Kirk Goldsberry

You look at these stats, you look at his offensive numbers, but we're so much smarter at evaluating defense.

And the market for anybody who is so sort of negative on that end of the court is just... It's just more efficient now.

Right.

And I think...

That's a big part of it.

But I think the play is you get him now and then maybe you get him at a lower number and keep him happy in Washington.

I certainly wouldn't want them to get him and then extend him at the max.

That would be a bad move for Joe House's Washington Wizards.

If they did that, that's almost like you have to divorce your team.

Yeah, that's a fair point.

I also think it's worth bringing up that the man who drafted Trey Young in Atlanta and postured them to get in the position to get Trey Young in the first place, Travis Schlenk, is now one of the leaders of the front office in Washington.

Oh, a Travis redemption.

Travis Schlenk.

And we've seen that in every sport.

Like these guys, once you build a relationship like that, you'll see them bring them home.

So I think the shoe fits Bill Simmons.

Yeah, they need more of those Cam Thomas shots and fewer of these MPJ shots.

Yeah, MPJ is like one of the more talented pure shooters in the NBA.

He works out a lot with Stephen Curry and his trainer, Brandon Payne.

I remember Brandon told me one time, like, you wouldn't believe the number of times that MPJ beats Stephen Curry in shooting drills and shooting games.