Offseason Trade Grades: Then and Now

[@himzilla]

It wasn’t only IT’s hips that killed them, the Cavs chemistry was terrible, everyone on that team made fun of Kevin Love and none of their personalities meshed well at all

[@SiluseTf2]

Uiyt Cleveland doesn’t deserve Love, one of the most underrated players in today’s NBA

[@Keezus.]

2nd best player on that team and everyone acts like they deserve the ball more than him I honestly don’t understand. Then there was the fact that jr thought he deserved a starting spot over d Wade even though he played like hot ass.

[@Grind2Excellence]

Gnaw love is actually very overrated

[@xxl3gittrYhard]

You forgot that IT is also a fucking bum

[@tingispingis]

According to the calculations Nobody talks about him. He's just grouped up and known as part of the shitty Cavs team Lebron has to carry. He's nowhere near overrated, stop pulling words out of your ass

[@thenotoriousdig610]

"Changed The NBA" While I completely agree on that, we got Cavs - Warriors again in the finals.

[@tingispingis]

That's due to some unfortunate events happening like Kyrie and Hayward getting injured and the Rockets choking. Cavs and Warriors didnt get a walk in the park to the finals like last year

[@chanceadams7043]

Cancer Police rockets didn’t choke numbnuts Chris Paul got injured

[@angelcelis7285]

Chance Adams 25 missed threes is definitely a choke

[@TheJwall567]

amit banai i have a feeling it’s not gonna be like that next year.... a lot more comp in the east

[@jessejamesgames8148]

healthy it would have been celtics vs rockets.

[@user-er2dz5dc1z]

The jimmy butler earrape was iconic lmao

[@chrisgocrazzy-5402]

LMAO

[@bobdole4916]

Should have covered the most lopsided trade of the season - The Bulls sending the pick for Jordan Bell to the Warriors for $3 million dollars. Bell played real minutes in the finals, while the Bulls just got some money. A cool thing to look at is to take a team's salary for the year and divide it by the number of wins they had. The teams that paid the least per win are usually your top contenders.

[@kipkame]

You're right, that was a lopsided trade but I was focusing on the bigger ones. As for the amount of money per win, I believe that the 2016 Cavs are probably an outlier in that

[@bobdole4916]

Believe it or not, last I checked it was the Warriors, Rockets, and Celtics that were paying the least per win.

[@SuperMarkHere]

Bob Dole interesting stat but doesn’t always show that much cuz most teams have relatively close total salaries (except for a few outliers) and better teams just win more so they will have lower cost per win

[@bobdole4916]

Warriors - $137,494,845 Mavericks - $85,904,490 I'd call a difference of over $50 million not so close - relatively or otherwise. That's the top and bottom payroll in the league. You say "outliers" except it isn't true. There's steps going from that top to the bottom without any massive jumps. The biggest gap between any two consecutive payrolls is only about $7 million - between the Heat and the Wizards. Warriors paid $1,858,038.45 per win including the playoffs. Mavericks paid $3,579,353.75 per win and didn't make the playoffs. The Cavs had almost the exact same payroll as the Warriors (their's was about $130,000 less), but the Cavs paid $2,215,527.55 per win. It's a way to show you which teams are spending their money wisely, and which teams are just spending money.

[@ankledrew8150]

Bob Dole I wash triggered back then. I didn't like the warriors and I liked Bell. I thought the Bulls office was trash and extremely stupid for doing that.

[@Bulletproof_24]

This is awesome. It's easy to call GMs stupid after the long run results while ignoring the fact that initial reactions called these same people geniuses. Can you do one on the infamous nets/celtics deal that is now called the worst ever? Or am i the only one who remembers that ALOT of people at the time thought the nets won it?

[@bpdmf2798]

Amir Yousry people thought the nets won it because idiots couldn't see that by the time the draft picks turned it players, the nets would suck because their players were old. Idiots valued 1 or 2 years of maybe contention over a decade of depth and high drafting. Imagine if the Celtics tanked also and got the top 2 picks in a few drafts in a row, and even though they didn't they still got a ton of talent. I'll take a decade of Tatum over a year of Garnett any day of the week.

[@kipkame]

Very interesting, I'll definitely look into it

[@themushybrain686]

Amir Yousry Pierce Garnett and Terry were big names, but all past their prime. Even D-Will and Joe Johnson were on the decline

[@flashmelody6920]

I thought that Nets team was gonna win the championship lol they had so much hype. And that was when they first moved to Brooklyn and had Jay-Z promoting them. I legit thought they were about to become a dynasty.

[@Chris-fl8lv]

BPD MF as a Nets fan I’ve looked into that trade many, many times and I watched it go down live and it was all caused by Billy King worried about Dwill leaving Brooklyn and the Nets after their big move wouldn’t have any big names. King missed out on the Dwight Howard trade and got scared that he would lose Williams to free agency and traded their pick for Gerald Wallace (pick ended up being Lillard). The Nets then have Dwill devin Harris Wallace Humphries and Lopez. The Nets then traded for Joe Johnson, while the trade itself wasn’t bad and I loved him as a player they took on a huge contract which limited them in free agency and had to make moves with trades. The Nets scrambled to win a championship after being the 3 or 4 seed in 2013 and Billy King frightend of missing out on another Dwight Howard deal pulled the trigger to get Paul Piece KG and Jason terry for the picks. While many people say that trade “ruined” the Nets it helped them. If you look at King as a GM he was self destructive and let’s say he didn’t make the trade he would still have his job and the Nets would have an incompetent GM. Sean Marks is a top 5 GM and before you call me crazy just look at who he’s drafted with what he has and how the team has turned from an aging team with no assets to an upcoming team that now owns the rights to its 1st round picks after this draft

[@Eclips10101]

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[@sammcgrath5575]

“Ok so who do the Timberwolves get JIMMYBUTLER

[@TheHuskyK9]

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[@fivesquaredyt2521]

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[@elijahm1636]

Lol bout time to reevaluate the Jimmy butler trade

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[@TheJoker-pr5oh]

I would change the thunder score into a D to be honest

[@philliplee1631]

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[@nucc1331]

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[@cgarcia4586]

Yeah it was a crazy off season but then again it was Cavs and Warriors in the finals again and the Warriors won again

[@cant_trust]

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[@lziv7583]

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[@knzie.]

Underrated channel

[@HarpoSpoke]

Good stuff, but those trades didn't change anything: Before the trades-Everyone knew the Warriors would win the ring After the trades-Everyone knew the Warriors would win the ring The same team still came in 2nd. Not a lot changed. Lebron changing teams this off season is going to make more impact than last year's trades.

[@matth2420]

HarpoSpoke the kyrie Irving trade changed a lot of things for the long run. Now, the Cavs are going to be rebuilding again and the Celtics now have a star pg to go along with their core

[@HarpoSpoke]

Maybe in the long run and maybe not. The Cavs are always in rebuild mode because they are a terrible organization. They lucked into Lebron and got one ring out of that. ...Pretty pathetic. The Heat threw a team together on the fly and got 2 rings with him in 4 years. Who knows if Kyrie will even be with the Celtics next year or if he will be healthy. He gets hurt a LOT. If I were the Celtics and had a chance to get Lebron and/or Leonard....Kyrie is on his way to San Antonio.

[@jacrispy9782]

If Kyrie and Hayward weren't injured the Celtics would of made the finals the Warriors would of still won though

[@chenney2190]

The same team didn't come in second. The rockets did. The cavs were the easiest opponent the Warriors faced in the playoffs.

[@HarpoSpoke]

We know the WCF was the real Finals, but it doesn't work that way officially. It still came down to Warriors/Cavs. Hopefully Lebron leaves the Cavs so we know it will be different next year. That "if Kyrie wasn't injured" is one we've heard before. That happens to him a lot. I wouldn't base a franchise's hopes around that guy.

[@scary_terry9927]

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[@domsteffen2433]

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[@ratedpending]

All of the guys in the thumbnail are on different teams now

[@rho9412]

Good editing and quality

[@Elijah-qx3qn]

Great video mate

[@alanvillanueva8966]

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[@hoodiejello]

Great video man,

[@9042jeremy]

I think it's an A for the Bulls.

[@nickdreezy2457]

Jeremy Wong didn’t y’all give up Jordan bell for 3 mil

[@lrobb49]

Great vid man

[@kiseki4543]

Can't wait for this type of video next year lmao

[@sleepderived6890]

Great vid!

[@thiabeb8129]

Great video! I subscribed, and it is Chris Emmanuel Paul

[@zayg8508]

Danny Ainge is a genius

[@palmiguel11]

Please keep doing these

[@ryandiaz8512]

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[@kipkame]

Well I'm at a camp with no internet for 3 weeks so rip to that consistency 😭😭 But thanks anyways

[@ryandiaz8512]

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[@sgaxnikolaix661]

One trade that didn't get much attention: Lakers traded D'Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov the Nets in exchange for Brook Lopez and Celtics 2017 1st round pick, the 27th pick, which became Kyle Kuzma. There's a good chance that Nets get D'Angelo to the potential all-star shooter that the Lakers wanted but we will wait and see. However the Lakers were able to get Mozgov's contract off the picks to prepare the Lakers have large salary cap in 2018 NBA off-season and Kuzma seems like one of the steals in NBA Draft by making it on all NBA First Rookie Team.

[@snlspot]

Thumbs up and a sub for the Smash sound effects

[@deetwoyou]

Subbed, great content and video style. My only recommendation would be to double check your audio levels. Sound would vary from 'normal' to loud and powerful at times. Noticed it in the final 2/3 of the video. Obv not talking about the JIMMY BUTLER audio as that was for dramatic effect lol

[@kipkame]

My fault, I recorded this like weeks apart so it was difficult to stay constant, but I'll try to hone in on that next video

[@deetwoyou]

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[@josealopez23]

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[@NikhilAutar]

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[@ophashashin]

Aye, good review ty for them facts with out any prejudice

[@kevinyu527]

OKC's grade should be better or the same as Indiana, they got PG to stay for long term and Oladipo would never become the player he is today if he stayed in OKC.

[@Projectdaredevil]

Would love this for this summer

[@shanethomas5327]

Subbed great content bro!

[@moneycash23g61]

I like how kyrie said he’s wants to be the man but he’s not even the man in Boston still. He doesn’t push the team over the top.

[@Dunk24]

Love your edits, what do you edit on And that bulls trade is a fat L for the wolves

[@lavellg.jr.7336]

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[@saladin1975]

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[@nicks1050]

The Paul George trade is an F on the thunder side. They traded away 2 players that had breakout years for a first round exit and a one year rental of one of the worst playoff appearances by an all star in recent memory

[@DQ_Senpai]

You sir have earned one subscriber

[@haydenc.haughey116]

You should have reviewed the Tatum Fultz deal

[@petarcolic920]

Hayden Haughey celtics would have taken tatum with the #1 the only reason the trade happened was because they knew they would still get their man at 3

[@Bigmacsrule97]

You can't review that yet Tatum played way more than fultz. Plus fultz was injured too. Markell will ball out this year

[@haydenc.haughey116]

Joe Pritchard alright sure bro

[@TheHuskyK9]

Never forget that the Cavs traded literally half their team (most were vets with playoff experience) for young legs with no playoff experience, and then got swept in the Finals

[@TheKidJeremiah]

Tenically Kyrie for Clarkson, Hood, Nance Jr., Collin Sexton

[@kcb-chris1378]

I believe this NBA Offseason was even crazier

[@charleswright9696]

I am always sooo surprised that people never talk about the potential trouble that the Rockets can be in. Sure CP3 trade was great, THIS YEAR, but if they can't sign him, or even if they do give him a Max Contract, they will need to pick up another Superstar and it will be VERY difficult to sign Capella to a Max Contract too! Team might be broken up. But it's still possible they can work something out. We'll have to see.

[@lexluger1095]

PG13 trade was a W for both teams

[@AboveTheKing]

Great no awesome vid. Earned a sub.

[@jameslin9018]

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[@Celticsfan3601]

great vid honestly

[@orpheus3329]

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[@joshdaking2324]

That video was so sick!

[@madisonedorg]

Do this after the draft for all picks traded being drafted this year

[@tylermclendon1150]

Great vid but how do you rank the thunder’s trade a B but give the Cavs a C when they actually made it to the finals instead of getting beat in 6 by basically a non playoff experienced rookie team

[@jaredfier1155]

This video is awesome

[@bballtubing]

All of Kats defensive metrics improved.......smh

[@anajsndnwnaoajdnd5732]

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[@stalecheeto5930]

Being a thunder fan when the Paul George gets traded I nearly fell off my chair

[@phillyfanatic11]

At 1:16 I was commenting and looked up and dennis Smith jr looked just like vince staples. Lol

[@Rob-uj4bk]

I'm a Celtics fan but I don't think it can be quite an A+ for the Cs until we know how Kyrie's knee is next season and whether he's going to commit longterm to the Garden

[@lachlanharris6172]

"Victor Oladipo emerging as an MVP candidate". This guy

[@nickjimmy13]

I also hope you came make this next year

[@vishnusunilkumar7406]

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[@Mrswifterfan]

This is a great edited video i give you crops! But next video can we have less mistakes? Love the content tho! Maybe do some more research!

[@CHANGINGTHEDUWA]

Oladipo - Most Improved Player

[@kotoasty]

Gotta drop the Wolves’ grade to like a C now that Jimmy Butler wants out

[@boomerboomer8751]

Considering they almost beat the cavs without Irving or Howard it’s a gg

[@DwayneIsKing]

I think the Bulls actually didn't do that bad with this pick. I'm a Bulls fan and Lauri can be part of the future for this team.

[@natenucher1267]

How did you leave out the trade for the #1 pick?

[@tonmoyrockz9827]

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[@T3noir]

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[@ojm4927]

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[@mishagelenava2962]

I don't think Timberwolves got what they hoped. They went all in to become title contenders as soon as possible and saw KAT, Butler, Wiggins as their big 3, but Wiggins and Butler couldn't work together, Wiggins had his worst offensive season, not only his per game numbers went down, he got less efficient. And finally they ended up as 8th seed. I know Butler was injured for some time, but other playoff teams of the west had big injuries as well and overall I don't see Timberwolves as contenders anytime soon. And they gave up young talent. If their goal was to get to the playoff, good for them, but I think they wanted more.

[@iRatchetFan]

Chris Paul’s middle name is Emmanuel. :)

[@LawrenceHe]

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[@hemangpanchal9454]

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[@DonnyZofChaos]

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