00:00Check this out for NBA News today. The Rockets reportedly could target current Cavalier in a deal this offseason, according
00:09to a couple of folks.
00:12ESPN's Tim McMahon and the Athletics' Kelly Eco have reported recently that the Rockets could be interested in dealing for
00:20Donovan Mitchell this offseason.
00:21McMahon today reported that the logic is, quote, the one thing the Rockets do have, they've got assets.
00:30They've got the 27 and the 29 Suns picks. They've got the 29 Mavs pick. They've got a swap in
00:3727 with the Brooklyn Nets.
00:39They're loaded, and they've got their own picks moving forward.
00:42So if they want to make a blockbuster trade, and look, we'll see what happens with the Cavs.
00:48If Donovan Mitchell's available, this is a guy I could see the Rockets being aggressive to go get.
00:53I would be surprised if they're aggressive to get Giannis.
00:58I would be surprised if they're aggressive to get another guy in his 30s.
01:02But a 20-something star? I could see that.
01:05And they have the assets to compete in any bidding war.
01:09One thing that remains consistent, it seems, PC, is that the Rockets reportedly are willing to part with some of
01:16their very valuable draft capital in the future.
01:21So I saw this trade proposed on the socials and or medias.
01:28Uh-oh.
01:29It was in exchange for Donovan Mitchell, Reed Shepard, Jabari Smith, Clint Capella, three ones, and three twos.
01:45Do you know what I have to say to that?
01:46And my question is, did they have to bend over and grab their ankles and get a Cavaliers tramp stamp
01:54tattooed on their back as part of that deal?
01:58Oh, my God.
01:59Because there ain't no way in frickin' hell.
02:03That proposal is?
02:04Eh!
02:06You need like five asses.
02:07Massive.
02:08Massive.
02:09Why would...
02:09Okay, that's just...
02:12Who proposed that?
02:13Just some rando?
02:14No, I saw it on...
02:14I don't think PC wants to tell us.
02:16...on one of those, like, Rockets aggregator accounts.
02:20Oh.
02:22Here's another one that I saw.
02:23So, Jeff Teague had said he could see a Kevin Durant for Jalen Brown trade happening.
02:31Hmm.
02:32He said, I could see him, Brown, in Houston, trade Kevin Durant for Jalen Brown.
02:37I could see it.
02:38I could definitely see it.
02:39He says, I don't like it, but I could definitely see it.
02:42I wonder why.
02:43As a Rockets, I would love it.
02:45Forget like it.
02:46If I could trade KD straight up for Jalen Brown, I am doing that trade and sign it before
02:54they sober up.
02:57Punch that, baby, right now!
03:00Commonality.
03:01They both...
03:02Durant had a relationship with Emei Adoka, right?
03:05There was a mutual respect there.
03:07Jalen Brown obviously has a relationship with Emei Adoka.
03:11Remains to be seen, like, maybe a couple things, right?
03:14What is that relationship?
03:15Two, why does Jalen Brown want out of Boston?
03:19You know, that was the report...
03:21It's not about so much Jalen Brown wants out of Boston as much as, number one, Boston's
03:27got issues with how many guys they have because Jason Tatum's their guy.
03:30Even though, when they won their title, it was Jalen Brown, Finals MVP.
03:38Even though this year, with Jason Tatum out for almost the entire damn season, and the expectation
03:45was the Celtics were going to take a big step backward, Jalen Brown hoisted them up on his
03:50back and frickin' had them top three in the Eastern Conference.
03:54It was when Jason Tatum came back, things started to get a little off.
04:01But the Celtics are attached at the hip to Tatum, not going anywhere.
04:08Brown wants more, and they don't want to give him more.
04:12So there is likely heading for a divorce.
04:15Plus, Jalen Brown makes a very large amount of money.
04:20Well, didn't we talk about this the other night?
04:22Wasn't it, at one point, the highest paid contract in NBA history?
04:27And I would tell you, I didn't think...
04:29I would not think the Rockets would be so fortunate that you could trade Kevin Durant
04:36straight up for Jalen Brown.
04:39I just...
04:39I don't see how that's possible.
04:41Now, this is not besmirching neither player.
04:43This is one guy's 38 and one guy's 30.
04:46You know, one guy's got a reputation for maybe being a difficult person to get along
04:53with in the clubhouse, and one guy is a natural-born leader.
04:57With three years left on his contract.
04:59Yeah, and a whole lot younger and doesn't have the injury history.
05:04Man, if...
05:05And again, I don't know, you know, Jeff Teague, I don't know how close he is to this situation.
05:10I don't know, like, what information he has.
05:13But if he legit feels there is an opportunity for the Rockets to get Jalen Brown for KD straight up,
05:24where maybe the Celtics say, hey, you know what, we're not really losing anything on the court.
05:28Maybe we're getting a guy who's a better shooter, a guy who's really a walking bucket,
05:35and that that guy will play off of Jason Tatum a little easier, you know, whatever.
05:40However, if that trade is in any way, shape, or form in any timeline available,
05:47the Rockets need to hammer that thing down with, like, the hammer of Thor
05:52and the power of 10,000 locomotives.
05:55What did Teague say?
05:56Hammer that down.
05:56What did Teague say exactly?
05:58Oh, I'm a smash of that.
05:59He could see KD for Jalen Brown.
06:04Okay.
06:04Yeah, that's interesting.
06:05I looked at Teague and Brown played together on the Celtics for one season, the 2021 season.
06:11I was trying to find at least some impetus of a relationship there, if there was any inside information.
06:18Teague is looking at this from a Celtics point of view, because he says,
06:21I don't like it, but I could definitely see it.
06:24Yeah.
06:25If I was a Celtics fan, I wouldn't like that.
06:27As a Rockets fan, I can't love it enough.
06:32Correct me if I'm wrong, 2021 Celtics staff did that or did that not include one Emei Yudoka on it?
06:44I believe it does.
06:46Well, Brad Stevens was the head coach for that 2021 team.
06:51And then he moved into a GM role, right?
06:53Or whatever he's doing right now with the Celtics?
06:55Yeah, yeah, whatever they call it, the president of basketball operations or something like that.
07:05It's better to look at.
07:06I'm just trying to connect the dots, right?
07:08So Emei Yudoka was their head coach in 2021.
07:15Let me see if Emei was an assistant prior to that.
07:21Maybe he might have been with the Spurs that season.
07:25No, no, no, no, no, no.
07:27Coaching, 2021, Emei was with the Nets that season.
07:31And he joined the Celtics the following.
07:34Yeah, so he was the following year where he became a head coach.
07:36Yeah, I mean, hell, Emei was with the Sixers at one point before even the Nets.
07:41So he was Spurs, Sixers, Nets, Celtics, now Rockets since 23.
07:44And they went to the finals.
07:45I think Teague was with the Nets, too, at one point.
07:49I don't know if those timelines matched up either.
07:50But there at least is a little bit of a relationship between Teague and Jalen Brown.
07:56That's one of the more realistic, massive names that I think you could maybe keep an eye on because he's
08:04not necessarily happy with his current employer.
08:06Jalen Brown isn't with the Celtics.
08:07So, yeah, that might be interesting.
08:08So, yeah, that might be interesting.
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