Hardwood Knocks, Episode 477: Kawhi Leonard Injury Fallout, Anatomy of Fake Trades + Trade Ideas
Adam and Dan discuss the process behind how they come up with fake NBA trades, and how they prepare for the negative backlash of them. This was a fun, fantastic conversation, and we strongly recommend listening to it in its entirety. After that, though, we talk about actual fake trades involving the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers and much more. Finally, Dan discusses the impact of Kawhi Leonard’s partially right torn ACL on his future, as well as the Clippers’ outlook. TIMESTAMPS⬇️
👉Process of Building Fake Trades (0:00)
🔘 Approach to building fake trades (4:01)
🔘 Importance of the “Both Sides” perspective (8:30)
🔘 What to look at when building fake trades (9:41)
🔘 Why fake trades don’t have to be predictive (13:43)
🔘 Contextualizing every element of a trade (19:26)
🔘 Dealing with angry responses to fake trades (32:50)
👉ACTUAL FAKE TRADES (41:34)
🔘 Ben Simmons (43:25)
🔘 Hawks/Rockets (48:15)
🔘 Lakers/Nets (50:56)
🔘 Rockets/Hornets (53:30)
🔘 Cavs/Heat (56:05)
🔘 Celtics/Nuggets (59:30)
🔘 Clippers/Thunder (1:01:55)
🔘 Timberwolves/Magic (1:04:14)
🔘 Mavs/Nuggets (1:06:55)
🔘 Pelicans/Pacers/Spurs (1:08:56)
👉Kawhi Leonard Injury Fallout
🔘 Timeline for return (1:12:48)
🔘 Free Agency (1:14:44)
🔘 Clippers outlook without Kawhi (1:15:52)
🔘 Trade/Free-agency targets post-Kawhi injury (1:18:59)
🔘 Impact on 2022 championship landscape (1:29:37)
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