Should the Knicks go all-in for Donovan Mitchell? What happens next with Russell Westbrook? with Fred Katz

Game Theory Podcast

Sam Vecenie

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4.7 • 766 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This episode is focused on two topics: Donovan Mitchell and Russell Westbrook. Fred Katz has covered both of these topics extensively, so he joins to dive in. First, we chat about Mitchell and how the Jazz-Knicks trade talks are probably a bit more complicated than they would appear on first glance. Then, we focus on a simple question: should the Knicks be willing to go all-in for Mitchell? Our second topic is Russell Westbrook, a fascinating conversation about a player who, for my money, has been the most interesting NBA player of his era. Inscrutable and non-communicative, yet undeniably productive, Russ has now been moved around a ton and just recently parted ways with his long-time agent. Where does Russ's career go from here? Should it continue with the Lakers, or go on elsewhere? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the game theory podcast.
0:08.7	I'm your host Sam Bacini.
0:09.5	We are presented by The Athletic.
0:11.6	Today on the show, we have two topics that we want to talk about.
0:15.3	Two players around the NBA, two players that Fred Katz knows more information about, I would argue,
0:26.2	than just about anyone else in the media circle.
0:29.3	It is a Donovan Mitchell and Russell Westbrook podcast.
0:33.2	We're going to talk about their situations league-wide,
0:36.0	and we're going to talk about everything that's going on with them. Fred covered Russell Westbrook, arguably, I think, better than anybody
0:42.4	has. He's written more incisive, insightful work on Russ than anyone in the media. And then
0:49.8	he also is our New York Knicks beatwriter over at the athletic, which means he's dealing with this Honovan Mitchell trade rumor that has seemingly taken the mantle from the Kevin Durant trade rumors as the thing that people are most waiting for across the league.
1:09.1	So it was a perfect time to have Fred back on,
1:11.6	even though what,
1:12.4	it's only been probably like a month,
1:14.0	month and a half since you were last on, Fred.
1:16.0	Yeah,
1:16.2	but how much has happened in that month?
1:18.5	Oh,
1:18.6	it feels like a year.
1:20.1	Yeah.
1:20.8	Yeah,
1:21.0	it's weird because like so much happened in,
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