Tara and Kendyl are back together on the Women’s Hoops And Talks (WHAT) Podcast to try and make sense of the the 2018 NBA off season.

After more than a month away, Kendyl is back! We talk a bit about what she has been up to (helping with World Cup and Big 3 Tournament coverage) before launching into the big topic of the summer: NBA free agency. How are people in Los Angeles reacting to LeBron coming to town? What do we make of DeMarcus Cousins to the Bay Area? What free agency moves are going to come back to haunt teams?

This summer so much of the free agency chatter is about money--have we gone too far into the weeds and lost sight of the players themselves?

1:20 A little World Cup talk 5:40 A little Big 3 talk8:30 Free agency highs and lows8:45 How people in Los Angeles are reacting to LeBron James joining the Lakers10:00 Some Kobe fans are having a hard time12:10 Portland free agency doldrums14:10 Biggest surprises so far--DeMarcus Cousins to the Bay Area14:40 No free agency courtship rituals this year16:35 Will Boogie be the downfall of the Warriors?20:15 Deals that could look really good22:10 Lakers grab bag could be a master plan25:05 Ed Davis, J.J. Reddick are sneaky good signings26:35 Signings most likely to haunt a team later--Dwight Howard to Washington Wizards27:30 Rondo--could go either way28:10 Are fans focusing too much on the money and getting too caught up in the details?30:50 Big storm in Vegas, Summer League round up32:20 Fun head-to-head battles: Aaron Holiday vs Collins Sexton, DeAndre Ayton vs Mo Bamba34:15 Impressions of Gary Trent Jr. and Anfernee Simons 36:05 (We forgot how tall Anfernee Simons is and named virtually every other height than the one at which he is currently listed: 6-foot 4.)

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Music used in the episode: "Happy Alley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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