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Welcome into the show. Welcome into the Just
In Time Sports Podcast Season 7. Episode 3. As
always, I am your owner and host, Justin Jackson.
And as always, what you just heard was our amazing
intro song by B -Roy, a rapper out of the Northeast.
A good friend of mine, actually, who graciously
provided his talents to our intro song. And you
will always hear it at the start of every single
episode because it wouldn't be a JTS episode
without it. Today, we're going to go through
a variety of topics, mostly basketball. However,
we are getting very close to the NFL offseason
coming up in full force. And of course, certain
things happen in the NFL offseason that allows
big moves to happen. So that's what we're going
to discuss. We're going to discuss that. We're
going to talk about. some basketball of course
we are peak nba season we're getting close to
the playoffs march madness is around the corner
we'll get into that for more probably next week
and of course we have the wmba and unrivaled
but let's get right into the show talking about
what we are not talking about in the jts quick
touch or we're not going to go deep into about
so Past couple of weeks, started a new segment
called the Quick Touch segment. Basically, what
it means is I'm going to just discuss something
very quickly. So instead of going deep in depth
and providing analysis, it's more of alerting
you how I feel about it or maybe a quick fact
about it within 10 to 15 seconds. So the JTS
Quick Touch this week. First, we're going to
start off with Stephen A. Smith versus the Pelicans.
I think Stephen A. Smith is lame and weird for
this, and he went on a 12 -minute rant slandering
the New Orleans Pelicans as an organization,
talking about Zion Williamson as a food addict,
even going so far as to say he hid food under
his bed, all because a social media team made
a joke about him. He's even going so far as to
say he's more famous than everybody on the Pelicans.
A reminder, Stephen A. Smith wanted to be a professional
basketball player. He spent until he got hurt
his life working to be the very player he insults
every single day. It's lame behavior, suspended
adolescence, and it's jealousy. Plain and simple.
There's no other way around it. Now, as a Pelicans
fan, I'm actually kind of enjoying it. The reason
why is it may cast the light of dispersion on
the organization we need for there to be wholesale
changes for us to be better. So I'm actually
not against this a whole lot. It shows Stephen
A. Smith's true character, and it may embarrass
our way into getting some wholesale changes organizationally.
The Chicago Bears have made the decision to release...
starting linebacker Tremaine Edmonds they were
attempting to trade him even giving him permission
to seek a trade over the past week or so neither
of those things materialized their efforts or
his and so he was released now what's interesting
about when they give a player permission to seek
a trade is that especially during the offseason
the new team would rather not trade for you if
they can secure a verbal commitment or handshake
deal or a gentleman's agreement or something
along those lines where they don't have to trade
an asset for you they could just sign you in
free agency after your release they'd rather
do that so i think he'll get picked up very soon
in free agency. He started every year he's been
in the league. He's been a high -level linebacker
every year he's been in the league. Never was
truly elite of the elite, but a guy that if you
had Tremaine Edmonds, you weren't necessarily
looking for an upgrade. To me, it was a cost
move. It saves $15 million against the cap. If
he counted for $10 million, he's probably a Chicago
Bear. But he will have his suitors most definitely.
The NCAA saga versus Trinidad James, Trinidad
Chambliss, sorry, not Trinidad James, Trinidad
Chambliss continues. So now the NCAA has filed
an appeal in the Mississippi Supreme Court. It's
600 and some odd pages long, basically. And it
boils down to simply if this happens. he's taking
an opportunity correction we are setting a precedent
to take opportunity from other people because
that is an argument i know me as a fan and others
as fans has said man the transfer portal kind
of sucks because you're taking opportunity from
players in high school well then if a player
can play five six seven you're seeing eighth
year people Well, guess what? Every fifth, sixth,
seventh, or eighth year player, that's one less
high school player getting an opportunity. That's
one less normal college age player getting an
opportunity at one of the major schools, potentially.
So on and so forth. Like, you know, at the school
I work at currently, the guy just broke, I mean,
obliterated every Louisiana single season rushing
record. He's going to play college football at
Columbia. It's Division I. Congratulations. It's
Ivy League. But with those numbers, he should
probably be a little closer to home. But he had
to go all the way to Columbia. Now, again, shout
out him for going Ivy League. Trevin Simon is
the kid's name. But Ivy League, D1 scholarship,
like, hey, the whole shebang. Proud of him. Can't
wait till the signing day. So he officially signs
his letter of intent, but absolutely spectacular.
Couldn't be happier for him. But he's not the
only story like that, that he's got to go all
the way to the tip top of the country to go have
an opportunity when the local schools should
be providing an opportunity. That's a different
conversation entirely. But in regards to Trinidad,
Chambliss, the NCAA basically is leaning on that
crutch. If we continue to allow fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth year players, you're going to
get less and less opportunities at trickle down
coming in. Because for those players that don't
get those years, they may never get their shot
because they're fighting against people who have
those years. So on and so forth. And then kind
of a weird story coming out of college basketball
today. um cal state university at bakersfield
assistant coach is being accused of being a pimp
um a multi -state operation level situation um
apparently an anonymous tip from what i've been
gathering an anonymous tip was emailed to the
head coach and said fix it or fire him or something
like that or the whole staff will go down with
the alleged charges. The coach forwards it to
HR, and I think the president and somebody else
forwards it to higher -ups. Investigation happens.
Apparently, it's enough truth behind it to where
the guy was arrested. The head coach currently,
I think, has been fired from Cal State Bakersfield,
if I remember correctly. I mean, he did hire
a pimp as an assistant coach. So, you know, not
the world's best. judgment of a leader of a program
there he's still I think he's also been fired
but the guy's been like arrested I guess it's
actually pretty insane of a story long times
we've had something that left field appear in
any level of sport but definitely in college
athletics but now we are going to shift gears
to the nfl so as i told you guys on the intro
the nfl offseason is beginning to ramp up two
major trades happen today i'm recording this
thursday night the nba is actually wrapping up
the west coast games are in full swing now but
two major trades happen today gonna start off
with what i consider the smaller one and then
go to the big one the chicago bears traded wide
receiver DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills the full
trade ended up being DJ Moore and a 2026 fifth
round pick to the Buffalo Bills for a 2026 second
round pick boil down the value kind of nets a
third for Chicago because you give up a fifth
you get a second but then you give up a player
kind of nets a third Chicago through their moves
so they traded DJ Moore they released Tremaine
Edmonds and they made another move they've created
about 44 million dollars in cap space now they've
got to go through a lot of retooling because
their star center ups and retires at 27 and they
also needed things on the defensive side of the
ball anyway so you kind of already looking to
replace a lot of people on defense probably create
some of these cap moves anyway for the defense
And then you up and lose your star center with
a young quarterback, which is a terrible combination.
I mean, in your head, you had to have thought
we've got this center and Caleb Williams for
the next. He was 26 for the next five to eight
years. Those two together, sort of like Jeff
Saturday and Peyton Manning. But. You have this
trade for Chicago in line with their cap saving
maneuvers. DJ Moore has been rumored to be on
the trade block for weeks now. One of those,
as soon as the offseason really cranked up, it
became pretty obvious that. DJ Moore was not
going to return back to Chicago. It kind of had
the same feeling that AJ Brown has for the Eagles.
It just doesn't make sense for him to go back
in the locker room. Ultimately, the Bears agreed.
They found a trade partner with the Bills. They
had to add a fifth to it, but they net a second.
So good job by Chicago. Now, could Chicago be
parlaying these moves to go get a Max Crosby?
I would have considered that if they do the move.
a week ago and they still have their center but
now you want to have as many bites at the apple
because you need your center you need an edge
rusher you need a a linebacker now because jermaine
edmonds is going like you need several things
now we're having one first and two seconds you
may net your starting center you're a starting
edge rusher and a corner as opposed or a linebacker
rather juxtaposed to you trading those assets
to get a max crosby especially with a guy like
Trey Hendrickson in free agency but flipping
to the bill side of things another push Josh
Allen into the middle type of move what I mean
by that is they are going full blast everything
they can to support Josh Allen they are doing
whatever they have to do to support Josh Allen
and to try and win With him. This is another
receiver they've traded for. Remember they acquired
Amari Cooper. Right now they've acquired DJ Moore.
They've spent assets on a guy like James Cook.
As far as running the ball. They've built the
offensive line. They've tried. They had Stephon
Diggs in at one point. They've tried to provide
as much for Josh Allen. To be successful as possible.
So much as they fired the head coach. And promoted
his offensive coordinator. They are doing. Whatever
they can to provide Josh Allen what they feel
is the best opportunity to win. Is it the best
opportunity to win? I'm not sure on that. I don't
think there's enough. There's no number one on
the team. I think DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, those
are number twos. I like Dalton Kincaid a lot.
But to me, there's no true number one receiver,
which also considering they kept their first
round pick. could be something that they look
to draft this receiver draft is kind of all over
the place maybe they trade up you know they pick
in the 20s because they made the playoffs so
maybe they trade up into the mid -teens or low
teens um to try and get the receiver option they
want also they're not the world's best team at
developing receivers insert keon coleman here
So I don't know if Brandon Bean would have the
stomach to trade up for a receiver. I think he's
comfortable with what he did in DJ Moore. And
this is pretty much going to be the receiving
core that matters in Buffalo. So Bills fans,
this is pretty much your receiving core. There's
not really a lot. I don't think Brandon Bean,
like I said, is going to have the stomach to
trade up for a receiver. Two years removed. from
Keon Coleman, especially considering that the
owner basically blamed the Keon Coleman move
on the coach who's been fired. So the move up
for another receiver may not feel like the best
option for a Brandon Bean in this scenario. And
our second big trade that went down was the Chiefs
do it again and the Rams do it again. Two teams
that have a pretty consistent off -season diet
of operation. Pretty much did standard operating
procedure for them. The Chiefs, over the past
six to eight years, during the Mahomes era, have
gotten good players. They've developed good players.
Before they really had to pay good players, they
traded them. Very Patriot -like. I remember the
Patriots were famous for trading a player a year
early. as opposed to trading a player a year
late so before that young player in a tight cap
situation really had to get a big paycheck they'll
trade him Richard Seymour is the name that comes
to mind for a lot of people I look at it and
the Chiefs trying to do what the Patriots did
which was be a consistent championship level
organization for 15 years plus they're doing
similar they've traded talented people when they
become financially basically financially impossible
they traded Tyreek Hill they traded now Trent
McDuffie they traded Marcus Peters like they're
they tend to trade guys who get to a financial
level that they feel is too much especially considering
that you have the highest paid defensive lineman
or defensive tackle and Chris Jones. You have
the highest paid, one of the highest paid quarterbacks
in Patrick Mahomes. You have the highest paid
center. You have a top five paid guard. They're
really, really highly paid at tight end as well.
Even though Travis Kelsey is taking a sweetheart
deal at this point in his career, they are still
very highly compensated there. And we're not
even mentioning the rest of that defense. So
Trent McDuffie. Is the next of the Chiefs. To
get moved. Right before he gets paid a big payday.
After being developed. Who does he get moved
to? The owners of. Bleak those picks. The Los
Angeles Rams. Full trade. The Kansas City Chiefs
trade. Trent McDuffie. To the Los Angeles Rams.
For a first round. fifth round and sixth round
pick in 2026 along with a third round pick in
2027 absolute haul for a corner now he's one
of the best corners in the league i think he's
you can make an argument at three i think one
and two are an argument for one that's pat certain
the second and christian gondalez i think those
two are the best corners in football bar none
I think the argument for a Trent McDuffie starts
at about three. Now, this is a repeat trade in
a way because the Los Angeles Rams traded for
Marcus Peters from the Chiefs. And now you kind
of get a new era version of it by having Trent
McDuffie get traded by having Trent McDuffie.
get traded to the los angeles rams now of course
when this trade happened the comparisons jumped
out twice the comparisons jumped out one to marcus
peters who was a high level corner on the chiefs
gets traded to the rams not as not as good as
mcduffie uh because the acquisition for the rams
when they did it was a 2018 fourth round pick
and a 2019 second round pick to the chiefs mainly
a lot of it due to what was reported as a contractual
disagreement a slight dip in performance and
um there were some issues behaviorally that the
um Kansas City Chiefs, excuse me, were not in
position to want to deal with. So they moved
him to the Los Angeles Rams who, hey, bring them
on. And of course, Tyreek Hill. So the Tyreek
Hill trade hall was a good bit above this one.
So remember, this trade was three picks in the
current draft, first, fifth, and sixth. plus
a third in the next draft. Tyreek Hill was traded
for a first, second, and fourth in the current
draft, and then a fourth and a sixth in the future
draft. So the first cancel, sorry I got kind
of doing this live, a second and a fourth beats
a fifth and a sixth, and then the following year,
fourth and a sixth probably nets you a third
round value. So truly the kicker is... first,
second, and fourth in the previous year or in
the current year's draft for Tyreek Hill. But
again, that mindset immediately popped in because
Tyreek Hill goes to Miami and gets a major contract.
Trent McDuffie is going to probably be the highest
paid corner in football, which will set the stage
for Christian Gonzalez and Pat Sertain or Christian
Gonzalez specifically to you know, align his
contract to it. But it's a great deal to me for
everybody involved. First of all, for Trent McDuffie,
you go from one winning organization to another.
You go from living in Kansas City, Missouri,
to living in Los Angeles, California. So that
is an upgrade. Number two, for the Chiefs, you
acquire four draft picks, including three in
his current draft. So you went into this season
trying to win a Super Bowl, of course. You get
the season from down under. You end up with the
ninth pick in the draft of your own pick. And
you end up with the Rams pick, which is going
to be in the late 20s. So where you would normally
have picked plus the ninth pick, and you acquire
a fifth, and you acquire a sixth. So you're really
building those draft coffers to attempt to build
cost effectively around Patrick Mahomes. Also,
for the Rams, I love the move. If you're Los
Angeles, you keep the Falcons pick. Not the Falcons
pick. Yeah, keep the Falcons pick. The Chiefs
have their own pick at nine and then your pick
now in the late 20s. But LA keeps the Falcons
pick, turns their pick into what they feel like
Trent McDuffie. is an all pro level corner they're
gonna pay him the rams are in the mindset of
why draft because they've traded every single
first round pick away since 2016 besides one
and that one became jerry burst why draft and
hope he's an all pro and hope he's a pro bowler
every year and hope he's a top five to ten player
his position or I can simply just trade the pick
away. I can trade the hope away for the player
that's already an all -pro, already a pro bowler
every year, already one of the best in his position.
It encapsulates all three sides of this trade.
Their personalities are there. tendencies have
shown up don't know a lot about mcduffie personally
but shut down corners like living in warm area
and getting paid the chiefs need to acquire cheap
assets to keep building around my homes and the
captains of the f them picks um trade a first
round pick and get an all -pro corner which is
right up less needs alley and then a couple of
quick hitters on the nfl before we move on Cam
Jordan will enter unrestricted free agency for
the first time in his career following 15 years
with the New Orleans Saints. Now, that's not
saying he won't resign with the New Orleans Saints.
It's just for the first time in 15 years, he's
going into the offseason contractless. Him and
the organization couldn't reach an agreement.
Therefore, Jordan's entering free agency. He's
excited to play for his 16th season. He has consistent
production. So I'm interested to see if teams
will one year big bag him. because of his high
level production and with the edge russia market
going to reset itself daniel hunter reset it
earlier with a one year fully guaranteed 40 million
dollar extension max crosby's gonna put a dent
in it trey henderson's gonna test a lot of values
because he's a high level rusher that is in getting
unrestricted for agent so a lot of things could
be at play financially for Cam Jordan and I think
he just wants to finally see his value to me
he's given the Saints kind of sweetheart deals
over the years to kind of keep the ship together
and so on and so forth but now he gets to go
truly see what he is worth on the open market
and lastly But certainly not least, Kyler Murray's
reign in Arizona is over. After seven seasons,
they are releasing the former number one overall
pick to the free agency. And so Kyler Murray
will be an unrestricted free agent. He'll have
a lot of guaranteed money left. So for one year,
he's going to be incredibly cheap for somebody
because he has a lot of guaranteed funds left.
And so he can go to some new team and sign for
the minimum and force the Arizona Cardinals to
pay as much as possible because due to his offset
language, that's the only way they would be relieved
from some of those cap hits and some of that
cap hit rather. But that is all I have for the
NFL. And now we're going to shift to the NBA.
Welcome back into the show. And now we're going
to get into the NBA. Again, we're recording this
in the middle of the West Coast games. So I won't
talk about results. I typically won't unless
I'm recording like an instant release, as I call
it. We're recording early in the day. Like I
don't want to talk about results of games that
have happened and I get to other ones and I feel
like I believe in games out, so on and so forth.
So we're not even going to do that. Simply, we're
going to talk about some big headlines happening
in the NBA. Number one is Jason Tatum's return.
Less than 10 months after tearing his Achilles
in the NBA playoffs, Jason Tatum is set to return
by the time you guys hear this today against
the Dallas Mavericks, or tonight rather, against
the Dallas Mavericks, which conveniently also
should be Cooper Flagg's return as well. So big,
big returns in both games. And now the new look
Celtics are whole. So very strangely with the
Celtics this offseason, they kind of move like
they were punting. They cut hundreds of millions
in salary. They moved Porzingis and they got
rid of... They did like little flips to just
anything they could to cut salary. They cut over
a hundred and some million dollars in luxury
tax. They got under the cap, away from the tax.
And pretty much, I think, had the mindset of
a punt. Like, hey, Tatum's, if he comes back,
he won't be himself this year. Probably not going
to win the championship. Let's not spend an exorbitant
amount of money not to win. You know, like, we're
going to need that luxury tax grace. We're going
to need that second apron or whatever to maneuver
once we get fully healthy. It's not this year.
Okay, well, let's not spend a whole bunch of
money doing it. Let's reset the books. Well,
they've done that. Jalen Brown has become one
of the top five players in the NBA playing this
season. He's a top five MVP candidate. And Peyton
Pritchard is a revelation off the bench. I mean,
we knew what he did off the bench, but seeing
it's such a high volume every single night now,
he is outstanding off the bench. And then, of
course, you have Joe Mazzulla, the quote master
and the Zen master part two. So you've got a
lot of great things happening. Brad Stevens with
his smooth maneuvers like a Nikola Vucevic. joining
the squad. You got a lot of things working for
Boston, but we all felt that as they're currently
constructed, they had a 0 % chance of winning
the NBA Finals. Just being honest with you. And
it's not anything to do with Tatum not being
there. I think Jalen Brown can be the number
one on the championship team. The problem is
this team is not built for Jalen Brown to do
that. It is missing a very large Jason Tatum
-like piece. Now, if you took Tatum and made
him two players and put him on Boston, then yes,
Jalen Brown, I would give them a decent chance
of winning the East and advancing to the finals
without, obviously, the ability to divide Tatum
in the two. Without him, they can't win. And
so now his return at least gives them a chance
of winning the title. Now I think how big of
a chance depends on how back Tatum is. Obviously
he won't be 100 % himself this season. May not
even be early next season. But if he could be
75 % of him as far as the athletic ability and
defense, etc. If he could be 75%. If he could...
knock down the open three, play at about 75 %
on defense, and he can give you 15 to 20 minutes
a night. They might actually win the title because
the threat of having him out there, especially
with backups, they're going to panic. I don't
think he starts tomorrow. Like if I'm in Boston,
he plays 15 to 18 minutes. He does not start.
That way he gets his applause in and he gets
his applause out. Because he's, I mean, 10 months
is ridiculous. But he has found a way back in
a shorter time. Oklahoma City Thunder. Everybody's
favorite villainous team. Two years ago, I think,
Shea started the foul baiting. And everybody
said, man, they're not playing real basketball.
Like, Shea's just, they call him a free throw
merchant. He's just running around. flopping
to the ground trying to get fouls and then they
all of a sudden started playing football on the
hardwood they became very physical especially
on the perimeter and pretty much what their bet
was you're not gonna call it every time you're
not gonna call most of the time the reason why
you don't want the game bogged down and slowed
down and referees are human So if you are known
by a referee crew as being a very physical defensive
team, you're going to be allowed to get away
with some physicality because that's your reputation.
That is what you are supposed to be. That is
what you are. Designed to be. You are a physical
team. So you're going to get away with some things.
And Oklahoma City has been doing that for the
past two to three years. And I feel like they
just get more and more guys to play that way.
Lou Dort, Cason Wallace, Alex Caruso, and et
cetera. They play an incredibly physical style
of perimeter defense. Hey, if you get away with
it, by all means do it. What I don't like. is
Lou Dort. And I hate his action here. And everybody's
probably seen it now. You know, May Bucket jogging
down the court and he reverse hip thrusts. I
don't know. He throws his hip, throws his body.
I don't know. Into Jokic's leg. Jokic tumbles
like an old great oak tree and gets up wanting
to go. And there's an all -time shot of Yoko
just fury at J -Dub or J -Will, who was just
coming in to help Dort. But that was beyond dirty.
And I think that I'm going to have to start calling
a spade a spade. When it comes to Lou Dort, I've
never liked how he played. I didn't like how
physical he was as far as the dirty physicality.
Now, under the goal, you're boxing out. Do what
you got to do. But stuff like what he did against
Jokic, there's other incidents where he has been
like, there's no way you didn't do that on purpose.
He's getting to a level of consistency in bad
behavior to make the incidents or the accidents
look like on purpose moments. So either he truly
is dirty and he should just embrace it. Or he
should stop these reckless acts on the court
that make it look like he's dirty. But speaking
of Jokic, what's been going on with Jokic? His
numbers have dipped. In February was the first
time that he shot under 50 % in a quarter in
a month for like a decade. I mean, he is not
himself. And I say this, right? He may be the
only person in the world that... You know, oh,
he's nearly a triple -double on 48 % shooting.
He's off. You know, and currently he's 16 -8
-9 on 6 -4 -9 against the Lakers. But, you know,
that's the level that Jokic has shown us is that,
hey, I'm supposed to be, you know, 35 -13 -10
on 57 -58 % shooting. Like, that's just who it
is. And then, of course, you see it in the free
-throw line, too. He's down several percentage
points at the free -throw line. Obviously, he
was out for a long time with a knee. Reportedly,
there's a wrist injury going on with Jokic as
well. That's not coming up on the injury report.
It is that way on purpose. He doesn't want it
on the injury report. But it is bothering him
when he plays. And he attempts to play through
it. And most of the time, he's successful, right?
It's just the... upper levels of efficiency we're
used to seeing from him we aren't and i think
primarily that is due to battling the wrist injury
but again he's the only player on the planet
that a near triple double on almost 50 shooting
we're questioning if he has some sort of injury
that is preventing his talents i mean that's
completely a um completely a compliment to Jokic
a honor for Jokic that you know triple nearly
a 30 point triple double on almost 50 % shooting
is a down month um insane insane from Jokic but
speaking of one foreign unicorn let's talk about
the alien Victor Winn -Miniama and his San Antonio
Spurs they have a flaw Now, I'm saying this knowing
full well the Spurs have won 12 of their last
13. They didn't lose the entire month of February.
It took a pretty decent elegance to Knicks, but
there are several flaws with the San Antonio
Spurs that Knicks picked at. Number one, Victor
was not having a very physical night. Now, he
had a couple of moments, but for the most part,
he was not having a very physical day. number
two the guards can't shoot and this is the bright
glowing red light the Spurs are not good shooters
the guards cannot shoot it's the fine castle
and I cannot think of the other one right now
excuse me not the air fox it's another one they
can't shoot so the Knicks started purposely leaving
them at like 30 feet it was like dude shoot it
and they shot a horrible percentage I mean, they
literally cannot shoot. And so that's going to
come up in the playoffs when people pack the
lane for Victor and send doubles at Victor. They're
going to double off the guys who can't shoot,
which apparently is both of his backcourt members.
So, you know, that's one of the reasons why I
picked against San Antonio Spurs. It's just there's
not enough there. It is almost impossible to
go from zero to hero as far as playoff, as a
group. You don't go from never doing it to going
to the NBA Finals. It just doesn't work, which
is always my pushback against San Antonio Spurs.
Now, again, they're winning the 12 out of 13.
I could be a complete and total doofus and complete
and totally wrong. I doubt it, but it is possible.
Very unlikely, but possible. And the fact that
the Spurs go from zero meaningless playoff minutes
and wins for their core all the way to the NBA
Finals. But up next, we're going to talk about
the WNBA slash unrivaled. Up next, we're going
to talk about the WNBA and Unrivaled. I want
to give a shout out, number one, to The Mist.
I mean, they got it done. They got it done. Led
by Breanna Stewart, of course, who seems to always,
always win. The Mist got it done. They won 80
-74 with Brianna Stewart leading the way with
32 points. Now Kelsey Plum had 40 on the other
side. This comes after last year Rose won, led
by Chelsea Gray, Kalia Copper, Angel Reese, and
I believe Sabrina Inescu was the fourth main
player. But definitely this year, shout out to
Myst. led by Enrique Gamboale, but namely Brianna
Stewart. Stewart's a freaking winner. Like, she
just is. She's won four. She won four straight
in the NCAA. She's got unrivaled now. She has
three, I believe, in the W. She's won in Europe.
She has high school championships. Like, when
it comes to basketball, Brianna Stewart rolls
out of bed and gets it done. And I mean, you
know, absolutely spectacular of her to get it
done. She wins at every level. She wins in every
country. She's the winner. She's won gold with
the Olympic team. She's won FIBA cups. She just
wins. So shout out to her. But what I want to
get into with this topic, the CBA. has been updated
uh so the wmba league office is beginning to
make some more concessions in terms of what they're
gonna give now they're still battling with the
revenue you know as of three days ago some of
this stuff is starting to come out um but the
big thing is the revenue share proposal um is
the biggest hold up along with what players get
besides the revenue share um so last proposal
with the league's revenue share proposal remains
a lot of the same um but the year one salary
capital the deal would go up to 5 .75 million
it was right around five million even four and
a half at one point uh the rookie contract Accelerator
is in the deal now, too. So remember how I spoke
about it? I spoke about it last week, maybe the
week before, that the WNBA has a problem. A lot
of their best players are on, or a lot of their
star players, are on rookie deals. So if you
sign this CBA, and then Angel Reese is making
$70 ,000, and then Flage Johnson shows up making
$130 ,000, $140 ,000, it's going to be a problem.
To attempt to combat this, the WNBA added escalators
and accelerators, similar to the Rose Rule. All
WNBA first and second team players who are still
on their rookie deals will become eligible to
sign a max contract in their fourth year and
would not be eligible for the core following
that extension. core so the core is when you
pretty much get stuck on a team for lack of a
better term there is no way that happens to you
now but some big updates in the CBA as well remember
they didn't change the revenue sharing model
at all the salary cap would go from 1 .5 million
to 5 .75 million the max salary will increase
by more than one million dollars with the average
salary increasing 420k and again those kickers
um regarding contract acceleration if you succeed
really early as a rookie on your rookie contract
and then also i want to touch on some important
dates so march 10th which is, by the time you
guys hear this, four days away, has been the
underlying problem. The reason why is in order
to not mess the schedule up, March 10th is the
date drawn in the sand. Because between March
10th and the start of the season, the Portland
Temple and the Fire have their expansion draft
between April 1st and April 6th. The free agency
negotiation period begins the April 7th through
the 11th. And you can officially begin to sign
deals as a free agent on April 12th. I remember
they said, barring some sort of miracle, you
pretty much could count on the WNBA season not
happening on time because there was a certain
date that you had to. There's a certain date
that you had to sign the CBA in order for the
CBA to take effect in time for the season dates
to be unaffected. We're dangerously getting to
that point now. Brandon Stewart has been open
about the strike. They already got clearance
on a strike. Kelsey Plummer said it as well.
They had their strike vote early and the players
agreed that the WNBPA can strike. What do I think
will happen? I think the season will be slightly
compressed. I don't think it'll be a strike.
There's too much money involved. There is a major
push right now for women athletics, specifically
basketball. There's so much opportunity and finances
available for both sides. It would be idiotic
for a strike to happen or a labor stoppage or
whatever to occur with the amount of financial
ability that is out there. The amount of finances
that are out there. I mean, even if you're a
max player, 80 % of the league is free agents.
So if you are a max player made 200 grand, you
can make a million dollars. You know, like. the
amount of money that exists did not exist two
years ago it was unimaginable two years ago and
now with the influx of the new fans of the new
talent the wmba specifically specifically and
women's sports in general are a cash machine
right now so i think it'll be a compressed schedule
i don't see a deal getting done by march 10th
unless there are some major concessions On both
sides, I can see a deal getting done around April
1st, compressing either the offseason or the
regular season, and then it smooths itself out
by the playoffs. But that is all I have for you
today. I hope you guys are rocking with me. One
of my shortest shows in a while, but not a whole
lot happening in the world right now. NFL kind
of dropping some bombs. We will have our mock
draft show next week. I kind of want to let some
of the trades and releases and contracts get
signed, but we will have our mock draft show
next week, our 1 .0 show that will be next week.
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