 This is the trade that the entire world is talking about right now. And guess what? Nobody's really happy. Yeah, we're talking about hundreds and hundreds of thousands of comments on different social media platforms. Andrew Brittany Griner just got traded from Russia. Obviously she was in jail for the vape cartridges. You know, but the THC oil for convicted arms dealer Victor Bout, who had about 15 years left on his sentence. I think he was slated to do nine, you know, they based off the character from Lord of War off him. And I'm telling you, the memes are rolling in the hot takes are rolling in. I don't think I've seen the male based fan base engage like this since like the crypto boom, at least of like a year and a half ago. Well, this has to do with a couple of different things. This is a geopolitical thing. This is a war thing. And this is a sports thing. So really it is like the most guy focused issue possible. Um, so man, I guess there's a lot of different reactions to this trade. Obviously I think most people are happy that we're getting an American home. There's also some other Americans that are still left there that they're trying to get back, you know, um, but I guess you got a one for one trade. A lot of people are happy. Brittany's back, but a lot of people don't think the trade is fair. So I guess what are the main reactions? Yeah, I would say the main reaction is like, man, we got fleeced. Like we could have got a lot more for a convicted arms dealer that was like selling missiles and obviously people are like, man, could we get a better GM, could we just do a better trade? Obviously, I think that's an oversimplification. There are a lot of like geopolitical considerations. There's a lot of like, you know, whether that's a voting base on Biden's part and then there's the right thing to do. And then of course a lot of people got conspiracy theories in 2022 about like, does the government ever do the right thing? Or do they just do the expedient thing, the convenient thing, the beneficial thing? I mean, I feel like obviously the department of homeland security, and I'm sure even the CIA, a bunch of different departments that we don't really know that much about. I'm sure they all had some say in this. I feel like Victor Bout had about seven years left on a sentence. He was set to come out in 2029. So it's not like he was in a life sentence. He was going to come out in several years anyways. So I think that's what the logic is. But of course, there's so many other things moving behind closed doors that I don't understand. And I don't think that a lot of people understand him. To be honest, a lot of people, they think they have all the facts. They don't have all that simple. They're wondering why they can't get Paul Wheelan back. But you know, whether he was a spy or not, literally is up to there. But you know, I'm not defending the deal. I'm not condemning the deal. Andrew, I'm not here to play ESPN trade expert, even though it seems like literally hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people on the internet are very much enjoying themselves. Men love talking about trades in sports because we love determining the value of the other person, like, OK, if this person gets traded here, oh, this is what they're going to provide to this team. Or this is what they're getting. Some people are saying like, this is like the Russell Wilson of trades. You know, I don't know, guys. But yeah, this is obviously something that the. Yeah, I read a comment saying, yeah, this would be like trading LeBron James for Pablo Prigioni. There's a lot of funny ones out there. OK, I'm not defending them either way or not. I'm just saying to your point, Andrew, a lot of men like assessing value. Now this is where it's starting to turn, Andrew, into the classic song you like to sing from, I believe, Neil Diamond. It was it goes. A race was in America, a race was in America. Yeah, that's a good one. That's a that's a hot song. Um, Neil Diamond, apparently not my hand up. Apparently she don't put your hand up like that. Oh, you're going to see it. Yeah, I meant like this. You couldn't see my hand. I was waving like this. So I think that that's really where it comes into play, because people are like, she hated America and other people are like, oh, you're just saying that because obviously she is a, you know, black LGBT athlete who like presents ambiguously or something. I don't know, like this. And there's so I'll be honest, like Britney Grinder wasn't like, she didn't have like a lot of like a huge male fan base because she. But everybody who talks about her as a man, though. But I think what a lot of guys and what I don't like to see from the guys out there is like, man, like. Don't let all those like comments that Britney Grinder said just in social media about like, oh, she could beat the Marcus Cousins. Everybody's like some dudes are actually like holding that against her. Or yeah, at least in the comments section, I'm like, guys, this is pretty stupid. We're talking about her life right here. You know, and this is a geopolitical move. So it's unfortunate that she got caught over there. Russia is a country that she was going over there to play basketball for and to make a big contract for, you know, and people are a lot of people are like, why, why'd she go over there? She said she's against evil things that happen in America. She went to one of those places that's doing all types of stuff. But but then on the flip side, some people are like, well, the WNBA salaries are so low. That's why all these other WNBA players have to go overseas to get bigger contracts to supplement their income. They get paid more overseas than they do at the WNBA. It's the truth. It's the truth. So I guess, you know, there's so many different arguments, I guess, David. So overall, I mean, you guys let us know in the comments down below what you think. But I do wish people looked into more of the details than like just the Oh, merchant of death and Brittany Griner, merchant of death. Brittany Griner, of course, that sounds horrible. Of course, that sounds like it does on paper. It sounds like one of the worst trades of all time on paper. Like I said, we don't know. Here's my here's my question. And I'm not defending the trade, but I'm just asking like if this guy, Victor Bout was such a dangerous person to Americans. Why wasn't he serving a life sentence? Why couldn't the prosecutors provide enough evidence to throw him in jail for longer because he was going to come out in seven years. So that's why I'm sure they were just weighing out the options. Anyways, but I guess what can people take away from this? I think my biggest takeaway is like this was actually really a referendum on how you feel about the direction of the company like or the company. I mean like the team that you're supporting. Like we're all on Team America, right? Just like people root for their hometown sports team in their city. But sometimes they're like, dude, switch out the management, our GM, our team president, making all these bad trades, Rob Polinka. How come he can't put any talent around Bronn? How can we pay putting these shooters that could space out the floor? How come they didn't trade rust for Buddy Heel the Miles Turner? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like basically people it's almost a referendum on like, how do you feel about just the deals that we're making? And do you think more and more people are just disengaging from all this in general? Like they're like, oh my gosh, this deal was so horrible. You know what? I'm just over it. I'm over it. I don't even care whether it's this administration or that administration. I'm done with it all, man. I don't think people make the right decisions. I saw this big thread on Reddit and one guy was saying this is either going to make Biden's presidency, right? Because it's going to double down on certain groups. First of all, I think it's a simplistic thinking to think that just because you got Britney Griner, you're going to get women and this vote and that vote from that demographic. I do think there's there's something to be said for that. And then other people are like, bro, Biden's like, everybody's going to want to replace him after this deal because people are like outrage that he's making bad deals. We need to get a guy who's good at making deals. Wink, wink. Who could that be? Right. I actually think a third thing. I really think it's just going to cause people to be more disengaged from the system altogether, because when things are kind of at a level where you can't understand or you're just so displeased with them on an emotional level, you kind of throw your hands up and go, man, I don't even care about this whole thing altogether. You know, you kind of like throw your hands up. It's like it's like instead of hating a game or loving a game, it's just choosing to turn off the console. Yeah, dude, the optics of this whole trade are terrible. You know, we never know what's going on behind closed doors, but I know some people are going to be like, well, why would you trust the government to be making the right decisions? They also did this and this recently. I'm like, I don't know. Yeah, I have no idea. Actually, I guess I just never really see in like five hours 10,000 comments pop up on like multiple subreddits. Well, it's got to be something fiery enough, but also something simplistic enough for the vast majority of people to engage with, because there's other more important things happening. But even, for example, the collapse of FTX, Andrew, it's it's really hyper complicated to understand what happened. Yeah, you know, these things, it's always like based on headlines. It's very easy to react to this and it's very easy to disagree. I'm not saying, you know, a lot of people don't disagree for good reasons, but it's very easy to disagree with this one. Andrew, how often do you see a WNBA trade be on the leadoff story on ESPN, CNN and Fox and Bloomberg? So it's a good point, man. Well, all right, everybody, you let us know in the comments down below. I know that this sound this is surprisingly an emotional conversation. I didn't expect the whole Internet, at least the bro Internet to just go insane. And I'm almost already sure, David, that by this point in the video, people have left a comment on how they feel about it. All right, so you guys got to keep it civil, though. Guys, just be helpful. Let's try to think about things critically. But at the end of the day, I don't know what's going on with like this whole stuff. All right, so anyways, you guys, let me know in the comments down below. We wanted to give our take. We are the hot pop boys. Hopefully you found this conversation useful and helpful to add into the whole crazy flurry of a headline that's going on right now. All right, everybody, thank you so much for watching. 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