00:00Does everybody just cool out?
00:02Rico hopefully gets control of his emotions.
00:04Hit the music.
00:05Yeah, it's me.
00:08Yes, that's right.
00:09It's John Tesh at Red Rocks.
00:12If you haven't seen this video, it's completely absurd.
00:15Go to YouTube.
00:18All right.
00:19Let's the part where he brings the answering machine out on stage.
00:23Amazing.
00:23And he's so serious about it.
00:25Yes.
00:25I'm sorry.
00:26Just tremendous.
00:27I want to be as serious about anything.
00:30As John Tesh is about creating the NBA theme song.
00:33David, go ahead.
00:34So let's start with some.
00:36Jalen Brown traded.
00:37No, we're going to start with the draft portion of this.
00:40Oh, good.
00:41One of them.
00:41I want to have a conversation about this one.
00:43The first one.
00:44I think this might be some smoke here for teams that actually want him.
00:48Rumor is there's a real good chance.
00:51Yaxo falls in this year's draft.
00:53And a ton of teams are super impressed with how his workouts have been going.
00:58Well, he is a senior citizen.
00:59Is this just teams outside of the lottery trying to get things out there so he falls?
01:05Or is this true?
01:06No, David.
01:07I think this is one of those where it's just a smoke.
01:09Because I saw it like the Pistons.
01:11He's never going to make it to the Pistons at pick 22.
01:14I don't see him getting past OKC.
01:17Which I think would be like pick 11 or 12.
01:20Like between Golden State and OKC, I think that's the perfect fit.
01:24He can come off the bench.
01:25He's old.
01:26He can contribute right away for the team.
01:28He's right, you know.
01:31This next one is just a conversation piece because everyone sees what Brunson is doing.
01:36He's a smaller guard in the NBA.
01:38We haven't seen too many of those succeed outside of Iverson.
01:43That's been a long time.
01:44You're interrupting the guitar solo.
01:45I just want to throw that out there.
01:47An anonymous Western Conference scout is saying that the success of Brunson is helping Darius Acuff in this draft process.
01:54Do you believe that?
01:56No, I think that's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.
01:59Jalen Brunson is one of the all-time great free agency signings, has blossomed into something.
02:05Ergo, well, I guess we can just find small guards everywhere.
02:09Look, I like Darius Acuff, and he's already a top 10 pick.
02:12Right.
02:12But Jalen Brunson ain't got nothing to do with it.
02:14No, it doesn't, Mike.
02:15But I think some GMs may see it that way.
02:18Like, oh, we got to go out and get it.
02:19It's like for me, and I don't know if it's a part of Davis, like Amara.
02:23Oh, well, you know what?
02:25Look at Wimby.
02:26We got to get our own Wimby.
02:27It's like, that's not how it works.
02:29They are not the same.
02:30It's not, but his stock is rising because look how tall he is.
02:34I think it's just the idea that he can move, and you do need someone of, look, you need somebody
02:40who's big-bodied to play against this guy.
02:42And I'm not telling you Amara could guard him out on the perimeter, but I got a whiteboard bet with
02:46you.
02:47Amara's going to go to a Western Conference team.
02:48I believe that.
02:49But as far as Acuff, yeah, David, I can see where some GMs are thinking, hey, this is our guy.
02:56We can build our team around him.
02:57The funny thing was that, you know, Brunson was a second-round pick and wasn't highly thought of when he
03:02came out in the draft.
03:04So this next one here is local because Yahoo Sports was reporting this week that Jalen Dern is reportedly expected
03:10to command more than $30 million per year on the open market.
03:15Wait, your thoughts?
03:21Money's not real, man.
03:22I just don't care anymore.
03:24Fine.
03:24Do whatever you want.
03:25I wouldn't pay him a penny over $30 million.
03:28Oh, but what?
03:29He's restricted.
03:31Go ahead.
03:31Get $180 million from the Lakers and leave.
03:34I don't care.
03:34I can see the Pistons doing this.
03:36I can see the Pistons overpaying for him because Cade will walk in there and say he's a part of
03:41the team.
03:41The offseason is going to be overpay for Dern, bring back Unk because he's a Hallmark card, and then, oh,
03:48extend a sore.
03:49Super.
03:49Here's your offseason.
03:50We won a series.
03:51We're close.
03:52And, hey, we swept the Knicks in case the Knicks win it all.
03:56You could put the banner up saying, we swept the Knicks in the regular season.
03:59Put it up right next to Blaha's three-button coat from 93.
04:04Right in the rafters.
04:07Another player that is on the market or will be on the market, Austin Reeves.
04:13Report here says the Brooklyn Nets are expected to offer Austin Reeves a full MECS contract, which for them would
04:19be four years, $178.5 million.
04:23This is all so stupid.
04:25That's 44.5 a year.
04:26This is all so stupid.
04:28It's so offensive to the average American.
04:30I like Austin Reeves.
04:32I'd love to have him on my team.
04:33But when I hear those numbers, I just can't even wrap my mind around it.
04:38See, and that's just what the Nets can offer him.
04:40The Lakers can offer him more than that, which is probably what's going to happen.
04:43Yeah, they can offer him $254 or whatever it is.
04:45Look, my problem when we discuss things like this, and, oh, it's easy for you to say it's not your
04:51money.
04:53Guys, what can't you do with $200 million that you can do with $240 million?
04:58Here's one.
05:00Win.
05:00Yeah.
05:01Just take a little less and win.
05:03Otherwise, you end up hating your job like the people who sit in the seats.
05:07Why would you take Brooklyn's money?
05:10You're just signing a death warrant.
05:13Sorry.
05:15What can you do?
05:16No, especially for the Lakers, if you turn around and sign him for the Lakers money.
05:21Mike, when you get to the super max and the max, my question is, can I win a championship and
05:27build around this player?
05:28If the answer is no.
05:29Right.
05:29If I'm Austin Reeves, I go, listen, I can play with Luka or I'm stuck in Brooklyn.
05:34What am I doing?
05:35Yeah.
05:36And also, too, how about if you're going to play for a team that's any good?
05:39Geez, listen, how about I take a buck 80 instead of a buck 90 and they add a player to
05:43the roster?
05:44Like, oh, it's all your money.
05:46What difference does it make?
05:48These numbers are absurd.
05:50Hold on.
05:51But to circle back.
05:51See, that's why I think the Pistons actually tried to do it during.
05:54Hey, let's if you want to keep this thing together, work with us.
05:58Take this deal we offered.
05:59Now I'm going to bet on myself.
06:01He's still betting on himself.
06:02So, you know, Mike, you make a good point, though, because there was former Miami Heat, the team that won
06:08with D-Wade and Shaq.
06:09They did a podcast together, some of their former players.
06:12And Shaq was talking about I took less.
06:14It allowed us to get Antron Walker.
06:16It allowed us to get James Posey.
06:17And guess what they did?
06:18They won.
06:19They won a championship.
06:20So you're exactly right about that.
06:21You're right.
06:22How many more cars do you need?
06:23How many more chains?
06:25And again, you're doing fine taking 20 million less.
06:27And again, it's just as idiotic to take more from the Nets than less from a better team.
06:33You're never going to buy a private plane.
06:35You're never going to be a trillionaire.
06:38You're nothing materially changes except you hate your life.
06:42Because then you become Devin Booker and you're stuck in Phoenix.
06:46Enjoy your 70 million and your life's over.
06:50Congrats.
06:52Let's close it out with this one here because the Dallas Mavericks are actively shopping players here.
06:57Daniel Gafford, Najee Marshall, P.J. Washington, and Klay Thompson.
07:02Klay Thompson's preferred destinations, Miami, Orlando, Houston, Phoenix, or San Antonio.
07:08I mean, you could have Klay.
07:10Get out of here.
07:11I think Klay is that third or fourth option on a team.
07:15Yeah.
07:15A CYO league team.
07:17No, I still think he has.
07:18I think.
07:18How about this?
07:19How about P.J. Washington in a Pistons uniform?
07:21Yes.
07:22Okay.
07:22Anybody got a problem with that?
07:24No.
07:24Now that's a player I'm interested in.
07:26No, but I think for if you're a team and you just need that fourth option, you could put Klay
07:31out.
07:32You're not building around him.
07:33His better days are gone.
07:34He's in a body cast.
07:36He can still play, Mike.
07:37All right.
07:38Can he, Rico?
07:39Yes, he can, David.
07:40Can he?
07:41Yes, he can.
07:42Okay.
07:43That is your NBA Fast Break 97-1.
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