Make the case.

I'm, uh, you know what? I'll make the case.

Uh, Steph Curry plays 70-something games.

The, Kristaps Porziņģis has his healthiest year basically ever.

All the stars align.

Rick Celebrini is, is, you know, works miracles as the team doctor.

Uh, you know, De'Anthony Melton actually can play back-to-backs.

When does, when do, when do you anticipate Jimmy come back? When do you anticipate the big Jimmy Butler return if it happens?

Otherwise, the whole thing could really fall apart very quickly.

Yeah, no, I mean, it, it's like having to do a puzzle where every night different pieces are...

You're only working with so many pieces, you know? It's, I, I-- Look, if there's any coach that can do it, it's Steve Kerr.

He's kinda sh- he showed last year, he is willing to try literally anything with whatever he's got.

Um, there was a game late in the year where they played Nate Williams at six five.

They were like, "Let's just throw him at center or power forward," when they were playing Wembanyama.

Now, it didn't work very well, but it was like he was working with what he had.

... you wouldn't have been fearful of change to the point where you run it back.

Otherwise, the whole thing could really fall apart very quickly.

Yeah, no, I mean, it, it's like having to do a puzzle where every night different pieces are-- You're only working with so many pieces, you know? It's, I, I-- Look, if there's any coach that can do it, it's Steve Kerr.

He's kinda sh-- He showed last year, he is willing to try literally anything with whatever he's got.

Um, there was a game late in the year where they played Nate Williams at six five.

They're like, "Let's just throw him at center or power forward," when they were playing Wembanyama.

Now, it didn't work very well, but it was like he was working with what he had.

Um, it, I just don't, I don't really see them staying healthy, like you said, but also like you, uh, also said, the, you're also as- saying that, okay, well, Bram Potemski, he played 82 games last year.

... you wouldn't have been fearful of change to the point where you run it back.

What's your interpretation of this whole, uh, whiteboard situation as it's currently unfolding?

It is great theater, and that's, I think, all it is.

It is...

I've seen, um, a reaction about, oh, how, how transparent Rich Paul is being.

And, like, if you actually...

I, I sat there and listened to, to the whole thing, and it's basically, uh, Rich Paul giving his, his, I guess, takes on what each team would give LeBron or what each team would, would present in terms of an opportunity for LeBron, I guess, playing contending basketball.

And then you get to the Warriors, and it's, oh, LeBron and Steph and Draymond, they're all Hall of Famers.

For sure

What's your interpretation of this whole, uh, whiteboard situation as it's currently unfolding?

It is great theater, and that's, I think, all it is.

It is-- I've seen, um, a reaction about, oh, how, how transparent Rich Paul is being.

And, like, if you actually...

I, I sat there and listened to, to the whole thing, and it's basically, uh, Rich Paul giving his, his, I guess, takes on what each team would give LeBron or what each team would, would present in terms of opportunity for LeBron, I guess playing contending basketball.

And then you get to the Warriors and it's, oh, LeBron and Steph and Draymond, they're all Hall of Famers.

Um, they're all...

For sure.

Um, but what's your, what's your opinion?

[sighs] I'm kinda like you.

Uh, first week I was like, "Oh, he gone.

He's probably gone." And then he has the meeting.

I was like, "He's definitely back." And now I was like, "Eh, I don't know." I would still lean towards if it's been going on for this long and we're still waiting on a resolution, he's at least considering things.

And if he's doing that, then again, I'm not a betting man, but if I was a betting man, I'd be like, uh, I would, I would guess that, I would guess he's probably coming back.

That's just what I...

You wanna tell us a little more about it? Like, what was it like covering Warriors at the start of camp with no Kuminga and thus no Horford, no Melton because of the signing rules and just kinda, like, all that sort of stuff?