Solomon Hill
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Sep 8, 2026
Nick WrightGUEST
Um, so I think that the LeBron and the Lakers were...
Nick WrightGUEST
I think the more interesting what if, th- that's not Kawhi related, is if Solomon Hill doesn't fall into Bron's ankle the next year when they were again, I think they had the second-best record in the West.
Bill SimmonsHOST
Yeah.
Nick WrightGUEST
What does that def- championship defense look like? And more importantly, does that then prevent them from ever trading for Russ? And do we have an entirely different LeBron and the Lakers era? It's hard to, like-
Tony EastHOST
I even included a LeBron loss in there.
Tony EastHOST
What was possible for this team if they had more series not against LeBron, if they didn't have to play LeBron at all? What if they had beaten Toronto in 2016? What if Solomon Hill shoots that three two milliseconds sooner in that series? What does this team remember it as? They could beat everybody but LeBron once they figured out how to play in the playoffs.
Tony EastHOST
It's so much harder to judge it in that way, and I know this sounds like gassing up LeBron, but he was either—I think his best seasons were either 2012-13 or— That second year with the Cavs where the first year they played Durant in the finals.
Tony EastHOST
That LeBron was unbelievably good.
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Tony EastHOST
LaVoy Allen was a long career player.
Tony EastHOST
But they played Donald Sloan a good amount.
Tony EastHOST
And, of course, they played Solomon Hill a lot.
Tony EastHOST
I'm not saying they did nothing in terms of the young guys, but I think that that is, as you look back at their thing, the thing of that year should have been trying to acquire a little bit more young talent and actually playing what they had, putting them on the floor just to see if those guys can help.
Tyler RuckerHOST
Miles Plumlee, that's a good hit.
Tyler RuckerHOST
Solomon Hill was solid.
Tyler RuckerHOST
Miles Turner, that's like, whoa, okay.
Tyler RuckerHOST
And then George's Niang as their only pick in 2016.
Rob MahoneyHOST
You say I'm expanding my constituency, Kyle.
Rob MahoneyHOST
Like, I have a demographic of one group, and it is people who understand the magnitude of the Pelicans signing Solomon Hill.
J. Kyle MannHOST
I was gonna say, men.
J. Kyle MannHOST
[laughs]
Bill SimmonsHOST
And they do some of the dumbest things, and really, like, fucked up...
Bill SimmonsHOST
Like, I think one of the reasons Anthony Davis leaves Ne- leaves New Orleans is they lost guys, but ended up replacing them with Solomon Hill and E'Twaun Moore for four years and 82 million.
Bill SimmonsHOST
And you go on and on, it's just, it leads to Brad Beal signing his first extension, which leads to the second extension.
Bill SimmonsHOST
It leads to the Lakers, Clarkson, Dang, and Mozgov, four years, 188 million combined.
Bill SimmonsHOST
And none of the teams can behave themselves and they do some of the dumbest things and really like fucked up.
Bill SimmonsHOST
Like, I think one of the reasons Anthony Davis leaves, leaves new Orleans is they lost guys, but ended up replacing them with Solomon Hill and each one more for four years and 82 million.
Bill SimmonsHOST
And you go on and on.
Bill SimmonsHOST
It's just, it leads to Brad Beal signing his first extension, which leads to the second extension.
QGUEST
He got hurt.
QGUEST
Him and Solomon Hill fell on LeBron's ankle.
QGUEST
And Anthony Davis got hurt towards closer to the playoffs.
QGUEST
And that's when all the injuries started.