00:00Get back to business in a moment.
00:01We want to touch the table.
00:03We're not far from free agency draft season.
00:05And, of course, nothing sets your day off like some big black rumor.
00:15Or John Tesh acapella.
00:17Either way.
00:19See, I decided to save.
00:21Wait for it.
00:28I'm going to save the big black juicy sexy rumors for when we get closer and closer to the draft.
00:34Okay.
00:34But the draft first round is June 23rd and free agency begins a week after that.
00:41Sure.
00:41Let's get to some rumors here that we're seeing.
00:43Are they big and black?
00:46Sure.
00:46Okay.
00:47Well, we got to grade the rumors.
00:49I was about to say something.
00:50But let's just stick to it.
00:51Yes, they are big and black here.
00:53Let's start in Boston here with Jalen Brown.
00:56Oh, weird.
00:57You mean we're going to trade him for Giannis?
00:59Well, hold on.
01:00There's a report here that is not a Giannis deal.
01:02It says the Pelicans have been mentioned by various league executives.
01:07They are interested in Jalen Brown.
01:09Cool.
01:10It says, according to Jake Fisher, that we don't know if Boston is even going to fully entertain that one.
01:15One name that will return to Boston in this one.
01:18Trey Murphy.
01:19Trey Murphy.
01:19Yeah, look, I think dealing for Giannis is something distinctively different.
01:24Do the Celtics need front court help?
01:26Absolutely.
01:27This was why this was a gap year for them.
01:30I think Jalen Brown is going to get traded for Giannis.
01:33I've said it for a month.
01:33I'm sticking to it.
01:35It fits too naturally.
01:37Giannis gets what he wants.
01:38And honestly, Jalen wants to beat a big fish in a little pond.
01:42There you go.
01:43Enjoy the cheese curds.
01:44And it's a 1v1.
01:45And both teams are happy.
01:47So for Boston, is it Giannis or Bost?
01:49Nobody else.
01:50No.
01:50Would you entertain this deal?
01:52It would have to be Trey Murphy plus, but of course I would.
01:55The Celtics get a stretch four.
01:57But with Giannis, you're getting a guy that when he's healthy and playing is giving you an efficiency in the
02:03paint like Shaq in his prime.
02:04What do the Celtics lack while playing Missoula ball?
02:07Any ability to produce paint points.
02:10Okay.
02:10So I just think stylistically, it's what you mean.
02:14I didn't know if it's one of those, we're going to put every other deal on hold until Giannis is
02:19dealt somewhere.
02:21And then if he doesn't come here, we'll take that deal.
02:23I think that would be an accurate way to describe it to me.
02:26Other teams that are looking in on Brown, by the way, are the Rockets, the Hawks, and the Trailblazers.
02:32Rockets, I would ask for Sangoon.
02:34They play good enough defense around them.
02:36You could have a turnstile at center.
02:38Plus, he can operate out high, facilitate the offense, get Tatum away from having to handle the ball in the
02:44fourth quarter.
02:44Who else was looking at him?
02:46Hawks, Trailblazers.
02:49Not a lot there with those.
02:50I'd have to workshop those two rosters.
02:52I think those are just two teams that are just trying to put their names out there and see what
02:57can happen.
02:57That's fair.
02:58Let's move over to the Giannis conversation here because according to reports, it is indicated that Miami is the preferred
03:09destination for Giannis.
03:11Of course it is.
03:11And right now, apparently, Miami is just waiting on a response.
03:15They sent out a package of Tyler Hero, number 13 pick, Khalil Ware, and your guy from UCLA, Rico Hamiakas
03:23Jr.
03:24He fell off.
03:25He was great as a rookie.
03:26I don't know what happened.
03:28Lee caught up.
03:29And then two other first-round picks as well.
03:31Yeah, and if I'm Milwaukee, I mean, it's not a terrible package.
03:34But Hero, to me, is just a highlight player.
03:37He can't guard a soul.
03:38He's a fun guy to have, to watch.
03:41But would I want him on my team?
03:42Not particularly.
03:43Not the position he plays.
03:45You've got to spend your eternity hiding him on the perimeter.
03:48That's really hard to do.
03:49Yeah, and I think it looks like Miami is trying to build a super—they want Giannis and somebody else that
03:54they were trying to bring.
03:55The report out there says that if they get Giannis, then Kawhi Leonard would be then interested to go to
04:02Miami.
04:02Their problem, again, is both these deals would have to be done well above the cap.
04:06You're exactly right.
04:07So that's very complicated, and frankly, I don't feel like it.
04:11I think in this situation with this one, the package that they have—you're right.
04:14I think Milwaukee knows that they can get elsewhere, and they're saying we could probably get better than Tyler Hero.
04:19That's why Miami's waiting on a response.
04:21Correct.
04:22Let's go to Kyrie Irving.
04:26Jalen Brown.
04:27Timberwolves are gaining serious traction on a potential Irving deal.
04:31It's not confirmed yet.
04:33They had other teams involved on Kyrie Irving, Minnesota—the Houston Rockets, the L.A. Lakers, and the Detroit Pistons.
04:41Gross.
04:43Minnesota makes sense because Anthony Edwards is alone, and he's a wacko, too.
04:47So maybe those two would get together in the same sandbox.
04:51I was about to say, but isn't that just the West version of the Pistons?
04:55To a point, it is, except our superstar is not insane in the membrane.
04:59No.
05:00Here's the difference.
05:01I mean, Anthony Edwards is Jeremy Otto.
05:03Somebody's pregnant every 15 minutes.
05:07And there's another one.
05:08Another shot on the way.
05:09And another one.
05:10It's the upgrade to the Derek Jeter gift basket.
05:15Yeah.
05:15Instead of getting gift baskets, you get a baby.
05:18No, no.
05:19I've calculated it out.
05:20Here's your check for the next 18 years.
05:22Yeah, I love your life.
05:23I don't want Kyrie here.
05:24I think he's a culture killer.
05:26I'm not interested or concerned with Minnesota's culture.
05:29He can go there.
05:30I think it'd be a real mistake for the Pistons to give up assets to get a guy who hasn't
05:34played basketball in 18 months.
05:36And once again, insane.
05:40So let's close it out with this one here, because this is a name that's been Jalen Brown out.
05:45No, you can have him.
05:48I'm done with JB after that game seven routine.
05:50I'm out.
05:52The name that's been out there, floated around, is John Morant.
05:56And apparently the Phoenix Suns are a team looking into him.
05:59He's a negative asset.
06:00I agree.
06:01You'd have to attach picks for someone to take that contract on.
06:04He is not deemed a positive asset in the league.
06:09So Memphis would have to pay, essentially provide the postage to get him out of there.
06:15I don't know that John Morant's the same player anymore.
06:18So you could try.
06:20So you don't think a change of scenery would help him out?
06:22Okay, yes.
06:24But what's left in the tank, and is he going to play winning ball?
06:28I need you to go back through his resume of all the mistakes, factor in the money.
06:33Yeah.
06:34You got to be careful.
06:35You're going to bring that guy into your building.
06:36You better be right.
06:37And here's the other problem.
06:39You're going to have $125 million tied up in Devin Booker and John Morant.
06:44What's left to put around them?
06:46Ishbia wants to win.
06:47So I can see him making that type of a silly money.
06:50So if he wants to win, he shouldn't go get John Morant.
06:51David, he needs a name.
06:53He needs names out there.
06:55How about Jalen Brown?
06:57I've had enough.
06:58I don't know, but we'll see about Jalen Brown.
07:00That is your NBA Fast Break 97.1.
