00:00And the big rumor right now, coach, is once again Giannis Antetokounmpo and if slash when he will be out
00:07of Milwaukee.
00:09Seemingly, this is a race between Miami and Boston.
00:13We occasionally see, you know, Portland and Minnesota pop up in conversations here.
00:20So tell me, coach, what your current assessment is of the Giannis situation.
00:28Honestly, just ended already.
00:30We know he's going to get traded.
00:32Like, just ended already.
00:33And I think what happens is we're getting towards the end.
00:36And I think Milwaukee is saying, like, whoa, Mikel Bridges got first five, four, you know, five first-round picks.
00:42We need, like, nine.
00:43Like, let's relax here.
00:45You know, this is a guy that's got one year left on his deal.
00:48You know, they lost leverage.
00:49Honestly, Kevin, they should have traded him at the end of last year or they should have traded him at
00:53the deadline.
00:53Because if you would have traded him at the deadline, Kevin, you would have got two playoff runs instead of
00:57one.
00:58Right?
00:58And I thought the price would have been better.
01:00But for some reason, they decided to just keep playing with it.
01:04So I don't get it.
01:06But to me, you know, it's going to change the landscape of the NBA.
01:11Boston, yeah, if you can get him, get him.
01:13I just think, you know, for what?
01:15You know, if you've got to get rid of Jalen Brown and Derek White to make this deal get done,
01:21like, that's too much.
01:22And if you try to keep Jalen Brown, how much the rest?
01:25And I think that's what you have to be careful of, Kevin, right, is how much do you strip down
01:30of your team to be able to have enough to still have a competitive team?
01:34Because as soon as Giannis walks in the door, you have a three-year window to win.
01:38Like, that's the window.
01:40It's three years.
01:40It's not six or seven.
01:42It's three.
01:42So you've got to make sure that you send enough back to entice Milwaukee, but you can't just get rid
01:50of your whole roster because it leaves you nothing left to turn around and compete in the Eastern Conference if
01:55it's either Miami or it's Boston.
01:59I think it's so fascinating that the two teams that seemingly Giannis, I don't know if it's Giannis is in
02:08between.
02:08I don't know who is in between, but the two landing spots currently plus 550, 45 to 1.
02:21Giannis is either going to be on maybe the title favorite or a mid-range Eastern Conference contender.
02:32Now, I actually think if he ends up in Miami, I will be higher than the market on that team
02:40because I think him plus Bam probably will just automatically give them a top-five defense and with Spalstra, let
02:51the chips kind of fall where they may type of thing.
02:54That's my early thought on the idea that he could end up there.
02:59If he ends up in Boston, I don't know if I'll be higher than the market on them, but I'll
03:05agree with the market because to me, Giannis and Tatum is a fantastic duo.
03:12I've had people telling me, Giannis doesn't shoot threes.
03:16All Boston does is shoot threes.
03:17How does that work?
03:18I'm like, exactly how you just said it works.
03:21They balance one another out.
03:23I think it would be really, really nice.
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