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and blah blah blah blah blah, nah, it's nothing good stuff, right?
It's all this stuff happens, so on and so forth, alright?
Screw that, I didn't want anything to interrupt me once I got rolling
Oh my goodness
This is, I don't even, Jack Blast?
Like remember the old, like, you know, I call it the old, oh my god, I feel like ancient
Remember the Woz, this would have been a Woz Bomb from the heavens
This is probably the biggest bomb to hit the NBA
Oh my god
Oh my god, I mean, outside of the tragic death of Kobe Bryant
That hit the world, but I'm trying to see
Oh man, when was the last time we had a moment in NBA, as far as player acquisition to this level
Golden State, Kevin Durant to Golden State?
As a pure free agent, when that firework went off on July 4th, was it 2017?
That might have been the last time we had an acquisition of this level
Definitely was the last time we had, no, no, that was the last time we had acquisition of this level
We have never, in the history of the NBA, ever had a trade of this level
Now, I am not a basketball historian, I cannot go back to, I wasn't around when Kareem got traded for whoever, right?
I wasn't around, you know, but think about trades in NBA history
And I don't know how to tell you what that trade turned into, you know what I'm saying?
I don't care what trade, like, for instance, Paul George for Shea Gilder's Alexander
Was very heavily a Clippers favorite trade
And now Paul George is on the sixes as a shell of himself
And Shea Gilder's Alexander is one of the best 10 players on planet earth
Like, that ended up becoming one-sided, but even then, it became one-sided
It wasn't one-sided at the time, it became one-sided
And in terms of stars, Shea Gilder's Alexander was, Shea Gilder's was not pictured that level of player
You think about Shaq, but Shaq's a free agent, one of the Lakers
LeBron technically was traded to the Miami Heat in a signing trade
But, I mean, there is no other trade in NBA history you could even begin to compare this to
Not one iota
Luka freaking Donchich has been traded at 25 years old
I mean, right beside
I mean, right next to a
Right next to a Supermax stanchion, I mean, he was Supermax eligible within months
I mean, within absolute months
Of getting the biggest contract in NBA history
And, you know, was going to basically, was going to literally change the landscape of the NBA
And be Dallas' superstar for his career
I mean, I remember Dallas fans being like, oh my god, this is amazing
Because it would allow, they were going from Dirk to Luka
And they would never have to think about another star
And, you know, right as Dirk was aging out, you get Luka
You know, it was one of those things where it's like, oh, this is perfect
And then this happened, and, you know, per me at Just In Time Sports
But others have added details as well, but per myself at JTS
The full trade, and like I said, it hit, I mean, it's going to be an instant release, so it hit 17 hours ago
So, right around 11 p.m.
The full trade, Lakers are getting Luka Donchich, Markieff Morris, and Maxie Kaliba
The Mavericks are getting Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a 20-29 first round pick
And the Utah Jazz are receiving the Jazz
Danny Ainge always finds his way into these deals
And he actually is the second deal he's jumped in
You know, he always finds himself in these deals
But he picks up Jalen Hush, Shafino, a 20-25, Clippers second round pick
And the Mavs second round pick
Also in 20-25
I mean, wow
I mean, literally, it was
Wow, like, that, it was a literal wow
I mean
It was one of those moments
Where
It was literally just like
Wow
I mean, like, it came out of nowhere
There was no rumblings on either side
It was a situation where it was like, oh yeah, we've been hearing about
We've been hearing about Anthony Davis
Is potentially on the move, and I wonder who
Man, who's AD going to get traded for it then?
Boom drops, Luka, you know what I'm saying?
Or it wasn't a thing where Luka requested a trade
Or got disgruntled or was unhappy
And then everybody's trying to figure out
Man, I wonder who Luka's getting traded for
Boom drops, Anthony Davis
There was no smoke on any side
And I always say during trade season, whether it's smoke, that's fire
Like, you heard about the Jimmy Butler stuff
And now Jimmy Butler's all but trade out of Miami
Like, he's not gone yet, but he's probably out of Miami
You've got, you've had moments throughout history
Where there's smoke, there's fire in the NBA
Enough people talk about somebody getting moved
Odds are they're going to get moved, right?
And so this was no smoke
Luka's been out before Christmas with a calf injury
AD's been out for the past couple of games
Due to brain cramp
He's out due to adductor strain, I believe
You know, something pretty decently minded
But he's been out with an adductor strain for the past week or so
Because Luka's a 2-0 in the game, he's missed
I mean, and you're just, it's literally a, it's wow central
And I guess I'll start off with the shocking side, which is the Maverick side
Because to me, I have more rationale in my brain about the Laker side, right?
But if you're on the Maverick side, the only thing I could possibly think of
Potentially, possibly, even a little bit
Is the fact that your, they, now a report came out
Okay, let's go back
A report came out, like right after the trade went down
That the Maverick, you know, every reporter on the planet now
They're all scrambling, they're all calling their cons to an organization
They're calling the GM, they're texting the players, they're texting owners
They're trying to get any scoop they can get
Because hell, the biggest trade in NBA history just went down
And so, with no advance warning
Like from what everyone was reporting, Shomz got the scoop
And that was it, like it was done
And then Shomz got it, kind of thing
And once he, you know what I'm saying, it hits
This trade was so insane, I'll come back up
This trade was so insane
Okay, a little bit of breaking news into the show
Chip Kelly is the Las Vegas Raiders' offensive coordinator
Alright, so a purely football show just became
A purely basketball show, rather, just became less
As Chip Kelly has been hired as the offensive coordinator
For the Las Vegas Raiders
So, like I said, a little NFL, a little football creeps in
To the show, because of course not
But anyway, so you get down to this part where it's like Luka
By the way, I'm saying Luka is months away from a SuperMats contract
But anyway, attacking this from both sides
Let's attack this from both sides
Let's start off with the Mavis
So when Shomz reports this
I get it too, but I think it's fake
I really think it's one of those, like, you know, people are playing
So I don't move on it
I don't start making a graphic
I don't start doing anything, I simply sit there
Because, I mean, I'm really waiting on the trolling message
There's no way this is real, right?
It got so bad that Shomz has to tweet
Yes, this is real
Bobby Marks, so now I'm like, holy crap
So I was getting told, yes, it's real, yes, it's real
So now I'm like, holy crap
So now I'm jumping on and trying to make the graphic
While Bobby Marks tweets out, no, this is very real
It's like, it was communicated to us, this is incredibly real
Holy mackerel
So now everyone's trying to get info, right?
And so the story is Luka on the left and right
But the main story that came out
Was that the Mavs were apparently unhappy with Luka's weight
That the Mavs were unhappy with his series or the game
They were nervous about committing a SuperMats contract to him
And basically this is a bet that Luka will never be a winning superstar player
Not a superstar, but a winning superstar player
And it's hard for saying pick
I'm recording this podcast and a friend of mine
I'm in the NCAA league, nerd moment, and I'm watching them play
So I gotta just do a pick, I'm sorry about that
But anyway, so you're basically betting on the fact that Luka Dantic never becomes a winning superstar player
Being a superstar in this situation is fine for you
You were betting that he never becomes a winning superstar player
That's your bet, okay?
That is your bet
Because otherwise you're an idiot
So anyway, for the Laker side of things it's pretty simple
It's fairly simple if you're a Laker
If you're a Laker fan, if you're part of the Laker organization
It's pretty simple, okay?
The simplicity lies in the fact of what happened
Anthony Davis is 31 years old, okay?
AD is 31 years old
Right?
He has a long injury history
In about a year, a year and a half
He was going to look for his last big contract
So you're thinking 32
He's going to look for his last big deal
Four year extension maybe
So on and so forth
Extend all the way out as far as he can push it out
He would have had his 10 year service
He could extend it for the four or five years
So on and so forth
And that is definitely, probably what he was looking to do, okay?
Also, LeBron sort of screwed up the timeline
So think about it
LeBron five years ago when Anthony Davis is there
No, they wouldn't have titled five years ago
AD's already been out a couple years
So AD gets there in 20
How long has it been in the league?
Six years?
So AD's get there in 2019, 2018
LeBron went title in 2018
So 2019, 2020, AD shows up
Because the bubble hit in 2020
COVID, 2019
Yeah, so AD's been there six years, okay?
Part of the reason why, or part of the situation
Is indeed in fact, right?
With the league of organization is
The timeline gets jacked up
Because five years ago, let's say six years ago
LeBron 34
So you're thinking in your head logically
We got three years of LeBron
Let's go for Anthony Davis, okay?
So AD shows up at 25 years old, 26 years old
You're thinking logically
Okay, in three years, he'll be 29
LeBron's retiring
We'll give AD one big contract as a Laker
You know, and then he's good
You know what I'm saying?
We'll give him one big contract as a Laker
And then he'll lead us into the future
Right?
It's the AD's organization
When he's 28, 29 years old, it's his
Even LeBron's around
He's clearly the number two player
Maybe even number three player on the team
If we can get another guy
Okay?
That ain't happening
And say LeBron James is still
Or was still the best player on the Lakers
Now, you can debate it with him and AD
But LeBron James is still a top ten player in the NBA
LeBron James at 40 is still on the court
So now the advantage of him being
Of AD being 26 at the time of acquisition
Is now gone
Because now you're sitting
Now AD is 31
So now that plan of
We're gonna get a guy to lead us post-LeBron
Really doesn't exist
So instead you end up with
A guy who is
Now you end up with a guy
Like I said, your advantage is gone
So now you end up with a guy around
31 years old
Now LeBron James is sitting there
Now your timeline is really ticking
Because he might have two years left
Maybe
You gotta get a plan for behind him
So you're able to net a 25 year old superstar
Mega star
Top, I mean, some would say Lucas top five
Um, I would have to agree
I think, you know, your top five is a lot of Yanis's
Yokages, Shay Gilders'
I think Lucas is right there in that top five mix
So you were able to get a top five player in the NBA
Now in exchange you gave up a top ten player in the NBA
It was not like you were able to get him for corn chips
But you were able to get a top five player in the NBA
Who's 26 years younger than the player you gave up
With a ball handler who can get his own
And has shown you in Dallas
That you were able to build a team around him
So all these things are positive for the Lakers
So let's get into kind of
What people are saying now
So the Lakers haven't spoken much
They put out a statement
But the Mavericks have had a press conference since
And Nikko Harrison openly admitted that when he
First of all, he initiated the contact with the Lakers
He also openly admitted the fact that
Bob Palenka thought he was trolling
Like he thought it was a joke
He in real life is like, okay, yeah, that's cool
And he's like, no, I'm serious
Like what if we did that?
Pretty insane
He also went to Maverick ownership
They laughed
You know, kind of like, okay, yeah, yeah, that's fine
He's like, no, I'm serious
But here's why, blah, blah, blah, blah
He, Luca did not want out
And he didn't indicate for any reason he wouldn't resign
And I did see this
That he said out of his own mouth
That he said AD lines up with the timeline
Of the guys they have on the team
And that he wasn't worried about 10 years from now
Because he probably won't be there 10 years from now
You know, which, hey, I respect it
You know, I'm not gonna be here anyway
Well, I'll play for 10 years from now
We can win the championship next two or three
Which is accurate
The Mavericks right now can go win a title
In the next two or three seasons
I just think it's gonna be a hard ask
Actually, no, correction
The Mavericks cannot win a title
And I'm sincerely apologize for saying that they could
No, the Dallas Mavericks cannot win an NBA title
Well, Justin, what do you mean?
What do you mean the Mavericks can't win an NBA title?
They got Henry Davis, they got Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson
I've said it before on the show
I'll say it again
For those of you who are new
The Dallas, you, there are, sorry, I said Dallas Mavericks
There are three ways in NBA history
Barring something spectacularly different
Right?
There are three ways to win an NBA title
Way number one
You have the best player on the planet
Now, I'm saying this is from since Bill Russell won his first title
Like, I'm talking about the 1930s, who cares about that?
I'm talking about since Bill Russell won his first title
This has been an overwhelming indication
I mean, there might be two, the 70s were weird
That's why I usually start this in the 1979
That was when Magic and Burry showed up in 79
You've either had one of three things to win a title
The best player in the world
Right?
Two of the top ten
Or three of the top 20
And you're thinking, okay
You've either been the best player on the planet
Think LeBron
Think Shaq
Think Jordan
Think Magic
Think Bird
You were the best player on the planet at the time that you won it
Right?
You were two of the top five
Or two of the top ten, Shaq and Kobe, LeBron and Wade
Scottie and Pippen, Scottie and Jordan
Bird, McHale, and Parrish were more of three of the top 20
You know what I'm saying?
Think about those Spurs teams
They had three of the top 20
But that's how you win a title
Let's look at the rosters
Let's look at the teams
The projected starting five
Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Quentin Grimes, AD, Daniel Gaffer
AD's top ten player in the world
Nobody else on that list is top ten
The Mavericks can't win a title
Hmm, playing in something
Don't want to be the bad guy here
Don't want to be the guy who just ruins on everybody's praise
They cannot win an NBA title
Let's look at the Lakers rosters
Luka Dantzic, Austin Reeves, LeBron James, Dorian Finney-Smith, Jackson Hayes
I think Rehan Tamer there, Ferrie Vanderbilt
That four is going to be incredibly flexible for them
I think LeBron is going to be there in certain matchups
I think the four is going to be very flexible for them
But guess what?
Luka Dantzic is top five player in the world
LeBron James is still top ten
Based on all of human history
The Los Angeles Lakers are better set up right now to win an NBA title this season
Than the Dallas Mavericks are
Despite people, oh AD and Kyrie, that's great
AD's not the best player in the world, Kyrie's not top ten
So therefore, you're not going to win an NBA title
Luka has a case for top two, top three
LeBron is still top ten
Guess what? They can't win a title this year
Now I think they're a big man away
I think they need to go and get, probably a rim runner
Go get someone to run the rim
Clint Capella is an album I'm hearing a lot
Nick Claxton is an album I'm hearing a lot
Clint Capella and Nick Claxton, oh man, Miles Turner
Could be a guy who can defend the rim, plus he can shoot it
Those would be guys I would look at, Andre Drummond
He's not the world's best rim protector, but he's a hell of a rebounder
And he's big in the paint
And he's been a Laker teammate at LeBron before
So that is two people I would look at
As far as those would be the guys I would look at if you're the Lakers
If you're the Mavericks, man, this is a move for right now
Whatever assets you have left, you put them in the pool
You pull them into the table, you go get a Zachary V
You go try and get, you're pretty much that big man with Lively and Gafford and AD of course
But you go get, like I said, my pick would be Zach Levine
If I'm the Mavericks, I pull salaries around, I gotta try and get Zach Levine
If you're really so set on Niko Harrison's window of three to four years
You've gotta go get Zach Levine now
And maybe Zach Levine would be a guy to go try to get
Just staring, that becomes really, really dangerous in the backcourt here
And of course the big question before we wrap this special show up is who wins the trade?
I think it's the Lakers
And I think it's the Lakers for a multitude of reasons
For one, you know it's the Lakers
Every Maverick fan is like crying into their pillow
They are depressed, they are just not enjoying themselves
They are depressed, there's rumors that there was protests at the arena about the trade
There was people online, Patrick Mahomes going, no they didn't trade Lakers
I mean, you had NBA players on benches with their phones
Like, oh my god
Because you're thinking of LeBron James and Luka Doncic on the same team
Like logically here, you're thinking
Logically, you're thinking in your head
Okay
Of course people ran to defense, man no the Lakers can't play defense
And they can't play defense
Okay, I'm going to make you play less defensive players
Let's just say these two teams match up in the playoffs
Let's just say for the sake of argument
These two teams match up in the playoffs
Let's go who's guarding who
Okay, Kyrie, who's guarding Kyrie on the Lakers?
Nobody
Klay Thompson, he's kind of easy to guard
Put Austin Reeves on him, chase him around
Quentin Grimes, that may end up being Luka's assignment
LeBron probably gets Anthony Davis
Jackson Hayes goes to Daniel Gaffer
Right?
Flip it
But they don't have a person to guard, Luka, maybe you put Klay Thompson on them
Kyrie goes to Austin Reeves
You don't have an answer for LeBron
Quentin Grimes probably goes to Dorian Phinney Smith
They probably end up guarding each other
Both sides probably end up guarding each other
Okay
Both sides and Luka has officially dropped his statement
And it's rather short so I'll read it
It says seven years ago I came here as a teenager to pursue my dream of playing basketball at the highest level
I thought I'd spend my career here and wanted so badly to bring you a championship and it's titled Dear Dallas
The love and support you have given me is more than I could have ever dreamed of
For a young kid, for Slovenia, coming to the U.S. for the first time you made North Texas feel like home
In good times and bad from Andrews to the NBA finals, your support had never changed
Thank you for not only showing my joy in our best moments but also lifting me up when I needed it most
To all the organizations I've worked with throughout the Dallas community
Thank you for letting me contribute to your important work and bringing light to those who need it
As I start the next part of my basketball journey, I am leaving a city that will always feel like a home away from home
Dallas is a special place and the Mavs fans are special fans
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Luka
And he signs it 77
Yeah, I mean plain and simple just yeah
Insane, I mean it's just, I mean I forgot what I was going with, I forgot why I was even heading towards that path
I mean it's just wow, it's ever so often it hits you, it hits you fresh
You're just sitting there like wow
You got a guy like Luka that I thought from my whole career here
I don't think AD was already playing for anywhere other than the Lakers
It's huge man, like wow
I forgot what I was saying in terms of, yeah I forgot what I was saying
Luka's statement threw me that far off guard, I really forgot what I was saying
But I want to get to kind of a stage here, oh I was talking about who's guarding who
I was talking about the Lakers and Mavs who's guarding who in the playoff series
Because I think, I have no authority on that
But I think second round is going to end up Luka versus the Mavs
I think it's going to be Lakers and Mavs
I just have a feeling second round that's coming right
I just have an odd feeling that's going to come
Mavs versus Lakers and Mavs in round two
That just feels like the series right
And I sit here and right now I'm thinking okay people immediately went to defense
I'm going to hang out to the Lakers for defense, defense, defense
Okay, in that series in order for the Lakers to give the Mavericks a freaking headache
All they got to do is go small, it sounds insane
But all they got to do is get really, really small
And really small, oddly, still have LeBron James on the floor
So you're not getting like that small
I mean like, he ain't, you know what I'm saying, they're not getting, you know what I'm saying, that small
I mean, height wise sure, but LeBron is LeBron
So let's say they go LeBron, Vanderbilt, or LeBron, Ruey, DFS, Dory and Finney Smith, Kyrie, not Kyrie, Luka and Reeves
Five-Hooket Shooter basketball
Vanderbilt probably the worst shooter is just sticking with the corner
Dory and Finney Smith probably on the other corner
So now you've got to make a choice because Luka and LeBron both having the ball
Luka probably has the ball and LeBron's on cut-thin
And those corners now have shooters in them
Who's Gafford's going to guard?
Because either Gafford's going to lie, party to the rim because I'm sure he's going to be on LeBron
Or you, like I'm saying, you're going to cause so many match-up problems for a lot of people
Now, on the defensive end they're going to struggle
Luka Donaldson is no one's defender
Austin Reeves is no one's defender
LeBron, in his age, his career, is no one's defender
So on the defensive end of the ball, you're going to struggle
There are going to be problems and they're already not the world's best defensive team
I'm sure JJ Redick is up currently trying to figure out how they're going to play defense
It's going to be a struggle in terms of how they are going to play basketball
It's going to be a challenge for the Los Angeles Lakers to play basketball correctly
I have no doubt in my mind that being the case
They're going to have issues, right?
At the same time, they're going to be the best offensively
The only thing I have, the only thing they'll, because think about it
They won't even have to go that small
They still get Maxie Kaleba and Mark Keefe Morris
So Mark Keefe Morris is 6'10
Maxie Kaleba is 6'10
So you can even go Keefe, LeBron, because remember Keefe used to play small ball five in the bubble
So you can go Keefe or Kaleba, LeBron, hell, Keefe or Kaleba
Yeah, Keefe or Kaleba, Reeves, and Luca
So now you've got 6'10, 6'9, 6'8, 6'9, 6'7, 6'6 on the floor, 6'5 on the floor of Reeves
That's a legitimate basketball height lineup
Are you at quite as tall as Lively?
No, because Lively is a real seven footer
Gaffer is like 6'11
Mark Keefe Morris is right there
AD is like 6'10, LeBron is right there
You pull it out, and then you actually become the bigger team
So as I said, them getting Kaleba and Morris is going to be very underrated additions
Both are plus 35% plus shooters
Both are very tall and both have experience playing either small ball five or the four
Huge
So now if the Lakers go get a Clint Capella
If they go get a, um, they'll get a Clint Capella
If they go get a Nick Klaxman, so on and so forth
Those are going to be guys that are not, they're just running dunk centers
So when you play that dominant center like a Yoke-It
You're not going to play Yoke on the floor
You're not going to play Embiid off the floor
I'm trying to think of people in the West
You're not going to play Chet off the floor
You're not going to play, you know what I'm saying?
Certain teams are going to use that center anyway
When you play those teams, you can bit, you can get up, you can bowl a little bit, you can body
But as far as a team that you're going to have to struggle with
You're not going to have to struggle with very many organizations anymore
In terms of, because you can spray people to death
And then the Mavericks, man
You win this trade if you win the rank
That's the only way
You win this trade
Is if when Luka's done being a Laker
And AD's done being the Mav
You have the rank
Because if it's split, the Lakers going to have the longer runaway
Both of you win a ring, the Lakers have the better runaway
If neither of you win the ring, the Lakers have the better runaway
The Mavericks made a move for 18 months
The Lakers made a move for the next decade while still maintaining greatness
It's not like they're dumping LeBron
If they dump LeBron for like going to the Warriors for Andrew Wiggins, Kaminka, Pachimski, and some picks
They'd be like, alright, so they abandoned Schiff
That didn't happen
LeBron's going to stay there
He's got to open and say he's going to stay there
At least to the end of the season
So you have a chance to still go win an NBA title this year while planning for the next decade
The Mavericks went all in like Nico Harris is saying for the next three or four years
I mean, insane
I mean, this trade was so wild, people thought it was a hack, people thought it was a joke
This trade to me is incredibly one sided to the Lakers
Like imagine, imagine trading
Imagine doing a trade with Rob Hulinka, notoriously bad trader
And instead of people congratulating you on a trade, they thought it was fake
That's how bad your trading skills was
But you know, and his move also painfully cost Luka down to $116 million
But because he was trading, he's no longer able to sign the super max contract
So, but it also could mean Luka could make more money long term
If he doesn't sign an extension
Because right now Luka Dodgers has two plus one left
He has 24, 25 left, which is this season
He has 25, 26, which is next season
Then he has a player offset for 20 to 27
He becomes an undrafted free agent with the Lakers
Five years, 216, $296 million what he can sign in 26, 27
With the Lakers
Now, as of August 2nd, because he just got traded
So he can only sign, he can sign in six months from now
He can sign an extension of four years, 228 million
And that would be his extension number he's able to do
If he signs, however, if he decides to do a two plus one
Now a two plus one is basically what he's on now
He's re-up for a two plus one extension
That would allow him to cash in with the 10th year of service
And it would be his last big deal
And then in 28, 29 he can sign a five year, $418 million deal
After his 10th year in the league
Which would be his age, what 18, his age 29 season
He can sign five years, $418 million as his last big deal in the NBA
But just looking at the outlook of both teams as it sits right now
Kyra Evans on an expiring contract with the player option
I'm going to go Dallas first
Kyra Evans has a player option for next season
Quentin Grimes, Dwight Powell, Dante, XM and Spencer, Denwitty are all expiring contracts
But continuing to look at the Mavericks assets
Under team control for another two plus years
They play PJ, Dick Gaffer, Marshall, Christie and Hardy
And they own their own picks in 25, 26, 28, 31
They can trade 25, 29, and 31
They can swap three picks as well
And they own some picks, whatever
But they are in the first apron
Looking at the Lakers
They have expiring contracts with Christian Wood, Jackson Hayes and Cam Reddish
They have some good guys on two year plus situations
Rui, Austin Reeves, Gabe, Vincent and Jerry Vanderbilt
LeBron and Luca are off the board contracts, but they're not going to get moved
They can trade one first round pick which is 20, 31
Now they owe a unprotected first to Atlanta this year
They have a top four pick the first to Utah, 20, 27
They have an unprotected first now to Dallas in 20, 29
And they are shoved right against that second apron
As far as what they can do to maneuver this team
But absolutely insane trade
I think the Mavs are done, I don't think the Lakers are
And the Mavs may do a couple of fringe moves
But to me the Lakers, because they have a chance to win a title this year
I think they're going to go get a running dunk center
Pay them up with a 3 and D wing
And potentially make a little move to get a little more defense in the building
Because you got Luca and Austin Reeves starting back court
Kind of like when Luca and Kyrie were the back court
It was okay, we're just going to out score people
Kind of what this feels like with Luca and Austin Reeves as the back court
I think they're going to just try to out score people
But we'll see what happens
But absolutely huge move, had to do this podcast
Check out how the Soup Bowl will be this week
So we're definitely going to get an NFL show in
Even a little NFL show in an eight leap
Excuse me, even though a little NFL show snuck in with the new Chip Kelly
We're definitely going to do some of the NFL stuff as well
With the Soup Bowl coming up
And look out for the JTS After Dark YouTube show
With myself, Giant T-Mail
But as always, this is your owner and host, Justin Jackson, signing out
Thank you