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[@SamQuinnCBS](/creator/twitter/SamQuinnCBS)
"I don't think we talk enough about the Thunder getting Jalen Williams at No. XX. He was just an All-NBA player in Year X as a non-top-10 pick. There is not a single other active player in the NBA who did that. Last one was Latrell Sprewell"  
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"Scotty Pippen Jr. and Jay Huff are two other names on this front. Its wild. The Lakers have one of the best scouting departments in the NBA but the people making the bigger picture decisions keep losing the gems those scouts unearth"  
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"I know we glorify 16-game players but making it through XX games has never been harder. Look at the two finalists last year. Indiana and OKC really emphasized depth. Cheap young guys who can help get you through the slog are valuable"  
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"I would assume this knocks Bogdanovic out of the rotation. Thats $XX million in functionally expiring salary for them to use at the deadline that wont actually hurt them on the floor. Clippers just keep getting deeper and more flexible"  
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"He's gonna be good for them. They never should've traded him. The Lakers should've found a way to sign Smart that didn't involve waiving him"  
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"The Mavericks are betting their offense on DAngelo Russell. Their defense is big but I have questions about them at the point of attack. AD is an injury risk. Im just not especially high on Dallas as a win-now team until we see if Kyrie comes back and what he looks like"  
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"The major Chris Paul related what if that nobody talks about for reasons I don't understand: what if Thibs had taken Morey's massive picks-based Jimmy Butler offer instead of Covington and Saric Because I think CP3/Harden/Butler wins the 2019 title then CP stays in Houston"  
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"Dorian Finney-Smith was better last year than Deandre Ayton has been post-Phoenix and Marcus Smart has been post-Boston. If those guys get back to Boston/Phoenix form the Lakers are meaningfully better. If theyre who theyve been lately theyre probably worse"  
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"@Lakers_Purp Something in the XX AAV range"  
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"The Blazers are currently set to pay Jerami Grant (age-34 season) and Jrue Holiday (age-38 season) $XXXX million in the 2027-28 season. I can squint and kind of see motivations for them making this deal but they don't remotely justify it. This is bad for them"  
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"This is the team that drafted Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. More recently Derrick White and Dejounte Murray at the end of the first round. Theyve absolutely gotten lottery luck. They are also a team that should be trusted to make the most of whatever picks they have"  
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"Think of the KD-Kyrie-Harden Nets. It didn't work out but the whole reason they were able to accumulate all of that talent is that they didn't have to give anything up to get the first two guys. You can't trade for three players at that level but you can usually get one"  
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"So could the Lakers make a trade today Yes. Especially if Milton is in it. They could even waive Milton and make a separate trade today. But they don't have to rush anything besides the Milton thing. Goodwin's guarantee date isn't until January. They have time on anything else"  
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"If the Lakers waive Jordan Goodwin for Marcus Smart thats a real sacrifice. Goodwin was good in the regular season. If thats where this goes it puts pressure on Bronny to be able to play this season maybe not every night but certainly when injuries start happening"  
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"I think Darius Bazley is more likely to contribute to winning at the NBA level than Bronny James is. It's very complicated because Klutch represents everyone involved here but if LeBron really isn't long for LA I'd frankly trade Bronny to open a roster spot for Bazley"  
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"Note on the Lakers' hard-cap crunch for Marcus Smart. Today is the Shake Milton deadline so if he's not traded today he'll be waived. However this does not mean they literally have to sign Smart today so the secondary move (trade or waive Goodwin) may not be today"  
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"@EugVibes If youre occupying a roster spot especially on a team with XX players instead of XX like the Lakers likely will be yea you sort of need to be able to provide some minutes in the modern NBA. No team makes it through XX unscathed"  
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"I dont disagree with this I understand the logic of what theyve done. I dont think risk is inherently a bad thing and frankly its usually necessary to win anything. Im just acknowledging that high-reward plays like that are rarely sure things"  
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"If Jerry West were still alive and still running the Lakers I would give them a lot more credit than I currently do. Danny Ainge has built one championship team and laid the foundation for another. That matters to me"  
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"Stop talking about Jrue Holiday getting bought out. He has three years left on his contract. The Blazers traded for him because they want him. If they just wanted to save money why would they have traded an expiring contract for him"  
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"For now Giannis and Jokic are eligible for 2027 free agency. Recent history has taught us to expect extensions and/or trade requests before that. Look out for Luka's extension structure too. If he signs a 1+1 to align with them maybe free agency makes a big comeback in 2027"  
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"My expectation is that Luka extends at 2+1. However if he plans to recruit Giannis and/or Jokic in 2027 free agency 1+1 actually makes sense because it gives him and the Lakers a bit more cap space wiggle room if they need it (which they can then just make up in future years)"  
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"Denvers front office is like a month into the job. I thought they had a great summer and are looking up but they just havent done enough yet to rank very high. Like Atlanta had a transformative offseason and they dont have the cheapness history. Still only ranked 16th"  
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"Houston had a better record than Minnesota last year. The Rockets got better. The Wolves got worse. If Houston had gotten to play Golden State without Curry they wouldve beaten them too"  
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"I thought the Clippers were dead in the water when Paul George left. All theyve done since is build a legitimate championship contender that can generate max cap space basically whenever they want to. Just an incredible year of front office work"  
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"Btw the winner here is the Blazers. Giannis so mad about how they did Dame Blazers have Bucks picks. Giannis so happy about Turner he stays Blazers have Bucks picks in Giannis age-33 XX and XX seasons when Turner will also be in his 30s"  
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"The irony of this quote is the reason he dismisses the teams Michael beat is that they didnt win championships except the reason they didnt win championships is that they all ran into Michael"  
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"The internet has been better at designing Pokemon than Game Freak and The Pokemon Company have since Gen X. There are easily a dozen better mega dragonite designs out there than this"  
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"He has three expensive years left on his contract. Doesnt exactly fit the 2027 cap space plan does he Is Portland buying him out Why would they do that They traded for him because they want him. How are the Lakers matching money with their hard cap Common sense people"  
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"Real bummer. Jordan Goodwin was an asset for them in the regular season and I think he still has more room to grow. This would imply no trade is imminent and the Lakers likely have the roster theyre opening the season with"  
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"Chris Paul is an all-timer. He is not better than Steph Duncan and Hakeem come on lol. We can praise a guy without this level of hyperbole"  
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"Bradley Beal at $XX million was bad. Bradley Beal at $X million is good. This is a pretty straightforward concept"  
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"Id rather have Smart but Id like to have both. Wouldve been nice if they couldve figured that out. Hate to cut a useful player"  
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"@DannySam11885 Why would Portland want the Vando contract"  
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"Im not sure if the on-paper roster is better or worse. That depends on whether theyre getting 2022 Ayton and Smart or 2025 Ayton and Smart because DFS is a big loss. But I think with LeBron being a year older and the West getting better theyre in a worse overall position"  
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"Honestly I think Chris Paul has that title pretty well sewn up for now"  
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"OKC is a tier. Houston and Denver is a tier. Lakers Clippers and Wolves are a tier that the Warriors can join if they get Horford and Melton and do something with Kuminga. Spurs are ready to pounce when one or two of those older teams struggle with injuries"  
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"My only non-health question for the Clippers is who starts. Harden Kawhi and Zu are locked in. I suspect they want one offensive player and one defender with the last two spots. So Id guess Beal and DJJ or Dunn and Collins"  
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@SamQuinnCBS "I don't think we talk enough about the Thunder getting Jalen Williams at No. XX. He was just an All-NBA player in Year X as a non-top-10 pick. There is not a single other active player in the NBA who did that. Last one was Latrell Sprewell"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-14 21:21:26 UTC 18.1K followers, 27.3K engagements

"Scotty Pippen Jr. and Jay Huff are two other names on this front. Its wild. The Lakers have one of the best scouting departments in the NBA but the people making the bigger picture decisions keep losing the gems those scouts unearth"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 03:25:42 UTC 18.1K followers, 59.3K engagements

"I know we glorify 16-game players but making it through XX games has never been harder. Look at the two finalists last year. Indiana and OKC really emphasized depth. Cheap young guys who can help get you through the slog are valuable"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 21:31:30 UTC 18.1K followers, 5788 engagements

"I would assume this knocks Bogdanovic out of the rotation. Thats $XX million in functionally expiring salary for them to use at the deadline that wont actually hurt them on the floor. Clippers just keep getting deeper and more flexible"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 15:11:14 UTC 18.1K followers, 18.2K engagements

"He's gonna be good for them. They never should've traded him. The Lakers should've found a way to sign Smart that didn't involve waiving him"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-23 21:03:57 UTC 18.1K followers, 27.4K engagements

"The Mavericks are betting their offense on DAngelo Russell. Their defense is big but I have questions about them at the point of attack. AD is an injury risk. Im just not especially high on Dallas as a win-now team until we see if Kyrie comes back and what he looks like"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 19:24:24 UTC 18.1K followers, 5168 engagements

"The major Chris Paul related what if that nobody talks about for reasons I don't understand: what if Thibs had taken Morey's massive picks-based Jimmy Butler offer instead of Covington and Saric Because I think CP3/Harden/Butler wins the 2019 title then CP stays in Houston"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-14 19:13:01 UTC 18.1K followers, 4873 engagements

"Dorian Finney-Smith was better last year than Deandre Ayton has been post-Phoenix and Marcus Smart has been post-Boston. If those guys get back to Boston/Phoenix form the Lakers are meaningfully better. If theyre who theyve been lately theyre probably worse"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 23:05:14 UTC 18.1K followers, 77K engagements

"@Lakers_Purp Something in the XX AAV range"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-20 20:33:41 UTC 18.1K followers, XXX engagements

"The Blazers are currently set to pay Jerami Grant (age-34 season) and Jrue Holiday (age-38 season) $XXXX million in the 2027-28 season. I can squint and kind of see motivations for them making this deal but they don't remotely justify it. This is bad for them"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-06-24 03:46:25 UTC 18.1K followers, 40.6K engagements

"This is the team that drafted Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. More recently Derrick White and Dejounte Murray at the end of the first round. Theyve absolutely gotten lottery luck. They are also a team that should be trusted to make the most of whatever picks they have"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 19:20:24 UTC 18.1K followers, 9156 engagements

"Think of the KD-Kyrie-Harden Nets. It didn't work out but the whole reason they were able to accumulate all of that talent is that they didn't have to give anything up to get the first two guys. You can't trade for three players at that level but you can usually get one"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-23 21:00:00 UTC 18.1K followers, 4046 engagements

"So could the Lakers make a trade today Yes. Especially if Milton is in it. They could even waive Milton and make a separate trade today. But they don't have to rush anything besides the Milton thing. Goodwin's guarantee date isn't until January. They have time on anything else"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-20 15:44:49 UTC 18.1K followers, 8520 engagements

"If the Lakers waive Jordan Goodwin for Marcus Smart thats a real sacrifice. Goodwin was good in the regular season. If thats where this goes it puts pressure on Bronny to be able to play this season maybe not every night but certainly when injuries start happening"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 21:28:23 UTC 18.1K followers, 10.5K engagements

"I think Darius Bazley is more likely to contribute to winning at the NBA level than Bronny James is. It's very complicated because Klutch represents everyone involved here but if LeBron really isn't long for LA I'd frankly trade Bronny to open a roster spot for Bazley"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-14 21:41:22 UTC 18.1K followers, 14.8K engagements

"Note on the Lakers' hard-cap crunch for Marcus Smart. Today is the Shake Milton deadline so if he's not traded today he'll be waived. However this does not mean they literally have to sign Smart today so the secondary move (trade or waive Goodwin) may not be today"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-20 15:43:15 UTC 18.1K followers, 13K engagements

"@EugVibes If youre occupying a roster spot especially on a team with XX players instead of XX like the Lakers likely will be yea you sort of need to be able to provide some minutes in the modern NBA. No team makes it through XX unscathed"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 21:36:39 UTC 18.1K followers, XXX engagements

"I dont disagree with this I understand the logic of what theyve done. I dont think risk is inherently a bad thing and frankly its usually necessary to win anything. Im just acknowledging that high-reward plays like that are rarely sure things"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-20 01:24:35 UTC 18.1K followers, 6020 engagements

"If Jerry West were still alive and still running the Lakers I would give them a lot more credit than I currently do. Danny Ainge has built one championship team and laid the foundation for another. That matters to me"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 19:27:56 UTC 18.1K followers, 4091 engagements

"Stop talking about Jrue Holiday getting bought out. He has three years left on his contract. The Blazers traded for him because they want him. If they just wanted to save money why would they have traded an expiring contract for him"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-22 22:26:46 UTC 18.1K followers, 34.3K engagements

"For now Giannis and Jokic are eligible for 2027 free agency. Recent history has taught us to expect extensions and/or trade requests before that. Look out for Luka's extension structure too. If he signs a 1+1 to align with them maybe free agency makes a big comeback in 2027"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-23 20:47:32 UTC 18.1K followers, 19.2K engagements

"My expectation is that Luka extends at 2+1. However if he plans to recruit Giannis and/or Jokic in 2027 free agency 1+1 actually makes sense because it gives him and the Lakers a bit more cap space wiggle room if they need it (which they can then just make up in future years)"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-23 20:50:00 UTC 18.1K followers, 4062 engagements

"Denvers front office is like a month into the job. I thought they had a great summer and are looking up but they just havent done enough yet to rank very high. Like Atlanta had a transformative offseason and they dont have the cheapness history. Still only ranked 16th"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 19:07:52 UTC 18.1K followers, 3788 engagements

"Houston had a better record than Minnesota last year. The Rockets got better. The Wolves got worse. If Houston had gotten to play Golden State without Curry they wouldve beaten them too"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 19:08:43 UTC 18.1K followers, 2994 engagements

"I thought the Clippers were dead in the water when Paul George left. All theyve done since is build a legitimate championship contender that can generate max cap space basically whenever they want to. Just an incredible year of front office work"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-16 17:43:49 UTC 18.1K followers, 284.9K engagements

"Btw the winner here is the Blazers. Giannis so mad about how they did Dame Blazers have Bucks picks. Giannis so happy about Turner he stays Blazers have Bucks picks in Giannis age-33 XX and XX seasons when Turner will also be in his 30s"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-01 16:12:43 UTC 18.1K followers, 9933 engagements

"The irony of this quote is the reason he dismisses the teams Michael beat is that they didnt win championships except the reason they didnt win championships is that they all ran into Michael"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-22 14:15:41 UTC 18.1K followers, 7777 engagements

"The internet has been better at designing Pokemon than Game Freak and The Pokemon Company have since Gen X. There are easily a dozen better mega dragonite designs out there than this"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-22 21:50:24 UTC 18.1K followers, 3973 engagements

"He has three expensive years left on his contract. Doesnt exactly fit the 2027 cap space plan does he Is Portland buying him out Why would they do that They traded for him because they want him. How are the Lakers matching money with their hard cap Common sense people"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-22 01:25:06 UTC 18.1K followers, 22.5K engagements

"Real bummer. Jordan Goodwin was an asset for them in the regular season and I think he still has more room to grow. This would imply no trade is imminent and the Lakers likely have the roster theyre opening the season with"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 01:55:57 UTC 18.1K followers, 25.9K engagements

"Chris Paul is an all-timer. He is not better than Steph Duncan and Hakeem come on lol. We can praise a guy without this level of hyperbole"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 16:14:35 UTC 18.1K followers, 17.4K engagements

"Bradley Beal at $XX million was bad. Bradley Beal at $X million is good. This is a pretty straightforward concept"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-16 20:00:42 UTC 18.1K followers, 388.6K engagements

"Id rather have Smart but Id like to have both. Wouldve been nice if they couldve figured that out. Hate to cut a useful player"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 02:03:39 UTC 18.1K followers, 7743 engagements

"@DannySam11885 Why would Portland want the Vando contract"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-22 01:43:29 UTC 18.1K followers, XXX engagements

"Im not sure if the on-paper roster is better or worse. That depends on whether theyre getting 2022 Ayton and Smart or 2025 Ayton and Smart because DFS is a big loss. But I think with LeBron being a year older and the West getting better theyre in a worse overall position"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-19 22:59:23 UTC 18.1K followers, 358.7K engagements

"Honestly I think Chris Paul has that title pretty well sewn up for now"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-18 00:26:34 UTC 18.1K followers, 16.1K engagements

"OKC is a tier. Houston and Denver is a tier. Lakers Clippers and Wolves are a tier that the Warriors can join if they get Horford and Melton and do something with Kuminga. Spurs are ready to pounce when one or two of those older teams struggle with injuries"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-21 19:00:36 UTC 18.1K followers, 9284 engagements

"My only non-health question for the Clippers is who starts. Harden Kawhi and Zu are locked in. I suspect they want one offensive player and one defender with the last two spots. So Id guess Beal and DJJ or Dunn and Collins"
@SamQuinnCBS Avatar @SamQuinnCBS on X 2025-07-16 18:04:40 UTC 18.1K followers, 3355 engagements

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