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🔥 On First Take, Stephen A. Smith dissects two major offseason moves:  Could the Los Angeles Lakers land Damian Lillard despite his Achilles injury and waiver by the Bucks? Lillard remains a popular option in L.A., Golden State, and Boston thanks to his veteran presence and affordable contract situation ([turn0news26], [turn0news27]).  Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors are reportedly eyeing a veteran big in Al Horford, aiming to add a seasoned floor-spacing center to complement Stephen Curry and bolster their title chances ([turn0news28], [turn0search15]).  Join Stephen A. as he explores how Lillard’s recovery timeline and veteran fit could impact the Lakers, and how Horford’s signing could pivot the Warriors into another contender.  🔖 Hashtags + Keyword Tags (Inside the Description) Hashtags: #FirstTake #StephenASmith #DamianLillard #AlHorford #Lakers #Warriors #NBAFreeAgency #NBA2025  Keyword Tags (Inside Description): Damian Lillard Lakers rumors, Al Horford Warriors signing, Stephen A First Take, NBA offseason moves, Lakers veteran acquisition, Warriors frontcourt upgrade, Lillard Achilles recovery, Horford floor-spacing

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00:00Il s'agit de la media en L.A. earlier this week.

00:02Le premier No. 1 overall pick

00:04hopes to fill a major need for the purple and gold

00:06at that center position,

00:07which has him eager to team up with Luka and LeBron.

00:13They both averaged about 9 assists

00:15over their career span.

00:17And, you know, just the type of players

00:19they created with their teammates, you know.

00:22They turn them into superstars

00:24and, you know, they make them bigger than their roles

00:27and make them very important on the floor as well.

00:29And, you know, just seeing that

00:31and, you know, finally getting the chance

00:32to go in and experience that would be big for me.

00:36And, you know, just getting me back to my full form

00:37how I used to play.

00:39And, you know, just coming up

00:40and just being a part of the finals

00:42is those playmakers I'm used to being around,

00:45having around me that's leading to win.

00:48Okay, so we know the center position

00:49was obviously a huge need.

00:51The Lakers tried to fulfill it at the trade deadline.

00:53That fell through.

00:54They do it with DeAndre Aiden.

00:55They also re-sign Jackson Hayes.

00:57David, when you take a look

01:00at the expectations in Los Angeles

01:02based on what they did in free agency,

01:03what is a fair and realistic place

01:07for them to be in 2025?

01:11Honestly, the fair place is for them

01:13to be kind of where they were last year.

01:15I don't see this team leapfrogging

01:17back to where they were in terms of the standings,

01:19being in the top four,

01:20having home court advantage in the first round.

01:22But I do see them having a similar first round exit

01:26this year than they had last year.

01:28There are just so many teams in the West,

01:29I think, are just quite frankly better than them.

01:31OKC, Houston, Denver, Minnesota,

01:34that's four already.

01:35I think the Clippers are better than them.

01:37I think they still have holes defensively.

01:39I think they still could use another big behind Aiden.

01:42I'm not sure if Hayes is necessarily that guy.

01:45The only thing to me that would change the ceiling

01:48in how we look at this team

01:49is if Luka Doncic comes out

01:51and is top three player in the league,

01:53top five player, MVP like Luka Doncic,

01:55all world type player,

01:57and we see the same guy

01:58that carried the Dallas Mavericks to the finals.

02:00If we get that guy,

02:02that raises the level of the ceiling

02:04for this Lakers team.

02:05But from what we have seen so far

02:07and just adding DeAndre Aiden,

02:09I see a very similar exit to them

02:11that I saw last season.

02:12Wendy, you've got the same four or five teams

02:15that are ahead of the Lakers

02:16in the West right now.

02:19Yeah, so for the first time in 23 years,

02:23a team that has LeBron James on it,

02:26the main focus of the team is not LeBron.

02:29When he was a rookie,

02:30he was the main focus.

02:3210th year, 17th year, 22nd year,

02:34he was the focus.

02:36That's not the case.

02:37And so for the Lakers to rise above

02:40where they were last year,

02:41you're not expecting it to come from LeBron.

02:44LeBron was a second team all-NBA player

02:47as a 40-year-old.

02:49That's not going to increase.

02:52What you're looking for is Luka.

02:54The team is building around Luka.

02:56Its major off-season focus is not Aiden.

02:59It's not LeBron.

03:00It's not Jake LaRavia.

03:01It's getting Luka into a contract.

03:03And the focus for the 25-26 season is Luka.

03:08If he can be great,

03:09that's how they elevate.

03:10Now, we're going to get a sneak peek of this

03:14because coming up in August,

03:17Luka is playing for the Slovenian national team

03:19in the European Championships.

03:21This is regarded as the most intense

03:23basketball tournament in the world.

03:26He won it six or so years ago.

03:29It's the greatest accomplishment of his basketball career

03:31is leading little Slovenia

03:33to the Eurobasket Championship.

03:35We're going to get an idea

03:36of where Luka is physically

03:38and where he is mentally.

03:39We're going to be able to watch him

03:40in August and September.

03:42And we're going to have a better idea then

03:43of what the Lakers are going to be.

03:45I know what LeBron James is going to be.

03:47He's going to report in shape,

03:49ready to play, ready to produce.

03:51He's probably going to average 25-7-7

03:54because that's who he is.

03:56But that is not enough to elevate the Lakers

03:58for more than what they were.

04:00Luka winning an MVP,

04:01which is something that we have really thought

04:03was going to happen for the last couple of years,

04:04but hasn't,

04:06that takes the Lakers to the next level.

04:08And we know J.J. Redick

04:09will be watching that closely.

04:11The comments about everybody showing up in shape

04:13felt kind of pointed towards one player in particular.

04:17I want to stay in the state of California here.

04:19The Warriors haven't done anything.

04:21Only team right now in the NBA

04:22to not make a singular move in free agency.

04:25We're in this weird holding pattern.

04:26Are they going to trade Jonathan Kaminga?

04:29Will it be a sign-and-trade?

04:30Whatever it is.

04:31Wendy, what do you make

04:32of the Warriors' lack of moves so far?

04:35I make nothing of it.

04:38First of all,

04:39the Warriors made one of the biggest trades

04:41of last season

04:42when they acquired Jimmy Butler

04:44for really a quality

04:45in terms of assets out bringing him in.

04:48I know it was overshadowed that week

04:50by Luka getting traded,

04:52but Jimmy Butler,

04:53when that team was healthy

04:54before Steph got hurt,

04:55was very potent

04:56down the stretch of the season.

04:58So let's not forget

04:59that they have Jimmy Butler.

05:00Secondly,

05:01I expect them

05:02to make a couple of signings

05:03in the near future.

05:04I think they are very strongly

05:06in position to potentially

05:06sign Al Horford.

05:08They're also potentially

05:09a strong candidate

05:10to sign D'Anthony Melton,

05:12who would be adding depth

05:13to their wing.

05:14And they have the number one

05:16free agent

05:18really left on the market

05:19in unrestricted free agent

05:20Jonathan Kaminga.

05:21They're going to do something with him.

05:23They're either going to re-sign him

05:24or they're going to sign

05:26and trade him for something.

05:27So the Warriors are going to be

05:29doing things

05:30between now

05:31and when the season starts.

05:32Kaminga's situation

05:33may not resolve itself

05:34for a while,

05:35but they're going to benefit

05:36from that,

05:36either getting assets back

05:38for him or keeping him.

05:40Do not stress about the Warriors.

05:41They are a very strong team.

05:43They're in excellent position.

05:44They are certainly not the favorites

05:45to win anything,

05:46but they are going to be

05:47a potent team.

05:48Complaining that they haven't

05:49actually done anything yet

05:51is frankly shallow thinking.

05:52All right,

05:53we'll leave it here.

05:54Wendy says,

05:55do not stress.

05:55If you are a Warriors fan,

05:56just sit tight.

05:57I'll be doing something

05:58in the not-too-distant future.

06:00We'll be doing more NBA

06:01in the not-too-distant future,

06:02but coming up next,

06:03Big 12 Media Days

06:04are underway

06:04and Deion Sanders

06:05used to play his whole

06:06career with one team.

06:10David,

06:10what's your reaction to that?

06:11Yeah, let's start

06:12with the positive here.

06:13Yeah, let's start

06:14with the positive here

06:15with Devin Booker.

06:16Devin Booker

06:17absolutely deserves

06:18this kind of money.

06:18He's one of the best

06:19shooting guards in the league.

06:20He was the best player

06:21on a team that went

06:22to an NBA Finals

06:23a few years ago.

06:24This makes all the sense

06:26in the world

06:26for him from a financial

06:27standpoint.

06:29$145 million,

06:30a lot of money.

06:31Now, let's talk about

06:33the problem here.

06:34The Phoenix Suns

06:35are doomed to purgatory

06:37in one of the more

06:37rudderless franchises

06:39that we have

06:39in all of the NBA,

06:41and I don't think

06:41there's a franchise

06:42I would want to be less

06:43for the next few years

06:44than this Phoenix Suns team.

06:46A few years ago,

06:47they had what was

06:48the blueprint

06:49for the type of team

06:50that gets to championships

06:52and gets deep

06:52into playoff runs.

06:53They had a player

06:54in Devin Booker.

06:55They had a young

06:56core around them.

06:57They had a team

06:58that everybody

06:59is trying to emulate

07:00right now.

07:01They blew that up

07:02to bring in

07:03older players,

07:04to bring in

07:04the Kevin Durant

07:05to the world,

07:05to bring in

07:06Beal and those

07:07type of guys,

07:08and now they have

07:09a franchise

07:09where they do not

07:11really have picks

07:12for a long time,

07:14for many years,

07:15control of their own picks,

07:16and they have,

07:17you know,

07:18middling players

07:19around Devin Booker.

07:20Let's be honest,

07:21no disrespect to those players.

07:22Their hope is that

07:23one of these draft picks

07:24they have this year

07:25can turn into somebody,

07:27but Devin Booker

07:27is really looking

07:28at a situation

07:29that is pretty closely

07:30to one of his teammates,

07:32which is Bradley Beal

07:33when he was in

07:33the Washington Wizards

07:34where you are

07:34a shining star

07:36around a franchise

07:37that really has

07:38no way to put

07:39any big talent

07:40around you

07:41or make any sort

07:42of run

07:42deep into the playoffs,

07:44and you cannot

07:45Beal through the draft.

07:46This is something

07:47that I would not

07:48want to be in

07:49all things considered

07:50taking away the money,

07:51but when the money

07:51is concerned,

07:53yes,

07:53you have to take it,

07:54but he has to understand

07:55that he is going

07:55to be part of a franchise

07:56that's going nowhere

07:57for most of the time

07:58he's on that contract.

07:59That's a hard pill

08:01to swallow

08:01if you think of the fact

08:02that he's 28 years old

08:04right now.

08:04I'm not even thinking

08:05about five years

08:06down the line

08:06when he's 34,

08:08and Wendy,

08:08obviously,

08:08he had three years

08:09remaining on his

08:10current contract

08:11before they did

08:11this extension,

08:12but he's the face

08:13of Phoenix Sports,

08:14guys.

08:15Like,

08:15this is something

08:16that was in the works

08:17for a while,

08:18and they had to do it,

08:19but I'm thinking

08:20of what David just said,

08:22Wendy,

08:22the most directionless

08:23franchise in the West,

08:25in the NBA.

08:26How do you react to that?

08:29Well,

08:29it's possible,

08:30Courtney,

08:30that the Suns

08:31are about to make

08:32another five-year deal.

08:33They have had discussions

08:34with Bradley Beal

08:35about buying him

08:37out of his contract,

08:38and,

08:39I mean,

08:40we just saw this

08:41with Dame Lillard

08:42in Milwaukee.

08:43If this happens,

08:45and it's still an if,

08:46and they wave

08:47and stretch him,

08:48which is something

08:49I think they're

08:49seriously considering,

08:50Bradley Beal

08:52would be on the books

08:52for five more years.

08:53That means

08:54that while Devin Booker

08:56is making $70 million

08:57in 2028-29

08:59and 29-30,

09:01Bradley Beal

09:02would be making

09:03$22 or so million

09:05in that same year.

09:07And the idea

09:08of having Bradley Beal

09:09having to be

09:10an anchor

09:11on your cap

09:12for that long

09:13is hard to swallow.

09:14And the reason

09:15that they're going

09:16to do it,

09:17or the reason

09:17they're seriously

09:18thinking about doing it,

09:19is because it's

09:20going to potentially

09:21save them

09:21over $150 million

09:23this year

09:25in luxury tax,

09:27this year alone.

09:28It is not a move

09:29that like Milwaukee did.

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