Best of The Doug Gottlieb Show: 06/19/2019
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🗓️ 19 June 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Dan Beyer and Matt Barnes, filling in for Doug Gottlieb, talk about the transformation of NBA free agency over the past ten years and debate which team has the most pressure this off-season. The guys discuss the Lakers giving up on young talent and debut a new game, “MATTer of Fact!” Finally, former NBA Coach Earl Thomas shares his thoughts on the hottest topics of NBA free agency.
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| 0:34.3 | Crazy, crazy week continues in the association. |
| 0:38.5 | Yeah, the draft is coming up on Thursday, but we're still a week or two away from real free agency hitting a big trade in the NBA today. |
| 0:46.1 | And so much going on in L.A., Houston, and Boston. |
| 0:50.5 | Matt Barnes, this is a crazy, crazy time of year for so many in the NBA, including teams, coaches, players, GMs, and fans, and it's low. |
| 1:00.3 | This is really when the drama starts to shake up. |
| 1:02.6 | You know what I mean? |
| 1:03.2 | You have different segments during the season, and then obviously the finals hits and all eyes are on that. |
| 1:08.7 | But free agency, to me, has become just as big as the finals. I mean, you can tell throughout the season people are talking about who's going where, who's doing what. So now that the season has finally, you know, commence, congratulations to the Raptors for winning their first ever championship. Now the real fun starts. So it's going to be something you need to fasten your seat before and enjoy. Okay. So you come in the league 15 or so years ago. What was free agency like then? Like the off season? I mean, how can you compare it to what we've got today? You can't compare it. You know, now that was more organization-driven, had more control. Now it's in the player's hands. And I love it that way because for so long it's been |
| 1:45.6 | such a business. You get cut, traded, whatever the situation may be from a team and it's the business. So now that the players are taking the power in their own hands, now they're kind of frowned upon but it's just like, you know, we've always been the commodity. Now we just have more power and I'm all for it. |
| 2:00.3 | And that's the players. |
| 2:01.6 | And that's why you look at the fan bases, |
| 2:04.1 | you look at the commodity. Now we just have more power, and I'm all for it. And that's the players. |
| 2:01.6 | And that's why you look at the fan bases. |
| 2:04.1 | You look at the coaches. |
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