 Hi everyone, Joe for jaskiescasebreaks.com, coming at you with 21-22 Panini Donneress Optic Basketball, four box picker team number 18. This break is part of the promo and it's the final four box of that case that we opened up not too long ago. Big thanks everybody here for getting in on the action. There's Sean with the Warriors last spot mojo and with the Thunder too, double last spot mojo. Thanks everyone for getting in basketball. We were just talking football just before we started this break. But basketball, the basketball season is not too far behind us, not too far away from us as well. Terry, are you in this one? Yeah, Terry's in this one. He's looking, there are drama rat autos on Memphis. That would be nice. I would love to hit a train whistle on this. Jim, my top of the order, Gila, what's with the Dennis Schroeder signing? Yeah, Laker legend Dennis Schroeder going back to my Lakers on a one year deal. It's a good move for the Lakers who need to get cheap talent wherever they can. He was averaging 20 points a game in that European basketball tournament, so for what that's worth. I think he worked with Darvin Ham in Atlanta. They've worked together at some point, so I think there's also familiarity with Dennis Schroeder, so I think maybe just have an extra guy on a team that's working on a new offense. He should be decent. Yeah, Lakers, one of the rare bullets they've dodged, Gila, they did offer him like four years, 84 or something like that, five years, 84 million, which he turned down. I think he thought he was going to have a, you know, he bet on himself, which hey, I like. He bet on himself, but it didn't work out. You heard of them, they're going to move Anthony Davis. I've heard that too, but I don't know, that might just be, that might just be click bait. Aaron Johnson for the Sun. That's throwing my mouse around here. That's 40 out of 59, as I was going to say. Well they did get younger. Yeah, last year they were old and slow, but now they're, I don't know what their speed is right now, but they are no longer older. I don't know, Anthony. I don't know if it was a rumor. I think it was confirmed somewhere, but the Lakers definitely got younger though. I think that was something that they wanted to do. You know, Kendrick Nunn's still pretty young, Austin Reeves is young, they got Juan Toscano Anderson, they got Wenyan Gabriel, they got Thomas Bryant. I guess he's been around a little bit, but he's still pretty young. Lonnie Walker, the fourth, I think is still maybe a handful of years into the league. So compared to last year, they definitely got younger. So hopefully that at least will provide a little bit of energy. There's a Walt Frazier, 94 out of 99, for the Knicks that's going to be for Patrick T. But yeah, the West is loaded. I mean, even if LeBron James and Anthony Davis were 100% healthy, the entire season, that's still a challenge. There's Iyer Williams to 199. Yeah, I did too. The Lonnie Walker, the fourth signing is pretty good. And they've got some youngsters in the wings too, surprisingly, in spite of having traded all of their first round picks from here to Eternity, they've surprisingly done well with diamonds in the rough, like Austin Reeves is an undrafted guy, and they turned him into, they saw something in him. We'll do left-right randomizers on these as usual. It's Michael Porter, Jr. to 149. So I like their scouting department, I guess. But everything else has been a bit of a challenge, putting a team together. There's John Caminga for the Warriors for Sean, and the Cade Cunningham goes to Detroit. That's for Walter. There's Io Desunmu, Rated Rookie Hollow, those hollows are always nice. No, good for Malik Monk. I don't blame him for getting paid either, Jim. And as Scotty Barnes, Rated Rookie, maybe we'll find a hollow of his. That'd be nice. But this is just base Scotty Barnes. And then there's a Rookie's insert, Scotty Barnes as well. But that Russell Westbrook trade never should have, never should have happened. I mean, I'm no basketball coach. You know, I haven't played the game at a high level, but I've watched a lot of basketball. That's true, Eddie's right. They put themselves in a position where they have to hit on those undrafters, it's a good point. But I mean, anyone could tell that like, it's no secret, you surround LeBron with shooters. That's the basic formula. Surround LeBron with shooters, surround LeBron with shooters, surround LeBron. You know, like it's a mantra. I'll try, Logan. I hope you wake up to some big hits. Oh, there you go, Max Muncie, Max Muncie Homer. Like this, am I watching this Guardian's White Sox game is kind of compelling, but Diamondback's at Dodgers too? We'll flip back and forth. Yeah, LeBron, LeBron apparently doesn't know that. Oh, Anthony Davis being hurt for three-quarters of the season two didn't help. Yeah, they got a little better, Jim. I mean, I think Dennis Schroeder is decent from the outside. Patrick Beverly decent from the outside. Kendrick Nunn, what, 35, high 30s percent three-point shooter, but him losing him last year, I think, for the entire season was kind of weird too. I think he's expected to, you know, gobble up like 25, 30 minutes a night, whether as a starter or off the bench or whatever the case is. We'll see. I mean, yeah, Kendrick Nunn being healthy is kind of like a new signing, but he's got to, I'm sure he's gonna play a lot of preseason games, knock some rust off, you know, get him back into game shape ASAP. And, you know, I'm sure every most professional athlete have a sense of pride. You know, I'm sure Nunn wants to show out this season. Yeah, if Zion is healthy this year, there's Joe Ingalls to 99 for the jazz. That'll be for Nico Martin. I mean, he's got to, he's an excellent candidate to win comeback player of the year. Is there such an award? Didn't Brandon Ingram win that, or was that most improved? I think it's comeback. There's Zach Levine to 149. Anthony's guess is no, but for the hobby's sake, yeah, I agree. I hope so too, for the sake of the hobby. A lot of, a lot of money people are sitting on with Zions. Terry, there's a, here's a rated rookie, Davion Mitchell. Maybe we'll find some parallels of his too. And there's Quentin Grimes, also a solid player, for the Knicks to 199. LeBron James, 75 years in the NBA. Yeah, the Pelicans, I mean, the Pelicans were a surprise playoff team. CJ McCollum, I think has really, really changed, just a really good fit. I think has really changed that team. So imagine adding a healthy Zion to that and hopefully he's been conditioning this off season. Detroit, that'll be for Walter. I mean, I'm not saying he has to be like Kevin Durant, skinny. Josh Christopher rated rookie haul for the Rockets. That'll be for Sean TKO, Mr. Mall Murray, 93 out of 199 for the Nuggets. Denver, that'll be for Darren, the Porterhouse State. And we've got a Josh Howard, 20 out of 99. Optographs for Dallas. That's going to be for Jeremy Haines. 20 out of 99. Yeah, I think if Zion's healthy, Pelicans could win 50 plus games. If healthy though, right, the if is the operative word. I actually have the depth chart page open here. Let's go to the Pelicans really quick. Yeah, CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram. Don't forget about Brandon Ingram. Herbert Jones put in some meaningful minutes last year and they got Jonas Valenchunis up front. I think Jackson Hays is a good young talent. Larry Nantz, Jr. off the bench. Devonte Graham off the bench. Even some Trey Murphy, the third. Let's see Kira Lewis, Jr. keep developing. You know, obviously Zion Williamson in the mix. But yeah, I mean, you've got a nice blend of some older players, some players kind of in their primish, primus, primish. Brandon Ingram, you know, he's been in the league. He's not old, but he's not young either. He's sort of right there. So you got Ingram kind of entering sort of his prime years of his career. You know, Brandon Ingram was drafted in 2016. So Jilo's gonna bandwagon the Bulls in Thunder this year. Yeah, Bulls have a fun team. Let's go to the Bulls depth chart. He's gonna put Jilo's gonna bandwagon the Bulls in Thunder. Yeah, Lonzo, Zach Levine, Alex Caruso, Io Dussunmu, Kobe White. If Kobe White kind of gets back on track, I mean, that could be like a new signing for them. That's a good backcourt. Then you got DeMar DeRozan, Patrick Williams, Vusevich, you know, that's a pretty solid team. I always think that too, Jim, if like Lonzo and Ingram wouldn't have been traded win in LA, but does that team, does that team win a championship though? I don't know, it'd be set up better for the long term though. There's Isaac Acoro, 31 as in, what about the Cavs? I know Acoro is, no Acoro, so it was Sexton that was moved, but Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell in the backcourt, Keras Levert off the bench, right? Acoro as a small forward, Keras Levert can kind of play that position there. Chetty Osmond in the mix, Kevin Love off the bench, Evan Mobley and Jared Allen in the frontcourt. Jared Allen protecting the rim that lets big Evan Mobley do whatever he wants. Nine out of 10, Dario Sarge, Octagraphs, Goldparallel, Sons, Robert. One of the last teams taken, one of the cheaper teams on the board too. No, Anti-Skeptical of the Cavs, way too much hype. I don't know, I might buy into that hype as I don't know what the Laker season is gonna look like, so. There's Jalen Brown, 14 out of 199 and I was born in Warren, Ohio, which is not too far away from Cleveland. In an alternate universe, my parents stayed there. I could have been a long-suffering Cavs fan. There's Cade Cunningham, Detroit, that'll be for Walter. There's Jared Allen, speaking of which, Josh Christopher, Raider Rookie-Holla for Houston. Let's see if we can find his teammate, Sean. Yeah, Anthony doesn't know if that, Anthony doesn't, it's not really sold on that Garland, Donovan, Mitchell backcourt combo, chemistry-wise. Here's Scotty Barnes for Toronto, Joshua. Try to find like a low number parallel from Josh. I like the Thunder, but maybe not this year. But SGA, Josh Giddy, Lugansdort, Darius Basely. It's pretty good and if that one kid didn't get hurt and was lost for the season, I'm blanking on his name, someone in the chat with Miami. There's Kauai Leonard, 14 out of 99. There's Josh Giddy, speaking of which, that goes to Sean Maddick and OKC. Josh Giddy and that kid that I'm forgetting the name of, brains on in basketball mode yet, had a good summer league. Chet, that's right, Holmgren. Thanks. Yeah, and what about, I asked this question, Jim, last week when we were doing this basketball break, what's the KD reception from fan, nice Kade Cunningham, 31 out of 39. That's the kind of stuff we're looking for. Walter Pistons, that is nice. But yeah, what's the, I mean, all that our fans just happy to have Kevin Durant back. So all is forgiven, or is there gonna be some booze? Yeah, what's it like in the locker room when they were, you know, when they were like, you know, he's trying to get, trying to demand a trade, essentially, pretty much saying that the coaching staff wasn't good enough. And the front office wasn't good enough. You think he'll get booed like Kairi was, that he's saying? Best case scenario Anthony's saying is, if the Nets can find a way to move Kairi. I think they tried in the offseason. But now that KD's back, I think you gotta keep him. I think Kairi goes to the Lakers. Lakers will have Russell Westbrook's 40 million off the books. Kairi is only a, what, a player option. So he only has one more year. So I could see, I could see Kairi ballin' out cause it's a contract year, and go to the Lakers. That would be the Lakers big free agent signing. Right, yeah, how do you do that, right Jim? Like you have conversations, Steve Nash. How do you have conversations with your coach after you say, hey, they're not good enough. I want them fired. Maybe it's drama all year long. At least that's drama that the Lakers won't have. But the Brooklyn Nets and the Lakers kind of in the same similar positions last season. Kyle's saying, yeah, definitely gonna be a little awkward on the season opener. Gotta be. I mean, winning cures all though. Winning definitely cures all. So if they start off the season like 10 and O or something like that, I think, you know, and if KD and Kairi leading the way and if Ben Simmons looks serviceable, you know, all's forgiven, winning cures everything. As Kai Jones, rookie dominators, autograph for Charlotte, that'll be for Mark and the Hornets. Six out of 49. Yeah, but Jim can see the players not trusting in behind the scenes. True, I can see that too. But again, winning cures all, right? But I don't know, at the first sign of adversity, how well does that team quickly crumble? I mean, this is really more of a playoff question. If both of those guys are healthy in the East, they should be able to walk into the playoffs at some point. So yeah, what happens if they're, you know, down O two, you know, in a playoff series or something like that, you know, or if they're playing a playoff team, you know, and they're down by 15 points going into the fourth quarter. You know, is that game going over time? Are they winning that game? It's Kate Cunningham for Detroit. Sometimes you gotta dig deep for that. It's another one for Walter, by the way, in Detroit. I don't know, a lot of exciting things happening in the NBA. I feel like obviously, you know, the NFL's huge baseballs wrapping up their season. There's Quinton Grime, 54 out of 59. With the Knicks, Patrick. But basketball season and hockey season around the corner. Training camp starting pretty soon. For basketball and hockey, we'll start seeing pre-season games at the end of the month. So we'll start to see how this works, how it all works out for guys like this. Jim just sees a mess of a season for the Brooklyn Nets. Hey, you know what though? Be good for conversation during the cold months when we're ripping basketball here at jasphyscasebreaks.com. We'll talk about the latest Brooklyn Nets drama. So hey, stick with us all basketball season long, ladies and gentlemen. We'll keep talking hoops and ripping hoops and, you know. Seeing who's good for the hobby and who's not hashtag good for the hobby. There's Karis Leverte to 149 for the Pacers. There's another Scotty Barnes for the Toronto Raptors, Joshua Jones. And yeah, that's right, Terry for you. Wish we saw some ink and some more stuff from this guy, but here's a Donovan Mitchell, Davion Mitchell Hollow, rated rookie hollow for Terry, who got the Kings straight up. Let's do this left, right randomizer here. So let's do this really quick. Left, right on there. Let's roll it and randomize it. 12 times, side on top, we'll get it. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, and 12th and final time. After 12, left side cards will get them. So I'll go to the left side teams right there. And there you have it boys and girls. Thanks for watching, thanks for breaking with us. Let's keep talking and ripping basketball all season long. So stick with us, Jaspeyscasebreaks.com. We'll see you next time.