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J.E.
TREY: WE HAVE SALES AND TRADES.
J.E.: WE DO, SERGE IBAKA IS
HEADED TO THE RAPTORS BUT CAN HE
GET THEM BACK ON TRACK?
TAS: WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT
THREE POINT WING INDUCTEE.
J.E. AND THE LATEST ON THE
INJURY OF KEVIN LOVE.
TAS: "THE STARTERS" STARTS RIGHT
NOW ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14.
J.E.: GOOD EVENING, SWEET WORLD!
WELCOME TO "THE STARTERS"
WHETHER YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE
PODCAST OR JOINING US ON NBA TV
OR ON YouTube, WE ARE HAPPY
TO HAVE YOU.
I AM J.E. SKEETS WITH TAS MELAS
ALONGSIDE ME.
TO HIS RIGHT IS "MAN OF MYSTERY"
TAKING IT TO THE MAX LEIGH
ELLIS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE GUY
WITH THE DUNK CON TEST, TREY
KIRBY.
TREY: HEY-O!
I AM AT THE INTERNET LOOKING FOR
THE BEST TWEETS #THESTARTERS.
AND DESPITE WHAT J.E. SKEETS
SAID IT IS NOT APRIL FOOL'S DAY
BUT VALENTINE'S DAY, A TIME FOR
LOVE, CHOCOLATE AND TASTY NBA
PUNS.
THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN TURNING OUT
THE VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS ALL
DAY TO HELP YOU SEPARATE AND THE
CROP ARE GREAT.
LIKE THERE FROM THE WIZARDS.
DO YOU BEAL-IEVE IN MAGIC?
OR FROM INSIDE THE NBA CREW
"LET'S KICK IT."
BUT TO THE BULLS "BE MY," AND
YOUR JOB IS DONE IF HE IS ON
YOUR TEAM.
WHO IS YOUR NBA VALENTINE'S DAY
AND YOU AND NOT SAY DENZEL BUT,
MAYBE IT IS THE WARRIORS BECAUSE
WE MAKE A "SUPER," TOWN OR
COUSINS BECAUSE YOU MAKE ME WANT
TO SCREAM?
OR EVEN GASOL BECAUSE GASOL OF
ME LOVES GASOL OF YOU.
LET US NEON TWITTER, YOUR NBA
VALENTINE?
WE WILL HEAR FROM YOU LATER.
J.E.: GET THE TWEETS OUT WITH
OUR FUN SHOW.
WE WILL TACK CIRCLE THE THREE
POINT WING OF THE "THE STARTERS"
HALL OF FAME AND TALK TO RO IN
MINNESOTA READY FOR THE
CAVALIERS AND WOLVES BUT, FIRST,
ANOTHER, IS THIS NEWS?
THE NEWS KEEPING COMING ON THE
NBA AND TREY KIRBY IS ROUNDING
UP THE HEADLINES.
WE WILL DETERMINE IN THEY ARE
NEWSWORTHY HEADLINES.
TREY?
TREY: FROM YAHOO SPORTS, THE
RAPTORS AGREE TO ACQUIRE SERGE
IBAKA FROM THE MAGIC.
IS THIS NEWS?
TAS: GOOD DEAL FOR RAPTORS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD FIT.
THEY ARE TRYING TO BEAT
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS AND WHEN
THEY FACE THEM THEY CANNOT HANG
WITH THE CAVALIERS.
IBAKA HELPS OUT IN THE MIDDLE IN
THE PAINT AND HE CAN DEFEND AND
SHOOT THE THREE-POINT SHOT AND
WHEN YOU THINK OF LEBRON JAMES
AND KYRIE IN THE PAINT YOU NEED
SOMEONE WHO MAKE THEM THINK
TWICE AT PAINT.
HE DOES THAT.
HE IS CAPABLE.
THIS IS A GOOD MOVE FOR THE
RAPTORS.
LEIGH: THE DEFENSE IS NOT SO
FOCUSED AS YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT
OFFENSIVELY HE IS SHOOTING THE
THREE VERY WELL.
YOU DO NOT NOTICE IT BECAUSE THE
TEAM IS NOT DOING A LOT.
IF HE IS REINVOGRATED AND FEELS
HE HAS A CHANCE TO MAKE THE
FINALS, IT COULD HELP AT BOTH
ENDS, BLOCKING SHOTS TO THE
GUARDS WHERE THEY NEED HIM AND
HE CAN SPRINT THE FLOOR.
J.E.: EVEN IF HE IS A RENTAL HE
WILL HIT FREE AGENCY AND IN
THEORY BE PAID.
HE IS NOT SUPER OLD, AT 27,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU ARE FINE WITH THAT, IF IT IS
JUST TERRENCE ROSS AND THE LESS
ARE OF THE FIRST ROUND PICKS?
TAS: I HAVE NO IDEA FELT HE WILL
STICK AROUND.
I GUESS HE WOULD WITH THAT
RELATIONSHIP HE HAS GOING.
THE POINT IS, GETTING ALL OF THE
DRAFT PICKS AND WING PLAYERS,
THE POINT IS TO USE THEM.
YOU TRADE A BENCH PLAYER IN
TERRENCE ROSS AND MANY LIKE HIM,
FINE, BUT TRADE HIM FOR A
STARTER IN THE LEAGUE IN IBAKA
AND A PICK THAT WILL BE IN THE
20'S, AND YOU DO IT.
HE: TURNING AROUND PROCESS
ONLIES -- ROSS HE OPENS UP THE
GAME.
J.E.: HE WAS PLAYING 35 MINUTES
A GAME AND THEN 12 MINUTES AND
UNDER 10 MINUTES.
IT MUST BE FRUSTRATING.
WE WILL GET TO THE MAGIC SIDE,
HE HAS HAD A GOOD YEAR WITH A
GREAT CONTRACT MAKING $10
MILLION A YEAR AND IT OPENS UP
MORE CONSISTENT MINUTES.
HE ALLOWS THE RAPTORS
FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE HE CAN PLAY
AT THE FIVE IF YOU HAVE TO.
TAS: BETTER BELIEVE IT.
J.E. WITH PATTERSON, OR,
HOPEFULLY, PAIR HIM TO GIVE HIM
A LITTLE DEFENSE.
IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE RAPTORS.
LEIGH: AND THE DROP KICK IS ALL
I WANTED, BECAUSE THEY GAVE UP
SO MUCH TO GET IBAKA AND
REALIZED IT DID NOT WORK SO THEY
HAVE ANOTHER PICK.
AND NORMAN POWELL WAS PROBABLY
GOING TO BE LOST ANYWAY.
TAS: POWELL DECAROL -- THERE
WERE A LOT OF ASSETS AND YOU
HAVE TO TRADE ONE.
LIKE THE GOOD TEAMS, LIKE THE
WARRIORS WITH DRAYMOND GREEN HE
AUTHORITIES WITH THE FOUR BUT
PLAYS THE FIVE.
THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS ARE
SPREAD OUT.
HE CAN PLAY THE FIVE.
COMPARABLE TO THE BEST TEAMS
LIKE THE WARRIORS AND THE
CAVALIERS.
THE SPURS CAN DO IT WITH
ALDRIDGE.
THE TEAMS ARE SPREAD, YOU OUT
AND BEING VERSATILE HELPS.
J.E.: THEY HAD TO HAVE A SHAKEUP
HERE.
WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT ALL OF THE
LOSSES PILING UP AND YOU HAVE TO
AVOID FOUR SEED IN THE EAST, BE
HONEST.
IF YOU GET THAT YOU ARE PLAYING
THE CAVALIERS IN THE SECOND
ROUND IT WILL BE A RACE BETWEEN
THE CELTICS ON FIRE, THE WIZARDS
ON FIRE, THE HAWKS, AND OF THOSE
FOUR, TWO HAVE TO GET TWO, THREE
AND DO NOT WANT FOUR, OR FIVE
BECAUSE YOU PLAY THE CAVALIERS
IN THE SEMIFINALS.
QUICKLY TO THE MAGIC BECAUSE AS
LEIGH SAID, WAIT, YOU TREATED
THE 11 PICK FOR IBAKA AND NOW
YOU ARE FLIPPING HIM FOR ROSS
AND A A WORSE PICK?
LEIGH: VERY GOOD CHANCE IBAKA
WAS GOING ANYWHERE SO YOU GET A
POTENTIAL IN ROSS AND THEN YOU
GET A DRAFT PICK, UNLIKELY TO
GET A FRANCHISE ALTERING PLAYER
AT THAT LEVEL BUT IT IS
SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING.
IN IBAKA WALKED FREE THEY WOULD
HAVE NOTHING.
TAS: AND THE RAPTORS GOT
ANOTHER, AND THIS IS THE YEAR
WITH THE ONLY TRADES TO BE MADE
HAVE BEEN ACQUIRING THE ASSETS.
HE HAS NOT GONE FOR IT AND NOW
HE HAS.
27-YEAR-OLD, SERGE IBAKA YOU
THINK OF HIM BEING AROUND.
TREY: NOW, THE NEXT HEADLINE IS,
CAVALIERS, KEVIN LOVE OUT SIX
WEEKS AFTER KNEE SURGERY.
IS IT NEWS?
J.E. THE CAVALIERS ARE GETTING
HILLS BY INJURIES, FIRST SMITH
AND THEN -- SIX WEEKS.
SO THAT IS LAKE MARCH.
A COUPLE WEEKS IN THEORY BEFORE
THE MAY OFFS.
TOUGH LOSS.
HE.
HOPEFULLY YOU GET FIVE OR TEN
BACK GOING INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
GOOD NEWS IS THEY SIGNED
WILLIAMS FOR THE 10 DAY SO THAT
IS A INTENTION.
MINUTES ARE MORE FOR JEFFERSON
AND CHANNING BUT YOU NEED
SOMEONE TO COME IN AND GIVE THEM
TIME.
THE WORK ON LEBRON WILL
INCREASE.
THAT IS THE BIGGEST WORRY.
HE CANNOT SIT OUT GAMES IF THEY
FOCUS ON NUMBER ONE SPOT.
J.E.: LEBRON JAMES IS FIND FOR
THE LEAGUE IN MINUTES WITH
LOWRY.
HE IS IN THE 14TH YEAR.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF
IT COMES BACK TO HURT THEM,
ESPECIALLY LEBRON, IN THE PLAY
OFFS.
HE: MAKE THEY COULD CONCEDE THE
NUMBER ONE IN THE EAST AND WORRY
ABOUT KEEPING LEBRON FRESH.
J.E. HE IS PLAYING 40 MINUTES
THE LAST 15 GAMES SO IT IS UP AS
THE INJURIES ARE PILING UP.
THAT IS THE STORY.
WE WILL TALK TO RO FROM MINUTE
ABOUT KEVIN LOVE SPECIFICALLY.
TAS: WHAT YOU SAID, LEIGH, THAT
WILL HAPPEN: THOUGH CANNOT SCARE
ABOUT NUMBER ONE BUT ABOUT
LEBRON'S MINUTES.
THEY HAVE TO SCALE BACK.
THEY WILL GET -- CAN THEY TRAIN?
THEY DO NOT HAVE ASSETS.
THEY DO NOT WANT TO TRADE A GUY
WHO IS A HUMAN PART OF THE
ROTATION.
THOUGH WILL GET A GUARD THAT CAN
HELP LEBRON CARRY THE MINUTES
BUT NOT A TRADE.
J.E.: YOU ARE SAYING, OKAY WE
WILL PLAY LEBRON 32 MEMBERSHIP
-- MINUTE AS GAME AND THAT IS
IT.
SO WHAT, THAT IS IT.
TAS: TWO SEED AND LEBRON PLAYING
34, AND LEBRON WITH THE NUMBER
ONE SEED --.
LEIGH: YOU ARE RIGHT.
J.E. WE ADDRESSED THIS YESTERDAY
ON THE SHOW, WHO WILL REPLACE
KEVIN LOVE THE ALL-STAR IN THE
ALL-STAR GAME?
THAT WILL BE UP TO THE
COMMISSIONER.
WE WILL ADDRESS THAT AND WE
ADDRESSED IT THIS MORNING ON
TWITTER.
WE PUT UP A POLL INCLUDING BEALE
AND PORZINGIS IS LEADING AT 4%
AND CARMELO ANTHONY.
WE WILL UNVEIL THE NOMINEES FOR
THE "THE STARTERS" ALL-STAR HALL
OF FAME.
>> NOW, GREASING THE ALL-STAR
HAM OF FAME HONORING OUR
FAVORITE PLAYERS AND MOMENTS
ON-AND-OFF THE COURT FROM
ALL-STAR WEEKENDS PAST.
YESTERDAY WE INTRODUCED THE DUNK
WIN NOMINEES.
TOMORROW WE WILL TACKLE THE
HERO'S WING BUT, TODAY, LEIGH,
THREE POINT INDUCTEES LAST YEAR,
LARRY BIRD, WINNING THE FIRST
THREE, HE IS IN.
CRAIG HODGES WENT IN A MILLION
TIMES.
HE WON THREE.
HE IS A LOCK.
HE IS IN.
INDUCTED LAST YEAR.
STEPH CURRY A CONTROVERSIAL
SELECTION WINNING ONLY ONCE BUT
LEIGH HELPED HIM WIN THE
CONTEST.
ONCE YOU ARE IN, YOU ARE IN, SO
THEY ARE ALL IN THE "THE
STARTERS" ALL-STAR HALL OF FAME
IN THE THREE POINT WIN AND WE
ARE PUTTING IN ONE MORE.
WE HAVE FOUR NOMINEES.
HORNACEK, TWO TIME CHARGE.
PLAYING FOR THE JAZZ.
ART PRICE, TWO TIME CHARGE, KNEE
AND NOW BACK TO BACK IN THE
EARLY 1990'S.
AND ALSO, ANOTHER TWO TIME
CHARGE, 2002 AND 2003 AND A LOT
OF WHITE GUYS, AND JASON CAPOTO,
TWO TIME CHAMP 2007 AND 2008 AND
WENT TWO FOR THREE.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR NOMINEES.
WE ARE ONLY PUTTING ONE IN, THIS
YEAR, AND WOULD SHOULD JOIN
BYRD, HODGES, AND STEPH CURRY IN
THE HALL OF FAME?
HE: IT HAS TO BE CAPONO, I
WANTED TO GO WITH PRICE BUT FOR
TWO YEARS HE WON, HE BLITZED.
IT IS TOUGH.
A LOT OF THE GUYS GO IN MORE
THAN WE MAKE, IN MULTIPLE.
J.E. OF THE FOUR, THE TWO THAT
WENT TWO FOR THREE, WHEN YOU
DIVE IN AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS,
CAPONO SHOT IN SIX ROUNDS IN
THREE YEARS AND THE AVERAGE, CAN
YOU GUESS?
IT WAS 19.7.
SO.
20 AVERAGE.
HORNACEK?
14.2.
IN SIX ROUNDS.
A HICK OF A DROP OFF.
CAPONO IN THE FINALS IN 24, 25
AND --.
TREY: AND HE HAS MOST POINTS IN
AND AROUND, AND MOST POINTS IN
THE FINALS AND SECOND PLACE IN
THOSE CATEGORIES AND WAS PUT ON
EARTH TO WIN THREE POINT
CONTESTS BUT HE WAS THERE TO WIN
THE THREE POINT CONTESTS.
HE HAD THE BALL LESS THAN A
SECOND.
J.E. YOU GOT EXCITED ABOUT THE
TALLER GUYS.
TAS: I LOVE THE TALL GUYS SHOOT
AND YOU FORGET THAT HE IS 6 FOOT
9 INCHES.
TREY: WHERE HE WAS PLAYING WITH
THE KINGS, ANOTHER FUN TEACH TO
WATCH.
HE WILL NOT BE A CHAMPIONSHIP
WITH THE MAVERICKS.
LEIGH: HE IS ONLY 36 OR THEN.
BUT HE BROKEN WOULD NOT MINE HIM
ON THE PERIMETER.
J.E. THOSE ARE THE FOUR.
YOU HAVE A SAY IN THIS, THE
TWITTER POLL IS UP.
WHO SHOULD JOIN BIRD AND HODGES
AND CURRY?
I WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW
IT SHAKES OUT.
ALL-STAR WEEKEND, OBVIOUSLY;
LATER THIS WEEK AND WE ARE
HEADED TOMORROW FLIGHT TO NEW
ORLEANS WITH TWO HOUR SHOWS ON
FRIDAY AND SUNDAY IT WILL BE AT
4:00 P.M. AFTER THE JUMP, THE
CAVALIERS HAVE NO LOVE THIS
VALENTINE'S DAY OR THE NEXT SIX
WEEKS AND WE WILL DISCUSS THAT
AND MORE WITH RO PARRISH FROM
MINNESOTA NEXT.
TAS: WE HAVE A FAN NIGHT,
DOUBLEHEADER, CAVALIERS, WOLVES,
LAKERS AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH
THE RICHMOND-SAN RAFAEL, WE HAVE
RO PARRISH.
WE ARE LOOKING GOOD?
RO: YOU LOOK GOOD, YOU PLAY
GOOD, YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES.
TAS: I S KNOW IDEA.
I NEVER LOOKED THAT GOOD.
RO: COME ON, I SEE HOW YOU GUYS
ARE EVERY DAY.
J.E. HAVE YOU SEEN LEIGH ELLIS?
RO: SHOUTS OUT TO THIS SPECIAL
VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL TO HER
HUSBAND.
TAS: IN LOVE FOR THE CAVALIERS,
KEVIN LOVE IS OUT FOR SIX WEEKS
WITH THE KNEE INJURY WHICH
COMPOUNDS THEIR SITUATION, AND
SMITH IS OUT UNTIL MID-MARCH AND
LEBRON JAMES IS PLAYING ALL
THESE MINUTES.
WHAT IS THE FEELING IN THE LOCK
ROOM 6 THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS?
RO: I FEEL LIKE I AM A GOOD
JUDGE OF HOW SOMEONE'S BODY
LANGUAGE IS AND LEBRON WAS
BUMMED.
IF DO YOU NOT BELIEVE ME, LOOK
AT THE VISUAL AND AUDIO AND LET
THAT TEMPERATURE -- TELL THE
STORY.
>> IT SUCKS.
IT IS OUR ROLE EVERY SEASON.
ONE OF OUR KEY GUYS GETS HURT
AND THIS YEAR IS THE WORST, WITH
TWO GUARD OUT AND, NOW, HAVING
OUR POWER FORWARD OUT SO, NEXT
MAN UP AND HOPEFULLY A SPEEDY
RECOVER.
AS LONG AS I AM IN A LINEUP WE
HAVE A CHANCE.
WE GOOD.
KEV IS OUT FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD.
J.R. IS OUT.
I AM IN THE LINE YOUNG SO WE
HAVE A CHANCE.
I'M NOT WORRIED.
RO: I ASKED LEBRON IF HE SPOKE
WITH KEVIN AND HE HAS NOT YET.
THE COUCH SAID "HE SOUNDED A
LITTLE DOWN."
TAS: AS EXPECTED.
NOW, THE CELTICS ARE ONLY TWO
GAMES BACK OF THE CLEVELAND
CAVALIERS FOR ONE SEED.
IS THIS CONTINUED TO THE WORRY
OF LOSING THE ONE SEED IN THE
EVENING?
RO: I DON'T THINK THE CAVALIERS
ARE TOO WORRIED HEARING ABOUT
LEBRON TALKING ABOUT THE TWO
SEED SAYING WHOEVER IS IN FRONT
THEY PLAY.
THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS.
BUT JUST PLAY.
THAT IS WHAT HE SAID.
TAS: WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THE
CAVALIERS THEY WILL BE THE
FAVORITE.
EVEN IN THEY ARE ON THE ROAD S
THERE A SENSE OF THEM ADDING
SOMEONE IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
THEY HAVE ADDED WILLIAMS AND
THEY HAVE AN ON ROSTER, DO YOU
SENSE THERE COULD BE A TRADE
OTHER FREE AGENT SIGNING IN THE
FUTURE?
>> WE SAW THE MOVE THEY MADE
WITH CHRIS ANDERSON BUT WHAT ARE
THEIR ASSETS?
YOU HAVE TO ASK, IS THE OWNER
WILLING TO GO OVER THE LUXURY
TAX?
THOSE QUESTIONS REMAIN TO BE
ANSWERED.
ALL SIGNS POINT TO THEM TRYING
TO PICK SOMEONE UP IN THE SECOND
HALF OF THE SEASON.
TAS: AGREED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
RO: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
TAS: HE LOOKS GOOD.
CANNOT DENY.
AFTER THE BREAK, VERY SOLID
PLAY.
J.E.: WE HAVE THE LOVIN' MUSIC.
WHO IS YOUR NBA VALENTINE.
YOU HIT US UP ON TWITTER.
TREY KIRBY?
TREY: MIKE, BECAUSE HE WILL
NEVER LEAVE ME.
ANOTHER, WHITESIDE, I LOVE YOU A
"SWAT."
YOU ARE LIKE LANCE STEVENSON,
YOU BLOW ME AWAY.
J.E.: LAST NIGHT'S PICK RESULTS,
TAS PULLS IT OFF AGAIN IN
ANOTHER OVERTIME VICTORY MILLSAP
AT THE END OF REGULATION AND
GIVES THE WIN.
A LOSS FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
BUT, TONIGHT, KINGS AND LAKERS
AND I AMOUNT ONLY ONE TAKING LOS
ANGELES AT LOW-TO-MID AN EVERY
ELSE HAS SACRAMENTO ON THE ROAD.
LEIGH-LEIGH, WHAT ABOUT THE TWO
NEWS CONFERENCES?
LEIGH: T.J. HAS GIVE AND GO AND
A BEAUTIFUL PASS.
BEAUTIFUL FINISH.
HERE IT IS AGAIN, THE SIXERS ARE
INCREDIBLE TO WATCH FOR PLAYS
LIKE THAT.
I CALL THAT A VERY SOLID PLAY.
TAS: NICE MISDIRECTION.
J.E. WE DISCUSSED OAKAFOR TRADE
RUMORS AND OF MAGIC TRADE ON THE
YEAR.
TAS: I WOULD LIKE HIM THERE.
HE HAS RELATIONSHIP AND HE COULD
STICK AROUND LONG TERM SO YOU
GIVE UP SOME OF THE YOUNG ONES.
HE GOT TRADED.
WHOA!
WHOA!
J.E.: IS THAT WHAT JUST
HAPPENED?
TREY: WE ARE VERIFYING IT.
IBAKA TO TORONTO.
J.E.: WHAT A MOMENT ON TWITTER.
TONIGHT, ON NBA FAN NIGHT
DOUBLEHEADER CAVALIERS ANDFUL
WOULDS AND KINGERS AND LAKERS
AND, LEE?
HE: FROM DENVER AGAINST THE
WARRIORS, THREE FOR THE PRICE OF
ONE.
AND A COUPLE CAKE.
TAS: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US,
FOLKS, WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW,
LOVING SOMEONE IS MISSING THEM
WHILE THEY ARE SLEEPING.
J.E.: EMBRACE THE NIGHT, PEOPLE.
EMBRACE YOUR LOVED ONE!