Recapping all 30 Teams in NBA Free Agency, Plus Lane Johnson | The Ryen Russillo Podcast

Russillo starts the pod by running through all 30 NBA teams and sharing his thoughts on their offseason so far (0:37). Then, Eagles tackle Lane Johnson comes on to discuss Nick Sirianni, what makes Jalen Hurts special, and his WrestleMania appearance (41:54). Finally, Life Advice and U.S. Soccer with Ceruti (1:07:37)! Is it weird to compliment another dude for non-traditional skills?
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[@omieg89]

Celtics 0:50 Nets 1:50 Knicks 2:52 Sixers 4:35 Raptors 5:40 Nuggets 7:30 Wolves 9:40 OKC 10:42 Blazers 12:20 Jazz 13:10 Bulls 14:20 Cavs 15:50 Pistons 17:55 Pacers 19:03 Warriors 19:44 Clippers 21:06 Lakers 23:25 Suns monologue 27:00 Kings 27:11 Hawks 27:54 Hornets 28:51 Heat culture 30:00 Magic 30:04 Wizards 32:06 Mavericks 32:45 Clutch City 33:45 Grizzlies 34:20 Pelicans 34:38 Spurs 35:43 Sorry Bucks fans. No idea where that timestamp is.

[@EmporerNero]

tyty

[@thetrib1]

W

[@jett1118]

Goat

[@WednesdayChicken]

Thank you, kind of crazy he isn’t time stamping this video on his own

[@j.a.ward13]

👑@omieg89👑

[@joeshmoe8134]

I’m glad Ryen does pods like this. So tired of hearing about the same 4-5 teams which only 1 or 2 are actually contenders. That being said, Memphis fucked up royally by not trading Smart and the 9th overall pick for a stretch 5 or another PF to play along side JJJ. Having Eady in the box while Ja is the PG makes NO SENSE. He’s a less experienced Steven Adams and they traded Adams bc he no longer fit in the starting lineup. Just a dumb decision.

[@roycedot]

So many stretch 5’s on the market …. Right

[@TimothyFitzgerald-s8w]

​@@roycedotpeople don't need to be rational on KZbin comments

[@lukelewis1757]

They traded Adams because he was hurt for a year and a half and didnt fit w/ the timeline

[@MaartenVet-ce9px]

@@roycedot Aw, come on, Smart and the #9 should at least get you Jokic, right? 😀

[@tonyschimmoeller]

​@lukelewis1757 He was traded for salary reasons, actually. Grizzlies are pushing the luxury this year without his 12.6 mill on the books and not using their MLE or bringing Kennard back. Simply keeping Adams makes them a 1st apron team.

[@MattPhilly20]

Ryen always releases with 2 hours left in my workday def passes the time 👏🏼

[@fifthdownsports1544]

Ryen you do a awesome job

[@peterkokosar9307]

Dunn's a Sun, not a Nugget

[@Stevemcnash]

Glad I wasn't the only one who caught that! Maybe he and Bill will figure that out by the time the season starts😂

[@hitman9198]

Say that 5 times fast lol

[@DWIG24]

He also spent 10 seconds on the Suns and 3x that on lottery teams that are tanking

[@dominichardaway3472]

Spurs timestamp: 35:40.

[@ayoaaron4166]

Love when Ryen dips his toes on soccer. Could always use more Sir Rudy

[@azosjeff]

goatsillo

[@mike_maclean5787]

The raptors are doing something not a lot of teams are doing right now. Building

[@michaelahurt]

Building what? is the question. Are we sure these three guys are better than a .500 team? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though. You can certainly talk yourself into a Barnes, Quickley, Barrett core but it feels very 2000s Hawks-ish

[@Sirdutcharlesthe63rd]

Love the lane Johnson collab. Been dominant since he entered the league. As an eagles fan, love that guy

[@AreolaGrande94]

there has not been a video in the history of video more in need of timestamps...

[@michaelgomez2522]

Denver should sign Gary Trent jr. He cant be expensive if he's been on the market this long. He can at least replace KCP's offense

[@hitman9198]

Timberwolves 9:40

[@M3GAMAN3]

19:46 for GSW

[@andysauro1500]

Warriors should trade Draymond now while he has value and the "end of the era" is fresh. GSW receive Lauri Markannen OKC receive Draymond UTAH receive 2 GSW 1sts + 1 pick swap + 3 OKC 1sts (or 2 + Cason Wallace) All 3 parties get way better from this

[@tonyschimmoeller]

Doesn't even come close to working within NBA rules though

[@andysauro1500]

@@tonyschimmoeller how so? Works in evrry trade simulator ive tried

[@tonyschimmoeller]

@andysauro1500 You're using old information then. They used like 44 mill in giving raises to Joe and Wiggins and signing Hartenstein

[@cermet1320]

The blazers know that as long as they have Deandre Ayton they will tank super well. So they can just stockpile assets, get high draft picks and when the time comes they will sell Ayton for a bag of chips. By that that time they will hopefully already have a decent amount of good young players. Blazers replace Ayton with a bag of chips and instantly get +15 wins.

[@Lightexo]

19:05 Good play on words 😂

[@emanszn95]

14:25 CHI BULLS

[@Goodmorningmg]

Scottie’s worth the rookie max, he’s the best player in his draft class and it’s not as if he didn’t earn it. Dudes a 3rd year all star, guards 1-5 and plays pg, you don’t think he’ll get better?

[@michaelahurt]

He's not a 1. He might not be a 2. He was the best in year 3 but Cade and Mobley will both be better by the end of these extensions

[@sammyttheg412]

No question ​@@michaelahurt

[@cissem4025]

@@michaelahurt werent they suppose to be significantly better than barnes from day one?, still benefiting from their pre-draft hype can mobley even be a 3rd option offensively?,

[@michaelahurt]

@@cissem4025 I think they were honestly. Barnes got a lot of juice from being the 5th option on a 48 win team whereas Mobley shared credit with Allen for Cleveland's defense. Personally I thought Cade should have won ROY given that his role was so much more difficult. Mobley can definitely be a third option, especially since he will be in every action. He shot 58% last year and the passing continues to improve. If you look at the Boston series, you can see that he's capable of a lot more when given the chance. Barnes _has_ shown some intriguing growth on offense but he still profiles more as a very high end #3 option not a primary creator.

[@cissem4025]

@@michaelahurt both those guys werent as good shooters/scorers as projected, its hard to award roy to a guy who averaged 17 on 50 ts%, high end third option isnt a bad prediction, but cade who was getting luka comps is around the same, and mobley who is spoon fed is below that

[@Thisisjohn2184]

Does anyone got info on the detroit reporter Ryen is talking about? I don't remember hearing about that in the moment.

[@boing3887]

I think there are 2 issues: (1) even though we have great talent pool bc we're so damn big, our talent *pipeline* isn't as tight and is more leaky compared to Europe (obvious issue is that college sports seems to keep all of our Latino/as out of the pros!). (2) NFL and NBA are sports that revolve around absolutely freakish physical outliers, which makes scouting more simple - find the high school kid who is 6'3/250lb guy and put him on OL/DL, or 6'3/185lb and runs like the wind for football, for basketball it's just everyone at or above 6'0 and above (so 10% of population) ? But soccer doesn't revolve around (obvious) physical outliers as much, and bc we don't have as much of a history of elite soccer, the widespread, informal heuristics that we have for talent scouting aren't as well-developed as in Europe/LatAm/Africa.

[@boing3887]

So something I've read is that the US soccer players playing in elite UEFA clubs tend to be fast attacking players, but we don't have as many of the physically unimpressive but super-skilled midfielders - like De Bruyne (though even De Bruyne isn't even all that slow - there are other examples of legendary Euro midfielders who're short and slow even by average person standards)

[@jonathanmullins7043]

The problem with soccer is, if you're not taught to love soccer as a child you're not going suddenly love it as an adult. Kind of like religion.

[@joshuafruth6420]

​@jonathanmullins7043 I'd agree, I'm no soccer fan but the games feel very nuanced, like you're watching a grappling match or chess, and unless you've cultivated that love, you're not really gonna understand what's going on and it's gonna look like a lot of nothing..

[@enterpassword3313]

​@@joshuafruth6420soccer isnt very nuanced, it looks like a lot of nothing because it usually is. The score is literally 0-0 sometimes lol. You sound like you were trying to describe cricket, not soccer

[@Shortballa11]

Nic Claxton is nice. They were saying he was a DPOY candidate when KD and Kyrie were there bt they left and took the attention with them.

[@tonyschimmoeller]

His offensive flaws also appeared without their offense making up for him. He's a good defensive player though.

[@michaelahurt]

Yeah... _that_ was it ... All the league pass junkies watch an outsized number of Nets games because it's the best telecast so people were watching. He just wasn't as good Which is fine but it makes your stomach a little queasy to pay that much for a guy whose effort seems to be relative to the team's record as you head into a rebuild. It's not even a bad number but he needs to play at an all defense level because of the opportunity cost of paying a center that much.

[@michaelgomez2522]

He is worth that contract. Look what Hartenstein got paid

[@Shortballa11]

@@tonyschimmoeller he got more offensively talent that Gobert who makes 20mil more so I’d say it’s fair

[@Shortballa11]

@@michaelahurt considering the max guys are making 50mil, I’d say 25mil is accurate for him.

[@Ravensfan-wl9oi]

Yeah idk i love lebron, hes been my favorite player forever but it is a bit puzzling why he took that deal (not just him cuz other guys do this in theirlate years). But just take 40-45 a year, you are among the richest athletes ever with endorsements etc and then the team can have a little flexibility and you can look good for trying to help the team 🤷‍♂️

[@tonyschimmoeller]

He tried that. They didn't get anyone he wanted with their potential extra flexibility. Regardless of his contract the best they had was their MLE and nobody in free agency is really worth that anymore.

[@Royaltrueorange345]

Every team gets a runtime. Great talk Rusillo.

[@jacktheleper4468]

Lane Johnson looks a lot like Craig Jones n BJJ. Allmost got excited a minute

[@ryankay0]

ryen why do you keep saying jaden smith instead of jalen you’re supposed to be perfect😫💔

[@TheMilitiaGuy]

CP3 will stay with the Spurs as a player-coach and win a title in Victor's Year 3. This was the deal he had with Pop. Spurs will win 45+ games and be a play-in to keep Victor happy.

[@Raider2Pac]

Barry Bonds had a tremendous final season. Led the entire league at getting on base. He was blackballed following.

[@kaizer989]

Goat'd life advice segment on this one. Absolutely hilarious

[@jackiemoon5906]

Groceries guy feels like such a good guy for organizing his groceries? Why are some of these emailers so weird?

[@jaidenlangboung8289]

I’ve never understood the Cade over Scottie conversation personally

[@urthpainter]

where's the bb nerd comment with all the teams timecode? 😂😂😂

[@urthpainter]

W @omieg89

[@PayDay4Youtube]

If i were a Knicks fan id be pissed about losing Hartenstein. Id rather have him than Anunoby any day of the week. One actually plays the other misses huge chunks of games every single yr.

[@tonyschimmoeller]

The 2 have nothing to do with each other though. They could only offer Hartenstein like 16 mill in year 1.

[@PayDay4Youtube]

@@tonyschimmoeller why is that though? That sucks for the Knicks if they were the last team to have signed him to his previous contract.

[@tonyschimmoeller]

@PayDay4KZbin Look into bird rights and early bird rights. Just because they were the last team doesn't matter. Otherwise, teams would circumvent the salary cap by signing players to 1 year minimums, and they have massive payrolls the following year.

[@PayDay4Youtube]

@@tonyschimmoeller no i get that but my understanding of bird rights w/o looking is 5 yrs with one team gives u ability for max contract then 10 yrs is like super max. i could be wrong but hartenstein has only been with the knicks for 3 yrs, why does that limit them from spending more than a brand new team? This shit makes no sense

[@tonyschimmoeller]

@PayDay4KZbin He was with the team for 2 giving them early bird rights. Bird rights are 3 consecutive years. Early bird rights restrict a team to 175% of their salary the previous year giving them an edge up over teams with no cap space. However the Thunder had cap space and thus no restrictions on what to offer other than what cap space they were willing to spend.

[@kingquestOZ]

Denver has been indefensible the past two off-seasons

[@ange7541]

lmaoo dunn traded to suns for holmes lock in

[@Andre_Henriquee]

As a brazilian. Listening ryen talk about soccer is hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂 About the phisicality. It is a hallmark of southamerican soccer. Just go watch Copa Libertadores (the south american Champions League). Games are physical and the enviroments are extremely hostiles. And im not tallking about 'boston celtics hostile' where the guy just curses out Doncics mother courtside. Im talking about throwing bricks at the pitch if the home team loses and the away team having their buses glasses shattered and having to go back do to the hotel with a police escort

[@mattsupachat5962]

This guy is what Russ things he looks like lmao

[@JakeYake]

Lane “Obviously” Johnson

[@nickkerchief1941]

You are the best out dude. Love the content!

[@benjones1014]

Good chat about football at the end. The problem is definitely cultural, we've got a more advanced version of the same problem in England (even though we invented the sport lol). The other European powerhouses and South American nations in general have a much deeper understanding of the game on a technical and tactical level. These are people that are born with a ball at their feet, and play with an understanding of position and the principles of passing, movement, ball control from the very beginning. You guys will not have the coaching infrastructure for a very long time, it might be 2 generations away. We've completely reset how kids train in England, and it's why our team is so good now. However, as we can see at the Euros- the coaching is still awful. We may need to wait for the current generation of players to age into coaches to be able to really play at the level of Germany/France etc. You guys are several integral steps back. I play casually in London, and occasionally Americans pop up in our games. I hate to generalise, but it's shocking how poor their understanding of the game is. For people with the physical capabilities to play well, and in some cases even some technical ability, they can't see or make runs, don't know where to stand, how to communicate etc, etc. It feels the same watching the national team.

[@chadams7753]

Everyone pretty much stayed put. Apron fucked up a lot of fun, but I was expecting more trades to tank. LaVine buyout, Demar, Trae, Lauri, even KD should have been moved since being a middling team doesn’t pay.

[@nsusaint]

Ryen, you really need to dig deeper into the Isaac Contract, it was a very savvy move by the front office. It used up all the extra money this year to get over the floor. His salary also decreases a lot the next year, when we have to pay suggs, franz, and then paolo. There is also stuff put into the contract that the Magic can still get out or reduce the salary if he is hurt. It really is a genius contract by the Magic front office, but also allows the Magic's Senior player to be the highest paid player this year.

[@jaysonjoyce9708]

Ryan Dunn went to Phx, Holmes went to Denver

[@somethingsomethingsports]

I hate this pod has ruined my perspective of so many others.It exposes a lot of others for their weak/soft/simple content. You are the best at this, ryen

[@T2Runner]

Technically, Max Christie's contract is what puts them over that 2nd Apron but your point still stands. 😅

[@OscarCreed-q2x]

SHOUTOUT ORLANDO MAGIC MINUTE

[@craighill842]

Ryen - curious on in Nikola Topic could be the 2nd creator for OKC? Thoughts on their draft?

[@joefried6604]

Rogaine got U all messed UP Barnee TOP 20 NBA Player ? Aahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Maybe tp 100 maybe

[@Yakivegas]

This years title does not have the pinche of the ‘08 championship and idky why …

[@KevinJL]

Stamkos to Nashville

[@jimsimonetti2929]

Nuggets drafted DaRon Holmes and not Ryan Dunn. Nuggets and suns traded with one another.

[@eliwurster5237]

Mitchell is going to ask for a trade in a year just like every other player who does a contract like that

[@davidburke2453]

Everyone is killing the Raptors for paying Quickley. He put up 19/7/5 on 40% from 3 as a Raptor. He is currently the 16th highest paid PG and will only slide down the list over the next 5 years of his contract. Barnes won ROY and has been an ALL-Star. Pretty easy to pay him the max. He is by far the best player of his draft class and it is not even close.

[@WheresWaldo05]

I would take Sengun and Cade over Barnes all day long. Hi homer raptor fan!

[@sindilacion]

I think people's dollar amount expectations for contracts are lagging behind along with not looking at the years. I can't blame them, certain max extensions weren't too far off that number just 5 years ago.

[@davidburke2453]

@@WheresWaldo05 i may be a homer but barnes is a jumper away from being all-nba. the kid does everything else well.

[@saiwaqa2573]

Dallas 32:50

[@gregnielson7975]

Bron always plays the victim.. such a narcissist

[@TomKobe-x9l]

Orlando Magic 🪄 🏀🔥🙌

[@kam_12_]

Sir Rudy

[@Zo2million]

woah this guy must do crossfit

[@David-iv6je]

Or just a lot of pumping. He's spoken of "shoulder day" before. Me: "Wait, JUST shoulders?"

[@Ryan-by8ui]

He’s a fake power lifter

[@donaldw12318]

“Never wanna be arrogant enough to say there was no one they were bidding against” after two years of saying the gobert trade was an overpay for that reason.

[@hakeem6060]

Orlando magic?

[@1mcalways]

I really wanna understand what standings he was going by? he went from the cavs to the pistons back to the pacers lol.

[@tonyschimmoeller]

All in the same division

[@1mcalways]

@@tonyschimmoeller He went all over the place. Guy was drunk when he made this video.

[@tonyschimmoeller]

@1mcalways I hadn't watched yet when I responded to you so assumed it had something to do with it.

[@dmoney5466]

Nice PG jersey swap

[@TheKaijudist]

"TWELVTH"

[@graydawgy5716]

Denver got sharpe not dunn

[@burdman_9615]

Grizzlies timestamp?

[@Giantandre70]

What happened to Ryen's audio when we switched to Lane ? Lane workout vid kzbin.info/www/bejne/oITYe5Silt9nrqs

[@Lilmacmcmo]

Jalen Hurts isn't special. Quit playin! Dak is way better 😁

[@1800LUNATIC]

14:28

[@KingOfAllNoobs]

Ryrus has been on fire lately

[@Jawnderlust]

🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@BorsaAktar-r6c]

Wilson Timothy Hall Joseph Gonzalez Dorothy

[@jwoodfill14]

Wiseman is in Detroit not Indiana

[@michaelahurt]

Wiseman is in Indiana

[@cyliemyrus]

You forgot to introduce Lane as a Super Bowl Champ! The audacity of some people smh.

[@fentanyljones6956]

Jalen Smith got some dog in him. I see him improving a lot in a bigger role.

[@idol031808]

You need to have a hot intern walk through the kitchen wearing just one of your old tshirts.

[@PayDay4Youtube]

If im Valenciunas i fire my agent IMMEDIATELY. 10 mil a yr while Hartenstein and lesser quality big men are getting paid way more??

[@tonyschimmoeller]

Lesser quality big men such as? What are you even talking about. There is about 2 teams Valaciunas could start on, and they are the team he went to and the team he left. Nobody else was giving him that amount.

[@michaelahurt]

Hartenstein is A LOT better than Val. Maybe he could have gotten $15m similar to his previous contact but it's not like he was getting a raise

[@PayDay4Youtube]

@@michaelahurt where is he a lot better? In passing? Thats about it. He’s not better defensively, they both arent good 3 pt shooters, i’ll call it even in rebounding and Jonas scores more so how is Hartenstein a lot better?

[@michaelahurt]

@@PayDay4KZbin oh buddy ... Hartenstein is an All-Defense level defender. Yeah, defense. He's an elite rim protector and can play every PnR coverage well. He's also an awesome PnR guy on offense because he has a 60% floater and is a really good short roll passer Go search "Isaiah Hartenstein defense" on KZbin. IHart has been a basketball nerd favorite for 3 years

[@seamusmooney1308]

@@PayDay4KZbinHart is a much better defender? And he can hit 3s when open too. Jonas is old af now

[@AidanXavier988]

Thunder talk timestamp?

[@macattack515]

10:45

[@AidanXavier988]

@@macattack515 Cheers dude

[@nbayoungkob]

27:14 Sacramento Kings

[@joshdarius5995]

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