00:00Miami heat got Giannis this week and a very exciting times down here in South Florida.
00:07Uh, they just, uh, they're, they're filling up some of their summer league roster Leroy
00:12and they got this giant intangibles.
00:15I mean, oh my goodness.
00:16He is, he's enormous Arnas Sakinas and he played for Southern Illinois university Edwardsville
00:25and he was the Ohio Valley conference defensive player of the year.
00:29Seven foot one.
00:33So just get a little play in 2030.
00:37Why are you doing that dude?
00:38Cause he's a big and he plays for the heat.
00:41Uh, yeah, but I don't know.
00:43I mean, imagine if he's playing, I mean, I mean, I mean, I think he's a little older, I would
00:46guess, you know, I don't know.
00:51You know, she's really a spot on with that.
00:53Yum yucking dude.
00:55Can't even enjoy Arnas for like two seconds.
00:59Well, that's what that is.
01:01That's what that is, dude.
01:02Wait a minute.
01:03I'm not the one that has issues with bigs.
01:08Huh?
01:11Like you say, I said, he'll, maybe he'll play him when he's, when it's 2030.
01:15I mean, you know how they treat bigs around here.
01:18So how is that being a Debbie downer?
01:21Well, I mean, why?
01:23Because just because of Kalel.
01:25No, all bigs.
01:27We've had this conversation before about how Spoh treats bigs.
01:31It's more young bigs.
01:32I don't know.
01:33You know, so you say, because he's a little bit older.
01:37So we'll might.
01:37I mean, I don't think, honestly, I don't think the guy from Southern, where the hell
01:41is he from?
01:42Illinois.
01:44No, he's not from Southern Illinois.
01:45He's from Southern Illinois, Edwardsville.
01:49So he's not.
01:50What is it?
01:51A Saluki?
01:52What's the Southern Illinois?
01:53Is that Northern Illinois?
01:55No, I think you're right.
01:56I think Southern Illinois is the Salukis.
01:58He doesn't, he doesn't play for Southern Illinois.
02:00He plays for Southern Illinois, Edwardsville.
02:02So they just drafted him because he was big.
02:04They're the Cougars.
02:05Well, they didn't draft him.
02:06They signed him.
02:07Signed him.
02:08All right.
02:10Southern Illinois, eight points, 8.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game.
02:21Oh, 2.3 blocks per game last year.
02:24Right.
02:25All right.
02:25Listen to tangibles.
02:27Listen, Vlad Golden, that's putting you on notice, dude.
02:31We'll see what happens.
02:33We'll see what happens.
02:37Oh, crazy, man.
02:39That is.
02:41And that reminds me of, that reminds me of Cater Kohu, Texas A&M Commerce.
02:48Oh, oh, isn't that what Marco said he won the lottery?
02:56Oh, my God.
02:57That's an idiot.
02:59Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, and Sovin, as calm as he could be, he goes, no, no, it's not that
03:09type of a lot.
03:11He really is an idiot.
03:14He really is.
03:17He said, dude won a life lottery, not the Florida lottery.
03:22Unbelievable.
03:24So, I don't know what to do with this, but, like, Rich Paul seems to be dropping a lot of
03:30hints lately.
03:32About his boy?
03:34Yeah, about his guy.
03:35His guy.
03:37And the reports, again, are that the Lakers haven't even engaged with LeBron James on a contract.
03:44Now, I can tell you that, you know, everybody really has been saying for a while they think that he's
03:51going to end up with Cleveland.
03:55But Cleveland can't offer him that much money.
03:57I mean, they can all, straight out can only offer him $4 million.
04:00They could do a sign and trade for Jared Allen.
04:02I don't know if they want to do that.
04:04And then they could obviously pay him a little bit more.
04:07But the Heat do have this $15 million mid-level exception that they could just dole out for somebody.
04:16And I don't know, dude.
04:18Like, he's on his podcast and he's talking about number one options.
04:21Don't really have to be number one options.
04:23And, you know, shooting, the need for shooting can be misleading.
04:26And I'm like, what's he talking about, man?
04:29He's being weird.
04:30You know, and he's, like, being very complimentary about the Heat system.
04:34And he's being very, like, I think Giannis is going to work out in Miami.
04:39And I'm just, like, Rich Paul feels like he's up to something, dude.
04:43I don't know.
04:43I don't know what it is.
04:44But there may have been a pivot point here all of a sudden where they're, like, and Ethan Skolnick reported
04:51yesterday or said on Twitter yesterday that the Heat are going to at least explore it.
04:55You know, the possibility of LeBron coming in here.
04:57But, like, is this crazy, the idea that the Miami Heat would bring in LeBron James to pair with Bam
05:03and Giannis at his age?
05:06But very good.
05:10But is that wild?
05:11Like, is that a crazy way to go build this team?
05:14Because this was supposed to be, like, the Giannis and Bam build.
05:17But they, you know, I mean, like, LeBron's certainly a playmaker.
05:21We know that.
05:22You know, he's used that in the ball eight.
05:25Yep.
05:26I mean, it's not the greatest shooting team in the world, but they're very big.
05:30It's a large.
05:31Now you become a large team.
05:35I don't know, man.
05:36This is a little bit strange, all the breadcrumbs that are starting to be out there on social media.
05:41Right.
05:43I don't necessarily know how it fits.
05:49But I would say it is the type of signing that makes you think they just want a guy who
05:59could do everything.
06:00He don't have to be LeBron.
06:02LeBron, but can facilitate, can shoot a little bit, can get to the rim.
06:09He does a lot.
06:11And so maybe what will happen if he did come down here is that they could take one guy and
06:19fill three holes.
06:21Right?
06:22Not knowing how much he's going to be asked to play or how much he's going to be able to
06:26play.
06:26But the things that LeBron does would help the Heat.
06:33It's just that I don't know if they could expect him to be the LeBron that left here.
06:41Well, obviously not.
06:42Yeah.
06:43Well, we say that.
06:44But then if we watch a game and he's like being a 40-year-old.
06:49Well, I guess.
06:50And the thing that is that's, I guess, different about this team is like on the Lakers.
06:56That's a team with a lot of sieves on defense.
06:59Right.
07:00And no size.
07:01I mean, this is going to be a team with two dynamic big men with him.
07:07Defenders.
07:07Correct.
07:08They would obviously still need to find shooting in the other two spots.
07:13Which, you know, I mean, we've seen what the options are that are out there.
07:17It seems like there'll be viable, you know, minimum guys that they could bring in.
07:21Did you see the thing from Detroit that said sign and trade with Duncan and Powell?
07:30Yes, I have seen that.
07:33I am not quite sure if that's realistic because I do think that Duncan is love there.
07:40I don't think that they're going to be like super geeked up to just give them off.
07:44And they did open up more cast space.
07:46So I guess that depends on what Powell is expecting as a payday.
07:51So are they expecting to max out Norman Powell?
07:54Does Norman Powell have those kind of offers?
07:56Like, I don't think so.
07:57So who's to say that they don't get Norman and Duncan Robinson both in the fold?
08:01Now, Duncan's got a little bit of a weird deal because he only has like, I think, 3 million guaranteed
08:05this season.
08:06Um, but he's still on the books for whatever it is, 18.
08:10Right.
08:11So I don't know.
08:12That's, that's definitely an interesting one.
08:13And then the other thing with the LeBron part of this is, okay, does he sign in a mid-level
08:20exception with the heat or do the heat do a sign and trade if Wiggins opts in?
08:24And that's the other thing is we, we, we really don't have a ton of clarity until we have to
08:29opt in by Wiggins.
08:31His date is the 29th.
08:33Oh, so soon.
08:34Yeah.
08:35It's soon.
08:37Um, so I don't know.
08:39I don't know.
08:40Hopefully hope they don't pull an Anthony Carter.
08:44Remember that?
08:45Well, I don't think that paperwork didn't get in.
08:48I don't think that he would want them to pull an Anthony Carter.
08:50I think that they want him to sign.
08:51I think they want him.
08:52I think if the heat had their way, I think they would.
08:54I think they want Wiggins to opt in like all things.
08:59That's a good question.
09:00I don't know.
09:00I don't know if they want.
09:01Could they extend them and get some calories, some salary space?
09:06Yes, they could.
09:06He could opt out and sign a new deal with them.
09:08Yes.
09:09Right.
09:09But that's probably what they're talking about now.
09:11Probably.
09:12Yeah.
09:12They're probably asking.
09:13And, and to be honest with you, I mean, here's the thing that sucks.
09:20If he opts in, it's going to be hard playing knowing that at any point in time, you're the first
09:27contract to get traded.
09:30Yeah.
09:31That's a tough spot.
09:32It is.
09:33Right?
09:33It is.
09:33I mean, I guess it's just.
09:34You know, just because he's, he's a veteran, he's got family and, and he would rather avoid that and say,
09:41look, the same thing could happen.
09:43If you extend me, but I just want the security, you know, right.
09:52Of a couple of more years.
09:54And, and I, you know, I think they could work something out.
09:57Maybe they can do that and then give LeBron more money.
09:59The only thing if I was Wiggins is, you know, if I opt in, there's a lot more teams with
10:05a cap space next year.
10:06A lot more teams will be able to just give you free agent money.
10:11So there could be just.
10:12So you opt in and do the one year and just.
10:13Opt in.
10:14And then you just bet on yourself.
10:16He's always been a durable guy.
10:18He would be more likable if he was just more active.
10:23Right?
10:23I think everybody likes his skill set, but there's too many times during a game when you watch him, he's
10:29just not active.
10:31Yeah.
10:31He's just not a closer.
10:32Like he's not a, he's got everything along the way to fill in the cracks, but you know, he's, he's,
10:38you know, he, he almost like you see these flashes of like, this is the best public I've ever seen.
10:43And then like, it just goes away.
10:44It just goes and he won't shoot for a quarter and a half and he's just cool with it.
10:48You know, he, he's so laid back.
10:51I think that's the part, the other part of it that, you know, takes you near catches you off guard
10:58is that he won't do anything when he's having like, he'll have a great first quarter.
11:03And then he might not shoot until the second half and he's quiet.
11:08He's not, you know, he, it's almost like you want to check them for a heart rate every now and
11:15then.
11:15It just seems he's very, he's very, like, he's just a laid back dude.
11:20Brittany, you into a LeBron or Wiggins being on this team next year?
11:25This is tough.
11:26Cause like for the nostalgia and the story of it all, I want, I would love to have LeBron.
11:33LeBron, I just don't know at his age with this core, it makes the most sense.
11:42Do you think LeBron, do you think LeBron thinks he's got a better chance, Brittany to win with the Cavs
11:46or the heat with the Cavs?
11:49No, I disagree with that.
11:51Really?
11:51James Harden.
11:52He has to, yeah.
11:53James Harden.
11:54Like, I don't think LeBron and James Harden on the same team is something that I could even visualize.
12:00I agree with you.
12:01I think that's a weird, I think that's the weirdest fit of them all.
12:03It would be the weird, it would be way weirder than him coming to Miami, obviously.
12:07I don't even think it's a fit problem in Miami.
12:09I think it's just like a, an age thing.
12:13Like that's, I don't know.
12:15It's just weird.
12:16I can't imagine him here with this core.
12:20That just doesn't, it just feels odd.
12:24I mean, look, he's obviously got a long standing relationship with Spoh.
12:29He's got a lot of respect for Bam.
12:31I think Giannis adores him from like a, from like a, you know, respect growing up watching.
12:39But it is also like, this is supposed to be the Giannis build.
12:44Like does bringing in LeBron and all that entails of like, hey, this could be his last run.
12:49This could be his last ride.
12:51Um, do the, like, I obviously, I don't worry about Bam sacrificing.
12:55He's going to be fine.
12:57Like he's going to catch lobs from LeBron and they'll figure all that out.
13:01Um, but man, I, I mean, you, yeah.
13:05I mean, you want to talk about like one of the most talked about teams in the league.
13:10Like who's, who's not going to want to see what that looks like every single night.
13:14It would be so polarizing and it would be fun, but it's like, is that what, is that the direction
13:19that they want to go?
13:20I mean, we're two intangibles away.
13:21That's what we need.
13:22We need to, we're two intangibles away.
13:25We need two intangible shooters.
13:27Yeah.
13:27Yeah.
13:28You know, Pella Larson, I mean, Pella Larson is, is going to be like running into people left and right.
13:33You know, it's right into that team perfectly.
13:36Yeah.
13:37Well, he fits in with any team, let's be honest, but it'd be interesting because of like, that's a really
13:43like, you need to win right now.
13:45If we could just have Pella Larson, instead of going with the Shaolin monks, can we just have him go
13:50to a monastery with Wayne Ellington?
13:52And just, if we could get Pella Larson to be a 37% shooter, he was like 33 last year.
13:59Like if we could just get him somewhere where he's just like dangerous, leaving him open.
14:04And he's truly Swedish.
14:06There's not a lot of those guys.
14:08I know there's not.
14:08You're saying, you're sitting here saying, I wish somebody could become this.
14:12They, they don't exist.
14:15They're not out there.
14:16But if he could, I'm just saying, if he could, if we, if like, that's, I mean, that's a game.
14:20It's honestly a game changer for the heat.
14:22It's, it is, but I don't, but you, but you're right.
14:24Listen, when you're right, you're right.
14:25Like, you, you, you want a guy that's like, you say, I really wish that wide receiver could run a
14:304-2.
14:33So does he.
14:37Runs with the parachute behind him.
14:39You mean in front of him to pull him.
14:42You put the parachute behind you, it makes it tougher.
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