NBA Trade Deadline Awards | Slam N Jam
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What happened during the NBA Trade Deadline?
Welcome to the Saturday Slammin' Jam here on the Athletic NBA Daily. On today's show, my good buddy Fred Katz joins to hand out some trade awards in just what was an insane week of trades here with the NBA. Fred, how was your last 24 to 72 hours? Sleepless?
Exhausting. Still trying to get over that Charlotte, Oklahoma City trade where they just traded a 2029 second rounder for a 2030 second rounder.
So that like a pick might convey. I mean, come on.
Unquestionably, my favorite trade of the trade deadline. It was... It was reminiscent of the KZ Akpala pick protection removal. That's right.
That's right.
Years ago that all of us remember so well.
It's one of those trades that you know that there are maybe one or two people in your life that you can talk to that trade about. And the vast majority of people just have no interest whatsoever.
But here's the thing. Two things. Number one, there are one or two people in your life where you can talk about it. But the one or two people in your life you can talk about it with, you can talk about it for like seven hours. And what's amazing is none of the people that you can talk about it with are people listening to this podcast. And that's how we decided to start the show. So that's exactly right.
That's exactly right. This is going well. Fred, we're going to do trade awards today. And so I have several different categories that we're going to go over to kind of break down the trade deadline. And the first one is the Powell Gasol Award, the trade that made a team a true champion. And I don't know if there's really another answer to this other than Luka Doncic to the Lakers.
Who won the Pau Gasol Award for the best trade?
Because it's Luka Doncic to the Lakers. And we've talked about this on many podcasts. I'm sure that you have heard about it if you're listening to this show. But I think that there's nothing else out there, in my opinion. Yes?
Yeah, I mean, it's it's Luka Doncic to the Lakers for a really small package. It's it's a star going to the Lakers for a really small package. Same thing as Pau Gasol. And you know what? The Pau Gasol trade in retrospect ended up being a lot better for Memphis than we realized because there was a completely forgotten guy who was in that deal who nobody thought anything of at the time of the trade. It happened to be Pau Gasol's brother, Mark, who ended up being a defensive player of the year. and an awesome player and a deserving Hall of Famer, in my opinion. So, you know, maybe Max Christie is going to make the Hall of Fame. Or maybe that Luka trade wasn't as good for the Mavs as it was for the Lakers. But to be clear, I don't think the Lakers are contenders right now.
The difference between the two trades is like, Powertrade made the Lakers title contenders with the Powertrade. I think the Lakers need a little bit more. And I think the Lakers can be contenders maybe next year. I think they need an offseason to kind of add to the roster to bring in a little more perimeter defense. I need to see... Mark Williams in a winning environment before I know that he's going to be an okay backline defender. If he defends the rim the way he did in Charlotte, which he might not. It's totally possible he might not. But if he does, then the Lakers defense will be in a different situation. So we'll see. But it's definitely the Luka trade. It's not the DeAndre Hunter move for Cleveland, even though I like that move a lot.
Yeah, no. I mean, this is the one. So where would you put the Lakers in the West at this point as far as contenders in the Western Conference?
Obviously behind Oklahoma City. I think I would put them behind Oklahoma City.
It's tough. Would you put them behind Denver? I think that I'd probably have Denver just due to continuity, and we've seen those guys do it.
Yeah, I think I would have Denver. Also, just because I'm generally going to pick Jokic, even though Denver... Look, Denver has had its moments where it's looked...
Which trade received the PJ Washington Award?
really not good this year too and yeah if you can figure out a way like if you have lebron and luca on the court at all times like you're probably gonna eviscerate the non-yokage minutes like you're gonna imagine if you can always have either lebron or luca or maybe both in the game when you'll be we should be able to do that yes you're going to destroy the non-yokage minutes.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened during the NBA Trade Deadline?
0:11–2:09
2
Who won the Pau Gasol Award for the best trade?
2:09–4:34
3
Which trade received the PJ Washington Award?
4:34–8:13
4
What trade is highlighted for being overrated?
8:13–10:40
5
Which veteran trade is expected to turn a team around?
10:40–13:30
6
What does the Gordon Hayward Award signify?
13:30–17:06
7
Why is the Purtle Award significant in trade discussions?
17:06–19:38
8
What mistakes did teams make during the trade deadline?
19:38–55:17