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Brian WindhorstAnthony Edwards is the best player on Team USA
[Steve Kerr] came to Ant [Edwards] before they played. And he's like, 'Hey, you know, when team USA sometimes star players come off the bench'... and Ant was like, 'I was cool, but I didn't see Kobe on the roster.' And by the maybe the third exhibition game... Steve Kerr was like, 'yeah, actually he's our best player.'
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HankThe Celtics' Game 1 win over the Pacers was a 'wake-up call win,' which is the best kind of win
It was a wake up call win, which are the best types of wake up calls... they overcame, they were stumbling at the end of the fourth quarter, couple of really bad turnovers. Jalen Brown was not playing good in the fourth quarter. And then he came up clutch when it mattered most.
PFT CommenterThe Pacers' Game 1 loss to the Celtics is the most demoralizing loss possible
This seems like the most demoralizing loss possible. The Pacers had the game won and they gave it away. And when you give a game away like that in the last like 20 seconds, it feels like even if it goes into overtime, there's nothing good that's gonna happen to you.
HankI predict the Celtics will blow out the Pacers in Game 2
Blowout wake up call. Celtics. They've been woken up. This was the perfect ending. It was a wake up call win.
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View profileBrian WindhorstTrae Young's contract is one of the worst in the NBA
In this current day and age in the NBA... you cannot afford to have a contract on your books that's a massive overpay. And there was nobody bidding that for Trae Young. To give Trae that contract, it just, it kills you... if I would amend my statement to 'It's one of the worst contracts,' if that's what you consider a victory, then I'll concede that.
Brian WindhorstThe Wizards only gave Trae Young a max contract so they could bench him and secure the #1 pick
They already promised him they were going to sign him when they traded for him. And the reason that they did that was because they needed him to not play. Because if he had played, they might have won a bunch more games and they might have not gotten the number one pick. So they told him like, Trae, we're going to take care of you, don't worry. So we're on the same page, we're invested in you, we're going to bench you.
Brian WindhorstJaylen Brown's trade value around the NBA was shockingly low before his trade to Philly.
I did not have a feel for how low of a value that Jaylen Brown was in the NBA. I just didn't have a feel for it. Teams were rejecting Jaylen Brown, the offers, even for the draft picks, like three and four picks. They were rejecting it.