Could Zion Williamson be a logical Mavs trade target?

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Though Jimmy Butler has been the most mentioned name for the Mavs to pursue in trade talks, could Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans be a more logical acquisition? K&C discuss the positives and negatives of acquiring the mercurial Pels star, from his inability to stay healthy and his fantastic play when on the court.

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00:00This is a conversation in a break yesterday that turned into, Hey man, we probably should

00:19continue this conversation on and Kevin, we've been discussing Jimmy Butler as an option

00:24for a while and I just don't, I don't love that. I do love you saying, Hey, and go ahead

00:31and mark that. Uh, I do, I do like when you're like, Hey, we're trying to give this guy away

00:36right now. I mean, you might be able to get them from now, but is that, is that good value

00:40for you? If it is actually nothing, I don't know. And the only reason I would say yes

00:44is because Jimmy Butler on a vendetta, I think is a thing. There are three major factors,

00:51three motivating factors for athletes and that is, and for Jimmy Butler, it might only

00:55be one. He might only want revenge, revenge, contract season and fun babies. Kids motivate

01:01you. Um, the guy we're about to talk about might be porn stars. All right. And that is,

01:05I mean, fun babies do kind of come from that. Sometimes Zion Williams and um, the, uh, the

01:14Zion is, he's been a fascinating enigma since he was drafted. Even before he was drafted,

01:21the whole break in the shoe thing was interesting, but the body Mike before, when he got drafted,

01:26I do remember you saying he's not going to be able to physically play basketball because

01:32I thought like at 32 his career would be over just being at that, that physical, that athletic

01:38and that heavy, that the knees and the ankles and stuff, it will be able to handle it for

01:44a while. But by the time he gets to 30, you know, the micro fractures and the cartilage

01:50and all that stuff will probably deteriorate so much that he's going to have one of those

01:5410 year great careers. And then like, you're like, gosh, he was drafted at 1920 years old.

02:00How at 30 or 31 is he at this level now that has not played out. And unfortunately he's

02:06been way more hurt than I think most people could have imagined for six years.

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