Bobby Marks

They've obviously changed the way it works over the years a little bit.

This year it was a, a four-person panel, uh, Ben Golliver, Zach Kram, Bobby Marks, and Dean Oliver, who rated all 30 teams one to 30 in five different categories.

And then apparently there was like a, I guess they rated them on a scale from, um, from I guess one to 100, and then, uh, they included the ranking compared to other teams.

So like for instance, OKC has a score of 93 for players, but they're ranked first.

recurring guest friend of the show.

It's Bobby Marks.

And we've had Bobby on the past, and I'm not going to call him a closet pacer fan, but this man's got a soft spot for the pacers.

I know he does.

That being said, I still don't think he'll do it because it's such a massive risk, regardless of how good you are.

And a lot of people are pointing out, Bobby Marks pointed this out on ESPN.

I know a lot of Detroit Pistons writers and fans and yourself are pointing this out too.

Maybe in the long term, it results in more money per year on a contract from the Sacramento Kings.

The panel here, I got to say, is pretty good.

Ben Goliver, Zach Cram, Bobby Marks, and Dean Oliver.

Okay.

I want to say Dean Oliver used to be here during the George Carle era, but I could be wrong about that.

Without another move, however, New York is expected to have enough room to keep only one of the five players on a standard NBA contract.

NBA salary cap expert Bobby Marks also noted that New York would likely need to shed salary in a trade in order to enter the regular season with both its 14th and 15th roster spots filled.

Dadier is set to earn around $2.9 million next season.

after the Knicks exercised his team option, while his contract also includes a team option for the 2027-2028 season worth approximately $5.3 million.

And March of 2025 is two years remaining on his contract with the new front office in place.

Is Irving on the roster next summer or is he a trade candidate? Shout out to Bobby Marks for that.

And then the bold prediction from 27 to 29 flag.

We've talked about this a little bit.

So interesting stuff from there.

And then the last stuff that I'll just mention, Bobby Marks discussed what could be next for Jalen Duren and the possibility of him signing the qualifying offer with the Pistons on ESPN.

So he's got until I guess...

October 1st to sign the qualifying offer.

Big deal or not a big deal.

All right, we're getting very close to the start of basketball season, all right? And how about the outlook for your favorite little basketball team, the Miami Heat? Well, on the NBA Today, I think it was, on ESPN, Bobby Marks, ESPN NBA front office insider.

We like Bobby Marks.

And he's usually very, very high on the Heat.

What does he think the Heat's ceiling is this year? Found Giannis to make themselves a true

Tim, I know you have questions about the fit between Giannis and Bam.

I'm going big deal because that's interesting, actually.

Bobby Marks is usually very humble.