Kirk Goldsberry

And they were losing Miles Turner either way last year.

So I don't, you know.

The free agent centers this year weren't that good.

Maybe Hartenstein's in there.

Robert Williams, Nurkic, maybe DeAndre Ayton.

So you could argue they needed Zubats.

The counter, though, to that Zubats trade, and the part that never made sense to me would happen is, why did you have to do it in February?

Because even if you get the fifth pick or the sixth pick, I still feel like the Clippers are going to be like, yeah, you're going to trade us that for Zubats?

Let's do it.

The risk didn't match the reward because I don't like making trades that are still going to be sitting there a few months later.

They just could have traded Toppin's contract and something smaller and the number five pick for Zubats and not given up the other first rounder that was in there.

So I just, I never thought the risk matched the reward.

And I thought Jacob's, I thought even they could have put like a, like a thing like, well, if this becomes the fifth or sixth pick in this draft, then we get our 29 first back or something.

Cause I like Zubats, but it just doesn't match what the reward was.

I don't think.

Well, the other thing, Kirk, is you do a trade like this and it's 50-50 odds, right?

If they get the pick, Pritchard's a hero.

You don't get the pick.

Now your fans are kind of looking side-eyed at you, but now you put Zubats in a tough spot too, who's a really good player.

I voted for him 13-0 NBA a year ago.