Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Justin, Rob, and J. Kyle Mann are together in L.A. to welcome everyone to trade season. The guys run through six big trade questions now that recently signed free agents are allowed to be traded. Before they get to that, the guys give their thoughts on the Spurs' upset win over the Thunder, and briefly preview the NBA Cup final matchup between San Antonio and the Knicks.

(00:00) Intro
(3:19) FanDuel ad break
(4:13) Spurs-Thunder
(19:36) Spurs-Knicks
(25:11) FanDuel ad break
(26:32) Amazon Prime ad break
(29:22) Chasing stars?
(37:42) Giannis trades
(48:34) Intriguing non-Giannis trades
(1:00:59) Teams that should unload a star
(1:06:32) Which team needs to make a trade?
(1:16:35) Buy-low players

Hosts: Justin Verrier, Rob Mahoney, and J. Kyle Mann
Video Producer: Victoria Valencia
Audio Producer: Isaiah Blakely
Additional Production Supervision: Ben Cruz
Social: Isaiah Blakely and Keith Fujimoto

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