all right welcome back to a special edition of the vertical podcast with chris manix uh we're

taping this podcast today because there's a whole bunch of news out there in the nba you've got

carmelo anthony potentially on the move you've got uh lebron james upset over what he perceives as

perhaps a lack of spending in Cleveland.

And as recently as this evening, Rajan Rondo has weighed in on social media on some of the dysfunction in the Chicago Bulls locker room.

So we'll check in with Bobby Marks, the front office insider over at the vertical, a guy that's got a lot of experience with NBA teams, former assistant GM with the Brooklyn Nets, I should say, all that

and more next on the vertical podcast with Chris Maddox.

All right, a lot to unpack in a very busy day in the NBA.

No one to help me do that.

Then Bobby Marks, the front office insider over at the vertical, former assistant GM with the Brooklyn Nets.

And he joins me here on the podcast.

Bobby, pretty busy day in the NBA, huh?

Dysfunction, trade rumors, angry superstars?

Just a typical day in the league, right?

I'll tell you what, we must be at the end of January right now where everybody hates their teammates. They hate their team. We've got the guys tired and cranky and now we've got

Rajan Rondo and I thought I had seen everything, Chris, but this might top it right now.

All right, let's begin with the first story to kick off the day, and that was the story

reported by the vertical, Adrian Ward Janowski, myself, that Carmelo Anthony, sort of

adding on to the ESPN report of yesterday that Carmelo was dangled in trade talks with

the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Knicks have also engaged the LA Clippers and the Boston Celtics in a potential

trade for Carmelo Anthony.

Talk to me about the machinations of a deal like this.

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