie back there as the as the anchor on defense blocking shots and then on offense when JN drives line just hands it off Zach and Zach dunks it no stop he’s going to be good Dusty we back buddy I still need you where Hive is though it’s just I I I don’t think it’s a bad pick they they they’re going to be good you know they’ve got shooting with Bane and and like you said Triple J jiren Jackson Jr j will come back with a Vengeance I think this is a he can have some value I don’t even know if he’ll start but he’ll have some value for I have one final go go quick bro you know what you like you always say when things get rough in the playoffs what do you like big guys to do bang right start rolling back him down that’s all Zach’s got W just to be clear that voice you were doing of mocking the Zach Skeptics were you doing it of yourself two months ago cuz you said you just now came around and then you mocked all the points you made I know okay all right that’s fine as long as we’re on the record I didn’t rip him but but didn’t think Dusty and I were having some rough times I was more of a clinging guy Dusty we’re back buddy uh JJ reic with some colorful language don’t say that new Lakers coach JJ reck held his introductory press conference this week use some colorful language when answering answering a question about dispelling some concerns or misconceptions take a listen it’s been a really interesting uh six weeks or so um just in terms of uh you know being part of the engagement farming uh industry you know it’s been really interesting um however I I I don’t really have a great answer for your uh question because I I really don’t give a like honestly I want to coach the Lakers I want to coach the team I don’t want to dispel anything wow yeah man metal Drew your reaction you guys know I don’t curse at all all right I’d love it if we as a society went back to a time where cursing wasn’t common place in our music in our movies in our public discour meeting when wild not true but cursing is Common Place players do it at Championship parades routinely I know people and I’m not even taking a shot at LeBron I know people that left the Cleveland Championship parade in 2016 because LeBron was cursing so much all right they curse on their podcast all right our political discourse they not cursing but it’s it’s not professional anymore yeah and it’s not really professional and the kids are hearing cursing anytime they want in music and everything like that and so look as people might say well he’s supposed to be a coach Michael Malone after they lost game seven when he was asked about you’re up right 20 he cursed wasn’t that big of a deal Deion Sanders this year one of their games actually after win cursed like I I look again I it’s not that I condone what he said but I’m just saying it’s all over the place and now we decide this is the one place is going to we’re going to this where we going to expect polite conversation in a press conference with a coach I think that your introductory press conference as the coach I think is different than a celebratory drunken parade or a why or because it’s because there’s what do you mean why the same reason the same reason why on the podcast YouTube show I do for my wife store with my son I dress differently than on this show and use different language because a time and place for certain things but they do have shows like ours where people don’t wear suits right but they don’t have shows like ours on TV well I guess there might on where they’re regularly dropping F bombs because it’s just kind of known what you’re supposed to do in in certain time and place but I have a kind of different take on this but I would like to hear wild okay so my take is similar to yours that I think there’s too much cursing but I am my reaction is to the reaction which I kind of put into two different groups group over here no big deal not like you’re saying it’s not a big deal but like it’s Common Place get used to it like ah it’s fine over here kind of like the Pearl clutchers like Heavens to Betsy I’m over here where I don’t think we should be cursing or JJ reic should be cursing because it should be saved for something special and I said it’s a little bit like birthday cake if you’re having it all the time every day when you really need it to signify something important you’re like had this yesterday for lunch so the examples I picked out here an effective cursing Tom Brady about to win another Super Bowl needs to fire his team up and the stadium up runs down boom drop one great David Ortiz public curse one of most famous public curses I’ll stay in New England after there was a terrorist attack in Boston Marathon David Ortiz went up said this is our city it works it’s effective it is I’ve read a thousand W tweets maybe 10,000 I’ve only read seen him curse once it’s a dress down a grand standing Senator privately yeah but that works because he saves it and then he uses it as an F bomb it’s not supposed to be a f snowball so using it just like flippantly you either are trying to really make a statement and then you’re going to have no ammo left when Denver blows you out by 30 points and in the first week of the Season or you’re you you are using it so flippantly that you’re not giving this the moment uh are you treating as seriousness it feels like he may have thought it was going to hit like that oh he he thought it was going to hit but I so here’s my takeaway is actually not on the cursing I don’t think that’s the important thing I think the important thing it was so perfect cuz Brew didn’t know I was going to say this and then he said oh JJ used an odd term when talking about this earlier engagement farming Brew that’s only an odd term to you cuz you don’t live online folks folks who live online they’re very familiar with what JJ’s talking about and forget the doth protest too much part of the guy who went on first take and called Bob Koozie playing against plumbers and firemen and then the late great Jerry West reminded everyone hey your stats are online too buddy um he you know who talks about engagement farming the online world and the people who live online and yes there’s a lack of self-awareness there but that’s a separate issue the biggest issue is this JJ reck in my opinion did that press conference to impress Twitter oh that’s a good take you know Twitter likes man bleep the man we can curse wherever we want engagement farming you all suck that’s fine I’m telling you right now if you coach the Lakers to impress Twitter you will not succeed do you know what he said before cuz no one started I’ve certainly heard everything I’ve certainly heard everything oh and he hasn’t really heard heard it he’s read it and clicked it and it so that to me is the bigger concern I don’t care I don’t give an f how much he curses I do care if he’s searching his name after he curses the press conference Jeff your replies on the [Laughter] break uh we are currently at pick 32 bronie is still on the board the Lakers are picking at 55 Brew do you think bronnie is definitely going to the Lakers or is there a chance another team picks him I think he’s going to the Lakers period you don’t think there’s any chance he’s drafted before very look the suns were only other team that worked him out they don’t have a second round pick I guess somebody could take if you take him and you don’t have a plan for him you’re upsetting I would imagine you’re upsetting clutch Sports who has a lot of players in the league they represent just thinking a lot what does the do you need to have a plan more specific than hey you know like the NBA bloodlines thought you were great at the combine impressed at your maturity at 19 years old and you know what I mean we’re going to it was a legitimate pick yeah legitimate yeah my point is not drafting to leverage the Lakers into trading but looking at him being like hey we think he has more upside than the guy from Serbia we were going to draft no I but I’m just saying that because they have a lot of guys they B I get what I’m saying is I don’t I have never thought that it would be a that that he was a guy that would have a 0% chance of being drafted if LeBron was already retired I think that if the Lakers were out of it there might be a team that said you know what I think could be a high upside 54 fourth pick of the draft LeBron James’s kick and so I think it’s on the board but if he’s there at 55 the Lakers obviously take