Assistant to the General Manager

Assistant to the General Manager dives into every possible angle of the megatrade for Gobert 00:00:10 -The acquisition cost -What teams were bidding against the Wolves? -The fit with KAT -Their projected place in the West -Was it a good trade for Minnesota? -Was it a good trade for Utah? Sam & Chandler also break down the Brooklyn KD (& Kyrie) situation 00:40:46 -What is going on? -Do the Nets have to trade him? -Where could he end up? -Where will he end up? General FA rumblings 01:31:39 -Philly’s moves -Dallas future -Lakers confusing roster

Sam and Chandler split up the extension eligible players coming off their rookie scale contracts and attempted to agree to an extension as player agent Buddy Scott plays hardball going after the big payday for his clients.  Did anyone else get the full max extension like Luka or Trae? Who all ended up agreeing to deals? Who might be playing out their final season before restricted free agency without long term extensions? We cover it all in this episode Some of the players discussed include -DeAndre Ayton -Michael Porter Jr -Mikal Bridges -Jaren Jackson Jr -Miles Bridges -Collin Sexton Twitter @SamJ015 @ChanNBAThots @Buddyscottnba @otgbasketball YouTube - clips from some of our highlighted player negotiations will be posted at the below https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx8n4ObQh4mlCRHr3ZOdXBA

Year 2 of our Top 25 Trade Value Rankings is here! In a throwback to the old Bill Simmons column, Chandler and Sam present their top 25 players who have the most trade value today - taking into heavy consideration age, contract, years of control, talent, potential, on-court production and more.  This time we had our guest Buddy Scott try to nitpick and poke holes in our list, while adding in his thoughts and preferences along the way as we navigated our rankings through the best trade assets in the entire NBA. The episode begins with a bang when Chandler and Sam disagree on their #1 most valuable trade asset in the league. Twitter @SamJ015 @ChanNBAThots @buddyscottnba @otgbasketball

Sam and Chandler are joined by GM's Aram and Justin as well as one very power agent Buddy as they tackle 2021 upcoming free agency. We took control of all 30 teams and played out free agency, negotiating dollars and years and ultimately handing out contracts to the NBA's biggest catches of the summer. -Ben Simmons trade talks -Kawhi Leonard -Chris Paul  -Kyle Lowry -Mike Conley & more @aramgh @JustinMatch26 @buddyscottnba

Sam & Chandler take a deep dive into the Golden State Warriors 2021 offseason -Warriors cap sheet -Insane luxury tax issues -Team Needs -Key Decisions     Kelly Oubre free agency     James Wiseman     Draft picks -Fake Trades -Free Agents -Predictions

Sam & Chandler take a deep dive into the Boston Celtics 2021 offseason -Celtics cap sheet -Front Office shakeup -Direction for the future -Key Decisions to be made this summer -Trade targets @tothegm @otgbasketball

Sam & Chandler take a deep dive into the Houston Rockets 2021 offseason -Rockets cap sheet -Lottery Night Odds and Implications -Houston’s complicated future draft asset stash -Outlook for ’21-22 -Free agents -Trade Possibilities @tothegm @otgbasketball

Chandler & Sam check in on their predictions a few games into round one and discuss in detail how they see the remainder of the playoffs going

All things Sacramento Offseason: -Stay over the cap or use cap space -Rebuild or not -What to do with Harrison Barnes/Marvin Bagley -How much should they be willing to pay Richaun Holmes -Fake trades and free agency signings + much more

We start by discussing some of the deadline deals and how much we like them a month later.  After we each picked a team to deep dive where they should go in the future.  

Everyone has a "Would You Rather" scenario.  This discussion leads to some super interesting teambuilding and lottery talk.  

We predict the top 4 teams in each conference and play out the potential conference finals and finals.  We ended up with very different strategies in our decision making processes.  Let us know who did better on Twitter @tothegm. 

We go through some of our predictions and how we are feeling about them now plus survey where the league is at.  Part 2 to be released soon where we do a 2 year lookahead and try to predict how things will look in two years. 

We go over the Mock Trade Deadline exercise the guys are running with @otgbasketball.  Many big names were moved and Chandler pissed off an entire fanbase on Twitter.  You can see all of the trades that took place on the OTG Twitter as well. 

We go through all of the spicy trade topics.  Chandler tries to get everyone on the Sixers and Sam has a few wild blockbusters.  We also go through all of the teams we think should be buyers and sellers.  

Started with Harden trade analysis and touched on every other trade rumor out there.  Tonssssss of fake trades and general talk about the season so far.  Other players involved trade talks: Bradley Beal, Lonzo Ball, PJ Tucker, John Collins, Michael Porter Junior, and many more. 

We go through our preseason prediction and how we feel about them after 1 week of basketball.  The two ended up with the same Finals matchup and MVP candidates.  We also touch on team performances, all other awards, and some general trade talk. 

General talk on Sam's hometown Timberwolves then we go through our Offensive and Defensive rankings.  

We go through the extensions for the 2017 1st rounders, and some of the 2018 2nd rounders.  John Collins, Lauri Markkanen, and OG Anunoby made for the most interesting debates. 

The Assistant to the GM flew out to Vegas for some early Summer League action. -Vegas Sightings -First Impressions     Cade Cunningham     Jalen Green     Scottie Barnes     Evan Mobley -Standout Performances -Random Observations