Dominic Europe first.

Here, Uh, do you think Luca should be the favorite?

Absolutely not.

Like I understand all the love that we have for Luke or the big shot he hit, and, I mean, frankly, the greatness that he's been since he walked in the league.

I think he will win M v p.

But we give the M V P to a team to a player on a team that is dominant, that is at the top of the league, or at least the top of their conference Mavericks aren't gonna be that it's gonna be a d a.

D is gonna be the M V P because their team is going to be.

The Lakers are going to be gonna have the best record, or at least the best record in the West may be the best record in the whole MBA.

We don't do it that way.

If you think Last year we went to Yanis, Yanis had the best record in all of the league's on.

The Bucks had the best record the year before that.

John us again.

Then we had that one aberration where we gave it to Russ.

Then it was step again two years ago like That's a thing that happens.

It's what we do in the n b A.

We give it to the best player on the best team.

And then while I think LeBron is the best player on that team and the regular season, a D is going to be carrying them.

He will be there.

Workhorse.

I imagine a D should be the front runner for M V P.

Because the Mavs, at best I see them is like Ah, 54 seed, which isn't anything to sneeze at.

But that's not an M V P type season for that team.

Forcing When once Porzingis comes back, the Mavs, we're gonna be a very dominant team.

More dominant than people realize.

I think that's number one.

Number two Lucas three point percentage ticks up just a little bit, and there's no reason to think it won't given the trajectory of his career and his aged, he's gonna be for 30 points with a triple double on average for the season, and his now M v P should just be given to the best player.

In my opinion, I think that'll be LeBron James.

If you ask me right now who I think is gonna be the best player in the league, it's LeBron who actually wins the M V P.

It's not always the best player.

Luke is gonna put up cartoon statistics for a dominant team.

He's clearly going to be the best player on that team, and his greatest Porzingis will be, I believe, if he's healthy, Porzingis is gonna miss a nice chunk of the season taking him out of them.

VP conversation.

He's not gonna peel away votes from Lucca, whereas LeBron and A D will peel away votes from each other.

Luca Doctor is gonna win M V p this year.

No, he won't know.

He won't.

And I love Luca.

But LeBron James is time for him to pass the torch.

And I think we saw that last year.

He went through Anthony Davis and coming into this season with a sharp turnaround in the off season, we won't see a lot of LeBron.

He probably won't be playing a lot of minutes, but Anthony Davis will and with the supporting cast that he that he has, he's going to tell the league up.

Like I said, this is a guy that is a generational talent, Max.

We've never seen nothing like Anthony Davis.

Nothing.

Not the skill set.

Not not the way that he is able to take you to the outside 23 pointers.

Take you on the low block offensive rebound.

Defensive rebound switch.

One through five, he's gonna be on the mission.

I think the Lakers air going toe feature him.

They're gonna go through him and LeBron James Right now.

I guarantee you he don't have a problem with passing the torch.

And I strongly believe that Anthony Davis is gonna win the MVP this year.

He's my pick because he's just unstoppable.

He's unstoppable, he's unstoppable.

And LeBron James said it.

Hey, this is a short This is a short turnaround and I'm going.

This is what I got Anthony Davis for Max.

So if you can't read the writing on the wall, he said, it clears.

They He's passing the torch.

He started passing.

You pass the ball, that's what That's what.

Whatever.

You pass the ball to the guy who scores, they give you an assist.

And if LeBron averages 10 11 12 assists a game because he couldn't average under 20 points if he tried, if he averages 25 points and 12 assists a game, he will absolutely split the vote with a D.

There's almost no way that they could feature a D in a way on that team where LeBron want also get credit, they're going to split that vote, you know, like and on the other hand, as excellent as Porzingis is gonna miss too much of the season.

They did it last year.

Max Anthony Davis led never statistical category except assist.

So that means to tell me he led in steals.

He led in points.

He led in rebounds, leading blocks.

So I'm telling you, Max is only going to get better.

This was year one player with LeBron James, and now we're going in the year two after championship.

After a short turn around, LeBron James is not gonna have a problem referring the Anthony Davis.

The Los Angeles Lakers is now Anthony Davis team.

Your best argument, Max, I think, is that they're gonna peel away some of the votes, is gonna make it harder for him to win, but I don't think that matter best.

Iran is on the board.

If I didn't say it was a good argument, I said it was his best argument out of all of his arguments.

But if LeBron is on board, if LeBron is advocating for this and LeBron is pushing for this, he is one of the most powerful people in sports.

I think that we will buy into that same narrative and a d.

I think we all agree that a D is a better player than Luca.

Like all around A D gives you mawr offensively and defensively than Luca, and we all agree his team is going to be better.

So how often does it happen that the protagonists of the season is the best player on one of the best teams?

That's what's gonna happen.

That's what always happens a za long as LeBron James continues to distribute and passed.

I think it was Russell was Russell Westbrook right when he went for that triple double season and we all gave it to him and a lot of people regret that at this moment, honestly, so I'm not sure that they're gonna fall for that again.

Well, Dominique, I'm so proud, Man.

Got 22 years old.

You back in your bag, appreciate it.

E warm up a little bit.

Makhzoumi off.

He's still getting better.

Anthony Davis.

You guys think the stats are just going to get better and better.

80.

Has been putting up monster stats forever.

It's like How much better do you think his stats they're gonna get?

In fact, a 21 year old player.

There's reason to believe the actual numbers that people look at will improve.

Not just like he's an extremely high usage.

You are saying, Reese, go up.

He, Luca is gonna average is a very good chance.

Luca averages 30 32 points a game with a triple double.

For a team that surprises people in the regular season, let alone in the playoffs, he will be the undisputed best player on that team.

That will not be the case for a D.

They will.

You will look at that team and maybe you perk.

Maybe you do.

Maybe I will make the argument.

In fact, LeBron's the best player on the team.

In fact, look at what LeBron is doing.

It's gonna be tough to give a D M V P.

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