....he won two titles with two Finals MVPs in Golden State and was MVP in Oklahoma City, the year after he went 50/40/90 while averaging 28 points per game? I have so many questions on how KD was not maximized by those teams.

Podcast is up with @MotorcityHoops

We talked Lakers, Suns and Pelicans, three teams with very different, yet very interesting offseasons ahead of them now that they've been eliminated from the playoffs.

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Podcast is up with @MotorcityHoops

We talked Lakers, Suns and Pelicans, three teams with very different, yet very interesting offseasons ahead of them now that they've been eliminated from the playoffs.

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Doing the Jamal Shead draft guide profile and I just adore everything this dude stands for as a basketball player. One of the most straight up disruptive and downright mean defenders I've ever evaluated as a guard. Unbelievable instincts. Gives fourth and fifth efforts on plays.

Man, 7 points in 17 seconds. On top of everything else. Maxey has just been so sick in this series.

Talking Pelicans and where this goes now that they've been eliminated.

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Diving now into how close the Lakers are to contending. How many moves away are they?

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Hey! Motor City Hoops and I are going live now. We're talking:

-Where the Lakers go from here, with all the offseason details you need
-Where the Suns go from here.
-How the Pelicans could be set for a shake-up offseason.

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So, in five years: a title, a Western Conference Finals, a first round loss to the team that won the West, and then this year.

IDK, that feels pretty good to me? It's not amazing but that's one of the four best runs in the league the last 5 years?

(My assumption is that LeBron lives in the moment during the playoffs to the point that, immediately upon being eliminated, probably just doesn't have an answer for what his future is. Especially this offseason with the Bronny factor, potential free agency, maybe retirement, etc)

That's uhh....that's certainly something.

Jalen Brunson was obviously unreal for the Knicks in Game 4, but I also thought OG Anunoby was INCREDIBLY important. His 4th Q dealing with Embiid defensively was unbelievable and I made Motor City Hoops talk about it on the podcast last night.

Jalen Brunson was obviously unreal for the Knicks in Game 4, but I also thought OG Anunoby was INCREDIBLY important. His 4th Q dealing with Embiid defensively was unbelievable and I made Motor City Hoops talk about it on the podcast last night.

The other thing: I've seen people say the Suns don't have picks to trade. That's incorrect. I believe that as of draft night they have 2 firsts that can be moved. No. 22 this year and 2031 first.

(Believe the Second Apron Draft Pick Penalty wouldn't kick in til next offseason)

Nate is a glorious scout sicko for posting the Timberwolves defensive rotation that led to Ant getting the ball before The Dunk after the Suns denied him the ball entirely on the previous possession.

I love it so much.