2023-24 Season, NBA Trade Deadline Deals

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Greetings my peeps and welcome to the All Things Basketball Podcast with your boy GD.

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In this episode I'll be doing my NBA trade deadline episode, all the trades that went

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down just before the deadline, including some big moves from the Dallas Mavericks, also

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the Phoenix Suns and my New York Knicks. So just sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

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Okay guys this is your boy GD back with the All Things Basketball with GD Podcast and

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guys this is the NBA trade deadline episode. So I'll cover all the trades that went down.

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There were actually 16, no make that 17 trades guys that went down. Some a minor, some pretty

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major so let's get into it guys. Alright so we will start with the Detroit Pistons acquiring

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Simone Fontecchio. They got him from the Utah Jazz and in return they got Kevin Knox, the

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draft rights to Gabrielle Proceda and a 2024 second round pick. I was talking with a buddy

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of mine friend of the show D talking about Kevin Knox who initially came in the league,

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drafted by the Knicks. He's on his fourth team guys. Such a young player now like a

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journeyman in the NBA. He's shown flashes but seemed like he hasn't been able to stick

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and now he goes to a situation in Utah where of course your main guy is Laurie Markadance

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so you're playing behind him. Doesn't seem like there's much opportunity over there for

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him. But Detroit gets a guy like Fontecchio, a long range shooter. He's a forward. Somebody

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with some promise and Monty Williams over there he's just throwing stuff against the

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wall seeing what'll stick so why not take a chance on this guy. Detroit making a little

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move there and then let's move on with more Detroit news. They acquire Daniel House Jr.

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along with a 2024 second round pick that's via the Knicks and in return for the Philadelphia

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76ers is to be announced and for the Sixers basically they're trying to avoid paying the

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luxury tax so that's what that deal is about in a nutshell. Daniel House Jr. again another

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player Monty gets to mix and match and see who'll stick around who won't. Right now they're

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just trying to find pieces to fill in over there. Let us move on. The Boston Celtics

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acquire Xavier Tillman a guy who's a power forward slash center so there'll be a help

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over there for them especially with a guy like Chris Stapp or Zingus who of course you

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know sometimes you have to spell and load manage him. Also he's a guy who could give

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Jason Tatum a blow as well so good pickup there guy who can defend and then return

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Boston since to the Memphis Grizzlies forward Lamar Stevens a 2027 second round pick that

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they got via Atlanta and then a 2032 second round pick that they got via the Dallas Mavericks.

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Also Boston acquires Jaten Springer from the Philadelphia 76ers and then Philly in return

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gets a second round pick again Philadelphia trying to avoid that luxury tax so they're

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shipping off guys. Jaten Springer a young player will see how he fits in over there with Boston.

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More Detroit trades they were pretty busy in this trade deadline guys. They send Monty

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Morris backup point guard who really hasn't played much for them this year. They send

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him to Minnesota and in return Detroit gets shake Milton forward Troy Brown Jr. and they

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get a second round pick in 2023. So shake Milton it didn't quite work out over there

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with the Timberwolves for him but he goes to a situation Detroit. Detroit is guard heavy

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now so we'll see how shake fits in over there. Troy Brown another player not sure how he

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fits in over there but we'll see Monty Williams being the mad scientist over there with all

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these different pieces. So let us move on from there. The Toronto Raptors they acquire

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Kelly Olenek as well as Ochi Abadji from the Utah Jazz and in return they send forward

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Otto Porter Jr. as well as Kira Lewis Jr. who they just got by the way in a previous

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trade and then also they'll get a 2024 first round pick but this is the way it shakes out.

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It's got to be the least of Oklahoma City Thunder LA Clippers or Houston Rockets 5

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through 30 and also Utah 11 through 30. So kind of a bizarre situation here but whatever

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is the least among these four teams that pick will belong to Utah Jazz. Toronto in return

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they get a guy at Olenek who's actually Canadian you like that for them. He's a guy he's a

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stretch five he can bring out and drop it from long distance he can play inside as well.

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Veteran talent and you're getting a young guy in Abadji that you can kind of figure

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out where he fits into all that. I see Olenek definitely seeing some playing time over there

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that's for sure. Abadji will see how he fits over there. So that's the one trade for Toronto

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and Toronto makes another deal guys. In this deal they send Dennis Schroeder and Thaddeus

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Young to the Brooklyn Nets in return they receive Spencer Denwitte who oh by the way

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they end up buying out and Spencer Denwitte ends up with the LA Lakers. Talk about landing

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on your feet. Wow. Toronto in pretty much a salary dump guys that's what I equate this

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to a salary dump. And then for the Brooklyn Nets you get a guy like Schroeder. Schroeder

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is a guy who he'll definitely be your point guard right now probably your starting point

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guard at this point. I don't see Dennis Smith Jr. pushing him out the pain in that regard.

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So Dennis Schroeder will end up being the point guard over there but you know you still

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have a guy like Ben Simmons who's actually back healthy now. I'm using air quotes here

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so who will see what happens with him. And then Thaddeus Young who they buy out and Thaddeus

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Young ends up with the Phoenix Suns. The Phoenix Suns getting some veteran help in the front

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court with Thaddeus Young. So with that said let us move on to the next deal. The Charlotte

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Hornets finally deal Gorton Haywood. It's been in the talks for a while guys but they

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were finally able to do it. They're sending him to the Oklahoma City Thunder and in exchange

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for him they're sending out point guard Trey Mann. A guy they signed from overseas. Faciliage

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Mietschik also Davis Bertin stay sent and some draft compensation as well to the Charlotte

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Hornets. So Gorton Haywood goes to a pretty good situation to be honest with you with

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what the Thunder is doing this year. How he fits in there. I imagine they're going to

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bring him off the bench guys. Mark Dagenault I don't see him altering his line up to accommodate

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Haywood. So Haywood will be a guy coming off your bench giving them punch. He can play

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forward. He can play shooting guard if need be. I think it's a pretty good pickup. Given

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what they're doing right now in the league. Having a veteran like this. Definitely can't

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hurt that's for sure. Sure you're giving up a guy like Trey Mann. I mean his way is kind

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of blocked with Josh Getty but we'll see what kind of opportunity gets over there. Right

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now the mellow ball he's still out so you're going to need some guard help. So I'd be interested

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to see how Steve Clifford uses Trey Mann right away in what capacity and the other pieces

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will see how that goes as well. I say good trade for the Oklahoma City Thunder to get

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a guy like Gordon Hayward. A guy who you know he has the injury history and so forth. I think

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is low risk high reward if Hayward's able to give them substantial minutes off the bench

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and be healthy as well. Let us move on. The Philadelphia 76ers acquiring Buddy Heald and

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they get them from the Indiana Pacers in return for forward Marcus Morris also for a con

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Corsamot and three second round picks. Buddy Heald's a guy. He's a long distance sniper.

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Somebody that they could definitely use especially if you get a healthy MB back which we'll see

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what happens with that. When you got a guy like him a guy like Tyrese Maxi launching

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it from deep. That's a big help. And what Indiana ends up doing they flip Marcus Morris

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and they send him to San Antonio along with a 2029 second round pick that they got via

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the LA Clippers and in return they receive Doug McDermott. So Doug McBuckets goes to

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Indiana a place he once played for by the way and Marcus Morris now with the San Antonio

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Spurs a place where he could probably squeeze in and get some playing time over there. Let

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us move on. Dallas made a couple of deals. They acquire center Daniel Galford from the

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Washington Wizards in return Dallas sends center Richard Holmes along with draft compensation.

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Galford. I think he starts right away over there for the Dallas Mavericks. I understand

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they have Derek Lively there the rookie but I believe he has a nasal issue. So you're

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going to need somebody in the middle there. Galford's a guy. He's been highly efficient

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this year. Very good rebounder a leaper can leap out the gym. He's amongst the league

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leaders in block shots so excellent pickup for the Dallas Mavericks and they weren't

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done. They also acquire PJ Washington from the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for forward

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Grant Williams. So the Grant Williams experiment in Dallas is now over and they also get Seth

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Curry who by the way his dad Del Curry once played for the Charlotte Hornets and Seth

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Curry has requested his dad's number as he plays over there for the Hornets. So pretty

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cool thing in this deal and also to get a 2027 first round pick from Dallas. As far as

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Grant Williams goes I know he's punching the air right now because he's now not in the

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same town as his girl. I'm using air quotes again. Sato Sabali but this is an opportunity

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for Grant though. This is an open opportunity for him to get in there get some power forward

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minutes over there and contribute. And for Dallas you're getting a guy who can be your

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power forward. He can slide at center if need be. He's a guy who's up and down with the

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Hornets but definitely a talent. Dallas definitely showed up got a bit bigger with this deal.

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Very good deal for Dallas on both counts. Then we move on. Philly still not done guys.

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They send Patrick Beverly to the Milwaukee Bucks and in return they receive from the Bucks

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Cameron Payne the backup point guard there as well as a 2027 second round pick. Guys

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this one was a head scratcher. I didn't understand this one at all. Philly you're a team in the

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east that's trying to claw your way to the top and you help your rival get exactly what

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they need which is defensive help in Patrick Beverly. I didn't get this. I didn't get this

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one bit. It's great for Milwaukee. You get the guy like Patrick Beverly mind you he's

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long in the tooth but he's still a guy. He's a dog. He'll come in. He'll defend the point

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guard position how he blends in with that locker room over there. Pat Bev can be a little

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prickly to say the least. He has to grow on you. That's for sure because he has that personality

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there. It'll be very interesting to see how he mesh in that locker room. That's what I'm

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most curious about. But hey Doc Rivers at this point he needs all the help he can get

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especially on the defensive end so we'll see how this shakes out but for Philly I still

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don't understand how you make this type of deal. I get it. I understand Cameron Payne.

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He's a younger guy. Much younger than Beverly. I guess I see it in that regard. Then you

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get a draft pick out of it so there's that. And then Milwaukee wasn't done. This is a

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move that perplexed me even further. You send Robin Lopez to the Sacramento Kings in exchange

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you get cash in the draft rights to Demetrios Agravanis. Now you're a team that needs defense.

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Robin Lopez plays defense well from the center position. I didn't understand this. I mean

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probably he wasn't getting all the minutes over there that he would probably like and

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that the team would probably like to give him but he was a guy who could defend the

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paint and you send him out. I get this but Sacramento they get a guy now who can be a

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backup to Demontus Sabonis over there so I get it in that regard for them. For Sacramento

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it's a nice little deal you know. Nothing ground shaking but I just didn't get it for

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the Milwaukee Bucks. That's that deal. Indiana wasn't through making deals. They acquired

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Corey Joseph a backup point guard. They got him from the Gold State Warriors and they sent

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to them a second round pick. The year to be determined. Indiana you get a backup to the

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backup of Therese Holly Burton so I guess he'll be the backup to TJ McConnell over there

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and for Golden State this is kind of a salary dump. And then you have Portland they acquire

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the Lionel Banton and they got him from Boston in return. Boston gets a heavily protected

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second round pick. Year to be determined. Got two more to talk about guys. Phoenix Sons

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talked about them getting Thaddeus Young in the buyout. They actually get in a three team

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deal Royce O'Neill and David Roddy. O'Neill with the Brooklyn Nets. Roddy with the Memphis

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Grizzlies. So these are two guys. Roddy's a young player with promise. Royce O'Neill

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is a 3 and D guy. He's a guy who can come in and defend something that Phoenix definitely

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needs there. He'll definitely be a help to them. Brooklyn gets Jordan Goodwin. Kita Bates

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D'Op and three second round picks. Two of which are coming from the Memphis Grizzlies.

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So Brooklyn helping themselves out in that regard in terms of draft capital and a couple

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of players you can kind of see what you have in them. And then Memphis they get Utah Watanabe

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and they got him from Phoenix and also Shamezi Mehtu. Watanabe he's a guy who can launch

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it from deep. He's a threat from three point range and Mehtu he's a big. He can play the

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power or the center position. The Grizzlies probably didn't need the long distance help.

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So that could be a help to them also. But Phoenix loading up getting defensive players

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that they're going to need for the stretch run. That's for sure. And then the last deal

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I'll talk about my New York Knicks acquire Bojan Badanovich as well as Alec Berks from

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the Detroit Pistons in exchange. They finally deal Evan Fornie somebody who was rumored

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to be traded quitting Grimes as well. Point guard Malachi Flynn and Ryan Archie Aonato

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as well as two second round picks for the Knicks. You get long distance shooting guys.

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Both guys here will done by Donovage of 40% three point shooter Alec Berks a 39% three

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point shooter. You get guys who give you firepower big time whether it's coming off the bench

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or starting by Donovage right now. He's coming off the bench for them so far. Alec Berks

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a bench guy. He's been here before guys. He was a tips favorite. I mentioned him when

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I was talking about the Knicks possibly acquiring someone and low and behold Berks is back.

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But guys remember he's going to use them like he used them before. He'll be strictly a bench

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guy a guy that he needs coming off the bench giving them firepower. That's Berks calling

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card giving you scoring punch off the bench. He can also defend a little bit as well. So

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and then now you're really deep guys. You have a deep team now. You still waiting for

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guys like O'Gianna Nobby to come back also Julius Randall and from the reports I'm hearing

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Mitchell Robinson will resume basketball activities after the All Star break. So he may be coming

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back soon. Right now have Hartenstein on the sideline. You just got Jericho Sims back.

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Once you get these pieces healthy guys the Knicks are going to be a problem guys and

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I'm happy to be saying that they will be a problem in the east. So let's see what tips

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can do. He's got the pieces now. So let's see if he can make this push here come playoff

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time and of course down the stretch of the season. Happy times to be a Knicks fan right

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now so and I'm here for it. Alright guys so that'll do it for this episode. Again I wanted

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to do a trade deadline episode so we got that in the books. Guys All Star break is soon approaching.

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I'll tell you about the All Star Saturday and everything that's going on and so forth

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