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The Los Angeles Lakers made a late night roster move on wednesday evening, sending Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson to the Jazz in exchange for newly acquired Jazz guard Patrick Beverly. 

    Beverly played last season with the Minnesota Timberwolves being packaged in the massive Rudy Gobert trade this offseason, Beverly averaged 9.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists a game for his short duration on the T-Wolves. Beverly has played in Los Angeles and isn’t scared of the spotlight he would have on himself in L.A, as Beverly played a multitude of seasons for the Lakers rivals the L.A Clippers. 

This Lakers backcourt could be one of the most storied backcourts in all of the NBA as current point guard Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverly have had a messy past on and off the court. Beverly is known around the NBA as a “enforcer” and one of the better defensive guards in the NBA. With the Lakers including no picks in this trade, Lakers fans have to be somewhat excited for Beverly’s arrival in L.A but also confused as to why Westbrook is still on the team as this is not a good fit by any means on and off the court.

The Kevin Durant, Brooklyn Nets saga finally ends. Kevin Durant has been arguably the most drama filled superstar this offseason with requesting a trade over 2 months ago then making multiple attempts to utilize his leverage against Nets owner Joe Tsai. The Brooklyn Nets announced early yesterday afternoon that the organization and Durant have mended fences and will return for this next season and by the way the Nets are making this sound, it sounds like Durant will play out the rest of this contract and likely finish his career in Brooklyn. 

A report came out on Tuesday that the Memphis Grizzlies did make a trade offer for Durant but it wasn’t considered to be a real offer, with multiple NBA insiders saying the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat were the frontrunners for a possible trade for Kevin. It was also reported by many insiders that Nets superstar Kyrie Irving was also made unavailable as the Nets wanted to keep Irving for the last year on his contract and now looking back at that report that was most likely a huge piece as to why Durant made his decision to return to the Nets for the future.

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant and Nets owner met over the weekend to discuss where Durant lies on his trade request that he submitted earlier in this offseason {june 30th}, Durant in this meeting told Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai that you either pick me {KD} or the GM {Sean Marks} and Head Coach {Steve Nash}. Durant made it very clear to the Nets owner that he doesn’t have faith in the Nets direction as of now. 

It was reported by Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 8 that Durant and Joe Tsai met in London on Saturday and that’s what Durant gave the owner to think about. The Brooklyn Nets have the rights to KD for the next four seasons. Durant signed a massive 4 year $198 million dollar contract in June of 2021 and looks like that deal has already fallen apart in Durant’s eyes. 

It’s been rocky ever since the second year of this now third year going on to fourth year experiment with Durant and Kyrie Irving as the Nets big duo, while Durant has been a great player and person on and off the court for Brooklyn but with requesting this trade he’s {KD} now getting lumped into this diva/unreliable-esk player which is just not true.  

As it’s been over a month since Kevin has requested to be traded and still nothing everyday it looks like more and more that KD is going to stay in Brooklyn and most people are assuming Joe Tsai is going to pick Kevin over the GM and head coach which is the smart thing to do as neither the GM or coach is at the top of their respected positions. 

Sources: Kevin Durant tells Nets owner to trade him or fire Steve Nash, Sean Marks: Sources – The Athletic

As we head into the NBA offseason let’s look at the 5 best players at each position in the league right now. Today we’ll start with the shooting guards, everything will be taken into consideration like injuries, team play, age and what the player is like off the court. Each day we’ll do a different position. 

1. Devin Booker

This may be a shock to have Booker as the number one shooting guard in the league but considering his age, playoff stats and how he acts off the court id put him number one. Booker is a young ascending player who’s a top scoring guard and he may not be the greatest defensive guard Booker’s offense makes up for his lack of defense.

2. Bradley Beal

Bradley Beal is a phenomenal player in my opinion, from being considered one of the most loyal players in today’s game to an underrated two way guard, Beal is younger than most would think, Beal is only 28 and can easily be a top 5 SG for the next five years.

3. Donovan Mitchell 

Mitchell is similar to Devin Booker as they are both young ascending SG in this league, now Donvan is more of a two way player than Booker, Mitchell isn’t as gifted on the offensive end as Booker. Donovan is a great player off the court but on the court has had some issues with teammate Rudy Gobert in their on the court relationship but still is a great shooting guard for the next 5-7 years.

4. Zach Lavine

Now some would say Zach Lavine should be ahead of Devin Booker or Donovan Mitchell but Lavine isn’t as gifted on the offensive end as Booker or gifted on the defensive end as Mitchell so it leaves Lavine in a weird spot, but nonetheless Lavine is still a great player with most teams wanting to have him as he’s set to hit free agency this offseason. Lavine has not been considered a “winning” player but also hasn’t been on the right team for that either.

5. Anthony Edwards

This may be a shock to some as why Anthony Edwards is number 5 on this list skipping C.J Mccollum or Klay Thomspon but with Thompson’s injuries and C.J’s age Anthony Edwards was perfect to put at the number five spot. Edwards is becoming his own in Minnesota in his short two year NBA career but the fans and media love this guy on and off the court, with his jokes to starring in Netflix movie “Hustle” his off the court personality is one a NBA fan couldn’t not love.

As we head into the NBA offseason let’s look at the 5 best players at each position in the league right now. Today we’ll start with the point guards, everything will be taken into consideration like injuries, team play, age and what the player is like off the court. Each day we’ll do a different position. 

1. Stephen Curry

Steph has to be the number one point guard in the league and some would say that’s recency bias but if you look at Steph as a overall player on and off the court how could you argue he hasn’t been the best PG in the league for the last 7 years, now Curry has a had a rough stretch with injuries but if you look at all the PG in the league he’s not far from the rest in games played.

2. Luka Doncic

Luka is number 2 for the reason of how young he is and what he’s done with this Dallas Mavericks team in these playoffs thus far, Luka is putting up historically great numbers in the playoffs and is overall a pretty durable player, now his defense isn’t great but in the NBA these days whos a great 2 way point guard and can shoot the three.

3. Ja Morant

Some would think Ja should be higher on the list but I worry about the injuries with Ja, many would say he’s on the Derrick Rose trajectory and would compare Ja’s game to Rose. Ja did make a big leap this year with team wins and how far the Grizzlies got in these playoffs but shooting and injuries are going to be his biggest question mark for his future in this league.

4. Trae Young

Trae Young is a phenomenal player but like Steph Curry his defense is a huge liability, Young has actually been more durable than most people woulda thought for Young’s size and weight but with Trae’s shooting ability he isn’t in the paint as much as other PG’s, if you pair Young with a Klay Thompson esk player like Golden State did with Curry you could have something there in Atlanta but the lack of defense on Trae’s part is going to be a factor for the Hawks in the future. 

5. LaMelo Ball

Now many wouldn’t put Lamelo in the top 5 but with how young he is and the way he plays the position he has the potential to be a great player in the future, putting up great stats in the assists and rebounding departments Lamelo is a lengthy player and could be a really good defender in the future if he works on his defensive game.