Hello, welcome to this week's legislative update. I'm Jim Baumgart, your host. Thank you very much for joining us because us is the Department of Natural Resources, Dan Lakey, who's new but not new, and I don't know how to explain that, Dan, but I will in a minute. Dan is the Wildlife Supervisor, that's ducks and deer and other things, for this area. And he's been around for about a year, has it? That's right. So welcome to the program and welcome to the cable TV and we're going to inform the people about the good work that you're doing. But before we do that, why don't you give the viewer a little background on where you came from and what you've done, maybe a minute of that, just to tantalize them a little bit. Appreciate it, Jim, and thank you for having me on. I really do appreciate that. I actually grew up in Wisconsin in a town called Medford and stayed there until I was 22. I graduated from UW-Stevens Point, accepted a position in Kansas as a wildlife biologist. You left Wisconsin? I left Wisconsin. The game plan was I would be there a year or two. I had just gotten married and that I'd be there a year or two and then come back to Wisconsin and work for the DNR, and here we are 30 years later and I finally made it. Spent some time, like I said, with Kansas Wildlife and Parks. I was an area wildlife biologist there in the LaNexa Kansas office, which folks around here would think that is the Kansas City area. Spent 15 years there and then took an opportunity and went to work for the extension service as their natural resources agent and then also as their director. I did that for 11 years. Oh, great background. Well, we're very happy. You've been here about a year or a year and a quarter? A little over a year and a month. Well, and so you have to learn where the marsh is and Sheboygan and places in between? Absolutely not. Do you represent how many counties down? Yeah, I'm the area wildlife supervisor of what they call the Lake Michigan District, which is seven counties. So I gather up the Dorn Brown County, come down to Kiwani, and then do Calumet Manitowoc and then Sheboygan and Fond du Lac. One of the things that I've seen, Dan, that you do or you have been doing is one the Sheboygan County Conservation Association, which is 25 or 30 clubs, meets every month. You've been showing up on a regular basis to update them. You provide them a little publication. Woodchuck, I think, is the name of their little e-mail publication. And answer questions. So anybody that's the public when the Conservation Association meets and it's open to the public, they can come and ask you and the wardens questions. Yeah, it's very nice. It's a great association. I mean, the very active group do a lot of great things in the community related to hunting and fishing and shooting and educating our youth on the opportunities that are available to them. So it's a great group. And it's just something that's really enjoyable to do to get the put a DNR face out there for folks. We've had a little bit of turnover in our office, so it's nice to get out there and let them get to know you.  I stopped at your office to invite you to this program and saw all those big deer heads sitting in there and I said, are these Wisconsin deer heads? No, they were from out of the state. But you know how to hunt deer anyway. I really enjoyed deer and turkey hunting. Kansas is just a different world out there. On the opening day, you've got less than 100,000 people rifle hunting. Is that right? And the state's just as big as Wisconsin. It's sort of a fleck state too, isn't it? You know, it's kind of a misnomer. The Eastern personal and the Western personal. I have some very big hills in them absolutely. You have a couple of things that the legislature threw a curve at the county association and I'm sure department personnel, they added to the budget that you don't have to have tags for deer, goose, and turkeys. That is right. You don't have to have the carcass tags. Right. You don't have to tag the animal and you don't have to carry those anymore until the meat's consumed. But you have to report your deer, don't you? Yes, sir. Not the goose? Not on the goose side of things. For the deer and turkey, you have to still register the animal. You have to 5 p.m. the day after you harvest it. And you do that by telephone? You can do that by telephone or by a computer. Or an iPhone, you can go ahead and do that. And so that's a nice process there. And they change for geese from the standpoint you used to have to report your harvest. They're going to do something after the season with harvest surveys. So you do not need to do that for geese anymore either. So if they call in, the person calling in has to have a certain identification number somehow. When you register the animal, you need to have your tag number or your authorization number. So what we're recommending people do, because we've already issued before this budget bill was passed, we issued over a million carcass tags. Okay. But we remember they're out there. They're out there, they're still valid. The easiest thing to do I think is to consider them as a coupon. Okay. So you've got the information on there that you need. Once you go online to fill it out, throw the coupon away because you know you're done with it. Right. And you've got all the information right there in that credit form. Or keep it for souvenir. I normally do that when I don't form and I have a staff like that. In Wisconsin we used to have metal tanks for deer and we used to save all of those that we never closed, which meant we didn't get a deer. We have also a change. She's working in Madder Rock County, Cali Men and a couple of others, because of an incident of chronic waste disease that appeared 15 years ago. The county in Madder Rock, she wasn't closed down the feeding of deer. That's correct. And then a year later the state closed it down and then this year the state legislature changed it and opened it, but the counties still have their ordinance in place and that is being worked through it. At this moment in time when we're talking, and it may be different by the time the show shows, you cannot feed deer in Sheboygan and Madder Rock County. Now, how will it be after the county board meets in February? We'll tell you after that. We don't know. My committee voted 6-0 to keep the protection of trying to keep the spread of chronic waste disease, which is a subject that you have some information about that there's a new program to provide information on people with mature deer. They can bring them in, always could do that free, and get them checked for chronic waste disease. What's going on? Yeah, I appreciate you asking that, but it's important for our sportsmen to understand what's going on here. Sheboygan and Madder Rock County and then Washington, Ozaki, and one other county, there's five of them in a clump. Basically what we're doing is called weighted sampling, and what that means is we're looking to sample adult deer, mainly adult bucks from the standpoint of they have the most opportunity to show if this disease is present. It's currently not found in the wild population in Sheboygan County, and we want to stay ahead of that. So what we're asking is that individuals, we're working with some taxidermists, can also bring your adult deer in to get it aged or to have the CWD tested to our office. I'll give a number out, call for a wildlife management folks at<PHONE_NUMBER> and set up an appointment during the nine day gun season. We'll put that on our trailer of the end of the program so people can write that down and call if they get a deer that they want checked. Very good, because we really do, this is our opportunity to make sure that it's not in the county. And again, we're working with taxidermists already getting in there, skinning and caping them. And it's a simple process for basically removing lip nodes from the base of the jaw, right on the neck. And we've really gotten much better at getting the samples back, the results back. Last year it's right around 10 days, so it might even be a little less this year. So if somebody gets a deer, wherever they get it from, they can bring them in, although you want to concentrate in those five counties. But if somebody goes up north to Florence County where I was done and want to check it out to make sure the deer are safe, they could bring in the head to call first, set an appointment and save the meat to keep the chops and freeze them and the stuff that you're going to make sausage out of, freeze them. And then when you find out if it has or it has not chronic waste of these, the recommendation by the Wisconsin what societies, the medical, the Center for Disease Control. Center for Disease Control and the Wisconsin Health Department. And also the World Health Organization. Yeah, the World Health Organization recommends that if your deer has chronic waste of these, it is their recommendation to destroy the meat. That is correct, right. The recommendation is not to do anything. No, not even if you don't like the neighbor, but there is no known passage of this disease from deer to humans, but there is some new data showing it from deer to monkeys and other things, which is the first time that's been documented, so we have to be careful. Absolutely, much rather than you be safe than sorry, there's never been a case that has been passed on in that situation with the trial with monkeys, some of that was injected straight into their brains, which you would expect that to maybe happen, but there actually was a case where it was just by eating the meat. And people are eating infected deer from age two to age 78, like you want to be sure that it's safe. So, we'll make sure that that telephone number is on there, and we encourage people, if you get an adult deer, even if it's not a buck, you're allowed to bring it in and you'll test it free. Absolutely, and we'd really encourage anybody who harvests deer in Sheboygan County, we'd really like to get some aging information, because the place where we've normally collected that aging information is not collecting deer this year, so if you're having an adult deer buck over there, we'd love to have you bring it by so we could age it. Oh, you want to see if we have old deer over there? We tried to shoot those things then early. Anything else you want to add to the public for hunting? Obviously, a lot of hunting is going on right now. Deer, they just finished the use hunt. I got a picture from one of the classics, the 12-year-old shot up a nice 13-point buck. Oh, very nice. And that'll appear in my column in a couple of weeks. So, safety is important? Absolutely. I can't encourage people enough to take the hunter safety courses and to just maintain that. I would speak since, you know, the bull season and things like that going on. Tree stand safety, you need to wear a strap when you're up there in case you would fall. There's so many instances of people falling and getting injured. Make sure you have that safety strap on. Same thing with the stand that's up on the tree. Strap it down. I mean, make sure that it's solid before you get up there. All of the gun safety rules apply. You mentioned seasons coming up. I know the pheasant season just opened up. We put a lot of stock birds out there. And so, looking forward to seeing how the hunter is going to be enjoying that. Well, and we've also had, this is the third year you have had the crossbow. At the same time, the archery season, and I've seen some reports that they've been pretty successful, but not overly successful. I agree. That's pretty much what it is. They're very accurate, but the people operating the crossbow are normally operating irregularly by ourselves.  And some of us are older that need a crossbow. We've got to go down. Time is over. I do want to thank Dan for coming in with the Department of Natural Resources. If you have a deer, please give a call to the telephone number we list on the credits and make sure that you find out if your deer is safe from chronic waste disease. And until next week, this has been Legislative Update. So, now we have to wait for the...


I'm sorry to interrupt the member, but now is the time for member's statements. I recognize the member from Kitchener Center. Thank you, little speaker. Thank you to Kathy Moorland, an RN for 40 years, a professor of nursing, and an executive member of RNAO Waterloo Chapter for this letter. And I read, registered nurses in this province have warned the government of the evolving shortfall of RNs for years. Nurses are critical to the functioning of our health care system. Throughout the pandemic, nurses have fought to serve and protect Ontarians. They have struggled, worked understaffed, and at times been unsupported while saving our citizens' lives. Many are exhausted, fed up with the lack of compassion, and are leaving for other jurisdictions or careers. More are planning to, and our health care system is heading for collapse if these shortfalls continue. The government has acknowledged registered nurses as the heroes of the pandemic, but has done little to show it. Federal 124 has held nurses' compensation to a 1% annual increase since 2019. It has limited their collective bargaining power and made them work harder for less money than the cost of living increase of 4% this year. This is disrespectful and a kick in the head to our most trusted profession, especially when other regional frontline workers like police and firefighters are getting substantial raises. When will this government recognize that nurses are leaving because they are tired of being disrespected? When will this government realize that losing these nurses will cost us a lot more in the long run than compensating them now? When will this government realize that opening new spots in schools and nursing will not replace the experience or efficiency of those leaving? When will this government repeal Bill 124? Members' statements, I recognize the member from Halliburton, Corthall, Ike Sprunk. Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I rise today in the House to recognize the anniversary of a wonderful holiday tradition. In my writing of Halliburton, Corthall, Ike Sprunk and in many communities across the province, annual Santa Claus parades mark the beginning of the holiday season and are an opportunity for community members to celebrate the spirit of Christmas and join in holiday cheer. As this end this year, the village of Cobaconk is celebrating their 50th annual Santa Claus Parade. Santa Claus parades have been spreading joy for over 100 years and are one of the world's oldest annual parades. And festive community events like these would not be possible without the fantastic people who run them. So I would like to thank all of the local organizations and volunteers who dedicate so much of their time to ensure this year's holiday parade is not only fun but also safe for all those involved. We know just how much these annual parades mean to our communities, especially during these uncertain times. I encourage everyone to join in the holiday cheer this Sunday at the 50th annual Santa Claus Parade in Cobaconk and if you are able, bring with you a donation to the local food bank. I look forward to the many Santa Claus parades in Halliburton, Corthall, Ike Sprunk yet to come throughout December and seeing everyone in festive spirit. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you, Member Statements. I recognize the member from Hamilton East Stony Creek. Thank you, Speaker. Operating for over 30 years, Hamilton Food Shares, Hamilton's Emergency Food Shipping and Receiving Hub, an emergency food system coordinator for the network of agencies that supports with a clear mission of working together towards a hunger-free community. Instead of closing or restricting services over the pandemic, Food Share has expanded their reach, providing more food resources to 16 member agencies, operating 23 emergency food programs, including Hot Meal and Food Bank programs. They see almost 8,500 visits every month representing over 12,565 unique individuals, residing in 5,500 households. Children make up 36% of Hamiltonians accessing a food bank. Approximately 9,000 households this holiday season will not have enough resources to celebrate the holiday. Hamilton Food Share is changing all of that. Hamilton Food Share and the Emergency Food Network will be distributing 9,000 Christmas hampers throughout Hamilton. This is why they need everyone's support today. This is what the Christmas season is all about. Happy Holidays, Hamilton. Let us all remember to keep our neighbors in need of top of their mind this holiday season. And if you can, please give to your local food banks.  Thank you, Member Statements. I recognize the member from Markham Unionville. Thank you, Speaker. Speaker, this summer I was happy to host a graduation ceremony for Markham Unionville and most students and their families with the former MP for Markham Unionville, Bob Saraya. In this event, we were also joined by the Minister of Education and YRDSB trustees, Alan Tam and Ron Lin. Adhering to public health protocols, the ceremony was host outside of Markville Mall who graciously lent us their space. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many students were not able to attend their graduation this summer. And this event was a great occasion for students to come together, see each other in person and celebrate one another's achievements. Graduates of all ages from kindergarten, all the way to masters joined the ceremony. As students came up to the stage one by one to receive the previous scroll and the certificate our office prepared, you could see the joy in the students and families faces. Speaker, Ontario is home to the brightest and smartest students in all of Canada, being able to connect with the graduates and share their ambitions and goals. I know the future of Ontario is bright and is left in their safe hands. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. Member statements? The member for Thunder Bay Attic Oakland. Thank you, Speaker. These days you need identification for almost everything. For many of us, it's something we barely think about. We have identification in our wallets and we have our birth certificates tucked away safely. Unfortunately, having ready access to identification isn't the case for everyone. Far too many people fall through the cracks and one of the major barriers is cost. People struggling with other issues in their life such as being under housed or having health issues shouldn't have to worry about spending money on identification. Yesterday I reintroduced the Awinani Act, who am I respecting, Identity Documents 2021. If passed, it would remove fees for birth certificates, photo ID and form a committee to address systemic barriers. Everyone needs identification, like new parents who have to pay for birth certificates for their child, seniors who can no longer drive and need to get photo ID. Especially in these difficult times, all levels of government should be making critical services both free and accessible. So many organizations across Thunder Bay Attic Oakland are working on ID issues. Some are the members of the ID Action Group of Thunder Bay, Kinawea Legal Clinic and the Northwest Community Care Center. And they all see an urgent need for change. The work they do is so important and I thank them. I hope my words will resonate with many of you and that you will support my bill. Let's make ID services more accessible to everyone in Ontario. Thank you. Member Statements, the Member for Guelph. Good morning, Speaker. Yesterday I tabled a motion that proposes key strategies to addressing the housing affordability crisis that's at a breaking point. My motion calls on the government to immediately begin aggressively investing in affordable rental housing and attainable home ownership options, including but not limited to building 100,000 permanently affordable rental homes, extending financial support to 311,000 Ontarians, building 60,000 permanent supportive housing spaces with wraparound mental health and addiction supports and creating a hundred million dollar fund to support co-op housing providers. These strategies were made in close consultation with housing experts. The burden of addressing the homeless crisis has fallen onto social service providers. And I'm grateful that Guelph has so many competent and passionate nonprofits that are doing whatever they can to care for the unhoused in our community. Organizations like Stepping Stone, Royal City Mission, Kindle Communities and Stonehenge Therapeutic. Business leaders in the Guelph Chamber are stepping up to help. Guelph is so lucky to have so many engaged problem solvers, but they need more support speaker. So I look forward to working with the ministries of mental health and the ministry of housing to bring much needed supportive housing projects to my community and the communities across the province. Thank you speaker. Member statements? Member for Bruce Gray Olensound. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker. I want to acknowledge my intern Tori Llewellyn who's in the gallery with some of her colleagues today for writing a statement and hope you'll enjoy. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an important figure in the great writing of Bruce Gray Olensound, Big Bruce. It was love at first sight for local beef farmer Harvey Davis when he first saw the giant steer on a trip to Wisconsin and he knew he just had to bring it home to Bruce County, the beef capital of Ontario. After almost five years of lobbying, Davis convinced the local catamins association to purchase Big Bruce for $6,000. What a deal. Big Bruce then traveled across Ontario in support of local farmers and brought endless smiles to faces along the way, including the 1976 international planning match in Walkerton. Sadly, in 1980, Mr. Davis passed away after a battle with cancer. However, Big Bruce continues to stand proud in Chesley as a legacy to his vision. Now Big Bruce has a new claim to fame. Over the summer, he took home the title of Ontario's greatest roadside attraction in TVOs, the Agendas 2021 Roadside Attraction Showdown, meeting other iconic landmarks like Sudbury's Big Nickel and Canora's Husky the Musky. Sorry about that, Mr. Rickford. I want to sincerely congratulate the Davis family, the Bruce County beef farmers and the Miss Pallity of Aaron Elder's Leap, formerly Chesley, on this wonderful achievement. Mr. Davis' son, Mark Davis, is currently Aaron Elder's Leap, Aaron Elder's Leap's deputy mayor and continues a strong legacy of his dad for promoting agriculture and strong local government. Big Bruce is not just an iconic landmark but represents Bruce County's proud agricultural roots and the strength of Ontario's beef industry, which contributes $2.6 billion, $2.69 billion to the province's GDP annually when sustaining more than 61,000 jobs. I want to give my sincere thanks to all of our farmers and agricultural workers who are the backbone of this province and who helped keep food on our tables during the pandemic. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize the iconic landmark and our province's amazing agricultural industry. I invite everyone to visit the beautiful riding of Bruce Gray-Owen Sound to see Ontario's greatest roadside attraction, Big Bruce and Chesley, and experience the best beef in the province. Thank you, Speaker. Thank you. Member Statements, the member for Brampton Center. Thank you, Speaker. November 25th was International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. And for the next 16 days, community partners across the Peel region will be engaging in 16 days of activism and have launched the Break the Silence campaign to help end violence against women by building awareness in our communities. Women, girls, trans and non-binary people disproportionately experience violence. United Nations Human Rights Commission estimates that one in three women will experience sexual or physical violence in their lifetime. As Sharon Floyd, the CEO of Embrave, the agency to end violence in Peel says, and I'll quote, gender-based violence is a serious pervasive problem in our community and continues to have adverse significant impacts on the lives of women, trans, non-binary people and their children. It is important that survivors of violence can bring their whole selves together when they reach out for support. We must all work together to ensure that supports are available and survivors need us the most and that no one is left behind, end quote. Speaker, we also must recognize that and honor the missing and murdered indigenous women, the LGBTQ plus community and two spirited people and ensure that they have the support and healing for their families. COVID-19 has made it very difficult for women and others in our communities experiencing violence and isolation. And I want to thank the Canadian Women's Foundation for launching the international signal for help speaker and I think it's important to share that here in the house so that if anyone is experiencing violence at home, they please use the signal to reach out for help. You need to put your hand up, one thumb down and put all your fingers together. This is a signal to call out for help and I encourage everyone to understand the importance of this signal, identify it and please call for help if you see someone using the signal in your community. Thank you very much. Have a great day. Thank you very much. That concludes our member's statements for this morning. Nope, there's still one more. Okay, I apologize. Member for Perry Sound, let's go Cal. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to share my support for the Ontario Legislature Internship Program. For 46 years, OLIP has been providing recent graduates with the opportunity to gain firsthand in-depth experience working with members on all sides of the legislature. Chosen by a rigorous application process, the 10 nonpartisan interns spend half their 10 months at Queens Park working with opposition members and the other half with government members. At the same time, they attend regular meetings with former interns, sponsors, and past and current political leaders, conduct study tours to other legislatures and complete a major academic paper of their own. Since being elected in 2001, I've had the privileged host 16 interns, which I've been told as a record. Each intern has supported the work in my office in substantive ways. OLIP is unique in that the interns interview and choose the MPPs they would like to work with, so I'm honored to have been selected by all 16 of my interns. I would like to thank them for their hard work, diligence, and enthusiasm they brought to my office over the years. I strongly recommend applying to OLIP. I say this not just to recent graduates with an interest in politics and governance, but to future members of this legislature. The program helps us members with our work and certainly provides the next generation of Ontario's leaders with a variety of profound learning opportunities. And I understand the interns are going to be introduced shortly, Mr. Speaker, so thank you for the opportunity to make this statement. And with that, our member statements are concluded for today. I'm very pleased to inform the House that Paige Nathaniel Gardner from the writing of Whitby is today's page captain, and we have with us today at Queensborough his mother, Julie Bisson, and his father, Christopher Gardner. Welcome to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. We're delighted to have you here. All of us in this House support the Ontario Legislative Internship Program. And also in the Speaker's Gallery today, we have some of this year's OLIP interns cohort, and I want to introduce them. Havon Ali, currently placed with the MPP for Humber River Black Creek. Melody Greaves, who is working with the member for Parisao Muskoka. Sharika Khan, who works currently with the member for Markham Thornhill. Tori Llewellyn, who is placed in the office of the member for Bruce Gray Owen Sound. Iqra Mahmoud, currently in the office of the member for Nickel Belt. Claire Simon, who is working with the member for Spadina Fort York. Janine Al Hadadi, who is placed currently with the member for Aurora Oak Ridges, Richmond Hill. And Alexander Horbell, who is currently working with the member for Sudbury. We are absolutely delighted to have you with us in the chamber today. Welcome to Queens Park. I understand the leader of the opposition has a point of order and she wishes to raise. Speaker, this week, Ontario passed a grim milestone with more than 10,000 lives lost to the pandemic. I seek unanimous consent therefore for the House to observe a moment of silence for the 24 Ontarians who succumbed to COVID-19 since we last paid tribute to the victims of this deadly virus. Leader, the opposition is seeking the unanimous consent of the House to observe a moment of silence for the 24 Ontarians who succumbed to COVID-19 since we last paid tribute to the victims of this deadly disease. Agreed? Agreed. Agreed. Members will please rise. Thank you. Members may take their seats.


What's the word y'all welcome back to Kenny for real when we talk about basketball and specifically in today's video We're talking about trades. It's been a week since the season has wrapped up And I am ready to get to the off-season trades signings Draftic all of that. I'm ready for and of course we do a lot of these reacted to articles today's article is blockbuster NBA trades that actually make sense and I'm super excited about it because Historically when we react to these articles, this is not something that uh It's true that actually makes sense. So I'm curious about it. I sat out to Grant Hughes I must say this if I disagree with every single trade that goes on in here This is not an attack on him or bleach report or whatever because as we know creating trades It's hard like in real life even in real life like we see a trade happen And we immediately be like whoa this team got finesse this team came out on top and even long term We kind of see that so putting together a trade that makes sense for both teams on paper is hard I admire anybody that takes the time to try to do that But once you put it out you're opening up the discussion. That's what we're doing in today's video I see Russell Westbrook as a cover athlete for this and it makes sense Well, everything is going on with the Houston Rockets right now It would make sense that he's gonna be in a ton in a ton of rumors this offseason I don't know if he actually gets traded But you're gonna see his name associated with every single team because a he's still a very good NBA player and be the Houston Rockets Don't have a general manager or I guess they promoted somebody but you get I'm saying they just lost their general manager They still don't have a coach They're capped out. No future assets. So a guy like Russell Westbrook Makes sense for him to be in trade rumors So I'm interested what type of trades they put together for Brody and all of that against out to Grant Hughes If you knew around here subscribe and leave a like on the video This is the internet's biggest general manager. Does that make sense? No, it doesn't let's get into it, man Let's get into it There are only five trades. Okay, that makes sense I guess I mean if it's gonna be blockbuster trades that makes sense We can't expect 30 trades because 30 trades won't make sense. You feel me? So I'm walking the Denver Nuggets shirt. I didn't know that the Denver Nuggets gonna be associated in this article Let's see what they get they acquire Bradley Biel Oh, and they go out and give up Michael Porter, Jr. Gary here It's a 20 second overall pick in this year's draft and the top 10 protective for 2022 Okay, let's attack this from both sides to watch the Wizards have expressed many many times They have no interest in trading Bradley Biel Bradley Biel literally came out like a couple days ago It was like he wants to spend his entire career in Washington Now I'm not saying just because he says that means it's true We've seen players say things like that before Carrie Irvin said that he wanted to stay and then like that He was he was bolting. So yes, this is something that players say all together But I honestly do believe Bradley Biel when he says that he signed a couple year extension Which I think is interesting and then they it doesn't make sense for them to trade Bradley Biel at this moment I think they want to see what John Wall looks like if you do not remember I know it's been two seasons, but John Wall was a very very good basketball player two years ago It's been like it's been two years and I bet they want to see what this new John Wall looks like Associated with this new Bradley Biel because the last time they played together. Yes, they were a good duo But Bradley Biel is on a whole new level now a whole new level now and John Wall is out in interviews Saying that he's a hundred and ten a hundred for 20 cent healthy I Think that they would wait and see what that looks like their backcourt looks like at least for a couple months or so Before they start trading away their pieces and again, they've already said that they don't want to trade Bradley Biel and it makes sense I think he's 26 years old and He still has a lot of time left. He's only getting better, but for the Denver Nuggets. I would like to straight now understand Some different nuggets players or not players, but fans be like we don't want to give up Michael Porter, Jr.. Was makes sense Jordan where do Michael Jordan say the ceiling is the roof the stupid old saying the ceiling is the roof for Michael Porter, Jr.. He has amazing potential as a 6-10 guy that could come up and just shoot a shot in your face Very Kevin the rent like in that aspect But the thing that still scares me about Michael Porter, Jr.. Is that backman a man had two back surgeries before the age of 19 That is scary stuff for me personally I still do believe that Michael Porter, Jr.. Have a very good NBA career But for a team like the different nuggets that were in the conference finals Maybe a trait like this where you're trying to get another star player It's okay if you're giving up that future guy and Michael Porter, Jr.. Because Bradley Biel on the different nuggets is a dangerous dangerous team The given up Gary Harris who you've seen that like your team could be fine without Gary Harris Amy's got a big old contract and those future assets a 20-second overall pick in a top to protect it first Not that bad if you're getting back Bradley Biel But again what I'm saying is that the different nuggets probably don't trade Bradley Biel right now not for this package But I understand the idea does it actually make sense? kind of Trait number two happy holidays Indiana Pacers acquire drew holiday from the Pelicans for Miles Turner and either Doug McDermott or Jeremy Lamb in a 2021 second round pick I like to say or Jeremy Lambs coming off that Achilles was it Achilles? He's coming off a season in the injury So we don't know what he'll look like we know for sure Doug McDermott is gonna shoot the skin off of the ball Now this is very interesting. Um, you get all the holiday brothers together in Indiana I do like the idea of having Miles Turner for a Zion Williamson When a side Derek favors I was kind of confused not the Derek favors is bad or anything But I do believe that either the future for Zion Williamson looks like he's playing small ball center for a lineup Or you need a center alongside them that will stretch the floor and of course Miles Turner is that I Does this does this mention Victor Lodipo at all because that that really okay keep in mind the Victor Lodipo hence It's a 20 20 20 21 on an expiring deal So as of right now, they're saying that these guys will be together because Victor Lodipo still there for the end of the season Okay, a Jew holiday still a very good NBA player every time I've here in me another NBA player talk about Jew holiday They mentioned how like he is the best defender league Kevin Arran said that JJ Redick has said that Just so many players have come out say like Jew holiday is the guy that you don't want to go against every single night And for the Indiana Pacers, they could use something like that even though they do have tenacious defenders on a perimeter already I don't know every time the Indiana Pacers name come up in a trade I openly expressed to y'all that I don't know what makes sense for the Pacers at this moment We they still don't have a coach and I don't know what direction really makes sense with Victor Lodipo with Miles Turner Well, do you open a game up for some bonus allow him around full-time center? Because I think that's what this trade is really doing allowing some bonus to run full-time center So anytime the Indiana Pacers are in a trade. I just tell you I don't know Because I really don't Pacers fans. I'll be looking for y'all in the comment section and I don't be seeing y'all comment Well, what would you think about a trade like this? Because as of right now I'm gonna talk this up as that I ain't complete because personally I do not know what the future of the Indiana Pacers should look like I don't know because a trade like this Any other Pacers continue to be a playoff team. There's one thing the Indiana Pacers are gonna do They will be a playoff team. They will be But this doesn't raise the ceiling much higher than that Adding drew holiday for that roster is not gonna make them a championship contender, right? I don't know But for the Pelican side if you're going to trade you holiday, which which I'm pretty sure you probably you're looking to He's like 30 something years old this point and you're going to the place where you're trying to acquire pieces that really fiddled around Zion I don't think this would be a bad package for drew holiday next The calves finally start over Kevin. Wait, wait Wait The cast finally start over the Cavaliers require Lamarcus and Keldon Johnson and the Spurs get Kevin Love These are two teams that should be trying to stay away from from long-term contracts and things like that. What do the Spurs Get out of a trade like this. They're giving up Keldon Johnson. I think that Spurs fans really like Keldon Johnson I think his future is bright, too. I do not like this trade whatsoever I think the Spurs are a team that should be like, okay Yeah, maybe we do trade Lamarcus and if DeMar deRose and resize or take that extension We look for a sign. It's right opportunity I think the Spurs the streak is over the 20-year playoff streak is over and let's really go in with Dijonté Murray with Lani Walker with Keldon Johnson and Derrick White and whoever it may be Let's just hit that reset button and the trade like this doesn't do anything Sure, it'll put you back in playoff contention But what's the what's the value in that at this point when you don't have a Bonafide star in the making you know I'm saying like we're gonna compete for a playoff spot It makes sense for the for the Phoenix Suns to do that because they're trying to build something with Aiden and Devin Booker Right now you don't have that solidify like future star piece And I do think Dijonté has a very bright future, but I don't know if he's a future all-star. I don't like this trade doesn't make sense That obviously the Cavs need to get love contract off the books It's a bad deal for them even over the okay of the San Antonio Spurs We're better than the Cavs this past season. That's not really saying that much and they're young I don't really tell me. I don't really like this one the Bucks quit messing around. We got a three-team trade These are harder to do The Bucks give VO and Robert Covington. I don't know what they're giving up already But but that that package in return count me in the Pacers get EB and their own first-round pick back from Milwaukee The Houston Rockets Get that get Dante DeVincenzo Ursa Ilya Sovere a first-round pick from the Bucks in 2021 and a 2023 first-round pick for Milwaukee This is an easy trade to do Right. I think it's an easy trade to do Those two first-round picks are kind of iffy, especially if you don't know for sure if Yanis is gonna resign It's two first-round picks are iffy, but as far as like Santa Yanis hey We're here to build you a championship roster Vico depot helps that and Robert Covington is a guy that just every team would love to have he really is Small for a power for it can can run all of those defense very well We saw that he can run some center, I guess But you got Yanis so you don't need a center because Yanis can run a center and you still have brick Lopez Who gets the best right now pieces in this trade is for sure the Milwaukee Bucks But I think that they'd be kind of hesitant to trade away two first-round picks unless there unless Yanis sees this trade And be like okay, I'll sign that super max that you don't care about those first-round picks because you got Yanis for the next Five years and that means you're probably gonna be a playoff team for five years straight Andy you traded Victor Oledipo get it back EB and your pig back from this year Cool that's number 24, so it's not that much But a VO is expressing that he wants to get traded get an Eric Bledsoe in return Keeps you again to a playoff take but against the Indiana Pacers. I don't really know Houston Rockets. This is like hey, man We're trying to get some future assets because we don't really have many and traded Robert Covington and get him back To first-round picks even though they might be late first-round picks They're still picks and get it back dancing even chenzo who's a younger player in Ursa Eliasova if your goal This to trade Robert Covington. I don't think this is a bad I don't think this is a bad return for it. It may lower your ceiling a little bit further now Because of course Robert Covington was a big portion of what the Houston Rockets were trying to do this season This is this is not a terrible trade if Yanis will sign the super max It's not if we don't know if Yanis is signing a super max. I'm not if I may walk you I'm sorry I'm not giving them two first-round picks because if Yanis walks We're in the lottery again, and those picks are way more valuable than the late 20s Being out of paces again, like I mentioned last straight I don't really know what to think about the inanna Pacers. I don't hate this trade. I do not hate this trade I think this trade would be very very interesting Very interesting. I don't think Rockets fans will love this trade But it is what it is and lastly speaking of the Rockets the Rockets in the next go nuclear. Okay The Rockets acquire RJ Frankie smokes Frankie, Nila Kena the eighth pick and The 27th pick for Russell Westbrook Okay That actually makes sense. Okay. I don't think this makes sense I can I'm just gonna say that right now. I don't think this makes sense again Like I said Brody's name is gonna be a lot of trade trade packages this off season. It's just the way it is Honestly The next time I've not been good for seven years So I'm sure there are some nicks fans that will look at this and be like sure let's do it because Russell Westbrook is still good enough To make your team a playoff contender But next fans I will say do not jump the gun on a trade like this This is all the future assets except for Mitchell Robinson all of them I'm not trading RJ my top three from last year who may not look great last year But he's still what what is he 19 20 now? I'm not giving up on RJ I'm not giving up on the eighth overall pick and another first rounder for aging point guard again Russell Westbrook is still very good. He's still bit very good, but what are you gonna surround him with? Damian Dotson Wayne Ellison coming back Todd Gibson You're not giving up all those future assets and panicking and getting the guy that again will get you to the point Where hey, he's he would be looking he would be fun to watch in the Mecca for sure But you don't give up these future assets for how does rest of us with this point 32? 32 Still good, but I'm not straight in that my all of my future assets except for one for 32 euro point guard And I don't have pieces around him You do this trade if you still have one or two three pieces around him Maybe but you really wouldn't have nothing Russell Westbrook is kicking it out to Kevin ox for a night guy like come on, bro I don't I don't think this trade makes sense for New York. I Think the Houston Rockets It probably don't even make sense for them either I Mean this is like if your direction is to blow it up sure But if you're if you're still trying to build a team around James Harden who at this point is what 30 as well I Don't think this trade makes sense. I don't think this trade makes sense Barrett is still young enough. I Think am I D? Am I undervaluing Russell Westbrook or is he overvaluing val val ring overvaluing Russell Westbrook? The value on Russell Westbrook might be right. It's the team that doesn't make sense Maybe I don't know what it is. It's just about something about this trade I do not it does not make sense to me. Maybe it's all of it Maybe he's overvaluing Russell Westbrook at as an aging point guard The next don't make sense because they don't really have anything else other than everything to trade it away. I Don't like this train. Does this train make sense? No, so out of all of these trades I think that may be two of them. There may be three out of the five make sense On a surface level, let me know what you think about all these trades. I don't know these are always fun No, South to Grand Hew's again Houston Rockets fans Houston Rockets fans and Nick's fans y'all are the biggest ones I'm asking for a trade number five and the Indiana Pacer fans I guess for trade number two and trade number four because y'all are in every trade because vo is this out there Let me know peace