You could learn something here, too, because the updated calendar does, in fact, have free agency.

Six o'clock Eastern, November 20th Hell, we'll jump free agency show Cohen.

I could smell it.

Could spell it two days after the draft was signings able to become official on November 22nd.

Now that means there's only a 10 day Ted these two days, right from the start of free agency until training camps of December 1st this'll years class of free agents, which doesn't have nearly the franchise players, is the way I'm gonna put it as years past.

It will be an incredibly short window for them to make a decision if they switched teams, move to a new city and time for camp.

Here's Kevin Pelton's current list of top 10 free agents.

Now this is led by Anthony Davis, Sued by all accounts, will decline his player option and return to L.

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Um, the only other 2020 all start to even enter free agency is Brandon Ingram.

He is restricted.

So the pelicans we're gonna be able to match anything.

They come up with a list right and look.

Last year E Z Christian would is like three on the list.

That's a that's a diet.

That's a diet soda list rating.

Well, they're a little bit lucky, because remember last year with Kuai, he took some time to make his decision, and then Danny Green waited for quite to make his decision.

You wouldn't be able to do all that this year.

Training camp starts 10 days after free agency starts.

I'll be really on.

There's nobody on that list that you're gonna wait for E.

I'm saying, Look, Anthony Davis, we kind of know it kind of have a very good feeling.

And then when you start to go, I think, you know Fred Van Fleet is so key to Toronto.

But I think there's unknowns about what he can do in other places, you know?

So you saw Malcolm Bracken, who was key in Milwaukee, all of a sudden go to Indiana and it's just like not the same type of impact, but just going to say it's a light list compared to what we've seen the last few years.

I mean, it's a light list, but you bring up broadened as an example, Milwaukee missed him a lot like you could say whatever.

All he wasn't as good as we thought he would be in Indiana.

This person was up and down.

But the reality is he was missed in Milwaukee.

And so regardless of those guys, end up the teams that have him, like for VanVleet, for instance, in Toronto.

Lose VanVleet.

That's a big loss for the loss.

That's a big loss for them.

He could be the key piece that finally completes the puzzle somewhere else somewhere else, right?

I mean, that's But the reality Rachel is if you're a front office, that's worth the assault you've got.

All your plans have already been done.

You had months to do this.

You got your homework.

You knew the free agents are gonna be sure they're gonna be guys.

We're gonna opt out.

Or maybe not.

That might change that little bit.

But for the most part, we know that free agents are We know what our needs are.

We know we've already budgeted out how much we wanna have on the books for the next couple of years for us to do other type of dominant things.

So the you know the question is Oh, is this surprising?

Oh, no, I wasn't ready.

You guys just sprung it on me.

That's not as big a deal.

The bigger deal is, once I get a guy sign, usually we Richard, you notice we have a whole summer to send you the playbook you might don't read.

You might stop by summer league.

What's up to the young guys?

It's more camaraderie building than actually like you show up the informal.

There's a lot of kind of build up when we get to camp.

Now all that is like you immediately.

But the other part about it is when I talk about that the light list.

There is not one player on there that's going to change your entire offense or your entire defense when you're when you're when you're signing.

Clay Thompson and James Harden A.

You know Russell Westbrook know that you're quite Leonard.

You need time, you know.

So you need a ton of time.

Anthony Davis.

We kind of have a feeling that his account, but that's why I'm saying there's not one person that led him to change.

There's not one person on that list that is going to shift your offense completely.

So even in that moment that to your point you don't need is much time to get ready to do these air kind of pieces that you plug in right eso they're gonna sign.

And they probably just moved to the city right away and start working out with their coaches.

I mean, I'm confused.

Are you saying that some of these deals might already be prearranged?

Damn right, I'll say it.

I don't think any sort of thing like that happens in the National Basketball Association.

Everyone follows the rules.

There's probably only three free agents still left on that list of way.

Just saw.

There's probably three e m three.

They already have houses someplace.

I am someone who has long said that are tampering rules in this league.

Need Thio account for reality in the way it functions now.

And I think that this year, while certainly nothing official, has been said and nothing official has been agreed Thio.

I can't imagine we're gonna have as much tampering policing this year.

I think it's just get it done.

Get Level one deals.

12 1 deals aren't done in 60 seconds.

Ladies and gentlemen, there we go.

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