Emergency Podcast 184: De'Aaron Fox throwing lobs to Wemby

De'Aaron Fox is heading to the Spurs! Adam and Russell break down the blockbuster trade that sent Fox to San Antonio, Zach LaVine to the Kings, and Tre Jones, Zach Collins, and Kevin Huerter to the Bulls. What does this mean for Wemby and the league? Tune in now! 🎙️🔥

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Transcript

00:51.77
Adz
Welcome everybody to another emergency podcast. Another emergency podcast. What is going on? The NBA.

01:03.28
Adz
And this time it's not my turn. It's Russell's turn.

01:06.64
Russell Gibson
yeah Yeah.

01:07.52
Adz
De'Aaron Fox is on the move. Zach Levine is also on the move. Um, I do recall a couple of weeks ago, you were wearing a San Antonio Victor when Ben Yana top Fox is being traded to the Spurs.

01:21.33
Adz
Did you know about this?

01:23.63
Russell Gibson
No, I had no idea at all. And I actually didn't believe the stories of him not wanting to resign. I actually just assumed it was a negotiating tactic.

01:37.07
Russell Gibson
to squeeze a bit more cash out of them and that everything would be you know golden and he would come back to the kings.

01:39.11
Adz
Yeah.

01:43.23
Russell Gibson
Because my assumption was that they put so much stock into Fox, why would they now back out? like you know The narrative of my head was that they chose Fox over Luca.

01:48.58
Adz
yeah Yeah. Yeah.

01:53.22
Adz
Yeah.

01:53.97
Russell Gibson
Fox over Tyrese Halliburton. So, you know, why all of a sudden would they not give him what he wants?

01:57.21
Adz
He's the guy.

01:59.43
Russell Gibson
So this was ah like a bit of a shock for me, but in saying that, obviously the writing was on the wall. So I just dropped the ball on that one and I just have to get over it. but

02:10.69
Adz
This is...

02:12.75
Russell Gibson
So I feel like, can we actually just take a step back and talk about the Luca trade before we deep dive into the Fox?

02:23.44
Adz
If we want to, I was going to say I can't repurpose the content when we do that, but...

02:27.92
Russell Gibson
Okay. I was going to link it in together.

02:32.81
Adz
yeah we Do we want to talk about what's happened in the last couple of days? Because I feel like there's a domino effect in play.

02:37.77
Russell Gibson
Well, so what I want to talk about, what I was going to say was, okay, so this is from Eric Slater.

02:38.18
Adz
Is that what you're gonna... Is that what you're gonna unpack?

02:42.71
Russell Gibson
Eric Slater underscore. And what he did was he summarized every asset that the nets have gotten back after trading Kevin Durant. Cam Johnson, Zaire Williams, 2023 Phoenix First, 2025 Phoenix First, 25 Knicks First, 25 Bucks First, 27 Phoenix First, 27 Knicks First, 28 Pick Swap, 28 Knicks Pick Swap, 29 Phoenix First, 29 Knicks First, 31 Knicks First,

03:07.06
Adz
Aww.

03:12.02
Russell Gibson
25 Brooklyn second, 28 bucks second, 29 bucks second, 30th Dallas second. The Mavericks for Luca Doncic got Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a Lakers first round pick.

03:24.02
Russell Gibson
So for me, then the perfect segue is now we go into the Fox trade. What did the Kings get back for Fox? So they got Zach Levine.

03:31.85
Adz
Well, they said they needed a third party, right? They needed they needed something to happen.

03:37.43
Russell Gibson
Yeah. So they got back Zach Levine, Sidi Sisoko, and three first round picks, Charlotte in 2025, San Antonio in 2027, and Minnesota in 2031.

03:51.19
Russell Gibson
And I was just looking up on fanspo dot.com. So if you go to fanspo dot.com, it's got every single draft pick that your team or any team has.

03:55.59
Adz
Hmm.

04:00.27
Russell Gibson
And if it's traded out, the protections that it's got on it. So the protection on that peak is actually protected one to 14. So considering how bad the Hornets are right now, I don't think that peak is going to get conveyed. So that's a little bit misleading. So essentially, that's going to be two second round picks. It's going to be a 26 second round pick. It's going to be a 27 second round pick.

04:23.67
Adz
Okay.

04:23.87
Russell Gibson
um Three second round picks, Chicago in 25, Denver in 28, and they got one of their own picks back from Chicago. um

04:33.15
Adz
Yeah, which is part of the preium ah previous trade. Yeah.

04:36.49
Russell Gibson
Yeah, the Bulls get Zach Collins, Trey Jones, and Sacramento's Kevin Huerta, which I think Huerta's an interesting one because he can actually play and he is a good player, but he's his shooting's been a little bit hot and cold and he just fell out of the rotation and in Sacramento.

04:44.74
Adz
Yeah.

04:52.08
Russell Gibson
So that might actually be the best player in that trade for the Bulls for some funny reason.

04:57.81
Adz
It's, um, yeah, it's weird.

04:58.03
Russell Gibson
The Spurs get Jordan McLaughlin, who's a 3-D guy.

05:00.63
Adz
I don't. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I mean, the Spurs would have done their homework on who they wanted out of it.

05:06.41
Russell Gibson
So I think.

05:10.59
Adz
Aside from Fox.

05:11.92
Russell Gibson
So my breakdown on this is that it's a really interesting trade in that the Spurs got a in prime. Let's call him a top. He's been all NBA, so we can call him a top 15 player, but let's call him a, let's be conservative.

05:23.06
Adz
Sure.

05:24.69
Russell Gibson
Let's call him a top 20 or top 25 player.

05:26.70
Adz
Sure.

05:28.78
Russell Gibson
In his relatively, you know, youth slash prime.

05:31.66
Adz
Mm-hmm.

05:32.32
Russell Gibson
So I think he goes along with the same timeline as when be like, I think it's okay for a play to be a couple of years older than another player. If you were trying to win a championship.

05:40.87
Adz
Yeah, for sure. Like, Clay and Steph and Clay.

05:41.96
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

05:45.03
Russell Gibson
And then also think too is that they didn't give up a lot of assets for it. So I think some of the assets that they could have traded away that they didn't. I think the obvious one is Jeremy Sochan.

05:53.52
Adz
Mm-hmm.

05:53.97
Russell Gibson
The other one is Stefan Castle. I think they're obviously still seeing how that's going to play out, even though I think there's going to be a bit of crossover with Fox and Castle there.

05:55.60
Adz
Mm-hmm.

06:01.78
Russell Gibson
But, you know, I'm not too stressed about that. I think that'll just be an asset that they'll move on in the future.

06:07.80
Adz
ah Like I mean they could he could be it could be a one-two punch anyway like cuz Chris Paul's not gonna be in the picture for long Genuine two, yeah So you reckon they've already moved on to on castle then

06:15.16
Russell Gibson
I think the problem with playing Fox at the two is that your backcourt is really small, like stock Fox is stocky, but he doesn't have the height to really match up with a genuine two guard. And then, you know, even if you switch onto a three or a four, you know, he's just toast. Like it's it's pretty tricky in that sense. So, and that's probably the next thing.

06:36.39
Adz
Or are they going to they wait to see if they can get some value for it?

06:38.37
Russell Gibson
I'm making huge assumptions here, but I'm just thinking that in the future, that's something that would be a trade piece for something else, because I think there's too much crossover there with human fox.

06:40.91
Adz
Yeah.

06:43.93
Adz
Hmm.

06:47.50
Russell Gibson
But, you know, look again, super early days.

06:47.71
Adz
Agreed.

06:49.92
Russell Gibson
so Look, I think in terms of, you know, the on court breakdown for this, I really like it because

06:57.45
Russell Gibson
And I'm saying this in all good respect for Fox. I think he's a good defender, but I don't think he's an outstanding defender. So having a really good big guy behind him, I think is a really good idea.

07:05.56
Adz
Yeah.

07:07.37
Russell Gibson
So, and I think everyone knows my opinion about how good defensive Wembley is. And then on the other side of the court, obviously, Wembley is a very gifted offensive player, but I think having a premium playmaker like Fox around him is only going to make him better.

07:13.61
Adz
Yes.

07:23.63
Russell Gibson
And then in terms of the scoring load, look, I think Wembley is a good scorer and I think he's going to be great in this league and he's very, very difficult to match up on.

07:23.66
Adz
Yeah.

07:30.74
Russell Gibson
But I don't think that's his the main thing that he's really good at. And I think Fox's fourth quarter scoring is insane.

07:38.08
Adz
Yeah, yeah, for sure.

07:38.34
Russell Gibson
And I think that's actually where they'll compliment each other really well. So I think in terms of a 1-2 tandem, also their personalities, I actually think they're going to mesh really well together.

07:41.59
Adz
Hmm.

07:47.09
Russell Gibson
Like Fox is a pretty chill dude.

07:49.55
Adz
Hmm.

07:49.74
Russell Gibson
Wembley is definitely hyper competitive, but also You know, I don't think he's like a LeBron James with that, you know, true sort of A type personality that everything has to be done, you know, LeBron James's way.

07:58.61
Adz
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

08:00.92
Russell Gibson
You know, I don't think when he's like that.

08:02.27
Adz
Hmm.

08:02.36
Russell Gibson
So one thing I was actually thinking about in the car today when I was driving was that I feel like the Spurs mold for a point guard in my head is more like Tony Parker Avery Johnson.

08:13.11
Adz
Ha ha ha!

08:13.70
Russell Gibson
So Actually, will Fox have to adjust his game a little bit to be a bit more sort of drive and kick and, you know, set people up a little bit more. Like I think Fox can set people up, but I would say primarily he looks for his shot more than he looks to set other people up.

08:22.91
Adz
Mmm Yeah I have a I have a thought as to why the Spurs wanted to pull the trigger now We're halfway through the season How long is Chris Paul got?

08:28.64
Russell Gibson
So I wonder if that's going to change a little bit in San Antonio. Yeah.

08:37.65
Russell Gibson
Yeah, totally. Yeah.

08:43.29
Adz
Do you know what I mean? Like having that man as your and Like on staff Because let's be real like CP3 is not dropping 30 points and 12 assists in a game But he's a he's a floor general who's one of the best at it and What better mentor so first of all they've got someone to pair with when be for lobs.

08:58.43
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

09:08.24
Adz
That's great and to to to sit to teach pick and rolls, right?

09:09.36
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

09:13.00
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

09:13.74
Adz
castles learnt a lot But imagine what he can do with Fox as a mentor.

09:21.35
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

09:22.15
Adz
and And I think the Spurs are making one of their they're really strategic moves to really get the most out of Chris Paul as a as a floor coach to to to guide Fox as a point guard in ways that Fox isn't relatively strong.

09:32.90
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

09:39.66
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

09:40.54
Adz
So I just think everywhere Chris Paul's been, the team's got a lot better. And I think Chris Paul passing that on to other guards is is a consideration from the Spurs organization. They really wanna kind of bottle it, so to speak.

09:55.82
Russell Gibson
Yeah, I think that's a very fair comment to make. And maybe that's another adjustment Fox is going to have to make, because if you really think about the Sacramento Kings roster, since Fox has been there, they've been completely devoid of veteran leadership.

10:08.56
Adz
Yep.

10:08.97
Russell Gibson
So that's something that he won't be used to at all. And I think he's had a huge leadership burden placed onto his shoulder.

10:11.14
Adz
Yep.

10:14.14
Adz
Mm-hmm.

10:14.23
Russell Gibson
So this actually might be an absolute breath of fresh air for Fox to have that

10:18.11
Adz
Yeah.

10:19.42
Russell Gibson
ultra good veteran around him.

10:20.08
Adz
Yep.

10:21.08
Russell Gibson
I've read a couple of things saying that Fox and Chris Paul aren't going to mesh together. I don't even think that's a conversation.

10:25.52
Adz
That's just like he wasn't going to work in Golden State, right?

10:28.49
Russell Gibson
I don't think that's a conversation at all, though. Like, to me, that's silly.

10:30.38
Adz
Yep.

10:30.97
Russell Gibson
Like, it's I don't think that's how the Spurs see the situation. I think they look at it from a much bigger picture, just like what you're talking about.

10:35.92
Adz
For sure.

10:37.48
Russell Gibson
They're looking at this as, you know, the long term, you know, creating that culture, but getting the right people in there. And I actually view him as a very, very expensive assistant coach, $11 million. dollars the Spurs signed Chris Paul for, and yes, he's playing on the court.

10:52.07
Russell Gibson
And I think all that stuff is true. but I actually think, see my sort of tip on this is that he's going to go into their front office or he's going to go into their bench and he's just going to be part of the Spurs culture and that sort of huge umbrella of, you know, people they just acquire over time.

10:59.34
Adz
Mm-hmm. I agree Yeah,

11:05.24
Russell Gibson
So, ah yeah.

11:06.37
Adz
yeah without a doubt I have completely agree I think Chris Paul is a long-term investment for the Spurs and they have identified what impact he has on ah on an organization

11:17.23
Russell Gibson
Yeah, so that probably leads us to the next thing. and And I think the Spurs identify talent, you know, quite well. And I think they identify cultural pieces quite well. So I think for me, this is a really good one. I'm like, I'm feeling very happy about my Darren Fox collection at the moment.

11:31.92
Adz
Yeah, you should.

11:32.20
Russell Gibson
I i think him going there, he has much more championship potential with the Spurs and the Kings, like, you know, infinitely more. You were talking offline about the the price rise of Fox at the moment.

11:42.48
Russell Gibson
So obviously this has been happening before the before the trade happened, so in the last six months he's up 54%.

11:51.77
Adz
Yeah, well the last two weeks even, he's up 36%. I think once that rumor that he was going to San Antonio began,

11:59.38
Russell Gibson
Three months up 65%.

11:59.53
Adz
there were Yeah, he's he's he's rolling, and I think, unfortunately for Sacramento, the move is gonna is doing wonders for his card value.

12:12.28
Russell Gibson
Yeah. The funny thing about Fox is he's very up and down. If you look at his last two years, I think you almost have to settle in with the fact that Fox is going to be volatile.

12:22.81
Adz
Yeah.

12:22.95
Russell Gibson
So at one point he was up to 350, then he was down to 210. He was back up to 395. He was down to 298.

12:29.96
Adz
Yep.

12:30.84
Russell Gibson
you went all the way down to 176 and was just sort of trading around there, but definitely fluctuating all the way down to 140.

12:34.87
Adz
Hmm.

12:38.36
Russell Gibson
And now he's, you know, getting back up to 200. So it's, it's, yeah, I think if you are buying into Fox, you do have to be prepared for that volatility that comes along with that.

12:44.67
Adz
Yep.

12:47.75
Russell Gibson
But I think this is a huge reassurance for anyone who's dabbling in Fox. And if you're thinking about buying Fox, I'm probably going to leave this buy hold sell to you because I've just got too much bias in this game to really, I think sort of comment on this openly because for me, this is, it's still a buy.

13:04.28
Adz
Yeah, yeah.

13:09.63
Russell Gibson
It's really anything less than 200 USD for me is a very strong buyer to be.

13:14.67
Adz
I was going to put that was going to be my that was going to be my I would buy it some at 200 200s around anything below 200 is a buy um and hold if you've got them because yeah.

13:15.36
Russell Gibson
That's my gut feeling. Yeah. Okay.

13:22.81
Russell Gibson
Yeah. And look, I think.

13:26.30
Russell Gibson
Oh, look, I think for me, it's going to be really difficult to sort of prize them out of my PC. So I'll be holding, don't stress them about that. I was just going to say with silvers for Fox, I still think there's some purchase potential there.

13:37.22
Russell Gibson
So the population on that is just 593.

13:37.82
Adz
Yeah.

13:40.54
Russell Gibson
We're talking about Wembley's yesterday where there's 4,000 of them.

13:40.93
Adz
Hmm. Yep.

13:44.01
Russell Gibson
You know, yes, the population is he's getting higher, but at the same time, look, maybe this will get to 700 at one point in its life, but I don't think it's going to get to 1,000.

13:54.96
Russell Gibson
That to me would be unheard of to be honest. yeah

13:58.37
Adz
Look, I yeah i think he's got what he's got the potential to be one of those $400, $500 silvers. And with that pop count, i don't I don't see it being a problem.

14:05.44
Russell Gibson
ye

14:08.66
Adz
I don't see the population count being a problem at all.

14:12.01
Russell Gibson
I'll make Gary Vee be back on the bandwagon I'm sure at some point.

14:14.34
Adz
Back on it, for sure, yeah. it's um Yeah, I don't know. I think it's, it's, I guess I could pull a very similar trigger to the, the, the previous trade that when the Lakers with who, who, who says no, but is there any other guard the Spurs would target?

14:33.23
Adz
Cause I think Fox is a great choice. Do you know what I mean? Like looking at guards in the NBA and what's available. I think the Spurs have identified Fox early, pulled the trigger and gone. That's what we want.

14:44.46
Russell Gibson
I think for talent and I think for fit, Fox is, you know, one of the better guys in the league.

14:45.86
Adz
Yeah.

14:51.10
Russell Gibson
The other one that was rumored a lot was Trey Young.

14:51.82
Adz
hmm. Trey Young, yep.

14:54.50
Russell Gibson
The sneaky one for me would be Anthony Edwards, but it's just that putting that package together to get him. But I feel like two days ago,

15:00.63
Adz
Yeah, but I think I think they're too invested in it so though.

15:04.45
Russell Gibson
Yeah, but I think two days ago, I would have been too scared to say, oh, Anthony Edwards is a good trade candidate. But now that Luke has been traded, it just proves that anyone can be traded.

15:12.60
Adz
Everyone's on the market.

15:13.68
Russell Gibson
So it just sort of makes these crazy trade scenarios more pal palatable as they sort of come out of your mouth.

15:19.18
Adz
Yep.

15:19.40
Russell Gibson
You know, the other one for the Spurs that I think would be a really good cultural fit is Devin Booker.

15:25.32
Adz
Ooh, yeah.

15:26.34
Russell Gibson
He's got that shooting game. He's got the movement within a system. I think personality wise,

15:30.88
Adz
So you reckon Booker would have been a good target?

15:33.58
Russell Gibson
Yeah, I think Booker would be, but he's a little bit older than what Fox is, so that might be something that's holding him back.

15:37.58
Adz
True.

15:38.46
Russell Gibson
And again, Phoenix is still in that all in, you know, win now mode. So, yeah.

15:42.95
Adz
Yeah. It's interesting. ah so bri I think Fox's is a clear sign that they they're ready to make moves and they're ready to start winning the Spurs.

15:51.13
Russell Gibson
Hmm.

15:52.07
Adz
I think they've seen some promising signs this season and it's time to start pushing some chips in.

15:57.97
Russell Gibson
Yeah, so I think what you're saying is Spurs are in win mode now. So are you expecting another trade? Are you expecting something bigger to come in the next offseason? Is that what you're sort of thinking?

16:06.87
Adz
I think, yeah, I think they're going to start pushing in the off season.

16:07.80
Russell Gibson
Yeah. Yeah.

16:10.31
Adz
I mean, God, look at their draft picks. They're still in the Cooper flag stakes. Do not know if they if they do lose a little bit this towards the end of this season. Maybe they pulled their classic, let's drop down a little bit.

16:23.93
Russell Gibson
I don't think you trade for Fox and then try and drop down. oh you're Okay, so the Spurs at the moment are 21 and 25. In my head, I actually thought they were around the 500 mark.

16:32.27
Adz
No, no, they started strong. Yeah, they're just below 500.

16:34.46
Russell Gibson
So the last 10, they're three and seven. Yeah, so that's that's been really problematic for them. That's a problem in the Western Conference, isn't it?

16:38.61
Adz
But maybe they've seen, but maybe it's a strategy though. Do you know what I mean? Like maybe they go, okay, we've seen what we like to do. We've seen some stuff. We're not quite there. Let's get a piece.

16:48.86
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

16:49.39
Adz
Bottom out and see what we get in the draft.

16:51.37
Russell Gibson
The problem with body bottoming out this year is that the Jazz have got 11 wins, the Pals have got 12 wins, and now they've got another season ending injury that we were talking about.

16:55.34
Adz
Yeah.

16:59.81
Adz
Yeah, true, true.

17:00.04
Russell Gibson
The Wizards out have only got seven wins, the Hornets have got 12 wins.

17:03.57
Adz
Yeah.

17:04.14
Russell Gibson
Closely behind that is the Nets and the Raptors with 16 wins. So for the Spurs to drop back yeah into the top three, because so how the waiting works now with the NBA draft, the top, well, not the top three, the worst three teams get the same amount of ping pong balls.

17:09.28
Adz
They'd have to be pretty bad.

17:19.63
Adz
Yep. And they don't, yeah, they're not, okay.

17:20.95
Russell Gibson
So you don't even need to drop into the worst team. You just have to be the third worst team. I still think that's a long way for them to fall.

17:27.01
Adz
Yeah. That's true.

17:29.74
Russell Gibson
Yep.

17:29.94
Adz
I just, yeah, I just feel, something something's telling me there's some moves in San Antonio or they've got a plan. There's something coming, so.

17:39.15
Russell Gibson
I would tip that they're trying to win at this point. I don't see why they get Fox and then try and tank. I think.

17:44.38
Adz
maybe Maybe they've seen enough out of Wembley to go, you know what, this guy can go up against all the Biggs in the West.

17:45.40
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

17:49.20
Russell Gibson
Oh, a hundred percent.

17:51.29
Adz
Okay.

17:52.01
Russell Gibson
If he doesn't make all NBA first team this year, I think that's going to be a real problem because I think that then becomes, yeah, that's what I was about to say.

17:58.02
Adz
But how do you go between him and Jokic then?

18:01.14
Russell Gibson
I think it becomes a system problem where you can't actually name the five best players in the league to the all NBA team.

18:03.45
Adz
Or Cat.

18:08.28
Adz
Yeah, true.

18:08.83
Russell Gibson
But can't you name three front court people?

18:11.31
Adz
True, but you're gonna go, what, Cat, Jokic and Wembley?

18:16.66
Adz
Then, yeah.

18:16.72
Russell Gibson
Tatum, Wembe, Jokic.

18:20.42
Adz
Yeah, it's tricky.

18:22.55
Russell Gibson
Tatum's been pretty good this year.

18:24.06
Adz
Agreed. Yeah, I don't know. I think i think it's, um but it's definitely something San Antonio have got on their radar that they have a good call and they're ready to the to start climbing the hill again.

18:40.26
Adz
Cause that's a move. That's a legit move.

18:43.86
Russell Gibson
Yeah, it's huge. What what an absolute grab. i think I mean, it's really tough. We just had this huge trade yesterday that, you know, no one cares about Darren Fox compared to Luca. There's just been so much online chatter about Luca happening.

18:56.14
Adz
I still reckon there's more trades to come. all I feel like, you know, they say it comes in three. Let's get ready for another emergency pod. That's all I've got to say.

19:04.42
Russell Gibson
So, so my tip for that is that the third person to move is Jimmy Butler.

19:09.98
Adz
I still reckon it's not going to happen.

19:10.21
Russell Gibson
And friend of the podcast, Joe Fu said that Jimmy Butler was going to go to the box.

19:11.22
Adz
I reckon he's going to get stuck in Miami.

19:16.75
Adz
For who?

19:19.46
Russell Gibson
have to do a trade machine, but sure.

19:19.49
Adz
Middleton?

19:22.04
Adz
Oh, do you want to hear a funny and funny joke? The NBA 2K trade machine didn't allow the Luca trade.

19:29.67
Russell Gibson
Why is that?

19:30.92
Adz
I don't know, it just wouldn't allow the Luca trade. Basically it was untradeable.

19:36.80
Adz
I tried to get the AD for Luca trade in the game and it wouldn't, and the game, even the game wouldn't allow it.

19:37.06
Russell Gibson
Oh, yeah, right. Yeah.

19:41.92
Adz
So anyway,

19:44.26
Russell Gibson
But if you use like the ESPN trade machine, you could do it, right?

19:46.96
Adz
probably.

19:47.75
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

19:48.24
Adz
Yeah. I know it's a legal trade.

19:53.32
Russell Gibson
All righty, so I think my sort of last personal standpoint is that, and this is directly aimed at Ados Uchos. So previously I've said that, sorry, for listeners at home, Ados came on to the podcast and was the second highest rated guest on our show. So Ados, we need to get you back on for another show you mate. Ados laughed at me when I said that I'm an NBA atheist. I don't actually have a team. And this actually solidifies my belief that I am an NBA atheist.

20:21.62
Russell Gibson
I'm going to be watching Spurs all the time now. I can't wait to watch Spurs with Fox and Wembley together.

20:27.60
Adz
Fair?

20:27.61
Russell Gibson
I'm not watching another Kings game. Like, excuse my French, but fuck the Kings. I don't want to watch Demar DeRozan pairing up with Zach Levine and having Sabonis run like high post stuff.

20:38.72
Russell Gibson
Like, I'm just not interested.

20:41.04
Adz
The Kings are rubbish again.

20:41.79
Russell Gibson
It's just the Kings being Kings with all this nonsense. So, yeah.

20:46.67
Adz
Congrats.

20:48.09
Russell Gibson
Honestly, it's just so frustrating. I feel like years of grinding it out and they were just starting to get onto the right track and then they do this. That's it.

20:58.76
Adz
Yep.

20:59.98
Russell Gibson
I'm definitely going to buy a Fox Spurs jersey.

21:00.08
Adz
Yep. That.

21:02.46
Russell Gibson
I know you're not going to commit to buying ah a Luka Lakers jersey, but I'm going on.

21:06.86
Adz
I'm open to receiving one as a gift, but I'm not buying one.

21:09.90
Russell Gibson
In fact, as soon as the show's over, I'm going to go online and get a Fox jersey.

21:14.57
Adz
Wow.

21:16.06
Russell Gibson
I'm all aboard.

21:17.29
Adz
Ah, yeah, I was going to say, I've got, I've thought about the LeBron and Luca combo.

21:22.33
Russell Gibson
I mean, I've even gone so far to think about how much break prices are going to cost me now. Like Spurs, but Kings have been so cheap the last couple of years.

21:28.52
Adz
So, so is it...

21:29.54
Russell Gibson
Spurs are what 10x what Kings are.

21:31.87
Adz
Because Chris Paul said B3, when Mignon has won, and Fox's number's already taken, so he's gonna be number two, is that right?

21:37.97
Russell Gibson
I've got no idea.

21:39.19
Adz
So B3, 2, 1. For the Spurs. But the Luca and LeBron are gonna be...

21:46.85
Russell Gibson
Who was that author that we had come on the podcast and his book was called three?

21:49.03
Adz
Oh, Rob Steinfeld. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

21:52.04
Russell Gibson
They've ripped off Rob.

21:53.53
Adz
Well, he worked for the Spurs too.

21:54.11
Russell Gibson
Come on, Rob.

21:55.04
Adz
Maybe he masterminded this.

21:57.36
Russell Gibson
Get your um copyright lawsuit going, man.

21:57.46
Adz
No.

21:59.80
Adz
My new one for the Luca Doncic Lebron James combo is keeping at 100, because the 23 and the 77.

22:08.38
Russell Gibson
That's a deep cut.

22:09.36
Adz
That's pretty deep.

22:11.06
Russell Gibson
That's a very deep cut.

22:12.38
Adz
Yeah, that's fair, that's fair. Yeah, well, I'm looking forward to the third blockbuster trade that that draws us out for for an emergency chat. It has to be pretty big after the last couple of days.

22:24.39
Adz
We've had a Luca that brought me out of the woodwork and and Fox that's brought us back because it's your turn today.

22:31.68
Adz
who I don't think jimmy but Jimmy Butler does not invoke me hitting the yeah the go live button.

22:31.88
Russell Gibson
Yeah, I mean, I think if he gets traded, we can talk about it.

22:40.12
Adz
I'm sorry. but

22:45.27
Russell Gibson
I think that's okay.

22:45.76
Adz
Is it, I'll wait till Sunday, like, whatever.

22:50.10
Russell Gibson
All right. Trade machine.

22:50.65
Adz
Talk about, talk about four.

22:51.77
Russell Gibson
Jimmy Butler for Chris Middleton, Bobby Portis and Pat Connington.

22:57.19
Adz
Surely Miami give up more than that.

22:59.92
Russell Gibson
Okay. And a pic.

23:01.19
Adz
And a pick, okay. You reckon the box, eh?

23:03.98
Russell Gibson
Hollinger's analysis, you have not affected the winning percentage of this team and it says it for both teams. So that's almost ah a wrap.

23:13.04
Adz
Interesting. Leave it at interesting. I don't know. Could be Butler. Who's another person that BL could get traded? It's another big one. One of the bigs to LA. Second move by the Lakers. That wouldn't be big though.

23:31.72
Russell Gibson
Well, then maybe the Lakers could get on this trade and yeah,

23:33.83
Adz
KD to OKC. That's a big train. I think we went through that, it can't be done. But anyway.

23:42.57
Adz
I don't know. But yeah, Fox to the Spurs, go Spurs go for ah for for Russell.

23:47.49
Russell Gibson
go Spurs go baby.

23:47.51
Adz
It's the last Kings game you've ever watched. Except for when the Spurs play the Kings.

23:51.13
Russell Gibson
That's it. I've taken them off my MBA.com profile.

23:54.99
Adz
That's it, gone.

23:55.85
Russell Gibson
Kings are dead to me. That's it.

23:57.27
Adz
No.

23:57.46
Russell Gibson
It's all over. Yeah.

23:58.99
Adz
De Monteserbonis' career is gone.

23:59.36
Russell Gibson
Um, Do you know, I'm not even mad about this, by the way. I'm actually totally cool with it.

24:03.94
Adz
Yeah.

24:05.04
Russell Gibson
I'm like, I get to watch Wembley every day now.

24:07.09
Adz
I was gonna say, you literally get like a free pass to the Wembley hype train.

24:11.17
Russell Gibson
Yeah. And I can't even say that, um, I'm not jumping on the Wembley hype train.

24:12.35
Adz
And we can't hate on you for saying, oh, you're just jumping teams to watch Wembley.

24:17.57
Russell Gibson
I'm jumping on the Fox hype train. Like I'm down with this.

24:19.51
Adz
Yeah.

24:20.13
Russell Gibson
Yeah.

24:20.92
Adz
Yeah.

24:21.63
Russell Gibson
Haters are going to hate, but it's like, it's not my fault.

24:21.72
Adz
Yeah.

24:24.25
Russell Gibson
Do you know what I mean?

24:25.30
Adz
That's it.

24:26.69
Russell Gibson
Alrighty, so um let's finish the show off with this. This is kind of a good one. This is at at Ethical Hoops, and Hoops is spelled P-Z at the end. In a shocking come from behind victory, the Hawks have officially won the Trae Young-Lukadontic trade.

24:48.44
Adz
I like it. I do. I do. I give it a bit of credit.

24:52.69
Russell Gibson
All right, guys, thanks so much for listening. Adam, thank you so much for indulging me.

24:57.00
Adz
Well, enjoy life in black and white, Russ.

25:00.58
Russell Gibson
Yeah, I can't wait.

25:01.86
Adz
Go Spurs go. See you guys.

25:02.84
Russell Gibson
Go Spurs, go.