Justin Verrier

They need bodies and they need Verve in that lineup.

And I do think Schroeder and Ellis fill that role at least.

And so to bring it back to the bigger picture conversation, I just think if there's a window, I don't like this as a long-term play giving up like the next six to seven years of Darius Garland.

But right now this might be the type of wind now move that threads the needle in a weird way that it hasn't in years past.

A little balance action?

I was just thinking of the left-handed emporium from Ned Flanders the entire time.

Was it the left-porium or something?

Left-orium.

Remembering some sentence quotes, but half-assed, kind of.

Yeah.

What was the name?

I guess the only other team to really mention here are the Celtics.

They kind of got their asses handed to them by the Knicks in this early game right before the Super Bowl.

I don't know how much you could read into that.

I always kind of write off early games, especially in big markets, just because I figure guys are just kind of going out and the timing is just weird.

I did like Vuce's impact in game one against the Heat.

In game two, it wasn't so great.

But it did feel like it played out exactly how we thought, where he was dominant on the boards.

I think he had 12 there.

And it did really feel like he had an advantage scoring against smaller units because Spoh refuses to play Kal-El Ware all of a sudden.