Ted Nguyen

And then it was like, I'll ask for the trade for... A year out, no, I'll ask for a trade like halfway with a year and a half out. And then we had guys going, I don't give a shit that the extension hasn't even kicked in yet. I want out, which I think is part of the restrictive language for the trades in the CBA. It's not just the penalties.

And then it was like, I'll ask for the trade for... A year out, no, I'll ask for a trade like halfway with a year and a half out. And then we had guys going, I don't give a shit that the extension hasn't even kicked in yet. I want out, which I think is part of the restrictive language for the trades in the CBA. It's not just the penalties.

And then it was like, I'll ask for the trade for... A year out, no, I'll ask for a trade like halfway with a year and a half out. And then we had guys going, I don't give a shit that the extension hasn't even kicked in yet. I want out, which I think is part of the restrictive language for the trades in the CBA. It's not just the penalties.

It's not just trying to find a way of curbing spending at the very top. You now get to go to your star player and say, I know you're mad and I know you want to go there and I can't legally do it. So I think all that stuff is, and I know you already understand all this. I'm explaining it to the CBA guy. Like you don't let's, I still think we didn't, we didn't do enough on Zion.

It's not just trying to find a way of curbing spending at the very top. You now get to go to your star player and say, I know you're mad and I know you want to go there and I can't legally do it. So I think all that stuff is, and I know you already understand all this. I'm explaining it to the CBA guy. Like you don't let's, I still think we didn't, we didn't do enough on Zion.

It's not just trying to find a way of curbing spending at the very top. You now get to go to your star player and say, I know you're mad and I know you want to go there and I can't legally do it. So I think all that stuff is, and I know you already understand all this. I'm explaining it to the CBA guy. Like you don't let's, I still think we didn't, we didn't do enough on Zion.

What do you do if you're David Griffin?

What do you do if you're David Griffin?

What do you do if you're David Griffin?

And by the way, he looked good. He looked good physically the first game he came back.

And by the way, he looked good. He looked good physically the first game he came back.

And by the way, he looked good. He looked good physically the first game he came back.

I was praising Zach Kleinman in Memphis without saying his name. I was just talking about the group in Memphis, but he deserves a shout out. I feel bad for the Pelicans front office because I think they have done one of the best jobs of roster creation. I don't love the DeJounte trade as much, but I understood them feeling like they had to be different.

I was praising Zach Kleinman in Memphis without saying his name. I was just talking about the group in Memphis, but he deserves a shout out. I feel bad for the Pelicans front office because I think they have done one of the best jobs of roster creation. I don't love the DeJounte trade as much, but I understood them feeling like they had to be different.

I was praising Zach Kleinman in Memphis without saying his name. I was just talking about the group in Memphis, but he deserves a shout out. I feel bad for the Pelicans front office because I think they have done one of the best jobs of roster creation. I don't love the DeJounte trade as much, but I understood them feeling like they had to be different.

And, you know, it's real easy to be like, oh, you should have traded Zion. But you finally got the season from him prior to him getting hurt in the play-in game, which derails everything finally kind of working out and coming together because of his health. I am not surprised, though, when you and Tim did the piece that there's more value for

And, you know, it's real easy to be like, oh, you should have traded Zion. But you finally got the season from him prior to him getting hurt in the play-in game, which derails everything finally kind of working out and coming together because of his health. I am not surprised, though, when you and Tim did the piece that there's more value for

And, you know, it's real easy to be like, oh, you should have traded Zion. But you finally got the season from him prior to him getting hurt in the play-in game, which derails everything finally kind of working out and coming together because of his health. I am not surprised, though, when you and Tim did the piece that there's more value for

A Zion market because that actually doesn't surprise like his one stop a get him out of New Orleans like we'll bring him in with our guys like we're going to do this thing like was it I don't know if it was Shams or somebody had reported like it wasn't that it was going to happen but you could just wave Zion and I was like yeah actually still that's that was that to me was ridiculous because you're like that's not the way it works.

A Zion market because that actually doesn't surprise like his one stop a get him out of New Orleans like we'll bring him in with our guys like we're going to do this thing like was it I don't know if it was Shams or somebody had reported like it wasn't that it was going to happen but you could just wave Zion and I was like yeah actually still that's that was that to me was ridiculous because you're like that's not the way it works.