You Know Ball: A (Mostly) NBA Podcast

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The rest of this episode is the audio from our YouTube live stream NBA Mock Expansion Draft. Shoutout to the tharealkevbot who paid for the majority of the bottle of James Harden's wine that I drank throughout this live stream. It was very good wine and I got very drunk so things went off the rails towards the end.

We conducted a two team (Seattle and Las Vegas) NBA expansion Mock Draft. All 30 current NBA teams were able to protect six players each, leaving at least nine players from each team available to draft in the mock draft. Every current team can lose a maximum of two players, one to each expansion team. Current NBA teams can also incentivize the drafting expansion teams to take a bad contract off their hands. For example: the Knicks could offer a first round pick to one of the teams to draft Julius Randle and take his contract. Enjoy!

Drafting for Seattle: Trill & @SaiIorTurnee

Drafting for Las Vegas: @howdohowhowdo & @NBABabySecret

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I was joined for an emergency stream by Sam Sheehan (@NBABabySecret) and Nihilist Bucks to discuss the Cleveland Cavaliers stealing Donovan Mitchell from the New York Knicks in a shocker slop drop. The Jazz traded the 26 year old all star for a load of picks and swaps plus Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji and a sign and trade for Collin Sexton. We discussed where this puts the Cavs in the hierarchy of the loaded Eastern Conference, where the Knicks go from here and what the Jazz will do with Bojan Bogdanovic, Jordan Clarkson and Mike Conley now that they have fully committed to their rebuild. Also could the Lakers get those players after acquiring Patrick Beverly from the Jazz last week? Should the Sixers have any interest in Clarkson or Bojan? And is it possible for them to get them? Also we riffed on the possibility of an NBA expansion draft with two teams now that the league is so loaded. We picked which players we would protect from the Celtics, Bucks and Sixers. Enjoy!

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Harrison Faigen from SBNation joins the podcast to discuss the new Kevin Durant "rumors" from The Athletic's Shams Charania including new "interest" from the Memphis Grizzlies. We discussed why teams continue to low ball the Nets, what it will take to get a deal actually done and what we would be looking for in a return for one of the 15 greatest basketball players of all time. Plus: do you believe Kyrie Irving is actually going to return to the Nets? We then discussed Lebron James re-signing with the Lakers and whether the team and the end of Lebron's window can actually be salvaged with a Russell Westbrook trade. We finished the podcast by ranking our favorite Russell Westbrook trades including fake trades to the Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers, Utah Jazz, New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs and what we would give up to move off the Westbrook deal.

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Chuck from ChuckingDarts returned to SLOP IT UP! We discussed one of the deepest and most memorable drafts of all time: the 2014 NBA Draft. The hype leading up to this draft was insane from Andrew Wiggins being the Maple Jordan to Joel Embiid being the next Hakeem and clear number one pick until he broke his foot. We discussed all of the narratives and reactions to this draft and talked about some of the biggest what if's that came from it. Mainly what if the Bucks selected Joel Embiid at number two and made one of the greatest duos in NBA history? Other discussions included why did Embiid not go number one? How did Jokic fall so far? And of course we redrafted the lottery of this draft and discussed who went number one overall between two future hall of fame centers: Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic. Enjoy! We are excited to announce our very first partnership with Philly Sports Trips!

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Matt Brooks (@MattBrooksNBA) from Nets Daily joined me to talk about all the madness that is always happening with the Brooklyn Nets including the new rumors that Kevin Durant is open to playing with the Sixers. We discussed many things including Kevin Durant vs. Nets coaching and management, Durant and Harden's renewed friendship in Europe? a Celtics Jaylen Brown based package vs. a Sixers Tyrese Maxey based package, why a Sixers trade package might be more enticing than you think and why Morey might be actually willing to push in the chips more than any other GM in the NBA. After our discussion about Durant trades we held our very first SLOP TRIAL where we discussed Sean Marks entire tenure as the Nets GM and determined whether he is actually a good GM (and Durant is wrong) or a bad GM (and Durant is right). Enjoy!

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Sixers Beat Writer Adam Aaronson from The Rights to Ricky Sanchez joined the podcast to revisit one of the most insane times in Sixers fandom history, Burnergate! Before this, we touched on the news that the NBA is investigating the Sixers and James Harden for tampering ... which should not be a surprise to anyone! Next we dove head first into Burnergate where we talked about the night that the Ringer story from Ben Detrick first broke, the origins of his "source" for this story and how Adam started digging into the burner accounts himself. We also discussed his disdain for his own players in the tweets including former number one overall pick Markelle Fultz and Sixers MVP candidate Joel Embiid and some of the most insane tweets that Adam found while searching through the Twitter accounts. Including one tweet that blew my mind. Finally we discussed an alternative universe in which Colangelo is never first and how that could have effected the Sixers 2018 and 2019 moves and changed the trajectory of the franchise. Enjoy!

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Slop season is (kind of) back! Celtics fans Sam Sheehan (@NBABabySecret) and Jack Michael (@Jack_Michael17) from The ATO Show Podcast joined me to discuss the latest trade rumors surrounding Nets Superstar Kevin Durant and Celtics All Star Jaylen Brown. We discussed whether we believe the reports, whether the Nets actually want to trade Durant, whether the Celtics should consider trading Jaylen Brown for Durant and how much is too much in a trade for the Celtics. There were also a ton of sidebars like there is every episode. Enjoy!

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Alex Speers (@Albabycakes) from the Athletic's Saturday Slam and Jam and Down to Dunk joined me to revisit the SUMMER OF SLOP: The 2019 offseason! We discussed every major move from this offseason including the Anthony Davis to the Lakers trade, Kyrie and KD to the Nets, Jimmy Butler to the Heat, Horford to the Sixers, Kemba to the Celtics, Paul George + Kawhi Leonard to the Clippers, the Russ for CP3 trade and the beginning of the OKC rebuild. We discussed everything leading up to each move, how people reacted at the time and the impact of these moves on the league over the next three seasons and how they are viewed now. Enjoy!

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Live from Sandbox Production Studios! Nihilist Bucks aka Craigory Smith returned to discuss the minor slop that we got over the last few days. We talked about the death of the five team trade (RIP), Russell Westbook firing his agent of 14 years and his fall out with Lebron and Klutch and why the Lakers could be a disaster again next season. Then we discussed more reports about Kyrie and KD being stuck with the Nets which could lead to a wide variety of good and bad outcomes for the team. Next we talked about what a realistic Donovan Mitchell trade package from the Knicks will actually look like. We then wrapped up the podcast by talking about Seth Partnow from the Athletic's bi-annual 125 best NBA players tiers. Enjoy!

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Bryan Toporek from Liberty Ballers, Forbes and Bleacher Report to discuss all the slop that dropped this week! First Deandre Ayton back to the Suns after they match the Pacers four year max offer sheet, the drama that could unfold in their locker room next year and how it will effect Phoenix Suns and their grand plans to trade for Kevin Durant. We also talked about the Donovan Mitchell to the Knicks rumors, whether the Knicks should go all in for the star they have wanted forever and what a realistic package could look like for them to land him. We then talked about why the Sixers were never major players for Mitchell despite having one of the best young prospects in the league in Tyrese Maxey. Also when the Jazz fully blow it up, how can the Sixers benefit and who should they target on their roster? Last we talked about Isaiah Joe, Trevelin Queen, Jaden Springer and the Summer League Sixers. Enjoy!

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Read Bryan's article on the Jazz and how their rebuild could benefit the Sixers: https://www.libertyballers.com/2022/7/13/23206317/nba-free-agency-donovan-mitchell-trade-sixers-patrick-beverley-jordan-clarkson

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