 What's the word y'all NBA tray season is here and I am so excited for Cam Red is going to the next we're gonna talk about that in a second man NBA tray season is some of my favorite times of the year You would think it would be the finals or the season opener or just the playoffs in general. Absolutely not I'm here for small trades big trades. I'm here for free agency. I'm here for the draft Anything that we could get a team to look a little bit different. I'm here for I'm just always fascinated on The process of making the trade and trying to figure out that somebody get fleeced who won this trade Is this small trade gonna contribute to a team winning the championship in three years down the line? I love going to basketball reference and looking at like the lineage of trades We're like a team traded a draft pick and the draft pick doesn't convey to six years in the future The net pick ended up being this guy who got ready for this guy and this guy and this guy And it took a decade for this one trade to matter and boom that trade 10 years ago played a part in the championship Now it's all crazy. I'm not I absolutely love all of it I'm a little bit afraid though that this um this trade that line might be a all bark No bite trade that line just because when you talk about her the safety protocol you talk about injury history This might be a year where teams are kind of hesitant to package in a few players as unpicks to get one player return Because now we in the playoffs and all man I said three people on my team have a little outbreak and now the alpha 5 to 10 days And now we don't have the depth to compete because we traded the depth away And then there are so many teams that are still competed for a playoff spot I mean with the play in it seems like every team still has a chance halfway through the season to steal a spot So who's gonna be sellers? Who's gonna be buyers who gonna be stamp it put? I don't really know we're gonna talk about a lot of rumors today But we're gonna start off talking about the camera's trade because the Knicks came out of left field And I think a lot of people's initial reaction Was that the Knicks fleece the Atlanta Hawks Wow the New York Knicks if you do not know They're getting camera in a Solomon Hill in the second round pick and they sent out Kevin Knox in a protective pick That is top 18 protected. I think it's from the Charlotte Hornets or something I don't really know there had been a lot of rumors about cameras over the past year or so about him being traded and I think most people thought this was going to be the year for that but I don't think most people saw it as we're gonna give you a player that we don't even play anymore and a Heavily protected first-round pick and that was all that was going to take to get cameras and if the price was that low I kind of question like Okay, see I mean, I know they already got a million young players that are trying to develop But okay see has a million first-round picture trying to tell me they do want to take a stab at camera It's if it was only if it was only I heavily protect the first-round pick Oh, what about the Sacramento Kings the Sacramento Kings are a team that that they're a general measure Hey, we're not going to her for rebuild if we don't make trades We make a trades around the edges to get better right now Cam Reddus could be a guy that could help you get better right now But still develop along side the young dudes, but no it was the Knicks Which is so very interesting because well if you know Tom Thibodeau, he doesn't absolutely love playing young dudes But obviously you don't trade a first-round pick to get a guy that might be riding the bench Cam Reddus is going to play minutes I don't know if he gonna be big time about minutes for the New York Knicks Now there is two different sides of the Cam Reddus camp There's some people that that see that cam can be a good player and see that the potential is through the roof He was one of the top recruited guys at a high school. He got to Duke and perform very well He still ended up being a lottery pick and he is a guy that shows flashes every once in a while that he could be an elite level talent in the NBA someday But more likely than not to his first two years of his career It's been more negative than positive and what I didn't know because I always question Why did I got Cam Reddus and all of these trade talks all of these trade rumors? He requested out several months ago according to the athletic So they were doing right by him by getting a guy that didn't want to be in a locker room away Okay, that makes sense so maybe the reason why Cam Reddus went from a positive defender his rookie season to being one of those doors called with the Two things that you see in ranches that open the door that people just walking right past him He just didn't really want to who and do you see a stats when he's playing without Trey young versus when he's playing with Trey young or in that game against Chicago Bulls early the season where he had almost 40 There are a lot of flashes that Cam Reddus could be a good NBA player this season He's shooting like 37% from three. So a lot of people see that Cam Reddus with the Knicks is worth the risk I mean you traded away a dude and and Kevin Knox who still might be building a fortnight and Then a pick that was top 18 protector That is nothing to you Especially if you believe that you can help Cam Reddus develop to the talent that he thinks he can be which is the high school version of himself I read a lot of articles about Cam Reddus today because I'm trying to get into him He said that this one he won this year to be the year that he got back to himself And that would be the high school version of him the high school version of him was also like a point forward I don't know if that's what the New York Knicks have planned for him But again, it's a high risk or not even a high risk It's a low risk high reward type situation and those are always my favorite kind of deals in the NBA The Knicks are starting to get better and better right now RJ Barrett is on the terror and they went on a what seven and three in their last ten They're looking similar to last season. They were about this last season at this point So who really knows Cam Reddus could come in and maybe help them But I'm not gonna grade this for the Atlanta Hawks immediately Just because from everything I read today Travis Slink might have more things up his sleeve Because they are trying it looks like they're trying to stockpile assets for maybe a bigger deal It's kind of kind of crazy me in the homies were talking about this in a party today That the Atlanta Hawks are just in the conference finals last year and this year They look significantly different with the same roster and they've been a lot worse And now that we might be looking at the team is looking to make a second and a third trade at the trade that line We're just a couple months ago They were competing to try to get into the finals We're there's rumors that they are saying that everybody not named Trey young and not named click appellate is available right now They're linked to Ben Simmons They're linked to Jeremy Grant and it's again kind of crazy that they've they've gone from a team that we saw a super young and Super promising today We shipping off one of our dudes and all of the other young pieces that we have on our team are not untouchable or There if the right if the deal is right, we'd be willing to trade him. It's kind of wild That's that's how the NBA works man. That's how the NBA works I mean, there was a log jam at the wing position they had by diamonds Kevin Herter the Andre Hunter the list goes on and on of Playable wings so you free up one spot and throwing cameras to another team So we'll see what Travis like ends up doing with that pick or whatever players he got and they're we gonna package this trade with Whatever trades it will grade them as a whole but right now I will say the New York Knicks one is straight, but we will come back So I do want to go around some other trade rumors and stuff that we either bleach report or the athletic or the ringer I kind of compiled a bunch of different stuff in ESPN I mean I kind of want to talk about and you let me know in the comment section what you think about these things as I'm Talking about them a Kevin O'Connor of the ringer says that if the Charlotte Hornets were to make a trade for Miles Turner The Pacers one Gordon Hayward and I just absolutely hate that for the Pacers. I do I do I absolutely not that Gordon Hayward is bad because this is not here like 30 points and he missed like one shot Gordon Hayward is still a quality NBA player But I am a firm believer that the end out of Pacers should not be trying to move laterally It should be trying to level up or or either level up or reset No in between and this is a trade that's gonna be like Oh, we still okay enough to maybe make the playoffs But that's just where they've been sitting for the last X amount of years We thought that when they said they're willing to trace the bonus or they're willing to trade Miles Turner This means that they might be willing to hit a reset But obviously the ownership over there still thinking a we need to get butts in the seats and Gordon Hayward is from this area And he went to school here and we would love to have him in Indiana And I guess they were close to signing him when he was a free agent a little while ago. I hate this though I hate the idea that Gordon Hayward might be going to Indiana Indianapolis For Miles Turner because I would like for the Pacers to hit reset or think about young assets and not a 30-plus-year-old dude Already, but I don't know let's talk about the Portland Trail Blazers and Damian Lillard I'm happy that he had a successful surgery on this abdomen We knew that he was trying to play through these injuries since the Olympics and everything We made a whole video about the Damian Lillard slump and what I thought it was and I mentioned Hey, this man had an abdominal injury like a month ago. There's no way he was completely healed So I'm happy that he find the side to shut it down for at least a period of time and got surgery So here's the things that I saw earlier today He's going to be out for X amount of weeks people said six to eight and he'll be Revaluated and they'll decide if he'll be back this season depending on where they are in the standings Very interesting This seems like a backseat year where you allow some of your younger dudes and Nas little and Anthony Simon's to develop and then you figure Out everything else on the edges while you get Damian Lillard back Which this means that hey, we're gonna have a lottery pick and guess what our law our pick to this season is lottery protected to the Bulls so we want that pick to convey. So let's continue to be bad Let's go through our CJ OB and let's go through our Anthony Simon and lose a bunch of games But we're gonna allow Damian Lillard to get back healthy and the next season some of these guys are developed We might make some trades or getting rid of use of nerk trade use of use of nerkage or trade Robert Coveton Who can be a free agents this offseason and look at what we have next season? I do not believe that Damian Lillard will play again this season I could be wrong But it just makes the most sense for him to get completely healthy While the French side takes a backseat and maybe gets a top five pick and then they figure out what the heck they do after that The name that I don't want to talk about has been Simmons. I mentioned before I just Every update that we get for Ben Simmons is not update I guess him rich Paul and Daryl Maury and Elton brand they had a meeting or over over lunch and nothing happened Wolves reported that they went to lunch and nothing happened. That was a report. That was actually a report That they're trying to still get a Damian Lillard type talent James Harden type talent would have been Simmons trade And it was also reported that the price for Ben Simmons has gone up Well, how is he more expensive now and the boy ain't played in 41 games this season? I don't understand it. Daryl Maury and Elton brand I am a I do believe that they have to trade Ben Simmons this season because the way Joel and beat is playing right now I would hate to waste this season of Joel and B where he's playing with a bunch of players that are a solid roster for sure But not good enough that's gonna match Joel and B. It's output for them to be a quality enough NBA team for people to really think that they have a puncher's chance So you holding on to Ben Simmons for an entire season to have him not play like like Daryl Maury has said before the season started We're not trying to waste Joel and beats time here So we're willing to wait for seasons for Ben Simmons, which doesn't make sense to me It doesn't you're not gonna waste his time He's playing in the MVP caliber level right now And he might make it to the playoffs and just losing the first round because he doesn't have enough talent around him There's rumors. I think we talked about this yesterday. They're trying to pair to buy his Harris's contract with the Ben Simmons trade I don't really know the 76ers have Daryl Maury who's a mad scientist We'll see whatever the heck happens a lot of the reports that I am seeing Or rumors that I am seeing here have to do with the trailblazer because they're there a couple different ways They can go they can go full reset and we already talked about that But there's a poor here that says that some people around the league see season McCullum as a negative asset That's not great. And they're trying to figure out if Norman Powell is worth anything on the market The Lakers are calling around the league to see if anybody wants the white Howard What is the value of the white Howard in 2022? Who knows? It's not that it's not gonna be anything that you want. They even offered two second round picks for Cam Reddish Not enough my god not enough I'm curious to see what happens because I'm Horton Tucker is eligible to be traded on the 15th Which is in two days Will they will they trade them to his next team in the first round pick to try to you know Get stronger and get better because right now sitting at 500 with a team that with championship aspirations I don't know Orlando said to be asking for a first-round pick in return of Terrence Ross Gary Harris in MoBamba I would be super surprised if anybody's given a first-round pick for Gary Harris Or even Terrence Ross at this point just because they are in the last year of the deals Not saying that Terrence Ross isn't good enough to get a first-round pick But when him just being on a one-year deal I would be surprised if something was willing to give them a first-round pick that's not like top 20 protect There are one of those fake first-round picks that convey to us two seconds and three years or so just so the fans can say Oh, we got a first-round pick the MoBamba what I could probably I could see a first-round pick being dealt in that trade Just because he's young I mean whoever trades for him is gonna have his bird rights to resign them to X amount of money and You just have him locked up by the other dudes on the last year of the deals and Gary Harris has already made it 20 million dollars You have to have the salary to match it It will be wild and then lastly the Bulls Kobe White believed to be available ahead of the impending rookie extension conversations this offseason We'll see what happens there I mean those are all of the biggest trade rumors that I've seen so far today Other than Tommy Shepard saying on an interview on radio saying I don't show my cards So maybe the wizards are out there trying to make some moves left the right out of really know But let me know what your favorite rumors Maybe something I'd even touch on in today's video I would be so mad if a trade happens between now and when I drop this video Yeah, that would suck