J. Kyle Mann

top 10, both sides of the ball.

And if Halliburton is healthy from the start of next season, like they could be off and running and could, and over the next two to three years, just be pretty dominant, frankly.

Um, I guess the trade-off would be the opportunity costs of like getting a lock into someone at the fifth spot who could potentially just open up the window.

So you're not just as focused on the next half decade.

It could be a decade long run, but it seems like Kyle, a lot of the generational transformative prospects are going to be in that wonderful range.

to begin with.

So maybe they get both.

If they get both, honestly, we're talking like them thunder as like a, uh, East West square off for potentially the next couple of finals here.

It could be really interesting.

Um, but if that was a trade of opportunity, I feel like the calves side of the Clippers trades was one of desperation.

It seems like based on reporting that's come out after the fact, particularly with the athletic, it seems like

Donovan Mitchell has let it be known that he didn't want to wait until the offseason in order to change things around.

He is a free agent or can be a free agent in the 27 offseason.

And so there is some sense of urgency.

Yeah, it's interesting though, Kyle, because I think you really had to lean into one direction ultimately is where Mitchell kind of forced them into because you would look at the roster and say like, oh, our future is Garland, Mobley, and Mitchell is just kind of what we're doing until we get to the point where those guys can perhaps be our frontline guys, Mobley in particular.

But it seems like they were more focused on Mitchell

potentially keeping him long-term or like taking an advantage of what they have now.

I just don't see what they have with heart and really appreciably changing their trajectory this season.

And so for that reason, I'm a little flaccid on this, especially when you consider the Clippers just got back an all-star point guard who was 10 years younger and is just, as soon as he gets through these toe injuries, like might just be able to be a pretty transformative player for them.

So I don't know.