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Light Years: A Golden State Warriors Pod

What DeRozan to the Kings means for GSW and Steph Joins Team USA

Light Years: A Golden State Warriors Pod

Blue Wire

News, Sports, Basketball, Sports News

4.4621 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Sam discusses the Kings acquiring Demar DeRozan. Should Warriors have gone for DeRozan? (8:05) What the DeRozan trade says about Lauri Markannen, (17:47) Why the Mikal Bridges trade matters regarding Lauri Markannen, (23:34) How Lauri would help Kuminga, and lastly (27:02) Team USA starting lineup predictions. Host: Sam Esfandiari Producer: Tim Angan Go to PrizePicks.com and use code Lightyears for a deposit match of $100 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

presented by prize picks one hundred dollar match on your first deposit with the promo code. Welcome to Lightears.

0:24.6

Recording this Sunday, got a lot to get to.

0:28.4

Steph Curry joined Team USA. Pretty exciting stuff from the first practice there.

0:34.9

More Lowry marketing rumors. I got a feeling we're going to be talking about this for a while.

0:40.2

But first, I want to talk about the big free agency acquisition, which happened Saturday night,

0:46.0

which was the Sacramento Kings acquiring Demard de Rosen in a three-team sign-in trade.

0:56.5

For those who didn't see it, the details are they're sending Harrison Barnes to the Spurs,

1:03.8

giving these Spurs a pick swap in 2031.

1:07.2

Seems kind of risky to me.

1:10.4

Duarte to the Bulls, a couple second rounders for initiating this.

1:14.3

And yeah, the Kings got their big free agency target.

1:20.1

This doesn't rule out the Kings from making more moves,

1:23.4

but they did seem dead set on kind of upgrading the talent to their roster, and at least from a

1:29.9

talent perspective, they did.

1:31.0

De Mardo Rosen is objectively a better player than Harrison Barnes.

1:34.2

I don't think anyone would argue otherwise.

1:37.1

I have real questions about the fit for the Sacramento Kings.

1:40.6

If I'm going to be honest with you, I'm not convinced this move alone makes them a better

1:45.8

team. I think they're still a playing team. They won 47 games last year. They won 48 the year before.

1:51.1

I think they're right at that same 47, 48 win mark, unless Keegan Murray takes a huge leap,

1:56.7

which is probably their best opportunity at improving,

2:01.8

assuming they don't make any other moves.

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