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This Year’s NBA GM Survey is Insane · Kenny For Real

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  Speaker 1: You know the NBA season is right around the corner
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  Speaker 1: when John Schumann drops the NBA GM survey. 48 questions.
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  Speaker 1: And every single time we go through this, we learn
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  Speaker 1: more about how GMs are perceiving players and how they're
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  Speaker 1: perceiving the game that we love. The NBA season starts
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  Speaker 1: in what, four, five days? Come on, man. It's right
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  Speaker 1: shout out to Schumann again. Been doing this since 2002, bro.
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  Speaker 1: The 25th annual NBA GM survey. Start off with predictions.
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  Speaker 1: What team will win the 2027 NBA Finals? I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to try to give my answer to these questions too
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  Speaker 1: as we go along so it's not just strictly reacting.
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  Speaker 1: 50% of the GMs that answered said the San Antonio Spurs.
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  Speaker 1: It makes sense. They were just in the finals. They
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  Speaker 1: were one of the youngest teams in the league. They
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  Speaker 1: beat OKC, which is really tough to do. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they get 50% of the vote. And then 43% of
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  Speaker 1: the other goes to OKC. And that only leaves the Knicks.
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  Speaker 1: And the Sixers getting votes. So only four teams got
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  Speaker 1: total votes. But what's that? 93% of the votes go
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  Speaker 1: to the top two teams, which makes sense to me.
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  Speaker 1: Every time I talk about the NBA Finals or I
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  Speaker 1: talk about coming out of the Western Conference, I say,
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  Speaker 1: If you aren't including the Spurs or Thunder, because everybody
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  Speaker 1: just knows that as long as health is on their side,
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  Speaker 1: one of those two teams is going to represent the West.
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  Speaker 1: So the question becomes, if not those two teams, then who?
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  Speaker 1: And then you hear Minnesota, then you hear Houston, then
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  Speaker 1: you hear the Lakers, yada, yada, yada. If I were
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  Speaker 1: to make a prediction today before the NBA season starts,
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  Speaker 1: I would have gave a vote to the Oklahoma City
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  Speaker 1: Thunder being the NBA champions for the 26-27 season. Can
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  Speaker 1: I go back? I know this is not about last year,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm so curious about last season when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to the predictions. One, two, three, four, five teams got
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  Speaker 1: votes for the finals. I'm trying to figure out how
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  Speaker 1: much parity really exists. One, two, three, four. Only three
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  Speaker 1: teams got a vote in the 24-25 season. So it
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  Speaker 1: seems like that's pretty normal where only three to four
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  Speaker 1: teams end up getting total votes. But I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if we've seen two teams have 90%, 93% specifically, a vote. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: Eastern Conference rankings. 60% of people think that the Knicks
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  Speaker 1: are going to be the one seed. Then you got
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  Speaker 1: Philly getting a bunch of votes. The Cavs 7%, the
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  Speaker 1: Celtics 7%, and 3% for the Detroit Pistons, which is
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  Speaker 1: a fall off because they won 60 last year. But
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  Speaker 1: I understand why people are not buying into the Pistons
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  Speaker 1: this upcoming season. But for the most part, what you'll
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  Speaker 1: see in these GM surveys, and I'm not even saying
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  Speaker 1: it's a bad thing, is that the team that just
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  Speaker 1: won a championship, they get the benefit of the doubt.
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  Speaker 1: They just did it. And especially if it's a team
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  Speaker 1: like the Knicks that almost brought everybody back. Obviously, Mitchell
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  Speaker 1: Robson is gone. But they almost brought everybody back. If
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  Speaker 1: they just did it, why can't they do it again?
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  Speaker 1: You may argue nobody has been able to repeat in
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  Speaker 1: quite some time, but I'm not mad at the Knicks
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  Speaker 1: getting all these votes. You got, yes, 76ers, Cavs, Celtics, Pistons, Raptors, Pacers, Heat. Interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Out West, yeah, like I said, these two teams are
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  Speaker 1: going to be battling for one 2C. Not a single
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  Speaker 1: other team. Wait, huh? Okay, I'm sorry. Almost not a
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  Speaker 1: single other team got a vote for the top two Cs.
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  Speaker 1: The Denver Nuggets do get 7% of the vote, but
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  Speaker 1: then it falls off to Minnesota. And yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: that I would agree. with the Knicks being the team
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  Speaker 1: to come out of the Eastern Conference based on today.
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  Speaker 1: And I also agree that these two teams are the
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  Speaker 1: top two seeds. I actually think this is the order, too.
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  Speaker 1: I think the Spurs should and probably will have a
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  Speaker 1: better record come regular season than the Thunder. But I
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  Speaker 1: think I trust the Thunder more in a seven-game series. Again,
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  Speaker 1: assuming health for both teams. Obviously, last year, health wasn't
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  Speaker 1: on the side of the Thunder. Next, we got players.
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  Speaker 1: Who will win the MVP this season? How can you
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  Speaker 1: not go Victor Wiminyama after the season he just had?
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  Speaker 1: One of the greatest offensive players we've ever seen already.
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  Speaker 1: And he was already in conversations for MVP last season.
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  Speaker 1: The team should be even better this year. He should
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  Speaker 1: be even better this year in theory. So 77% of
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  Speaker 1: the vote makes sense. And then, ooh, number three, Ant-Man.
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  Speaker 1: In my mind, it was going to be some version
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  Speaker 1: of Weminyama, Jokic, and Shea because that's just the way
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  Speaker 1: it always is. But Ant-Man slides in here, which is
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  Speaker 1: so funny because today, as I'm recording this episode, I
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  Speaker 1: have a live show, a live podcast with numbers on
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  Speaker 1: the board. I don't think it's too late to get tickets,
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  Speaker 1: a live podcast and i guess i'll put the link
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  Speaker 1: in the description it's not too late to get tickets
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  Speaker 1: but part of the episode is of us giving our
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  Speaker 1: award predictions and i actually did have anthony edwards as
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  Speaker 1: my number three when it comes to mvp and i
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  Speaker 1: thought i was kind of being flashy with it nope
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  Speaker 1: seems like seven percent of people already think that um
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  Speaker 1: tatum gets a vote too that would be such a
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  Speaker 1: comeback to come off that major injury in the first
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  Speaker 1: full season post that and i'm getting an mvp award
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  Speaker 1: shout out to him but yeah women yama is number
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  Speaker 1: one on my list as well If you're starting a
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  Speaker 1: franchise today, it could sign any player in the NBA
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  Speaker 1: who it would be. Wimby Yam, I'm surprised it's not unanimous,
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  Speaker 1: but you do have a multiple-time MVP right here in Shea,
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  Speaker 1: and then Cooper Fly gets a vote. I'm not mad
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  Speaker 1: at Coop, but it is Wimby Yam. Which player forces
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  Speaker 1: opposing coaches to make the most adjustments? It is Wimby.
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  Speaker 1: It was Jokic. Jokic is not number one. At one time,
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  Speaker 1: it was Steph Curry, but as Curry continues to age,
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  Speaker 1: that's only like, what, two votes? Shea gives Alexander, gets
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  Speaker 1: 10% of the vote, and then Luka Doncic gets 3%.
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  Speaker 1: I think the answer is Wimby Yam. Because you just
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  Speaker 1: cannot take shots in the basket, near the basket anymore.
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  Speaker 1: He just says no to all of that. So you
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  Speaker 1: have to adjust. Which player is most likely to break out?
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  Speaker 1: So you got Dylan Harper with 27%, Cooper Flagg, Kyler Murray-Boyles.
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  Speaker 1: I love that answer. Kaysen Wallace. I love that answer.
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  Speaker 1: Ahmed Thompson. I love that answer. You also get Scottie Barnes.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go. You love when you see your favorite team
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  Speaker 1: get a vote. Now, that don't mean nothing. That just
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  Speaker 1: means like one singular GM said, my name is Mike.
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  Speaker 1: You got Stephon Castle, Cedric Coward. Love that answer. Tyler Hero.
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  Speaker 1: New situation. Walker Kessler, new situation. Conn Knipple, John Thickeminga,
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  Speaker 1: new situation. So a lot of these are guys in
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  Speaker 1: new situations, right, from John Morant to while Alex Starr
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  Speaker 1: is not in a new situation. It's like a– actually,
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  Speaker 1: it is a new situation on the same team, right?
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  Speaker 1: Now he's playing alongside Anthony Davis, and now he's got
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  Speaker 1: a true point guard in Trey Young. So that has
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  Speaker 1: him probably having more opportunities. I think actually most of
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  Speaker 1: these guys are in new situations or something changed in
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  Speaker 1: their offseason. Where Scottie Barnes– like I'm not mad if
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  Speaker 1: Scottie Barnes is a pick. We obviously already know how
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  Speaker 1: great Scottie Barnes is. He was just all defensive second
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  Speaker 1: team for whatever reason last year when he should have
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  Speaker 1: been first team. But like, I think he could be
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  Speaker 1: an All-NBA player this season. So that would be a,
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  Speaker 1: that would be truly a breakout. I'm not mad at
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  Speaker 1: any of these votes. Based on the names I'm seeing here,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to play my homer pick and say Madis
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  Speaker 1: Bouzalis or Leonard Miller. Y'all better lock the hell in
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  Speaker 1: on Leonard Miller. That guy is a stud. Unfortunately, he's
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  Speaker 1: just a log gem in our wings. So he's not
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  Speaker 1: going to be a starter this season. But Leonard Miller,
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  Speaker 1: lock in, lock in. Who's the best point guard in
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  Speaker 1: the league? I would agree. Shea Gillis-Alexander is. Jalen Brunson
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  Speaker 1: gets the finals MVP boost. I'm not mad at it.
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  Speaker 1: I think Luka Dantas still is a better point guard
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  Speaker 1: than Jalen Brunson. Shout out to JB, though. I think
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson's third on my list. And then you got Curry.
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  Speaker 1: Last year, Shea had a little bit more of the vote,
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  Speaker 1: but still about the same. Best shooting guard in the league,
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  Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards, for sure. My only complaint to Schumann, and
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  Speaker 1: he's been doing it for 25 years, and he loves
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  Speaker 1: his recipe and everything, I think that you should position
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  Speaker 1: Locke because it gives us a better representation of what
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  Speaker 1: GMs truly believe. How is Luka Doncic and Shea getting
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  Speaker 1: votes at point guard, shooting guard? And Luka literally won
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  Speaker 1: small four. He got votes at all the top three positions.
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  Speaker 1: He actually won best small four in the league last year.
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  Speaker 1: Am I looking at positions wrong? Am I in the
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  Speaker 1: wrong here? Because Luka Doncic, in my mind, is a
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  Speaker 1: point guard. But okay, now I understand why Brunson would
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  Speaker 1: have more votes because obviously not every GM sees Luka
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  Speaker 1: Doncic as a point guard. You have no choice but
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  Speaker 1: to see Jalen Brunson as a point guard. I'd be
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  Speaker 1: damned if Jalen Brunson got a small four vote. So
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  Speaker 1: it's so interesting to me. I guess we just got
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  Speaker 1: different opinions about what positions in basketball are. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we're in the basketball era. Because, yeah, Anthony Harris literally,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, he literally won. Luka Doncic won small four
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  Speaker 1: last season. I think this year's small four, I think
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  Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard was number one on my list. I see
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  Speaker 1: Tatum as a four, so he wouldn't have been here.
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  Speaker 1: So I think my point guard was Shea. My shooting
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  Speaker 1: guard was Anthony Harris. My small four was Kawhi. My
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  Speaker 1: power forward was Giannis, and my best center in the
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  Speaker 1: league was Jokic. That's the way mine played out. But look,
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  Speaker 1: Jokic almost got 100% of the vote last season. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Wimby got about 40%. I ain't mad at it. Shout
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  Speaker 1: out to Giannis. Some people are seeing me. So how
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  Speaker 1: can you see Wimby as a four? Like, he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: play alongside. Like, I can see, like, Chet Holmgren's an
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  Speaker 1: interesting example. I see Chet Holmgren as a five because
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  Speaker 1: that's the way he's built, but he does play when
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  Speaker 1: he's at Hardenstein. So anybody that tells me that they
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  Speaker 1: see Chet Holmgren as a four, I'm not going to
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  Speaker 1: argue against him because he literally plays alongside another five.
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  Speaker 1: I think there's a world where you have two fives
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  Speaker 1: in the lineup, by the way. But, like, Wimbanyama and, what,
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  Speaker 1: Luke Cornett played minutes, but not enough for me to
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  Speaker 1: see Wimbanyama as a four. Is it because he does
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  Speaker 1: shoot three? Like, how are they determining what's a four
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  Speaker 1: and what's a five? I don't know. highest percentage of
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  Speaker 1: total votes on one position shea yannis anthony edwards yokich
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  Speaker 1: winby and then it was uh yokich last season offseason
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  Speaker 1: moves which team made the best moves this offseason how
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  Speaker 1: can you not say philly they brought in two all-nba
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  Speaker 1: players while they also already had two all-nba type of
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  Speaker 1: players so how can you not say them miami did
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  Speaker 1: get yannis Charlotte, sneaky Charlotte votes. And then you got Boston, Minnesota,
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  Speaker 1: and Toronto. I love Toronto as a vote here, but
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  Speaker 1: I would agree 76ers are the team to win this one.
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  Speaker 1: Which one player acquisition would have the biggest impact? How
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  Speaker 1: can you not say Giannis? What was the most underrated
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  Speaker 1: player acquisition? Tobias Harris, Mitchell Robinson, Nas Reed, LaMelo Ball,
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  Speaker 1: Lou Dort, Jonathan Domingo, Peyton Watson, Isaiah Joe, Kawhi Leonard.
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  Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard underrated? He literally is like one of the
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  Speaker 1: two best players to get moved this offseason. What are
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  Speaker 1: you talking about? Um, mamu chandro mamu callous philly kelly
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  Speaker 1: uber a reach i say anthony simons for six million
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  Speaker 1: uh dean wade aaron wiggins i think of all the
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  Speaker 1: names i've seen here the one i think would be
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  Speaker 1: the most impactful is mitchell robson assuming health i think
• 11:00
  Speaker 1: mitchell robson adds another element to the boston celtics i
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  Speaker 1: remember when um the season ended and it was brad
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  Speaker 1: stevens talking about how they have to diversify their portfolio
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  Speaker 1: a little bit where they can't just be threes and
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  Speaker 1: layups and threes and layups and wow Mitchell Robinson is
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  Speaker 1: not going to change that too much from a Zula ball.
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  Speaker 1: Adding extra possessions to a team that already never turns
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  Speaker 1: the ball over is a plus. So I would say
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  Speaker 1: Mitchell Robinson, if we talk about underrated, I would vote
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  Speaker 1: for Mitchell Robinson there. Which team would be the most improved?
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  Speaker 1: Got to be the Pacers. I ain't mad at that. Washington, Utah, Toronto. Ooh,
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  Speaker 1: they voted Orlando last season. Orlando was the AC. Indiana
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  Speaker 1: makes the most sense. I mean, they were one of
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  Speaker 1: the three worst teams in the league last year. And
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: then now they have Halliburton and Big Zoo there and
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  Speaker 1: Halliburton already looks good if you watch some preseason. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I agree. Indiana Pacers. Who would win the rickety year?
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  Speaker 1: Cam Boozer is the answer. I think Cam Boozer. I
• 11:49
  Speaker 1: made this point on the podcast when we did our
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  Speaker 1: Purge take. And if you watched the pod, you know
• 11:56
  Speaker 1: that we did a Purge take episode, which is something
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  Speaker 1: that I was inspired by the fantasy football guys at
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  Speaker 1: the Ringer, which basically the way I try to explain it,
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  Speaker 1: even though nobody listens on the Internet, is that these
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  Speaker 1: things that we're saying in this episode are not takes
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  Speaker 1: that we completely believe in. But it's something that has
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  Speaker 1: crossed our mind once or twice while thinking about the
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  Speaker 1: game of basketball, right? So an example of that was like,
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  Speaker 1: I think I said I'm tired of big fellas shooting threes.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not truly tired of big fellas shooting threes. But
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  Speaker 1: when I'm watching and I see a big fella that
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  Speaker 1: doesn't shoot threes shoot threes, I get a little annoyed.
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  Speaker 1: Just a little bit. Not enough to tell him don't
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  Speaker 1: expand your game at all. But it was a purged state.
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  Speaker 1: And now I'm learning at the end that I don't
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  Speaker 1: fucking know how to comprehend that. Anyway. One of my
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  Speaker 1: takes was that I think there's a word where, like,
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  Speaker 1: we look at Cam Boozer after his rookie season and say, damn,
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  Speaker 1: he top 35 in the league. He top 30 in
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  Speaker 1: the league. He's already a man amongst boys on the
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  Speaker 1: NBA court. He is so cerebral in his playmaking and
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  Speaker 1: his decision-making, and he is just an efficient beast, and
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  Speaker 1: he's going to have some infrastructure around him defensively from
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  Speaker 1: Zach Eaddy, assuming health, that, like, there's a word where
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  Speaker 1: the Grizzlies are better than we expected, and a lot
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  Speaker 1: of that would have to do with Cam Boozer. So
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  Speaker 1: Cam Boozer is my number one for rookie of the year.
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  Speaker 1: And not that I would be surprised if he didn't
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  Speaker 1: win it, But I think because of opportunity and because
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  Speaker 1: of how he already comes in so polished, I think
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  Speaker 1: it's his to lose in a way. Well, like, shout
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  Speaker 1: out to Caleb Wilson. He is raw in comparison to
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  Speaker 1: a Cam Boozer. A.J. DeBont is going to be playing
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  Speaker 1: alongside Trey Young and Anthony Davis and Trey Johnson and
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  Speaker 1: Keyshawn George, all these guys that are already a little
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  Speaker 1: further in their development. That doesn't mean that A.J. DeBont
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  Speaker 1: is about to be the fifth most important player in
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  Speaker 1: his own lineup. But, like, again, opportunity matters, and Cam
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  Speaker 1: Boozer's opportunity is higher than A.J. Devonta's. And same thing
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  Speaker 1: with Darren Peterson. He's going to a team in Utah
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  Speaker 1: that is actively trying to win the season with the
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  Speaker 1: Larry Marketins, the Jaron Jackson Juniors, the Keontae Georges of
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  Speaker 1: the world. The ball will be going through Cam Boozer
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  Speaker 1: more times than not. So I'm 100% going Cam Boozer.
• 13:47
  Speaker 1: It is so interesting to see Cooper Flack at 97%
• 13:49
  Speaker 1: of the vote. And then the final vote came down to, what,
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: like three differences between him and Conk and Ipple. So
• 13:54
  Speaker 1: I say it to say, even though 50% of people
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: do believe in Cam Boozer, there could be a concomitant
• 13:59
  Speaker 1: in this year's draft. It's like, oh, out of nowhere,
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: he's going to be in conversations. Which rookie would be
• 14:04
  Speaker 1: the best player in five years? Holy shit. Have you
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: ever seen a Chicago Bull player be on this list? Yeah,
• 14:12
  Speaker 1: C-Dub is the answer. And I'm definitely not being biased here.
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: He's definitely going to be the best player in the
• 14:16
  Speaker 1: class in five years. Are you kidding me? Five years ago,
• 14:19
  Speaker 1: they said Evan Mobley. That is, that's Kate Cunningham's draft class, right?
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: I would put Cade Cunningham over Evan Mobley. Last year,
• 14:27
  Speaker 1: they said Cooper Flagg. I think that's the right answer.
• 14:29
  Speaker 1: AJ DeBarnes and Caleb Tye, and then Cam Boozer, and
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: then Darren Peterson. I wish there was somebody else to
• 14:34
  Speaker 1: not get a vote. Like, somebody else to get a vote. Like,
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe you thought Darius Acuff. There's a
• 14:39
  Speaker 1: chance that he was the best guy. Or Daylon Swain.
• 14:42
  Speaker 1: I don't know. Which rookie was the biggest steal of
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: this draft? Braden Burries, Alan Graves, LaBerra Phylon, Malik Thomas,
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: Cam Boozer at three. Wow. You know how good you
• 14:51
  Speaker 1: got to be for it to be the third overall
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: pick and still be a steal? Cam Carr, he sat
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: in that draft room for quite some time. I thought
• 14:57
  Speaker 1: there was a chance he got selected at like 15.
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: He ended up at 24. Chris Sinat, Yaxel. I can't
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: have an opinion here because my pre-draft work was like
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: two months before the draft. So I can't tell you
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: all of the pros and cons of like a Malik
• 15:13
  Speaker 1: Thomas other than me watching him in summer league and
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: a little bit in the preseason. So I can't have
• 15:17
  Speaker 1: an opinion here. I'm going to say that it was
• 15:21
  Speaker 1: somehow Caleb. How did he fall to four? He's the
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: next goal. Who was the best international player in the NBA? Oh,
• 15:29
  Speaker 1: how is this possible? Because we go up here. They
• 15:32
  Speaker 1: voted Jokic as the best center in the league. But
• 15:35
  Speaker 1: down here, they're saying that Wimby is the best international player.
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's a 3% difference from being 50-50. But
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: how did they do that? Why would they do that?
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: Because you just said, oh, because some people believe that
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: Wimby was a four. This is so stupid. Okay, who
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: is the best international player? 9-8, Sasha Vazhenkov. Would love
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: to see him come back to the league. Oh, my God.
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: This guy, I've only seen clips of him. He's 17.
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: And GMs are already saying, or at least one GM
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: already said, he is the best player, international player, 9-8.
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: But he's 17. He ain't even played in college. Niko Miertic,
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: shout out to Bulls legend. Kendrick Nunn, Eddie Tavares. And then,
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: I don't even know this name. G. Montoro? I usually
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: kind of locked in at least a little bit. 23-year-old
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: player from the DR, huh? All right, I'm going to
• 16:24
  Speaker 1: keep him in my browser. I'm going to look him
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: up and watch some footage, I guess. I've never heard
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: of him. Sasha Zinkov is like crazy, though. I saw
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: a clip of him scoring like 36 points on three dribbles.
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: I want some Klay Thompson stuff. He's like, oh, yeah.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: He got to the NBA, then played for the Kings, bro.
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: Come back, bro. Do your Mario Hazonia. Come back. Come back.
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: Who's the best defensive player in the NBA? Wimbledon Yama,
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: an only person. Hey, Asar Thompson should wear this as
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: a badge of honor that somebody looked at him and said, no,
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: he's a better defender than Victor Wimbledon Yama. Even if
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: it's wrong, it's wrong. Let's be honest, it's wrong. Best
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: perimeter defender. Huh? I think Asar Thompson is a better
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: perimeter defender than Amin, but they're still both elite. Caruso,
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: Dyson Daniels. It's so funny because I don't think Steph
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: Castle or Amin Thompson made all defensive last year. Now,
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: the GMs don't vote for that, but I'm just curious.
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: Jada McDaniels gets 7% of the vote. Ojan Anobi, Nikhazan Walker,
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: Kasem Wallace, Derek White. I would give my vote to
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: Sarr Thompson. And, of course, I'm giving my vote to
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: Wimby for best defensive player in the NBA. Best interior defender,
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: Victor Wimiyama, of course. Rudy Gobert still gets a vote, though.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: Shout out to Rudy. Most versatile defender, Victor Wimiyama. I'm
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: going to throw a little thing and say Scottie Barnes
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: is my pick, even though Wimiyama is probably the right answer. Giannis,
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: Tumani Kamara, Draymond Green still getting some votes in 2026.
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: Shout out to him. Which team is the best, which
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: is the best defensive team in the NBA? Okay, see,
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: I like that. I like that. Between a healthy dub,
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: Chet Holmgren, who's probably, did Chet not get a single
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: vote here now that I'm thinking about it? Well, yeah,
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: because only two people got votes. But I don't see
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: Chet's name anywhere. That is so crazy. Chet Holmgren is,
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: I think Chet Holmgren is the second best interior defender
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: in the NBA. No disrespect to one of my goats,
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert. I think Chet Holmgren is that guy. Um,
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: So between Kacen Wallace, Alex Caruso, J-Dub, Chet Holmgren, the
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: list goes on and on. I think OKC is the
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: better defensive team than the Spurs collectively. Obviously, the Spurs
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: have a demigod on the back end, and then the
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: guy in the front in Stephon Castle is also great,
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: and some things around them that are solid. But I
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: think starts top to bottom, OKC is the best defensive
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: team in the league. Who's the best coach? Eric Sposer
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: always going to win this. Somehow, Steele's never won in
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: the war. Mark Dayton or Mark Brown coming off that championship,
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: I ain't mad at it. Which coach is the best motivator?
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: Steve Kerr or Ooh, Missoula. Oh, it's a three-way tie.
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: First three-way tie we've seen in quite some time. Steve Curry,
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: Joe Missoula, Eric Spoelstra, Mike Brown, J.B. Biggerstaff. Last year,
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: it was Spoh. Spoh fell off, I guess. Yeah, Spoh
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: fell off. Even though he won in these awards, his
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: percentage is not high. Which head coach makes the best
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: in-game adjustments? It's still Rick Carlisle. Tyronn Lue, Eric Spoelstra,
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: Mark Dayton, Joe Missoula. Okay. Which head coach runs the
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: best offense? Rick Carlisle again. That's the second year in
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: a row that Rick Carlisle is the guy. I wonder...
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: Rick Carlisle's a legendary coach, a Hall of Fame coach,
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: one of the greatest coaches we've ever really seen. I
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: think running the best offense is this with having a general, like,
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: not a generational, but like a, let's say floor general guy,
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: like Tyrese Halliburton. Where like, you didn't think about Rick
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Carlisle's offensive system last season. Obviously he was out without
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Halliburton and some other players, but like, were you watching
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: him saying like, yeah, this offense is so amazing? No,
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: it's like, This offense is amazing because of Rick and Hallie.
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: You know what I mean? And maybe you could say
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: the same about Mark Dayton all in Shea or Steve
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Kerr and Steph Curry or Kenny Atkinson. and I guess
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: James Hart. I don't know. You need, what I'm saying
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: is that you need both. You need both. Which head
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: coach is the best defensive scheme? Mark Dayton all, Eric Spolstra,
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: Emei Udoka. Not mad at Emei getting the vote there,
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: but Mark Dayton all is probably the answer. The best
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: assistant coach, everybody's going to say Van Gundy, but now Billy. Yeah,
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Billy's an assistant. I'm giving it to Billy, bro. I
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: think Billy's an underrated coach, bro. I know I know,
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: I know, I know he was my head coach for five,
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: six years here, and it wasn't perfect. But I think
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: Billy Donovan did a lot with a little here in Chicago.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: And him being an assistant coach all of a sudden
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: is kind of nuts when you think about it because
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: you can't tell me he's the 31st best possible basketball coach.
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: You know what I'm like? Like he's better than multiple
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: coaches that have jobs today. So Billy was probably on
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: that list. Which active player would make the best head
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: coach someday? Mike Conley, TJ McConnell, Jalen Brunson. Oh, Chris
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: Paul not active no more, so he can't win this award, bro.
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: He had won this like 100 years in a row,
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: and now he can't win it. All right. Miscellaneous. These
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: are the fun ones. Which team is the most fun
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: to watch? 100%, I'm giving my vote to Minnesota. I'm
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: happy that the other GMs are saying that. Through thick
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: and thin, that team is going to be entertaining as hell.
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: Spurs are up there, of course. Denver's always in there.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: Philly's going to be in there. But I think, yeah,
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: Minnesota is my vote too. Which team has the best
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: home court advantage? Denver. Okay, see, I still have not
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: been to an Oklahoma City Thunder game. Maybe this year
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: because we work finals. So if they make it to
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: the finals, I'm sure we'll be there. New York. Denver
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: is a different beast, bro. Between the crowd and between
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: the altitude, I think I would agree with that. I
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: was there ring ceremony night after they won their championship,
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: and it was electric, bro. It was electric. And I
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: damn near was spraying my hailer every 30 minutes, it
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: felt like, because even the altitude when you're just walking
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: around the city, it feels fucking nuts for somebody that's
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: never been there. Which team will have the league's most
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: efficient offense this season? Okay, see, interesting. I would probably
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: vote for Denver to go back-to-back in most efficient offense.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: They were it last year. I think they could do
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: it again. Which team's level of success this season is
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: the toughest to predict? The 76ers are the answer. I've
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: seen people, as far as to saying that they think
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: the 76ers can win the East, I've seen people that
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: I respect in this world when it comes to basketball say,
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: They wouldn't be surprised if the 76ers don't even make
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: the top six. And I think a lot of it
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: has to do with Joy Labide, LeBron's age, already dealing
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: with arthritis. Is that what he's dealing with? I forget. Sciatica. So, like,
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: I don't know how to predict it, and that's why
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: I would give them a vote. 76ers also was the
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: winner last year. So it's just Philly's way to not
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: be predictable. I don't know. Which team has the most
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: promise in core? How can you not go Spurs when
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: Wimiyama and Castle and Harper and all the other guys?
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: OKC had 50% of the vote last year. They only
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: got one vote this season, but it is the Spurs.
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: Which player is the most athletic? Dude, Papa Thompson. I
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: don't know his name. Papa Thompson got to read this
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: and be like, damn, bro, we did it. For both
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: of my sons, my son's got 73% of the votes
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: for most athletic. I'm in Thompson. Anthony Edwards getting there
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: is pretty dope, too. But I'm in Thompson second year
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: in a row. Best pure shooter. I don't know when
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: it's going to be a world where it's not Mr. 30,
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: you know. Conk and Nipple got a vote, though. Fastest
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: with the ball, Maxie, Fox, Ja, Fierce, Ahmed, and Vijay.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: Fox got 53% of the vote last year. And then Fox's, Fox's, like,
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: I don't know. The consensus on Fox's is way down
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: in comparison to previous seasons. I know he wasn't swiper
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: in the playoffs because of the injuries. But, damn, he
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: went from 53% to 17%. Tyrese Maxey is a dog, though.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: Which is the best player moving out the ball? How
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: can you not say Steph Curry? Who's the best passer?
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: How can you not say Yoke? I mean, Yoke did
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: get some votes. I'm sorry. Dodgers did get some votes,
• 23:19
  Speaker 1: but I think it is Yoke. Best player moving. Which
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: player is the best leader? Jay LeBron's like a silent
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: leader when you think about it. He don't really be
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: talking like that. He lead by example. He lead by
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: taking a pay cut. He lead by going out there,
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: twisting his ankle, and tightening it up farther and saying,
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: I'm dropping 40-whatever in the finals. Not mad at it.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: Most versatile player in the NBA? Women of the Alamo.
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: Scottie Barnes. Love Scottie Barnes. Getting some votes there. Which
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: player has the best b-ball IQ? LeBron and Jokic going 1-2.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: It's fun for me. Which player would you want taking
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: the shot in the game with a lack hurry? Got
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: 50% of the votes still. Then Bronson. Yeah, Bronson is
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: kind of a different beast now. I mean, Curry is
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: the answer, but I'm not mad at Bronson either. I mean,
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: that boy was coming off an all-time run. And that's it.
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: Those are the 48 questions that GM's answered. Again, my
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: only criticism every time has to do with the damn positions.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: But whatever. It's got its own charm. Shout out to
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: Schumann again. 25 years running this is really tough. Appreciate
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: him for doing this every single year. Leave a like, subscribe,
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: and I'll see y'all soon, bro. The NBA season's right here.