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Above The Board podcast is a unique blend of NBA opinion, stats, and culture. Host of Above The Board Kebron Hailu covers the NBA from all angles — from stats and game breakdowns to player stories and league culture. Whether it’s the NBA Finals, Draft, or free agency, we’re talking hoops the way fans actually watch and think about the game. Expect honest takes, smart analysis, and a real love for basketball.
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(Speaker 3)
What's up y'all?
0:00:05
(Speaker 1)
Welcome back to another episode of A Bud Aboard. I'm your host, Kebron.
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(Speaker 2)
We back, man.
0:00:09
(Speaker 1)
We back. I'm so sorry that I haven't dropped a pod in a while. I think it's been over two weeks, but there's been so much stuff going on in my life. I was out, I was out the country and then I came back to the country and then I was in Seattle for a Little bit. I had this little festival I had to go to
0:00:28
(Speaker 1)
But I don't really miss much As all y'all know this offseason has been very very underwhelming and I can't really fault them the free agency market was really just weak in general and Yeah, I have some opinions on certain things and stuff like that. But yeah, this has just been an underwhelming,
0:00:50
(Speaker 1)
very underwhelming off season. I mean, all 29 NBA teams have made a move this off season, except for one team. And y'all know who it is. It's that franchise that I root for, that I actually put time into and watched all 82 games of the season plus playoffs every year
0:01:08
(Speaker 1)
And these boys have made zero moves the Warriors have made no moves no moves No, little no little vet minimum signing No, no little trade nothing. We're not asking for LeBron here They've made nothing and it's and it's been like this consistently every year where it feels like they're just not going all in.
0:01:30
(Speaker 1)
And I don't even know what it is. I don't know who's making these decisions. I don't know if it's Joe Lakup. I don't know if it's the front office. I don't know if it's Mike Dunley. I don't know if Stephen Curry allows this team to do what they do.
0:01:46
(Speaker 1)
I mean bro, I have so much opinion on so many different things on this team. The fact that Jonathan Kimonga has not been extended yet is a problem. The way they've been treating their players is just unacceptable man. It doesn't make sense. And you tell a guy like Kimonga yeah go hit the free market go see what will who wants you and to be honest they kind of ruined they kind of ruined his money because
0:02:14
(Speaker 1)
it's at the expense of a sign of trade so teams I feel like teams are willing to pay for Jonathan Kumonga but the thing is the the Warriors want Jonathan Kumonga to get traded to another team for a young piece and they still want that team to pay Kumonga. And basically now, the reports are coming out that they are going to pay Jonathan Kumonga and it just doesn't make sense because they're saying, oh yeah, we're going to sign Kumonga but we're going to trade him mid-season.
0:02:43
(Speaker 1)
Now tell me how that makes sense. And this was said last year and I think it was said the year before that too. Like it doesn't make sense why they're training their young players like this bro. It doesn't. And I get the whole Jonathan Kumonga. Kumonga wants to play and not feel like he's in shackles the whole game. One little mistake and he's out. I mean, he was benched the whole playoffs before Curry got injured.
0:03:08
(Speaker 1)
He had a game for, what, nine for nine against the Timberwolves in a playoffs. This guy clearly has talent. He's clearly a good player. And if it doesn't fit around your system, then maybe look at the system.
0:03:22
(Speaker 1)
You feel me? It doesn't make sense why Jonathan Kimuga has to leave this team. He doesn't need to leave this team. The team needs to fit around him. And I get he's a young player, I know we still have Curry.
0:03:32
(Speaker 1)
And I'm not saying like, oh, go make Jonathan Kimuga the first option, but go make him a priority. Like, don't treat this guy like he's just nothing. You feel me? And they kinda plummeted his money. I think they're still gonna pay him over 24 million, 25, around that area.
0:03:54
(Speaker 1)
And so all of this was just for nothing. And then you let all these other free agents get signed. You made zero moves. Still don't have no big on your roster. You lost Kevon Looney, you lost one of your, one of the biggest Warriors legends ever,
0:04:10
(Speaker 1)
and the way that he went out is terrible, man. You kept treating him even worse than he was, because every year, the way they treat Kavon Looney is like, okay, Kavon, you're not gonna go nowhere, so we're not gonna give you nothing. Like, we're just gonna wait the whole offseason. If no team offers you, we'll offer you.
0:04:28
(Speaker 1)
But we're just gonna lowball you. And what, five years in a row? Y'all got away with that. But I think he got enough of that, and he just left to the Pelicans, which was an amazing decision by him.
0:04:38
(Speaker 1)
There's no reason for him for the Pelicans. And it's not like Kevon Looney's gonna change that franchise or anything, but Kevon Looney's a player that you need on your team, you feel me? He didn't play all seven games in the Rocket Series all the way up to game seven. I mean, all six games before game seven.
0:04:58
(Speaker 1)
And what, Kevon Looney was one of the best players in that game for the Warriors and you just used him like a trump card. You wuss it go all year you chose Post over him. You gave Post more minutes than him. But then Kavan Looney, man I don't even want to get too much into that but they played
0:05:21
(Speaker 1)
with Kavan Looney money for five years right and that's why he left them. And people are going to continue to leave this franchise if they don't do this right do right by the players and Pay your young guys, and I don't think that the Warriors don't pay the young guys. They paid Wiggins They play they paid pool, but we all saw what happened. They traded both those guys They salary dumped a 23 year old Jordan Poole who just came off of a championship season.
0:05:49
(Speaker 1)
It was just crazy. And I know it had more to do with the Draymond Green situation, but the way they used him was terrible. They traded him for Chris Paul and we did nothing with Chris Paul contract.
0:05:59
(Speaker 1)
We did nothing with it. I don't wanna go on this little rant cause off the rip I didn't even say nothing nothing I'm just going on this Warriors rant but so much stuff has happened in the offseason and I wanted to get a little deep dive into it. I've been so busy and I've got I've gotten the chance to get access to Summer League which is a blessing I'm getting to cover this I'm
0:06:24
(Speaker 1)
getting to cover the league right now. And I've been going to every game and getting to talk to players, getting to talk to coaches, getting to talk to media members and players in the front office.
0:06:35
(Speaker 1)
So I'm here for at least eight more days for the Summer League. This is the fourth day, I believe. And I have a lot of takeaways on that But before I do that, I just want to take a deep dive Into the offseason just just a little quick dive because I didn't get a chance to talk to about it on Twitter or anything Like that. I kind of want to just briefly talk about it on on some on some
0:06:59
(Speaker 1)
Pieces that went to different teams. I want to you know I want to take a little dive on it I know the Hawks got the K Alexander for some steep money, but nonetheless they got in the K Alexander I think that's good for them, but the poor zingas trade kind of like Shout out on yet. Good. Oh forever six, man But I'm not a big poor zingas believer. They just got to show me and I know the Celtics traded for Anfrey Simons and they're not really looking to re-sign him so I know they're looking to trade him but I thought the Anfrey Simons was a great decision if if he balls out for you next year and then
0:07:34
(Speaker 1)
you could kind of like okay when Tatum comes back you could still keep him for the right contract but I'm pretty sure the Celtics is gonna move him unless he just has a crazy season but I still believe in the Celtics is gonna move him unless he just has a crazy season. But I still believe in the Celtics. I still believe in Jaylen Brown. I still believe in Derrick White. And I just believe in Joe Mazzulla
0:07:51
(Speaker 1)
and the whole organization. They're just not gonna plummet. They're just not gonna fall down and just have a bad year without the top eight seed or anything like that. I still think they're a top five seed but it's cuz the NBA is at a terrible spot right now and the NBA is a terrible spot right now for many different reasons but I still think that
0:08:09
(Speaker 1)
the Celtics are good enough to make the playoffs and Brooklyn, Brooklyn traded Cam and in return they got Michael Porter Jr. and a lot of people are looking at this move like okay Denver Nuggets won the offseason and I like that move for Denver, but does that guarantee them a championship? No, not really.
0:08:29
(Speaker 1)
But the fact that they got Bruce Brown back and then people are gonna try to act like Tim Hardaway matters now, even though we just saw what he did in the playoffs for the Pistons. He doesn't matter.
0:08:40
(Speaker 1)
I know they got Jonas Valenzuelos, doesn't really matter, but the fact that they got camp Johnson is really good for them. I think he's a I Like the way that MPJ fit on the nuggets, but I definitely think camp Johnson's what they need right now automatic starter and I think Denver would definitely be better than last year. Denver has been disappointing to me for the simple fact is These guys man. It's like all season they just kinda just have this little, you know, like,
0:09:08
(Speaker 1)
a little slow walk to them. It's just kinda like, you know, they start turning up playoffs or they start planning a turning up in April. I just wanna kinda see like a full season of a Yokeage top three seed, you know?
0:09:20
(Speaker 1)
Like, I mean, this guy consistently is in MVP races, winning these MVPs and all of that. But I'm tired of him winning MVPs as fifth seed, sixth seed, no, I'm done seeing that. If Jokic is still the best player in the league, allegedly, that's another topic,
0:09:35
(Speaker 1)
but if he's still the best player in the league, I need to see it again. And I need to see a healthy season from him and the team and them being a top two seed, top three seed. It can't be this, we're in the mix for the six seed, fifth seed, fourth seed all year type of stuff. You feel me?
0:09:50
(Speaker 1)
I'm not liking that. And I know the Pistons got Kairos Lavert and then they did a sign and trade for Duncan Robertson. And we all saw who got caught up and that's crazy to me. Gambling with your life on the line, with a contract, on a contract year,
0:10:09
(Speaker 1)
it's just a problem. But he's probably not the only player actually gambling. We all know these players, not all these players, but there's real players actually gambling on their over and unders. And the light will come out, you feel me?
0:10:23
(Speaker 1)
The light will come out, you feel me? The light will come out one day. And Lonzo Ball to the Cavs, Larry Nance to the Cavs. Lonzo Ball, I don't know, we're in 2025. The Cavs, they just gotta show me. They won 64 games last year. And Mobley got defensive player of the year
0:10:42
(Speaker 1)
and I don't even think his peers even respect him. I need to see them in the playoffs. It's just like, it feels like for them, there's just a ceiling and I don't think championship is the spot for them. Can we get a conference finals
0:10:59
(Speaker 1)
before I even talk about them again? God, I need to see a conference finals run before that. Halliburton out for the year, but they still got Nem Hard. They drafted Cam Jones. The Pacers are an interesting team for me next year. I'm going to watch a lot of them because I feel like Benet Mather could really have a
0:11:20
(Speaker 1)
23-24 type of points per game type of season this year. And that's kind of special, like for him finally getting a chance to kind of be like, not a first option, cause Siakam's still the first option, but really be the most dominant scorer on the team. I think Benedict is the best scorer on the team.
0:11:36
(Speaker 1)
And Nembhard, to me, Nembhard, he could, you know, he could really take that next step. All-Star might be a little too high for him, but if Nembhard could get around that 19 points per game with like six assists, it's a whole different ball game. Cause we know how good he is on ball, you know. We seen at all playoffs with him,
0:11:57
(Speaker 1)
with him playing with volume is going to be real interesting. I still think their playoff, playoff contenders, I don't think they can get too far but I don't think this team just dies out after a finals run just because they lost Halliburton. Even though Halliburton is the biggest piece to that team, I still like that roster very much. I know the Timberwolves are running it back. They re-signed Julius Randle and Nas Reed and I like that. You know, back-to-back conference finals,
0:12:27
(Speaker 1)
they just need to go out there and actually play on the same level as the other Western Conference Finals teams. I mean, they completely got dominated by the Mavs and then they completely got dominated by the Dunders. They need to see what's wrong with that.
0:12:40
(Speaker 1)
Your time ticking, Ant. I love Ant, you feel me? But every time he sees a player, his peers just completely outplay him. And I just wanna see the chance for him to just show us that he is on a level of a Luka, of a Shea. Even though he's right around that corner,
0:12:58
(Speaker 1)
we all know he's that good of a player. He's the talent that one day he really could be the best player in the NBA, but I gotta see it. Back to back years, you going out sad in the conference finals. They only got two wins in two years
0:13:10
(Speaker 1)
in the conference finals. But this roster is good enough to still contend and I really wanna see them try to take that next step of becoming a finals team. And they have a real interesting season coming up. I wanted to talk a little bit about the Clippers.
0:13:25
(Speaker 1)
I know they re-signed Nick Batum, extended Harden, traded for John Collins, signed Brooke Lopez, and that's kind of interesting. I like the John Collins move. I think Collins would do really good with Harden. We just need to see a full healthy season with Kawhi.
0:13:41
(Speaker 1)
I really like the way they went about last year. And their roster was actually decent. They should have won that Denver series in my opinion, but I don't know. Ty Lue got out coached by somebody that got a job five days earlier than that. So yeah, your time chicken too, Brody. No cap. Pelicans traded for Jordan Poole, signed the goat Kavon Looney, traded for Sadiq Bae, and then they drafted Jeremiah Fierce, which I love that move for them.
0:14:09
(Speaker 1)
I think Fierce could really get help from Jordan Poole, and the fact that they're going this route of just going younger is just amazing to me. I like that they traded Brandon, they traded just everybody that they needed to, And I just think that just surround Zion
0:14:28
(Speaker 1)
with better players, and we're going to just see that. As long as he can have a healthy season, God-willingly, then we'll get a special season for him. Because we've seen what Zion could do when he really has a decent team around him. We've seen Zion average 27 points on 60% from the field.
0:14:46
(Speaker 1)
I just want to see that this year. I just want to see a locked in Zion. No allegations. No messing with stars. None of that. I just want to see that this year.
0:14:59
(Speaker 1)
Knicks got Jordan Clarkson. Knicks is wide open for them. It's very wide open for them. I don't think, I think the Knicks are coming to the season thinking like, the East runs through us. Even though the Bucks got Miles Turner,
0:15:12
(Speaker 1)
which I did like, but the fact that they waved Dame is crazy, and I get it, but waving Dame is crazy, man. That's just unethical, but you know how the league go. I know they re-signed KPJ, re-signed Teron Prince, and then I know they got Ryan Rollins on like a three year deal, which I like, but that roster's just bleak for me.
0:15:35
(Speaker 1)
But Giannis, Giannis isn't going nowhere. The fact that people think that Giannis will go anywhere is funny. Giannis is a lifer. I don't think he's going anywhere anytime soon. I think he retires a buck.
0:15:49
(Speaker 1)
The Bucks traded for CJ McCollum, traded for Kylie O'Neal, traded for Cam Whitmore. Damn Cam. Damn Cam. I can't believe it's going like this.
0:15:58
(Speaker 1)
Cam got a, funny enough, he got a similar story to Cam Rittis. It's just like everybody thinks this player is really, really good. And we kinda see the talent, but it's just not panning out
0:16:09
(Speaker 1)
the way that people thought it would. But I still have some type of belief. He's an NBA player. I just hope he doesn't keep bouncing around to different teams. But the fact that the Suns didn't want him,
0:16:21
(Speaker 1)
ah, that kinda made of think about it a little bit like why did they not want him? And for Houston, I'm just loving Houston offseason. They probably have had the best offseason out of any team. And I get it. It's not just because of Kevin Durant. They signed Capella, signed Dory Finneas-Smith, they extended Steven Adams, they re-signed Aaron Holiday, re-signed Jeff Green, extended Jabari Smith, extended Jusante,
0:16:48
(Speaker 1)
and then they waived Jock, they extended Fred VanVleet. Everything that they're doing is the right thing. But my opinion on Houston is always gonna be the same. It's always gonna end the same. Y'all know what's gonna happen when it comes to April or May. We know what's gonna happen when it comes to April or May. We know
0:17:05
(Speaker 1)
what's gonna happen and and they know what's gonna happen. They know 30s waiting for them over there. I can't wait to you know to come back on this but it's always gonna end the same for Houston. I love that roster but we still gonna beat them. I think we're gonna have a special season for Vermont Thompson but yeah always gonna end the same for them. Not to be biased. Lakers, big, big off season in terms of
0:17:31
(Speaker 1)
this might be the last year for LeBron James on the team. I know they re-signed Jackson Hayes, LOL, and then I know they signed DeAndre Ayton. I can, you know, I guess, I guess. Like DeAndre Ayton, I can, you know, I guess. I guess, like DeAndre Ayton, I don't wanna be that guy, but I've seen Ayton seem like, I don't know.
0:17:56
(Speaker 1)
The DeAndre Ayton thing to me is just, maybe if you surround him around a guy like Luka, he will help him. And so maybe if he gets a lot of these free baskets that he couldn't really get in Portland, maybe, he would help him. And so maybe if he gets a lot of these free baskets that he couldn't really get in Portland, maybe that's gonna help him.
0:18:08
(Speaker 1)
But I don't think DeAndre Hayden is a championship level type of center. I didn't think that back in Phoenix, and I still don't believe it, but until he shows me that, that's my stance on that. And the whole LeBron leaving the Lakers thing is just, I don't know how people didn't see that.
0:18:25
(Speaker 1)
When they traded for Luka, it was obviously a post, post what's it called? Post LeBron era type of move. That's literally for the future. I mean, Luka is the guy that they're shifting to. And the trade never even made sense to me
0:18:40
(Speaker 1)
in terms of, oh, we're trading to help LeBron. I mean, they traded his best friend away, and then they traded for a player that kind of plays similarly to him offensively. And so I just don't believe that move was ever to help LeBron.
0:18:55
(Speaker 1)
And the fact that they kind of doing them slimy is just funny, but that's how this organization moves, and that's how we've seen them move a lot of different times But that roster in LA right now is not championship level worthy. I don't think they're good enough to win the chip and Unless they make a trade mid offseason. I have to see it before I believe it a Couple other things We know what a Sixers did I know they resigned Justin. Got to watch him a little bit in the summer league.
0:19:26
(Speaker 1)
He's really a nice hooper. And they re-signed Kyle Lowry, probably Kyle Lowry last year, retirement post thing. They signed Trenton Watford. Can we just get a healthy season from NB? That's all I wanna see.
0:19:37
(Speaker 1)
I mean, the fact that they drafted overall pick is crazy to me already. So I'm just gonna keep my opinions to myself and B, let's get a healthy year. Paul George, come on man. You feel me? Sacramento doing nothing, signed Dennis Schroeder and then traded for Dario.
0:19:57
(Speaker 1)
They're gonna probably be a 10th seed, ninth seed again. Now, the Magics, we've all seen what what they did I think they've had one of the most interesting offseasons. They signed Tyrus Jones, they badly needed a guard and then they traded for Desmond Bain and then they re-signed Mo Wagner. I'm hoping to see a top five top top three type of seed for Magix. This is the year for Paulo to really just put himself in that all NBA MVP level type of tier and he's
0:20:26
(Speaker 1)
good enough to do that he's good enough to do that he's definitely good enough to do that. Phoenix Suns we all know they traded Jalen Green, Dylan Brooks and then they traded for Mark Williams and then they waived one of the twin brothers. Now Phoenix Suns they they're in an interesting spot. Nobody believes they're gonna do anything, but I actually like the way that they're going.
0:20:51
(Speaker 1)
I know they extended Devin Booker. The fact that people don't believe in you already is probably already motivation, so it's just like, I don't think they're gonna be bad bad. They're gonna be around that playing tier and maybe if they have a year where other teams
0:21:08
(Speaker 1)
are getting injured, they can sneak into the playoffs because Devin Booker's still one of the best shooting guards in the league and I just love that they extended him. I think D Book should be a lifer. There's no reason that D Book should go to any team.
0:21:19
(Speaker 1)
You feel me? I think every move should have always been to Should have been around the book and I know they wanted deep book to be the best player on the team Why KD was there but it's just In terms of play style. I just don't think that was ever gonna fit because they try to move into the point guard position That's not the way for deep book deep book is a clear number two I don't want to see him as a as a point guard. I want to see him go. Give me 30
0:21:43
(Speaker 1)
You feel me? I don't want to see him go give me 30. You feel me? I don't want to see him trying to set up Kevin Durant. That was never the move. And that's why that experiment failed so badly. But nothing too crazy other than that. I know the Spurs, they drafted Dillon and then they signed Luke Grenette. But all of these moves, they're just underwhelming in terms of you don't need to talk about these too much other than a KD trade.
0:22:13
(Speaker 1)
But I think the NBA still runs through OKC, so until a team can show me that they can beat that roster that just re-s resigned for over 300 million I don't think any of these teams can mess with them unless they get injured anything like that, but in terms of a healthy season if they're healthy is the West is just gonna get plummeted by them and Yeah, I wanted to take a little dive into the Summer League thing. Summer League's been so fun.
0:22:45
(Speaker 1)
Summer League's been so cool and, um, I never really thought I'd get a chance to cover this, but I kind of got plugged. And I've been there all three days. I've gotten to watch all the players and basically every lottery player and I've gotten a chance to talk to a couple of them.
0:23:02
(Speaker 1)
And Cooper is just by far and ahead the best player in this draft and rookie of the year is just waiting for him. He's gonna have a crazy dominant season that we've been waiting for from a rookie and that we haven't seen in a couple years. I know Wimby was dominating,
0:23:20
(Speaker 1)
but I felt like Wimby was more dominating on the defensive side. I think Cooper's gonna just do it every type of way. Got a chance to watch the Dillon game against him. And Dillon Harper is just such a crazy player in person. And he's much bigger than you could think.
0:23:39
(Speaker 1)
Got to talk to him a little bit, and I told him that he kind of reminds me of Shea, and he said that he watches a lot of shade film and that's kind of interesting to me because I think that's kind of the player comp for him and If he could just find a way to get to the rim at that volume it's just gonna be a
0:23:59
(Speaker 1)
difference for him in the league because I feel like they're gonna try to use them as a combo guard a lot more than the lead guard or the point guard. And didn't get to watch Vijay Escombe. Vijay Escombe, he played in Utah. I think he had a 28-point game in Utah, but he did not play in Vegas. Watched Conquer Nipple, kind of underwhelming.
0:24:18
(Speaker 1)
Kind of mad that I didn I got to watch Trey Johnson, and Trey Johnson is so good in person. I know he had this little viral play that everybody got to see, but this guy, man, he's just a crazy shot creator. I think he's probably the best scorer in the draft.
0:24:37
(Speaker 1)
I know we talked about it pre-draft, but the most interesting thing to me in summer league was, I know if you guys have been tuning to the pod, if you guys watched the pod with me and Jason, probably the last time that I was out here, we kind of joked about Yang Hansen, the one from the Blazers,
0:24:59
(Speaker 1)
and I didn't know this guy was this viral. And to be honest The Cooper game was so packed against Brani and And it still didn't feel like as much hype as the young Hinseng game. I got to watch the young Hinseng game It was like a 9 p.m. Game against the Warriors and bro this guy every time he touches the ball the whole crowd just erupts
0:25:30
(Speaker 1)
So I really cannot wait till we see him in a full NBA game because I feel like people are just gonna love him And the fact is he's actually really decent. He's actually good I didn't understand why the Blazers got him because they already got Donovan, but Man, he's a he's a real interesting player. I hope we get to see some minutes from him this year. Got to watch a little bit of Derek Queen and Jeremiah Fierce. Man, Fierce is crazy in person. He has a crazy handle, a crazy handle.
0:25:54
(Speaker 1)
But the thing with him is he kind of overdo it. He kind of overdoes it. I think that's just going to take time. I think he's going to learn that he doesn't need to do so much because I was watching a game against the Lakers yesterday and the first half he was just he was doing too much like it felt like he didn't need to do a certain dribble moves or
0:26:16
(Speaker 1)
He didn't need to do a certain spin or anything like that And then I know he shot like five for 21 in the full game But he had a little stretch in the third quarter where he just turned up. I think he got like five for 21 in the full game, but he had a little stretch in the third quarter where he just turned up. I think he got like an and one, he got a three going, and then he got a drive, I think he got another and one.
0:26:33
(Speaker 1)
The thing about his game is he's so good at drawing fouls, and I think it's gonna be so huge for him in the league. And to me, he's just a real interesting player. Over time, it's kind of the Jordan Poole thing. It's gonna be like, no, no, no, don't do it. And then it's gonna be like, wow, you know? It's one of them type of guys,
0:26:51
(Speaker 1)
but he's either gonna go viral for the right reasons or the wrong reasons, but more of the right reasons. That boy's a bucket, one of the biggest buckets in the draft. Another player that was interesting out here was Carter Bryant. Carter Bryant had a fantastic weekend. He's not really that good of a scorer or a shooter, but he's a crazy defender. I mean, he was hounding people the whole time.
0:27:11
(Speaker 1)
But Cooper did give him 31, so the gas gotta go down a little bit. I didn't get to watch the side gym too much, but I did watch two or three side gym games on the Cox Pavilion side on the side. And probably the best player to me in this summer league so far was Nikola Topic. Nikola Topic is crazy in person.
0:27:35
(Speaker 1)
I mean, this guy, it's gonna be scary because he's really point guard one on the championship team and he's a myth. We don't even, like people don't even know this guy but I think he had yesterday he had a game where like 10 11 assists and everything felt so easy. He's like he's he's moving slower than everybody but he's real good.
0:27:54
(Speaker 1)
I hope I hope the Thunder's give him minutes this year and I think they will. And there's a lot of interesting players that I got to see. I know it's Nual, the decent this weekend. Liam McNeely, the decent. From all the teams that I've watched, probably the best summer league teams have been the Hornets.
0:28:16
(Speaker 1)
They have a deep, bro, they have an all-star level type of college team. They have so many college players that were decent. Another team is the Thunders. I really do think that Thunders could win the Summer League Championship and and then the last one probably the Raptors. The Raptors were probably the
0:28:31
(Speaker 1)
only team actually running real plays. They were running real NBA plays the whole time and it's a lot of things. It's so overwhelming this whole little Summer League experience. You get to see everybody. I mean, I've gotten to see every single person that you could really think.
0:28:50
(Speaker 1)
And it's like up close, but I don't, I haven't really, you know, tried to talk to them too much because I'm just there for coverage. I'm just, you know, I'm not going another week, so you guys got my Twitter. My Twitter's O2Bron. If y'all want me to do any type of content, any type of deep diving, any type of players,
0:29:09
(Speaker 1)
because I'm going to probably watch every single team that you could think of out here. And I'm going to have a lot of things to talk about, but I'm just going to take it one day at a time. I didn't really break it to anybody that I was gonna work this event. But it's something cool.
0:29:27
(Speaker 1)
It's nothing crazy, but I hope I have some stories I can tell you guys and I hope I can come back with more coverage. This was just fun. I'm just glad that I'm back. A lot of more podcasters coming back.
0:29:40
(Speaker 1)
I'm sorry for the stop. You know, this is really what I like to do right now. So I'm just gonna keep dropping content over the next few months. over the next few months. And let's tap in next week, man. You can follow me on Twitter at O2Bron and catch up with everything else. Bron.