 What's the word y'all welcome back to Kenny for real I didn't expect to upload a video to them be honest with you I just uploaded one 12 hours ago talking about how stressed we were as fans and two of the teams that we talked about being stressed made a deal today. Yeah we're talking about Laurie Mark and he was one of the last big I always put that in quotation marks because I like is like marketing a big name for agent and a class of 2021 maybe he's one of the last big free agent dominoes to fall a lot of bulls fans knew that this day was coming but we weren't 1000% sure especially when you look at what's going on with the 76ers where they said they're willing to bring Ben Simmons back and I was just so afraid that the perfect trade or the right trade wouldn't come around for the bulls so they'd be willing to bring Laurie marketing back even though he said to the media I want more money I want to be a starter I want a new look on a different team basically the stuff that Ben Simmons camps are talking about you know I'm saying so I was a little afraid as we slowly get closer and closer to camp that Laurie marketing might been on my team and I'm happy that he's not and I don't mean that in like a negative term I don't mean that I hate Laurie marketing or I don't think is a solid basketball player I legitimately just think like I said with some of the other videos we've uploaded recently the relationship had run its course and it was time for player X to get a new organization and it happened starting off with woes he came out with a tweet Cleveland is required in Chicago to strict the free agent Laurie marketing on a four-year 67 million dollar deal on a sign of trade now I'm be honest with you when this broke I was in the shower I was in the shower and I was like yo all right now the Cavaliers in the bulls have been rumored that they've been talking for the last couple days and that kind of left bulls fans loving the idea of Larry Nance Jr. ending up in Chicago unfortunately it didn't end up that way but I was super excited when I saw Cleveland I was like oh Larry Nance is coming to Chicago let's get it so it for the next two to three minutes while I was in the shower I was just refreshing my phone and then we finally got the full extent of the trade and it turned out to be more than just a two-teamer we got a three-team deal that landed the bulls dare Jones Jr allowed to protect the first matter from Portland a 2023 second round of that is from Denver and then the Cavs get Laurie marketing and the trailblazers get Larry Nance Jr. so no the bulls did not get the Larry Nance Jr. piece that I wanted but I am super happy about this trade but we're gonna talk about that I want to start off with the bigger name the biggest name associated in the straight and it is Larry marketing considering it started off as the Larry marketing designer trade so let's talk about Cleveland's offseason or Cleveland's moves because I am still trying to wrap my head around it as I record this this trade happened about 30 40 minutes ago and maybe it'll start to make more sense as time goes on but at the moment I'm like bro what is happening a ton of front-court players and not even just a ton of front-court players a ton of front-court money tied in now I think as this came out that Laurie marketing this deal is looks a little bit different than 467 where there's like some incentive so technically it's like four years and less money out of but you still you pay you pay Jared Allen won a lot of money like a hundred million dollars to be your starting center makes a lot of sense you drafted the best guy that was available on the board of emblem on every mobility who is a four slash five I don't know much about college players some people say he can run the four some people say he can't I don't know we'll find out soon you still have Kevin Love wrapped up to to a deal I don't know what happened with Kevin Love and then you bring in Laurie marketing who should be coming off the bench to start the season I mean let's be honest you don't you don't draft Evan mobility at number three to have him come off the bench so instead you're paying this guy about 15 18 million dollars a deer depending on how this deal is structured to come off the bench at a position that is competing with two of your younger players that you want to develop it feels a bit weird now I say that and then I realize that Laurie marketing ceiling is higher than Larry Nancy's Larry Nancy's a better player right now that is 100% sure like true but I do believe that Laurie marketing ceiling hasn't been reached just yet I do believe that the last couple years for the Chicago Bulls week we didn't get a full grasp of what Laurie marketing could be will he ever get to the point that me and me and some Bulls fans still believe he could get to maybe not maybe he does so I understand getting a younger player to fit the timeline a little bit better but this is this is a a basketball fan that's not in the the city of Cleveland it felt like Larry Nance was the team it felt like Larry Nance was the heart it felt like Larry Nance embody what the Cleveland Cavaliers really are and I technically I think he's like a hometown kid right um because his father of course played for the Cavaliers and he was doing these things where he was wearing shirts and clothing brands of like local businesses he was just doing everything for the city of Cleveland so it feels weird to ship him off when he was the better player on a better deal but again we can look back on this trade in two years be like oh Laurie marketing that four year 60 something million ain't that bad because he might end up being better but now he's competing with five other players for his minutes Laurie marketing came out and said I want the bag I would classify this as a bag for Laurie marketing he came out and said he wanted to change the scenery Cleveland is dramatically different than Chicago but he also said he wanted to be a starter and there's a there's a fly I don't think he's going into Cleveland as a starter and if he is at the moment you can't tell me that mobile he won't end up taking that spot you didn't pay Jared Allen come off the bench and I saw some people thinking Laurie marketing go run some three for them oh let me tell you something about Laurie marketing you don't want that man running the three we tried that oh best believe we tried that a little bit and then it was it was terrible he doesn't have the lateral quickness he doesn't have the defensive upside to guard threes he basically don't really have that much of a defensive outside the guard fours around the league you want to slide over to three it's not happening or if it does happen it's not going to be a successful trip so this definitely feels very weird for them I don't know about the individual players in the Cleveland Cavalier locker room but I I do believe that Cavalier fans loved Larry Nance Jr and let's talk about Larry Nance Jr secondly because I love this deal for the Portland Trailblazers we gave up a guy and there's Jones Jr who wasn't playing for us the guy back Larry Nance Jr we giving up a a lot to protect the first round picking if Damian Lillard is staying there for the entirety of the season they're gonna be a playoff team they're gonna be a playoff team so maybe that pick is what 20th last year I think they had the 23rd pick and that was when Narcissus injured that was when CJ broke his his ankle you know like we talked about a couple days ago we were talking about the Portland Trailblazers they're they're a good team they're a playoff team and they're gonna be a playoff team as long as Damian Lillard is is healthy and this raises I believe that Larry Nance Jr is one of those role players that raise the floor of your organization raise the floor of a good team the man was like leading the league and steals for like the first couple months of the season off the bench leading the league and deflections off the bench you know he is a guy that will instantly come in and steal some minutes away and they need that type of player um the last couple years they've added Robert Coveton who has a great defensive upside or great defensive player and now Larry Nance Jr and that's coming from a team that was like number three when it comes to the worst defenses in the league Larry Nance Jr helps that out um a lot so I love this deal yeah you gave up a first round pick but if you're trying to keep Damian Lillard healthy and you're trying to put together a great team around Damian Lillard which it seems like Neil O'Shea and the team are trying to do who cares about that pick you gave up two first round picks to get Robert Coveton anyway who cares and it is lottery protected so if hypothetically they want to say the office tomorrow said this is it that's all for me hey that pick we can tank and we can still get a lottery pick so I love this deal for the Portland Trailblazers Larry Nance Jr is a really good player and I think since he wasn't clear that not a lot of people really realize that and once he's playing on national tv or it's playing in playoff series a lot of people realize that Larry Nance Jr is really really solid now let's talk about my bulls you see I saved them for last so people can't say oh my god Kenya's a homer he only wants to talk about the bulls but the bulls got a first round pick got a good role player Derek Jones Jr who will legitimately get minutes on this team maybe he didn't get a lot of minutes in Portland but he will get minutes here on this team and a second round pick for a guy that everybody knew was probably done in Chicago for a guy that we didn't even want which is really solid I think one of the major criticisms for this bulls off seasons that are this bulls front office in general when you include the Nicola Bucevic trade too is that they gave up um three first round picks to get a okay slash good team and now we get one back so does that soften or blow a little bit do you look at the bulls front office a little bit different now that we added a lot of your protective pick even though the picks that we traded way might be outside the lottery I don't really know again I would have loved Larry Nance Jr but I like the idea of getting back a first round pick in exchange for a player that we did not want Derek Jones Jr I'll talk to him um on a series that his episode might be dropping on YouTube in a couple days so go to the through through the wire YouTube channel go subscribe because me and Derek Jones Jr talk this is maybe this is maybe in January February you're still in Portland and they were you know still doing this thing and he was just saying like the the way he went from the g league to being an NBA player to getting like a long-term NBA contract was on the defensive side of the ball he really valued defensive possessions like no other and of course he's one of the bouncers players in the league is going to be fun to see him try to jump over people and do crazy dunks um I think we need his defense more than his highlight ability and that would be really solid so I'm loving the bulls man what can I say how how can I not be excited about this bull season if anything it's just different and different is good where you compare it to what we had for the past five years so yeah initial grades just initial grades we can come back to this trade in three years and regrade it I think the bulls walk out of here with like an a first-round pick good role player second-round pick on the Portland Trebleys walk out of here with an a good role player for a player that wasn't playing for you and a pick that you don't really care about for the Cavaliers I'm giving it like a c maybe c plus as initially we got to see what version of lorry marketing y'all really get because I remember his sophomore season he averaged 25 points in the month of February I ain't forgot about that I don't know if that lorry marketing is still alive somewhere deep down in there but it might come out even though he's competing with four other players I don't know I don't know you let me know what you think in the comment section about this trade those are my initial thoughts go watch the video from last night if you missed it I think it was one of the more fun videos it's not news related but it is super fun oh and it relates to this video in more ways than one so go check that out