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Devin Booker just got swept and saw Anthony Edwards outplay him all series. Now rumors say the Suns’ All-Star might want out of Phoenix. This is a look at how bad things are for the team and the only way they can improve.
I hate that they’re blaming their coach, who is defensively minded, when it’s the front offices fault for giving him an offensive team
Vogel: guys we need a point guard FO: No
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Vogel was fake as fukk in L.A. also. Just not an authentic dude.
Right, the front office is one of the most inept I’ve ever seen. Trading their whole future for guys that do the same thing your star player already does, no big men who are threats at the rim, no pg to lead the squad and set things up for the three scorers. Ishbia needs to go sit in the owner’s box and shut up. James Jones is looking like a terrible GM. Vogel can’t make these guys good defenders
This is the same problem Vogel ran into LA. It’s like Matt Ishbia and James Jones didn’t know who they were hiring and why Vogel won a ring with the Lakers. Not even the Lakers understood why Vogel worked the 2020 season. All they knew about Vogel was he was the only coach on the market that won a championship outside of Budenholder and Doc Rivers. Jason Kidd and Lionel Hollins elevated Vogel’s coaching repertoire to balance the offense with Frank’s defense first approach. When the Lakers got Westbrook the philosophy of the roster was against everything Vogel succeeds at. He didn’t ask for this shallow benched offense first roster. And its a shame
“They mortgaged their entire future to win now…and…uh…cannot win now”😂
Not even past 1st round smh
@@lukaskywalker7791 CP3 is a winner
@@lukaskywalker7791 Not even able to win a single game in the 1st round
Plan B, trade KD, trade Booker, rebuild, nowadays you can rebuild in 2-3 years if you draft right
@@JohnnytNatural you can't draft your own picks until 2029, it doesn't make sense to just trade everybody. The NBA is not 2K...
To be fair, Stephen A wants anyone good to be a Knick, so it really doesn't mean much.
well said!
Is there a reason
@@JaKingScomezHe larps as a Knicks fan
Whenever there's a trade rumor for a star, there are always KZhead thumbnails showing the players in a Knicks uniform. Somehow none of them became a Knick.
Facts
Here we go with ESPN trying to brain wash a player to joining a big market team😂
he honestly should the suns are a disaster
@@tor2007id trade all three and rebuild, what a disaster
@@tor2007 he just signed an extension... not every player is Harden or KD
@@MaximusR93 suns traded their own firsts to the Nets, at least those in '25, '27 & '29. Rebuilding is not an option. Re-Tooling, maybe
Stephen A. is always trying to get anyone good on the Knicks.
KD ain’t never gonna beat the “bus rider” allegations
Only in your mind
@vinaydahya5353 true. I love KD but you can see why people call him a bus rider
Not only that, he’ll never escape Curry’s shadow. It’s crazy he’s lost top 10 privileges
@@EliCarlos-mv2iv ikr, and it's kind of too late to redeem that because he's in his later half of career so not a lot of teams would make him the franchise player moving forward. Sun's Booker's team also, not KD's.
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“Ready to play rookie role player” 😂😂 do you realize how rare that is to find. 90% of rookies aren’t even ready to contribute 😂
True, but sometimes you can find a 23 year old guy that teams will overlook because he’s “old” and are perceived to already be close to their ceilings, but those guys are typically more ready to play right away since they have more experience.
Yeah exactly. Only guys that can be that are top 5 in the draft, not at the back of the draft. But they could find a decent defender who can contribute off the bench in his first year defensively. That's not impossible but is hard
Actually this season a bunch of rookies later in the draft have done well. Jaquez, Lively, Whitmore, Podziemski, Gradey Dick all been decent starters.
Dubs literally for 2 of those in the last draft with lower picks. The top draft picks are swinging for the fences and hope they connect. But that still usually takes a couple seasons
Terrence Shannon Jr. could be that guy
This Problem reminds me of the Melo trade to the Knicks. Because of the Front office wanted Melo so badly. They ruined their bench and they went past the first round once while Melo was there. If they waited for the off-season, they would’ve had Melo and a deep bench. And they could’ve been better. That’s what this situation basically is
The Beal trade is still one of the weirdest and most irresponsible front office moves I've seen from a team that's historically had one of the league's better front offices. They got rid of Point God CP3 for Beal for reasons I don't understand. We saw the importance of a traditional PG when Mike Conley was getting all the Wolves open looks and picking apart Phoenix's defense. And the Nurkic acquisition was good but they had no good backup at center. At this point Phoenix has no realistic choice but to sign good free agents and run it back next year.
And as mentioned in the video, THEY KNEW that the new CBA was not going to be friendly to teams like there's and still put all their eggs on the Beal basket.
I've never understood why Beal is so highly rated. Same stats as Austin Reeves and costs 4x as much.
cp3 was injured and out of his prime.
@@2cents250 so they trade beal and give data much picks
Beal still played better playoffs than CP3 could have... The trade was not bad or weird, it was good to load off a terrible player with an even more terrible contract. Paul couldn't do what Conley did, because he is not that guy anymore, for two years now. He was a liability on offense and defense even last year and it even got worse. Beal might have played terrible, but he still worked better than CP3. The Problem is not that the Suns need a "traditional PG", the problem is that those guys they had played bad and didn't fit together. You can't just pull out Beal, put in any decent PG and suddenly, the team works. That's not how it is. And Booker is that PG, he proved it last year and he proved it in the fourth Game. He played really bad in the first three games, but not because he is a SG... That is just a lazy analysis. Nurkic btw played terrible defense all year, changing Ayton for him dropped the defense significantly, even though Ayton was also a problem. So, blaming only Beal and the trade is too easy
"And he gets along with Rudy Gobert? WHO DOES THAT?!?"
People shit on the kd trade but the Beal trade was the dumbest thing ever, I think Kd and book needed better role players
Yes, the Suns had enough scoring -- they needed rebounding and defense -- not another ball hog.
they had CP3 and his terrible contract. Paul was not even able to dribble the ball in the playoffs, what should you do? It's easy to say they needed rebounding and defense when you simply can't get that for a sports-invalid 30 Million--year guy
Call me crazy but someone like Ben Simmons without his bitch mentality would have been a good choice for replacing Chris Paul.
@@hualchr6697 they could have kept ayton like vogel wanted
Here's a fun stat: Since KD left the warriors: he been in 4 playoffs, 2 sweeps, 2 2nd rd exits While the Warriors since KD left: 2 playoffs and a championship
so you leaving out them missing the playoffs 3 times and getting eliminated in the 2nd round last year.
not making the playoffs twice is not an accomplishment. that is worse than losing in the playoffs like I hope you realize that lol
@@PanteraEnjoyer a ring is tho
@@2cents250 I didnt leave them out, 2 playoffs? Its been 4 years
@@PanteraEnjoyer Tho at the end of the day the players and franchise is fighting for a chip, winning a chip is the end goal
SAS literally said he hasn’t talked to Booker or anything. He’s a Knick fan and just talks. Book ain’t say nothing
As a Knicks fan keep him we don’t want him
Knicks would be swept in the west as well 🤣
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Yeah we want defensive minded players not someone who is ball dominate & won't look for his teammates
@@djsthemeteremanI live in New York cough cough** we have Jalen Brunson doin exactly wut ur saying buddy we’d happily so we’d happily take devin booker on a salary discount
@@ojkills8528 And I live in Jersey but I don't wanna break up the Nova connection if & we were to get him he has to buy into Thibs philosophy of defense, now he's a prolific scorer don't get me wrong, but can he play Knick defense
And he gets along with rudy gobert. Hahaha 🤣😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Donovan Mitchell lol
“They mortgaged their entire future to win now…and…uh…cannot win now" but yeah i hate that they're blaming Vogel , who is an defensively minded HC when it's the management for giving him an offensive team first of all
You guys know what worked? Pairing Book with a veteran PG, an up n coming Center and solid three n D wings. What should we do? Literally the opposite. Solid ownership
so what if the veteran PG crashes to a stumbling, always injured shadow of himself. The up and coming Center getting worse every year while asking for a max contract and threatening to leave the team for nothing by signing with the Pacers. That's what happened. Time goes by, we are no longer in '21.
You're right, Ant-Man is a superhero for getting along with Rudy lol
If Spida played defense like Ant, Utah probably has a ring by now.
And KAT’s fruity ahh
@@davidstansbury9309 maybe WC, but there's no way they would have gotten past Golden State
why the rudy hate??
@@Bdash52 Lotta players don't like him...Maybe because Donovan Mitchell seems to despise him, and other players follow his lead? Because Gobert is French? Though his behavior at the start of CoVid may be why. He deliberately coughed on microphones, wiped his hands all over stuff--meant as jokes, but guess who was the first NBA player to test positive for CoVid? Without getting into what we know now, at the time, he acted like an irresponsible @hole.
@A.M. Hoops you need to fix this... Suns have picks the problem is they have pick swaps... so if the Suns somehow get a top 1-5 pick it will get swapped for a different pick that's like a late lotto or late first rounder... I know it's still bad but it is completely different than having no picks... you can still build through the draft and add talent on cheap contracts.. edit: Suns pick situation • 2024 - Own #22 • 2025 - To BRK • 2026 - Least favorable of PHX, ORL, WAS 1-8 and MEM; and more favorable of PHX and WAS 1-8 to WAS [or neither to WAS if WAS not conveyable]; and more favorable of (i) ORL and (ii) less favorable of PHX and WAS 1-8 [or (ii) PHX only if WAS not conveyable] to ORL; and more favorable of (i) MEM and (ii) least / less favorable of PHX, ORL and WAS 1-8 to MEM if WAS does not convey 1st round pick to NYK in 2025; or Least favorable of PHX, ORL, WAS and MEM; and more favorable of PHX and WAS to WAS; and more favorable of (i) ORL and (ii) less favorable of PHX and WAS to ORL; and more favorable of (i) MEM and (ii) least favorable of PHX, ORL and WAS to MEM if WAS conveys 1st round pick to NYK in 2025 (via WAS swap for PHX; via ORL swap for PHX or WAS; via MEM swap for PHX, WAS or ORL) • 2027 - To BRK • 2028 - Least favorable of PHX, PHL 9-30 if PHL does not convey 1st round pick to BRK in 2027 and if PHL has conveyed 1st round pick to OKC by 2026, BRK and WAS; two most / more favorable of PHX, PHL 9-30 if conveyed to BRK, and BRK to BRK; more favorable of (i) WAS and (ii) least / less favorable of PHX, PHL 9-30 if conveyed to BRK, and BRK to WAS (via BRK swap of BRK or PHL for PHX; via WAS swap for PHX, BRK or PHL) • 2029 - To BRK • 2030 - Least favorable of PHX, WAS and MEM; more favorable of PHX and WAS to WAS; more favorable of (i) MEM and (ii) less favorable of PHX and WAS to MEM (via WAS swap for PHX; via MEM swap for PHX or WAS) ────────────────────────────
They are still going to lose
I think Casey has never understood the concept of Pick Swaps, he always speaks about those teams with swaps like that
I probably should have said, “no tradeable picks” thanks for keeping me honest on this!
@@AMHoops anytime!
@@nextlevel9063 my brain melted away on the complexity of the suns situation. you need to get paid by the meticulous information you provided. the best they can do is not waste devin bookers career and trade him with first round picks from 2023 to 2030. the suns can rebuild without tanking for a long time. they can slowly trade beal and durant in later years for the rebuild. trade and rebuild without tanking.
Anthony Edwards is not 19 lol man is 22
He said come in at 19
@keithcato9388 Did he own the franchise then or was he just a big name at the time?
Ya look like clowns tryna correct KZheadrs in the comments for likes as if they’re not human and make mistakes as well but look even worse when he didn’t make a mistake. I clearly understood what he meant
@@starling9373maybe he just misunderstood what the youtuber meant. i don’t think it’s that deep lmao
@@jonathanalcantara6239 nah I said this cus I feel it’s a common theme in the comments of a.m hoops videos and it’s honestly tiring for me
If I were Beal, I'd go to the head office and tell them, "I'll go wherever ya'll send me"
He's owed $162M for 3 years. He wasn't that good on a bad Washington team and wasn't good in Phoenix. Who would want him? The Suns actually have to send out assets to get rid of him.
@@recoil53it’s crazy how average nba fans knew this but suns front office thought Beal on that contract was the answer 🤦♂️. Wtf lol
@@user-hi4vw9mu5o Yeah, I mean fans can be way off, but it's definitely not a good sign when a guy is declining in his late 20's. Those are his prime years. But hey, his injury history makes that contract all worthwhile. Sometimes it's all as simple looking at the basic facts and walking away.
Seems like KD still has the curse Lil B cast on him back in 2011. Seems like it’s back with a vengeance! 🤣
Fuuuuuhhhhh KD 🔊 😂 that was random as hell man
That kiss was passionate.
Was that his mom? I’m so damn confused man
No that was his
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@@RadeenChoudhury 😂😂😂😂 He said he did it for his wife though attention span problems man😂😂
@@princewillmadugba lol he was talking about mother’s day
I will never understand why they got Beal. Literally everybody knew this was gonna happen. It’s even far worse honestly. In the first half of the season, I knew they were gonna lose in the 1st round(if they ever got to the playoffs), but did not expect a sweep. Beal being injured majority of the season is probably the biggest factor.
PLOT TWIST: The solar eclipse this year officially damned the Suns for the next decade.
According to Steven a Smith every super star want to go to the nicks ( KD ad Zion mitchel kirie ...)
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People really thought trading for Beal is good idea, let that sink in
It is.
For KD to complain that all season his role wasn't right, bruh. You're the superstar, you're the guy they acquired to build the team around. I'm SURE that if he had an issue with his role they would have bent over backwards to make sure what KD wanted was getting done. It sounds like an easy excuse to shift blame off of himself. A true leader doesn't do that. It sounds like nobody want to play with KD. The way kyrie and harden left him hanging in BK showed it.
have you bothered to watch the suns? ppl have been saying the same thing about kd’s role all season about being a decoy. it is a fact that he was used wrong and they didnt build around him. they added him to book.
@@2cents250 so? he's the superstar. People clown lebron for being legm but KD letting a whole season be played out in a way he didn't want? come on bruh
@@2cents250 what is his best role then? KD can't initiate offense like Booker can, he is not on the same level in terms of playmaking and he turns the ball over way too much. If you play through Durant, he would have been even more exhausted, would make even more mistakes and couldn't contribute on the defensive end. But KD would have complained anyways, he is the kind of Star that never takes responsibility. He played the exact role he wanted
Book doesnt want to go to NY. Stephen A Smith is always saying "So and So wants to be a knick"
😂 Steven A maybe a bit optimistic.
@@Therealwanderingyooper ong man
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All 3 Suns stars are soft
You're telling me the guy with burner accounts is passive aggressive?? Dang that's crazy.
Istg I had to do a double take on that kiss bro 😭
I hate how they’re blaming the coach because this is an offensive team. There’s nothing he can do about defense.
1:33 He gets along with Rudy. Something Jordan did with Rodman that resulted in 3 championships together.😂
I love your channel bro! You n Jxmmy be coming with them FACTS. Keep on keeping on ✌🏾
Appreciate that
Love the content, can you please do a video explaining how the NBA salary cap space rules work. Thank You.
I would trade Booker for Embiid. I think both teams would benefit from it. Sixers ain’t going anywhere. They overdue on the process as well… or at least try to get Bam and some other dudes, pair them with KD and BB
KD literally has to stop trying to please Twitter and just play basketball
I was not ready for the Spaceballs reference at 7:10 😂😂😂
Hope to see more offseason guides this summer. Even if we consolidate some franchises which are largely similar.
I just don't get why KD just doesn't take smaller contracts, that way he doesn't have to commit
Have you ever heard of the psychological term EGO?
I’m still waiting on that “I was completely wrong about OKC video” after predicting they’d finish 10th in the West before the season. They finished 1st in the West and just swept their 1st round series. Time to give it up to them my man
That was the wise choice without 20/20 hindsight. He has given them props all year. They still won't get past the nuggets and twolves would be a 7 game series toss up. Don't hand out trophies just yet
@@fakename1656 sounds like you’re the one handing out trophies. The Thunder had a winning record against both those teams. I also made the same arguments in his preseason video on why he was wrong then. Might be 20/20 hindsight for some, not for me.
@@danieljordan9004 I think the thunder are a better match up against the nuggets. I just think the twolves will come short this year
love watching your content everyday bro ❤️
I appreciate that
I enjoy the content you put out thanks :)
They really ruined everything by trading Mikael and Cam.
Reid and McDaniels defense was so intense, they deserve some praise.
NAW was a beast defensively too
Maybe the people should understand that the Timberwolves just won 1 (one!) playoff-series, they will be stomped by the Nuggets in the next round. They can celebrate and everything, but their cap and pick situation is equally bad as those of the suns. The Wolves have two first overall #1 picks and a four time DPOY on their roster, it's actually strange that they are not better than they are
I never once went back to watch and ad after skipping over it til i read the comments 😂
Devin Booker doesn’t want to be a Knick, Steven A wants him to be a Kick, lol.
The thing everyone is forgetting: someone has to lose. Everyone is a freaking super team in the west. I get it, getting swept looks pretty bad. But still, it's not like they lost to a worse team. Kd is kinda old now and he didn't play bad or anything.
When are you going to post in your podcast again?
When he said “…well the Miami Heat were able to put 3 superstars together and succeed about 15 years ago” 😮 wow I’m old.
Welcome to the club
Watch KD ask for a trade to the Wolves after he said that Edwards is his favorite player to watch.
He said that about Giannis years before he won a chip, yet he joined the Warriors instead.
@@HypocritesExposd The Bucks weren't good enough for him at the time lol
Ant is the second coming of MJ.
Still early but possible
"I'll be damned huh"? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
no one gonna talk about that mother’s day kiss 👀
Raptors should trade for kd
In this age of NBA player podcasts, we always hear who they find most difficult to guard, who’s toughest to matchup against, and I’m just realizing Kevin Durants name doesn’t come up in those conversations very often anymore. Not since like 2019. Maybe his peers aren’t respecting his game as much anymore? Idk just a thought
Its because he’s playing along side of booker, who is more of an offensive threat than KD is now. Their jumpers are pretty much equal, but booker is younger and gets to the rim easier… In Golden State, KD was on Easy street. Curry getting double and triple teamed at times, left KD wide open or with a guard defender on him. His efficiency was off the charts w/o even trying. Nobody would mention how tough he was to guard, bc nobody was really guarding him!
Never stop making videos 😂🐐🐐🐐
This cat is the only guy I listen to these days about NBA stuff. Too many correct predictions and love his delivery.
Thank you, that means A LOT 🙏🏼
It's true, even unsubbed from several channels
Phoenix buns
4-0 embarassing fr
Isn’t it funny that the foreign players are way more invested and loyal to their Organizations I mean not only Luka, Giannis, Jokic are the best players rn but also they stayed in their original teams and never asked to leave while the American players after 1-2 bad seasons they demand to be traded.
Songfinch needs to throw u a few shares...GOAT sponsor promo right here. Always fast forward promos but this one was entertaining 😂
I was LEGIT blown away with how good the song was and it’s only like $200 which imo is cheap for the insane quality
@@AMHoops being a sometime-musician myself with a songwriter in the family i 100% agree...that's actually a crazy-good price for the quality of production you got, from what i heard they nailed it imo. Tiny price to pay for the result! :)
Edwarda talked like jordan😂
"we fine the west"
at least the Suns were not as arrogant as Ja Morant
Frank Vogel comes from the Larry Brown school of coaching: everyone sweats, everyone plays D, and no one’s a star. Problem is, basketball is an ego game where the top players want room to flex and show off. What made him great in LA also gave him a limited shelf life, just like it has here. He’s the kinda guy that will lift a low tier team around camaraderie and hard work, but he hits a ceiling once the players stop buying in. Truth be told, when a coach stays in one place for a while, they’re either insanely successful or the org is complacent. And the Suns are neither so he’s gettin axed with a quickness
Hey bro, I know the Miami Heat are not the media’s favourite to discuss (unless we make it to the finals, then suddenly everyone loves the heat) but I’d really love it (and I’m sure many others) if you would cover us a little here & there too as I believe we have a really complex team with some big off-season decisions to make. Hope all is good though! Love the content!
Trade KD for Cade Cunningham please (one for one)!!! Not necessarily to further KD's career or anything, but to save Cade from the Detroit RustBuckets.
Told y’all wolves sweeping. Now they’ll win in 5-6 vs Denver
As a Wolves fan. Let's calm down a bit, I feel like Nugs will still win lol
@@TheKing60210yea same for me tho I got problems my heat are down 2 to 1 to the celtics and I'm stressed from all that shouting in game 2
It will last longer than 5 games but the wolves will be joining the lakers on vacation in a week
Everything you said about Kevin Durant you could say the same about LeBron.
1:40 why did u do that lmaooo
Did i just see you kiss your mum on the lips?
Think it was his wife
Yoooo I’m confuse
Yall don't do that? Must be from the gutter
He said he got this gift for his wife, so I assume that’s who he’s kissing. Still feels funny during a Mother’s Day ad lmao
What is your take on crunchy vs smooth peanut butter?
Smooth, crunchy is for nutjobs
and bradley beal: “i never got swept in the playoffs” how many playoffs did he have before this? 3? 2?
8 series in 10 years
Lost most of those, just was not swept
You’re right I missed when the 2021 finals Suns credit their teammates after every playoff win!
That tan... AM Hoops in Cancun already
Explain the arrow in the thumbnail
brawadis been real quiet since this dropped
Can you do a vid on the Kawhi Leonard story now that he's hurt again? Appreciate the great content!
7:18 LOL in all honesty I optimize for a good bench on 2K as well, you need it when you play at a hard level
7:46 I thought I saw a “Westbrick”, well it’s just “Westrick” too close
You’re the goat!🔥content!
Blazers Dame trade is lookin NICE. Got picks and young players from phx and milwaukee, who are now 1st/2nd round max teams
great Ad.. had to watch it 3x!!
Glad you liked it!
KD saying LeBron is toxic is crazy😂 bro makes burner twitter accounts to defend himself
Lakers and now maybe the suns are throwing frank vogel under the bus
Heads up your link doesnt credit us for the spotify streaming. Its still making us pay for it. Curious if there is a glitch w it.
WHAT??? I will contact them immediately
We Katie we book a week the whole week Katie Kevin, oh no😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
2 years ago, Suns are the best record team. I am wondering why they blew up that team and morgaged their future to get an older KD and absorbed Beal's contract?
You're always smarter in retrospect... some problems emerged: Ayton & Paul have slumped in terms of performance, but were paid like superstars. You had to get rid of them. You got KD & Beal for deals that seemed reasonable at the time. You tried to make the team become better defensively by hiring a defensive-minded coach, but you apparently, you can't teach effort
The Beal trade was desperation, no coping on thay one
Just watching KD in interviews, podcasts, or wherever, he always seems depressed. Could be his personality though - he’s very laid back but I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s depressed in regard to his basketball career. That trade will never be lived down. It truly comes across as the biggest b**** move in NBA history.
stephen a. smith says every unhappy star “wants to be a knick” because he’s delusional and trying to will it into existence.
"gets along with Rudy Gobert, WhO dOeS tHaT?" Casey says that right after dropping a vid on Rudy Gobert...
Born and raised Okie here. We loved KD back in the day...dude would never be loved more anywhere else but it's brings me joy to see him fail this hard. There is a God and prays are answered.
2 rings in a career is not a fail. Very few on the planet do it
@PInk77W1 He definitely failed in first round of the playoffs and he got his rings in the weakest way possible. He is known more for jumping ship than anything else so IMO he is a failure. Of course he is extremely skilled at basketball but I'm looking at his entire body of work. And I'm judgemental and I'm still in feelings about him leaving okc lol honesty
@@stevehdd9929 I like players who stay with one team their whole careers. But 2 rings is far from failing
They do have first round picks every other year. Due to the Stepian rule, you cannot trade first round picks 2 years in a row. So what they did was pick swaps, so they will be assured of getting the worst pick in the every other year they do have a first round pick. They did trade all their second round picks for the foreseeable future, but they definitely will have first round picks every other year.
“And he gets along with Rudy Gobert, who does that”? 😂😂😂
7:46 Westbrick is on back of someone's jersey
‘And he gets along with Rudy Gobert, WHO DOES THAT?’😂 is wild
What it takes to get a player like booker in a trade, nobody in NY wants to give up
Casey, how could you not mention his NBA Finals appearance in 2012 when mentioning stats of his first 6 seasons in OKC?