Third Apron

In this episode, we preview the five Central Division teams and what they could be planning ahead of the trade deadline.0:00 Intro/Movie Update3:15 Chicago Bulls25:35 Cleveland Cavaliers53:20 Detroit Pistons1:16:40 Indiana Pacers1:31:40 Milwaukee BucksYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

 In this episode, we discuss ESPN's recent report on the NBA looking into adding additional measures to combat tanking, and if any of these solutions could work.ESPN report: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47398198/sources-nba-looking-new-ways-prevent-teams-tankingSam's post: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-tanking-league-solutions-unfixable-problem/You can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

In this episode, we preview the five Atlantic Division teams and what they could be planning ahead of the trade deadline.0:00 Intro2:40 Boston Celtics16:30 Brooklyn Nets39:20 New York Knicks52:40 Philadelphia 76ers1:02:10 Toronto RaptorsYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com

In this episode, we discuss teams that have significantly improved their outlook since the end of last season. This accounts for transactions, hirings, and draft picks that turned a bad or questionable situation into a better one.Stein Line report: https://marcstein.substack.com/p/the-many-many-layers-to-the-nbasYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi’s salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com

In this episode, we do a snake draft of players who could be traded ahead of the February 5 trade deadline with different categories to choose from.You can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

In this episode, we discuss teams that have significantly improved their outlook since the end of last season. This accounts for transactions, hirings, and draft picks that turned a bad or questionable situation into a better one.0:00 Intro5:30 Sacramento Kings12:20 Philadelphia 76ers19:52 Oklahoma City Thunder28:41 Houston Rockets45:00 Dallas Mavericks53:50 San Antonio Spurs1:01:35 Boston Celtics1:13:52 Atlanta Hawks1:28:50 Memphis GrizzliesYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi’s salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com

Every year, there are 5 or 6 max-level contracts deemed untradeable. In this episode, we do our best to come up with six trades for players unlikely to be traded anytime soon and dissect them in another round of Who Says No?0:00 Intro2:07 Zach LaVine12:30 Kawhi Leonard21:36 Zion Williamson (as part of a Giannis trade)36:17 Paul George45:39 Joel Embiid55:13 Dejounte MurrayYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

According to Shams Charania, Giannis Antetokounmpo is contemplating his future. He reportedly informed the Bucks that he preferred the Knicks, and so both sides held negotiations over the summer. No deal materialized, and now he's stuck on a roster that has struggled without him and about .500 when he plays. It's going to be much more difficult for the Bucks to get sufficient value in a trade ahead of the February 5 deadline.In this episode, we play Who Says No? and lob trade proposals at each other for the Bucks to get for Giannis.0:00 Intro11:55 New York Knicks24:29 Atlanta Hawks32:15 Golden State Warriors40:20 Los Angeles Lakers51:38 Miami Heat58:00 Houston Rockets and the value of their draft picks1:07:16 Indiana Pacers1:13:00 Orlando Magic1:18:09 San Antonio Spurs You can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

According to Shams Charania, Giannis Antetokounmpo is contemplating his future. He reportedly informed the Bucks that he preferred the Knicks, and so both sides held negotiations over the summer. No deal materialized, and now he’s stuck on a roster that has struggled without him and about .500 when he plays. It’s going to be much more difficult for the Bucks to get sufficient value in a trade ahead of the February 5 deadline.In this episode, we go over the Giannis trade landscape and go over Sam’s rankings of all 29 teams as potential destinations for him.https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/giannis-antetokounmpo-trade-landing-spots-destinations-rumors-knicks-rockets-spurs-bucks/You can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.social Salary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi’s salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually! Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com

Good news: Sam fixed his mic!The unofficial start of trade season is in two weeks. We now have a firm grasp of which teams will be sellers and which players can be attainable. In this episode, we discuss players that other teams should target because they could make an immediate impact or be a major contributor in the future.0:00 Intro5:12 Keon Ellis and the rest of the Kings17:50 Ivica Zubac and Clippers players31:00 Jaden Ivey?36:55 Aaron Wiggins and an early Thunder move?45:52 Rob Dillingham and a Wolves consolidation54:15 Raptors consolidation?1:02:25 Mavericks role players1:10:55 Pelicans clearance sale1:19:05 Could Jared McCain be attainable?1:26:00 Nets have a lot of good players1:33:00 What’s Jonathan Kuminga’s trade value?You can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers.Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi’s salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually! Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com

Last week, Sam wrote a post about how much value the Thunder could receive if they traded all their best players. So we went through the trades he proposed to see how many first-round picks’ worth of value they could possibly get.Link to Sam’s post: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/thunder-dynasty-trade-first-round-draft-picks-gilgeous-alexander-williams-holmgren/0:00 Intro7:49 Going through the exerciseYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi’s salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually! Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com

According to Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports!, LaMelo Ball is frustrated with the Charlotte Hornets and could be open to a trade. In this episode, we discuss Ball’s tenure in Charlotte and the factors that led to this. Then, we explore the trade market and come up with fake trades for him.0:00 Intro11:05 The All-Star Point Guard Market18:24 LaMelo Ball tradesYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi’s salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!: https://thirdapron.com

In this episode, we go over Sam’s ranking of teams that should blow up their roster. Link: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-rankings-teams-who-need-to-blow-it-up-with-trades-kings-pelicans-grizzlies/#0:00 Intro7:31 Tier 523:27 Tier 443:09 Tier 31:00:50 Tier 21:23:00 Tier 1You can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi’s salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com

In this episode, we have our first full-length "Who Says No?". We're three months out from the NBA trade deadline and have a little grasp of how the trade market could shake out. So we pitch fake trades to each other as well as ideas from the chat.0:00 Intro4:46 Daniel Gafford trades17:41 Ivica Zubac to the Bulls or Magic28:29 Naji for Nnaji34:11 Sabonis for Kuminga45:05 Sabonis back to the Pacers52:50 Zach LaVine to the Bucks58:36 Jose Alvarado to the Pacers1:03:03 Nic Claxton to the Celtics1:10:31 Zion Williamson to the Blazers, waived and re-signed, then Deni Avdija renegotiatedYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually! Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

The Mavericks finally fire Nico Harrison. We discuss that and how the Mavs should navigate the rest of the season. Then, a supersized Who Says No featuring Anthony Davis.0:00 Intro16:06 How do the Mavs navigate the rest of the season?28:37 Who Say No: Anthony Davis trades1:36:37 Who Says No: Kyrie Irving tradesYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually! https://thirdapron.com

In today's show, we discuss some disappointing teams, if we should be concerned about them, and what they could do to improve their situation.0:00 Intro3:50 Los Angeles Clippers19:40 Orlando Magic32:11 New Orleans Pelicans51:18 Dallas MavericksYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!: https://thirdapron.com 

In today’s show, we discuss several players who have impending contract situations who have made positive or negative developments so far in the season.0:00 Intro7:40 Lakers, Austin Reaves, and cap space27:18 Bulls players (Nikola Vucevic, Ayo Dosunmu, and Coby White)39:27 Restricted free agents like Walker Kessler and Jalen Duren56:18 Honorable MentionsYou can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi’s salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually! https://thirdapron.com

In today's show, we discuss the Ja Morant situation and what could be the endgame for him and the Grizzlies. 0:00 Intro13:40 Who shouldn't trade for Ja32:07 Who says no: Ja edition You can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack.Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually! Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

In today's show, we discuss several of the most interesting developments of the season, including the gambling scandal, Victor Wembanyama's dominance, the Mavericks' continuing year from hell, and all the exciting rookies.0:00 Intro1:48 The gambling scandal and the Rozier/Heat side of things22:10 Knicks promising offense32:15 Mavericks Rant of the Week43:42 Will Wemby's arrival push the Spurs to go all-in now?57:16 Magic early offensive struggles1:03:26 Grizzlies get another draft hit in Cedric Coward1:11:09 Sixers and Wizards young players emerge1:18:23 Bucks looking pretty good1:22:19 Who Says No?You can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $7 per month or $50 annually!Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com 

In today's show, we make predictions on topics such as a trade we think will happen, first time All-Stars, and teams we could see blowing it up after this season. 0:00 Intro/Christian Braun extension reactions5:40 First Coach Fired5:27 First-Time All-Star26:47 Surprise Top-Six Playoff Team36:47 Who Will Blow it Up at the End of the Season49:40 Who Will Go All-In at the End of the Season57:20 Trade Prediction1:09:16 One League-wide Change1:16:50 Contract That Will Age Well Over Time1:20:51 Contract That Will Age Poorly Over Time1:26:00 Wild Card Prediction You can follow Yossi on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/YossiGozlanBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yossigozlan.bsky.socialSalary cap sheets: www.capsheets.comYou can follow Sam on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamQuinnCBSThird Apron is available on all podcast providers. Please subscribe, rate, and share if you enjoyed this: https://linktr.ee/yossigozlanYou can also access Yossi's salary cap analysis on his Substack. Subscribe for $5 per month or $50 annually! Third Apron: https://thirdapron.com