Luka's Lakers Debut, Jimmy Butler on the Warriors and NBA Trade Deadline Fallout With Keith Smith

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Wes Goldberg + CLNS Media Network

Sports, Basketball, News, Sports News

4.8 • 622 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The Los Angeles Lakers' latest acquisition, Luka Doncic, has already made waves with his dynamic debut alongside LeBron James, but can the team hold up defensively? Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors are buzzing with excitement over Jimmy Butler's seamless integration. Host Wes Goldberg and guest Keith Smith (Spotrac, "The Front Office Show") dissect these developments, explore De'Aaron Fox's potential with Victor Wembanyama in San Antonio and the Phoenix Suns' offseason outlook, including Kevin Durant's future. They also talk about next steps for the Orlando Magic, New Orleans Pelicans and Brooklyn Nets. ____________________________________________ RealGM Radio is powered in part by North Station Media (CLNS). For advertising or media inquiries, contact [email protected] 🔔 Like, comment, and subscribe for more NBA insights and analysis! Follow RealGM Twitter: https://x.com/RealGM Follow Wes Goldberg Twitter: https://x.com/wcgoldberg PrizePicks: PrizePicks is the best place to get real money sports action. With over 10 million members and billions of dollars in awarded winnings, PrizePicks has made daily fantasy sports accessible to all. You just pick MORE or LESS on at least two players for a shot to win up to 1000x your cash! Run Your Game all season long on PrizePicks. Download the app today and use code CLNS to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! Gametime: Take the guesswork out of buying tickets with Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code CLNS for $20 off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8	real gym radio i'm here with keith smith to talk about lucca d'atch's debut jimmy butler in golden
0:35.3	state and what teams were watching this offseason after a
0:37.9	wild trade deadline. Let's jump in.
0:50.3	It's Real GM Radio. I'm West Goldberg here with Keith Smith of Spoutrack and The Front Office show.
0:55.5	We're going to be talking about how the activity before the trade deadline impacts this upcoming off season in a second.
1:01.2	But first, we're recording this on a Tuesday.
1:03.8	The day after Luca made his Lakers debut, the Lakers still have a lot of to figure out here in terms of fitting Luca and LeBron together.
1:10.7	But, Keith, what stood out to you in Luca's first game as a Laker? Yeah. still have a lot of fit to figure out here in terms of fitting Luca and LeBron together.
1:14.0	But, Keith, what stood out to you in Luca's first game as a Laker?
1:18.6	Yeah, I mean, you saw immediately what he brings to the floor.
1:23.9	Jackson Hayes, if he just plays defense, is going to feast off lobs from LeBron and Luca.
1:24.3	He caught two of them in the first, like, minute of the game from each of
1:27.6	them. So he should, you know, be loving life right now in L.A. And then I thought that that one,
1:35.0	like, full court bomb that he threw to LeBron. Like, that was it. Right there was like, yeah,
1:40.0	this will be fine. Like, they'll figure it out, they've got defensive issues I wrote this morning about how this was be fine. They'll figure it out they've got defensive issues I wrote this morning
1:44.9	about how this was a good debut team for them with the jazz because they're not going to put
1:51.5	a ton of pressure on you offensively. They're kind of one action and done kind of team and
1:57.5	they run some good stuff. But if you can defend the initial action,
2:01.6	they're going to struggle. So we let's see what they look like when they're playing against
2:05.0	a better team with more offensive weapons. But for now, you know, it kind of is what it is.
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