Eric Nehm

Best packages, potentially likely.

The Rockets are steadfast in that this is the team that we believe in and we're not going to make a big move.

I watched them struggle in the fourth quarter against Spurs last night.

And the player in the NBA that scores the most fourth quarter points, anybody know his name?

Yeah, that's right, Giannis Dedekumbo.

And who's been one of the most efficient clutch scorers over the last seven years?

That's right, Giannis Dedekumbo.

um so you kind of go through all that and it's like all right uh the one i put together today was you know shangoon i think dorian finney smith reed shepherd and a first like that works from like a money perspective and you get to pair them with kd for the rest of kd's contract and you don't have to give up a bunch of future picks you're just giving up players maybe i don't know that's interesting um i think the hawks if they want it have the best package period um

They, as our own Sam Amick reported today, they're not interested.

They're trying to build something similar to the Oklahoma City Thunder, to the San Antonio Spurs.

They don't want to fast track it.

And I think if you look at their roster, it makes some sense, right?

Like that is a very young roster.

They have a lot of expiring contracts.

It's clear that they're going to build something new coming here and fast tracking it with Giannis maybe doesn't make a ton of sense.

But yeah, if you put Jalen Johnson and a pick on the table,

yeah, maybe that pick doesn't end up being the first pick, but then all of a sudden the bucks have control of both sides of the pick swap and they just have two first round picks.

Yeah.

I think the bucks would love that.

So, um, I think they can do that.