I could see him getting intel from the Rockets side talking about big name hunting, particularly KD.
And then after that tweet Suns source tells him “We have 0 interest on trading KD, especially to a Western Conference team.” Then Woj follows up
The last article I read said Houston was targeting either Durant or Booker if Suns blow it up. Which I guess makes sense, by the time they throw in the towel KD will probably washed for real. I don’t really know what else trading the Nets for Suns picks accomplishes anyways.
JJ Reddick to the Lakers was getting actual screen time over coverage of the Finals just 1-2 weeks ago.
Drama drives discussion; and discussion drives viewership.
There's a reason why a top 10 team (all time) based on record and statistics, was voted to lose by damn near every basketball pundit under the sun.
Hint: it wasn't because they believed it lol
Listening to Locked on Celtics podcast on my lunch break and the host said his article about the Celtics' offseason plans got twice the readership that his article about the Celtics winning the NBA Finals. It's nothing new cause he pointed out that his month with the highest readership in 2008 was July.
Yeah people should really be talking about schemes right after the basketball has ended during the longest period of no basketball of the year right before the teams change significantly turning nearly every conversation into a hypothetical.
it was all downhill when people said regular season success doesn't matter
suddenly, the MVP doesn't matter anymore, lmao...
even worse, players are being propped up for playing more than 60 games...hahahahah what a joke
I get why people hate him because of his Personality but it’s always wild to see people on the suns and Cardinals sub downplay anything he reports because it ends up being something they don’t want to hear. Like he sucks but he’s right way way way more than he’s wrong.
> but it’s always wild to see people on the suns and Cardinals sub downplay anything he reports
TBF, Gambo isn't *nearly* as clued in on the Cards as he is on the Suns.
I still remember the year that he was convinced all the way up till draft day that the Cards would somehow have Okudah fall to them and they would draft him, when it was pretty clear for weeks he was going to Detroit.
He gets some DBacks stuff every once in awhile too.
He has *zero* info about the Cards though, I'm sure of that. That douchebag Bickley or Wolf both have way more connections with that team than Gambo does imo.
Not a suns fan but Gambo is SO plugged in. Dude is always quick to (accurately) correct misconceptions and absolutely has the pulse of the team.
I remember he was the first to report on the Nash sign and trade, and us Lakers fans refused to believe it. Lesson learned.
Pretty sure it's a callback joke to the time the Suns were trading DA and all the Mavs fans claiming that THJ, Javale, and someone else on the team at the time was more than enough to land him.
It probably was, but that trade proposal was absolute horseshit value for the Suns.
Last offseason Suns fans were expecting our lottery pick(who ended up being Lively lol) and role players for a possible Ayton to mavs trade but here we are.
I’ve been listening to Gambo off and on for years. Tbh I kind of like that he sounds as if he’s from the Jersey Shore. It beats when it seemed everyone would hear Arizona and think cowtown.
Gambadoro is from New York so that makes perfect sense
And very reliable, having followed the NBA for the last few years he is very rarely wrong on the Suns
He’s actually starting a vacation. He’s our main sports radio guy and spot on suns reporter. So he’s saying if you don’t hear from me for a while just know this ain’t happening
I don’t really get the Rockets game plan.
I think they gained one future first round pick while going from the Nets picks to the Suns picks? Or did they not gain additional picks?
Rockets turned a pick and a pick swamp into two picks and two pick swaps.
If the Rockets didn't give the picks back, Nets could have traded for Mitchell or Trae or someone else to get up into the 7/8 again and then the 25 swap and 26 pick could be like pick 14/15.
I would have liked more picks but doing nothing this summer could have been a lot worse.
Yeah seems like Nets, Knicks, then Rockets are the order of “winners” from this trade. Unless the Knicks win a championship of course, but Nets gaining future picks while also regaining their 2025 & 2026 picks so they can openly tank is a big win compared to trying to fight for the 9 seed again
While KD doesn't have a no trade clause loke Beal, I do kinda feel like he's a player with enough cache that if he didn't want to actually be traded to Houston, he probably wouldn't be traded to Houston. And I really can't see a reason why he would want to be in Houston. But who knows.
You guys would have to push for this trade this year though. After next season, Durant is in a walk year, and you probably get nowhere near as much as you want for KD as if he doesn't want to be in Houson, he can just tell them straight up that they are trading for a rental.
The tweet is saying Houston wants KD, and that maybe the Suns could change their minds. Not sure why this Suns reporter is acting like Woj is just making stuff up. Woj isn't saying Phoenix doesn't want KD, he's just noting that things could change down the line.
Send KAT and picks to Phx for KD. Helps phx get younger and some picks and gets Mn that second scorer who is automatic. Imagine that def with an all timer as their second scorer. No more of those crazy chaotic last minute possessions.
Yea this makes Suns look like fools. And hows does this make a contending team for Booker? Makes zero sense unless they are rebuilding but they are trying to win.
Love how everyone calls out big reporters for being on team payrolls and putting out smoke screens but when team insiders that basically are on payroll reports something we take it completely at face value
Not for nothing but the man has lived in Phoenix for nearly three decades but still comes on the radio like he is auditioning for WFAN everyday. The schtick has been played out for about two decades.
I feel like trading KD at least gives them a direction. Right now they’re just gonna waste out Durant’s contract.
Beal’s contract prevents any real roster improvement. This team is far from a coaching change + min guys from contending.
Tbf Woj quickly stepped back from this tweet right after he sent it. Sounded like he may have had bad intel or tweeted too quickly
Shams put moles in his camp
Woj is making "meet the shams" as we speak
Dear Booker, I’m sorry that man is your father.
Why is Doncic catching strays?
If anyone on the mavericks could catch a stray maybe they wouldn’t have had so many god damn turnovers in the finals.
I’m ready for the AI YouTube video to drop in 24 hours
When's Shams coming out with the "Not Like Us" track?
Shams: "The people feeding you information are clowns"
But I fed you the information 🤡
Person A wanted Person C to have the information. Person A leaked it to Person B knowing they would tell Person C.
Drake chose the wrong rumors to stir man
WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP SHAMS FUCK EM UP
WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP imma tweet my stuff
What is it the TRADES
Psssst... it's lunch time
Dear Adrian You're just like that Canadian You think you know all in the stadium But really you just got a broken pen
Are you finally ready to play have-you-ever? Lets see. Have you ever thought Tilman Fertitta was working for me? - shams
“I want you to know it was me!”
Houston's smokescreen generator is working overtime atm
I could see him getting intel from the Rockets side talking about big name hunting, particularly KD. And then after that tweet Suns source tells him “We have 0 interest on trading KD, especially to a Western Conference team.” Then Woj follows up
The last article I read said Houston was targeting either Durant or Booker if Suns blow it up. Which I guess makes sense, by the time they throw in the towel KD will probably washed for real. I don’t really know what else trading the Nets for Suns picks accomplishes anyways.
He never said a deal was close or even negotiated. He said they want to trade for kd ir another star
Woj didn't say they had a deal in place though
Depends on the order but than it feels like the rockets were dumb to trade the nets picks backs those are going to be top5.
Tbf if the nets don’t get their picks back they probably keep bridges and be a ~35 win team since there’s no incentive to tank
I hate what this league has become. The actual basketball isn’t even a top 3 reason why ppl follow anymore
There’s no basketball being played right now.
True, but.... NBA Offseason >>>>> NBA Playoffs > NBA Regular Season
Watching teams lose in the offseason is way more fun than watching them lose on the court
That assumes I actually watch the games. I'm just here for my soap opera drama fix.
How does this affect the Hallmark Channel's legacy?
Even if there was, the top topics are always drama related and never related to actual basketball
You just seem miserable dude I’m sorry
I just like basketball
apolitical atheists always are.
Good one
JJ Reddick to the Lakers was getting actual screen time over coverage of the Finals just 1-2 weeks ago. Drama drives discussion; and discussion drives viewership. There's a reason why a top 10 team (all time) based on record and statistics, was voted to lose by damn near every basketball pundit under the sun. Hint: it wasn't because they believed it lol
There is no ball in nba
Listening to Locked on Celtics podcast on my lunch break and the host said his article about the Celtics' offseason plans got twice the readership that his article about the Celtics winning the NBA Finals. It's nothing new cause he pointed out that his month with the highest readership in 2008 was July.
Well yeah what's there to say about winning. It's a closed sentence. The off-season is all open questions
Yeah people should really be talking about schemes right after the basketball has ended during the longest period of no basketball of the year right before the teams change significantly turning nearly every conversation into a hypothetical.
This occurs during the season too
it was all downhill when people said regular season success doesn't matter suddenly, the MVP doesn't matter anymore, lmao... even worse, players are being propped up for playing more than 60 games...hahahahah what a joke
You dont enjoy mega travels, flopping and no designed plays or defense whatsoever? Damn you weird
He was too busy cookin shams and threw that tweet out as a heat check
Gambo is like super keyed in with the Suns right?
Yes. He's not often wrong when it comes to Suns intel.
I get why people hate him because of his Personality but it’s always wild to see people on the suns and Cardinals sub downplay anything he reports because it ends up being something they don’t want to hear. Like he sucks but he’s right way way way more than he’s wrong.
> but it’s always wild to see people on the suns and Cardinals sub downplay anything he reports TBF, Gambo isn't *nearly* as clued in on the Cards as he is on the Suns. I still remember the year that he was convinced all the way up till draft day that the Cards would somehow have Okudah fall to them and they would draft him, when it was pretty clear for weeks he was going to Detroit.
That sounds more like having bad Detroit info than having bad cards info.
That didn’t work out well for either team
There’s no way we’re trading Ayton for Nurk, Gambos out of his mind
He's really only good for Suns related insights, and even then he lost his #1 source in Sarver
He gets some DBacks stuff every once in awhile too. He has *zero* info about the Cards though, I'm sure of that. That douchebag Bickley or Wolf both have way more connections with that team than Gambo does imo.
Is there anyone who likes Bickley?
Maybe his mother, but I sincerely doubt it.
I like Bickley. I don’t always agree with him but I respect where he’s coming from.
He also kind of broke the Coyotes leaving
I think his old Cards source was Adrian Wilson. He hasn't had shit on the Cards since AW left.
Correct. I value him for his info, not his opinions.
Gambo reports whatever the Suns FO tells him to. It isn’t necessarily the truth.
absolutely, he's practically on the suns/cards payroll
Not a suns fan but Gambo is SO plugged in. Dude is always quick to (accurately) correct misconceptions and absolutely has the pulse of the team. I remember he was the first to report on the Nash sign and trade, and us Lakers fans refused to believe it. Lesson learned.
I agree completely… but this is also how every KD trade started lol.
Yeah this pretty much puts it to bed. The Suns will disappoint and we will go through another exhausting offseason. I want off the ride man.
If they could somehow acquire a decent playmaker, they'd probably be much better in the playoffs.
Bro shut shit down. Especially if Suns fans are hype on it lol
Never trust a source who doesn’t get the airplane wifi
Except Gambo. No better Suns insider.
Now we got Mavs fans saying THJ, Maxi and a FRP is a good deal for KD lol
why would the mavs help the suns
lol
[удалено]
r/woosh
They’re joking lol
Suns would be stupid not to take it! Tim went 5/5 in a finals game.. cmon Suns.. please!
Where do you see that?
Pretty sure it's a callback joke to the time the Suns were trading DA and all the Mavs fans claiming that THJ, Javale, and someone else on the team at the time was more than enough to land him. It probably was, but that trade proposal was absolute horseshit value for the Suns.
Last offseason Mavs fans thought THJ, Holmes, and a 1st could get them whatever they wanted.
TT, Shump, Nets pick
Last offseason Suns fans were expecting our lottery pick(who ended up being Lively lol) and role players for a possible Ayton to mavs trade but here we are.
It’s a great deal
What about shump and the nets pick?
Steven A saying don’t listen to the Suns. I got to listen to the Suns
famous last words
Statistically, planes are less likely to crash than cars
True, but planes also dont have to deal with drunk/ bad drivers...and their pilots arent drunk/high/ love to speed.
The Denzel slander
I’m drunk right now
Call Harling
They railroaded his ass.
He gone
Tbf Gambo is pretty accurate reporter and has good intel especially on the Suns.
He's already on the plane bags packed too
get ready to learn texan buddy.
TMZ just [leaked this pic](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-de52005eb2b0567f2b82891eacf1327e-lq) of KD at Texan Duolingo camp
He can't win with these cats.
But at what time?
febtober 35th at tweleven o'clock
It’s at the 1 yard line
Bro why do the suns have such Jersey Shore sounding reporters? I remember during the whole KD saga hearing about “Gambo” and “Flex from Jersey”
Phoenix is a transplant town. Our top 2 sports radio guys are from New York and Chicago. Just the way it is here
Yeah the entire west valley is basically just people who said "fuck the snow, where can I move where I never have to deal with snow again?"
Flex just a hype man. He’s really good on injury timelines, that’s about all I trust him for.
Don't believe any Suns insider info you hear until Big Frankie Guglianno weighs in.
I’ve been listening to Gambo off and on for years. Tbh I kind of like that he sounds as if he’s from the Jersey Shore. It beats when it seemed everyone would hear Arizona and think cowtown.
Gambadoro is from New York so that makes perfect sense And very reliable, having followed the NBA for the last few years he is very rarely wrong on the Suns
So it's going to be announced before the plane he's on lands
Are we acting like it's impossible to get wifi on airplanes?
It was a humble brag
He’s actually starting a vacation. He’s our main sports radio guy and spot on suns reporter. So he’s saying if you don’t hear from me for a while just know this ain’t happening
Gambo is a certified boomer I doubt he knows how to connect to any form of wifi
Suns giving up on KD this soon would be crazy. He himself would have to want out for this to happen
You can’t trade everything for durant including replacing your coach and then trade him the next year for draft picks. That’s lunacy.
-Texas A&M baseball coach
I don’t really get the Rockets game plan. I think they gained one future first round pick while going from the Nets picks to the Suns picks? Or did they not gain additional picks?
Gave up 1 nets pick and 1 nets swap to gain 2 picks and 2 swaps.
Rockets turned a pick and a pick swamp into two picks and two pick swaps. If the Rockets didn't give the picks back, Nets could have traded for Mitchell or Trae or someone else to get up into the 7/8 again and then the 25 swap and 26 pick could be like pick 14/15. I would have liked more picks but doing nothing this summer could have been a lot worse.
I think it was a swap and a pick for a swap and a pick. So far as I know the Nets made out like bandits.
Yeah seems like Nets, Knicks, then Rockets are the order of “winners” from this trade. Unless the Knicks win a championship of course, but Nets gaining future picks while also regaining their 2025 & 2026 picks so they can openly tank is a big win compared to trying to fight for the 9 seed again
would be hilarious if a trade happened before his plane landed
Giving up on their huge trade after 1.5 seasons would be pretty weak.
I’d assume most teams are watching the suns situation, not just Houston.
Never really made sense to begin with. Teams don’t make a huge splash and just abandon it after one year.
While KD doesn't have a no trade clause loke Beal, I do kinda feel like he's a player with enough cache that if he didn't want to actually be traded to Houston, he probably wouldn't be traded to Houston. And I really can't see a reason why he would want to be in Houston. But who knows.
Oh if they were offering all our picks back, Sengun, and Thompson or Smith Jr. Idc if Durant wants to or not. Would be dumb for Rockets to do though
You guys would have to push for this trade this year though. After next season, Durant is in a walk year, and you probably get nowhere near as much as you want for KD as if he doesn't want to be in Houson, he can just tell them straight up that they are trading for a rental.
Unless he agrees to an extension. But yeah I agree.
KD is so old. Just let him be the halftime show for nationally televised games where he gets to warmup shots and tweets
famous last words
Gotta say... If suns are doing some crazy unforeseen upgrade.... Turning down fvv, sengun, and your picks back for KD is not good.
KD should pay the couple of dollars for in flight WiFi.
If he is traded by the time his flight lands... cinema.
the phoenix suns have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever before he gets off his flight
“What a joke! And Woj gets to be an insider?”
So he’s going to the Clippers? Straight up swap with PG13?
The tweet is saying Houston wants KD, and that maybe the Suns could change their minds. Not sure why this Suns reporter is acting like Woj is just making stuff up. Woj isn't saying Phoenix doesn't want KD, he's just noting that things could change down the line.
Send KAT and picks to Phx for KD. Helps phx get younger and some picks and gets Mn that second scorer who is automatic. Imagine that def with an all timer as their second scorer. No more of those crazy chaotic last minute possessions.
I'm sure there would be a taker, but trading a max contract isn't super duper simple.
Unfortunately for Suns fans, it won't happen. This is clearly a failed experiment and he should just trade everybody and start fresh.
Yea this makes Suns look like fools. And hows does this make a contending team for Booker? Makes zero sense unless they are rebuilding but they are trying to win.
It doesn’t make a contending team for Booker. It partly salvages the awful mistake of trading for KD.
Trading for KD was still salvageable before the Beal trade. _That_ was the ultimate undoing.
This team isn’t winning a ring with or without the beak contract
the problem isn't really Beal. We still had CP3 contract to get through
Love how everyone calls out big reporters for being on team payrolls and putting out smoke screens but when team insiders that basically are on payroll reports something we take it completely at face value
“Trust me bro”
Gambo is a tool but I can’t remember the last time he was wrong about something big. He is very reliable.
How is he a tool? Lmao
Have you ever listened to him, or just read his tweets? Because he’s a massive tool.
Well i think hes funny and entertaining. I know people on reddit sorta love/hate him but I dont get what hes done that warrants hating to be honest
The things you think are funny and entertaining are both not funny or entertaining to the rest of us.
I think old east coast guys are funny and a lot of other people do too. But aight
click on the tweet and scroll down and you'll see him post a photo of his trophy wife to win an argument
And the worst part is the trophy is only for third place.
who is a year older than his oldest daughter.
Not for nothing but the man has lived in Phoenix for nearly three decades but still comes on the radio like he is auditioning for WFAN everyday. The schtick has been played out for about two decades.
lmao
Nah gambo talks directly to suns and dbacks ownership/gms He’s alway far ahead of national guys on both teams and he’s always right
Smokescreen because KD is going to Mavs
“Last tweet before this plane I’m on leaves” Broke ass can’t even afford in plane WiFi?
Good. I don't want KD near my team.
who?
Probably the most reliable Phx sports insider
oh
And Durant gets traded before his plane lands.
dude bouta land and see KD’s gone
Why does Houston do that trade if they aren’t trying to do a trade with the suns. It makes absolutely zero sense
I feel like trading KD at least gives them a direction. Right now they’re just gonna waste out Durant’s contract. Beal’s contract prevents any real roster improvement. This team is far from a coaching change + min guys from contending.
Gonzo
I wasn't sure before but, I am now sure that "HE GONE"
New copypasta
See his own reply/quote on that that tweet. He kind of backtracks.