And now the Low Post.

Welcome to The Low Post podcast.

It's July 3rd. I'm back home, Free Agency.

It's not slowed down, but it's slowing down. We have a LeBron James deal.

spoiler alert. No pay cut. We have a Bronny James deal. We have a Donovan Mitchell extension.

Congratulations Cleveland Cavaliers. We have some golden state contracts that are interesting,

but between the last podcast and this podcast,

I think the biggest thing that happened,

we knew Clay Thompson was leaving.

We had an inkling where he was going, but it wasn't official.

The Lakers were trying to get him on a four-year $80 million ballpark deal. He ends up choosing the Dallas Mavericks,

three years, 50 million sign and trade, Josh Green goes to Charlotte,

Clay Thompson, we did the end of an era thing, I'm not going to wax poetic and

get all emotional and romantic about basketball again.

I already did it. I only have so much emotion in my soul to spill.

Let's talk about the Dallas Mavericks, how Clay fits there and where the Mabs stack up in a conference that, you know, for all I've heard Kevin Pelton about all the East is back to top of the East is incredible or the three best teams in the

NBA all in the East now. I got eight good to great Eastern conference teams.

Four or five like whatever the hell are these teams then a few tankers in the West I got

13 teams with legitimate post-season play in hopes.

Still counting the clippers in that group by the way.

And just too likely to certain tankers in Portland and Utah,

with the Jazz now holding perhaps

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