We're not even close.

Honestly, for us to be on the receiving end of the disrespectful comments and antics is completely unfair to us.

When we have certain guys in the mix that don't wanna buy in.

All this one is gonna be hard and do anything good is a basketball.

I love this city.

I literally done everything that I can situations, you know, something that e.

I don't think it's breaking news tonight.

James Harden has been traded.

He gets his wish in every way that trade to the Brooklyn Nets in a blockbuster deal that's gonna have ripple effects throughout the NBA.

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All right, Joe.

Here's the breakdown of the trade hardened lands with the Nets.

Obviously, the Rockets get a package, including Victor Oladipo.

Four first round picks, four first round swaps.

Indiana gets Caris Levert while Cleveland gets Jared Allen in Taurean Prince.

On that note, we bring in Richard Jefferson, R J.

It's been a good minute.

Good to see you.

Uh, you guys.

Well, I will get to you.

Yeah, in just a minute, sir, but I'm going to start with Max Max or the Rockets winners or losers after this hard and trade.

They're winners in this trade and it's because look, the history of the N B A is.

Whoever gets the best player in the deal wins the deal, right?

So we start with their, we'll start with that.

You want the best player in the deal.

But the history also is especially the modern history.

If a superstar wants to get traded, he's not only going to get traded a superstar in M.

V P caliber player, he's gonna go exactly where he wants a D.

Eventually it took a while.

Got to L.

A.

Didn't he?

Right?

Because they let the other teams No, he ain't gonna re sign.

He's gonna resign with L.

A.

They traded him to L.

A.

And they got what they could.

Same thing with Harden.

You said Brooklyn Ana, Where did he wind up in Brooklyn?

And that's because once they become free agents, even if it takes another year, they're just gonna sign there anyway.

LeBron KD they go where they want to go.

So that's what the Rockets were working with And what did they get in exchange?

They got not just lover who turned into Oladipo.

Let's not forget, I know he's coming off a catastrophic injury.

Oladipo's only 28 years old, and Oladipo, not all that long ago, was the best player on a dangerous playoff team.

Like he's very good when healthy, if he could get back to what he waas and, more importantly, even four first round picks unprotected.

Now the first two aren't gonna be much because Brooklyn's gonna be really good.

The Milwaukee pick won't be much, you know, or at least the first one for Brooklyn.

And the first one is the one that got from Milwaukee because Brooklyn had Milwaukee's pick.

Ain't gonna be great.

That is gonna be good teams.

But by 2024 do we know what Brooklyn's gonna be by 2026 7?

Do we know what Brooklyn's gonna be?

Because not only did they get four picks, they have four unprotected first round swaps.

So if Brooklyn winds up with a better pick, then Houston Houston gets to trade.

And given the age of the roster and what they gave up, Brooklyn's gonna be really good for a little while.

And then probably not so good.

Houston, considering the way their hands were tied, made off like bandits.

Here they got a hall, Max, You think about the hall and you're thinking about picks, and I respect that.

I get where you're coming from and I'm not trying to sit up there and say that I disagree because I hate I don't want to classify them as losers.

But for the purposes of this conversation, the question that was presented to us, I'd lean towards that than winning because of this.

All of those things you mentioned involved unknown entities outside of Victor Oladipo.

And I know Victor Oladipo can ball.

We still haven't seen him return to the Victor Oladipo.

We know and love because obviously ravaged that knee.

And he's getting back and props to him because he's still averaging over 20 a game.

He didn't wanna be Indiana anymore.

They couldn't work out.

Uh, you know, such a, you know, contractual situation.

Neither side could come to on the court and we get all of that.

So you're gonna get him and parenting with John Wall who I've been very pleased by.

Like what I've seen from John Wall.

And I think he's only gonna get better and better, to be quite honest.

You, um but the bottom line is this You don't really have a known entity.

All of those picks, what are they gonna manufacture into?

I'm a Knicks fan, as you well know, and I wish Kobe top and nothing but the best.

And, you know, I think that he's got potential, but everybody knows I was on the record.

One.

Tyree's Halliburton and look at what he's doing in Sacramento right now.

You just don't know who's gonna draft to.

And I was gonna work out.

You have to wait and see.

The Houston Rockets had an opportunity to get Ben Simmons.

Ben Simmons would have come along with another player, Ben Simmons, and another player.

Maybe like that kid Maxie out of Kentucky or somebody else, along with a draft pick or two, I think could have been better.

And I think James Harden and forced their hand even though they were talking about it.

He expedited the process and prevented them from dragging their feet any longer by doing by doing and saying that things that he did and said which I don't necessarily applaud, but I totally understand what he was doing in terms of trying to get the hell out of Houston.

In the end, what it comes down to is that Ben Simmons doesn't shoot.

He does everything else.

He's special.

And if I got the opportunity to get my hands on somebody like a Ben Simmons, and I could get somebody else who can play and shoot the basketball along with a couple of pics, and I'm not saying definitively that they could have had a couple of pics, I know they could have had at least one, but Philly had all their picks available to them.

They weren't willing to unload both Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris.

It was just gonna be Ben Simmons and another player, one of the younger guys.

I think that potentially might end up having been a better option than just loading up on a bunch of picks because they're unknowns, particularly with state of college basketball being what it is right now.

I just think that I would have gone the route of a surefire do that I know could get it done on the night and night house basis.

That's just me.

Yeah.

No, no.

Stephen, I agree with you in theory.

You know, when we're talking about who wins this trade, we can't.

It's hard to really go in tow what they could potentially have gotten with other teams, right?

So it's kind of like Okay, well, in this situation, who won this trade?

And I was always taught in order for it to be a fair negotiation.

Both sides need toe walk away a bit unhappy, right?

It's like you look at what Houston got Now they've got a ton of pick now.

Understand how they got James Harden?

They got James Harden because they had a ton of picks many, many years ago, and they turned those picks into James Harden.

Now, a lot of times, thes pigs aren't always used on players.

And I agree with you, Tyree talent burden has been falling for Sacramento.

He's been playing great, so that was definitely a steel.

And kudos to Sacramento for pulling that one off.

But when you really break down this Houston situation, maybe those picks aren't drafted players.

Maybe these picks and all that you've accumulated allows you to go get another player, allowed you to go get an All Star, are an all star caliber player.

So when I look at the future in the leverage of what Houston has, I think it is fair.

And I look at, you know, Brooklyn.

They gave up, Ah lot to get James Harden, who has been disgruntled.

He hasn't been.

He's not in great shape.

He, you know, you can see you know how he kind of left the situation.

So when I look at it, I think both sides got what they wanted and what they needed to help their teams move forward.

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