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All right, Keith Smith jumps on with us.

It's been a while since we've talked, Keith.

It's been quiet in the NBA for a while, and then boom, we get this bomb today.

Damien Lillard's off to the Bucks.

Let's just, I guess, paint a big picture for not just the Bucks, but really all three teams involved here

and sort of what your takeaways were

from the trade. Yeah, very unexpected. We had heard over the last few days that Toronto was getting

close, and then there were some buzz that maybe Miami might re-engage. And I think there's some

spin going on now on exactly what the heat did and didn't offer and what they did and didn't do in the last couple of days.

But, you know, the bucks are in a position where they were looking to make a big splash to try to convince Gianna, say, we're committed and we're not just committed for another year or so.

We're really trying to lock in for the next several years to try to keep winning. And that's what he said they had to do. And that's what they've gone out and done for Portland. Clearly, you're rebuilding. So you're going to get the young player and DeAndre Aiton, you're getting the draft picks. Coming in from Milwaukee, we'll see what happens with Drew Holiday. He's, you know, probably never even going to show up in Portland.

At this point, they're probably going to work a trade before that happens. And then the Phoenix

Sun's a bit of an odd addition in here, but they wanted to get, move on from DeAndre, and break

that contract up into several smaller contracts. They get Yusuf Nurchage coming in and we'll step in at their starting five

and then we'll see where they go with the other guys they got like Grayson Allen in this year,

little. You're a, I would call you a professional. You're a real deal journalist, Keith. I have been

sickened by Miami media, not doing real journalism, and I'm okay with that normally,

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