Jared Weiss

Castle's not that guy yet.

Fox is the one guy in their top of their rotation that I trust to be able to handle that responsibility.

But like they're they're going to get they're going to fall off.

They're going to they're going to be down in the series at some point and we'll see if their talent can get them back in it.

that's i guess the question and we've seen them win a lot of these games over and over this was a good example like they were down at one point in this game they really seized control in the second half they got the stars and foul trouble they they took control i don't know what happened with duran in the fourth quarter there and why he wasn't playing for a while because he wasn't in foul trouble and he was having a great game i don't know but either way clearly they're a matchup problem for teams to the point that they'll take their second best player out of the game so

Like they're doing everything they can.

And this is just like, we just got to see what happens when their feet meet the fire.

And I expect them to struggle in the postseason, but they do have the talent that they can still get through it.

Well, we just talked about, I got a story coming out on the athletic by the time people are listening to this, that should fit into it very nicely.

Well, Andrew, our top story this week was the first trade of the NBA season.

After months of listening to NBA fans wonder whether the Hawks would be better off without face of the franchise Trey Young, Atlanta decided they were also kind of wondering the same thing.

In a move that involved zero draft assets on either side, the Hawks sent Trey Young to the Washington Wizards for CJ McCollum, who was on an expiring contract, and Corey Kispert,

Now there were reports that the Hawks tried to get the Wizards to include beat writer Josh Robbins in the deal, but Washington refused, telling the Hawks, hands off America's sweetheart.

Now Robbins tweeted after the deal that he would be surprised if Trey plays much, if at all, the remainder of the season for the Wizards.

The highlight of Trae Young's time in Atlanta was, of course, the Eastern Conference Finals run in 2021, which included the infamous second round series with Philadelphia and Ben Simmons.

The Hawks were never able to capitalize on that run, however, never winning more than 43 games in the subsequent seasons.

The Hawks are currently 18 and 21, but Sham Sharana reports that the Hawks see this as the first domino intending to pursue a trade for a large salary player with Anthony Davis as the prime target.

As one high-level league source told The Athletic, quote, every team in the East believes they're an Anthony Davis away from making the finals.

Of note, Anthony Davis left the Mavericks Thursday night game against the Jazz in the fourth quarter with a left-hand injury.

While the East does seem quite wide open right now, the Detroit Pistons keep trying to tell us that they're very good.