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🕑 Added 2025-08-08 18:35:23 +0000 UTC

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Ben D

Mail Bag: Can/Will Kuminga turn into the most hated player in franchise history by the fans if this goes into the season? And if he takes the qualifying offer?

Sarcasm 360

Mailbag Q: I’ve said that Draymond is the reason for the system seeming so rigid, but i don’t think my point is clear to others who respond about his pay or if someone else should be paid which isn’t quite the conversation I’m trying to create. So I want to ask you, how high would you say any given team’s offensive ceiling would be if its scheme hinged on the ability of a power forward who can’t reliably score in open space, can’t space the floor, and has an assist to turnover ratio of 2.5 as its engine, and would the offense stand to gain anything by making them take a backseat?

Ben D

Mail bag Q: Warriors are slated to play opening night against the lakers and they’re the only team in the NBA to not make a move… is this more of an indication to you that something is coming (aka a trade will be made/Kuminga will be moved) or just a Steph vs LeBron opening night opportunity?

itsRetire

mailbag Q: hey alch its a two part question. Part 1: You’re the GM of a brand-new NBA franchise with a blank check and first pick in an all-time fantasy draft — both Steph Curry and Magic Johnson are in their absolute primes. You can only take one as the face of your team. Who’s your pick and why? Part 2: Now imagine you give them identical rosters, same coach, same era, no excuses — which one drags that team deeper into the playoffs, and how?

Tyler Durden

I'd take Giddy over JK. JK is getting in his own way...

itsRetire

I like the logic you used for the top 10 segment not gone lie and W TOP 10

itsRetire

Nikola The Joker was a monster today omg 23 points 19 rebs and 4 assist with the win man!!

Robert

Great pod! Mailbag question: Whatchu think about the podz hair and has there been any rumors of a big man for us?

Gunners4life

Mailbag Q: do those green dildos glow in the dark also?

Nick Elliston

EuroBasket breakdowns would be awesome with the amount of NBA talent involved. France, Serbia and Germany I'd consider the favorites based on their Olympic performances last summer. Plus you have Luka with Slovenia and Giannis with Greece. I've never signed up for Courtside 1891, but I know them more for providing the highlights to the FIBA YouTube channel. They should also be broadcasting Afrobasket and the Asia Cup along with EuroBasket, which are the Africa and Asia equivalents to EuroBasket in Europe. Not as much talent in those competitions as EuroBasket, but could be something to keep an eye. I did read somewhere that JK was initially going to play for the DR Congo team for Afrobasket, but pulled out due to the current contract stalemate.

Saulty

Mailbag Q: favorite tv show

Kevin Chan

Fischer is a known liar, what he says has little value. Though this time I do believe Dubs have asked about Josh at some point, just like they’ve asked about almost everyone else.

Jeffery Rosario

Mailbag Q: who out of the big old stars will win a ring before they retire(I.e kyrie, kd, Steph, LeBron, harden, pg etc) and do you believe in Kerr? Like can he coach another team or was it just right team right fit

Mikey H

great stuff as always Alc. For Mailbag question or video idea, would be cool to hear ur top 5 or 10 defenders of all time or 80s to now

hugojimcam

Definitely dude was a dog

Leopoldo Soto

Mailbag Q: Do you think the system needs to go or tweak a bit? Because I don’t see having Curry running around offball to create shots for everybody else working at his age, It’s too much mileage for him during the regular season

Dan Doerge

Leaving Larry Bird off any top 10 list is a grave error.

Stephen Jones

I have Steph 2nd all time behind MJ - I think Curry is severely underrated! #Unanimous Mailbag Q: Out of Moody, Podz & Post, who do you think will take the biggest leap this season and why?

Point Gawd

It's a great idea to wait. But they could be 0-41 by the trade deadline given how damaging it could be in the locker room, which means another wasted year of Curry's dwindling career. After every away game every single player on the team is going to get some Kuminga questions. What a drain.

Hellastalgia

The Shaq hate is crazy smh

Cristian Vela

If we get Horford Melton and GP how far do you think we can make it if health is on our side

Cristian Vela

I just want basketball to be back already 😕

JW

Summer vlogs!!!!! Sign me up Alch 🙌

Dashaya Toney

"Is that mine" fucking LOL Alch, never change

Mike Peterson

Giddey makes no sense as a rotation player for us. I don't believe in the shooting (tiny sample), and he'll never be playable as a defender. The dubs (Kerr) always choosing system fit over talent is why the team couldn't score in round 2. Kuminga - as shaky as his handle still is - was the only one capable of putting the ball in the basket. Playing 23 seconds of hot potato you-shoot-no-you is not a winning strategy in any era. Someone other than Steph has to be willing to shoot. And even if he turns into a knockdown shooter, he's still going to give away more on the other end. Swapping assets makes sense in a vacuum, but they can't do it because of the BYC + cap situation - it would hard-cap them at the first apron, so no Horford. Vet mins only. BTW, Utah could sign him right now if they were actually interested. I agree that he'd be a good add for them, but they don't seem to have a coherent team-building philosophy.

James Royer

Unless I’m mistaken, Kuminga for Giddy is the same problem as all the other sign and trades right now, which is that you have to throw extra pieces in the mix to make the numbers work. A big reason nothing is happening is they don’t want to move a guy to move Kuminga, when they can wait 5 months and do the same deals without moving Buddy or Moody. From an asset management perspective it was just never going to make sense to send him out for half his value, whatever that value was. They used this off season to let him find out what his market is and gather information. Now when the base year compensation rule comes off in January they all have a good idea what the options are and can move without paying the penalty.

Nolan002

Hey Alc! Loving the Valks breakdown. I was wondering what’s your prediction on how the NFC West will play out this season? Do you think any of the teams in the division has the chance to beat the Eagles?