Fred Katz

Because it won't make a difference in terms of winning a title.

If our...

If you're Denver and you're sealing... And I'm just using Denver as an example because they're awesome.

If you're Denver and you feel like, you know what, this team is awesome, but the ceiling is Western Conference Finals, is there any move you can make that can make you feel like the ceiling isn't the Western Conference Finals?

If you're the Knicks, who we just talked about, is there...

you know, they don't have a lot to give up.

They've got a first round pick swap and they got a surplus of second rounders and that's it.

They can't trade any first rounders.

That's it.

But would you give up all that you can have if you feel like your ceiling is winning the East and losing to the Thunder in the finals?

And is there any move that you could possibly make in which your ceiling wouldn't be winning the East and losing to the Thunder in the finals?

And if that's the case, will that affect how you act?

I think teams are just asking themselves that question right now.

Certain teams are, ones who I've spoken to certainly are.

It's reminiscent to a degree of when KD was on the Warriors and there were teams who were like,

We're just going to wait this thing out.

The big difference is that the KD Warriors thing, you know, KD went there and free agency signed a one year deal.

He resigned one year deal.

He resigned one year deal.

Then he was gone.