All teams would be interested in having a player of his caliber, but he only plays about 60 games a year per his bio, and he is not getting younger. I think if I were a GM, I'd be looking at getting off my large contracts for his expiring one. Beauty and the eyes of the beholder story. Great show as always. 😊 It's time for me to poke the logs in the fireplace and call on super doobie, then watch the flames lap over the logs ... again & again ... chomping xmas candy all the way. (ho ho ho) Can you hear the crackling fire? From Venice CA 😎✌️

I'm just happy we got a Biyombo shoutout here

😂😂😂 every time you speak on the rockets u seem apprehensive 😂😂😂 they gave u ptsd from that bleacher report article

I mean without the NBA I’ll just watch something else. No one would really care.

dude thank you for your reasonable views on the value of the rocket assets. ive been hearing some real cap throwing the kitchen sink at jimmy like bari aint anything. im not touching jimmy tbh

I don’t see the point of the Mavs losing multiple valuable rotation players for an old star on an expiring contract.

timestamps👇 0:00 - INTRO 1:26 - Breaking down the latest Jimmy Butler rumors 6:09 - Dallas Mavericks 13:13 - Golden State Warriors 18:49 - Houston Rockets 25:21 - Phoenix Suns 34:24 - San Antonio Spurs 37:18 - Los Angeles Clippers 38:22 - Sacramento Kings 43:12 - Indiana Pacers 46:57 - Atlanta Hawks 49:35 - Denver Nuggets 53:16 - Memphis Grizzlies

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Analytics and LeBron are the NBA problems.

Interesting subject ... here it goes. I consider myself a casual fan who follows my home team ... have been for over 60 years. The sun doesn't rise and set around the sport. To begin with, I would rather walk a mile to the park with my dog and shoot free throws than sit on my ass and watch TV. This is my old-fashioned opinion here, in no particular order. Local games are not televised unless I have the special satellite channel, $ cha ching ... can't afford to buy a couple of tickets for the game, $ cha ching. Is league pass warranted when I want to follow the home team only? $ cha ching. I think not to all of them above. League doesn't make it easy to follow the team, far too many roadblocks .. $ cha ching ... How do I follow basketball today today? It's probably weird to most, but I watch ESPN Gamecast on cell phone and read each play. With this, I look at all games underway or complete and read results, jump in here and there with other teams in West Conference ... don't care about the east. The game itself? Players are all highly skilled, and there is no question there. All star game should simply be East vs. West, winning team $500k each, loser $250k. It's turning into a clown show, more so each year. Who has interest in mid-season playoofs with razzle dazzle floors? Not me unless my home team is in it. Games decided by a team taking 30 three's and 20 free throws is really, really boring to me. Maybe stop calling so many fouls and limiting three's to 20 a game or whatever, shots after that count as twos ... just an example. Far to many regular season games at 82. Yes, everyone wants to get paid, but the question is, fans like me are losing interest at some point. To me, as a fan, 60 regular season games is more than enough, 20 games will give me a good idea about a team, the second 30 games are trrade months with team re-engineering, and the last 20 games are a sprint to the playoffs. All playoffs are best three out of five, final best of 7. I DON'T want a 100-game season! Why are companies making large bids to stream games? Imo only, follow the money, and I'll wager there is some connection down the line to gambling. NBA has gone all in on gambling ... a decade back, it was a taboo subject. Should Adam Sliver be concerned about a casual fan like me keaving the fold? Probably not, but I can find far more interesting content on Utube, covering any subject you can imagine, than trying to follow the NBA. I'll simply tune out until the playoffs ... and follow you guys ... to stay up to date on all the latest facts & fancy 😊!! Hey, how ya doing, by the way? From Venice CA, peace. 😎✌️

Do casual fans just want to see teams hit 50% of 2’s as opposed to 40% of 3’s?

The LeBrons 3 point comment coming directly after a question about allstar where he clearly feels sour about not being asked to help create the idea felt like a subtle shot or message to Adam . Bring up the 3 point issue which ties back to steph who did help with the new all star format.

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watching since the mid 60s & had black and white heroes playing basketball the entire time. When Jokić retires I will not spend another dime because of the racist BS ESPN pulled on the MVP balloting.The crooked refs, clutch sports influence and gambling don’t help however my 60 yrs invested in NBA stopped the day Perkins and Screaming A made race the narrative… I’ll watch Euro League instead

I just think the 3 pt shot is too overpowered to use video game terms. It needs to be nerfed slighty*. It’s not that I don’t like the aesthetics, it’s just that it’s become so absurdly important. Let’s get a visual court like the all star game and turn the 3 pt line off for a possession after a made 3 😂

What numbers are people looking at regarding the ratings?? Are they looking simply at the number of eyes on the games or are they looking at gross profits? Are they keeping in mind just simply available and costly the games are two viewers? And is that broken down between local teams and non-local teams?

Off topic: is it clear which teams are in tanking mode currently?

Off topic sorry: Does anyone have a recommendation for a good Chicago bulls specific podcast ?

In my view, Kings had a good coach in Dave J., but for some odd reason, the front office didn't agree with little old me. He will resurface before long as head coach elsewhere. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight ... time to make chocolate chip cookies 😎✌️

Ever since Monte has arrived, he has had to scrap together the rotation with shrewd moves and luck. Malik Monk contract before the Kings was for a minimum deal. Huerter required matching salary and a protected first. Lyles was a throw-in in the Bagley trade. Keon was an undrafted free agent. In addition to this, the Kings are NOT a free agency destination market due to the city size and being in a high-income tax state. That leaves the trades and the draft to fill out the team. Teams rarely trade their bigger wings and if they do, they get a Kings ransom for it. The last top-5 pick Sacramento had was 2022 which was acquired by pure luck and gave us the only great 2-way wing on the roster in Keegan Murray. All of this to say, of course, the Kings have size and length issues which is why they should see writing on the wall with the Fox Situation. This team needs a rebuild and Fox leaving provides cover to do that. This core has reached its ceiling. HOU, MEM, ORL, and other teams have built sustainable winners through the draft and the Kings should now take the opportunity to do the same. Trade Fox, Sabonis, DeMar, and Monk, and rebuild with Keegan, Carter, and the prospects you get in those trades. If Vivek wants a championship, then this is best course at this time. "The longest way round is the shortest way home."

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timestamps⬇ 0:00 - INTRO 1:42 - State of the Sacramento Kings 6:39 - The Keon Ellis problem 8:31 - What is this team's vision? 11:32 - Sacramento's defensive issues 16:20 - Trickle-down effects of DeMar DeRozan 18:53 - Can the Kings make fixes via trades? 21:34 - Is this Kings season too far gone? 24:47 - The De'Aaron Fox noise 29:38 - The time for Sacramento to act is now

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If a tree falling makes no sound when no one hears it fall ... can a player be an mvp when his team only barely makes the playoffs? In other words ... how valuable can we consider a player if his team is is doing so badly. Another analogy ... if you pour the most delicious sauce ever made over a rotten apple ... how much value does that sauce actually give you? It all boils down to: the whole discussion about MVP is turning more into a discussion about what MVP means rather than discussing the abilities of the players. It is a boring and uninteresting discussion over semantics. We could fault the NBA for not describing precisely what this award is for. I DON'T fault voters for having different opinions about what MVP means.

1st time seeing your channel. This was a great convo. Great job!

Prime giianis with mj in bulls

Billups is the absolute worst coach in the NBA. He doesn't develop talent and has no game plan come game time.

As a New Orleans fan, I would accept any good rotation players for Ingram at this point. Idgaf about picks. Heck, give up a pick if you have to. The concern should be less about preserving the asset and more about having a roster that makes sense and the salary cap flexibility to keep your more intriguing players. I think Griffin is going to be stubborn and want to win the optics of the trade though. Which means no trade, probably.

how keep you track with all these teams?? love your pods

Ingram is better than DeRozan

Started Aloha Fridays at my house. 👍

Thanks for the pod this is a cool episode

Dosunmu season long numbers don’t show his true value he was horrible first 6 games… Last 22 his averages are in 31.7mpg- 14.5ppg 3.5reb 4.7ast 1stl .5blk 1.2TO 1.5threes 53/38.6/81.6 splits 63.1% true shooting. I don’t think Bulls will trade him unless it’s a significant offer he’s also from Chicago and went to Illinois which is meaningful

Y'all told me it was crazy for the Bulls to lose their pick to be competitive but glad y'all are coming around to the possibility

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Can the knicks somehow get Trey Murphy and Deni Avdija?

Do you guys just spend all day recording new podcasts? The speed at which you've been putting them out lately is insane. Thank you for all your hard work and for humoring my obnoxious comments.

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Is it too early to say that the Thunder will be a dynasty?

I don't think the "how would you prefer to build a team" question is answerable without knowing more information about the All-NBA players. First of all, not all All-NBA players are created equally. Siakam and Haliburton have been All-NBA. And look at their record right now. But Jokic and Tatum are also All-NBA. You also need to know 1) how well those players fit together; 2) their health track record. I'd feel very good about having Jokic and Tatum in their 30s based on their health so far. Also, they make sense together. I would feel not very good about having Kawhi and Embiid for health reasons. And I'd not feel that great about having Jokic and Embiid, as amazing as they are, because the pieces just don't make sense together.

There is an elephant in the room and I know that jurnalist do not want to acknowledge that! This team is broken thx to Calvin Booth young players BS! Our players do not believe in this team anymore and cos of that there is no effort! I never seen team this letargic since Jokic started! I think that problems are big in the organization and Calvin vision utterly failed! Not only that it failed but it destroyed team chemistry and thrust to the point that team is unrecognizable for old fans! Jurnalist try to sweep this under the rug but it is impossible to hide it any more! As a die hard fan this is so hard to watch while at the same time no one on Press Conference`s ask a question who`s gonna take a responsibility for this desaster!

I came into this to give you a view, but I’m sorry, this is hilarious to listen to now, particularly the intro section 😂Ham has been a great addition by the way

Jayden Ivy in Cunningham play great together

Thompson's got a long way to go and he shouldn't be even attempting three-pointers

I'd like to people to get off Jayden Ivy's back he's a star and when he does good he's good and bad and everybody wants to get rid of them

Am I the only one that thinks Branden Ingram would be a better move ?

I strongly disagree that the Heat could be incentivized to trade Butler for Beal and a distant pick. Getting something is NOT always better than getting nothing. You're telling me that the Heat are going to be like "Well, we now have three score-first combo guards who don't fit together at all, and one of them is practically untradeable. But at least we've got this pick six years from now!"? I don't buy it.