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Big huge trade yesterday on Father's Day, Chris Paul, Landry Shammit, a gang of second round picks going to the Washington Wizards for Bradley Beale, who will team with Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, DeAndre Aiton, campaign, and we don't know who else. But here's, I'm going to let you have the first go at it. All right. What do you think about the trade? How do you like it or not like it? I like the trade, but I like it for two different reasons, and there's a small reason why I wouldn't like it.

I like the trade because when you get Kevin Durant and you realize the way that they got Maliwop and got waxed by the Denver Nuggets, especially in game six, the way he showed up and the way Devin Booker only dropped 12 points, you need more firepower. And Bradley Bill is that. It's more firepower. but I said on Saturday on Martin VJ

I don't like the move for a small point

that if you have to give up so much And Bradley Bill is that. It's more firepower. But I said on Saturday on Martin V.J.

I don't like the move for a small point that if you have to give up so much that you can't absorb like giving up the bench like what they did with Durant. When they made the Durant deal, they had to give up so much. They didn't have enough there on the bench and defensively to absorb that type of move. So you knew it was a move for the future. I believe I saw you say the same thing on first things first.

So I like the move for firepower, but you still now have to load this bench up. You have Vogel as a head coach who's a defensive-minded guy. So you've got to get veterans that could just not only play, they can play defense. They need to be able to guard and defend in the Western Conference. Now,

when I first saw this deal, the first name I looked for that would be leaving was DeAndre A. And I didn't see that name. And that made me like the deal even more. Because I like him more than it seems like most people do. A 18, 19, 20 and 10 guy, big, he's improved his game. He's got the mid-range jumper going. He's got the little

Florida one hand going out. He played well

in the playoffs. He had a game or two where he probably could have done a little more, but every player does, right? But I thought that him being still there after this deal was done made me like it a whole lot more. But then today you hear he could be in trade moves. Exactly.

They could be moving him anyway.

That's the question.

Will he state?

Now, look, I feel somewhat similar to you.

I think that from a basketball standpoint, I don't mind the trade for Phoenix.

I actually like it.

And here's the thing people have to understand.

Even if they had not made this trade, they still were in a position financially where they

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