Zach Lowe

It's like, oh, five, you know, dynasty coming five of the next six championships, even though history suggests that's very hard.

We have now are going to have eight straight years with a new champion this year.

And part of their build is they they built into it is the luxury of being able to fail.

in in specific seasons by their standards because they are built for a longer run and when you are built for a longer window this is why teams like longer windows better than shorter windows you can absorb.

a year from hell injury-wise, a year just where things didn't work out and a great player beat you and come back to fight another day and maybe the outcome is different the next year.

That said, just for the purposes of illustration, can I go through the best Chet trades that I could come up with so we can see how difficult this is?

Yes.

So I'm throwing the honest one out.

We've already discussed it, but the honest one is illustrative because if you're going to trade Chet, you need to bring back size somehow.

Like you just cannot go like Chet for a guard who can shoot.

You're just, if you're concerned about Wemby, you're now too small and too dependent on Hartenstein.

Um, so, and again, second year and all that, uh, where do I want to start?

I mean, they're not great.

Um,

That's a great intro to the segment.

How about Chet Holmgren to Portland for Donovan Klingin, Jeremy Grant, and some subset of first-round picks?

No, no, I'm not.

And here's the problem.

All the size we're bringing in does not bring the shooting ability that you need to coexist with Hardenstein, who's going to be a core player.

So I'm a no on that.