He was also the defensive player of the year top seed, trying to win their first championship in 50 years.

Got the Supermax.

Let's build around them.

What do you want?

We go from all of that.

The entire axis of the Eastern Conference revolving around Yanis.

By the way, now the planets are revolving around another team.

How quickly it can change.

Yeah, and I actually think, you know, Milwaukee's been playing really good basketball as of late, you know, won three games in a row.

I will say that the Bogdan Bogdanovich deal that didn't go through where he ended up going to another team to the Atlanta Hawks, I think, ultimately could hinder this team from getting out of the East.

Now, look, there's always going to be that question.

You know how.

How does Yanis handle things down the stretch?

As far as making big shots can drew holiday Can Chris Middleton?

Can those guys be the clutch players that Milwaukee needs?

I still think they will be there, but the Nets will be by far the favorite in the Eastern Conference.

Yeah, by far, it's not.

I mean, they bring it in hard and get Kyrie back.

And I didn't think that they were far off without James Harden.

I felt like that the Nets would probably be the team to come out of the East in the first place.

But now the question begs of what's going to go through Yonas mind when in fact, he looks up at the end of the season and they're not in the position to make a strong run for a championship or they get bounced in the playoffs early.

What clicks to his mind when he's now signed?

Ah, long term extension.

They went out there and got a player for him, and and so Drew.

Holiday is now in the mix.

What happens?

Where does his mind go?

Should he have not signed?

The extension should have waited.

So I've looked to go to another team with more players because people aren't going to come here and free agency.

We'll dig into it.

Go ahead, Jake.

I just want to explain to people you know who and I understand.

Everybody has to be quote unquote professional.

But just because you sign ah five year deal does not mean that you have a five year commitment to one team.

You have a five year commitment to the money that you signed for.

I just want to specify it.

This is the new age we've seen.

Quite.

Leonard.

Get out of a situation.

We've seen Anthony Davis get our situation.

We've now seen John Hart, James hard to get out of situation.

We will continue to have conversations about people like Bradley Bill, who is in Washington, who there have been stuff about.

You know, Could he be a Laker?

Could he forced his way out of Washington?

And I said it the moment it happened.

Just because Yanis signed a five year deal with Milwaukee to be the highest paid player in North American sports does not mean that he will be with Milwaukee for five years if their front office and team cannot put him in a position to win a world championship.

That is the reality of where we are in today's MBA, where player empowerment players can get to where they want to.

Yeah, but But though everybody that we talk about in player empowerment, assigning Supermax deals or long term extensions.

They don't ask to be out after one season.

That one season would be a bit much.

You know, you got a kind of if he was to go walk in there after this season to be like, Yo, I don't want to deal with this.

I don't want this anymore.

You just signed a Max deal, man, Like, seven months ago.

Like, What the hell are you talking about now?

If he did it 2.5 years from now, I think that's okay.

What if two years they don't get out of the Eastern semifinal?

Yes, but it down the frustration.

Two years?

Yeah, the frustration.

Two years, But not after one season.

I'm just saying, not after I wanted to make it clear.

And we're not taught you We're not talking about after one season.

You're talking about down the line down the line, of course.

But after one year, two years, it's still it will probably be a PR nightmare for him, considering that he said what he said about wanting to be This is my home.

This is my town.

I wanna be here.

And then you look up.

You know, 24 months later and you're talking about you wanna get out, there's no doubt about it.

And Jay made up the most interesting point of all.

You're right.

It's the age of player empowerment.

Just a reminder that as of yesterday, the Houston Rockets controlled James Harden's writes for the next two years.

24 hours later, that whole thing blew up.

Very interesting point there by J.

And probably, as Jay said, it's the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the biggest names in basketball.

If they want out is Keyshawn has said in any sport, if they want out eventually, they'll get out.

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