18 Burst results for "Mike Muscala"
NFL Live
"mike muscala" Discussed on NFL Live
"They just ties to shoe tighter and runs back to down the court like a terminator. But this time, seeing him lie on the ground and be like, it popped, it popped. And everyone on Twitter is like, his Achilles is gone. Yeah. Because he was up in the air too. It wasn't like a roll. It was so like, I understand why. And I watched this game again. I watched it after I knew the results. So I knew I wasn't nervous with the Twitter crowds. But all right, I feel like I'm spreading out a whole bunch, but what I wanted to focus first, we can get back to all these other points later in the show. But first, I want to focus on Luca. And his development because this is a weird thing that hit me this morning is the CBA expires at the end of next season. And all we've been hearing is how they're going to address this player movement stuff. They're going to address the fact that the players can force their way out. They're going to address this in some way, make it more difficult for players to have control and power. Luke has three years left on his deal, but he's got one year left to exhibit this power that all other players have used to move themselves from place to place. So I guess that is the backdrop that I'm using for this Luca conversation that I want to have with you. And one of the things I want to talk about is what you think about his development and improvement with more can we expect from it at what's holding back. In the next step is, is Kyrie enough to keep him there. And his Kyrie even going to stay there because he's not under contract long term. So let's start with the Luca development. What do you think? So the Luca development is tough because he came into the league as one of the best teenagers ever. Say what you want, but Kareem LeBron Luca. We're talking about just 19 year old basketball players. He's in a really elite tier. He is probably the air to LeBron and this guy can run every decision, make every decision that makes an offense or run as a big guard. He can make every pass. He's ridiculous. And he gets a lot of James Harden comparisons, rightfully so. Big difference, he's incredible in the playoffs. And the 30% gain in stats and Hardin gets from flailing around and reaching into people's arms and stuff. Luca just can play through that and it's awesome, even though he winds at the refs. So to me, his development, he might be slightly doughy and out of shape and he's still the third best player in the NBA. He's absurd. To me, the biggest thing with his development is the Mavericks and competence in building a team around him. say, can I read you their draft pick since they've since they won the title in 2011? Jordan Hamilton can gay and gobo and gumbo. Tyler zeller, Darius Johnson Odom, Kelly Olynyk, Mike muscala, Justin Anderson, sat in them Singh bamara, AJ Hammond's Dennis Smith junior, Luca, which is a lock. It's the best European prospect in decades at the time. Jalen Brunson, great pick, shake Milton, Isaiah Roby, Josh green tyrol, Terry. And then
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"mike muscala" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"I don't think it's changed. I think before the trade deadline, if you had asked me, who are the favorites to win the championship, I'd say it's Celtics or bucks are the two teams I would go with. Obviously both out of the east. And I think it's still Celtics and bucks. I think there's another tier right after them that includes the suns with Durant there that includes the sixers who have been surging. And that includes the nuggets. So I think Celtics and bucks are the top tier of that those are the favorites. The next tier is the sixers, so one more Eastern Conference team and then the sons and nuggets are somewhere in there. And then I've created another tier of lurking. Lurking in the west, the clippers warriors and grizzlies are kind of like my lurking. Like if things broke right for them and broke badly for the teams that I named ahead of them, clippers warriors grizzlies, you keep an eye on and then lurking in the east of the Cavs, but it's harder because breaking through the Celtics and bucks will be harder for the Cavs than I think maybe one of the lower teams breaking through in the west. I'm with you on the top two. I lean a little bit towards Boston, they've been the most complete team all season long. I'll tell you this though. The Celtics are very nervous about Milwaukee. Milwaukee is the team that makes Boston anxious. The Celtics got Mike muscala, they really wanted Jacob hurdle. I did some digging on that over the last couple of days. They talked to San Antonio about pearl and they were willing to give up a first round pick to get him, but the spurs kind of made the calculation that Toronto's first round pick is going to be better than Boston's first round pick. And the south just weren't willing to throw two first in there to get. And look, I kind of thought he might just be a rental, but I'm starting to believe that they would have been able to sign Jacob pearl. Like I think they were on kind of the same page with what Jakob pearl wanted in terms of his wants and what the cells were going to pay. And Jacob hurdle, even though he's been a starter, in San Antonio, and he'll get the chance to start in Toronto. I think he just wants to be paid as a starter. So, you know, the Celtics, I think that would feel much better about their chances of beating Milwaukee if they had Jacob hurdle because that front line of the bucks, you know, you're kind of like one rob Williams injury away from being a real big trouble. And rob Williams has had knee issues, Al Horford's 36. I just think they're a little leery about how much they may have to use Luke cornett and now Mike muscala on that front line. But even with that those potential issues, if they go into that series healthy, I think the Celtics are a favorite, even if Chris Middleton is playing. So I go Celtics one bucks one a or two and then to me, everybody else is the next year. You know, it's however you want to frame it. Phoenix, Denver, sixers, any of those teams in that mix. There's a pretty clear in my mind gap right now between Celtics and bucks and everybody else. I agree. And frankly, I agree with you on the Celtics being the favorite over the bucks too. Like if that 7 game series started tomorrow, I would certainly pick the Celtics. Not just because of home court, but I just think they, they've got better depth. They're just sounder all around. They've got more ways they can go more ways they can beat you right now. But the bucks, the respect for them as a defending champ or not long since their championship. Veteran cast, guys who, you know, you know what you're going to get from them. I just think the Celtics have a little bit more a little bit more firepower. Yeah. Well, that conference final should be pretty good if that's the way it ultimately shakes out. Howard good stuff, man. We will do it again next week. Always a pleasure, my friend. Imagine a guaranteed nursing job and completing your bachelor's for little or no cost. ATV nursing and RN to BS students. Stevenson university online can help you complete your bachelor's flexibly and affordably. Plus, access tuition assistance up to $30,000 with a three year employment commitment. Cover your educational costs and have a nursing position with one of our region's premier medical systems. Get started today at online Stevenson dot EDU. A good business is also a good member of the community. That's why at play it forward foundation, we're all about promoting social and economic growth in underserved communities. Excellence in education and mental health awareness. And you? 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The Lowe Post
"mike muscala" Discussed on The Lowe Post
"Williams, actually both jealous are pretty good, but wing Jalen Williams Jade dub. I can't get into this nickname thing, but the wing Jalen Williams. Big hair Jalen Williams. Yeah. And they're on to something with this four perimeter players, three of whom are pretty big for their positions, like big wings who can switch who are ferocious off the bounce ferocious defensively and just plop a big man into the middle of that. At that time it was poku a lot. Since then, if you look at the numbers, when it's kenrich Williams, it's unbelievable. When it's Mike muscala, it's unbelievable. When it's humor yori, it's unbelievable. That's been a very limited sample size. When it's big jailing Williams, it's not very good. And when it's like any of their other bigs, it's not very good, but they're on to something with that road map of those four guys and let's switch, let's drive and kick and drive and drive and drive and drive the shooting is iffy, but all those players are super creative off the dribble. They all compete on defense. They're super switchable. Do you do you think that was the road map coming into the season? Did they just sort of get there almost by accident? I mean, how did they arrive at this? I mean, mark is kind of crazy with his rotations in an attempt to figure out what works. I'm going to start the season. I mean, you're like two weeks into the season. It's like, man, we have one lineup that's played 5 minutes. Yeah, it's like Jeremiah Robinson Earl disappeared for a week and now he's playing 30 minutes. He's like, what's going on? Yeah, and that's still happening. Like Darius bazley was gone for, I think, three weeks. And then it's like, oh, now he's back in the rotation again. And it's just an ongoing thing.
The Lowe Post
"mike muscala" Discussed on The Lowe Post
"For the rest of his career or something like that, down the road. If he becomes a top 5 player and PG and Kauai did not deliver a championship and then yeah, I would say that would probably be the one way you were really regret this trade, right? Let's end on a happier note than that. Go Croatia, shock the world. Let's do it. Home young suit. I'll see you in Los Angeles. 15 of 21. Remember, 15 of 21 at the end of the season, you get a dinner on me. I remember and by the way, can we start, can we dip into your bias for your countrymen of zoo? Can we start most improved campaign? Is that possible? Does he have a shot? I have not thought for one second about most of them. But actually, that's not true. I went on a podcast last week. We talked about most improve, you know, who's got to be the it off the top of my head, is it bull bulls award to lose? Very good against the clippers. I'm like, he's been a little up and down recently. A little up and down. I think boldo has to stay healthy the rest of the year. And every time I watch him, I'm like, oh my God, please don't get her, please don't get her. Please don't get hurt, you know? But yeah, there's a lot of guys out there. I mean, listen, Shaq zoo. Shaq zoo. Can you give him the ball inside? He looks great. It just needs to see him finish a little more games, but how about how about that nickname whoever gave it to white will? You gotta love white will. And he put up that 30, 30 or 30, 29 game, whatever it was against the pacers, I believe, right? And miles Turner. Yes. Purported Lake or straight target miles Turner. And I got probably no less than 8 text messages from executives around the league. Telling me, wow the irony of a victim whom the Lakers gave up for Mike muscala. Yes. Miles Turner, the guy who's gonna help save the Lakers season all these years later. Anyway, um, I'll see you around, buddy. All right, thanks for having me. The minute time show featuring Lenny and we should know and I am assumed you saw this, but it's too late to take back your pig. I can tell you I saw that because I was the one that texted that to you. Oh, I missed that time. I can confirm you texted that to me and I wrote back damn. That would be huge. This was an hour and a half ago. We might depend. I've been busy. Listen and subscribe to the meeting show, featuring Lenny, wherever you listen to podcasts.
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"mike muscala" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"You take, then all will be okay. This is, I mean, this fits in with kind of an overarching thought that I've had about the NBA off season in general. Just developed over a number of years, having been through this for many, many years now. There's a ton of optimism. This is essentially the honeymoon period for everybody, right? For NBA teams, for fans, everybody, zero for zero on the record, everything is great. When the record isn't where you want it to be, when you're tired, you've been traveling. Guys aren't getting along, and we're in January and February. That's when the emotions really come to the surface. Right now is when it's easy to be happy and smiley and on the same page. Yeah, no, great point. Yeah, I mean, if you talk to anybody, both of us do, we talk to folks around the league. Everybody loves their draft. Everybody loves their free agent, pickups, their trades that they've made. Everybody's thrilled, even the teams that are going to different direction. They're like, ah, we love all getting all the draft picks. We got like Utah, right? We love having all that. We love all the flexibility we've created. Yeah, but it's exactly it. When you get into January, and it's in some of these markets, it's the 15th day in a row where it's 30° and gray and crappy. Now all of a sudden it's like all right, yeah, don't yell at me, man. Like, I don't want to hear about it from you and then, you know, next thing you know, they're having a fight and shoving match on the sidelines on a Tuesday night in Charlotte or something like that. And that's one it all come to the forefront. But yeah, but it's portable we like about the league. It's the drama aspect that we enjoy and buy into. You know, it's funny. I think about this all the time. Like if either of our wives or anybody watching significant other pitched, like, all right, there's all this drama and this guy doesn't like this guy, and this one doesn't like this. There's a good chance we'd be like, I'm not watching this. Stupid. And yet, here we are. We love this and we heat it up. You know, every single bit of it. That is true. That is true. It would be like, what kind of a show is this that we're watching? No. I'm not interested in that. But as it turns out, it's sports. And that makes it okay. And I say this to someone who's full plans, you're going to watch home alone tonight. My plan is, my wife and I are going to watch more of below deck down under. Absolute garbage trash television and I couldn't love it more. No, I get it. I get it. My penance for watching so much basketball is that I have to follow along with the bachelor and the bachelorette series. Yeah, that one thankfully I haven't had to do, but below deck is, I mean, it's just garbage people doing garbage things and I don't know why I love it. I manage to check that one out. I've got miss marvel though in the queue for right now. So I got to get to that and then some home alone and all that kind of stuff. And of course, NBA news can always pull me away at any given moment. You just open it up. At any point. All right, speaking of NBA news, right before we started recording this, it broke from both shams and I didn't know who was first this time. I don't know. I mean, it was like, that was a group text, obviously. Yeah. Because they got it back to back. But Jim Michael green is negotiating a buyout with OKC and will land with the warriors. The worries, I mean, you lose auto Porter junior, does Jamaica green make that staying a little bit less? Yeah, sort of ish, I guess. I mean, it's not exactly the same. Yeah, it's not exactly because Porter plays a little bit more. I think consistent from the outside, but green gives you another option. If wise men are coming, aren't getting it done. You can go to Jamaica green and hopefully he can play for you off the bench behind Looney and draymond green. So yeah, it's fine for the warriors. I expected, I thought they might run a little bit less, but you have a guy pops available, you'll go get them, and now I'll see you in the reason the thunder had to do this was a, they just officially signed Jalen Williams, the second Jalen Williams, the second round Jalen Williams. I don't remember what once JW wants Jay will. I don't remember which one is which. And they spelled Jalen differently. One is JAY hell high end. And the other one is Jalen JA, LE, and Jalen Rose. The Jalen like Jalen Rose is the guard. Wing, and the other one is the big man from Arkansas, he the big man from Arkansas was the second round pick signed a four year contract, a couple $1 million guaranteed in each of the first two seasons. So about a million above, the minimum for him in the first year. So that's good. For him, but that brought them to 20 players. They are still rumored to be resigning Mike muscala. They haven't done that but he can only have 20 players on your roster in the off season. So in order to sign muscala, they're going to have to wave somebody, but they even sign that. There's going to have to make three waivers going in coming out of training camp and preseason for the regular season starts because you can only have 15 players on standard deals and two on two ways. So a lot of Ross or movement, you have to come in Oklahoma City and my guess is Derek favors his probably one of the guys who gets to let go and somebody will somebody will snap him. We can pick them. I think Boston maybe could take it off, look at Derek favors. I think he'd be all right as a fourth 5th big for them. It remind me because this just popped into my head. Let's say Derek favors you making about 10 million for the season. Yeah, in that range. Okay, so he gets way, let's say yourself pick him up, veteran minimum. How much of that offsets for OKC? It depends on what they put into the stupidest thing in the world, and it's the one thing in the CBA that drives me absolutely bananas. You said it rightly, how much of that offsets the CBA term is actually set off, which is dumb, and I don't understand. I've never gotten a clear answer to it to everybody, I've asked it was just like, I don't know, that's just what it's called. Why do you care about this? So leave us alone already, man. Right, yeah. So yeah, so with that one, yeah, it's. Never a set amount. It can be just whatever they negotiate. A lot of times on a minimum, if a guy knows I've got a minimum contract lined up, like that could be the case with Jamaica green. That'll be, they'll give up that much in a bio. And then it won't be anything in the set off process. Because they've already given it up in a buyout. So we'll see, but if waivers, if favors is a straight waiver, there may be nothing at all. He may say, no, you're just cutting me. I'm not getting bought out. Got one on my money. So we'll see where that one goes. Hey, do you want to, it's not, it's not really breaking news, but you want to play your breaking news drop anyway since we have it in a long time. Just for fun. Yeah, here we go. We'll use a story, but it's not huge. Okay, well, in any event. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. The Atlanta Hawks are finalizing the hire of Kyle korver to a front office role. So all right, interesting. Yeah, he was the coach last season. Yeah. I like that. Want to hear a hot take I have? Sure. Kyle korver should be in the Hall of Fame. Shopify is the all in one commerce platform to start, run, and grow your business. And I love it because Shopify gives entrepreneurs the resources that were once reserved for big businesses. So upstarts, startups, and established businesses alike can sell everywhere, synchronize online and in person sales and effortlessly stay informed. 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Lakers Nation Podcast
"mike muscala" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"I like it. You should have 9 76, said, what about Frank Jackson if Detroit releases him? That's an intriguing option. Yeah, you know, we did. So Keith Smith and I did our point guard breakdown of the point guard free agency class. And he had Frank Jackson up a lot higher than I expected. As this high level option, I don't know if I'm ready to go there, but he's an intriguing candidate, particularly when you look at age and just the ability to be a score to come in for you. Sure. I mean, it's worth a shot. We're the shot. I don't think he's like, let me ask you guys this. Would you do if it took the taxpayer bid level to get them? Would you do that? No. No. I wouldn't go that far either. He's an offer this guy a veteran minimum, kind of like Malik monk and see if he says yes, kind of guy. Yeah. And see if you can sell them on the hey, imagine look at what this did for Austin Reeves. He's getting endorsement deals and stuff. Now, look at what this did for Malik monk. Increase your profile, come to the Lakers, right? Live in Los Angeles, yeah. Well, yeah, that's awesome. Madness to men is $10 super chat. Thank you very much, appreciate it. Dre Johnson, I was thinking Lakers get Kyrie and favors, OKC gets Russ and that 2027 pick gets the nets get kenrich, Mike. It's someone else in the trade exception. Yeah, and can the thunder even do the rush trade now? Good question. I'm not the salary cap guy, but I don't know that they can. I don't think they can. Send back more salary, I would think. Can they reroute three and two in another deal before the new league year starts? By himself, you can. Yeah, 'cause you can't aggregate a salary. So in that three deal scenario, you might even need to find the fourth team then because you already have kenrich and Mike muscala going to the nets. It became less likely. There became significantly less likely that a rusty with OKC gets worked out. I'd have to look at the numbers, but it's possible that it can't even happen at all. I also think that Russ to Houston became less likely because Christian Woods know gone. That would have been the one. Okay, you know, hey, it's going to be Christian wood and John wall for Russ and THT or something like that in the Lakers throw in other stuff. Maybe the Lakers could be talked into something like that. But with Christian wood gone, are you doing that for Eric Gordon? I mean, you have a discussion about it, but I would be more likely to do that for Christian wood, certainly. Yeah. Chat homegrown is going to look good in the rockets Jersey. Do you think that's who they're getting? I mean, I think jabari goes one or two for sure. And it really just comes down to the last two Paolo chat and Paolo I think at this point is like everyone's darling..
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"mike muscala" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"We can get into all the details on that too just because they're really important. They might go green had to opt in to his $8.2 million player option for next season, pending free agents so that any kind of option or they have any kind of or not an option, but they're just a free agent. They can not be traded. So he had to opt in for next season at 8.2 million. That gets makes him now trade eligible, so he'll be sent to Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City is sitting on pre trade about 31 ish million in cap space before this trade happens. So they're going to be able to use some of their cap space to bring him in. That's how they're going to bring him in and this will also for Denver will create an $8.2 million traded player exception. So we'll have that going forward as well. So a lot of moving parts on both sides. So for Oklahoma City, is how much of this is just they've already got so many other picks. The kit feasibly make a pick. So why not just kick the can down the road and hope that number 30, I mean, odds are, number 30 is going to turn into something better in the next drive. It's probably not going to be number 30 again. So what do you think about that from the Oklahoma City Thunder side that you're getting a future pick? But ideally, this will wind up being a better pick than the one that they're giving up in this trade. Yeah, that's exactly what this is to me for the thunder. They're kind of kicking the can down the road. A little bit here and hope and hey, in 2027, who knows what Denver will be by then. That's well past when Nikola Jokić is next deal. Or his current deal expires, it could be even when his next deal is wrapping up, he can be on a player option that year or something like that. So we could see this turn into a really really good pick. We don't know what the protections are as of yet. My guess is probably some form of lottery protected maybe top ten or something like that. But what I think or maybe even top 20 considers only the 30th pick. But for OKC, here's the key thing. They have, they have, they could have 15 players under contract. Going into next year. And that's standard contracts, not two ways. They do have one of their two way spots filled as well. When you have that, it's really hard to bring in four new players via the draft. They also have angle and guys who are non guaranteed deals like the creatures, his deals, half guaranteed about 780,000. They have Theo maledon, whose deal is fully non guaranteed, Isaac Roby's deal can be non guaranteed if they pick up his team option. Kendrick Williams, he's non guaranteed with these two good to just let go. You've got a couple of team options. One of which is Mike muscala, maybe they could have let that one. Go and let him be a free agent. And then they've got Lou dorr, they're going to decline his team option. Make him restrictive free agents, and then they have the control over resigning him. But when you're the thunder, if you're in this position, you don't have room to bring in four guys via the draft. You just don't..
Lakers Nation Podcast
"mike muscala" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"Not, you don't do it. I'm just saying it's legal. Yeah, I mean, I don't think the bulls will do it. No, I'm just saying, that's kind of like your path, right? Tack on south. Again, this is why I prefaced the bulls saying we just got to blow this up. Right. Yeah, and I don't think they're going to do that. No, they're not. I'm just saying, 'cause look, the thing with Lonzo is very concerning at this point, the knee. Is again, like I said, an expiring, are they really going to resign him at, I think he's 31 now. Yeah, what are you going to do? You're kind of just stuck. The Eastern Conference if you project next year is going to look almost like it does this here, if not better. And the Washington is going to be tough to try. So this is the one. We already talked about it. I just want to make sure that once I found it that I got them on screen, the rust takes are so the rust is so bad takes are horrible. The average 1877 next year he will improve, you don't just trade him for anyone. You don't just trade him. You could probably trade him if you wanted to give up future capital to Oklahoma City for Derek favors Mike muscala, and then you get some extra cap space. If you don't have anybody lined up to use that cap space on, you don't do that. You don't trade him. You don't trade him for terrible. For me, Kyle Lowry and Duncan Robinson. Yes. I'm not trading them for those guys. Kyle Lowry is probably a bad contract. Duncan Robinson is a bad contract now, and they go longer. Not trading Russ just to trade him and just say, hey, just get him off the team and that makes you better. And that's the challenge for the Lakers and trading them. It's not just move them at all costs. It's move him if there's a way to actually improve the team. And again, that's without getting into the, you know, Russ stats thing that we already discussed. It's funny because let me draw back from our live stream conversation. Would you do, let's say there are no takers for this guy. None, because the years and dollar amount is disgusting. If you talk called you and said, we'll do Russ for Gobert. I mean, again, there's no way they do that. I would not do that. But hypothetically, would you do that? My answer was, the Lakers right now probably. And the only reason why I hesitate is because let's say the Lakers were deciding they wanted to go into a rebuild or something. You would never do that because he's got four years at max salary super max salary left. And he's 30. Yeah, you wouldn't do that. But right now, if that was on the table, when we're talking about no picks or anything at it, which is completely unrealistic. Sure. Yeah, you probably do it, and then you just deal with whatever you need to do with Gobert moving forward. If it doesn't work out. And then also just the cherry on top to make the situation funnier, we just fired the coach that would have died for that kind of core. Oh God, that's right. Yeah. Guys, just guys, before I say anything before I preface it, I don't want to do that. I'm just saying.
Lakers Nation Podcast
"mike muscala" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"He's going to be at this elite level and personally, I think LeBron has at most two seasons left with the Lakers. So you're basically you're not giving up on next season, but are you winning a title next season without making any moves that unfortunately might have to give up future draft compensation? Probably not. I think the Lakers have to be very and first of all, I think what they're saying right now is exactly what they should be saying. And I'm going to get into why in just a minute. But I also think the Lakers have to be very careful going into trade discussions. I think they need to know where the line is. I think they need to know this trade is worth giving up future stuff for, and this trade is not. And they need to know exactly where that line is. For example, if you do a trade, if the goal is just to move Russ, they'll be opportunities to do that. They'll be opportunities to move Russell weisberg. If the goal is just move this guy, whatever it takes, get him off the roster, okay, you can do that. But I think they have to be very careful because if you give up future assets and you're just making a lateral move. You're just getting them off the roster. And you're not increasing your chances of winning a championship. What does that really doing? What's the point of giving up those future assets that are probably going to, it's probably going to involve taking on extra salary too. If you're not increasing your odds to win a championship, I'm saying specifically, let's say, let's say the Oklahoma City Thunder deal. Derek fabers, Mike muscala, the thunder eat a bunch of salary, and you know that with the extra space that you're going to get, you've heard through back channels that the guys you're going to get with that money are probably not going to move the needle. But the thunder two future first in exchange for doing that. And you know, essentially, you're getting favors, mascara, and you can sign up free agent or two that aren't really going to put you over the top. Why do that then? If you're going to be in the same spot, if you're not going to increase your odds to win a championship, conversely, if there is a move out there, if the pacers say, hey, the cost is a second rounder, and that's it. And we'll give you brogden and buddy. Okay. You could look at that trade, and you could say, you know what? That's worth the future second. Or that's worth a future first is probably more likely that will last for two first, but you could say that's worth these future assets because I think this trade puts us over the top as opposed to these other deals. I think the Lakers front office there are analysis has got to be very sharp this off season in terms of figure out exactly where that line is because if you're not increasing your chances to win a championship, why give up those assets just.
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"mike muscala" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"That'll happen pretty quickly. And they're in their in lockstep with that. So it wouldn't be surprised there. Mike muscala, like you said here, I think he gets picked up as well. It could be picked up and then used in a trade, at some point. But I do think he gets picked up. Isaiah Roby, yeah, he just has a popped. That they need to decline this option. They'll let that play out. James Harden? Who knows? I continue to believe Hardin will opt out and I think they'll get a deal done, but I think it's going to be less than the max. In terms of total money and years. I don't think he's getting the 5 year $250 million or whatever. So max contract. I don't think it's going to run into that. I think it'll be less years, less overall money. And that's where the Suga. That's a difficult conversation to have with a guy like James Harden, who has spent what a decade being the guy, the former MVP, to go into a contract negotiation where for the superstar level players. You know what I'm talking about James Harden to your players, the Lebrons that Kevin Durant. Max deal is underpaying them, right? That's just the way the way the system works. A max deal doesn't accurately reflect what their true value is on the floor. So if you're going into James Harden, you're saying we're not willing to pay you a max, that's a big dose of reality for James Harden to have to deal with like, hey, we believe you're not that guy anymore. That's what the dollar say when you go in and you're not offering him that max deal. I'm curious to see how that plays out. That's not going to be an easy conversation to have. No, it's not, but you have to, right? You have to wear him and Daryl morey. His relationship comes into play in really gets you to a good place for player and team here. Shake Milton of this sixers. He's too good for them to lose. There's no restricted rights at play here. Just pick up the team option for 1.9 million. That's a bargain from what he provides. Trey lyles is interesting. If you actually go look at Trey lyles numbers and look at some of the game film better than I think people realize these actually a fairly competent defender. He's got pretty good range four four 5 guy. He can kind of fill that stretch big roll for four team and hold his own defensively. So the kings, we make the king shows and they do weird stuff still and they're still occasionally doing weird things. But they've mostly made good decisions on options, so I think they'll pick this up and bring him back for 2.6 million..
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"mike muscala" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"Anything on that? Yeah, so he's actually pretty good. He is now let me make sure I get this right. He's 26, so not super old. Shares an agent with Yanis so that is part of this, I imagine. He's a 6 foot three point guard. In the NBA potentially projects to play a little bit more off the ball, but that's okay because he's a 41 to 41% three point shooter. I'm sorry, 30, 38%, three point shooter. 41% overall. So not a great finisher inside. Mostly because of his size. If you look up his stats, most people will look and they'll see 3.5 assists per game. That doesn't really sound great. But in Europe, that's actually pretty good. That's probably closer to like 6 or 7 assists. And in the NBA, just it's much harder to get. It is past basically needs direct needs to be directly to a shot. In Europe to be an assist, it can't be. I pass it to you, took two dribbles, made a move, then went up and under and scored. That's not how it works. There. But just coming off a really good run with baskonia in Spain. So he's going to join the box on a two year deal. So this is the box, you know, the big thing that if I would be excited about if I was a box fan, is before this signing, they were 20 let me make sure 23 point million over the tax. Before this signing. So you're going to add, you know, it's not going to be a ton of money this year. It's only going to be a 100,000 or so. This year, but you're adding more money to your tax bill. And that says to me, they believe in, yep, they're in, they believe in him and they're in on this team, and so we're going to add pieces to the seam to go forward. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah, that is a great sign. And that's a good point. As far as them being an over the viewer, if you're in the tax, you've got to really believe that what you're doing is going to help your team. Because you're putting your more than just the contract up there, you're putting in the luxury tax payment up there as well. So that's certainly matters. Basketball wise, burden Forbes had a couple playoff moments for these guys last year. They may be looking at maybe, can have a couple playoff moments for them as a shooter off the bench. Absolutely. Then the thunder. Sign a couple of ten day deals. Xavier Simpson and Giorgio's caled zygis. Oh man, you were right on it. I'm proud of you. Well done. Look at that. I practiced. So I practiced it. Is that what you were doing all afternoon? Yeah, so here's the thing normally ten days are not allowed when there's less than ten days in the season. Because of the hardship stuff this year, they're allowing that to go in. So these guys are both coming in on ten days. So we'll finish out the year with the thunder and thunder have numerous guys who are out for the season. This is the guys who are out for the year for them. Darius bazley, Lou dorr, Derek favors Josh giddy, shade gill just Alexander, ty Durham, Mike muscala, and highly likely train man and Kendra Williams. So again in a couple more TV. Yeah, basically, right? Yeah, almost everybody. But hey, that led to point poku the other night, which he got his first triple double of his career, which is kind of funny to see that coming together..
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"mike muscala" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"I mean, look back at the bubble, Mike muscala, hit that jumper, which then gave that pick to Philly, which turned into tyrese maxi, is now a key player for them. As they try to chase the title this year. So this stuff does matter, but we knew on a slower news day we wanted to pop in and give a kind of a pick protection primer and just talk about, hey, here's where I with all these picks and hopefully gives you a good setup of what to look for over the last month of games. It's crazy. There's only a month left in the regular season. This season is just chugging along, but it's a heading towards what should be an awesome playoffs. It's funny you say there's only a month left Lakers fans are like, oh my God, there's a month left. There's some hope left. Oh man. That's all right. It is, I'm excited about the NBA playoffs in general. There's a lot of exciting stuff going on around the league. And thankfully, I get to come over here and cover it with all of you, which is nice. Perfect. All right, everybody. I think that wraps things up for today. Appreciate all of you joining us. Again, answer that question in the comments down below. Who is the MVP this season? Let us know your thoughts and don't forget, subscribe right here to the NBA front office YouTube channel. That's where you're watching this. If you're listening to the podcast version of this, make sure Oprah and Apple podcast toss us a 5 star rating and give us a review. I love going in there reading the reviews. So give us a review over on Apple podcasts or Spotify wherever it is that you listen to podcasts. Till the next time everybody, see ya, and stay safe. I'm Amira rose Davis. Historian and co host of the sports podcast burn it all down. And now I'm hosting the new season of American prodigy, all about black girls and gymnastics. For the last 40 years, black Jimin has moved from the margins to the core of the sport and changed gymnastics along the way. Now, they tell their stories. You'll meet trailblazers like Diane Durham, superstars like Jordan chiles, and everyone in between. Listen to American prodigies on Apple podcasts, Spotify, stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts..
Game Theory Podcast
"mike muscala" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"It's going to go. And I think that he thinks about the draft that way. He thinks about players that way. And I think that that's something he's not an emotional person when it comes to decisions. He is going to make the best decision for the organization. Now, I do think that there in other ways he does try to cultivate family and stuff like that within the team. Even I think you look at guys like Michael scallon Kenneth Williams, who can probably play on a different team. And be really good. Microscope has been one of the best shooting bags this season in the NBA. And nobody but John hollinger ever talks about it. So here's a funny story. On the trade, big board that Danny Seth and I do every year. And the board was like 50 names long and we were trying to cut it down a little bit. And we got told like, yeah, just like, get rid of Mike. No fans really care about Mike muscala. And that's true, but like Mike's good. Mike's like a good versatile. NBA big that can shoot. And he loves Oklahoma City and he loves being here and he's bought in and I think he's the guy that would like to have around here long term. And the thunder value those kind of things. I mean, you look at the first rebuild and the way they kept Nikolas in. They probably could have gotten something for Nick Collison. If they were to put him out on the trade market, yeah. They decided that it would be better for the team overall to have somebody here that understands the culture of the team. They understand the city. They love the city. They want to be here, and they work every single day. And that's what Mike Scott and kenrich Williams do. And Kendrick is a guy that everybody mentioned at the trade dead..
Lakers Nation Podcast
"mike muscala" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"Because all of those guys are now old enough, they're all at the point in their careers where they're getting paid. You couldn't have paid all of those guys. Can't have your salary would be insane and it's already insane. And is that really a title team if you put all those pieces together? I don't know. It's a good team. It's a playoff team, I think, but is that a championship team? You move those pieces and you can argue some of them may have been mismanaged and things like that. Evita zubats for Mike muscala, that still stings, right? A lot of these moves still hurt. But at the end of the day, the Lakers got a championship by moving the kids and getting Anthony Davis. And so because of that, that's mission accomplished. That's the ultimate goal is to win a championship. So if we're talking the last few years, the moves that have been made in hindsight, yeah, they haven't really worked out. So I can understand frustration there. But if you want to go back and add the AD thing into it, trade in the kids to get them get them and all that kind of stuff. That's where you lose me. Vector nova said, Trevor does it even make sense for the pistons to give Jeremy grant for Taylor Horton Tucker and none considering the backlog of guards they have right now, and then they have paid. Yeah, I mean, look, we're just talking value wise, a young player in theory. The pistons aren't necessarily going to worry about fit right now. They're in a full rebuild mode. They're just looking for talent. That's what they want. And if that's what they see in Taylor Horton Tucker, I don't think that would stop them, the fact that they've got other guards there. I don't think that stops them from making a move like that. But it's fair to question, would the other team? And maybe that's something we don't think of often enough with the other team be interested in adding this piece. Does it make sense for them? High school Matt said, we don't need grant. And he lists AD areza mello Stanley Johnson LeBron. Yeah, you know what? The Lakers wing depth heading into the season. This was my biggest concern with the Lakers. Was there wing depth, heading into the season? Because I thought Trevor reason is not enough. And then he got hurt. Even when he wasn't hurt, I said, a reason is not enough. You need more defensive wings than just him. Carmelo Anthony's not that. And I think the idea was a reason the defensive wing mellows the offensive wing and depending on how the game's going, that's going to determine which one you turn to. Okay. But I still think you needed more in terms of wing defenders than ariza. Now, though, that Reeves is suddenly playable on the wing. Now, that you found Stanley Johnson, who certainly looks, at least offensively, playable on the wing. That does give you a little bit more support there. That certainly strengthens a weakness. Now again, I'm of the mindset that you can never have enough wings in the modern NBA, but yes, they look stronger on the way they look like they have more depth there right now than they did even two weeks ago. And a lot of that again is Stanley.
The Lowe Post
"mike muscala" Discussed on The Lowe Post
"Just continually doing things that run counter to what you would think you should do with that. But one of my other Western Conference hot take, you ready? I'm ready. The thunder are going to flirt with 9 and 73. I think that's I think that's possible. They are so bad. They're very we all knew they were bad. And then Josh Kenny looks good, by the way. He had a fantastic game against Phil the other day. I spent 6 looked comfortable his hair with immaculate flopping around. Shea was amazing and then it's like Derek favors so they've decided like Derek we got their favorites. He's our highest paid player. A veteran started a competent veteran player. He'll play 8 minutes a game. I'd like to play ten minutes again. That's it. Poku, nothing. They just, they're so bad. They're so bad. What free agents have they signed by the way in the last three years? I should have looked this up. Have they signed? They signed Mike muscala. I think that's the one guy. Thank everybody else they've either drafted or traded for. Mine muscala was on some of those like sixers processed teams, right? Scala was traded for a vikas zubot. I know. It's really baffling trades in recent memory. I think there's Lakers trade. I feel like you're like Mike muscala is like the totem in the Brady bunch, Hawaii episode where it just blew your life if you have it in your house so I don't remember the exact plot but like a tarantula was involved or something. I'd still be a stay away from muscala. I just feel like it's a bad sign if he's on your team. There's so I love basketball. It's my job. I love watching basketball. If I see Darius baisley miss 17 more three pointers in a row, I just, I can't watch it anymore. They're absolutely horrible. I think they're gonna flirt with 9 and 73. I think and partly because the whole league is trying to win their teams that aren't trying to win. Orlando's not. You only get two shots against them. Detroit's not. You only get two shots against them. Both detroiters are better than I think Detroit is trying. I just don't think they're very good. They're not. Houston's not and Houston already beat the thunder by 30 points. So you've got two or three more shots against them. But that's it. That's it. There's no other teams that are trying to lose. I think it's snuck up on me just how bad the roster is. And I know it's designed to be bad. It's not surprising. It's not like this is breaking news, but I think 9 and 73 flirtation just a little flirtation a little inappropriate text to the 9 and 73 teams. Is in play. Are you up text to the 9 and 73 teams is in play?.
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"mike muscala" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"Right in that range and then it's got the escalator language. So if you could somehow makes all NBA team or anything like that, then he bumps up to that full 207, which is the Trae young that's where Luka doncic will be. So, yeah. So I think that's wrong, you know, a pretty good, you know, spot for them to be there and then they re-signed Mike muscala. That was a little bit of a surprise, but they've always liked him. There. They like that, he's dead. You know, that big in there to work with their other young big, so like Alexi books schefsky and those guys. So, I'm just remember if it was one of my, it was one of my favorite like, just offer stated tweets of the night, it just popped back into my head. That when the mic was small thing came across. I remember my tweetdeck is just, you know, going berserk, right? Like a, cuz there's so much going on and I just saw just enough of yours. I think he tweeted something like, like, in response to Mike muscala. You just tweeted like, I mean, okay, or whatever. Like, I guess, I guess that's something like, like that, where it's like, yeah, that's that is it? That's the reaction to Mike muscala, right? They already traded Moses Brown, and Al Horford out. They they added off waivers in case anybody forgotten that had happened in a salary dump from Utah and then Kemba Walker clearly on, they added him. We'll see if you know, maybe one of these teams that misses out on a point, guard gets a little more often. You're sitting Kemba Walker, you know, potentially in a trade as of right now, I would guess know you would that, but you do have the Knicks everything that they did other than resigning, Derrick Rose. They did not add a point guard, okay? Other than Derrick Rose. So you know, let's see what the next few on day two. They've got about seven million more in cap space so that could be targeted at one of these guys who hasn't been signed yet. But yeah well we'll see when we get there Portland Trailblazers their big deal was resigning Norman. Powell five years ninety million so big chunk of change for Norman Powell but don't get robbed. Yeah, refer to as that. Now the Duncan Robinson deal but they added that Macklemore from the Lakers. Like I'm going to be a minimum contract, they're dead. He was going to get squeezed out by think more Shore, things in L and LX. Yeah yeah. That's that's exactly a Wayne Ellington, you know. Yeah we'll talk about we get the Lakers but that's what happened job. But I like that for Portland, they needed somebody who could, you know, knock down some shots and then they added Cody Zeller, he's going to be there new backup, big my guess is they're moving on from enes Kanter? So Zeller world team team up behind Jusuf nurkic there and then they lost Zach Collins. Well, we're going to come back to that one. Yes, we're getting that one. We're going to finish with that verse but yeah, yeah, all right. That's perfect. Well, you should now and I'll go on a rant that's going to be fun to go here. So yeah, I mean, I don't know that any of these moves are get Damian Lillard saying, you know, let me know. You'll be a buy more real estate here in Portland and eventually you'll lock down even further. But you know, it's a start at least you'll.
Game Theory Podcast
"mike muscala" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"If they're they're going to tank the rest of this way. It's going to be what they're doing tail. Mallad own, you know may be Mike muscala. Kenrich Williams like the fact that she blew the fact that shade gilgeous-alexander is averaging twenty two points when he is number one and number two off. But Scouting Report says a lot to MC. I I'm with you I get to the kings are better than the thunder. It's not by many games in a way, but they are better than the Thunder Sacramento isn't like making anybody sit up and take notice. They're they're painful to watch sometimes very enjoyable to watch but yeah, gosh, I want to Chuck wailer. I probably watched More Kings games. I probably watch more Kings and hornets games than any other teams in the League this year just because they're so fun. Like if I'm just flipping through their bond league pass through Thursday. I'm just like, oh, yeah, I'll just watch these teams cuz they're super great. And I know that I'm getting I'm watching them. I think that the degree of difficulty forshee is way higher than it is for anyone else on Earth within these conversations. I have to give him the bump over Mike Conley over de'aaron Fox. Okay, I frankly think he's having a better year than Devin Booker. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay, I would I get I still have calmly in there because of the defensive numbers and just what it's clear that the Jazz are really good but they're at a different level one commonly plays and maybe I'm putting too much stock in the advanced numbers. But when it comes down to Fox vs Alexander, I'm with you Alexander over Fox thought I think it's great that fox did this conversation? I would like to be having the same conversation next year right like that. That's where I would like it to be. Yeah, like I don't think we can put indictment on him overall. Yeah. Bona fide Western Conference All-Star. I would even very favorable the D Aaron Fox as well. Yeah, like I would even order these guys, I would say shay Devin Booker Mike Conley then dead..
After Hours With Amy Lawrence
Russell Westbrook, Paul Georgette And OKC discussed on After Hours With Amy Lawrence
"Russell Westbrook is reportedly open to following Paul Georgette of OKC Westbrook has only played for the thunder his eleven seasons yes for years and one hundred seventy million dollars left on his contract there apparently is mutual interest with the heat meanwhile OKC has let Mike muscala at Alec Burks re think the free agent deals they agreed to last week because of all of this the scale is staying but Burke's expected to sign with the warriors I mean sure