LeBron James

And, uh, like, again, they started last season with pretty well.

I think they were, like, 11 and four through the first 15 games with LeBron out and...

So it didn't seem to carry over all that much.

But I'm a little more concerned about it, Jovan, with those nine new faces that Trev was talking about of, you know, at least last year's team had a number of reps over years to, you know, with most of their players to sorta, you know, fall back on.

Or, or what do, what do people say? Like, if it smells like shit and it looks like shit, it's probably shit, right? Yeah, that's exactly what happened.

JJ Redick got the job because of LeBron James, and therefore, like, he...

A- and there's no way.

He's a human.

There's no way he doesn't feel some sort of, like, thankfulness or entitlement to LeBron James, and therefore he doesn't wanna fuck his son over, which is the dumbest shit in the world.

I'm not gonna yell like how Joe did because that's my boy Joe's thing, and I gotta respect his-

You know, you know, John, they're gonna keep him

And I know I don't really have time for it, but people have seen the videos that have been getting posted.

You know, the work that he was doing, playing along with Jalen, playing against LeBron and DeMar DeRozan.

I mean, I've watched maybe 10 seconds of that stuff.

But I mean, it's great that he was putting in all that effort like this summer to add to his game and play against, you know, established veteran players in the league.

That's a miracle.

And they, and it led to LeBron, which is a second miracle-

Right.

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You know, I doubt if it's gonna be Jalen.

I doubt if it's gonna be probably LeBron.

I don't know if LeBron gonna play in the preseason, but you'll get to see the likes of Maxie.

You'll get to see maybe potentially Embiid.

We'll see about if he, if he logs any time in the preseason either.

And I want to start by acknowledging that he doesn't have the weight and physicality that Wade did on defense, right? So there are some questions as to whether or not Watson can, for example, play the four for long stretches, hold up against stronger wings.

For example, I think Wade is probably a better option if you're trying to defend someone like LeBron James, Scottie Barnes, Kawhi Leonard.

Watson might not have the muscle to hold up in those matchups.

So that's the one area where I'm like, he won't be an upgrade in that regard.