Giannis Contract Reaction and Five NBA Preseason Takeaways

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Before the show, KOC gives his instant reactions to Giannis' brand new shiny contract with the Bucks (0:01). Then Verno and KOC get into the new Pelicans offense under Stan Van Gundy (5:52), Talen Horton-Tucker’s breakout preseason with the Lakers (13:32), the challenging conditions for rookies this season (25:34), the fun and fancy-free LaMelo Ball (32:27), the Bucks’ new roster (44:47), and much more. Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the mismatch, Chris Vernon and I finished recording before the
0:05.2	honest I didn't even go both side his five year 228 million dollars Supermax extension
0:11.2	with the Milwaukee bucks.
0:12.9	So that means Chris and I didn't get to talk about it together right now as I'm speaking
0:17.3	he's recording his local show and Memphis.
0:19.8	So I'm just going to share some of my thoughts and then we'll hit it again on Friday goes
0:24.8	about saying that this is massive news for Yannis the bucks for the entire league.
0:29.3	So I think that's the only team that had interest in pursuing him like the Mavericks,
0:32.3	the Raptors or the heat.
0:34.1	They get a look elsewhere they get to find a different star.
0:36.9	Yannis is staying in Milwaukee.
0:38.8	This is a win for small market teams.
0:41.9	It's a win for the bucks because now they can focus on building a championship team entirely.
0:48.9	Now in the short term they can essentially take the LeBron game plan.
0:53.0	They already did that with trading all the assets that they did all those first round
0:57.1	draft picks and swaps that they did for Drew holiday who is obviously as we've talked
1:02.9	about a bunch of this off season it perfect fit for Yannis.
1:06.9	He's the best defensive guard in basketball and he provides the right type of secondary
1:12.2	shot creation abilities that compliments Yannis he can play with without the ball in fact
1:16.6	holiday himself is often more comfortable without the ball.
1:20.4	Yannis must have seen that and looked at the bucks as the team that offered him the best
1:25.8	chance to win a championship.
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