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Alex Speers

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

I think once we get a couple of those guys back, we could really start to see Edie take on a bigger load offensively.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

I love the fit with Triple J. They complement each other's strengths and weaknesses really well.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

And bigger picture...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

I just love the idea that someone like Zack Eadie might succeed in the NBA.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

That's fun to me.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

The fact that he isn't the dinosaur that some thought he might be, that's exciting because looking back, the Warriors small ball era,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

were so dominant it made us believe that certain guys just couldn't survive in the league anymore and I think that influenced a lot of opinions about Edie as a prospect and to be fair maybe it'll be true in the playoffs you know it certainly wasn't always pretty against OKC in round one last year but he was a rookie and he was facing the eventual champions.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

I just love that we finally moved out of this era where small ball dictated so much of the conversation about the league and about team building.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

This isn't a new thought, but good teams are playing so differently from each other, which I think is forcing us as fans to reconsider what types of players and schemes could work and could be successful in the NBA.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

And a player like Zach Eadie succeeding or this Miami offense working or the Rockets offense working the way it has, it all fits into this idea that there are a ton of ways to make it work in the NBA right now.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

And in my opinion, makes the league so much more interesting to talk about instead of trying to fit every team into the same mold.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

And so, Zach Eadie, you are good to me.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

But what about a bad Andrew?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

Yeah, Cade or Brunson.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

I'm not too worried about the Rockets because I've heard, listening to different podcasts, it sounds like that is more a thing that could happen in the summer than right now.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

It's hard to happen right now.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

The Spurs, I think you just have to... This idea that they could get out of this without giving up Dylan Harper, that's the one that I'm just like, come on.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

We're talking about Giannis.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

If that did happen, you at least have to get Dylan Harper.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Wizards Week + Shai keeps getting better | Slam N Jam

Well, it's funny that you said, oh, we all see the writing on the wall.