#Warriors post-Draft chat: Chris Paul for Jordan Poole good/bad?, Draymond rumors/mythbusting, PVO!!
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TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:
3:30 on Donte DiVincenzo: no news yet, it's not July 1 yet (tampering)
5:00 on Dunleavy "gunslinging" like the Celtics
9:00 diving into CP3: CBA
12:30 been talk of a capable backup to Steph for awhile, getting it done in the playoffs has been bad luck for CP
14:30 CP is good at developing young bigs
16:30 toughness, competitiveness, leadership: "Draymond might be able to play the good cop"
21:00 on the Poole side of the equation: "if a cheetah has a hurt paw, it struggles to hunt" (or many other cheetahs around), Dean saw as many Poole jerseys as Steph ones at the All-Star Game
25:00 on Dunleavy throwing us a curve ball, Kerr and Draymond lauding vets on their podcast, but we seem to be keeping Kuminga (?) so can't just black-or-white it and say that meant Kerr/Dray wanted Poole traded.
29:00 Rich on finding out MDJ worked out 40 draftees and only 30 of them were publicized
31:00 on Trayce Jackson-Davis' tweet after the draft https://twitter.com/TrayceJackson/status/1672095720633925633
33:30 on Brandin Podziemski: 39" vertical leap, his "Yes" response to the question of what he would've said months ago when he then became WCC award-winner and 19th pick, the comp he gave was Manu Ginobili
40:00 on giving up the first-round pick for CP: it's Top-20 protected
41:00 Podz comps: Jack Harlow! Percy gave a Bob Sura comp, Dean hopes BP will watch Desmond Bane
45:00 Wiggs will not be traded, he's happy despite JP leaving, we'll talk about bigs and Draymond shortly on this live
48:00 Blasian came up with "tripod" as a nickname for BP
48:15 on Draymond's contract: $100m for three years? $120 for 4 years? Dean says, "I'd do that"
56:00 on CP3 as an enforcer, on any beef with Draymond is way overblown, as written by Sam Amick himself: https://theathletic.com/4640012/2023/06/26/nba-free-agency-news-rumors-damian-lillard-james-harden/
59:00 Dean compares Draymond's competitiveness to Kevin Garnett's
1:03:00 Drummond (doesn't fit system, but who knows), Saric, Brook Lopez, Myles Turner, Tristan Thompson, Boogie
1:14:00 Naz Reid got paid and John Collins finally traded
1:20:00 Shane Young good Forbes article on CP3 quotes and analytics: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaneyoung/2023/06/26/examining-all-angles-of-the-golden-state-warriors-swapping-jordan-poole-for-veteran-chris-paul/?sh=2a9bdca82b66
1:22:45 on why CP3 will be good for the playoffs
1:24:00 answering some comments in the live chat
1:32:00 on just being positive about the Warriors because you can complain about anything
1:52:00 on rooting for Jordan Poole as a Wizard and maybe one last compilation video on the channel of his summer trip to London which was sponsored by Virgin Atlantic
2:00:00 more on positivity
2:06:00 Dean rehashes my disagreement with him on the Jaylen Brown for Wiggs and JK trade idea (which was before the Porzingis deal Boston did)
2:10:00 on TJD falling to 57, 9.1 rebounds per game, more assists than turnovers
2:14:00 on BP having 8.8 rebounds per game
2:17:00 Gail the Snail (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia): "Podzilla"
2:18:00 on TJD looking taller than 6'9" at the Draftee introduction at Chase
2:20:00 Dean: "There's no zealot like the convert" on BP having picked up a ball 7 yrs ago
2:34:00 on Dame Lillard
2:36:00 on Draymond myth-busting, on Cam'ron making up stuff here on their odd podcast with Mase: https://twitter.com/larkskin_b/status/1673006479970914304?s=46&t=nS_mUG7dTSXviOQWYFXdkw
2:42:00 Dean on if Washington is the worst franchise, I say in the Comments that we usually don't do CRAP (comparisons, rankings, awards, predictions)
2:48:00 on CP3 deal, even if you don't like, freeing up some cap space later, Vitor in the Comments: "i'm excited to see Steph and CP3 handshake", State Farm commercials with mustached Steph, Steph will no longer be the oldest on the team, won't ever need to be guarded by CP3
2:50:00 on JTA who might not want to comeback to GSW, you never know
2:55:00 Dean: "fight like the Heat while playing like the Nuggets"
2:59:00 on Trey Lyles: SAC has cap space, why would he come here for vet min, but he's a good fit for GSW
3:01:00 on impossibility of Harrison Barnes coming to GSW
3:03:00 on getting Otto Porter back for 2024-25, other NBA exec said he's a 6-week-out sprained ankle ready to happen, so that gets me thinking we'll get him back for vet min
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