Will Cain
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard 2 Apr
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Which is again why I think this entire thing was ridiculous to do it this way, to have a market of one team. maybe Nico didn't want to get a yes from some of those other teams and have to have the internal debate of this guy over clearly one of his favorite players in the league in Anthony Davis. So what do we got, Cerruti?
I think it's a no, okay, because it's a health thing. And even though I don't think there's a good day, I've thought SGA's better than Luka, but he's the next guy on the list, right? So SGA's healthier. And that group. You would be disrupting this group, and when they get Chet back, we think they can win an NBA title with that group right now. And so...
Then you're thinking about Luka and you're going, what am I bringing in? These guys are trading. I'm like, what's the stuff that I don't know about Luka? And meanwhile, like this Thunder team acts like a high school team. They seem like they love each other.
I've spent, what, three different segments this season just raving about the personality of this team and the buy-in and everybody understanding. So I think it's a no-no. only because there's a disruption part of that that you're not sure about. You can't, if you're Presti, you couldn't say, hey, if we bring Luke in, all of it's fine. It's awesome. He picks right back up.
even though I believe Luke is the better player and the health part of it. That's why I think it's a no. Do you disagree?
Yeah, that's a different conversation because then you can also look at it from the Dallas side of like all of these teams that I can't believe they didn't reach out to. And you're like, well, right. But Dallas clearly didn't want to just reset and rebuild and then picks and they've got to move these other guys and all this stuff.
Like they were not in the deal of like, let's get a marginal player and some contract filler. But now we have control of your next four drafts. What I would say is get a swap in there. Get a swap. Maybe get a second first if you're trading somebody who, when we heard it, no one believed that it was actually true. So ask for a swap.
I just would love the idea that Palenka's like, no, sorry, can't do a swap.
So I, I think about it all the time. Like just the hypothetical, if you had that job and the other guys like, all right, we're still, you can have Luca, but I need, and I, you know, you say no at first, you try to figure out like where the middle is. And then he's like, okay, well I need the two first. Sorry. Okay. Well, when I say no, like you're not getting Luca. Yeah. No, no problem with that.
Yeah.
I mean, credit to Palenka, man. Or he's like, yeah, so who? I'm not bidding against anybody and you're thanking me for keeping a secret?
I think I'm an incredibly loyal friend, but if you're friends with somebody in the NBA and you're worried about their feelings, then you shouldn't have the job.
I think those guys all understand that ultimately they're all competing. There's guys that are really good friends with each other, guys that can't stand each other, but you can't. I don't think you... When you're given the... The honor, really. I mean, it's like you're this elected official, but you're not elected. And all of the millions of people care about the outcome of these games.
Like you owe it to them to do the best and at times the most ruthless version of the job.
It's worth, it is worth repeating as I did in the open, just in case, you know, you're driving around, you could miss it.
people rave about nico okay yeah this is not the gm where there have been guys over the years and there's just not that many of them anymore if i don't even know who like the top of my head who i would think of as like the gm everybody else makes fun of but nico is praised okay and i do wonder like if the of the the mob moving all in one direction like is there any scenario where this dude at the end of it all goes
I was right. I still can't imagine only calling one team and then being like, I'm psyched that Palenka kept us quiet.
That wasn't great. That was a long time ago. Different job. So, all right. Look, I still can't stop talking about the trade. I've done like four segments on it already. So let's go back to it.
That one might be closer to a yes. Only because the irony of the Giannis-Luca thing is that Giannis has been somebody now for like two plus years. Where others are going to be like, watch out for that one. like pay attention to what's going on there. Oh, the reason they did the Dame deal is because of him. And like, you know, ownership didn't want it. You're just like, okay.
All of the things that have been theorized, like behind the scenes with Giannis, that just happened with Luca. So, and we've never, we had never heard any of those things. So it feels like a bit like the Tatum one. I don't know if Tatum's next. So it might be a no. Cause he's their guy. But would you be trading Giannis uncertainty for Lucas certainty?
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