Opening: Boogie announcing that he’s going to the Warriors (Via Showtime Sports)
Today’s Panel:
Boogie agrees to 1 year/$5.3M deal with Warriors
And him joining Warriors sends shock wave thru league
Just one day before, LeBron James announced his move to the Lakers…
Opening Monologue: “Don’t blame it on the Boogie” – Nichols
Reminder: He suffered a season-ending Achilles Rupture on January 26th vs the Rockets
Shocked Boogie ended up with Warriors?
“I was shocked. The rich just keep getting richer” – Scott
“I know the Golden State Warriors are going, ‘Wow. He wants to play with us'” – Scott
“When I saw that, I thought ‘cool.’ Cool for the Boogie, cool for the Warriors, it’s a good opportunity for both of them to have a nice risk/reward thing” – Windhorst
“But people within the league, assuming they signed Wilt Chamberlain in his prime” – Windhorst
“This is a major injury. Let’s just give him time and space and not freak the freak out!” -Windhorst referring to Cousins’ Achilles injury
“This is Boogie’s max” – Windhorst
How much did Warriors title chances improve?
“I think they can be more of a favorite if he’s playing well” – Scott
“Absolutely. This is still one of the best players in the league. If he’s 80 percent” – Scott
July 3, 2017 – Jayson Tatum with the nasty one-handed dunk in the summer league!
Excitement; Kings fans finally have reason for optimism?
Thousands of NBA fans showed up in Sacramento for the start of their summer league. Kings fans were treated to a show put on by Marvin Bagley
Makes; What happened to Trae Young last night?
He struggled in his summer league debut. Shot 4-20 from the field; 1-11 from three
Versatility; Grizzlies No. 4 pick Jaren Jackson Jr. shot 8-13 from three
He scored 29 points in his summer league debut
Pet Names; Local man names his horse “LeBron J” (Via Horse Racing Nation)
Click here to read more about it
A month ago, a man named his thoroughbred horse “LeBron J” He is training the horse to compete in the Kentucky Derby
Sequels; Trainwreck 2?
LeBron wowed fans and critics with his performance in Trainwreck back in 2015
And now…
Yes, no, maybe?!
Think Lonzo & Rondo can co-exist? (Via Bill Oram of The Athletic)
“What you see here is LeBron maybe changing his game a little bit” – Windhorst
“He’s going to have to use LeBron in a number of different ways” – Scott on how Luke Walton will use LeBron
“They’ve got some tough, mean guys” – Scott
Best & Worst moves in free agency thus far by Kevin Pelton (ESPN)
Report: Jimmy Butler wants to play with Kyrie (Via Chicago Sun-Times)
Is this…Something, Nothing or Everything?!
Windhorst: Something
“Whenever you get free agents who have played with each other before, like Team USA situation, who are going to be free agents in the same year, we have learned over the years: ‘let’s keep an eye on this'”
Scott: Nothing
“This is all talk and tale actually something happens. I’m going to just sit back, listen and enjoy the season and watch a lot of games and see what happens”
