But if you're Oklahoma City, you know, what in your eyes do they need to do to, to essentially not let him go off for, for 40 points and 20 rebounds?

Well, you know, the fact of the matter is e- even with him going off, they still had chances to win.

And Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, I would be, I would h- I would say he'd be the first one to say that wasn't an A performance from him.

And, you know, Jalen Williams, uh, you know, Lou Dort's gotta be better.

Uh, Hartenstein has to be better.

Uh, Holmgren.

Uh, their big's gotta be better.

They should be fueled by anger about how they've lost five of six to the Spurs.

Every kiss becomes more than-

You know, that's the first time I saw Sinatra.

Not, not in person, obviously, but, uh, on television.

I was in... at, at a party with all my family, and, uh, everybody stopped and put this guy on, uh, television.

And, uh, everybody was making a big deal that this was, uh, Sinatra's, uh, big return.

So, uh, I was like, "Wow, who is this guy in the tuxedo? He's amazing." And, uh, that, that spawned my, uh, love affair with, uh, with Sinatra.

So th- there you go.

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On the coaching front, uh, Jack, your thoughts on, uh, Steve Kerr re-upping in, uh, Golden State for a couple years, and, uh, Nick Nurse surviving in Philly as they were swept by the Knicks, but Daryl Morey losing his job as general manager.

Yeah, you know, uh, obviously the Jarrett McCain trade I think really turned some players on Daryl Morey.

I think, uh, you know, I, I think that really created an issue there, uh, for the Sixers in terms of, like, guys are like, "What are you doing?" You know? And, and I also think the Paul George decision was, was a bad decision.

I mean, look, he's a great player, but at that stage of his career, uh, to, to load up a g- a guy with that kind of money where you, maybe you could have filled two needs.

Particularly when you have Embiid out of the lineup so much, you know, you need, uh, multiple, multiple bodies capable of playing, um, you know, you know...

I, I would say quality o- you know, over quality, and w- for that kind of money you'd get, you could still get quality and quality at the same time.

Whereas you had Paul George miss a bunch of games due to suspension, and he's older, and he's not gonna have it every night.

And, uh, uh, again, uh, Steve Kerr, are, are you surprised in the least that he's back?

Uh, what do you make of, of his struggles from an efficiency perspective in this series?

Well, I'm gonna give some credit to Dean Wade from, uh, Cleveland early in the series.

I thought he did a good job.

And, um, I, I, I think now, I mean, the Cavs have said, "We're putting Dean Wade on Scotty Barnes.

We're more concerned with him." And I, I made that point a few times on Sunday during the broadcast.

Like, "Hey, come on now.

You got Sam Merrill and Max Strus guarding you.

How far is that, you know, till we actually see real conversations about those two teams relocating?

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... never easy, and they're coming off a, a embarrassing loss against Memphis the other night, and Jokic didn't play well.

Uh, so they have their own issues.

And it's interesting, uh, you know, you look at Denver right now, I think they're the fifth or the sixth seed, if I'm not mistaken, in the West, and Toronto is the five seed, but you got Atlanta who's rolling right now right on your back, Orlando, Miami, Philly, Charlotte.

Uh, five through 10 in, in the East is crazy.

I think, you know, Detroit, uh, to your point about Cade Cunningham, as long as he's able to come back in a few weeks, um, they'll be fine.

They'll hold the fort.

How, how seriously do you take the Lakers?

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... never easy, and they're coming off a, a embarrassing loss against Memphis the other night, and Jokic didn't play well.

Uh, so they have their own issues.

And it's interesting, uh, you know, you look at Denver right now, I think they're the fifth or the sixth seed, if I'm not mistaken, in the West, and Toronto is the five seed.

But you got Atlanta, who's rolling right now, right on your back, Orlando, Miami, Philly, Charlotte.

Uh, five through 10 in, in the East is crazy.

I think, you know, Detroit, uh, to your point about Cade Cunningham, as long as he's able to come back in a few weeks, um, they'll be fine.

How, how seriously do you take the Lakers?