One of the smartest people we know, @britrobotista, joined us this week to walk us through the basics and the nitty gritty of free agency lingo. 

1:00 Icebreaker: If you suddenly were living in a new city, like many NBA players will be over the next few months, what would be the first thing you’d try and find? 3:00 Awards Season. Highlights of the NBA Awards show. We think they should include playoff awards too if they are going to be so late. Bill Walton is just that uncle. 4:30 From the perspective of a Rockets fan, was it a snub that Harden didn’t win? 6:00 The Hustle Award, won by Marcus Smart, appears to actually have a rubric, as it is based off of the Hustle stats measured on stats.nba.com. 8:00 Tara thinks Masai Ujuri was snubbed! But Brit has a good point about John Horst because he made a lot of important small moves that caused a huge impact, like bringing in Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe. 10:00 Evan Turner and Kent Bazemore trade. Will Kent Bazemore be a better fit for the Portland system? He was so much more than just a basketball player here. Weird stuff always happened to him. Never a dull moment. 17:30 How we talk about players in transactions is important. 18:00 The story of Emily/MLE20:00 What is the salary cap?21:15  What does hard capped mean?25:00 Explaining how some of the different exceptions work.31:00 What is the luxury tax? Where does the money that is collected in Luxury tax go?36:00 Repeater tax, further consequence for habitual over-spenders.40:00 Everything we wanted to know about the super max but were afraid to ask. 45:00 A cautionary tale, why trading a super max deal is so hard. 53:00 Concerns about the super max59:00 Wrap up--find our guest @britrobotista

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