The sixers were like "Hey guys, we have a problem not getting it done in the playoffs" and then someone responded "I know, let's get Playoff P himself!" and wasn't being sarcastic. 😂😂
@@urbaindelva7869he pissed off Harden and put the 76ers in a position where they basically had to trade him for nothing, after he just led the entire league in assists the league prior. If a team traded any other recent top 5 assist leader for that garbage, they would still be getting clowned. They only got a pass because of all the delusional idiots that based their NBA knowledge on internet narratives, some idiots even went as far as saying “Philly won the trade”
Idk what y'all are talking abiut. The DeRozan trade is a direct upgrade from HB, sure he isn't as great as a 3PT scorer but his ability to create his own shot is sorely needed to stop the bleeding the Kings often have
Agreed after monk and huerter were out no one could get a bucket and how many times the kings blew 10 point leads last year Derozan would definitely help keep the pressure on the rim when fox can’t get any
This gymnastics you just played around the Mavs defense is pretty weird. They didn't go from a bad defense to a pretty good defense, they didn't go from bad to "good at the end of the season"... They went from bad to absolutely elite since the trades. As much as people like to deny it, Luka and Kyrie were part of that, and losing Jones Jr. alone is not going to turn the Mavs into defensive scrubs, especially since Grimes and Naji ARE defensive minded players
Usually when ppl talk about Dallas "defense" you can tell they're pretty casual or don't watch Mavs games. Upgrading from unplayable THJ to Klay's shooting and spacing and adding Naji and Grimes to replace DJJ and Green who is at minimum equal on defense.. guess that's a bad offseason somehow? 😂 Mavs addressed an area of need in the finals lol
They got better, but they aren’t contenders. People talk about the Celtics having an easy run, the Mavs run wasn’t exactly death row. They need more to compete with a far better OKC, Denver who got worse but the Mavs still can’t guard, and possibly the Twolves, maybe not.
@@FinneganMurray-pb2ejCeltics had a league leading offensive rating of 123 in the regular season. Dallas held them to an offense of 106.8... Dallas lost in the finals because of historically bad shooting, Luka playing through multiple injuries, and Kyrie being incapable of playing ball in Boston. The defense was fine, and PJ is better than Finney-Smith... As are Quentin Grimes and Naji Marshall
@@FinneganMurray-pb2ejThe Mavericks went through three 50+ win teams featuring PG, Harden, SGA, Chet, Lu Dort, Ant, Gobert and Kat all while Luka needed pain injections before each game just to get on the court while playing through a knee, ankle and chest injury. Boston had a pretty easy run to the finals but the reality is even if each team they beat was healthy, they would have beat them anyway so it's unfair to downplay what Boston did... But downplaying what Dallas did is not just unfair, it's objectively ridiculous
PG to Philly is proof that Philly knows the window is closing slowly on their title chances, and it oozes a desperation move to try and counter a Boston team who doesn’t really care they added PG
Phrasing any of that as a negative is crazy. You’ll be the same mf crying when teams are content with being bad or mediocre. They’ve made multiple big moves this offseason and youre talking about desperation.
@@richcantgameit still look like desperation they have tried and failed to get past the 2nd round or even get eliminated in the 1st round at times during the post Heinke era. Embiid is your star but he keeps getting injured and some of the talent around him with the exception of maxey (in some degree) haven't done well either. So let's pick up a superstar vet who himself has been called out for being a playoff choker and dealt with injuries the last few years as well.
Mate there where always going to bring in a star, first choice being PG as they wouldn't have to trade for him, lavine and Ingram would have soon followed. It's not desperate it's good management. Like are You just expecting them to not try to get better😂
@@dcoker9738 They made the best move available right now, you were gonna cry one way or the other. They could’ve done nothing and you’re crying about them making the biggest move they could make without mortgaging the teams future. I’ll work on transporting us to a different universe where neither Embiid or PG are injury prone, until then PG coming off his best shooting %s of his career will be good.
@@brianduru3753 definitely the 2019 off season for sure PG and kawhi traded and signed And trade Kemba to the Celtics KD and Kyrie going to Brooklyn D'Angelo Russell being Signed snd traded to the warriors it was just crazy
I love this channel, watch every video the day they come out, and boy am I excited for the “we were wrong about the Kings” episode. When that happens I’m gonna need at least a 5 minute apology from the both of you and I’m gonna need you guys to tell your fans to vote for Fox and Sabonis as All Stars cause they were snubbed last year. Seriously I love you guys, it’s just the Kings have potential to go 82-0 this year
Why do people think the Mavs defense will suddenly suck? Yeah they lost one good defender but picked up 2 other good defenders and a player much better offensively than Josh Green, THJ or DJJ.
You are misinformed sir! The Mavs had the best defense in the entire league the last 2-3 months of the regular season and that’s with DJJ only playing barely 20 mpg! You and so many other casuals really believe DJJ was a Tony Allen level defender😂 Did you forget he wasn’t even playable in the finals due to his lack of offense? The Mavs didn’t lose the finals because of defense,they held Boston to their lowest ppg & offensive rating in the entire playoffs! They lost because they couldn’t hit wide open shots which having the 2nd best shooter ever will make a difference drastically! Also I love how you didn’t mention Grimes,or Naji Marshal, two defensive minded pickups who can shoot and pass better than DJJ🙄
For the Knicks I feel like if Mikal ends up injured and breaking his games played streak, the Thibbs allegations of his coaching injuring players should go from a joke to maybe investigate the claims
I can’t wait to see the ESPN “analyst” and the “experts” in the comment sections (who are apparently equally casual watchers) get offended when the mavs who whooped the Thunder and wolves, whoop them again 😂
We originally recorded a segment at the end where we cover some teams and OKC was one of them but it was cut due to time restraints. We gave them an A thought
From the Kings, the DeRozan trade is a great fit. Swapping DeRozan for Barnes is great offensively and helps the frequent issue of blown leads and offensive stagnation by adding another bucket to the team. Defensively, I feel that HB is a bit overrated; most of the season he was essentially a traffic cone on defense and I really doubt DeRozan will be worse on defense. Offensively, big upgrade; defensively, lateral move. When it comes to our starting five, Monk will not be starting. It’s most likely gonna look like De’Aaron Fox/Keon Ellis/DeMar DeRozan/Keegan Murray/Domantas Sabonis. Defensively this is a drastically better lineup than it’s given credit for. Keon Ellis starting is absolutely a defensive needle mover. Last year, post Huerter/Monk injuries, Ellis started and during that stretch we were a top 10 defensive rating, near top 5, in the entire NBA. Ellis is an elite guard defender who is very long for his height and plays very high IQ defense. His advanced metrics on D are amongst the best in the league. As a defender, he raises our ceiling whenever he’s on the floor and elevates the rest of our lineup. Fox was the steals champion last season and was a very good guard and wing defender when anchored with Ellis. Murray also took a massive leap defensively and has been shown to be able to guard 1-4 on the perimeter and interior very proficiently. Sabonis gets a lot of shit for being a poor rim protector, but is a somewhat underrated defender as a whole; he can’t really rim protect, but he is still a decent defender with a lot of hustle. DeRozan is not a good defender, but neither was HB and by pairing another scorer with Fox and Murray will allow them to allocate more energy defensively. This move does not make us a contender, but it is a big step in that direction. Examining our roster as a whole, the offensive depth is great and the defensive depth is still something to improve. However, it will not be a bad defense like the narrative surrounding the Kings seems to be. Fox, Monk, and DeRozan can all lead and offense and are absolute buckets. Domas as an offensive generator is one of the best in the league and is the reigning double double and rebounding champion. Ellis, Huerter, Murray, Lyles, and (when he returns) Devin Carter can all spread the floor and Ellis and Carter will play bare minimum good wing defense. Lyles and Len are both solid interior defenders and Len provides some rim protection, even if that is still a big weakness for this team
When Ellis started (a 22 game sample size, 15 of those games against playoff teams) the Kings defence ranked 3rd in the NBA. The lack of a reliable secondary ball handler / scorer when Monk went down is what killed the Kings playoff chances down the stretch and DeRozan fixes that.
Fuck everybody if Klay is washed cuz he had 1 game 0-10 than Curry is to he had 3 games 0-9 this season and some 1-10 but noone is mention that I hate how people just create fake neratives and go after someone
For some reason everybody that covers this just pretends that Klay is the only move we made, DJJ is a DPOY candidate(Not even the best defender on our roster in terms of impact), Luka Klay and Kyrie are going to play like 35 minutes a game together. So weird i feel like if it wasn't for the name people would be reacting more positively to the move. 3pt shooting has been our biggest problem since the trade deadline and we upgraded whilst keeping a solid amount of defensive pieces and the contract was really good only 17 million a year for 3 years.
They were talking about ONLY Klay. I think overall, the Mavs had a good offseason. It wouldn't shock me if Grimes does start from time to time in place of Klay. He's a decent defender when he's healthy.
Imagine bringing up those bums as if it changes anything Mavs fans are still delusional So many casuals who don’t watch the games think the Mavs are some great team because they beat the Twolves. But if they actually watched that series, they would know ANT let his ego run wild, and so did KAT, and the two of them combined for like 26% FG across the first 4 games of the series lol Twolves had to play against their own two best players in that series AND the Mavs, as they refused to stop jacking up bricks, Ant might as well have been wearing a Mavs jersey, since he helped them more than he hurt them in that series. Had they played like unselfish ball like they did against Denver, and not let their egos take over, Mavs don’t even see the finals.
Re Dallas: i think yall overlooked the mavs adding naji marshall and quentin grimes. Losing DJJ still sucks, but the mavs essentially added Klay, Grimes, and Naji for THJ, Green, and DJJ. Overall, that's an upgrade offensively and defensively. I do think they will stagger the minutes of Klay so that he is isn't on the floor with both Luka and Kyrie for over 30 minutes, and grimes and naji should provide enough defense to make up for losing DJJ. But west is still gonna be tough.
Yall sleeping on demar derozan. Barely gave up anything. Team friendly contract. Elite isolation scorer. Replaced their worst starter with a guy that’s been the best player on every team he’s ever played for
Portlander here living in Houston. Let's not talk about how hot it is in Portland. We were without power for a couple of days after the hurricane and it was in the 90s with lots of humidity
Well considering how they still bet against the Mavs even after the trade deadline and damn near each round until the finals I’m not too shocked just annoyed they can’t see it
I mean these guys said the Mavs would lose the Clippers series they said they would lose the Okc series and they said they would lose the TImberwovles series. They also said the Mavs would still suck post deadline they did not.
Literally signed depth but ok. Have a good starting five plus three guys who can play off the bench. Its about what 8 you can play in the playoffs not about the 11th man
The difference is that these stars actually fit together (and all 3 are actually stars, Russ was dogshit). Imagine swapping Russ for Tyrese Maxey on that Lakers team...
@@mcray0309 they lose to NYK and BOS, match CLE and MIL, and are a tough uphill battle to ORL and MIA. Joel Embiid and Maxey + dudes goes as far as Joel Embiid goes and he stops mattering at the 3rd quarter's end.
@@pacdaman15557 If he can actually sit without bleeding 11 points he can be good in the 4th. Problem is he’s had a decent backup like twice in his life.
I’m surprised you guys (as Blazer fans) are calling CJ an unnatural point guard. Yea he’s not great next to Zion but I’d argue he _learned_ to be a shooting guard next to Lillard. But in college CJ was 100% a point guard.
You cannot look at the 76ers moves this offseason without considering the end to Tobias Harris contract. In terms of the cap, it’s almost like you swapped his impact by Paul George’s. In paper and without injuries, that’s an easy A
Everyone keeps yapping about the Nova Knicks but keep forgetting Tom Thibedou is still the coach. Until Thibs learns how to use a rotation correctly, health will be the Knicks downfall every year.
I know that you guys are OKC Thunder haters but you’ve got to admit that the Thunder did a great damn job this offseason by trading for Alex Caruso just by giving up on Josh Giddey and getting AC without having to get rid of any draft picks to them for him plus getting IHart out of the Knicks and signed him to a pretty neat contract as well and I’d give that offseason grade for them somewhere between an A to a either an A- or an A+!!! But that’s my opinion and yes it’s also because I’m a huge OKC Thunder fan but my point still stands!!!
I think the 76ers can get to the ECF, but not the NBA finals since the roster is a little weak outside of the stars currently. They're paying the big 3 so much money that it's going to be difficult to get pieces throughout the season now.
I think the Kings are gonna be really fun and there’s no reason to think they won’t be in the playoffs this upcoming season if they can just be focused and work hard on defense.
The death of the warriors dynasty helps Portland in no way other than eventually mmaking them realize that the warriors are a better team than the Blazers even without Klay
I hope I don’t come off as a Homer but I’m very confused why the team that won the off-season was not talked about in this video the thunder they fixed the only two holes the team had
Philly continues to compete every year in the playoffs while half the league is at home. No one is envious of the Nets or Detroit, I’ll gladly make the playoffs year after year with an MVP on the roster than rebuild or be middling forever
So you want to forever be a mid playoff team? Philly barely could sweep a post durant nets team and had a 3-2 lead against boston and still lost enjoy your first round exit to the knicks or something 😂
@@Jamelliihe said he’d rather be that and have some semblance of hope than literally just never make the playoffs. I don’t see how you can disagree with that.
@@allin4508 They’d rather say things I didn’t say so they can keep their same argument. I’m obviously rather be in the Finals, but I’d rather be in “NBA Hell” of being a playoff team than being a poverty franchise.
As a Celtics fan I'm looking forward to the challenge from Knicks, hopefully Thibodeau doesn't grind them into dust before the post season this time and we get the showdown in the play offs we should have had this year. On the other hand I'm not at all worried about the 76ers lol
I think the “big 3” theory is still a good one, it’s just a matter of how well those players fit, and how many different aspects of the game they cover. Like you guys mentioned, Phoenix was the opposite of a perfect fit, I think PG/SF/C is the best positions you could have a big 3 at. You can bring in anybody who can play defense to play SG and shoot open 3s, and your PF can be flexed around based on match ups. If you wanna go small, you start Oubre Jr. for the extra scoring, if you wanna go big you can. The depth they needed was at the center position, and they got that with Drummond. Considering what their team looked like after trading Harden for nothing, Philly fans have to be happy about the moves they’ve made. Obviously health will probably be the factor that will make or break this team. If Maxey, Embiid, and PG all stay healthy the entire season, I could see them ending up in the conference finals against the Knicks or the Celtics.
I think the Kings grading was too harsh. The fact that the kings could bring in an all star caliber player for only Harrison Barnes and two seconds. It at the very least should take them out of the play in. The fit is not perfect but I do think it is a significant improvement from last year.
True even if it doesn't work out its a no risk situation. They gave up literally nothing for him. And his contract is solid 3 years 75 million is very good for Demar in todays market.
First of all, Kawhi's extension is not even that large, so giving PG the same exact deal wouldn't have even been a huge problem. Secondly, like they said, they were screwed either way. Finally, KAWHI doesn't even deserve Kawhi money at this point.
You guys making videos about basket ball nonstop and then sometimes you say shit that makes me think OH these guys are just like Keyshawn they don't watch games they just watch espn and get their info from there if they even do🤦🏼
Mavs needed shooting- Klay Mavs need defensive players- Marshal and Grimes Those 3 guys made the Mavs from great to maybe an elite team, but that might be saying a lot
@@urbaindelva7869 Don't need to be he just needs to average around 15-16 points a game shooting 40% from three and his contract will look like a steal.
Man I’m not gonna lie I usually watch yall but boy yall have some really bad takes starting with the scoot and miller thing (not sure why yall though scoot is better) saying the kings are bad now even though they are better than before even though they won’t win it all they definitely upgrade, im a mavs fan and my god you guys are incredibly casual when it comes to our team even from last season yall barely thought we could make it to the finals then we did which somehow you didn’t see then to say we are gonna be bad defensively is honestly hilarious look at the mavs team in 2022 tell me who on that team was so good defensively cause we still made the wcf and lost to the champs and to say losing DJJ and green is this huge lose shows yall don’t watch games at all cause green was great I loved him but grimes is a good replacement DJJ is not this defender yall keep talking about the guy played great but people were still scoring +20 and +30 on us so im not sure who was he stopping he couldn’t shoot worth a damn and we sign players who can shoot and yall don’t even bring them up man when the season start and yall eventually make a video saying how good the mavs are and how you didn’t see it coming please for the love god pay attention to the team man
Phillie will be good in the regular season, but they won’t do much in the playoffs. Kings didn’t do enough, I see 6th seed. Mavs, same thing. Honestly, these finals will be OKC vs Boston, no question.
I'm not too optimistic about the Spurs making the playoffs this Coming season, maybe, maybe not but I think acquiring Chris Paul will do wonders for Wemby's development
Kings has a 3 pointer problem Fox is a slasher Sabonis is a mid and post player Derozan is a Mid range player If not for keegan murray the 3 pointers will be horrible
1:42 Holy shit thank you! Kawhi gets injured so much more often than PG and Paul carried them to the WCF furthest they Ever got in their history while Kawhi was in the owners box watching and almost every year since he it happens again in the playoffs. Ballmer is rich af why not pay the guy who plays more???🤔🤔🤔
The problem with modern "Big 3s" is that they have all been poor fits. Kyrie, KD and Harden weren't a good fit since all 3 are score first players who at some degree needs the ball in their hand more than not especially Harden and a more immature Kyrie. The Suns big 3 are a TERRIBLE fit. Even to a smaller degree look at the poor fit of the Zion, Ingram, CJ 3. The Sixers big 3 are now a perfect fit of a Guard, Wing, Big. The biggest problem with the Sixers 3 is pretty obviously health.
PG to Philly is a scary second round exit 😤😤😤
What was your welcome to the league moment🔊🗣️🔊🔥🔥🔥🔊🔊🗣️🥵🥵🔥🔥🔥🥵
The Denver CHOKIC is a scary first round exit 😂😂🤣
@@user-lx5jf4vi2k chokic huh? interesting
@@user-lx5jf4vi2k How many Rings does Jokić have, and how many does Embiid have 😊
You must be a New York Six seed fan.
Klay wearing 31 looks nutty
It looks great
The sixers were like "Hey guys, we have a problem not getting it done in the playoffs" and then someone responded "I know, let's get Playoff P himself!" and wasn't being sarcastic. 😂😂
They said we’ve had Ben Simmons and James harden. What other playoff droppers can we sign oh I know Paul George 😂
Let's be real: Daryl Morey is not that smart of a GM. He's a good one, but just not that smart.
@@urbaindelva7869 even that might be a stretch calling him good
@@urbaindelva7869he pissed off Harden and put the 76ers in a position where they basically had to trade him for nothing, after he just led the entire league in assists the league prior. If a team traded any other recent top 5 assist leader for that garbage, they would still be getting clowned. They only got a pass because of all the delusional idiots that based their NBA knowledge on internet narratives, some idiots even went as far as saying “Philly won the trade”
Idk what y'all are talking abiut. The DeRozan trade is a direct upgrade from HB, sure he isn't as great as a 3PT scorer but his ability to create his own shot is sorely needed to stop the bleeding the Kings often have
Agreed after monk and huerter were out no one could get a bucket and how many times the kings blew 10 point leads last year Derozan would definitely help keep the pressure on the rim when fox can’t get any
Because they will still be a play in team and derozan is not that good
@@mattsell2361 better than Barnes. And with Barnes we were already a 6-10 seed team
Not a kings fan, but I like the derozan pick up for them. They’ll be a tough 7-8th seed
@@mattsell2361shutup
76ers went from guaranteed second round exits to potential second round exits😳
This gymnastics you just played around the Mavs defense is pretty weird. They didn't go from a bad defense to a pretty good defense, they didn't go from bad to "good at the end of the season"... They went from bad to absolutely elite since the trades. As much as people like to deny it, Luka and Kyrie were part of that, and losing Jones Jr. alone is not going to turn the Mavs into defensive scrubs, especially since Grimes and Naji ARE defensive minded players
Weren’t elite in the finals… they need a bench wing like Dorian Finney Smith.
Usually when ppl talk about Dallas "defense" you can tell they're pretty casual or don't watch Mavs games. Upgrading from unplayable THJ to Klay's shooting and spacing and adding Naji and Grimes to replace DJJ and Green who is at minimum equal on defense.. guess that's a bad offseason somehow? 😂 Mavs addressed an area of need in the finals lol
They got better, but they aren’t contenders. People talk about the Celtics having an easy run, the Mavs run wasn’t exactly death row. They need more to compete with a far better OKC, Denver who got worse but the Mavs still can’t guard, and possibly the Twolves, maybe not.
@@FinneganMurray-pb2ejCeltics had a league leading offensive rating of 123 in the regular season. Dallas held them to an offense of 106.8... Dallas lost in the finals because of historically bad shooting, Luka playing through multiple injuries, and Kyrie being incapable of playing ball in Boston. The defense was fine, and PJ is better than Finney-Smith... As are Quentin Grimes and Naji Marshall
@@FinneganMurray-pb2ejThe Mavericks went through three 50+ win teams featuring PG, Harden, SGA, Chet, Lu Dort, Ant, Gobert and Kat all while Luka needed pain injections before each game just to get on the court while playing through a knee, ankle and chest injury. Boston had a pretty easy run to the finals but the reality is even if each team they beat was healthy, they would have beat them anyway so it's unfair to downplay what Boston did... But downplaying what Dallas did is not just unfair, it's objectively ridiculous
PG to Philly is proof that Philly knows the window is closing slowly on their title chances, and it oozes a desperation move to try and counter a Boston team who doesn’t really care they added PG
Phrasing any of that as a negative is crazy. You’ll be the same mf crying when teams are content with being bad or mediocre. They’ve made multiple big moves this offseason and youre talking about desperation.
horrible take
@@richcantgameit still look like desperation they have tried and failed to get past the 2nd round or even get eliminated in the 1st round at times during the post Heinke era. Embiid is your star but he keeps getting injured and some of the talent around him with the exception of maxey (in some degree) haven't done well either. So let's pick up a superstar vet who himself has been called out for being a playoff choker and dealt with injuries the last few years as well.
Mate there where always going to bring in a star, first choice being PG as they wouldn't have to trade for him, lavine and Ingram would have soon followed. It's not desperate it's good management. Like are You just expecting them to not try to get better😂
@@dcoker9738 They made the best move available right now, you were gonna cry one way or the other. They could’ve done nothing and you’re crying about them making the biggest move they could make without mortgaging the teams future.
I’ll work on transporting us to a different universe where neither Embiid or PG are injury prone, until then PG coming off his best shooting %s of his career will be good.
Yall forgot that the Mavs got Naji and Grimes for the mavs
Nah the 2019 off season is the craziest Kemba walker to thr Celtics PG and kawhi to LA Ad to the Lakers I kean trades
2017 was pretty crazy as well.
CP3 to the Rockets, Kyrie to the Celtics, Butler to the Wolves, Paul George to the Thunder....
Pretty big shake up.
@@brianduru3753 definitely the 2019 off season for sure PG and kawhi traded and signed And trade Kemba to the Celtics KD and Kyrie going to Brooklyn D'Angelo Russell being Signed snd traded to the warriors it was just crazy
@@NarutoUchilla10 I didn't say it was crazier than 2019. Just giving another example of another crazy off-season.
@@brianduru3753 ik Lmao I just think 2019 off season won't happen again but 2017 was crazy tbh
2017 and 2019 was the best off seasons.
I love this channel, watch every video the day they come out, and boy am I excited for the “we were wrong about the Kings” episode. When that happens I’m gonna need at least a 5 minute apology from the both of you and I’m gonna need you guys to tell your fans to vote for Fox and Sabonis as All Stars cause they were snubbed last year. Seriously I love you guys, it’s just the Kings have potential to go 82-0 this year
Light the Beam 💜🔦💜
Nah ima need them to both get kings jerseys too during the apology
@@GhostofMcNabb HAHA true
Why do people think the Mavs defense will suddenly suck? Yeah they lost one good defender but picked up 2 other good defenders and a player much better offensively than Josh Green, THJ or DJJ.
Those 2 good defenders are not gonna be a concern, but the better offensive player will. Will he bounce back from such a rough season?
@@urbaindelva7869 a “down” season from Klay is still better than THJ
You are misinformed sir! The Mavs had the best defense in the entire league the last 2-3 months of the regular season and that’s with DJJ only playing barely 20 mpg! You and so many other casuals really believe DJJ was a Tony Allen level defender😂 Did you forget he wasn’t even playable in the finals due to his lack of offense? The Mavs didn’t lose the finals because of defense,they held Boston to their lowest ppg & offensive rating in the entire playoffs! They lost because they couldn’t hit wide open shots which having the 2nd best shooter ever will make a difference drastically!
Also I love how you didn’t mention Grimes,or Naji Marshal, two defensive minded pickups who can shoot and pass better than DJJ🙄
For the Knicks I feel like if Mikal ends up injured and breaking his games played streak, the Thibbs allegations of his coaching injuring players should go from a joke to maybe investigate the claims
Man, I had hoped they talked about OKC and their silent improvements behind the scenes
As a Bulls fan, I think OKC deserves at least an A- for the Caruso trade
I can’t wait to see the ESPN “analyst” and the “experts” in the comment sections (who are apparently equally casual watchers) get offended when the mavs who whooped the Thunder and wolves, whoop them again 😂
We originally recorded a segment at the end where we cover some teams and OKC was one of them but it was cut due to time restraints. We gave them an A thought
@@synthetic_sports Sick thx feeling more proud of Presti’s chess like moves
From the Kings, the DeRozan trade is a great fit. Swapping DeRozan for Barnes is great offensively and helps the frequent issue of blown leads and offensive stagnation by adding another bucket to the team. Defensively, I feel that HB is a bit overrated; most of the season he was essentially a traffic cone on defense and I really doubt DeRozan will be worse on defense. Offensively, big upgrade; defensively, lateral move.
When it comes to our starting five, Monk will not be starting. It’s most likely gonna look like De’Aaron Fox/Keon Ellis/DeMar DeRozan/Keegan Murray/Domantas Sabonis. Defensively this is a drastically better lineup than it’s given credit for. Keon Ellis starting is absolutely a defensive needle mover. Last year, post Huerter/Monk injuries, Ellis started and during that stretch we were a top 10 defensive rating, near top 5, in the entire NBA. Ellis is an elite guard defender who is very long for his height and plays very high IQ defense. His advanced metrics on D are amongst the best in the league. As a defender, he raises our ceiling whenever he’s on the floor and elevates the rest of our lineup. Fox was the steals champion last season and was a very good guard and wing defender when anchored with Ellis. Murray also took a massive leap defensively and has been shown to be able to guard 1-4 on the perimeter and interior very proficiently. Sabonis gets a lot of shit for being a poor rim protector, but is a somewhat underrated defender as a whole; he can’t really rim protect, but he is still a decent defender with a lot of hustle. DeRozan is not a good defender, but neither was HB and by pairing another scorer with Fox and Murray will allow them to allocate more energy defensively.
This move does not make us a contender, but it is a big step in that direction. Examining our roster as a whole, the offensive depth is great and the defensive depth is still something to improve. However, it will not be a bad defense like the narrative surrounding the Kings seems to be. Fox, Monk, and DeRozan can all lead and offense and are absolute buckets. Domas as an offensive generator is one of the best in the league and is the reigning double double and rebounding champion. Ellis, Huerter, Murray, Lyles, and (when he returns) Devin Carter can all spread the floor and Ellis and Carter will play bare minimum good wing defense. Lyles and Len are both solid interior defenders and Len provides some rim protection, even if that is still a big weakness for this team
When Ellis started (a 22 game sample size, 15 of those games against playoff teams) the Kings defence ranked 3rd in the NBA.
The lack of a reliable secondary ball handler / scorer when Monk went down is what killed the Kings playoff chances down the stretch and DeRozan fixes that.
Fuck everybody if Klay is washed cuz he had 1 game 0-10 than Curry is to he had 3 games 0-9 this season and some 1-10 but noone is mention that I hate how people just create fake neratives and go after someone
They think it was cool to hate on him for some reason. But people love preaching loyalty
No mention of Grimes and Marshal for the Dallas that is why you think Mavs defense got worse🤦🏼
forreal so dumb
For some reason everybody that covers this just pretends that Klay is the only move we made, DJJ is a DPOY candidate(Not even the best defender on our roster in terms of impact), Luka Klay and Kyrie are going to play like 35 minutes a game together. So weird i feel like if it wasn't for the name people would be reacting more positively to the move. 3pt shooting has been our biggest problem since the trade deadline and we upgraded whilst keeping a solid amount of defensive pieces and the contract was really good only 17 million a year for 3 years.
Average Knicks fans ball knowledge
They were talking about ONLY Klay. I think overall, the Mavs had a good offseason. It wouldn't shock me if Grimes does start from time to time in place of Klay. He's a decent defender when he's healthy.
Imagine bringing up those bums as if it changes anything
Mavs fans are still delusional
So many casuals who don’t watch the games think the Mavs are some great team because they beat the Twolves. But if they actually watched that series, they would know ANT let his ego run wild, and so did KAT, and the two of them combined for like 26% FG across the first 4 games of the series lol
Twolves had to play against their own two best players in that series AND the Mavs, as they refused to stop jacking up bricks, Ant might as well have been wearing a Mavs jersey, since he helped them more than he hurt them in that series.
Had they played like unselfish ball like they did against Denver, and not let their egos take over, Mavs don’t even see the finals.
The Dr.Disrespect reference is crazy 🤣
Cause fuck em.
Drake and Dr disrespect is going to the nearby kindergarten together lol
Re Dallas: i think yall overlooked the mavs adding naji marshall and quentin grimes. Losing DJJ still sucks, but the mavs essentially added Klay, Grimes, and Naji for THJ, Green, and DJJ. Overall, that's an upgrade offensively and defensively. I do think they will stagger the minutes of Klay so that he is isn't on the floor with both Luka and Kyrie for over 30 minutes, and grimes and naji should provide enough defense to make up for losing DJJ. But west is still gonna be tough.
I find it funny that the only time people call Kyrie a defensive liability is during the off season when he's not playing
Yall sleeping on demar derozan. Barely gave up anything. Team friendly contract. Elite isolation scorer. Replaced their worst starter with a guy that’s been the best player on every team he’s ever played for
Portlander here living in Houston. Let's not talk about how hot it is in Portland. We were without power for a couple of days after the hurricane and it was in the 90s with lots of humidity
Hungover, made me some chilaquiles to eat, and now I got something to watch
Ongod Embiid and PG is the most 2nd round exit duo i have ever seen
Everyone like “they’ll unseat Boston” hell no. I’d take the Knicks over Philly, and maybe even the Bucks.
No talking about Isaiah Hartenstein to the thunder🥲
The Mavs were literally the number one defense in the league post deadline. So you guys really missed on this one.
Well considering how they still bet against the Mavs even after the trade deadline and damn near each round until the finals I’m not too shocked just annoyed they can’t see it
I mean these guys said the Mavs would lose the Clippers series they said they would lose the Okc series and they said they would lose the TImberwovles series. They also said the Mavs would still suck post deadline they did not.
The 76ers might genuinely be like the 2022 lakers. Star power, but no depth so massively underachieve. Also injuries might fuck them up
Literally signed depth but ok.
Have a good starting five plus three guys who can play off the bench. Its about what 8 you can play in the playoffs not about the 11th man
The difference is that these stars actually fit together (and all 3 are actually stars, Russ was dogshit). Imagine swapping Russ for Tyrese Maxey on that Lakers team...
@@mcray0309 they lose to NYK and BOS, match CLE and MIL, and are a tough uphill battle to ORL and MIA. Joel Embiid and Maxey + dudes goes as far as Joel Embiid goes and he stops mattering at the 3rd quarter's end.
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If he can actually sit without bleeding 11 points he can be good in the 4th. Problem is he’s had a decent backup like twice in his life.
Not enough
I’m surprised you guys (as Blazer fans) are calling CJ an unnatural point guard.
Yea he’s not great next to Zion but I’d argue he _learned_ to be a shooting guard next to Lillard. But in college CJ was 100% a point guard.
As a blazers fan, CJ wasn't really a good PG in the NBA. He's just too undersized in today's league to be a shooting guard
Cj is not a point guard he is an overpaid shooting guard.
You cannot look at the 76ers moves this offseason without considering the end to Tobias Harris contract. In terms of the cap, it’s almost like you swapped his impact by Paul George’s. In paper and without injuries, that’s an easy A
Really lazy take on the Kings.
They're trash for that
no talk abt OKC?
Also, I would of preferred you guys to grade every 30 teams in the league. I could listen to you guys all day.
Everyone keeps yapping about the Nova Knicks but keep forgetting Tom Thibedou is still the coach. Until Thibs learns how to use a rotation correctly, health will be the Knicks downfall every year.
Not true at all
Not true only reason he played Brunson and Hart 48 minutes some games is because of injuries he had too.
The fact the initial offer for PG from the Clippers was less than what they gave Harden is so funny.
The nogla reference 🤌🏾
Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama is going to be lob city 2.0.
The Dr disrespect jab 😂
I know that you guys are OKC Thunder haters but you’ve got to admit that the Thunder did a great damn job this offseason by trading for Alex Caruso just by giving up on Josh Giddey and getting AC without having to get rid of any draft picks to them for him plus getting IHart out of the Knicks and signed him to a pretty neat contract as well and I’d give that offseason grade for them somewhere between an A to a either an A- or an A+!!! But that’s my opinion and yes it’s also because I’m a huge OKC Thunder fan but my point still stands!!!
This vid is for the holy casual fans that idk anything about basketball especially the Mav grade
I think the 76ers can get to the ECF, but not the NBA finals since the roster is a little weak outside of the stars currently. They're paying the big 3 so much money that it's going to be difficult to get pieces throughout the season now.
I think the Kings are gonna be really fun and there’s no reason to think they won’t be in the playoffs this upcoming season if they can just be focused and work hard on defense.
The death of the warriors dynasty helps Portland in no way other than eventually mmaking them realize that the warriors are a better team than the Blazers even without Klay
Uh-huh from Nogla, classic
I was gonna say 😂
Keep up the great work guys!
this is my favorite channel just cause the roam reigns theme at the end of the vids
I hope I don’t come off as a Homer but I’m very confused why the team that won the off-season was not talked about in this video the thunder they fixed the only two holes the team had
Yall said Boston had no bench after the KP/jrue trades. Yall need to watch more ball lol
To be fair to them everyone outside of boston fans said this until like the turn of the year - start of the play offs.
DeMar as a heater off the bench wouldn’t be the worst thing
Love watching the vids
Philly continues to compete every year in the playoffs while half the league is at home. No one is envious of the Nets or Detroit, I’ll gladly make the playoffs year after year with an MVP on the roster than rebuild or be middling forever
Thats hell
So you want to forever be a mid playoff team? Philly barely could sweep a post durant nets team and had a 3-2 lead against boston and still lost enjoy your first round exit to the knicks or something 😂
@@Jamelliihe said he’d rather be that and have some semblance of hope than literally just never make the playoffs. I don’t see how you can disagree with that.
@@allin4508 They’d rather say things I didn’t say so they can keep their same argument. I’m obviously rather be in the Finals, but I’d rather be in “NBA Hell” of being a playoff team than being a poverty franchise.
THAT MARK GOLDBRIDGE CLIP IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have the Yuuuuup hat😂😂😂😂 he was the best part of Storage Wars man😂😂😂
So bruh on here is a Blazers, Bron, and Knicks fan? Like damn pick somebody to root for😂
Clay and DeRozan could be trade assets for the mid season
As a Celtics fan I'm looking forward to the challenge from Knicks, hopefully Thibodeau doesn't grind them into dust before the post season this time and we get the showdown in the play offs we should have had this year. On the other hand I'm not at all worried about the 76ers lol
Pg is just another star that embiid gets to shift the blame once he under performs in the playoffs like clockwork
You guys should make a Chicago Bulls video because that team haven’t been the same since mj left and d rose injury
Before the video starts I just know the 1 guy gonna do tricks on the Lakers’ off season
I think the “big 3” theory is still a good one, it’s just a matter of how well those players fit, and how many different aspects of the game they cover. Like you guys mentioned, Phoenix was the opposite of a perfect fit, I think PG/SF/C is the best positions you could have a big 3 at. You can bring in anybody who can play defense to play SG and shoot open 3s, and your PF can be flexed around based on match ups. If you wanna go small, you start Oubre Jr. for the extra scoring, if you wanna go big you can. The depth they needed was at the center position, and they got that with Drummond. Considering what their team looked like after trading Harden for nothing, Philly fans have to be happy about the moves they’ve made. Obviously health will probably be the factor that will make or break this team. If Maxey, Embiid, and PG all stay healthy the entire season, I could see them ending up in the conference finals against the Knicks or the Celtics.
It does not really its more about flexibility you can't sign a good bench if you have 3 max players on your roster.
I’m so exited to play with NY in 2K
Love all the videos.
Can’t wait to see the 76’ers crumble
I dont even see why they signed him especially for that much. Looking at that roster, its trash outside big 3
Wemby is going to level up to Super Saiyan this year
It’s a great day when the most underrated RUclipsr uploads🎉
Philly basically the 2021 Nets but even worse bench😂😂
Damn was hoping to see my thunder. Great vid still
PC3 is ageless. A+
The contract they offered PG would have put them in the second apron regardless.
I think the Kings grading was too harsh. The fact that the kings could bring in an all star caliber player for only Harrison Barnes and two seconds. It at the very least should take them out of the play in. The fit is not perfect but I do think it is a significant improvement from last year.
True even if it doesn't work out its a no risk situation. They gave up literally nothing for him. And his contract is solid 3 years 75 million is very good for Demar in todays market.
PG does NOT deserve Kawhi money yall smokin some good shit
First of all, Kawhi's extension is not even that large, so giving PG the same exact deal wouldn't have even been a huge problem. Secondly, like they said, they were screwed either way. Finally, KAWHI doesn't even deserve Kawhi money at this point.
You guys making videos about basket ball nonstop and then sometimes you say shit that makes me think OH these guys are just like Keyshawn they don't watch games they just watch espn and get their info from there if they even do🤦🏼
I swear they gotta be some box score watchers or something man cause there takes as of late are just bad
They hyped up Chris Paul in 2024😂
Mavs needed shooting- Klay
Mavs need defensive players- Marshal and Grimes
Those 3 guys made the Mavs from great to maybe an elite team, but that might be saying a lot
That depends on how effective they prove to be. We will see if Klay can bounce back.
Mavs were an elite top tier team post deadline. Thats the truth.
@@urbaindelva7869 Don't need to be he just needs to average around 15-16 points a game shooting 40% from three and his contract will look like a steal.
2024 Klay Thompson to the Mavs=2010 T-Mac trade to the Knicks…IYKYK
shoutout to vanoss and nogla
You should come back to these predictions like after the all-star break to see how right or wrong you were.
The Lakers really missed out on Klay and Demar and all they got is a nepo baby drafted in the late second round.
How to destroy a dynasty.
CBA Rules.
KNICKS TRADES FIRST ROUND PICKS FOR A ROLE PLAY
So weird to see klay in blue.... wait.....
Nick Nurse is a great coach. Don't underestimate 76ers
This makes me wonder if the Bucks should’ve kept Holiday and just went after CP3 instead of getting Dame
Imo, they should've kept Holiday and just replaced Coach Bud. His coaching was more to blame imo.
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Man I’m not gonna lie I usually watch yall but boy yall have some really bad takes starting with the scoot and miller thing (not sure why yall though scoot is better) saying the kings are bad now even though they are better than before even though they won’t win it all they definitely upgrade, im a mavs fan and my god you guys are incredibly casual when it comes to our team even from last season yall barely thought we could make it to the finals then we did which somehow you didn’t see then to say we are gonna be bad defensively is honestly hilarious look at the mavs team in 2022 tell me who on that team was so good defensively cause we still made the wcf and lost to the champs and to say losing DJJ and green is this huge lose shows yall don’t watch games at all cause green was great I loved him but grimes is a good replacement DJJ is not this defender yall keep talking about the guy played great but people were still scoring +20 and +30 on us so im not sure who was he stopping he couldn’t shoot worth a damn and we sign players who can shoot and yall don’t even bring them up man when the season start and yall eventually make a video saying how good the mavs are and how you didn’t see it coming please for the love god pay attention to the team man
Phillie will be good in the regular season, but they won’t do much in the playoffs. Kings didn’t do enough, I see 6th seed. Mavs, same thing. Honestly, these finals will be OKC vs Boston, no question.
Y’all can whine, but you know I’m right.
I don’t think okc makes it but Boston I could see
Russ on the warriors is brazy
bookmark that kings comment
I'm not too optimistic about the Spurs making the playoffs this Coming season, maybe, maybe not but I think acquiring Chris Paul will do wonders for Wemby's development
nobody goes to the clippers to fuckin win. ever
PG and Embiid about to get injured and dip in the second round
A duo known for getting hurt and severely underperforming in the playoffs. Job well done Philly.
Kings has a 3 pointer problem
Fox is a slasher
Sabonis is a mid and post player
Derozan is a Mid range player
If not for keegan murray the 3 pointers will be horrible
AlexHoops did a video explaining why that won't be the problem that a lot ofpeople think it is.
I love demar for the kings he is serviceable
1:42 Holy shit thank you! Kawhi gets injured so much more often than PG and Paul carried them to the WCF furthest they Ever got in their history while Kawhi was in the owners box watching and almost every year since he it happens again in the playoffs. Ballmer is rich af why not pay the guy who plays more???🤔🤔🤔
That was a Nogla reference!!! Bro!!!
In the Mavericks perspective, hopefully they can get one or two more defenders to really give the team another chance to contend.
??? they got naji marshall and quentin grimes...and they already have lively, pj and gafford...
Are your deaf or something?
Let’s go New York 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Diddy is him😤😤😤😤😤
Should have blown it up, Clippers.
Demar trade is way better than a C you guys are trippin
The problem with modern "Big 3s" is that they have all been poor fits. Kyrie, KD and Harden weren't a good fit since all 3 are score first players who at some degree needs the ball in their hand more than not especially Harden and a more immature Kyrie. The Suns big 3 are a TERRIBLE fit. Even to a smaller degree look at the poor fit of the Zion, Ingram, CJ 3. The Sixers big 3 are now a perfect fit of a Guard, Wing, Big. The biggest problem with the Sixers 3 is pretty obviously health.