Murray to the Hawks, Is Ayton Worth It, and an NBA Free Agency Primer With Bobby Marks

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Russillo shares his thoughts on the trade that sent Dejounte Murray to the Hawks, speculation on Karl-Anthony Towns’s next contract, and how the Pistons exited the Deandre Ayton sweepstakes (0:33). Then Ryen talks with ESPN’s Bobby Marks about the beginning of NBA free agency, how Dejounte Murray’s contract led to him being traded, James Harden declining his player option to help the 76ers bolster their roster, what the Pistons are planning to do with their cap space, the Knicks looking to give Jalen Brunson a huge contract, the future for the Nets, why the Suns should have re-signed Deandre Ayton, and more (11:09). Finally Ryen answers some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (44:10). Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Bobby Marks Producers: Kyle Crichton and Steve Ceruti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's kind of the first day of NBA free agency.
0:12.5	We'll go over what the Jontaine Murray trade with Atlanta means and all the different
0:15.8	angles on that little Deandre Aitner as well, but also Bobby Marks is going to talk about
0:20.0	deals, the hard rumors that are going on.
0:23.1	What's actually going on with the nets, just how this whole first few days of free agency
0:26.5	works and a really good couple of life devices really have fun with this one today.
0:31.0	So please enjoy.
0:33.1	We start with the news from yesterday, Jontaine Murray going to the Atlanta Hawks.
0:37.4	San Antonio, let's take a look at this deal.
0:38.9	So Atlanta gets Jontaine Murray.
0:40.5	He's on a really nice team contract 16.5 million this year, 17.7 million next year.
0:45.2	He's still a really young player coming off and all star appearance.
0:48.0	We'll get to what those numbers mean here very shortly.
0:50.9	First word, Atlanta, adding somebody like this that isn't a $30 million player who normally
0:54.4	this kind of player would be in that kind of a trade is a huge win, not only on his talent,
0:58.8	ND age and kind of how he would compliment trade in an ideal world.
1:03.7	But it's also much better for an Atlanta team that I think projects now at 10 million over
1:07.0	the tax.
1:08.0	Who knows what this final roster is going to look like instead of a player who normally
1:10.8	would be beginning to pay so much more.
1:12.2	Now you started getting those $20 million range for the tax for a team, which is always
1:16.1	actually really important, even if we don't care about it as media and fans.
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