 Okay, so the trade deadline, as you know, is quickly upon us here. And there are some teams that seem to just be stuck. Chicago being one of them, 22 and 25, ninth in the east right now, and we know the rumors. We've talked about them. It's like two seasons now with the Levine and the DeRosin and all that. But they played a little bit better lately. So are we blowing it up? Okay. Blow it, blow it all the way up. Blow it up. Listen, if you're going to let Zach Levine go, free DeMar DeRosin as well. This is, my position is coming from a personal place. I want to see my brother have an opportunity to compete at the highest level in the later years of his career. I don't want to see him be wasted away there with floating around in the eighth or ninth spot. Give DeMar DeRosin an opportunity to compete at a high level. Blow it up. Yeah. And this has been rumored since last year. And the teams haven't done it. They re-signed the contract extension to Billy Dobbins, so they have their coach moving forward. And this is a team where it's not like a young team, like a San Antonio or a building team. This team is poised to win right now and they're not winning. It's not working. No matter what the system is, the offense, the character of the guys, whatever, this hasn't worked. You can get a lot for these guys too. They're talking about you can get two first round picks for Alex Caruso. Imagine what you can get for DeMar DeRosin, for Levine, for Vooch. So they have assets that teams want. Blow it up because they're not competing this year. Okay. That's two right there for blow it up right off the top. How about the Nets next? 19 and 27, they're 10th in the East and there's interest in Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, and McHale Bridges. Send them to the Nets. Blow that up too, I guess. That sound effect you're doing? We'll blow it up more than Chicago. At least Chicago has the guys that can go and surprise a team in a playoff series right now. This team has no chance to win. I love McHale Bridges. I think besides, and Cam Johnson saw it as well. And the best thing for them is that Ben Simmons continues to do it. He did last night. But with that contract, he's got a hold on their situation there. But yeah, guys like Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, these are guys that contenders want, these are guys that contenders can use. They have even more pieces, I think, than Chicago. They're not going to win with everything with Kyrie and KD and James. This team is now in full blown rebuilding mode. Blow it up. Guys will always want to come to New York and create and see. Let me ask you a question. Who do you think the best players on the Brooklyn Nets? Bridges. You think McHale Bridges? Okay. I agree with you. I don't know if we blow it up. I think we refocus. Who do we build this team on? Yeah, when I say blow it up, I mean, keep him, keep other pieces, and then get something back for Dinwiddie, for Dorian Finney-Smith. You keep McHale Bridges. You keep the two cams, and you build from there. And so I think they just need to re-center their attention on some of these younger guys opposed to, I love Spencer Dinwiddie. But I think it's McHale Bridges' team. I love Dorian Finney-Smith. I think you can get something valuable for him. The two cams are still very young. You build around those three pieces and keep moving. And again, they're talking New York. You're always going to be in on free agents. All right. So that's a build it up I heard. All right. We're split on that one. Kind of, sort of. Hawks, Lou. 1927, 11th in the East. And the names in that, of course, are Dijante Murray and Bogdanovich. Build it up or blow it up. This is tough for me. This is tough for me. I want to see this organization be successful like no other. They embraced me at the end of my career. I thought I wasn't going to enjoy my time there. But I ended up loving my experience with the teammates and building with those guys. But I think it's time to blow it up. I think it's time to reset. That group has been together for a number of years now, have had a lot of highs, had a lot of lows. And right now, they're in extreme low in a year that they're supposed to be turning the corner and being more successful. We're two years away, two years out from East of Conference finals appearance. And so for this to be basically the same group, sending 11th in the East, it's not working. Blow it up. And this team isn't that young anymore. You're looking guys like Deandre Hunter, Trey Young, like they've been in the league now for enough time to expect wins and it hasn't translated to that. When you look at this team, they have the talent. They have the guard play. They have Capella and Akungwa. Akungwa. Akungwa. Nailed it. They have the, I love Bogey, too. Like they have Siddiq Bay. And it doesn't make sense to me that this team's not winning games because they have a little bit of everything. So on the blow-up side, I do think... They've changed coaches. Like it's everything. Yeah, they've changed a lot. All the tools are there. It's just not working. So I don't think they have to blow it up per se, but I think they have enough pieces and assets to move two or three of them and still be in an okay place. Who do you move? Yeah. I mean, I think it's the obvious one. He's won. But like, what do they do with Trey Young? Is he their guy still? Yes. They move Trey Young. That's blowing it up. That's, yes. But then you still have the Jalen Johnson, the other players that you don't have to go through this full tank rebuild mode. And what can you get for Trey Young right now? That's kind of interesting to me. Can you go and get two or three starting level players for him or is the stock so low? You can't. Are you going to build through the draft and just stack up assets like Oklahoma City did? I think they have so much talent that even if they do decide to trade two of these guys, they're in an okay place. All right. All right. Raptors 16 and 30 this season. Raptors 12th in the East. And of course we already know that Siakam and OG are out. Are they, is this, they're blowing it up in process right now? They already have. Okay. Is that what you're doing? They finished the job. They've got this one guy. His name's Scotty Barnes. Yeah. Everyone else is on the child boom block. So I think they're already in the process of it. They've already moved Siakam. They move OG. They get back assets like RJ Barrett. But this is a team that, again, they're also, they have the talent. So it's not like we're looking at like a Charlotte or a Washington that's just stuck with these horrible contracts, they're not going to win for a long time. They have solid players. So I, when you say blow it up, I don't mean blow it up and go for the number one pick because they're so talented, they're still going to win certain games. But that's almost worse sometimes. Yeah. Because you're kind of stuck in the middle like Chicago has been the last two or three years where you're like, you're not a contender, but you're in like this playing situation, not bad enough to go get a, you know, top five pick. So they're kind of a lot of teams in this gray area. The gray area. Six. Yeah. 24 and 24. Well, that's right there. You just stuck a 10th in the West. So they got Jordan Clarkson, Collins Sexton, Laurie Markinen. Do you keep all three? Do you blow this entire thing up start over? What do you do here? Is that a tricky one? You know what? I don't know. I don't know. Maybe by the end of my statement, I haven't figured out. But if you're 24 and 24 in the West with so many good teams playing good basketball, that's pretty decent. I don't think they're playing, they're playing under par. I think they're, they're playing pretty decent basketball, considering the circumstances. You've got about six or seven teams in front of you that's supposed to be in front of you with where you are with talent wise and where your, where your group is. And so I don't know if you blow it up. You have a lot of good pieces, but I'm curious to see what they do at the deadline and see if they can get better or get some pieces for, for Collins Sexton or a Laurie Markinen or somebody there. So I don't know if you blow it up. I, I built it. They had that stretch. Last year, if you remember, I had that kind of Orlando. This year, type start where it's like, whoa, what are we doing? I don't even think they realized that was possible or a marketing kind of turns into this household name where he's an all star. So I don't think they blow it up. I think if you can sure go give, go get Jordan Clarkson and go get some things back young to grow at the Walker Kessler's with the Keyonte George. These young asses they have. Sure. But again, now there's a reason we're asking about these teams because they're all stuck in this area where they're not quite good. The Lakers are a 500 team. We're not saying blow it up for the Lakers. This team doesn't have the expectation level that the Lakers do. And they're still right there at 500 as well. So I say you build it. And there's just different, like I think the Lakers no doubt can still win a playoff series. I don't think the Utah Jazz can win a playoff series. That's the difference. I mean, like there's a, there's a big difference. This last one did not see having to ask this in the last several years, but the Warriors 19 and 24, 12th in the West to say they're trying for a fifth ring. Obviously they're trying, but not like this. This has to be blown up. Right. So let's face the facts. They're not going to win a championship with this core anymore. And that sucks. And that's sad. But this dynasty again, we almost just stop talking about it because it's just not the same. Oh, it's sad. Are they really going to blow it up and trade Clay Thompson and trade Dremel Green? Probably not. So then the question is, who do they get rid of? What can they get back for an Andrew Wiggins? What can they get back for anybody else? I'm trading everybody if I'm them except Kaminga and Steph Curry. Kaminga has now showed me enough where he's a building block for the future. He's versatile. He's so young. He's athletic as hell. He's keeping him. Everyone else figured it out, but we have to find a way to maximize Steph Curry for the next two or three years. And they can go and get free agents that want to play with Steph Curry for the next two or three years. So again, I think who can they get for those guys? Are they really going to kind of shake up the world and trade Clay Thompson? Like I can't, I just can't see it, but it's probably the best option at this point. I think that's the only option. Wow. I think that's, I think that's the only option at this point. Like I like to compare to Kobe. You know, you have such a successful run with Shaq and that, that group and then years later, it's not going your way. They bring in a pile of salt. They bring in all of these other pieces and give you another opportunity to have a championship run and it worked and it was successful for them. So I think that's the route you go for, for Steph Curry. You give them one more chance. You give them one more hurrah with a completely different group. This is a, this is a, a, one organization. If Clay Thompson or Draymond to where to be moved, I'm sure they'll give them an opportunity to be successful and compete somewhere. End of an era it would be. By the way, Kaminga moving up to the untouchables list. That's something. You know what? I wasn't a big fan. I've watched him play during that time that Draymond Green was out and he can play. He's getting more confident. He's getting, he's so bouncy. He moves without the ball. He plays well. He knows this game. He doesn't take really bad shots. He doesn't take a lot of perimeter jump shots. And he's so young. If that keeps developing, he can turn into something real special. That was almost sincere sounding. That was, that was, I don't know. And there he goes. Oh, we're going to take a quick break. When we come back, which of today's defensive players could slow down prime MJ? Oh, I love these. I love these.