JaVale McGee

So who could this team sign? Listen, call me crazy because they had before.

But JaVale McGee is out there.

He was balling.

I've seen JaVale McGee.

Listen, he signed on for the Shanghai Sharks.

He wants to get out there, get his legs right, get some reps going.

And when the time is right, when December, you can sign a veteran.

JaVale McGee.

So he's, uh, he is not gonna be somebody who's available for this season, or at least not until we get, uh, much deeper into the season.

And our old friend JaVale McGee joining D'Angelo Russell-

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But was it conducive towards winning? Did he make his teammates around him better? No, he did not.

It reminded me of what JaVale McGee was doing with the Hawks last year.

Many games where you kind of look at McGee and go, holy cow, this guy's the most dominant force in the league.

Thing was the Hawks weren't winning.

I've always, I've always made the description when I talk about basketball players.

In today's NBA, you got either basketball player or you got athlete, right? JaVale McGee is an athlete, JaVale McGee.

Uh, Jaxson Hayes.

Actually, JaVale McGee was a good example.

Jaxson Hayes is an athlete.

Not on the Lakers anymore.

Dwight was huge.

Dwight Howard, like JaVale McGee.

There was a lot of guys who could really, that were contributing to this roster, and the Lakers haven't had that in so many years.

So I do think so much was made about do the Lakers have enough on the wings when having a big time center, even if they're not up to snuff at the wings defensively, can bury and hide some of that, at least to a certain extent.

The Bulls suspended Portis for eight games without pay because of this, which made it one of the most expensive punches in NBA history.

And punches are one thing, but what about when fistfights aren't enough and someone decides to bring a gun? In 2009, during a Washington Wizards team flight, Javaris Crittenden was losing to JaVale McGee in a game of Bure.

When the plane was already landing and Crittenden still wanting to play to get some of his money back, he started yelling at McGee, until Gilbert Arenas got in the middle of it, causing the situation to escalate even further.

Like that, man.

I think the Kings still need the lob threat.

for for Darius Acuff because Darius played with a ton of lob threats throughout his you know his college career that's he loves to throw the lob to somebody and so does Malik Monk and the Kings haven't had that guy not since JaVale McGee and even that was like not the real version of JaVale McGee anymore so I'm kind of intrigued to see if he can find That sort of relationship, again, the Kings need a defensive-minded big.

He's a defensive-minded big.

It's just whether you can fit all these guys on the court, and that's going to be the problem that Doug Christie faces.

I think the Kings still need the lob threat for, for Darius Acuff, because Darius played with a ton of lob threats throughout his, you know, his college career.

That's, he loves to throw the lob to somebody, and so does Malik Monk, and the Kings haven't had that guy, not since JaVale McGee, and even that was, like, not the real version of JaVale McGee anymore.

So I'm kind of intrigued to see if he can find that sort of relationship.

Again, the Kings need a defensive-minded big.