Hello, welcome to the Who Collective Podcast. We talk about the NBA we're doing on Monday

afternoon. The first time in two months I'm in my home studio. Very happy to be here.

See all of seems like it's another road stop for me at this point. Joining me from Seattle

is the machine Kevin Peltin. You know they say the first game back after a long road trip

is like another road game. So I guess that's this pod for you yet again. Yes, please take

it easy on me. You're getting ready Kevin because transaction season is upon us. The

finals are over and lots to come. I can always count on executives talking to me about

your draft grades are your draft and trade grades which trade grades start coming. How

often do you get lobbied on your trade grades or maybe not lobbied but do teams you know

do people reach out to you directly to dispute the trade grades? Not terribly often. I'll

usually hear it second hand through someone who's at a conversation with them like you

have. I mean there are you know some executives in the league that I know you know have relationships

with that will maybe kind of reach out to explain their thinking which is not specifically

lobbying but I'm sure that you know the more clarity that I have on their thinking the

better they assume the trade grade is going to pay. Right so this is before the trade grade

posts or roll it is after thinking that you're going to go back and change the grade.

Before it posts although sometimes you know we do need to go back and more information

comes out and we're in an unusual position with the Jamaican green trade that was reported

at the last week where we still have no idea what the protection is on the first round

pick the Denver is sending to Oklahoma City and that that could swing things to some degree.

I thought it was top five is it top five? Well okay we're breaking away. Oh boy. Oh

boy no take it back aggregators I didn't mean it I'm not sure I'm not sure so I take

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