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Perk ranks Lakers MOST important offseason moves, Kyrie Irving & Draymond Green's fit | SportsCenter
Jun 27, 2023 · 3m 44s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfymbPNwyaM
A SWING FOR THE FENCES? OUR FORMER NBA CHAMP KENDRICK PERKINS IS JOINING US NOW WITH MORE. PERK, TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK THE LAKERS' TOP PRIORITY SHOULD BE IN FREE AGENCY? KENDRICK: WELL, WHO WERE THEY CHANTING "M.V.P." FOR? IT WASN'T ANTHONY DAVIS AND IT WASN'T LEBRON JAMES. IT WAS AUSTIN REAVES. THAT'S THE FIRST PART. NEXT IN LINE, WILLIE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EMERGENCE OF THAT
DID IN THE POSTSEASON, TAKING OVER IN TIME, BEING RELIABLE, LEBRON HAS FULL TRUST IN THOSE TWO GUYS AND I LOVE IT FOR WILLIE HACHIMURA BECAUSE HE CAME FROM THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS WHERE THEY GAVE UP ON HIM. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM AND WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF DOING AT 6'9", TO PLAY THE FOUR AND FIVE, POSSIBLY THREE, HIS DEFENSIVE ABILITY, ABILITY TO STRETCH THE FLOOR, AUSTIN REAVES,
HE WAS YELLING, I AM HIM. AND PROVED IT. HE WAS THAT DUDE. HE'S THE ULTIMATE PLAYMAKER. I HAVEN'T SEEN LEBRON TRUST A GUY IN THE BACKCOURT SINCE HE WON A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE LAKERS AND THAT GAY WAS RAY-- RAJON RONDO. ELLE: I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUILDING CHEMISTRY WITH LEBRON IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM AND THEY'VE DONE IT. SPEAKING OF FREE AGENCY, PERK, WE'VE GOT A FEW
NAMES THAT -- BIG NAMES, THAT'LL BE HITTING FREE AGENT MARKETS THIS WEEK. TELL ME THE BEST FIT FOR THEM. START WITH CHI REIRI THINK. -- KYRIE IRVING. KENDRICK: I GOT TO GO WITH THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS. IF THEY COULD LAND KYRIE IRVING THAT WOULD BE EVERYTHING. I KNOW WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN JAMES HARDEN AND DARRELFORD BUT KYRIE IRVING IS STILL, WHEN HE'S
ON THAT FLOOR, HIS CAPABILITY OF PUTTING UP BUCKETS AND TAKE OVER IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IS THE BEST IN THE GAME OUTSIDE. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT PAIRING HIM WITH JOEL EMBIID AND PLAYING HIM WITH THE LIKES OF KNIGHT, BECAUSE THIBLE OF BOTH BEING ABLE TO PLAY OFF THE BALL, THERE WILL BE HUGE FOR PHILLY. BUT HE'S GOING TO END UP STAYING IN DALLAS. ELLE: WHAT
ABOUT DRAYMOND? KENDRICK: WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO SEE GREEN ON THE PHOENIX SUNS WITH THAT GROUP THEY HAVE? I'D REPLACE HIM WITH DEANDRE AYTON IF I WAS THE SUNS, BUT HE'S THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT PLAYER TO THE GOLDEN STATE ORGANIZATION OUTSIDE OF CURRY. WHAT DRAYMOND BRINGS TO THE TABLE YOU CANNOT REPLACE YOU CANNOT REPLACE IT. YOU CANNOT REPLACE THAT DEFENSIVE LEADERSHIP HE BRINGS. ON TOP OF THAT,
HIS PLAY MAKING ABILITY AND CHEMISTRY HE HAS BETWEEN HIM AND STEPH CURRY IS LIKE THROUGH THE CHARTS. SO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT STEVE KERR SAID IN HIS POSTGAME INTERVIEW, HE TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER TEAM WITHOUT DRAYMOND GREEN. SO ALTHOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HIM ON THE PHOENIX SUNS PLAYING WITH BRADLEY BEAL AND K.D., HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, I DON'T THINK. THE WARRIORS
WILL GET IT DONE. ELLE: THE ONLY ROADBLOCK COULD HAVE BEEN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH POOLE. WHEN YOU SAID KYRIE IRVING TO PHILLY, I COULD HEAR KEVIN'S STOMACH DROP TO THE FLOOR
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