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The Bulls mistimed every single trade during their rebuild

The Bulls traded everyone when the players were at their worst value. Like they, they mistimed every single trade. And this is going back to [Alex] Caruso, [Zach] LaVine, [Nikola] Vucevic... They basically were like, Hey, what would be the smartest time to trade 'em? Let's wait a year and then trade 'em.

The Bulls did wait long periods to move assets like Caruso and LaVine while their value fluctuated.
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The Lakers are winners of the NBA trade deadline for landing Mark Williams and Luka Doncic

Winner Lakers. Luka also Mark Williams... they did need a big, that feels like a pretty good trade for them... they traded Dalton Knecht and a pick to the Charlotte Hornets, which that was basically a free roll. 'Cause they should have been in the Luka trade.

Subjective winners and losers evaluation of a deadline.
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The Cavaliers are big winners of the trade deadline for acquiring De'Andre Hunter

Winner. I thought the Cavs getting De'Andre Hunter was big. Huge. Cavs are going for it. They needed that.

Whether a team 'won' a trade is subjective and depends on their subsequent postseason performance.
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The Bulls are the big losers of the trade deadline because they are the dumbest organization

The bulls are a big loser because they didn't do anything that they should have done besides trade Zach LaVine... they didn't trade [Nikola] Vucevic. They didn't trade Coby White who seven teams were interested. And it's like, they're just the dumbest organization in [Arturas Karnisovas's] dumbest.

Subjective evaluation of team management.
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The NBA trade deadline is rigged for the Lakers

Pretty much the, the big picture trade deadline is the, the, it's rigged for the Lakers.

The idea that the league 'rigs' trades for the Lakers is a subjective hot take that can't be proven.
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Ben Simmons is still very talented and the 76ers had to trade him while his value existed

I still think [Ben Simmons] is talented... but yeah, I mean, if you put Ben Simmons with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, those guys are so fucking good... [The Sixers] just needed to do it. Ben Simmons was not playing. We needed to do something.

Subjective assessment of talent and trade logic.
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The Brooklyn Nets lead the NBA in Australian guys who are afraid to take shots

I actually typed in the nets, lead the league and Australian guys who were afraid to take shots. And then I deleted it. I was like, no, I'll save that one for [the show].

A subjective comedic observation about team composition and player reputation.

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