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All The Smoke

The NBA Offseason Is About To Get Crazy: Matt Barnes Predicts What's Next

All The Smoke

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Basketball, Society & Culture, Sports

4.77.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The NBA offseason is officially underway, and Matt Barnes is breaking down everything that comes next.

On the final episode of ALL THE SMOKE: Unplugged before summer break, Matt reacts to the blockbuster Giannis trade to Miami, discusses Jaylen Brown's future in Boston, weighs in on LeBron James' next move, and shares why the Spurs and Thunder are built to dominate the Western Conference.

Then, Fred VanVleet joins the show to talk about recovering from injury, Houston's rollercoaster season, Kevin Durant's leadership, going undrafted, and the NBA's new Players United initiative.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:24.0

Guaranteed Human. Welcome back to another episode of Unplugged. Last one of the season. I hope you guys have enjoyed the journey. I'm going to take a little break and get right back to you in a couple weeks. Last night, the NBA draft. A lot of people tuned it out. It would be interesting to see what the numbers are. I don't ever watch the draft when I tuned in. What did you think of the draft? Just a talented group of kids. Very talented group of kids. I surprised A-cut slid all the way to what,

0:28.5

seven. It was Sacramento. Sacramento. That's my hometown team, man. I hope they do right by him.

0:34.8

They got something there, but they've had issues keeping it and growing and nourishing it.

0:41.0

And as a hometown guy, I hope they're able to do that with him. But obviously, AJ went number one.

0:47.6

We sat down and talked to him. He said he's always been number one. He plans on going number one. He is

0:51.1

number one. I like the Wizards. I'm not mad at the

0:54.6

Wizards. I mean, you think Trey Young is Anthony Davis going to be there? Kishon George.

1:00.2

You like the Trey Young $212 million deal? Tray's cold. Trey's 25 and 10. So I'm with it. I'm

1:07.7

with it. And I've always been a fan of his. I think people forget how good

1:12.3

Trey Young is because he's been set down for a little bit. Alex Sarr continues to grow.

1:18.4

Anthony Davis, is he going to stay? Is he going to leave? Does he want to play? Does he?

1:23.2

He lost money. I mean, come on. I think getting back out there and competing in at least 60, 65 games with this team could put them in playoff contention.

1:35.4

And then he'll be able to be able to do what he needs to do money-wise.

1:42.0

What about Peterson at two?

1:43.1

What did you think about that?

1:46.7

Peterson at two to Utah. I mean a tremendous talent you mean I obviously I think a lot of people questioned the cramping

1:52.6

situation and hopefully he's got that figured out but him and ace Bailey in the back court is going to be

1:57.2

real interesting geonti George average 2324 last year too. I mean, that's a three-headed

2:01.7

monster right there. And they got a nice front. I like Utah. I like, I think Utah is going to be a

2:06.6

really a much improved team this year. Obviously, ownership is dope. But they're building it organically.

2:13.5

So I like what Utah did. I would have liked to see an AJ gone there and kept it down and was able to continue his journey in Utah. But I think the Wizards are in good hands and I think definitely Utah is going to be a much improved team this year. And then Camboos, your third pick. He ends up going to the Grizzlies. What do you think of the fit there? It's going to be interesting. Like who is that team? What's their identity now? I don't think they've, you know, Jha had it for a little while. And I hope that, you know, he's able to recapture that. But you're also hearing his names in a lot of different trades. I mean, do you strip this team down and start over? You know, you already traded triple J and who? They traded Desmond Bain. Yeah, and Bain, obviously.

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