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  • Jalen has put together his end of year superlatives.

  • Forget about the worse from last night.

  • Jalen has the awards that really matter.

  • And let's start with this one.

  • Who wins the Load Management Championship award that goes to CO I.

  • Hlynur, who missed over 20 games this year on his team, held down the fort without, um, how about this?

  • He was 98 in the regular season in minutes playoffs.

  • He was first, David, Jacoby and David.

  • Let me ask you this, because sitting in that seat where you are right now, Adam Silver said to me, Don't compare co.

  • Why?

  • Because he was coming off the injury to the concept of resting, Because that's my big concern here.

  • Is that all of a sudden the NBA's star's well, look at this and they're going to sit out 20 games a year.

  • That is how this is going to work.

  • And Jalen, I know you do not like resting.

  • Healthy players don't always say well, co.

  • I was telling back from injury, which is what I said.

  • Okay, let's check in a year from now.

  • Let's check in a year from now and see how many games quite Leonard played because he's gonna be healthy next year and we'll check in.

  • And so he tells me he'll be right around 80th in minutes and then in the playoffs.

  • He'll be right around first in minutes is this.

  • Is this going to be the trend in the future that really hate to say it?

  • Yes, I think that's why I'm bringing it up.

  • I hate rest of healthy players.

  • It just not good for the game is not good for the fans.

  • But we live in an era now where players are smart enough to know to play the longevity game.

  • Yes, so then the discussion is gonna have to be about shortening the season.

  • But we'll do that another time.

  • Let's get back to the next superlative Jalen, the head of house to home record.

  • No, that's Kyrie Irving.

  • You return to a team that made to the conference finals without you.

  • You bring Gordon Hayward with you and you get eliminated earlier in the playoffs.

  • How about earlier in the year he talked about staying with the Boston Celtics and then, before you know, it fell out with Danny, age fell.

  • Our brass.

  • Stevens complained about the young players, not knowing what it took to win.

  • Already bought a new crib in New York.

  • By the way, did he?

  • Yes, on Which side of the Hudson River want?

  • Tell people where you live, I Brooklyn.

  • Here's the thing.

  • He was in Cleveland, where he was Robin to LeBron's Batman and they want a championship.

  • He wasn't happy.

  • He goes to Boston.

  • They tried giving the keys to what looked like a really good fast driving car.

  • Made the conference final a year ago.

  • Not happy.

  • What is going to make him happy?

  • I don't know.

  • You know, if again, like we talked about Brooklyn and him going to Brooklyn if I'm gonna say something right now, that probably not get me invited back.

  • I'm Sean Marks.

  • I might rather have DeAngelo Russell and career.

  • I know, I know.

  • I know Kyrie Irving is a much better basketball player.

  • But this track record that you just mentioned it went bad the last two times.

  • He switched teams with that switch things, but was on a team, and we're gonna do it again.

  • And I'm gonna lock him in for hundreds of millions of dollars for years and years.

  • What if it goes like this again?

  • I love what I saw from Vucevic's Middleton and also D'Angelo.

  • Russell this year become the first time All Stars, but their challenge is to be perennial all stars.

  • Kyrie Irving has done that.

  • He is all MBA, and I know you're talking about the personality thing.

  • I don't get it twisted.

  • There's a different level of Kyrie Irving's game, then DeAngelo right?

  • Obviously, obviously, I'm not.

  • I'm not comparing them.

  • Is basketball players one time the second pick in the draft?

  • I mean, there are people who think he is a great player and can be a great player.

  • Marquel Faults was the number one pick in the draft.

  • Have that conversation next award.

  • The JV hoping to make varsity award go JV hoping to make varsity When you're the B team in your own market, that's the Clippers and the Nets.

  • They both outplayed expectations this year, no doubt about it, But now they're gonna have him going into next year.

  • They won't be sneaking up on anybody, but I love what the Nets did and building a team.

  • Caris.

  • Levert was on track to be an All Star.

  • He gets injured.

  • They paid.

  • Dunwoody didn't witty, rightfully so.

  • And then all of a sudden, D'Angelo Russell emerges during the year and has it all started?

  • And what about the Clippers?

  • Move.

  • Williams, a six man at a year mantra as Hair and I love his game, is a vet, and obviously, Doc Rivers did a terrific job.

  • A coat, Do you think is going to go to the Clippers?

  • There's something about CO I Leonard, with the smartest thing I can say about the question is, I don't know.

  • Yeah, I don't know anything about this guy like I can see him.

  • I could see him in the cage about to go to Magic, and it's just like ha, you know, like I just I just don't really know what he's going to do.

  • But like, one thing is, the Clipper have is they've got a very solid front office and they've got a very solid head coach.

  • Do so did the Raptors.

  • That's why you just won the championship.

  • I get my prediction.

  • He signs the one and one in Toronto and still winds up with the Clippers a year or two down the road.

  • Final award.

  • Jalen the Mike McDermott Memorial or that man his money.

  • That's a reference from the movie rounders.

  • Okay, have you ever seen Rounders have Messiah?

  • You?

  • Jerry gets this award.

  • He's never seen Rounders promise.

  • He just lied into a microphone.

  • He does not know who's in that.

  • And Damon, you said in your ear.

  • I heard it, too.

  • Okay, you are lying.

  • You've ever seen rounders, but continue.

  • But I do.

  • Research forced.

  • You may be right.

  • May you live, see, not even meet you live.

  • It means like it's all just the people.

  • I apologize for people to meet.

  • You live well.

  • I've seen it all seen a YouTube clip.

  • OK, OK, the Masai you Jerry took the ultimate gamble greeny that most GM's never do.

  • He traded for a guy in the final year of his contract, along with Danny Green bought a championship pedigree to the locker room.

  • All of a sudden, it paid out to the point where they won a championship.

  • It led to Elton Brand doing the exact same thing in Philadelphia.

  • This is now going to be a new MBA trend.

  • That Messiah Jiri is the spearhead else's in rounders.

  • Just Teoh because I don't know who is Mike McDermott.

  • He's in rounders.

  • Met James.

  • Character is the character in the movie.

  • If I was the only one who didn't pick up on that, he's got it.

  • Those air Jalen Superlative.

  • Forget about the awards they gave that.

  • Jalen gives out the ones that really matter.

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Jalen has put together his end of year superlatives.

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