Takes

Giannis Antetokounmpo will never be traded

Giannis is never going to get traded. Everyone's hair's on fire, everyone's panicking and nothing ever happens. Giannis is never going to get traded.

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 Wizards fleeced the Mavericks in the Anthony Davis trade

I think that this is a great trade for the Wizards. I do. I think this was an absolute fleecing of the Dallas Mavericks... The two first round picks aren't really two first round picks. We didn't give up two first round picks. We gave out one that's protected that we're gonna keep. And then there's another one that could end up being like the 30th pick.

The Washington Wizards are 100% guaranteed to make the playoffs next season.

I am now a Wizards fan... I'm thinking the [playoffs] for sure next year... A hundred percent guaranteed. We're gonna be better than the [6% of the league]... You can't get to the [playoffs] unless you get in the [play-in].

The Indiana Pacers are going to be a problem in the NBA next season.

The Pacers are going to be a problem next year... They're most likely gonna have a top three pick... They're gonna be a problem next year.

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.

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.

The Wizards' trade deadline moves are just a plan for active tanking

What the Wizards are doing. They're just, they're moving names around. They're doing stuff with the salary cap that I don't understand, but I know that what they're engaged in is just active tanking... now we've had a plan in place where it's like, get, you have to get really fucking bad.

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.

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 Brooklyn Nets won the James Harden for Ben Simmons trade

I disagree. I think the Nets got the better end of the deal. Between Harden and Embiid, you basically get like a three-month period with James Harden where he can truly be happy in any environment before he starts to hate something about his life... Ben Simmons, I feel like the Nets could be the right place for Ben to be because he doesn't have to shoot.

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.

Joel Embiid and James Harden will play great together but Embiid will get injured in March

I think James Harden and Joel Embiid are going to be fucking insane together. And they're going to go on a tear. And then Joel Embiid is going to get injured at like the end of March.

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].

The Lakers' disastrous season is entirely LeBron James' fault as the 'GM'

LeBron James made this group. He's the GM of the Lakers... We all saw this coming. I am keeping that same energy. [LeBron] said keep that same narrative energy when it begins. I am keeping that same energy.

Andre Iguodala is the finesse king of the world

Andre Iguodala, the finesse king of the world, somehow sat out for half the year and is now getting paid more. He got two years, $30 million at age 36. And to live in Miami. That is... my guy got to promote his book, spend time with his family, get his mind right, and then gets to move to Miami and gets a shitload of money.

Andrew Wiggins will be the new Jeff Green and get traded constantly

Andrew Wiggins, I feel like might be a new age Jeff Green where he will get traded now. This will start the process of him being traded a million different ways. He's better than that, but a million different teams and everyone will keep saying, well, he's only 26. Well, he's only 27. He's got all the upside.

Al Horford might be a locker room cancer

It could be Al, though. I mean, he was part of the Celtics last year. They were a locker room disaster. People think it was Kyrie. They're a locker room disaster. What's a common denominator?

The Cleveland Cavaliers are going all-in for the 8-seed

Then the Cavs did the opposite and traded for [Andre] Drummond and were like, we're going to go for this. ... There's nothing better than the team that's just like, we're all in for the 8 seed.