Donovan Mitchell faces immense pressure to prove he can carry a team deep into the postseason
I think there could be a little bit of pressure on Donovan Mitchell... he has spent this whole year as the Cavs racked up 64 or 65 wins saying, none of this matters if you don't win. I think people are gonna look at him and go, well are you really a type of guy who can carry a team?
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View episodePaying Josh Giddey $35 million a year would be a massive mistake for the Bulls
They also have a guy named Josh Giddey who they're gonna probably pay $35 million to, which would be a very big mistake... Josh Giddey is just good enough to get you in the play-in game and not the playoffs.
The Chicago Bulls are a joke of an organization with no path forward
This franchise [the Bulls] is a joke and it should be called out as a joke and stop pretending that March and April basketball means something and actually pick a lane and go for it. They do not know how to tank. They do not know how to win.
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View profileTrae 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.
The 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.
Jaylen 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.