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I don't know if they'd be considered cornerstones at this point, but they just got a big load of stuff.
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And as we've seen with other teams, like certain teams, just things go haywire and all of a sudden you're backdooring into a top 10 pick.
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So I get it at this point, especially when the swaps are of swaps, of swaps, of swaps, of swaps.
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But I don't know.
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They just basically cleared the road for what's next, which is fine.
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They don't know what the meal looks like.
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And this package, this platter, it's a lot of like coleslaw and like just a bunch of olives and all this other stuff.
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Yeah.
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When they prepare it like well, then all of a sudden things are looking pretty good.
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Right now though, it's a lot of just like just leafy greens just on the plate.
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Yeah, well, they need that down in the South.
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While we ponder that, why don't we take a quick break and we'll come back to the last part of these trades.
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All right, well, if some of these teams that we've been talking about prioritize picks, let's talk about a team that doesn't give a shit about any of them.
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We're talking about the Chicago Bulls.
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Well, they care about seconds.
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They loaded up with nine second-round picks is what they came out after trading Kobe White, Ayo Desumu, and just like 30 other guys in separate deals where they may have taken someone back or they're dumping someone.
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It was just a real flurry of activity.
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I find myself, unfortunately, in the usual position where I almost want to see the ray of hope in the midst of all this shit right now.
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No, I'm like, I'm somewhere in between.
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I went up to the line and decided to walk back from it.