Kendrick Perkins

Redick is doing over there with the Los Angeles Lakers.

He is.

He is.

But I don't expect him to be on the Mavericks come trade deadline.

Hmm.

Hmm.

I expect somebody to go out there and pursue Kyrie.

I expect the Minnesota or Detroit Pistons to get aggressive.

Minnesota has no choice.

Look, they're going to rock with Jay McDaniels and Nas Reed, and I'm a fan of both of those guys.

But if you're trying to move the needle, if you want to make up for having arguably the worst trade in NBA history by trading away Carl Anthony Towns, if you want to stop the bleeding, meaning former number one picks leaving your organization and going winning championships elsewhere, Towns, Kevin Garnett, Andrew Wiggins,

top lottery pick in Kevin Love.

You want to make sure you keep Anthony Edwards.

You're going to have to bring some more firepower into that organization in order to compete with the Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder.

But here's the thing.

I strongly believe...

Minnesota has so much belief that I think Jaden McDaniels is untouchable at this point.

Real talk.

That's how much belief the organization has in Jaden McDaniels.

And in order to get Jalen Brown, they would have to give up Jaden McDaniels.