Who won the OG Anunoby Trade?

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but I got to be transparent whenever possible. Lots though has happened over the Christmas break. The first thing that we have to talk about is the trade. It finally happened, the big news we've been waiting. It's like John Collins, right, it's John Collins, the Grim Reaper and og Anobi. When will the news come down? When will the knock not your mailman? And it will be the og Ananobi trade. We finally got it. Toronto Raptors finally pulled the trigger.

They send him pressures that Chu you Malechi Flynn to the New York Knicks for RJ. Barrett, Toronto's own Emmanuel Quickly six Man of the Year candidate and a second round pick. There's a lot of people mad about this trade. A lot of New York Knicks fans that are mad.

Emmanuel quickly was beloved. I get that, but he was about to try to make thirty million dollars a year, and he's coming up to the end of his contract, and I promise you do not want to pay Emmanuel quickly thirty million dollars when there is a finite amount of resources to pay players. My initial thought is love it. Love it for both sides. Love it most specifically for the New York Knicks. You get a three and D

guy who can shoot forty percent from the corner. You saw this in the Miami Heat Series when both teams went ice cold from deep. Everyone starts to pack the paint. The passing lanes are more difficult. The driving lanes are more difficult. Why because everyone starts to collapse because they don't respect the shooters. Now you're gonna be able to give the ball to ogn Andobi driving kick out to him,

and he's gonna get that respect that he needs. Also, his defense, even though he's not playing as good a defense as he has in prior years, well at least the numbers say that he hasn't. I think that's mostly due to the system that he's playing under with Darko, So there's not more like there's not that many guys that are three and D that could also guard one

through five. Like they're just not. Like, there's not very many lockdown guys that are better than Ognanoby seventh to two, wingspan, six seven, big body, very thick, can play multiple positions offensively and defensively, and like I said, lockdown defender. For example, they just played the Minnesota Timberwolves in his first game, hadn't even really read the playbook, had not gone to

any practices, barely spoke to Tom Thibodau. What's however, And in sixty eight possessions spanning thirteen minutes defending aunt Edwards, he held aunt Edwards to four for fourteen with three turnovers and zero assists. And that is a guy aunt Edwards that is virtually unstoppable. Fred Katz, he covers the Knicks, he said after Ognnoby's first game. By the way, only twenty minutes for ognnob three threes, seventeen points, one steal. Anyway, he covers the Knicks. And he said this, you would

never guess that Annobe hasn't practiced with the team. He finished with the Knicks debut with seventeen points on three for six shooting from three. The principal reason the Knicks brought him in was his defensive presence. But on Monday, this Knicks offense changed two. When Ognnobi was asked about a trade, he said, when I found out it was the Knicks, I was definitely excited. I've always liked the team. I grew up a fan of basketball, and I've always

watched the Knicks. So ognnob now is going to re sign with the Knicks. I promised you that he wants to be in the area. He loves playing for them. He's wanted to go to New York. He may even take less money to be in New York. Jake Fisher reported that ognob is looking for forty million dollars AAV but might take less for the Knicks, which is very interesting and something that is setting up Domino's potentially to fall down the road. The Domino that I keep hearing

about is a long shot. But Joel Embi for the Raptors, they needed this. They needed to shake some shit up because they had no shot creator, and now they do in Emmanuel quickly. Emmanuel quickly now goes from the sixth man to the starting point guard for the team. You now move a disgruntle player who's wanted a bigger role for a long time, and you replace him with a

couple of players who I think can really light it up. RJ. Barrett, I'm not a huge fan of I'm a huge fan of his game, but maybe he works better on this team, even though they don't have any shooters either. He's averaging eighteen four and two and that shot creation is badly needed for the Raptors. Emmanuel Quickly right now off the bench is giving you fifteen to three and three and twenty four minutes per game. Both are considered to be

very high locker room guys. I think the team is going to fall in love with and the fan base is going to fall in love with IQ immediately. They're both very young, young enough to rebuild the team around them. And Scottie Barnes and now Barrett comes home to Toronto. So it's a natural fit to me for a team that's Long Sense, like Long Sense lost its identity. Barrett was sad to leave the team that drafted him, but he said he was happy to come home. He said,

I'm really excited to be here. I'm thankful, I'm blessed. I grew up a Raptors fan all my life, so to come here and put the jersey on, it's going to be great. I do think though, as in aside, Zach Lowe made a good point when he said the RJ. Barrett maybe has a toxic asset, maybe he has a toxic contract, and I think that's probably a fair description for him. He's not a bad play, but he makes a lot of money. And the only reason he got that amount of money is because New York knew that

he was a trade piece. He was supposed to be the trade piece to Utah for Donovan Mitchell and they ended up getting og Anobi instead, which I think is a much better fit. By the way, I don't think you have Jalen Brunson and Donovan Mitchell as your back court and you move RJ. Bear I don't think that works.

You needed a wing. Also. The problem though, is that og Anobi is on an expiring so he's going to be looking for forty million dollars a year, and I honestly think OG's going to take less to stay with the team. Tom Crean thinks that this is going to change the entire outlook of the East. I don't know about that, I somewhat agree. I think og Anobi will absolutely change the complexion of the offense and the defense, but change the entire outlook of the East that's a

long shot. I do think he'll flourish in Tibbs's system. I think pressures that you helps them. They need some sort of backup big with Mitchell Robinson out for the year and then Toronto, IQ and Barrett are gonna immediately become starters on a team that struggles to score. And the Raps, by the way, would have loved I'm sure to hold on to og and Andobi, but he was

gonna walk for nothing. So it's a good thing that Messia has learned from his mistakes, because you don't want to end up in another situation where you lose a player for nothing, like you did with Fred van Fleet or possibly Pascal Siakam. More on that we gotta keep an eye on as well.