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Raja Bell

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1928 total appearances

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The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

And when you've got that type of length, that type of athleticism, and

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

as James Harden and Donovan Mitchell kind of do their thing, you can operate off of that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

I don't necessarily see it as a negative for him, unless we're saying we firmly believe that his development is taking us to upper-level offensive ball-in-hand type of player.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

And quite frankly, I personally just don't see that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

As far as... I had a question for you guys.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

This is the down-the-road of it all, because I agree with you, but I kind of thought...

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

as I was watching it, and I told you where my vote would be for LeBron next year, I don't know cap-wise what that looks like, but could you see a world where it was Donovan, James, LeBron for LeBron's swan song in Cleveland?

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

But he doesn't do that that much anymore.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

He's like the role man on picking roles and shit now.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

He's really transitioned pretty... Yeah, sorry, Howard, but keep going.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

I don't have a great answer for that, so I'll answer it in the way my brain's processed kind of the question a little bit.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

To Howard's point, I generally think that if you are a player, which I was, that was never going to be primary, you benefit from having more playmakers on the floor, provided those playmakers are unselfish and willing to give you the ball when you're open.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

that only helps them, right?

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

Because now your defender's got to stay home, creates more space for them, right?

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

So you're adding another playmaker, which I would say unlocks everybody.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

Like, I think that's good for everyone.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

But I would say that in the space that I've watched LeBron in recently,

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

James Harden might be, I mean, I don't know where you put him in the pantheon of pick and roll players, but of all time, like he's a, he's one of the highest level pick and roll players of all time.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

If LeBron is now playing as a playmaker and finisher out of the role in a pick and roll.

The Ringer NBA Show
Trade Deadline Winners and Losers!

Yeah.