I know I'm sure you enjoyed make ation,
but when Natalie went off on Kevin Durant, I was like and
Natalie her and Michael are going to look at.
Yeah,
I knew you were an instant member of the Natalie fan club
will see a lot more of coming up. So before we get into
the latest developments,
like, it's been so long.
Well, we talked about things that have changed since we last
did a show the latest, Developed. What they did one
thing that hasn't changed is Kevin. Durant is still a net,
so he has requested a trade
reiterated, his trade request,
put down an ultimatum to Joe side me or management
and he remains a Brooklyn nip.
So before we get into the latest development, that Sean's
report that the Memphis Grizzlies have into the chat,
I just wanted you to give. I want to give you an opportunity
to get these jokes off.
Good eye, man. Hey look, that was great. No, it's great. It's
like
this. Was your,
this was your ideal, man. This was like, everything from
Michael Smith, you love this coming together. This this this
creation is super team. This one just
to be clear to be clear.
Yes, I loved it. I loved this potential,
but as usually, as usual, scuse me, I can't talk to this. Some
reason as usual. That's alright. I really want to just
push back. I just want to push back
against people like you, so it just became. Yeah.
About me and you more than was really about this but contain.
Yeah
and not but now that your step back and look at it, you can
see what I saw from the beginning.
These are individually. They are they were because as you
know, Harden has changed a little bit.
But at the time they were individually. Brilliant, genius, level
basketball player. Geniuses of the profession.
All of them just incredible,
but they shouldn't be together.
They, they, they not.
Should have been
together and I never would have as much as I clown them.
And as, as much as I enjoyed seeing them lose
in the playoffs and never even reach a Conference Finals and
ever reach the conference for the NBA Finals. They never
reach the Conference Final together.
But as much as I enjoy that,
I never thought that each of them would ask to be traded.
There it is. There it is. I thought
You can't make this up like one of them asked me. Try to I get
it. I get it. Like the third wheel. Hey man. They you know
it wasn't what these two said it was going to be
the third wheel, ask to be out. Okay,
all three of them.
All three of them has to be traded.
They gave up the most for hard
hard, didn't even trade it,
hard and carry just, you know, he had a contract. Okay, you're
right
last year,
last year.
Yeah, he has to be traded after a year. Okay, so he was out.
They gave a bunch of pics for him.
One brother wouldn't get the vaccine. Okay, did he decide to
come back anyway? He wouldn't get the vaccine.
And then, then Durant, the best player of them all.
I actually feel for him.
The best player of them all Michael.
He was a team player after the season.
A lot of people forget this after the season, he was asked
about Steve Nash. He came to Nash's defense.
Well, they hired him a s***.
That's the part that trust me. I like me army or management.
What does management not giving you
like, what? If, like I thought we were all the coach,
I thought it was. I don't remember it. Being coach, what
happened?
What happened? But
he was a team player for a while. He was a team player.
Try to be try to be the team guy. Tried to say the right
things, he was really good, but this is why I feel for him. He
asked to be traded
They wouldn't do it.
He said, okay,
pick me or management they pick management which is unheard of.
Well it's over and said oh no
and now
the Memphis Grizzlies have you know, Kevin Durant didn't want
to go to Memphis. He would
he considered
Going to Boston. He don't want to play for the Celtics. No,
wait.
Okay, but wait a second.
Okay. You kind of getting ahead. I wanted to ask you,
he asked you this, but let me make one other. I thought you
would say, you were felt sorry for him because
Rudy gobert, messed it up for him
because there's nobody that can realistically put together to
kind of package. Well, he's stuck because nobody can put
together the kind of package, that will make the Nets. Feel
good about treating him like all star player plus fix it.
This, that and the other. But wait a second on the Boston front,
I actually did want to go with are
not necessarily from the ranch perspective,
but if you're Boston, or for, that matter of Memphis, because
they're very similar to teams were very close. Whoever very
attractive, young cores. If you were Boston,
if you were Brad Stevens, and I mean who
Joker for example, and that's right. Yes, your backyard, bro,
but Memphis along the same line.
Would you trade for Kevin Durant? Is what I want to know
from you.
I would not
know, I would not look. They had they have the talent right
now. Second understand a team, and mm says, in the same
situation,
Boston has the talent now to win
the NBA title, did they win? They did lose the title last year
because they were just severely, overmatched
talent-wise. Or as you pointed out
was Golden State, more discipline
was Golden State more experience and they were able
and Two situations. When they were down one ZIP. They
figured out the desperation of that
situation and they came back hard. And when they were down
to one,
they figured out the desperation that situation that
came back hard and overwhelm the Celtics. I think,
the Celtics now have the talent
they added Gallinari to their bench
that a Malcolm Brogdon to their bench. Yeah,
yeah. And so they so to, think about that
Malcolm Brogdon replaces the minutes of Peyton, Pritchard God.
Grant Williams don't act right?
Gallinari replaces the men and said,
Grant Williams guy.
Or in some cases, Derek white.
So
you've improved your team already. You don't need to tear
it apart to add Kevin Durant, and I don't know what Durant's
motivation is at this point is clear. Why does he want to be
traded? I don't know.
Does he feel like he needs to? I don't know, I don't know
what. I'm not sure, I'm not sure. And I say this
respectfully, I'm not sure that he truly knows.
I think he just wants another change of scenery and will go
pretty much anywhere. I wouldn't dismiss that he would
go to Memphis. I mean, that seems like a pretty well run
organization if his issue,
you know hypocritically,
you know, if you ask me
is the way the Nets
organization is run.
But if I'm actually agree with you, I I'm going back and forth
on Boston, I wouldn't make the move. On Boston,
especially not for what the Nets are asking for jail and
brown and Marcus Smart and Derek white and picks like no.
But I just, I feel like
that's Jason, Statham Jason Tatum's team,
let them continue to grow and take that next step.
Organically same with Memphis who it might have been
a different story in the Western Conference, a job Morant not
get gotten hurt.
What I also do not what I don't expect to happen.
Is I don't think Kevin Durant is wired to not only hold out
from training camp but to show up and be a distraction.
Because remember,
yeah, whooping, I do me,
I think it shows up and he plays basketball.
And that's another reason why the nursing in Russia Trader
because they know him well enough to know
that he gonna play basketball,
whether whether he loves it or not, he don't play basketball
and dependent career. There are still there come to the regular
season. They'll still be pretty good shape and ship good. Well,
I think I've learned
My lesson on that front but they'll still be pretty good.
Will they
if they make it to the Conference Finals, where they
hang a banner there
in the arena