Talking NBA trade deadline
Chris Haynes and I dropped a new podcast Friday covering the busy end to the NBA's 2022-23 trade season. Give it a listen to get all the latest insider intel
For your weekend listening pleasure ...
ICYMI: Enclosed is the latest podcast edition of #thisleague UNCUT. Consider this Part 1 of a two-episode extravaganza — with the second half coming Monday — in which Turner Sports’ Chris Haynes and I go deep on the Kevin Durant-to-Phoenix blockbuster.
Is Phoenix the instant favorite in the West? Why did the Nets do this now? What did Chris Paul think of the move after he was offered by the Suns to Brooklyn in Kyrie Irving talks? Did the Lakers do enough with their three trades to make a second-half surge? What about the buyout market ... who is going where?
Mr. Haynes and I hit on all that in addition to discussing his unexpected invite to Phoenix for Super Bowl weekend.
It's all here:
The podcast is out now ... #thisleague UNCUT NBA Trade Deadline Breakdown edition alongside @ChrisBHaynes ... Episode 6 just dropped for your listening pleasure: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…
Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
Isn’t the recent evidence pretty strongly against these “all-in for the championship” super trades working?
The times it seems to have worked out:
Jrue Holiday to Bucks and (initially) AD to Lakers
The times it hasn’t worked:
Butler to Minny, Butler to Philly, Harden to Brooklyn, Russ to Houston, Russ to Lakers, Paul George to Thunder, Paul George to Clippers (thus far, and it’s already been awhile.) And (thus far) Harden to Philly.
It seems like paying for a star’s contract at full value doesn’t usually work out, right?
Any Atlanta related material in this episode? - sincerely, the last dozen Hawks fans