ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon

The Woj Pod

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4.6 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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ESPN's Tim Bontemps joins The Woj Pod to discuss Brad Stevens’ first move as president of basketball operations trading Kemba Walker to Oklahoma City and what it means for the Celtics in the near and long term. Plus, ESPN's Tim MacMahon on the changes in Dallas and how the Mavericks need synergy from the top down as they build around Luka Doncic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone.
0:02.8	Welcome into another edition of the WojPod taped this morning on the heels of Boston's
0:09.7	trade with Oklahoma City.
0:11.7	The Celtics traded Campbell Walker and the 16th pick in this July's NBA draft, a
0:18.9	2025 second round pick to the Thunder, and Boston gets back
0:23.9	Al Horford.
0:25.1	They'll get Moses Brown and a 2023 second round pick for Boston.
0:32.1	This was a significant deal, the first deal of Brad Stevens tenure as the president of basketball
0:40.8	operations and gets off essentially Kemba Walker's contract, the $73 million owed him
0:47.0	over the next two years and certainly the concerns that Boston has had about Kemba's
0:52.7	durability.
0:53.9	There's no other concerns you would have about Kemba's durability.
0:57.2	There's no other concerns you would have about Kemba Walker,
1:00.1	the person, the player, certainly the leader.
1:02.1	He's been all those things in his career.
1:04.6	But this is business. And he goes to OKC, who now has three picks in the first round of July's draft.
1:11.4	They might have two top five picks based on how things shake out in the lottery with
1:16.6	themselves and then what happens with Houston and sort through all that.
1:21.4	But here with Tim Bontemps, who covers the Celtics for us at ESPN.
1:26.4	Tim, how are you, man?
1:27.7	Doing well, Adrian.
1:28.5	How are you?
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