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Summary
In this episode, the host recaps the standings and recent trades in their fantasy basketball league. They also discuss NBA trade rumors and potential moves for the Warriors. The host shares their thoughts on the rookie ladder and MVP race. Overall, it's a quiet week in terms of news and rumors.
Takeaways
The league standings and recent trades are discussed.
There are several NBA trade rumors, including potential moves for the Warriors.
The host shares their thoughts on the rookie ladder and MVP race.
Overall, it's a quiet week in terms of news and rumors.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and League Standings
02:02 Trades and News in the League
04:14 Recap of Last Week's Games
05:05 NBA Trade Rumors
06:42 Trade Possibilities for the Warriors
10:00 Other Trade Rumors and News
16:22 Rookie Ladder and MVP Discussion
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Welcome in to our week 11 recap over here on Dynasty Down Under, hosted on Ballboy Talk. Dynasty Down Under is our League of 12 Bandits who are fantasy, basketball junkies, NBA junkies, and dynasty junkies all mixed into one great amazing league to where we all get to have fun and experience some dynasty fantasy basketball. Welcome along to our week 11 of our first year in our dynasty league.
It's been super fun getting to deep dive into the NBA this year, 11 weeks through, and it's been a ton of fun. So as things stand right now at the end of week 11, it's Sunday night, games are pretty much over. Paweł and Popowicz won. They're improving to 6 and 5 on the year. They beat me, Fox Inferiants, and I fall to 5 and 6, and they improved to 6 and 5. The Puzini dynasty will fall to 5 and 6 as well.
while all balls no bite will improve to 6 and 5. Discount Presti will fall again to 2 and 10 now after losing to that blue guy who improved to low and behold 5 and 6. Poppin with Tebow has another impressive week as he improves to a league best 10 and 1 over Thug Life AB Pack who falls to 6 and 5. Imagine that. The Mitch Man 95.
and falls to seven and four after losing to infinity when beyond and he improves to eight and four while mitch man falls to Seven and four or eight and three and then mitch man falls to seven and four The grannies continue their winless season as we enter week 12 now as they fall to oh and 11 While magic claws improves to you guessed it five and six So the standings as they are right now. We're looking at popping with t-bo
Probably infinity when beyond.
Jey (02:02.226)
Mitch Mann, Thug Life will be six and then all the six and five teams and then our five and five teams and then Discount Presti and the Grannies to round out the league so Nothing too crazy going on. We did have a couple trades this week To talk about lots of news to talk about this week. So we're gonna jump right into the news Of the league first. We had two trades bunch of trade block moves, but we saw Jaylen Brown
We saw Temeh received OG on the newbie a 2024 first and 2025 second for Jalen Brown. And Jalen Brown went over to the jury for that same package. So pretty good package. OG on the newbie hasn't quite clicked with the Knicks yet. Jalen Brown is an all-star, an all-MBA type player right now in his prime. So great dynasty pickup, great outlook. OG on the newbie, great pickup. Wherever he goes next season, if he stays in New York, takes the extension.
with the trade, then he will be locked up and he'll be in a really good spot overall if he stays in New York. I really like him staying there. We had another trade to announce. I was involved in this one. I was on the receiving end of Bojan Bogdanovich, Grayson Allen, Emmanuel Quickly, Josh Giddy and a 2025 first to where I sent off Santai Aldama and Franz Wagner, which I'm not too mad about. I really love the pieces that I got in this trade to be able to round out the end of my
line up my utility spots, my bench, just to really solidify my guards and to solidify my team as a whole. And the 2025 pick could pay dividends in a couple of years from now. Of course, we have more guys on the trade block, up and down, free agents being picked up. There's too many to go through. I don't wanna bore you with all that news. But, so we'll jump over to the NBA news. That's pretty much our league recap for the week. So, it's kinda where things stand.
So it's been a ton of fun, lots of dynasty moves and news. So I'm really excited for how the season's shaping out. Very competitive, very tight-knit, cutthroat. You gotta make the right moves throughout the season.
Jey (04:14.306)
So let's go back to last week, the Pistons one. I was very surprised the Pistons won. That was a pleasant, pleasant surprise. We loved that for the Pistons.
Jey (04:37.322)
The Nets are intending to build around Mikel Bridges and not trade him, which means they'll trade auxiliary pieces, unlikely. They'll trade De'Aaron Sharp and Nick Claxton. Those guys are really solid in the rotation, but they plan to build around Mikel Bridges and not trade him, which I thought was really interesting, and I love that for him. I love that the Nets have this dude who they're committed to, and they're building around him, and they're committed. I think that's just...
Fantastic. Let me go try to find a Nets player real quick so we can kind of see who they may end up like trading and trying to keep
Jey (05:24.006)
Maybe not. Maybe I won't be able to look up the roster.
Jey (05:39.778)
Lonnie Walker. So Sleeper has this really cool feature to where you can go in and you can look at players and their team. So right now at point guard there Spencer Dinwiddie who I would fully expect to get traded. Dennis Smith who they will likely try to hold on to but could trade. Cameron Johnson, small for it. I highly doubt they trade Cameron Johnson. Lonnie Walker I can definitely see them trading him. Dorian Finney Smith, Royce O'Neal.
Definitely see them moving those guys. Noah Clowney, Derek Whitehead, Nick Clastic, Darren Sharp. I don't see them moving any of these bigs at the current time. So that's kind of where I land on the net and some of their pieces. So they have pieces to move. They're not great pieces to move, but they're enough to sell off to bring in better rotational pieces or to use several of them plus some draft capital to go and get better. You just, and that's the goal, just get better.
Awesome name of the game.
I put up a bunch of players on the trade block this week, let's skip over that. The Wizards are seeking multiple first round picks in a trade for Kyle Kuzma. No surprise here. I mean it makes total sense. That's kind of been the rumor all along, they were looking for a big package for him, return for him. Save the Warriors news for the end of this segment because I actually want to pull up their last couple games. Kind of see exactly where we're at with them.
Could have sworn there was more news beyond that. Something really interesting that happened was that the Raptors were looking like they were getting aggressive on trading Pascal Siakam. The Kings were involved. They were top three landings. And then all of a sudden they were done. And then Siakam came out, started talking about the rumors, said he doesn't pay attention to the trade buzz, which is helpful. You don't want him, you don't need him paying attention to the trade buzz. You don't want guys paying attention.
Jey (07:40.965)
Um...
John Collins is actually being actively being explored. We've talked that Tyrus Maxey says that quickly. He's gonna get a big deal after being traded. They were teammates at Kentucky. He's due for a great payday coming this off, this offcoming season.
Jey (08:06.426)
Raptors are still rolling out the same four since the trade and They've been very successful since that og on a newbie trade. Yes, they lost to the Pistons and the Pistons I was joking one the og on a newbie trade That's neither here nor there the Sixers they were playing hardball they were really working on their rotation They were really getting it together. So it was looking a lot better overall I Didn't know the Knicks wave Taj Gibson
But they're expected to be active before then. Dennis Smith has been playing super well, gaining the hearts of Nets fans everywhere.
Jey (08:50.143)
trying to see here.
There's just anything I'm just missing here. I don't want to miss any rumors. There wasn't a ton of rumors. It's more just the same. You know, the Siakam, Pistons, Paces of Kings are coming out of the top landing spots. The Jean-Tay Murray, Lakers. The Raptors are actually being seen as sellers. They want to build around... What did I say they wanted to build around? They don't want, they want to build around...
and Jalen Johnson which means Capella, Deandre Hunter, Bojan Baljanovic, Clint Capella, Hunter, Bojanovic, and Murray are all options to be traded. The Hawks are very much listening to all players on the guys ahead of the February deadline. We're about a month out from the deadline so things could get hot and heavy very quickly.
I would not be surprised at all.
Jey (10:00.322)
The Lakers are saying they have no imminent plans to part ways with Ham. So they're expected to keep him until LeBron says, yeah, bring me a new coach. Let's see what happens. However, there's growing disconnect between the head coach and the players around the rotation and adjustments. So they just don't, they're not seeing eye to eye. We see their supports all the time. Many teams are thinking that the Knicks aren't done. They're still eyeing guys like Donovan Mitchell, Carl Anthony Towns.
Um...
Jey (10:34.526)
And just to kind of be all over. Zach Levine, there was nothing this week on Zach Levine, which is surprising because his name has been up every single week. But when he's hurt and things like that, of course, he's not really going to come into fruition.
Jey (10:50.658)
Couple rumors here. The Knicks won't heavily pursue Donovan Mitchell, but if it happens, it happens. The Warriors, I guess last year, talked about an OG on the newbie trade, but it didn't never materialize into fruition.
Jey (11:11.234)
So let's talk Warriors. Let's talk Warriors, because I thought this was just crazy interesting. Jonathan Kamiga and Moses Moody both came out on the same day last week saying, basically, Kamiga saying, I lost faith in the Steve Kerr, I'm never going to reach my potential here with the Warriors. And then we see Moody come out, seemed like within the same hour saying, yeah, it's not happening here, it's never going to happen here. My camp, and there his agents, his...
Representation is like, we're never going to get the playing time. It's never going to happen. It's not going to happen. Um, and then we've been seeing rumors of Andrew Wiggins getting traded. They're listening to offers on him to include him in deals. I love them as a fit for Pascal Siakam. I think he'd be great. Um, however, you know, the magic grids, the Hawks, Kings, or Pacers are all linked with the Pacers.
Pistons and Kings, I believe The top three but we'll see so back to the Warriors I really think that they're a great fit for Pascal Siakam just based on need They have the money to move around to bring them in to give the pieces to the Raptors that they would want and then we'll also See them They could use a big like Siakam. I think that'd be great However, I will stay in this camp. My brother. He's a Warriors fan as well. He doesn't see it, but I see the need to
to move, you know, move Draymond, move Clay, you know, really let some of these young guys play this year, you know, be right there on the edge of the playoffs because I think they can still make a playing spot even if they were to trade like Clay, Draymond and Wiggins and let some of these young guys roll out there. And bring in pieces like Siakam and whatnot to really help this team get over the hump and shake up the locker room a little bit. Going back here.
you know, the Hawks, like I was saying. So for Kaminga, there's plenty of teams. Kyrie came out and said, Cuban, go get him with the Mavericks. I think that would be a great fit for him. We'd give him a lot of opportunity there to work with Kyrie and Luca there. I think that would just be a phenomenal...
Jey (13:34.818)
phenomenal landing spot there in Dallas and they could really they could use him But I want to see what else was cooked up there But they're also remaining reluctant to trade him a certain deals like a mood a moody and kaminga for siakam deal Would be more or less perfect. It gives the pieces to the Raptors that they would want younger rotational pieces who can start right now keep playing and they can build around they can build with around Scotty Barnes and
and bear it there. Kaminga would slide in perfectly to a four spot there. I absolutely love that idea there. Barnes, you do a Barnes, bear it, Kaminga kind of lineup. I think that would be amazing. You can get Moody as a sixth man coming in there. You would have a Barnes, quickly bear it, Kaminga kind of lineup. Playing some great small ball there, but I think that would be a great four out of five there with Yaku.
there's a five to clean up the glass I think would be really beneficial there. Allegedly Buddy Heel is on the trade block I can definitely see Boston as a fit here they're wanting those bench guys to really be able to give them a splash. The Warriors are expected to make a trade before the February 8th line so as I was saying about the Warriors they need to make a move Moody and Kaminga will 100% be traded with the things that they said it just makes too much sense
It just makes sense.
Jey (15:12.382)
Wouldn't also be surprised if Steve Kerr is let go at some point either during or after the season from the head coach I feel he's lost that locker room Chris Paul's hurt now Draymond's back Saying in the West the Kings Kevin Herter Harrison Barnes and Davion Mitchell are all on the trade block again. These are great pieces for teams who are at the top I think a couple of these pieces would be great in Minnesota
I think a couple of these pieces would be really good in Denver. I think these pieces could be great in Boston, in Milwaukee, in New York, and just in that top echelon of these teams who need these great rotational pieces. Moses Moody, like I was saying, he's frustrated. Kaminga doesn't believe in Kerr anymore.
Jey (16:09.454)
I've loved the connection to him there. Draymond Green has returned to play. He'll return sometime this week. And.
You know, I really think that's it as far as the rumors and the news. Uh, like I said, Draymond's back. Um, he lost about $2 million in total salary during his time out, which of course, um,
So now their tax bill will go from 192.5 million to 183.7 million, which is a savings of 8.8 million and they also have a roster spot available. So not too bad to lose out on Draymond for that little bit of time. Siakam has come out and said he would prefer to reach unrestricted free agency in 2024. That's where you kind of have the connection to the Magic Grizz, the Hawks, Kings and the Pacers.
tons of options if he does there. Draymond Green is back after missing 12 games. He'll miss probably enough wheat. He'll miss about 15 total games. Oh, I didn't see this one. The Knicks extended Miles McBride. 3-year, 13 million. Good for him. He's played really well this season, that rotation there. Let's see. Let's click on this one. Just because I'm really curious. The Lakers. They need to do something.
They're not great. They've been struggling. They actually beat the Clippers tonight, Sunday night, but they're not good. The first trade here is the Lakers received Dejante Murray and Garrett Temple and they trade Dilo, Tareem Prince, Max Christine in the top 10 projected, protected 2029 first. Hawks received, so I'd like that deal, you know, for Dejante and Temple and
Jey (18:05.038)
What's coming back to LA there? Atlanta would receive Pascal Siakam, Schroeder and Christine. Hawks would lose Dejante, DeAndre Hunter and a 20-29 first. So then this is where the Raptors come in. First deal here DeAngelo Russell, DeAndre Hunter, Tareem Prince in a top 10-29 first and from LA and a 29 first from Atlanta. Those picks that are four, five, six years out they seem ridiculous in the moment.
But the reason teams have those picks so many years out is that NBA teams, they don't just scout for this year, next year, they scout two, three, four, five years down the line. Who are the freshmen and sophomores in high school right now? Who are the guys that are balling out freshman year, who are just bigger for their class, who are just better and more athletic and more freaks right now in their classes? Those are the guys we're gonna look for right now to bring in.
in a few years. Another move here, this one's just a Lakers and Hawks straight up. Dejante and Temple for Russell, Prince, and Christine and a top and a 2029 first. So this is just straight up.
Jey (19:21.022)
Really the hawks are, analysts are calling for the hawks to ditch this. Um, their two point guard kind of experiment. They've been running with Trey and Jontay. I really like Jontay as a two guard on the wing. I think he has some decent size. Um, you know, Raptors are starting the long overdue restart. They should have blown it up years ago, but they didn't. Um, so.
That's kind of one idea of a trade. I like that 318 trade between the Lakers, the Hawks, and the Raptors. I think each team, I really think that Thunder need to make a move, get better. They could use definitely, I think, a Pascal Siakam coming in that rotation just to help out. I think it would ruin things. I think it would definitely help them. But Thunder are a dark horse to land, like a Jordan Clarkson, or maybe a Laurie Markkinen, or.
Maybe an Andrew Wiggins or just someone with just that deep playoff experience to really help this team down the stretch Uh, I just wouldn't be surprised boston making some of these more auxiliary moves As we continue on throughout the season as we get closer that february 8th deadline Um Nothing's really going for zac levine. Like I said kyle kuzma multiple first round picks hawks are open to trading hunter capella digiante so many Lowry
Lowery marketing probably won't be moved. And I think that's kind of it for all the news and rumors. Let's go ahead and hit my favorite thing here to where we look at kind of who's going where players are at right now based on kind of where we're at. Oh, this is just kind of a fun thing. We'll take a quick transition.
So this is kind of fun. Lebron reportedly said that Brawny could play for the Lakers right now. So I don't know if that says more about Brawny or if that says more about the Lakers and kind of where they're at needing that kind of combo guard that Brawny is. I want to say Brawny is about 6'4". Ish plays a 1-2 guard. So we love that. Right now as it stands, I love what Bleacher Report is doing.
Jey (21:41.79)
I'm not affiliated with BlueTree Report at all, but I love what they're doing, keeping their mock draft updated, keeping their NBA draft article updated. Number one pick, and I've been saying this all along, is Alexander Tsar. If he goes to the Pistons, I'm sorry. Last week when we recorded, he was number four on the draft, but Alexander Tsar, without a doubt, is my number one pick.
Jey (22:13.038)
KK, Sirvania, Zvezda, I don't know where he's from. Europe, Megamis, he moved from Megamis to Red Star. He's in the Atlantic League in Europe. Euro League, just for phenom, he's great. Washington Wizards, Zachary Reicher, again, I really like this one, small forward, 6'9". Gets comps to Michael Porter Jr. He plays for the French in France.
You know, he's shooting 47% on 91 three-point attempts. He's an LNB All-Star. He's been playing phenomenally. He's young, he's in that 18. I really like him at number three, up from six. I think this three stays steady between Sar Topic and Reicher. Really like those three. And then four, Hornets Cody Williams. Cody Williams has just been climbing up draft boards.
Um, the freshmen expected one and done from Colorado is just great. Um, you know, he dealing with a little bit of a wrist injury right now there in Colorado, but I would bet on him leading Colorado deep in March madness. Trailblazers are expected number five right now. Matas Pazulis. Again, another guy who I think is right there at number within the top five. Um,
You know last week he was number one. He gets comps of small Franz Wagner, you know a 2-3 kind of Guard wing really like Bezoulis number six Ron Holland from the G League night. He's down from three. I really like him Spurs Rob Dillingham from Kentucky has just dudes this year one two combo guard six three He gets comp to cardiac Kemba his stock is up from ten to seven
Jacoby Walker, Baylor, another guy who can lead his squad deep into March Madness. March Madness, I'm really looking at Kentucky, Baylor, and Colorado as my teams. Jacoby Walker, he does get Compton Moses Moody, but 19'65, 195, two guard, just really good strength at Litticism, he's really good. Great jumper, just really good arch type.
Jey (24:35.954)
We got Reed Shepard number nine again another Kentucky so two Kentucky guys in the top ten both are one two guards He's up from 15 into the nine spot gets comped to Dante DiVincezzo. I don't know if that's just cuz he's wide or not But his play is very similar as well the two guard the serious upside Incredible IQ great shooting great defense He's adaptable He's capable of impacting games without needing to create without needing to get his
which scouts will of course love. He's hitting 60% of his two point shots, 56% of his threes, 90% of his free throws. So he's well over that, you know, that 40, what's that, 40, 30, 90 or whatever it is that we love to see even in the NBA now. The Rockets, expected number 10.
Jey (25:35.67)
Another guy is Mark Williams. That's a great comp. You know, we've seen Derek Lively and Mark Williams go top 15 in stronger draft. Missy is another one that should generate top 10 kind of output. Then we fall to 11, to John A's Saloon. I don't think we've really talked about him. Another young man out of France. Power Forward gets comped to Aubie Toppin. Then we see Portland Trailblazer, Kyle Filipowski.
This is the 12th pick out of Duke. So Duke's first one here seven foot four or five Gets Compton Mortise Wagner. Now we finally have Isaiah Collier at a USC getting here at 13 so Collier was expected to be the top Collegiate talent in the country coming in to draft season draft prospecting, but he has fallen then we have Ryan Dunn at 14
Stalin and Klingon from Connecticut at 15. Stefan Kassel from Connecticut at 16. So definitely watch out for your UConn boys. Kevin McCullar Jr. Kansas, first Kansas. Then we got another J-League Ignite with Tyler Smith at 18. Tristan De Silva, another Colorado product coming in here at 19, so another top 20. Oldridge.
He's at the NBA Academy Africa in Cameroon. So he hasn't been on the board, but now he's looking in top 20. He's been playing really good at that NBA Academy. Miami Heat, Dalton, Chenette out of Tennessee. So don't sleep on the Vols. Really for college basketball, one or two guys can definitely lead a team. Indiana, another great, oh, Indiana Prospect, Kellele Ware, I've definitely covered him before.
He gets comp to Jared Allen, which is a huge compliment. Seven foot freshman, 242. Definitely has the size that you want coming out of college. Then we got Bobby Klintman at 23, coming out of Swedish, Sweden. The Thunder, or projected Thunder, 24. Melvin Aginsa, also coming out of France. Think France has some ballers.
Jey (27:55.546)
Ajay Mitchell, Santa Barbara, so definitely don't sleep on Santa Barbara when it comes to the tournament either. Jared McClain, Duke, another Duke guy coming in at 26, he was off the board previously so that means Duke's picking up their rotation to put click in. Hunter Salas, Wake Forest, so again don't sleep on Wake Forest. I definitely wouldn't sleep on Wake Forest in Baylor, Kentucky in Baylor for sure. DJ Wagner, Kentucky.
you know gets compa colin sextant or just think colin sex and then we got trevin brazil uh from arkansas so another guy don't sleep on arkansas and then of course dukes rounds out the first round with uh tyrese proctor going number 30 um here so that's the first round we won't deep dive into the second round um second round
we'll get there, but I just really like looking at the first round because it really gives you a good idea of kind of what colleges you want to be watching, thinking about Kentucky, Baylor, Arkansas, Duke, Indiana, Tennessee, Santa Barbara, Colorado, all those schools that have the top tier collegiate talent are definitely the ones you want to be watching. Outside of that, I don't have too much.
Let me check the mailbag if we have any questions.
Jey (29:24.458)
I want to say there wasn't any that came in except to look at the rookie ladder. Kind of give my prediction for a rookie of the year now that we're hitting some mid-season stride here coming up on the trade deadline, which means we're about, probably about 40 games in here. I want to say...
We are right at 40 or so, 17 or no 19, 21. Yeah, we're right at that 40 game mark. So we're right about halfway through the NBA season this coming week. You know, it's hard to say, you know, the rookie wall is gonna hit, you know, we're coming up on that rookie wall at halfway point in the season, the fatigue sets in. We still got Chet, Chet's balling.
Wembe at 2, Jacquez at 3, Brandon Miller at 4. Miller is definitely capitalized on having some opportunity with Lamello out. With Lamello coming back this week, it should definitely help him, but also hurt him at the same time. We got Derrick Lively at 5. So I really like those top 5. I really love the top 3 of Chet, Wembe, and Jacquez. Chet outplayed Wembe in every single aspect of the game. Really played, really helped his team a lot more. Wembe's looked really good, but the Spurs are hot garbage.
And then you got Jack Kez, who is just absolutely phenomenal at number three. He does a little bit of everything for the Heat. The Heat just need a little bit more teamness to get over that hump and get back in the East. I think they're in a playing spot right now. Brandon Podzemski, Keonte George from Utah, Brandon Podzemski from the Golden State Warriors at number six, George at seven, Scoot Henderson at eight, Osar Thompson, Pistons at nine. Henderson plays for the Blazers, as you probably will know.
And then to Monte Camara, so a pair of rookies in Portland, which is very, very promising for kind of exactly where we're at right now. I know the first fan vote came out. I did have a question about that. If I thought there was any obvious snubs.
Jey (31:40.266)
Let me see here. I didn't think there was any obvious snubs. Of course, it's early. It's so early. So it's definitely hard to say who's who, who's winning, who's in, who's not. Because with this time, we just simply don't know. There's still a lot of time to vote.
Jey (32:05.91)
see if I can find a picture of it. You know, all-star vote flow right now. Of course you get how brawn, jawn is. Kuzma's getting love. So I really like... here we go.
Jey (32:25.982)
Let's see, we all know how the old voting works. So you vote by going on the MBA's website, or I believe there's a hashtag on Twitter that you can vote as well.
Jey (32:38.766)
Where is it?
Jey (32:42.542)
Okay, so I'm not smart enough to figure this out and to find it, but you know, it's still too early. Get me a little bit closer to, let's talk about it when it's finalized. I don't want to speculate because someone could get hurt. Someone could just struggle and fall off. Someone can get a lot of hype, get a lot of love. So could go either way. So I don't want to, I don't really want to get into that right now.
Jey (33:11.538)
Let's see. And then I have an MVP question. So if I had to pick my rookie of the year right now, it's 100% Chet or Jacquez. I know that's a hot take. But if you think about it, it's Chet or Jacquez for the rookie of the year because obviously.
Jey (33:36.35)
Embiid's been missing a lot of time lately, so it's really hard for me to see Embiid in the vote right now as a leading vote getter for MVP or kind of speculating, but he is. He's missed a lot of games recently. I don't know if he's returned since Christmas, but we got Embiid at number one. Of course, averaging 34.8 points a game, 11.8 rebounds, 6.2 assists. He's, I mean, without...
Without him, the Sixers are a different team. They don't have an identity. They're just incredible overall. Let's see, Nikola Jokic, Mr. Triple Double, the Horseman himself. Of course, he's going to be at number two. Shia Gildes Alexander, number three. If he is not the best player on one of the best teams, then what are we doing in the NBA? Best player, best team, hands down.
The Thunder are going to be one of the best teams in the NBA and he's by far the best player. I would not be shocked if they have a better record than the Sixers and the Nuggets body in the season. I really think it's going to stay the Timberwolves and the Thunder, which means Anthony Edwards or SGA for MVP if he comes down to the West. The Sixers are number one, obviously best player, best team if it's really that much of a discussion.
Yannis at number four, Luca at number five. Luca by far is an MVP caliber top five. I don't think this top five is gonna change too much. I think this is a top five we're looking at as we go into the second half of the season. Our next five and these guys can jump at any time. We're gonna see Jason Tatum, Celtics, Tyrese Halibur, and Pacers, Damanus Sabonis who just keeps getting triple doubles like crazy. AD,
and Ant, Ant's right there of course, number seven. So I'm at number 10 right now, he falls from number seven. But again, these are your top 10. Maybe trade Anthony Davis for Lebron, and you have your top 10. Maybe throw KD in there at some point. It's hard to take out. Maybe he has a better week or two, then it's a bonus or something. But it's really hard to deny what any of these guys are doing.
Jey (35:50.394)
It's it's nearly impossible. So they're great. So right now if I had to pick my rookie, you're my MVP Do I think it could be taken home by the Thunder? Yes, absolutely It could be taken home by Chet and SGA. Will that happen? Probably not because the NBA hates small markets and they want to keep it the bigger name is better so I would not be surprised if it goes to Embiid or Jokic and Wemby or something just for that continuity because well
generational talent we're gonna give it to them. Who knows if that actually is gonna be the case. So if I had a pick I would for sure pick SGA Chet second place. My second pick if I had to pick is gonna be Jaques and probably Anthony Edwards for my top picks for an MVP and rookie the year after that. Beyond that it's a quiet week so make sure you guys head over to
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