In this YouTube segment, former NBA players Baron Davis and Draymond Green dissect a blockbuster trade that sends Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers. They argue that the Utah Jazz were blindsided, receiving only Housh Phan (a mis‑named player) and two second‑round picks that originated from the Lakers, meaning the Jazz never learned that a star player was being moved. The hosts blame Lakers GM Rob Pelinka for morally dubious maneuvering, suggesting he called Jazz GM Danny Ainge and completed the deal without informing him, straining their relationship. They speculate that Pelinka and the Warriors’ front office (Nico Harrison) “pulled the wool” over Ainge’s eyes. The conversation shifts to the Jazz’s broader strategy: their obsession with securing the No. 1 overall pick (Cooper Flagg) in the upcoming draft, noting Utah’s difficulty attracting top talent. They warn that the Lakers may find future trades with Utah impossible without compensating the Jazz later. The segment ends with a brief teaser about the Warriors’ upcoming six‑game road trip and a promise to discuss storylines rather than match‑ups. Throughout, the tone is informal, speculative, and occasionally sensational, with repeated emphasis on the perceived betrayal of Danny Ainge.
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The Utah Jazz, right? They didn't even know that Luka was being traded. Can you explain how is that possible for them to be involved in the trade and then not know somebody being traded? At that point, do you just wake up and be like, man, who, the Lakers and the Dallas, who can we call to get some picks? Call Utah. Boom, call Utah. You want some draft picks?
Yep.
Gotta take it.
Take good spirit. Listen, here's what I will say about that BD. Rob Palenka.
It's crazy.
It is a little on the lines of morally Fucked up for what he did, but I understand why he did it. But it's a little along the lines of, you know how someone do something and you like, well, they didn't break a law, so they can't go to jail. But morally, that's fucked up. And I think Rob Pelinka is right there teetering that line of like, you didn't quite do anything wrong, but— Yeah. Morally, I don't think Danny Ainge is going to ever work with him again because—
For sure.
Like, who knows if Danny would have did the deal or not, but you didn't give me the choice. And I think that's going to put a strain on their working relationship because how many times— you tell me this, BD— how many times have you seen the wool get pulled over Danny Ainge's head.
Danny Ainge do the— Yeah, yeah, yeah, very seldom, very seldom in his tenure.
Rob Palenka and Nico Harrison pulled the wool over his head.
So, and then it's the Lakers too. So you know Danny Ainge and the Lakers don't get along.
Danny Ainge ain't trying to help no Lakers. He's a Boston Celtic. He's a Boston Celtic. He not trying to help those guys.
Deep down inside, at all.
So for those people out there, I'm not a general manager, but how I would imagine that happen is if you call and you're just like, yo, we're trying to get off Lucifino, young guy, we'll give up two second round picks, and Danny Ainge is going to take him because he taking all those draft picks right now, then it don't matter.
Wait, timeout. Are you saying, hold on, I think I know what you saying. Did Rob Palenka call Danny Ainge and make the trade and didn't tell him nothing about this?
1000%. 1000%. Ooh.
That is ooh.
Hey, but hey dude, but here's the thing though, BD. Here's how he can get away with it though. I'm gonna tell you how he can get away with it. Because in that deal, the only thing that went to Utah was Hushpheno and 2 second round picks from the Lakers.
And some picks.
From the Lakers. Like it wasn't like it was Dallas pick or, you know, Dallas had to—
Didn't have to give up nothing.
No, the picks came from the Lakers. So you didn't have to let him know that there was a third team involved because everything that Utah received came from the Lakers. But man, that's a little—
Oh man, he got fleeced. Hey, dog. Oh, that is borderline. Oh, that is, ooh wee.
Like I said, BD.
That's when you gotta come knock on, Danny Ainge may have to see Rob, be like, "Hey bro, I gotta come knock on your door, homie." You really do. "You owe me one." That's one of them, "You owe me one." Like, "You owe me one for sure." This is Luka Dončić, man.
This ain't like they made a trade work for—
Can you imagine?
They ain't make a trade work for like, They had traded for Rui last year. It ain't like they made the trade work for Rui. This is Luka Dončić, man.
Hey dude, they went over there and fleeced. And you say nothing? Fleeced Danny Ainge.
Wow.
Fleeced Danny Ainge.
For sure, for sure. You don't see that happen to Danny often. You don't see that happen to Sam Presti often. Right? Like, wow.
Draymond Green waking up. Yeah, it was incredible. Good job, Rob Polinka. He got that off.
Absolutely.
Hey, he really got that off. Hey, Danny Ainge, I got these 2 picks and Hood Shavino. Hey, what you thinking? Oh man, what? Man, let me just get, let me give you those. He's like, thank you.
Thank you. Got 2 more picks.
Woo! Let me call Nick. Nico is done. Nico is done. It's done. I got Utah involved. They gonna take— oh man. Hey, 30 minutes later.
Oh, Rob Palenka. They come across Danny Ainge ticket. Luka Dončić traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Hey, you know Danny Ainge is hot. You know he is. Look at, he even said it. He basically said he was in no, he had no idea that he was helping the Lakers.
That's crazy.
Get Luka Dončić. He had no idea. No time to prepare. And then he said, by the time he found out, it was too late.
That is crazy.
Crazy. Well, you can never do another deal with the Utah Jazz if you the Lakers, unless you go give them something. You gotta go get that man something back later in a couple years and be like, "Hey man, no hard feelings." You have to.
Absolutely. It's crazy.
The Warriors begin a 6-game road trip on Wednesday. I wanna do something a little different. I wanna talk storylines for each team instead of, you know, usually how we talk matchups.
Yep.
That's cool.
Yes, sir.
All right, let's start. Let's start with Utah first. The Utah Jazz, this team is looking to keep drafting picks, right? They want the number 1 pick. Cooper Flagg, everybody is saying. How important is it for a franchise to get the number 1 pick? Coming in this draft and what does that do for Utah with what they're doing?
It's very important for Utah to get the number one pick in this draft. Not to be racist, but Utah is very white. It's like a very white place. And so Cooper Flagg, like I'm sure they're looking at as like their next great hope, you know? And that he fit in there, you know, he's from Maine, you know? And so, I think that's kind of a match made in heaven and I'm sure they're doing all that they can to try to get it to make that match happen. I think for us, you know, they have good NBA, some good NBA players on that team. And for us, we just gotta make sure that we stay locked in. But you know, going, 'cause it can, you can easily go lose that game. We don't have any space to do that. But this is Danny Ainge, like Danny Ainge rebuilt the Boston Celtics that we know of.
Right.
As we know today. Off of this same exact strategy. And he's proven that he can do it. I think he'll do it again. But it's very important for them to get the number one draft because they can't pay anybody to come to Utah.
Right.
So you gotta get the number one pick 'cause they can't pay a number one pick talent to come to Utah.
No.
Can't pay 'em enough.
They not getting one of them superstars that land in Utah.
0% chance.
They could get Jimmy Butler though. He could wind up in Utah as a last resort. He don't wanna go.
He gonna send Bernie and Pat office like, Jimmy not signing an extension with Utah.
He gonna really have that emo hair, them emo bangs in Utah.
