In today's show, we make predictions on topics such as a trade we think will happen, first time All-Stars, and teams we could see blowing it up after this season.

 0:00 Intro/Christian Braun extension reactions

5:40 First Coach Fired

5:27 First-Time All-Star

26:47 Surprise Top-Six Playoff Team

36:47 Who Will Blow it Up at the End of the Season

49:40 Who Will Go All-In at the End of the Season

57:20 Trade Prediction

1:09:16 One League-wide Change

1:16:50 Contract That Will Age Well Over Time

1:20:51 Contract That Will Age Poorly Over Time

1:26:00 Wild Card Prediction 

You can follow Yossi on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlan

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.social

Salary cap sheets: www.capsheets.com

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBS

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You can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $5 per month or $50 annually! Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

John Gonzalez of CBS Sports joins the show to help us draft the best players to start a franchise with. But we took turns selecting players in a three-team draft.

0:00 Intro

3:30 First Round

11:53 Second Round

24:09 Third Round

35:14 Fourth Round

49:15 Fifth Round

1:03:20 Sixth Round

1:14:35 Seventh Round

1:20:53 Eighth Round

1:29:36 Ninth Round

1:37:33 Final Round

You can follow Yossi on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlan

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.social

Salary cap sheets: www.capsheets.com

You can follow Sam on:

Twitter: https://x.com/SamQuinnCBS

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You can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $5 per month or $60 annually!

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Sam and I decided to make it official. He is now the official co-host of Third Apron with Sam Quinn and Yossi Gozlan!

In our official debut together, Sam takes the reins to honor all the best and most notable trades of the 2024-25 season.

0:00 BREAKING: Sam officially joins the show!

6:08 Introduction to the tradies

7:20 Most mutually beneficial trade of the year

24:26 Rumor of the Year

34:25 Deadline Trade of the Year

45:11 Cap Dump of the Year

59:44 Draft Day Trade of the Year

1:08:03 Steath Trade of the Year

1:27:20 Role Player Trade of the Year

1:34:35 Trade of the Year 

You can follow Yossi on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlan

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.social

Salary cap sheets: www.capsheets.com

You can follow Sam on: https://x.com/SamQuinnCBS

Third Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlan

You can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $5 per month or $60 annually!

Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

Yossi and Sam discussed the impact of Fred VanVliet's ACL tear on the Houston Rockets' playoff chances.

You can follow Sam at: https://x.com/SamQuinnCBS

Please subscribe and share if you enjoyed this. You can follow me on:

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Salary cap sheets: www.capsheets.com

Links: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlan 

Sam joins the show to discuss the Clippers ongoing scandal and how the potential penalties could impact them.

 Andrew Schlecht of Down to Dunk and OKC Dream Team podcast joins the show to discuss the Thunder's offseason and how we could see them trimming down the 2026-27 roster if they want to avoid the second apron one more year.

Sam Quinn and Keith Smith join the show to do a mock expansion draft. I represent all 30 teams and negotiate with them on potential trades for them to select or not select certain players

Sheet to follow the draft and player protections: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UDzzWVBWya8wPouxNMBB_dFE0TdHWswAomzR8f7pI6A/edit?usp=sharing 

Sam joins the show to discuss his front office rankings from last week.

I'm back from NBA Summer League. Sam joins to discuss some of the moves that happened in the past few weeks.

Sam joins to discuss the Norman Powell for John Collins trade, the Suns and Bucks maxing out the stretch provision, and more.