 It's been a hot minute since we've talked about trades here on this channel. We waiting to see what teams are going to get what seed and then we can really get into some playoff talk. I just dropped an episode of the Kennedy Beach Podcast. Link will be in the description if you want to check it out. But today, we have another BR article, Blockbuster Trades. We're already thinking about, y'all know, this is my favorite part of sports in general. Seeing player movement left to right and the NBA does it better than every single other sports league. Let's get into it. Shout out to the people over at BR. Shout out to Greg Schwartz. Are these trades good? Are they bad? Find out. Dejante Murray traded to the Pelicans for Brandon Agro. Whoa. So Brandon Agro with Jordan Hawkins for, whoa. Dejante Murray and Bogey by Dona. Let me think on this for a second before I fool I'm on a pinion. This is very, very interesting because when we talk about the Atlanta Hawks and they're potentially trading Dejante Murray or trading Trey Young. A lot of things that goes in my mind is like, okay, if you're trading one of the two that you need to get a person back, a player back that can contribute right now, you're not traded to Dejante Murray for three first round picks. You're not trading Trey Young for just three first round picks because if you keep in one and not the other you're still just gonna be bad. It's either you trade both of them for young talent and picks or you trade one for players that can help now. And this trade is kind of that. So this would be Trey Young, Jordan Hawkins. Who else would be starting at the two there? Jordan Hawkins, Brandon Ingram, Jalen Johnson, Clecapella slash Anyeka Kangul. One on the other side would be Dejante Murray, CJ McCullum. The three would be Trey Murphy, the third, Zion and Big Val or Replacement Center to be named later. I kinda like it for the pelicans I think. And I think the only reason I'm saying that is because I am very, very high on Trey Murphy, the third and this gives him an opportunity to start full time. And they sometimes I watched them and those CJ has done a decent job transitioning to a full time point guard slash creator. Sometimes it do look like they need a point guard and Dejante Murray can be that. Also they've been playing a lot of points. Zion, which is very successful. I don't love this, but I understand the ideas behind it. Understand the ideas behind it, bro. I'm not mad at it. Now this is contingent on the pelicans flaming out in the playoffs because the Brandon Ingram and Zion minutes are cool. They have a positive net rating, which is dope, but it's only by three. Zion without Brandon Ingram is just one point different. And Brandon Ingram without Zion is better. And both of them off of the court is significantly better. So yeah, I guess we'll see exactly how that goes. Having a creator for himself and for others in Dejante could kinda ram me to that. And while we're here, we could just look at the Atlanta Hawks duo as well. Trey younger Dejante Murray, when they're together, they have a negative net rating. So yeah, we know they can't coexist. And Dejante by himself is negative, but Trey Young by himself is positive. So you can think to yourself, okay, well, we just replaced Dejante with Brandon Ingram. Now you're also giving Bogey back nine of his up, who's one of the best six men in basketball. Maybe that's the reason why you say no to this of you, the Atlanta Hawks fans. But the idea of bringing in Brandon Ingram for Dejante is probably interesting to a lot. I don't hate it. That's a decent start. Cause at least that makes you think. Sometimes we see these trades and you're like, no, immediately. At least this makes you think a little bit. Trade number two is Mikhail Bridges joining a Villanova party. The Knicks Nets in 41 year trade drought. And that is the immediate reason why I'm saying this trade doesn't go through is because these two teams do not make trades with each other 41 years. I didn't know it was that long, 41 years, 1983. So it's Mikhail Bridges going to New York for Julius Randall, a first round pick from the Mavericks this year, which is not going to be a very good pick because the Mavericks are a good basketball team. A 2025 unprotected pick from the Knicks in a 20, 25 second and a 20, 27 second. If I am the Brooklyn Nets and I'm trading away Mikhail Bridges, I'm not looking to get talent for the right now. Cause Julius Randall goes to the Nets and then what? What are we doing? What are we doing if he's there? It's him and Nicholas Clarkson, who's a free agent who might not be there next year, but it doesn't make sense to me. If I'm trading Mikhail, I'm doing it for either a young player and draft capital or young player plus draft, whatever. This one, I like it a lot from the Knicks perspective low key because this is kind of real. The Villanova NBA thing is kind of real, but I don't like it from the Brooklyn Nets perspective at all. Uh-oh, the Kings add more firepower with Zach Levine and Alice Caruso. Zach Levine and Caruso going out to the Kings. And then Kevin Hertha, Harrison Barnes, Davia Metshushas, if a Zen called a 20, 28 first round pick top to protect it, a 20, 30 first round pick top to protect it. Hmm, okay. So the idea is to have De'Aaron, Alice Caruso, Zach Levine, Keegan Murray, Demata Sabonis. What does that mean for Malik Monk, who's a free agent this off season? I don't really know. I would hope that if we're trading away Zach Levine and Alice Caruso, the picks that we get back won't be top 10 protected. I understand protections don't get me wrong. Top five maybe, but top 10 is a lot. I mean, I don't, I don't love it. I don't love it. Maybe this is my bias fandom. Y'all know you are a fan of a player slash team. It's hard for you to trade those people. We always value them a lot higher because that's our guys. Those are our guys. Ask Aruso is my guy. Zach Levine is my guy. I don't love it. Before the, or earlier in the season before Zach went out with his injury, I kind of liked the idea of the king's trading for Zach for, it was like Kevin Herter. It was basically this exact package without Sausage Zinkoff and only one first round pick. I thought that was interesting. But this doesn't do anything for the Bulls other than say like, hey, in 20, 28 we got us some first round pick, maybe. It's protected, so maybe. Cause Kevin Herter just had a down season. He's not coming to Chicago and changing anything. They think they were here as a bar, as he's older. Davion Mitchell was like 30 years old as a young player. I don't, I don't love it. I don't love it. I think the kings, from the king's perspective it's interesting, but you have D'Arna Fox signed up. You got DeMonte Sabona signed up on the max and now you got Zach Levine on the max. That's your big three. What's the ceiling of that big three? It's not a championship. So this is not, this is like a go all in type of trade if you're the kings without getting the go all in talent. So I'm going to say no from both perspectives. Trey Young, oh, so we had a trade of them getting rid of the jaunty. Now we got a trade of them getting rid of Trey Young. It's Trey Young to the Orlando Magic for Anthony Black, Jet Howard, John Isaac and only two first round picks. And one of them is from the Nuggets. So the 28th pick in 2025, something like that. If this is the trade packets for Trey Young, every team should be calling. Cause yeah, this is some good young talent, right? Anthony Black showed good flashes this year, especially when they were down, a lot of people were down with injuries and he was in the starting lineup. I liked some of that stuff. Jet Howard, we haven't seen a lot of. John Isaac is the best defensive player in the world basically. So that's kind of cool, I guess. But if you're trading Trey Young and you get it back to rookies, you're not thinking about getting a player that can help you right now. And John Isaac, unless you're trading him to another team, I don't love it, man. I don't love it. If this is the trade packet for Trey Young, I would just keep Trey Young. Is Anthony Black ever going to be as good as Trey Young is right now? Is Jet Howard ever going to be as good as Trey Young is right now? Probably not, right? Probably not. So in that case, I would just sit on Trey Young behind this team, take the trade up here because hell, at least we get something nice that we like. I don't like this trade at all. Oh, I just spoiled the last trade. But the fit of Trey Young and Orlando's interest him because the Orlando Magic have an infrastructure of a really good defensive team. They struggle in offense. And Trey Young is an offensive system in his self. The entirety of his career, his team has been, except for this year, I guess, has been significantly better with him on the court. We're talking about 13 points better offensively when he's on the court, not a defense. But that's why you go to the Orlando Magic. You got Jayla Suggs, you got, well, you gave way John Isaac in the trade what you don't love, but you got Jayla Suggs, Paolo, Franz Wagner, Wendell Carter. These are all plus defensive players to make sure that this helps out more than this hurts. You know what I'm saying? But basically the entirety of the Trey Young era in Atlanta, Trey Young's team has been top 10 offensively even at the year where they were the second best offense in all of basketball. It hasn't necessarily equated to extreme success other than the conference finals appearance, but him going to the Orlando Magic is very interesting. I've actually seen Orlando Magic fans have conflicting viewpoints there, where some of them are like, yeah, maybe it's worth a try. Some of them don't like the idea of him being such a ball-dominated player. But the offense or the Orlando Magic haven't been higher than, wait, well, let me see, let me see where it's at right now. Hold on, because I remember before the season started, there was a stat that said that the Orlando Magic hasn't had an offense that was top 20 or higher in like 20 years, which doesn't make any sense to me. Orlando Magic, they're sitting at 22nd currently. So that's still the case. I promise you, you bring in Trey Young, you're gonna have a top 15 offense. Promise! So that streak would die. And honestly, if this is all I'm giving up for it, let it happen, let it happen, let it happen. Antly Black again, a good young promise and player. Jet Howard, I don't have an opinion on it because I haven't seen him enough. And one first round pick for this year, which this year's first round pick for Orlando Magic is what, end of the teens, early 20s, because they were a playoff team, a real playoff team. And then 2025 Denver Nuggets, that's a pick in the 20s. Do the deal of you or Orlando, don't do the deal of you or Atlanta. The last trade is somehow Donovan Mitchell has found himself on the Lakers. It is Donovan Mitchell for Austin Reaves, Ruri Hachimore, Jalen Hussafino, one first round pick, two first round pick, but there is the Asterix here. What is that for? The Cavs either get the Lakers first round in 2024 or 2025, depending on the Pelicans. Right, so the Pelicans have the right to take the Lakers first round pick this year, next year. It's depending on if they make the playoffs or in their lottery, whatever, whatever. So they just saying that the Cavs will get the opposite of whatever pick. No, no. I mean, if you're the Lakers and this is all the calls, hell yeah, let's get it done. Even though I know a lot of y'all have gone attached to Austin Reaves or Ruri Hachimore, who've been phenomenal for them. But Donovan Mitchell is a beast. And you're asking basically Donovan to be the third best player on the team? Kind of like that idea. Now the surrounding pieces for the rest of the team is bad. I mean, you keep D'Angelo Russell in this trade. So that's fun. D'Angelo Russell and Donovan Mitchell as your backcourt should be interesting. I don't love this trade though. I think a lot of the Laker trade packages that you're gonna see with people throwing in Austin Reaves, Ruri Hachimore, it's gonna feel like they're underpaying, especially if they're getting a star back. But maybe those dudes just have real value across the association. Or is that Lakers bias? We'll never really know when to a trade actually happen. So let me know what you think about these trades, man. It was some interesting ones. Maybe think, maybe think and that's all I really ask. Leave a like, subscribe, hit the link in the description if you can't be some podcast. Subscribe to that too. Playoff time, baby. Videos, episodes, these hats dropping soon. I'll spoil too much. Wait, what is that? What is that? Nope, it's over here. Come on, man. What is it? What is it? Enjoy basketball. Stop playing with us.