 What's the word, y'all? Hey, today I look he wanted to do a recap episode because last night's games had some things that I want to talk about. The Clippers remind me of like a mid-major colostina is really good or Denver Nugget slash Nikoleo gets beat up on the Bucks. But instead, this morning I woke up and saw an article that says, one question every NBA team needs to answer at the trade deadline. And y'all know me, when it comes to the trade deadline, there's no better time. So I'm gonna try my best to try to answer some of Grant Hughes's questions. And honestly, realistically speaking, a lot of these questions will not get answered at the trade deadline. I don't think we're gonna see 30 NBA teams making decisions, but I'm excited. I mean, some people, I was screaming the other day and people in my chat were asking me, do you see this trade deadline being a dud? Because as of right now, there's only been three different trades. I mean, there are some rumors but not overblown rumors. The rumors revolving around a top talent like Ben Simmons or, oh, I told myself I wasn't gonna talk about him anymore. Okay, so the rumors revolving around like the bigger talent, the superstars or star player, all-star caliber player talent is like, hey, we okay if we don't trade them. So like, it hasn't been a ton of buzz. So this could be a dud of a year. But we've had years that wasn't a lot of buzz that we saw just like explosions the day before. So I don't really know. But before we get into article, let me remind you about our presenting sponsor with this prize picks. Hit that link in the description and download the prize picks app and use code KITTY because you're matching up to $100 for all new players. For me, it has added an extra element to watching basketball. For example, it's just you versus the number. So let me quickly put together a little entry for y'all. So here's a little fake entry for y'all. 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Join the close to foot. 4,000 different people that have already hit that link. Use code Kenny, don't miss out. I'm gonna try my hardest to actually answer the question that Grant puts together. As if I was the guy in the seat in their front office, in whatever front office, okay? Starting off with the Atlanta Hawks. How do we find balance? Oh, that's like an existential question. Okay, so I'm shooting 0 for one. I don't know the answer to this question. Now, currently the Atlanta Hawks are in a seven game win streak including the comeback win against the Lakers yesterday, evening or afternoon was a good one. But I don't know the answer to this question, man. Before they started the seven game win streak, they were rumors all over the place. Ain't nobody untouched, rather than Trey Young and Clickapella. We're in the conversations for Ben Simmons. We like Jeremy. Grant, we've heard so many different things. How do you find balance? I don't know. But I'm not looking at the seven game streak and saying we're good. I don't. I don't look at the seven game streak and say we're good. We could just ride it out and we gonna be back to where we were last year. I still think there are some moves to be made. Third words, defense is still wild for this team. They need to improve that. I don't know how, I'm just saying that they do. Oh, Boston Celtics, overhauled an hour later. All right, so these are a lot harder questions than I thought. I don't know why I thought that I was gonna be able to step into a GM role and answer the hardest-hitting questions revolving around a trade-down after every team. Overall now, ladies, this is what I said about the Boston Celtics. Right now, they're currently good enough to be a playoff team slash play-in team. And I'm not saying that the fans should be satisfied with that because they shouldn't. But again, when you think about the ages of their star players at 25 and I think 23 years old, I think those are the actual ages. I don't think there's any huge, huge rust to try to make seven different trades to just trade that line because I don't think there is trades out there to make you a contender right now. If you are trading Al Horford, which would be kind of weird because you traded the first round pick to get them, I don't think the value that you're getting back for Al Horford is gonna replace what Al Horford has done. Not saying that he's been a star player, but hopefully you understand what I'm saying. If the option is overhauled now or overhauled later, I think the answer should be what can we get now versus what can we get later? Because if they ride out with this roster or something similar to this roster, you only make one or two trades at the deadline, you're still gonna be good enough to have a chance to be a playoff team. Now, it might be hard to convince Boston Celtics fans a team that's been in the conference finals multiple times in the last five years that, hey, this might be a year that we are getting just a play-in team or again at the bottom of the playoffs. But again, I don't know if there's any extreme rush to make trades. Brooklyn Nets, how's the buyout market looking? My answer to this question will probably be dem because if you were to look around the league, there's probably 26 different teams that still think they have a chance to make the play-in which is good for basketball that there are a lot of teams still like competing and there's not a lot of tanking teams. So you got Gorondrogic here. Every report that I've seen, there are multiple teams that are interested in Gorondrogic. Now, would the Raptors be able to get a valuable asset in return? I don't really know. But it feels like we're going towards a Gorondrogic trade more than a Gorondrogic buyout, but I could be wrong. He was like chilling at the Miami he gave me at the day, which is just weird. His team was actually playing a game and he was like, I'm in Miami with it. I'm in the 305. So next, okay, what do we have? What is Miles Turner worth? Anything that's not, anything that's not named Ball or Bridges? Now, I'm not saying trade the whole team but a package of a few players. A first round pick lottery protected. James booked the night. I don't know. But Miles Turner is the type of dude that you need on this team will amount about in my personal opinion of all of the options that will, that is available or will become available soon. He is the perfect dude for that, for that role. So I would say if, if the Pacers want to go laterally and want Gordon, Gordon Hayward, here's Gordon Hayward for you. We got Kelly Ubrey coming off the bench and now he's a starter. Even though Gordon Hayward is one of those dudes that you don't really, when you watch, you don't really pay attention to if you look up at the stat line, you're like, oh, he got 18 points right now? Damn, I don't even remember him scoring 18. Is Patu is a core piece? Yes. But if my front office decide no, then I'm okay, cool. I don't know. I'm right there in the middle when it comes to Patrick Williams. I would love to keep him on the team but if they decide to make a trade, getting rid of him to bring in something else, I'd be okay with it as well. I have no idea. Yes, my answer would be yes, though. Where do you find another ball handler for the Cleveland Cavaliers? No, they traded for Rondo. Gave up pretty much nothing for Rondo. And it was a good, you know, opportunity for Rondo to get more minutes. And he's been, he's been hit or miss yesterday. They gave him a huge lead to the Pistons. And in them giving up the lead, they have Rondo on the court because we need this floor managing point guard, not named Darius Garland, but another ball handler. And it got to the point where he had a nasty turnover and he hit all backboard on a wing three. You probably want somebody a little bit better than that, you know what I'm saying? Is it didn't shoot it? Potentially, I still like Harris Laverg for them. I still like Eric Gordon for them because they serve as kind of both guys that can spot up or get themselves a bucket, but can also be secondary ball handlers. Dennis Schroeder would fit that mode as well. But again, I like those other two options. It's a little bit more than Dennis Schroeder for what they need. Cause those other two guys, I don't care if it's avert maybe not the greatest spot up shooter, but they're better than Dennis Schroeder when it comes to spot up. Eric Gordon is a spot up guy. So when Darius Garland is doing a pick and roll with Jared Allen, I don't really trust what the heck Dennis Schroeder's doing off the ball, but I trust Eric Gordon and I trust Harris Laverg a little bit more than Dennis Schroeder. Next, another Dennis Schroeder picture. What does the 10.9 million get us? I thought this was definitely gonna be more revolving around Jalen Brunson because I think their big question this straight at line is do we believe in Jalen Brunson's $20 million asking price? I've been seeing a lot of people trying to put it on the same level of Fred Van Vleet when Fred Van Vleet was at this role where like I'm coming from a guy that was coming off the bench to emerging as a starter and a really good looking starter. What could the ceiling of Jalen Brunson be as a dude that was a, you know, was he a late first round, a second round pick coming from a mid major? Their careers are eerily similar other than the fact that Freddie won a championship around this time. Eerily similar. What did Freddie get at this point? What does Jalen get? With you giving Jalen $20 million, what does that mean around with the other pieces that you could potentially put around Dallas Mavericks and Luca Doncets? I don't really know. To answer your question, what could you get? You could get shooter. How soon is help arriving? Hopefully sooner rather than later. But you know what? The different nuggets since the turn of the calendar year, that looked really, really good. I was watching them against the boxes and there was a graphic that they put on screen that was like when they have Ben's help, there ain't no, which makes sense. If your bench is gonna produce points, you're gonna win games, but ain't no, but that's this calendar year, which means that the bench has been providing way more this year, this calendar year than they were in the first couple months of the season. A lot of that is like Bones Highland becoming now the new backup point guard and not like an off guard combo guard. He's actually the backup point guard. You got some more people off the bench and yes, I guess the Bucks, they could have missed. Aaron Gordy was in step back threes. Officer Rivers was jab, step, jab, step, pull up threes. How soon can help arrive? Hopefully sooner rather than later. But right now they look to be okay without Jamal Murray. So I would say, don't hyper rush, bro, to get in, especially since you're still like seven games over 500 without him. Make sure he is close to healthiest possible before you put him back in that lineup. How high can you drive the ASCII price with Jeremy Grant? I was reading an article yesterday or two days ago that was making the point that Jeremy Grant not being, not hooping right now is probably better for his trade value. You like Kenny, what sense does that make because he's injured, what teams is traded for? I believe that the idea of the mode of Jeremy Grant is probably better than what Jeremy Grant actually is. So him not hooping is not showing people, it's not showing people that he might not be the missing piece or he might not be the guy that deserves $120 million is what he's asking for after his trade or after his contract is up. So probably better for them. You know what I'm saying? It might be the Kings offering something and then Troy River, is it Troy River? Whoever running the Pist is like, hey Atlanta, the King just offered me this and I like that pack as you want to counter and now you get an extra second. Now you get an extra lottery protected pick. Next, should we be attached to James Wiseman? This is a really hard question to answer. If I was running the Warriors, I would say you shouldn't be attached. Now I'm not saying I'm giving up as a fan of basketball that I don't think James Wiseman can be good because I'm actually on the polar opposite of that. I still think James Wiseman has a ton in the team. But if I'm looking at the Warriors, what we have now, we have three all-star players. We have another dude that has been an all-star multiple times and is starting to get it back. The last two games of Clay Thompson have been better and better, like he's getting there. But even with that said, I don't feel like we're untouchable. The Suns are still probably the better team at this moment. You know what I'm saying? James Wiseman, even though Bro ain't really played in this NBA career, you cannot tell me or rebuild a team, a team that might be selling wouldn't look at James Wiseman as the cream of the crop when it comes to young talent that we could potentially trade for. I don't know if that means you traded for Miles Turner. I'm not saying that. I don't know if that means you traded for some bonus. I don't know if that means you traded for this player, this player. But I'm just saying, I would not be looking at James Wiseman as a player that is untouchable on my team right now. I think that you could still get better. The Warriors could still get better with the three all-stars in Clay Thompson. They could still be better. So I would be listening to offers. I'm not saying I'm pulling the trick on anything, but I'm listening to offers. Next, can we tear this thing all down? All the way down? Answer? Yes, I think you can. Any other paces? Can you walk back to rebuild talk? Yes, you can. Should you walk back to rebuild talk? No, you shouldn't. Just rebuild the goddamn team. Stop it. I'm just so annoyed with this organization right now. Just rebuild, bro. Just do it. Just do it. Dang. Does the tax matter? I would say, of all of the players that could get you under the tax, the only dude that I would trade is Sergio Baca. When I watch the Clippers, they remind me of a mid-major team. It don't matter who, when you're game-planning for them, you don't know if you should game-plan for Lucanar, you should game-plan for Mook, you should game-plan for Reggie, or you should game-plan for anybody. If you're trying to get under luxury tax, trade Sergio's, because bro, don't even really get minutes anyway, but the rest of the dudes, I'm keeping because there is still a possibility that Y can come back, or there's still a possibility that PG can come back. And if they come back, and they still have these younger slash role players playing at that caliber, this is a team I do not want to see in the playoffs. It's a big if. It's a big if with Paul George. It's a big if with Kawhi, but this is a team that I would be scared to see. Amir Koffee, scared to see him in the playoffs series. Next, where's our wingstopper? I don't know if you're gonna get him. Is it time to flex? I love it. Yes. Do it. Do it. Trade all the picks. Trade some of the younger players. I do want to accelerate the Memphis Grizzly rebuild. Is there already one of the best teams in the league? So they've actually broke gas on this fire organically by drafting well and making the right signings. But I still believe that they can go out there and make a Bradley Beale trade or make a Jaylen Brown trade. If Jaylen Brown is on the market, I would love to see it. Is it realistic? Probably not. But you have assets. You cannot tell me that the Anthony Melton at 23 years old, is it Kenny Furrow All-Star on a great contract three years? I think he only $24 million left on this contract. If I was a team rebuilding, I would want the young Anthony Melton. I said, I think he's going to be a star. But as a great role-player slash glue guy, he's been that. You can't tell me that a team won't want 24-year-old Brandon Clark and then all of the plethora of picks. Is there a team out there willing to take a shot at Jer Kovar? Get them on this third team in three seasons. Is Duncan Robson expendable? With the emergence of Gabe Vinson, who's been his plug-and-play, some games I can play, make some games I could spot up shoe, or Kayla Martin on a two-way contract, the answer to this question is probably yes, unfortunately. Is he expendable? I think he is. And his minutes have been gone down. His production has slowly got back up there. But is he expendable? I think he is. I wouldn't say that we train him for nothing, but if teams are calling because they need shooting, I'm not hanging up the phone because Duncan Robson is that for us, you know? What is the market for Dante Di Vincenzo? I don't know. I don't know. I literally don't... Something, right? He's only 20, I don't know, 24, 23? I couldn't even tell. It's been so long since we've seen the real version of Dante Di Vincenzo or the best version of Dante Di Vincenzo. So I don't really know. Can we be realistic about D-Lo? Ooh! Could they be realistic in training D'Angelo Russo? I just don't know what you'd get back for D'Angelo Russo that helps you either now or for the future. So that's why I would be hesitant. If you were telling me that Ben Simmons was coming and you trained D'Angelo Russo, I'd do that in a heartbeat. But that's just, I don't think that's realistic. Can we splurge off some shooting? Yes, there are some rumors about them. Potentially one of CJ McCullum. And I would love that fit with CJ McCullum. Being on the team with Zion coming back and Brandon Ingram had this CJ McCullum and the Vonte Graham back, or look, not great, but as far as like just having the pieces with CJ as a guard scorer, Brandon Ingram as a wing scorer, and it opens up the game for Zion when he comes back in 20, 28. I like that a lot. Or is it Duncan Robinson who was strictly a spotter guy? Can we stay patient? I am team panic trade for anything. Not just for the things. Except for my team. I think the league is better when teams are making panic trades. So if that's the case, can we stay patient? We can, but we shouldn't because the fans want to see panic trades. Again, it hasn't been what Leon Rose and his team has done in the two years they've been here. Panic trade, do it. Anyone got any first-rounders? Serge Bakker, this is, hey, help us get under the text. We'll give you a lot of your protective first-rounder. Anybody got first-rounders? Yeah, people do. They do. And you probably watch the Thunder get an extra first-rounder. It might be one of those fake first-rounders, but why does they get something that is named a first-rounder? Can we just appreciate this for the moment? What did we talk? No. Trade them. I don't even know. They are on the two-game win streak, though. Shout out to the men. They beat the Bulls, and then they beat the Dallas Mavericks. Those are two really good teams. They are a very fun team to watch at their young age. And I think that even trading away their older dudes when in this case would be Terrence Ross, they could still be a fun young team with 10 wins. You know what I'm saying? Who wants Toby? I don't have the answer to that. Do we need a small ball five? I would say yes, just to be sure. Busy, Javelle, Deondre Aiden have looked great with Chris Paul, but I would want to get an extra small ball big just in case. The Wayne Wright guy has been looking good, but I would want to just get one just in case. Even if that played five minutes, 10 minutes a game, I would want that just to be as dynamic as possible when you're going against every possible team. Cool. Next, what form will retooling take? I was retooling. I want to rebuild, you know what I mean? Is De'Aaron Fox or Cornerstone? The wait-time reach just beat up on, nah, they didn't win the game, but the wait-time reach just played against the 76ers. I want more of that. And I'm not against Team De'Aaron Fox. I'm still Team De'Aaron Fox, for sure. But if the value of De'Aaron Fox can open up the wings for Tad Reese and also help you become the play-in team slash playoff team you want, I would say no. But as far as talent goes, come on, De'Aaron Fox still has a ton of talent, bro. Still has a ton of talent. What are our consolidations options? I don't really know. I'm not too in tune with the Spurs or who's the untouchable pieces or who are the pieces to build around. I've been watching the Spurs more lately. And yeah, I watched them blow deadly against the Suns, which makes sense, Dejante wasn't playing and they were missing a lot of players too. But I'm not in tune with the average Spurs fan or who's untouchable. Is Kelton untouchable? Is Dejante untouchable? I would hope so. Or is this player untouchable? This player untouchable? I don't know. Can we trade Chris Boucher and Gorn Driedge? I think you can. Is whether or not you think you're gonna get the value back? You can't, for sure. You can't. You can't. It's like that good old, can I go to the bathroom question? Like, yeah, you can. But, you know, can we flip Joe Engels for our defender? Well, Joe Engels potentially tore his ACL last night. So I would say no to that. Get well soon, Joe Engels. And then lastly, which second star is... Should the Wizards go look for a secondary star? Are they saying Bradley Beale, we love you, we wanna get a number two for you? They got the pieces. They got the pieces to get a secondary star. I mean, yes. A star that's behind Bradley Beale. And that will be us a bonus thing. They have the pieces, but I don't know.