NBA Bubble Breakdown; Makur Maker's Howard Commitment Impact, Emoni Bates Picks Michigan State with 247's Brian Snow

had Mark Turn he was awesome. This week we're gonna focus on two players allegedly set to join college basketball sometime. Amanti Bates, who by most people's estimation, is one of the best talents to ever play high school basketball. He's maybe two years, maybe a year out from playing in college. He said he doesn't want to play in college. He committed to Michigan State, and then UM and then mccare maker who was a Hunter recruit and just committed to an h b c U and get a chance to

play potentially for historically black a college university. The problem is he might not actually play for that college university. What does it all mean. We'll get to that upcoming. I want to give you a couple of thoughts here on the NBA. I've heard comments Anthony Davis said, hey, we're better than ever, We're healthy, we should be the favorite. Um comes down to who's healthy and who wants it more and we want it bad, right, That's basically what

he said. Here's the issue. They're not gonna have Avery Bradley. They might not have Dwight Howard. And though I like the j R. Smith addition, Jerry Smith could have been at it anyway, probably would have been at it anyway. The issue is their success directly of recent and their dominance in the league. They became the best team in the league over the five month of February. Do you know who else was playing great in February. You're right, Avery Bradley. They need him. He was a great on

balld to ender. He can make shots and play without the basketball. Now Jr. Smith we think can make shots. Uh, he's not the same type of defender, but a decent, solid defensive player. He's just not the ball handler that Avery Bradley is. It hurts them he's not. There's a reason Jr. Smith was on the street and the reason Avery Bradley was a starter. Right, there's the two different players. So Bradley was coming into his own him staying home.

But but the bigger thing is we do this thing in life, and maybe I do it because I'm I have some narcissistic tendencies where you look at things from only your perspective. So Anthony Davis is just looking at from his perspective. His perspective is we're healthy. Lebron's rested. Now he's had He was carrying a huge load. When he's right, when he's fresh, he's the best player in the league. That's Anthony Davis just played with him, and Anthony Davis probably thinks I was a little worn down.

Now I'm fresh. The problem with it is so with the Clippers, and if you look at the Clippers and their issues, it was with cohesion. Well, now they get an additional training camp, they get more time around each other, then they get you know there uh early playoff games. They'll have more time and games together, so that any chemistry issues they previously had playing with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. This is like another season and another off

season and Kauai struggle to stay healthy. You would think you would think that all the time away, all the rehab work on his body. Kawhi Leonard should be back to prime Kawhi Leonard, which is closer to his athletic prime than Lebron James. So while I do think that the Lakers arrested fresh and if they can stay healthy, have a great chance, I think the Clippers benefit equally and maybe even more so if lou Williams gets on the plane and goes to Orlando and they have all

their players, which I think is gonna happen. So I get the thought on the Lakers. I don't really understand what's happening in Brooklyn. Spencer didn't we need legit surgery. He's not gonna go. Kyrie is not gonna like nobody wants to go. But I think that part of it is this is about leadership. You know, Lebron leads wants to go, all but one guy goes. Kyrie Irving questions the league and whether they should do it. Kevin Durant doesn't want to play even though he's healthy, and nobody

wants to go for Brooklyn. So look, do I think the Clippers are favorites. I still have questions about the Clippers outside of of Kauai. You know, their ability to take and make big shots in the playoffs. They don't seem to have as many guys. But then I have the same questions about the Lakers. Anthon Davis never done anything in the playoffs. J R. Has but is that's the guy you're counting on, right, Like we have our questions,

Rondo hasn't done it in years. Um I love Cou's and I think that I think, I think the biggest question for the Lakers is this, If Kyle Kuzma is right physically, is right mentally, they could be a much better team because he had get to have really much of an impact or a positive impact on the season. When it stopped, it was everybody but Kuzma kind of playing it at at their top level. If Cou's is back, I would say the Lakers get back to being a favorite.

But it's a big if, especially considering they just lacked the depth of guards and guys that create shots for others. Um I. I also I look at the Bucks and it's going to be very telling for that team, you know. And and the the thing about the Bucks which is fascinating to me, Chris Middleton says he didn't touch the ball for three months. I don't. I don't believe him. And if it's true, I think that's Uh, that's that's

not good news. Now you could That doesn't mean you're not working out, but the development of your ball skills and getting it back in a month in ramp up time. Who that that is an uphill climb. I still think

it's the Clippers. I still think it's the Lakers. Um. I'm intrigued to see what Houston looks like because when you don't have remember you don't have home games, but you also don't have road games, and they could be a matchup problem, most specifically for the Lakers, who don't have the the the number of perimeter players to guard them and could struggle with small ball if Houston could get hot. Uh. And I'm intrigued to see what Milwaukee looks like because you have a team that has not

one big and they had a great home court. Them losing that home court seems like the most like the Lakers lose their home court and they were gonna play the Clippers and would be like a home game when they played the Clippers. But the Bucks, because of their youth, because of the energy, Milwaukee, the desire to keep honest and the desire to win a championship for the first time since Kareem was there. I think the Bucks lose the most and losing their home court, and we'll see

if Chris Middleton really is that rusty. Let's get you to our guest for the day. Bryan Snow works seven Sports. He's a basketball recruiting analyst. He knows everything the insides and outs of the game from these guys when they're you know, fourteen, fifteen years old. He's awesome of this particular topic. He joins us Now on the All Ball podcast b Amani Bates how good. He's really damn good?

And you know I wrote about this, Doug kind of one of the things that really separates him from other guys who have gotten the best since Lebron title, guys like O J. Mayo, Kyreek Evans is he's not this like overgrown, physically developed sixteen year old. He's actually got a lot of room for growth. And then he's also not this just freak athlete who you're hoping his skills

catch up. He's super skilled, super smart, has an incredible work ethic, so he combines good physical tools with incredible intelligence. Incredible work ethic and skills that are off the charts and at six ft eight with you know, ball skills on the wing. I mean, he just does things that are so advanced for his age. It's it's really impressive. Um okay, So, uh, why Michigan State? You why did he choose Michigan State? I mean, quite honestly, they were

recruiting him. I mean it's really that simple. His dad was getting all sorts of frustrated with the fact that his son wasn't being recruited. He was universally considered the best high school prospect and in this sport, and schools just weren't recruiting him because they all thought he'd go G League, G League select or overseas or or what. They just thought he wasn't going to college. And Amani himself has said he doesn't want to go to college. He he wants to go right to the NBA. Now,

I don't personally. There's a whole lot that goes into that that's out of his control, obviously, including the NBA, c B A, And as of right now, really only one person wants to change that rule. And it's granted's the most important person in sad and silver. But you know there's not as nearly the momentum to change the one and done rule as there was maybe six months ago. Why do you think that is because of the G League selecting? Know? I think it's it's you talk to

scouts in front office people. They don't want to be in high school gyms, correct, They want they want that year of college development where one they learned what you're like against other good, other good and developed players, and two they learn what you're like when you're away from home. Do you lose your mind and act of fool? Do you show responsibility? You know? How do you how do you react to everyday regimented things like you got to be in the weight room, you gotta How do you

show up to practice? How do you show up to work? Do you show maturity? How do you respect your coaches? That's all very important to the NBA evaluation that you simply can't get in high school, so it gives them more certainty on what they're drafting. Listen, listen again, all your points I agree with, and I know that they're not just your points, their points of people that you know in the business that you've talked to, why though,

this is weird. We we've gotten to this place, and maybe I have to be careful about living in the media realm and in the social media realm. But what you're saying is what I know to be my thoughts, but also the thoughts of lots of powerful NBA basketball people as well as the NBA p A and and said, like, those guys don't want more young guys in the league, like they just they don't. It doesn't make the league better. You need that year. You probably need two or three years,

to be totally honest with you. But anyway, why though, do so many in our position? In your position in the media is different than my position, right, you're much more intrenched. But why are so many writers under the belief that the one and done is a bad thing and that they believe everybody wants to change it when that's not Why the disconnect, I guess is my question.

It's it's tough for me to speak for other people. Um, I think that I do think in some respect they can see and they're correct and saying Adam Silver is the guy championing this, and he's the guy with the most power. But at the end of the day, he does work for what is it, thirty owners, thirty two owners, whatever, um, But he genuinely believes he wants because he believes just on principle, that the players are the product and they should be allowed to come to the NBA right away.

So he's viewing it from that perspective. Scouts are viewing it from the we need to know what we're getting perspective, and then gms are looking at it from the well, our best value is when a guy is on a rookie dealt at a one and done, you know, his first year, we get some value out of him. But if he's coming right out of high school, that's two years of his rookie deal where we're not getting the value we're supposed to be getting, which makes team building hard.

And so they they look at it from different perspective. And then of course, as you mentioned the n B a p A, they look at it from the respective that we don't want to lose our jobs, our job, you know, as the n B A p A. We want to protect who's in the players Association now. So I think right, I think right, just kind of missed that, And there is the belief and I dug I know you disagree, but I have this belief that players should be compensated in college. So it's like they're getting the

wall end of the deal. And that plays mind games on yourself into thinking that this makes it all better by having them be able to go to the m B A right, and that okay, so so so that you have a great point, let's let's kind of go through it like the GM. I actually think the GMS, it's it. Look, they all get fired when they drafted

high school kids. Because here's what happens. And you draft a high school kid, and you drafted a guy in the first round, and the owners like, we'll play him, right, Like, okay, well if we play them, we're not gonna win. Not on play him. Let's see what we got. So you play them, and you can't win. You can't win with an eighteen nine year old kids, You just can't. No

one does right. And the first GM and the first head coach always get fired, always, always always go back, and look, they all get fired within two or three years of drafting those guys earlier. There, even the ones that became superstars, because they played them before they were really ready to help you win. And so your team is worse because of it, and people aren't really into the owners aren't really into the process of wait a second, he's gonna be good eventually, and you're playing him. Now

you're losing. Why are you losing? Now? Okay? So, um, for the GM, if you draft a kid out of high school, you play in the first I think the first year is a total wash, total waste of time. I mean, the most ready guy, I guess was Kobe and they got to the playoffs and he was bad. But that's like the best and Kobe's a one in a million, whereas Kevin Garnett and other stars weren't. Actually,

you know, Lebron, I guess would be the other one. Um, like, those are two of the greatest players in the history of the sport, right and and so so that's the first thing. So GMS, the first year is a waste, the second year is and after at and now all of a sudden you're starting to get into the where that do we know what we have? Thing? I think

one of the big things that we're missing. And this is where I actually do think players are compensated, because I think they're compensated not just with getting into college they couldn't get into but while they're there, but they're also marketed. And I think what Adam Silver misses and

what like his big swing and misses. And it's better for the league when they spend a year or two in college, frankly the longer, because all we do as broadcasters is promote these guys as something greater than And the Zion Williamson effect is the perfect example. Zion benefited from being a duke in terms of getting in shape becoming a better player, but the biggest benefit was to

him as a in marketing. He became a superstar because you align him as a YouTube star with the biggest brand and the cleanest Again, I'm not telling you it actually is clean. And the current investigation to his recruiting may expose the ugly underbelly, but it's you combine those two superpowers and you put him. He only played a couple of n c A tournament games, he didn't play a full season, but look what it did to the

marketing of him. Same thing for Kevin Durant. It's better for the league when the players a little bit mature, but also when they have a legit following once they from just a year of playing in those big made for TV events and in the n c A tournament. Yeah, and again, like I think I actually think it benefits the NBA. I certainly think of benefits college basketball to

have these guys. I know some fans get into like, well I don't get to know them, and I'm like, you know what, you still like watching your team win

more than you like getting to know the guy. So like, I don't see where anyone moves in the current situation now, Like, on principle, if you just asked me, on principle, like if if I was writing rules of what I think is right, I think they should have the right to go to the b A. However, if it's collectively bargained that they can't, I see no problem with that either, because that's how the industry works through collective bargaining. But I mean, there's just so much to it, especially in

regards to a money. Just to bring it back to that for a second, like, you know, is he going to move up to and you know, try to play he would have to play two years in Michigan State because of the age, because he's actually correct age, he's not old. You know, two does he wait and see if the rule gets changed. I mean, there's just so much with the money in the NBA and what is best for him and his marketing that it's gonna be very unique to watch to see how the situation progresses

over the next two years. It's going to be fascinating to see. And I think what's interesting is going to be how Michigan State recruits around him, right, because the words how he really feels well his dad and well his commitment help Michigan State build some dream recruiting class, much like Oklahoma State did around Kate Cunningham. Granted, no one at his level, but they've done very, very well

and Kate ultimately showed up. Obviously, it helps his brother was on staff UM, you know, or will it actually be a detriment where no one actually believes he's coming, but they have to save her a spot for him over the next two years in case he does decide to come and play UM and it actually ends up being a detriment to them because everyone knows at the end of the day, he's going to figure out a way to get around the rule and not actually play

in college. All right, let me let me get to the news of the moment, which is uh uh which we you know, like I think this is interesting. Mccore maker ends up committing to Howard. Now Howard's HBCU historically Black College. Um, and uh, it's it's interesting on a multitude of levels. He not only committed, but you know picked him ahead of U C. L A and Memphis and Kentucky. Uh. He's a kid that's well traveled, right going, you know modern, He went to Orange Lutheran and then

he kind of bounced around. He's a top fifty kid. First, how good is mcermaker? You know, he's really good. Uh. He's unique in that he's six ten, but he doesn't really always play like a big man. Um. He tries to play on the wing a little bit more than I would like. But but he's talented. He's six foot Tenny can dribble, pass and shoot. He's a you know, he's he's not a great athlete, he's an okay athlete. But he's got good length and you know, he's stilled.

He knows how to play. So he's a really talented player that is still working to put it all together. But he's a really talented player. How how big is this for the sport that he picked an HP Kenny Blakeney who But if anybody has paid attention, Um, Howard was terrible last year and Kenny's first year. Now, I'm not saying it's an easy job. Any of those jobs there's those are tough jobs. They won three games against

Division one opponents three and uh he's going there. How how big is this for the sport in your mind? And for recruiting? Um? You, Oh, I don't think it's as big as some people do. I'll be honest, just because I hesitate to think that a lot of kids are going to follow this path. Now maybe they will, and if they do that that is a big game changer. But when you look at mccurr situation, it's just so unique. I mean, his guardian Ed Smith, who was Thawnmaker's guardian.

And I don't think I'm breaking any news here. A lot of schools just aren't going to deal with the man. I mean they're just not so Like, I know Kentucky was on his list. Was Kentucky really recruiting him? Honestly, I don't think so. Um, did you see Like I've known McK cronan for fifteen years, like, is that kid gonna play for mc cronin. I don't know how that's gonna work, but maybe you feel what I really wanted.

I'm not saying they don't. So by him going to Howard is first of all, I think he'll definitely be eligible at Howard, which which is a big part of this. But you still have the kids still wants to go to the NBA. ED still wants him to get paid. He did the same thing with Thawn. Thawn committed to thank than committed to a school or was planning to commit to a school, and then ultimately he went to the NBA. Um I think in Ed mind, the kids still going to go to the NBA. But this is

kind of the backup plane. So there's this part of me that wonders, is this actually going to hurt the movement of HBCUs getting tough kids if he backs out at the last minute because he still is in the NBA draft process. Um, So I don't. I don't know. I still think there's so much left to it in terms of you know what, kids are going to seriously consider that option. What aren't mccerrmaker is not this kid who, like a lot of other kids hang out with and look up to. He's not you know, he's not a

trailblazer in that regard. He's never been Mr. Popular on the circuit and stuff like that. So I don't know if he's the guy that that really would start a movement, But if it does, it will be interesting to watch. I mean, there's no question about that. I think people forget in the seventies, and again this is second and information my dad, my late father told me, which he's like, Look, in the nineteen seventies, there was a movement um in basketball to the best black players to go play in

the Ivy League. James Brown, who of course the broadcast for CBS, was a great player at Harvard UM and they had other great players at Harvard. That that movement kind of obviously slowly died off once when when the n c A tournament expanded and UM and the Ivy League, you know, clearly chose to not use its resources towards sports, that thing died off kind of quickly. But he's like, there was a five year There was five years there

where between. You know, Columbia recruited New York City kids and and Harvard and uh UM and and Penn really you know, they had they all had some of the some of the top if they didn't really top Hunter, but some of the top kids from the East Coast would go there. I guess the the big one would be Mikey Williams. And he's only a freshman going to

be a sophomore. He's old, which means he could be draft eligible or he could, you know, he could you know, go to the G League select team after his junior year and then potentially go to the NBA. Like Mikey Williams is the one that that changes the things, right, Yeah, if Mikey does it, that's a little bit different. You know, a lot of he's friends with a lot of kids. A lot of kids really like Mikey. You know, they

know about him, they look up to him. He's not this like random kid who's kind of been in Canada and then been at every other high school and is you know, transferred five different times who no one really got got to know. So you know, that's where it's like a kid like Mike Williams. It's a whole different beast than mckermaker. Also, like Mikey, you like, he's theoretically at least not already declared for the NBA Draft and had made those intentions known at the beginning. You know.

That's the thing with McKerr is, like he's been telling people and Ed Smith's been telling people, like, you know, he's going to the NBA. They because technically, and without getting into the minutia of it, like if he were quote unquote American born, he wouldn't be draft eligible because he's not a year removed from high school, but they applied based on him being Canadian, I guess, or he's

from Australia. You know. It's it's the whole big thing where they basically like they did with Phonemaker, where they found a loophole to get him draft eligible a year earlier, and they did that with mccurr as well. So it's just every situation is different. Mikey as a kid, and it's not just limited to a kid like Mike Williams, but he's mentioned it publicly so it's easy to say his name. But a kid like Mike Williams just has

a whole different impact than a kid like mccermake. Um okay, uh, last thing, um the duke thing with Zion Williamson like, I still like, Okay, so we've had um first, like Oklahoma State got just crushed with the a uh probation or whatever taking them out of the tournament for the one year they have Kay Cunningham and the people I talked to you like, look, do they have real grounds

for appeal? Sure, but the idea that the n c A, who just put these new kind of policies into effect, is going to go like now we'll change our mind doesn't seem likely. So we haven't. They had one level one violation whereas Kansas is five. And then you have the Duke thing. What does this end up looking like? In your opinion, you've been around this like your entire professional life. What do you think this ends up looking like for college basketball? If in fact we have a

season this year? Um? So that's a really good question. First, you know, and we got the wedding. I forget which acronym or whatever is that the uses for their new independent review board. But you know, so we've never seen how quickly or how not quickly that that's gonna work. So would kansas Is case even be resolved this year? I don't no. The thing with cancers that is tricky?

Is the n c A kind of went over T. J. Gath Nola's, who was an Adidas representative, went over his transcript of his court report and basically said, well, we like this sentence, but we don't like this one. We think he was lying here, but oh he was this sentence, Yeah, that sounds like the truth up, we don't like this one, and kind of picked and choose. I don't know how

that's really gonna hold out. It seems like if you're gonna take testimony as fact, you have to take the entire testimony as fact, and they really didn't do that. Um So, I'll be really interested on that front, just to see how that goes. The Duke thing, I don't think that's ever going to see the light of day. I just I don't think Zion is gonna have to testify. I don't think anyone's gonna have to talk about his time at Duke. So I don't think that will ever

see the light of day. Um So, I think Duke will be fine in that regard. Now, whether they did or didn't do that, I personally do not know. But you know, like, I just don't think it will ever be a matter of public record n C. I really won't have anything to go on. So if we have a season, I would think, Duke's fine. Kansas, we have no idea because we don't know how quickly the board's gonna work. Then the Oklahoma State thing was like they were trying to make this like statement and it just

doesn't make sense. No, it doesn't. It doesn't make sense at all, right, I mean the you have to take so many leaps, right, Well, Mike Boyton was on staff when this took place. Yeah, but he was like the third assistant. Well he kept he kept the assistant in question, Okay, but he's not alleged to have known or have any sort of influence on it. And they didn't actually get that. It didn't. It doesn't. It doesn't seem to hold up.

But I agree with you. Once you can't say we had this independent board and we're going to empower them. You empower them, and then the first big decision they make say, no, that was too we're gonna you know, we we think it was too tough. Like that's I think Oklahoma State gets caught up in really really bad timing. I really think that's what ends up happening. It would seem that way. What I can't figure out is it's

all been about like head coach control. And I'm not trying to throw anybody under the bus, but the head coach at the time was Bred Underwood, and nothing's happened to in nor nor anything brought up. It's like, well, what why is Mike Boyden's name brought up in Brad Underwood? That's what That's the point I can't like even like grasp in my mind. And it's not that I think or want Brad to get in trouble, because you know, just genuinely at the human being, I don't feel that way.

But it's like, why is Mike paying for someone else's sin? And right? And why is Oklahoma State? I guess why is Oklahoma State paying for somebody else's sins? But yeah, make more more my why why is Mike? Yeah, it's

I it's very confusing. It's very confusing, and I'm I'm willing to believe that with with the with the level of investigation that they were able to have that if Underwood didn't really know about all that was going on, right, And I think that's it's it's generally believed that you know, obviously the exception is built up because he's on the

phone with these guys. But unless there's phone calls with with bred Underwood, like, I'm willing to believe that Bred Unwards like, get it done and let me know what I need to do. Get done, right, that's what That's what you tell a guy who's out the recruit, get it done and let me know. Um, maybe he's not privy to those conversations, but I'm with you. Then why is Mike Boyden, who's like two steps removed from it now suffering the consequences from something that he had no

idea about that that actually existed. That doesn't make sense to me. I don't know. Yeah, I just failed to find the like I'm I'm I'm more concerned with the process than the actual result. And this was a flawed process. Because if you have a flawed process, fundamentally, you're gonna get okay, last last thing and then and then we both got to run. Okay. Um, let's say the Warriors have the first pick. If you're gonna pick one guy

in this NBA draft, who is it for me? I'm always trying to pick the player because I'm not worried about position fit as much. And you know, like my current roster, to me, if you get the best player ultimately, that's going to help you win more games because in the NBA you can make trades and everything, and I personally think the best players Anthony Edwards James Wiseman being a center and not shooting threes, I can't take him

number one. LaMelo Ball. He has a lot of hype from places that benefit him to get hype, and like they just gloss over the fact that he shot like from three and have like one good game. So I can't get with that either. Not to mention he's never dominated at any level, not in Australia, not in high school. Like, that's gonna be a tough sell for me. So I'm going with Anthony Edwards. He's a beast. The only thing people can pick a part was he didn't shoot well

at Georgia, which was not a good team. But plenty of guys have not shot well in their first year in college basketball. If you watch them shoot, they'll become good shooters. Great stuff, Brian, great stuff. Thank you so much for joining us and giving us your perspective. Thanks be sure to catch the live edition of The Doug Gottlieb Show weekdays at three pm Easter noon Pacific. All right, look, my my general takeaway is this. I think when players

commit to playing in college, it's a good thing. And I am like anybody, I've always wondered. I've always wondered, like, are there going to be you know, five of the top high school basketball players in the country to get together and say, let's go play for Howard, you know, let's go play for Hampton, Let's go play for Norfolk State. Now the the issue becomes one, Uh, do you have not just the coaching because Blake is playing good enough,

but the resources. Do you have the resources to support them? So their bodies changed, their games changed, like really as far as crowds and that that stuff does become overrated. Um, And is mckerrmaker a big enough name to demand uh, ESPN and Fox CBS put them on TV? Probably not, But m Mikey Williams would Mike Williams wood And that's the part. That's the point where the tipping point. Until

then it's all talk. Personally, I think it's awesome and I think it would be awesome if guys went to the Ivy League they like they used to in the nineteen seventies. UM. Because the truth is, at least by my estimation, the greatest way to elevate yourself, your family, your race is through education and the people that you're around. And some of the champions of black businesses go to Morehouse, go to go to Hampton, UH, go to go to Norfolk State. UM. But to this point we have not

seen any sort of influx. And the question becomes through some of these NBA players, or some alumni or just some very successful black businessmen, decide we're going to invest in these per grams, get them the best facilities and strength coaches and practice facilities. Because when you do, then you can really be at at the same starting gate as the rest of Division one college basketball Division one

college football. Until then you've got a massive uphill climb, and you're asking a player to make a leap of faith and an amount of sacrifice that many aren't willing to make, even if only four six months and a one and done, or for for several years. UM. But I think it could be a great thing. I think the Ivy League could be a great thing because the truth is that the facilities are. Facilities are generally overrated. Nobody became a great player because of facilities. They didn't.

You became a great player because you had natural born talent. You've gotten a gym, you worked in your game, you had good coaching, you worked in your game some more, and you played in games, and you worked and worked and worked and got better. Watch film, and you can do that anywhere anywhere. But we we do all get caught up in chasing the shiny stuff I do. And sometimes the shiny stuff is a reno or a practice facility, or the best shoes and best gear and TV but

games on TV. That doesn't determine whether or not you play in the NBA. They find you wherever you are. So we'll see if mccerr maaker or if Mikey Williams, if that changes the landscape of things. It could, and if it does, we're all better because of it. But if not, it's just a one off story. And McKerr maaker was simply chasing headlines and he ends up declaring for the NBA going to the G League, and we forget about that this ever happened, and there is no

movement or pushed towards hbc US. But it does ask the question why hasn't this happened already and when is it legitimately going to become a thing. Not yet, but we're close. I'm Doug Gottlieb. This is all ball