By Karin Abcarians (@KarinAbcarians)
On this week’s episode of The Outlet Forum, Chaez Pearson and Chris Camello discussed many topics. The sizzling Kevin Durant trade request is still what Durant wants, but he’s now added that if Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai wants him to stay, he’d have to let GM Sean Marks and head coach Steve Nash go.
The longer this endless wait for the Nets to finally trade Durant goes, the longer we has to wait for other teams to do trades and fix up their rosters in time for training camp. Some conflicting stories have made it seem Kyrie Irving “hates” Nash, but in the last few days we’ve seen that debunked.
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers front office held a meeting about his looming contract extension. General manager Rob Pelinka and coach Darvin Ham agreed with LeBron on the team needing improvements. Could Russell Westbrook’s corner three percentages get a bump next season? The Lakers want to have the offense flow through Anthony Davis next season.
After a legendary 21 year career, Seattle Storm’s Sue Bird played her last home game. The Atlanta Hawks newly acquired All-Star guard Dejounte Murray made news over the weekend after going against Orlando Magic’s number one pick Paolo Banchero in a Pro-Am game. They went at it, with Murray pulling a wildly impressive move on Banchero, and now they’ve got beef. The most random feud was suddenly born.
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Here’s a breakdown of what Chaez and Chris discussed on this week’s pod:
-3:25-8:27- Was Joe Tsai right to side with GM Sean Marks and coach Steve Nash?
-22:52-24:05- Kyrie Irving holds no leverage so he has to be happy to be a Net, is that why we are seeing stories about Irving trending more towards positive?
-26:57-28:06- The Lakers and LeBron held a meeting discussing what exactly can improve to help this team become more competitive then the disaster that was last season. Pelinka also made it clear he wants LeBron to retire as a Laker.
-28:06-28:24- A potential boost up in Westbrook’s corner three percentages next season?
-36:21-36:50- Seattle Storm legend Sue Bird played her final home game and addressed the fans.
-41:04-44:02- The Dejountae Murray and Paolo Banchero feud, too much?
-44:15-44:53- Should more NBA players play in Pro-Am’s?
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