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BASKETBALL ILLUMINATI - Due Diligence

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.98.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and for Basketball Illuminati, six days was too long for the Kyrie Irving debacle to maintain it's grasp on the news cycle. Breaking news sends shockwaves across the Illumination as Steve Nash is out, Ime Udoka is in, and the Brooklyn Nets have put out a fire with... more fire? Also, Myles Turner is asked about whether or not he should be traded for and there's more to the Josh Primo situation than the mainstream media is telling you. Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati! On Apple or Spotify Merch: Shirts - Hat 1 - Hat 2 Email us: basketballilluminati@gmail.com Twitter: @bballilluminati Instagram: @basketballilluminati Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The miles turner appearance on the Wohch pod is gotta go down as one of the most amazing moments in mba media history.

0:08.8

This appearance didn't even hide the fact just didn't even hide any of it just making a trade demand if you're the lakers would you do the two picks.

0:17.7

Would you do the two picks.

0:19.5

That's something to treat question at that.

0:22.9

I think personally you know when you look at this business of the league and you know known the landscape of the league you know you have to go off your future right and think we don't know

0:31.3

picture so valuable in this league and someone like myself I'm heading into the last year of my deal and you want to make sure you know you're getting a return you know for your assets right so.

0:41.4

You know if I'm the lakers I take a very hard look at this with the position that you're in I know what I can provide for a team you know my leadership my shop locking on my three point ability and it's my ability to make plays out on the floor and I take a very long look at it but.

0:54.8

As far as pulling the trigger you know that's uh I get paid to shoot you know I'm meant to make these calls so I can answer that.

1:01.8

You know what it reminded me of it reminded me of those infomercials where there's the celebrity endorser who's a chef.

1:09.4

And then there's the other person who asks all the obvious questions is it really non stick or like how many people can I serve with all of this and I think that's what I love about this pen it is completely non stick grab this you can shake it you can rip it around you can do whatever you want.

1:26.7

Is this chef from sounds like he's a really exciting restaurant to check out yeah yeah and that's it I felt like it's like should the lakers trade for you like I'll tell you why trade for me and he just gets a seven.

1:38.5

And a long-winded response finished off with but I'm just a player I'm just a player it's not up to me I'll just leave it to them it's the opposite maze of the Vince Vaughn speech after he beats the guy in Madden the guy it's it's those little pixelated guys there the have all that hard I'm just a guy here.

1:56.9

He's the little pixelated character on the screen saying oh it's all the guy upstairs is calling the shots pushing those buttons whenever you see something like this you have to ask yourself.

2:07.6

The illumination out there the citizenry think about who does this story benefit who benefits from this being out there so when miles turners coming out here and saying I shoot three's and leading shop blocker in the NBA I think I would look pretty good in the L.A.

2:24.2

Lakers uniform feel like they need those things and that's what I provide have to ask yourself why is this out there definitely benefits the Pacers right because if you're putting pressure on the

2:35.6

Lakers to throw in those two first round picks this new story being out there is going to create all sorts of talk and this is why it helps to be at the worldwide leader is like you have this podcast and then we can program our entire day around talking about this.

2:51.2

Also a new level of pandering I think we should get in this game guys we should bring players on GM's on and ask them wouldn't you trade two picks for yourself wouldn't you like to get two picks seems like a good business opportunity it hasn't worked out for people the idea of going from a small market and

3:10.0

like players do they really think that if they go from Indiana or Charlotte or New Orleans or Oklahoma City that it's super fun playing for the Lakers haven't we seen just player after player young player

3:25.0

especially be miserable on the Lakers after going from whatever small school or whatever small team in the NBA feeling like miles turner going to the Lakers is just going to make things so much more fun for him going to the

3:38.0

right lights of Hollywood we're not a national team in the Indiana Pacers like miles turner was basically saying my life is going to be so much better in a big market doesn't really pan out that way.

3:49.0

I mean I think there's another part of this where your miles turner and if you can come and help this team be better and you can be reasonably good doing what you do block shots rebound and hit the

4:01.0

down you just line yourself up for one hell of a payday yeah would help him you know I'm coming up on my contract I'm an expiring deal and you know what if you're the

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