What's the word y'all listen here listen here before we get into things it is very late. I just took my hair down I'm yeah, I got another hair appointment in a few days So I didn't really plan on recording any videos today, or I guess tonight. So excuse the hair Yo, it's a 1034 Center time and two back-to-back trades just happen. I was chill. I'm grinding my career on 2k Just relax it for the rest of the night and then the first straight happens Robert Covey gets great It's a Portland super excited about that deal But that wasn't enough for me to hit record on the video and then literally two minutes later Drew Holliday got traded to Milwaukee Bucks and it's done They have security honest for the next four NBA seasons. No, no, no, I'm not I'm not going that far I'm not going that far be sure to leave a like on the video subscribe if you are new when things break I pick up this microphone unless it's tomorrow because tomorrow I'm actually busy So I won't be able to just rapidly run to this Roman record Drew Holliday first of all, let's start the smaller trade. I'm sorry. Let's start with the smaller trade What it signals to me is all these rumors about Harden and Russell Westbrook are true I know they say that they would be willing to go into next season with Harden and Russell Westbrook They're no hurry to make any trades Well, this tells me they weren't a hurry to make trades because they got future assets to first-round picks and Trevor Reza who is Trevor reason not really gonna improve the team too much You know I'm saying so this tells me that they are about to move James Harden and Russell Westbrook probably in the next couple Days so hard reset on Houston It was far wide lasted that's all I can really say But we'll talk more about Houston once those two trades go through once they get rid of James Harden If that's what they do and once Russell Westbrook is not there when it comes to Portland This is kind of a steal me and my guys are talking about it on our podcast again I know I plug the podcast a lot But is we actually actively talk about things like this before they actually happen We talked about with the Portland Trailblazers What the hell would they be doing with that 16th overall pick this year? The last couple drafts state they take Anthony Simon to was a project. He didn't go to college. I think he was out of I Mg or something he didn't go to college He was a project player same thing with Nas later He's one of the top recruits but came into college wasn't that great So they picked up two projects for like the future and I don't think there was anybody as 16 I will come in and help them now and of course with Damon CJ They need people to help them now so they turn that first round pick for this year and another first rounder that we don't know what the Protection is on just yet as I'm recording this video into Robert Covington. Who's one of the best role players in the league? He's gonna come in. He's gonna be impactful. He's exactly what they need I mean that the time that they made that conference finals run. They had Alpha Rook They had more heartless play great defense hit the hits shots occasionally where Robert Covington is better than both of those guys Maybe even both of those guys combined.  All right now the reason you really clicked on this video has to do with Jew holiday. I'm guessing we uploaded video about a week ago When it was rumored that the Portland Trailblazers. I'm not the polisher the pelicans We're looking to move from Jew holiday, you know, basically picking up the phone They were saying that he we're not guaranteeing that we gonna trade them But y'all can offer stuff to us for him and the trade that they end up getting is actually a little bit weird to me The package at this point as I'm recording this video and this is all scheduled to change Oh, oh, I just got an update that said Three first-round picks were incorporated. So it has drew holiday going to Milwaukee Bledsoe George Hill and significant draft compensation is actually three first-round picks Okay, at first I thought it was maybe two, you know, I'm saying three first-round picks is It's a bit. I mean, I bet the pelicans are looking at this like a if this doesn't go perfectly Yon is leaves the milky bucks were probably on my hair looks terrible The milky bucks will probably be a playoff team again And then those three first-round picks the kind of juicy Billy King Bosses Celtics like you feel me depending on what the protectors are on it So I can understand them may be making a deal for that, but what's weird to me is Some of the teams that were also rumored to be in the sweepstakes for Jew holiday Like the Denver Nuggets couldn't beat this deal and maybe the defy the side of factor for for the pelicans Is that Griffin over there? I think I think it's Griffin is in charge of things over there Maybe the decide a factor were the three first-round picks. That's what I have to assume Because the two players they got back, of course are quality players, but they don't really help what you do right now If anything Arab let's so is a worst fit with the Zion that he even was with with Yanis So they don't really fit and I'm guessing that the reason they did this trade was for the three first-round picks in the hopes that maybe Yanis doesn't sign that super max contract, but I mean it seemed less likely because the The milky bucks to show to Yanis that we are willing to spend for you as far as fit goes Oh my god, it doesn't get much better Honestly, we had talked about this on the video when we originally talked about you how they of why he is perfect for Yanis And why I said in the video I would be mad if I was a Bucks fan and the the season started and Eric Bledsoe was my starting point guard I said that and guess what? He's not just starting point guard anymore. If anything Jew holiday is going back to his roots as a point guard And what if he had another all-star season because that's the last time we saw him as an all-star when he was the primary ball handler So we're looking at line-ups that can really look good. We're talking about Eric Bledsoe Chris Middleton Wesley Matthews already opted out. So maybe Dottie even sends a slice to that too now Chris Middleton Yanis and then Brooke Lopez that is a very good starting lineup good enough to maybe be the Determinative factor for them getting over that hump that they they they struggle to get over I mean one thing Joe holiday brings over Eric Bledsoe is he is a superior creator at the end of the day He's a superior creator. He's a better shooter. I mean both of them are good defenders, but Joe holiday is elite at that So we're talking about a team that was already great on the defensive side of the ball We can expect them to get even better. Now, of course, they gave up George Hill Who's one of the best backup point guards in the league last year? But I think that the production between Eric Bledsoe and George Hill could be replaced and improved The reef first-round picks That's kind of spicy Especially spicy when you think about it the more okay the more I'm thinking about this and this is why I love these these things these videos Drew holiday next season has a player option attached to him I think it's worth like twenty seven million and he could be a free agent in 2021 Given up three first-round picks for a player that could potentially walk is should be kind of scary to the Bucks fans At the end of the day this raises your ceiling to even more of a championship contender But it should be in the back of your mind that yo if if you holiday don't really like Milwaukee We just gave up three first-round picks to get him here and he could walk That would be scary to me that would be scary to me Especially considerate you're probably gonna have to pay down to diva change or something Yeah, obviously, he's not worth like a maximum thing, but you're gonna have to send on to diva change Of course, you're gonna give Yanis a super max you can convince him to stay and Well, if you lose your holiday and free agency I'm not a cap expert, but I don't know if you can really replace that productivity so that should be something that's in my mind if I'm a Bucks fan, but I think for the now you should be on cloud nine because at the end of the day You won this trade now and your team is a team that is trying to win now I mean if you guys are raising the trophy and I think it's in July this year I don't know if you guys are raising the trophy you don't give a damn about those three first-round picks You know I'm saying one trophy is worth literally everything on your team It just is and as I'm recording this more things are breaking It's pick swaps wait Milwaukee is sending three first-round picks to New Orleans in a deal for Jew holiday New Orleans also receives two future draft pick swaps for The picks are ridiculous. Yes now. I understand David Griffin. I understand why you completed this trade the picks are Ridiculous and sure some of these picks are probably gonna end up being late 20s because the Bucks are probably gonna be good Unless Yana's leaves, but these picks are ridiculous It comes out besides the three future first-round picks going to New Orleans There are also pick swaps included in the deal We could look back on this deal and think about how much Griffin finessed At the end of the day if Yana's doesn't sign this super max. Oh Oh my god, yo, they're all in They're all in All this is this is from some roads This is shaping up to be a draft compensation package similar to the New Orleans pelicans for Anthony Davis with the Lakers I may have to keep recording for a little bit We gon find two more first-round picks thrown into the deal So three picks and then two additional swaps on top of that. Do you understand what that is? That is any leap package for Jew holiday. It just is it just is and the Bucks so afraid to lose Yana's we're willing to mortgage their future for it Wow Hey, hey, this is this is incredible, baby This is why we love the off-season for the pelicans again I don't know if I talk much about it other than I mean the draft picks are amazing, but on paper I mean now you have three point guards that are Rotational players above average rotational players because of course lines of ball is still on the roster as well I don't know if this means that a third team will get involved. I don't I don't really know But man, man, man, that's draft compensation is looking magnificent and I will be super excited if I'm a pelicans fan Hey, you may not be eating right now But you don't know what those picks can turn into if anything that's more assets for y'all if y'all wanted to Make another trade to to help now. I don't know. I don't know. Wow. Okay y'all. Let me know what to think about this trade This is a monster one. I love this. I love this and I love y'all leave a like subscribe and I'm out


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