The Pop Era Ends & Superstars on the Brink

you know, I gotta tell you. But as always, Man my man show, always looking like he is the ultimate night show host sport in the fresh background and the backdrop. What's good? My brother doing well?

where to locate this man. Whenever we drop our episode, you can go to www dot the Baseline NBA dot com and then you can also check us out if you catch us on the YouTube channel with the blue and white logo down on the right hand corner. That means we rocks with the nineteen Media Group family, so you can not only check us, but also check out the family of great content creators. You can go to www dot nineteen MediaGroup dot com. So, seaw, let's get

right into it, man. So much is happening in the NBA. It's kind of even, you know, hard to keep your head still. It's constantly on a swivel when it comes to the storylines. And obviously the big storyline that I think really needs to you know, get a little teeth dig ourselves into here is regarding you know, Greg Popovich, arguably one of the greatest head coaches of all time. He is finally you know, decided to no longer fight

that fight of trying to come back to coach. Obviously, people who have been paying attention to his circumstances health condition, suffered a major stroke and has been on the mend, and so basically, you know, all eyes were hopeful that he may come back to coaching, but he even he's realized that, you know, it's time for him to move on. He's not being transitioned to the president of basketball operations

and a senior role. You know, he can't get more senior than than the dynasty that he built with the Spurs. I just wanted to get your perspective on this show because I think we kind of knew that this was coming. I know that a lot of people were probably saying, maybe Pop has stayed in in the game a little bit longer than than than necessary, But we knew that

this was coming. And I just think that it's great that, you know, while he is still healthy and still wants to be a part of the basketball space, that the San Antonio Spurs found a way for him to kind of exit this spar the stage of his life gracefully and transition him more, you know, into something that I think we's been clearly doing for quite some time.

health would not permit for that. So san Antonio doing a right by a legacy and veteran and Hall of Fame individual and letting him go out on his shield in the way that he wants to still going up to the front office to be a part of the organization, not necessarily retiring, but doing what needs to be done to focus on himself and his immediate family, because his

family needs. Basketball is cool at all, and we all love what we cover in the NBA, but nothing's more important than the family, and nothing more important than your health and you being here in essence to enjoy that family. So he's at a stage now where that makes the most amount of sense for him. I think everybody in the organization is aligned Wemby darn Fox, you know, Chris

Paul even to a lesson degree. They understand what needs to be done here and will he'll be around in San Antonio, won't be around on some of those away games, and you know, we won't can see him on the sideland a way that we're used to. But I'm happy for him that he gets to do this in a way that makes sense, to protect his health and to be with his family first and foremost.

the last quote unquote of that dying breed. You could probably throw Rick Carlisle in there, because I think his second stint with the Indiana Paces will serve him properly that if there are any changes that are going to take place for coaches who have had a lot of teeth in the game, who've shown a level of success, the organizations are going to do right by making sure that whether or not they land on their feet or wherever it is that they transition to, it won't be

something that's being done just unceremoniously or in a way that really does a disservice to both the organization and also does a disservice to the legacy of the head coach.

And I appreciate the fact that even though the San Antonio's first circumstance is not exactly like that, because it's the San Antonio Spurs, and because it's Great Popovich, and because there is such a long tenure of that Spur culture that is not being tarnished in the way that they're handling this, I think helps put a pause a little bit on so much of the negativity that has been surrounding the coaching carousel that's been happening so far this season in the NBA.

for basically for the entirety of their career. The league has transitioned to a way where we want instant gratification and we don't give people fifteen twenty twenty five year runways to be with an organization. It just doesn't happen. So save Spolstra, and we know we talk a little bit about how that situation is going in Miami, uh, you know, And I don't know what happened once the Riley regime kind of goes on, you know, and retires

as well. But I don't know that we'll see another pop somebody, just you know that many years in consistency, whether they are winning, middle ground, losing, rebuilding, they stuck with him and he was a culture of that organization in a very real and meaningful way. Now passing this on to miss Johnson, and you know, we'll see where that goes for him. I think he, you know, had

a good year as a first year head coach. But I just feel like, truly we'll never see another one like pop because the league just isn't formatted in a way to allow for that level of longevity in that specific position.

think really understands you have a generational talent. I think they want to be supportive of Mitch Johnson's belief in the future of what the spurs is going to look like with wembin Yama. And I think the savviness of Greg Popovich, you know, and what he brings, that aura that he brings, I think lends him well that he's got a little bit of of of a clearing space for them to go out there and succeed. Listen, Johnson

made his bones right. And I think if wee Benyama is on board any of the other prospects that the Spurs are going to be looking at in order to kind of, you know, bring them along the fold to help round out that roster, they're all on board. I think he's you know, he's going to be in good hands. And again, the Spurs, despite something like this, will still be in contention, right like, they're going to be the

conversation of the off season. They're going to be the conversation of what level of improvement they're going to make into the off season, and we're going to have to pay you know, a lot of attention. One thing, I'll say this before we you know, move on to you know,

the rest of our show. I just love the fact that Tim Duncan and Manor Genobli came out there with Papovich and in Popovich style, you know, he's like, listen, I'm no longer the head coach and then you know he just kind of unveils the jacket and says, I'm the Hefe. Now you can call me the Hefe right like that. You know, I only dream of having certain head coaches have that kind of flair, who's being able to flip that persona, that stigma that he's carried that

he's just you know, non conversational, he's non approachable. Everything about him shows you the evolution of a man and the game of basketball. While it still stays that way. He himself has never been a about him. It's been a brud reproach, and I think it's just great to see that he has put himself again in that space where you know, he's gracefully aging, but he's also gracefully showing as what the game of basketball has done for him and what he's doing for it in return.

but that was really really relevant and apparent. I think when it mattered most, and he spoke out on a lot of cultural and various issues, you know, when it came to how our country was being run at various times as well too, to kind of show the type of individual and humanitarian that he really is. Like I said, twenty nine seasons, five championships, five championships, fourteen and twenty two wins, there's no other like Pop. So we salute

you on an amazing career. San Antonio spurs an amazing organization and what he does now is going into that front office role. I'm sure that will still be at the level of excellence that he only the great Papa Bitch, Great Papa, Great Papa Bitch can deliver.

what our expectations are for the next round. Is just so much going on with the NBA, so you gotta love it and listen. If you're somebody that's been down with Prize Fake, you'll even love it more man, because the basketball playoffs are here and the action is heating up on Prize Picks, the best place to be to cash in on your favorite sports. Don't miss on your last chance to add your favorite players from court to

your Prize Picks lineup. Whether it's points, rebounds, assists, take your pick of more or less for your shot to win up to two thousand times your cash. Download the app and use the code CLNS to get fifty dollars instantly after you play your first five dollars lineup. Remember, Prize Picks also offers weekly promotions. Turn your playoff hot

takes into tickets to basketball Championship Series. Every lineup you make will qualify you for the takes, two tickets sweep take sweepstakes which you can get and a guest at a VIP trip to the chip. Every Tuesday, Prize Picks discounts several projections on the board, usually between fifteen and twenty five percent. They also offer Flex Fridays. Make sure you op in and tap the check box in your lineup builder to be eligible for the protected play shoot

squares from any game on the board. If your lineup doesn't win, you get your net losses back in promo funds up to your promo limit as soon as the lineup settles. You can also mix your selections across sports in your Prize Picks lineup. I might take Juan Soto to RBIs and Jason Tatum from more than twenty six points to combine my love for basketball and baseball. Prize pas is simply the best way to win cash while

watching sports. Join millions of users and sign up today with the promo code CLNS to get fifty dollars after you play your first five dollars lineup. The baseline is rocking with Prize Picks, and you should to Prize Picks. Run your game coming up, Shaw not get into the first round impressions. Don't want to miss it Here on the baseline. We are back Cali Warrenshaw Baseline NBA Podcast. Time for us to get into our first round impressions

of the NBA Playoffs. Shaw look it wasn't too too surprising. I think when we made our predictions as it pertains to who was going to be coming out of the first round of the playoffs, maybe a little bit of shake up or maybe you know, may have missed a tari here there on wins losses. But I think the bigger storyline that has to be discussed is how the teams were exited. And I think two teams really kind of stick out and resonate with me more than anything.

When I think about how the Los Angeles Clippers and how the Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated in the playoffs, I to me believe that those are two teams people need to pay attention to when it comes to what the offseason expectations might be, what the murmurs and rumblings are

going to sound like. And it it's not so much that I'm thinking that there's going to be drastic, drastic changes, but I think the way that these two teams performed in the playoffs, how the circumstances played themselves out, I think now has ramped up a lot more fervor about something needing to be done for both of those organizations.

my old friend, like, here we go again. And while they had very every opportunity to win that series, they blew literally two games in that series and could have won that series and six you know, the miraculous you know, the dunk from from on High with Aaron Gordon, Like, There's just so many things that went wrong for that Clippers team when it comes down to it. But to me, the Lakers are probably the more the most disappointing story

in the first round. And I'll only qualify it by this because I think when the Luka Dakis trade originally happened, Russia like, okay, well, this is a trade for the future. And then they played, you know, three weeks of pretty really pretty impressive basketball with the swarming defense that she thought was going to translate, and it did not translate, you know what I mean as the jen and sharpup Will, I know, he's kind of a person you want to

talk about in the in the public public spaces right now. Well, Lakers in five in terms of being out in five, and that's a very very interesting situation that I expect to have to be having at this stage of of of the season. But if you flip that over to to Milwaukee, it's not so much that they got beat by Indiana. It's the aspect of Dame you know, getting

the Achilles. Now that's going to cost him a good majority, if not all, of next year as well, and that forces Milwaukee decisions now about Giannis and his future within that organization. So what shakeup seems to be coming in a real and significant way that will literally transform the league. If Yannis asked to be out of Milwaukee, that changes the landscape of whatever team he goes to and has deep level ramifications throughout the course of the NBA.

That it's not to say that he doesn't love the Milwaukee Bucks, doesn't love the fan basis, but let's just keep it a buck right. The Milwaukee Bucks have shown that they have literally taken a step back as far as the way that that roster is constructed and what you're extracting and getting out of it. And I think a lot of it, too, has been the politics of how the Milwaukee Bucks has gone through this process of

putting that roster together, putting the coaching staff together. I think it just gets to a point when you have a championship caliber player, a player who has basically put an organization a culture on your shoulders, you no longer can continue to keep doing this because unless something changes at the top, or someone's taking what he's saying seriously, valuing where he's coming from about his work ethic, his style, his drive is not being matched with the people you're

bringing to him. That's going to send him somewhere else. Right, So I say that to say something needs to happen about the coaching situation, because you can't tell me that the rosters you had last year with that same head coach and they've now again been exited. And I say this tongue in cheek to say, I appreciate, I love and will always respect the head coach, but come on now, seriously, And so now I take this all the way across the states to the Los Angeles Clippers, and here's what

I'm saying. It's not that you get rid of Tyron Lou, but I really think you do have to look at what kind of players does Tyron Lou want and need that he can get the best out of what you saw in what he's been doing the last few years.

We've been saying this for a long time. Shaw. Sometimes it's great that the organization goes out and just gets players and just say hey, we're going to put you, We're going to give you the best roster possible, and then you see how that roster executes, especially in situations like what we just saw in the first round of the playoffs, and you have to say to yourself, is that really the way that we want to go about

doing it. Maybe we do need to lean in on how a tyrone lu coaches up his team, you know what I'm saying. And then when you have to be dependent on your star players, recognizing that your star players will only get you to a certain point. It's that other aspect of the coaching, right like how he influences the zoo Bots, how he influences those other guys and

things of that nature. And to me, I just saw where to your point, those opportunities that presented itself, where you're playing against veteran laden teams like the Denver Nuggets, a veteran Layden team like the Indiana Pacer who fresh came off of getting to the Eastern Conference finals, you just don't take those type of matchups lightly, especially when you know that when who you're playing against arguably is going to have mismatched situations kind of come you know,

come to fruition. I just found it kind of you know interesting. You saw the contrast in the in mentalities about how these these teams offered itself. You know. So that was just my take from from what I saw from that first round of the teams that disappointed me the most.

In addition to Lou having to manage this situation with Kawhi being in and out of the line up for the last you know, three four years and then now finally this year, he's healthy to the latter part when it matters most. But they ran into a team that quite frankly, had more continuity and was able to, you know, get it done with the best player in the NBA.

So I think the way they lost, while while very disappointing and they had their chances, I'm still giving Lou specifically, maybe a little bit more of a runway to like, all right, well, can you ever get people to be healthy there? And well, I think the answer to that is no, Like we know that, we know Kawhi is never going to play sixty or sixty five games in a season again, like, that's not going to happen. He's going to be in the thirty to forty range and

then hopefully you know he's healthy for the playoffs. The question then comes about with hardened and that, so I don't lose done a really good job, and I would be,

I'd be. I just wouldn't want to kind of look at him as the reason for any of the of the loss here as much as I think the overall kind of not necessarily the roster construction, but the reliance on the roster itself and understanding who they really are was why what I said in the beginning in the middle part of our year when I was like, hey, they need the reality stone because this is not a team that's going to be able to get it done. But you know, I appreciate the Clippers fighting hard great.

work in progress. But for a first round matchup, a team like the Clippers could have very easily had upset that could have till the end. To your point, there were games that the Clippers should have won in that series. I mean, essentially they probably could have been going to

the next round. I think to what I was saying, And again I'm not trying to put it on Tyron Lou but I do think that I think, like like when we just finished talking about Greg Popovich, some coaches have to have a turning point about the way they go about their business, right Like, you're not handed the same kind of Cleveland Warriors team that you got when you won your championship, right, and you may not even have the same type of team that you're working with

what you've had with the Clippers when you had Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, Right. I just feel like I would have probably loved to have seen a different version of Tyron lou right, one that actually may put you know, a guy like James Harden on ice a little bit like, yeah, man, your numbers were great, but it troubles me that you only took eight shots in a game seven situation and you're arguably one of the best players that's still supposed to be in a game. How does that happen? How

does that happen? You know what I mean? Like, I want to hear coaches speak to that rather than kind of biting the bullet, so to speak, and saying, yeah, you know, it's just you know, just the cars it in play, right, or you know, pointing it off on something that clearly like it shouldn't be something that is only being kind of articulated by the media right when we clearly see right like, hey man, if your guys checked out, your guy's not there, then you know what,

you sit them down and you put somebody in there who's going to show what it is that like that that you put all this effort in coaching these guys that even get them in this place position. So again, like I you know, I'm not again, I'm not trying to criticize Tyron lou but I'm saying, like, at what point do we get to see them get to that turning point? You know what I'm saying, Like we've seen Greg Popovich at a turning point, We've seen Eric Spolstra

at a turning point. And I think this is why we say they're among the great coaches in the game of basketball, because they don't you see where they've made those changes, where they've implemented things differently. And I'll speak to this again because we're talking about first round impressions.

This to me also brings in to question. You know, as much as I admire and I appreciate what jab Vickerstaff did for this Detroit Pistons team, again, you know, to you have this opportunity where you're really helping to show people the evolution of you as a coach, especially

after what you're seeing the Cleveland Cavaliers do. And this was a prime situation where you had an opportunity to again catapult that Detroit is like show you know that you're even better than a better head coach than Tom Thibodeau and you make critical mistakes down the stretch that kind of you know, we're not talking about it because they got eliminated, but I do think that the Pistons, again, they could have had the opportunity to put themselves in

that position. I think it disappointed me with the way that they approach things, knowing that they had that game six in hand and they didn't make adjustments. So, you know, again, like we're talking about all of the you know, head coaches and things of that nature and not trying to you know, put a stink on it, you know, sort of sort of speak. But at the same time, I'm just saying that, like this again was a master class and recognizing, you know, the differences of what can tilt

a series. You know, if you're not making those necessary adjustments, or you're not putting your team in the best position possible to win, and you're working with players that again, you know, if you know who they are and what they are, do you continue to keep trying to ride out on the hopes that they're going to be better than what you've already expected or what you've already seen them present to you.

But to me, the interesting thing, well, the pisses lost in six. They're they're they're not the better team.

play and they end up losing that game. That's the aspect of you know, being young. You can go back to all the way in game one where they got rocked out in the fourth quarter, just turned the ball over, turn the ball over and it's like a twenty one to ohero run. I think in the fourth quarter that took them essentially out of that game that they were winning

in that as well too. So we want to understand and respect the process because I think we both said with Houston and Detroit, well they got to come in here and get their lumps. They got their lumps, but they also feel like, well, we were closer than we probably should have been, and so those lumps are even harder to swallow now because they could have won. They literally could have won and been in the next round.

And I know pisses lost in six, but they were competitive in these games and really could have turned things around. So to me, it's not disheartening per se, but the Clippers, the Pistons, and the Rockets all probably feel like they could they should be still playing basketball right now.

first round impressions and the frustration. So I'm gonna go back to your Los Angeles Lakers. I know we're bouncing around. I'm gonna go back to the point of the Los Angeles Lakers. The reason why it would not disappoint me to see that the Los Angeles Lakers got eliminated is because this isn't this, This to me is a quote unquote coming to Jesus moment for Luka Doncic. I think much has been talked about, you know, everybody saying that he,

you know, the worst defender in the NBA. I'm not even going to get into all of the hyperbole, because I think a little bit is too much over the top. To me, this is not just about Luka Donkic's lack of defense. It is Luka Donkic's lack of humility to where he is as a star athlete, what he means to the organization, and what he means to the brand of the game. Right. So, in other words, if we want to go old school and look at players that you love to hate, right, how many of them complain

as much as he does to the refs? How many of them does you know he basically say, no, matter what happens, I'm not changing the style in the way that I play my game of basketball, even when teams are forcing you to have to do that and you decides still not to do it. Right, In some ways, it almost looks like you're just middle fingering every conceivable idea that you don't want to evolve until you're ready

to evolve. And that's great, that's all well and good, But I don't know how you can continue to do that. If you're going to play next to a Lebron James, I don't know how you can continue to do that and think that Rob Polenka is going to be able to put together a championship caliber roster that you're going to be able to help elevate and create and make better for because you're going to ultimately need somebody that's going to augment the things that you're supposed to get

better at doing or evolve at doing. And I don't know if you're willing to want to do that. And I think that's the greatest conundrum right Like Lakers fans are going to be cool with this. He's a great superstar, but are they going to continue to tolerate how he goes about being that superstar? You know what I'm saying, Like, there was no way Magic Johnson could have continued to be the kind of player that he was next to

a Kareem Abdul Jabbar. When Kareem Abdul Jabbar showed you he was the standard, at some point, Magic Johnson had to e And at that point when Kareem recognized that, they learned how to play together and they went out and win championships. You don't have the luxury like that with the Lebron James because his window isn't like that, you know what I'm saying. But if we want to kind of Liken the Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar experience.

With what we're seeing from Aluka Donkic, this would be the coming to Jesus moment that I think you want to see. And I say that because that's the same case with a lot of the players that were playing in this first round. Like you look at the James Hardens, right, you look at the Kawhi Leonards. These are some kind of come to Jesus moment. Can you continue to get away with doing what you're doing because you were making a lot of money and the game is the way

it's situated. Now that you're getting knocked out of the first round and we're good with the new generation of talent that's there, I don't know if you have the luxury to continue to keep operating in that same space.

and so forth. But also you forget your j Redicks on that sidelines as a rookie year rookie head coach, and had he made rookie mistakes, you know, think back to Missoulu in the first year, you know, getting in that job in the wake of the Udoka scandal and just being completely obstinate, just like I have to do it this way, and not understanding the need to adjust

and you know, really tried truly game manage. And I think Reddick came into this situation and made some full pause and a lot was made about, you know, the the no rest in game five, sorry in game four where he rescued, played only the five starters for the entirety of the second half and they ran out of gas. And you can say that's a rookie mistake, but that's who he trusted. So then that's also then you know, the majority of the roster, the roster construction wasn't really

what you wanted it to be. You can talk about the about the Mark Williams thing not being there and what that would have did in that specific series, But to me, I'm just saying there's a there's a lot of collective blame to go around with that Lakers losing in five, And while I'm still surprise that happened, I want to give credit to Minnesota and Anthony Edwards for being able to get it done, and Rudy Gobert playing the game of this absolute friggin life, you know, in

game five, you know, with the twenty twenty to send the Lakers home or to keep the Lakers home, I guess in that in that actual instance there. But this first round has brought on a lot of nuance and a lot of great experiences as well too. And while we transition quickly off the Lakers, and you know, we already talked about Miami and Memphis because we gave them autopsy reports as well too, I did want to shout out, not necessarily shout out, but I did want to mention,

you know, the Orlando magic here. They weren't where they expected to be, right, they weren't where they expected to be, but they were physical. I think they forced the Celtics to play differently, and so credit to Celtics for learning to play differently and winning in a different fashion than

they're used to. But Orlando kind of dictated that series with their style, and despite you know, losing in five games, being able to dictate the temple is something that not a lot of teams, especially younger teams, have the ability to do. And they they chained the playstyle of that series by by playing hard nose and physical defense kind of throughout it. So shadow Orlando and Jamal Moseley and

what that was. What a truly t multual season for them to Riddled with injuries, they have a lot of work to do, but hopefully they will get some guys back, you know, and see if they will be above that playing line going.

those games, whatever the case may be. That's fine. But when you play against the team and you realize that that team is taking you seriously, right, and you frustrated them, you you basically force them to have to you know that you've you're playing the best of the best, because they're gonna go out and they're going to do it. They're not gonna they're not going to continue to complain

throughout the course of the series. I gonna wait until you know it's an elimination game or anything like that. And I think if you're to Orlando Magic, you have to look at what was your weakness, what was your what was what was it that kept you from finding that next gear or getting over the top. You know what I'm saying, And it's the ability to get clean looks, you know, shooting the basketball and shooting basketball with the

level of consistency and efficiency. Like, if you're gonna play that style of basketball, if you're gonna play that way where you're limiting possessions, you have got to make the shots that you have access to, right And when you're playing against a good team like the like the Boston Celtics in that they have the ability to rebound, that means they're going to minimize your opportunities to get those shots.

And I think to me, again, if people were paying attention to this and not looking at just what the series total was, you know, winning four to two or you know, losing for one or whatever the case may be, you were seeing a lot of competitive play there. And you're also looking at it and saying, is this team capable, if fully healthy, replicating what they showed you that they

were capable of doing in this season's playoffs. And I can definitely tell you that there are a couple of teams that I feel a lot more confident that when they get their roster together, they'll head the executives actually

start making the necessary moves to improve. You know, they don't have to go crazy, but they definitely have to improve on some of those elements, and some of those things I can see in confidence that if they get into the playoffs again next year, who knows, the matchup might favor them a whole lot better and a whole lot more than what with the outcome was for them in this year's playoffs.

most likely rather be? And some of that is going to take into context what conferences are in because the West is clearly deeper than the Eustern conference.

Boston Celtics. I mean he was he was basically war machine literally like he was. He had he was in his bag against a very good Boston Celtics defense. And I don't care what anybody wants to try to convince me to tell me otherwise. Bon Caro to me, was the MVP of the first round of the playoffs in that he knew that he was basically up against it, like you know Wagner. You know, there's undone the level

of Wagner. I don't know how great he can become, but the level of that I saw from bon Caro, you know, especially after what happened to him last year, you know, and how his you know, he got exited, you could clearly tell that he grew from that experience. And I would say this, man, if he didn't suffer the injury that he suffered in the beginning of the regular season, who knows how prime he would have been, like his numbers and everything like that going into this series.

That could probably have even more impact on the influence that you would have had in the outcome of that series. Again, Bonkara just just totally impressed me. He's a scary dude. Bro, scary dude.

Kaid maybe a little bit more. But a man is somebody who people are literally drooling over on Houston and Washington. Goon is there and he's obviously a really good basketball player too. People are like, yo, what a man could potentially potentially turn out to They feel like there's not a ceiling that we can see just yet, which I think is really interesting. But the Rockets to me, have the best collection of talent and are probably the best

coached currently. And that's not to say yes because they were the two suits in the Western Conference. I just really feel like they have guys in a reserve that they didn't even go to like Cam Wentmore just like fell out of the rotation. Rich Shepperd couldn't make the rotation either. Like these are players that I think other

teams would love to have on their potfobial rosters. So if I was building, you gave me a chance to go with wish it for a team, I think Houston, especially with their draft capital, would be the team that I would go with in addition to the collection of talent that they currently have, inclusive of guys who are not even really playing, because those guys can probably get me another star if I wanted to. But I think

this is a really interesting conversation. Both these three young teams have higher ceilings than they showed this year, and I can't wait to see when they actualize that potential.

two years in a row. And you know, even if you have a like I still I still think that there's much more room And to your point, like that's one of the reason why I was hedging my bets a little bit about the Magic because I haven't seen, like, you know, Jalen Suggs he suffered his injury, Does he take a step forward? You know? And what will see version of him will come into that season because I really do think that they want him to be the point guard you know, for that for that magic team.

So it'll be interesting to see, you know, what other guys take that next step. But yeah, man, all three of these teams so impressive, at least from my perspective of what they They showed us what the potential could be for them. And I do think to your point Shaw, if there's a team that people really need to pay attention to, that that two seed by the Houston Rockets,

I don't think is a fluke. I do think that if they get you know, one or two other players to kind of round out, maybe Adokah shifts a little bit about how that ball movement goes and flows through sengoon and where a'm and Thompson can take that next step and commanding you know, more ball, more ball handling responsibilities or maybe even more scoring opportunities responsibilities. Yeah. Absolutely, man.

week for the baseline Cali warren Shaw. We appreciate you guys, you know we do, and we will catch up with you next stop.