Straight to the people.

Some names out there. I think there's two distinct silos for the Pistons. Boy, the names that came out this weekend. Yikes. It's like the cast of cocoon. Let's go to, I mean, honestly, it's all like 35, 36. I don't want that. We go to Mike in Ann Arbor, 97-1. Mike, how you doing, buddy?

I'm all right.

When I was seeing those come out this weekend, I had the same reaction. I don't want old and rich. Like, there's no way they're going to turn it on in the playoffs to get us all the way through. We're going to be Cleveland with James Hardin, who was a kook. We don't need it. no i think the only one that makes sense on a skill set on how he could help you would be Kauai,

but the problem, again, 35, one-year deal, and I'm sorry, he put a year out there with 65 games this year. This guy's been a walking load management injury guy. I just want to do better. And he's not going to show up in the playoffs. He might the first two series, but once it starts getting hard, he's going to look at his bank account and be like, I don't need this for the next month. I'm good. Yeah, but I mean, listen, that's, come on, I don't think that's totally fair either. He is an NBA champion.

Let's be very clear, including, you know, game seven, game winning shots, winning in the finals.

Mike, I hear you, but that's more of a generality.

Yeah, but Mike, that's a generality about all athletes now.

I mean, let's be very clear.

Like, you're right. That,

if that impacts some people. But I don't know, man, I just, I don't want to, I don't want to

put that on him. Like, oh, he will what? Pull the plug in the Eastern Conference finals. No.

But I just don't want them because it's a one-year deal. And it just doesn't make sense.

And who wants to build and grow?

Well, that's marketing and Trey Murphy.

And until you get a report that those guys, that you tried everything and you couldn't get them,

or, you know, it is legal to trade for players that aren't, quote, unquote, in the media cycle of availability.

Yeah.

You know, that that is a, that's what the money's for, right? Kind of a blockbuster didn't see that coming? Yeah. And look, like people get bent out of shape about, well, you know, why do we have to trade the whole team? No one's saying trade the whole team, but I try to live in the real world. if I'm calling Utah or I'm calling New Orleans for their only high-level trade asset,

what do you think that's going to cost?

Look, if you can get a Trey Murphy without giving up a Sour Thompson,

give Traygeon executive of the year, a plus, plus, plus, plus.

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