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  • would you like to be in the M V P conversation this year?

  • E could never slow down.

  • Game speaks for itself.

  • I'm the one that runs this time.

  • All you better about that.

  • He's never played better.

  • We're talking about a two time M V P.

  • Three time champion.

  • I've never seen him like this.

  • Confidence is always there.

  • I feel like if I shoot that shot, I'm gonna make it every single time.

  • Curry way downtown.

  • Who would have the audacity toe pull from there?

  • I opposition terrified.

  • You could find me working on a rest.

  • You could put it to the test.

  • The guy has changed the game.

  • Take a ticket, Booth.

  • Best warrior of all time.

  • That's probably not going out on a limb.

  • All right, as I said at the top of Shell were welcome.

  • We're getting you ready for the Warriors first.

  • This is the Pacers, and for that we're going to welcome in N B a reporter Nick Friedel, to talk about this matchup.

  • What's up, Nick?

  • I want to start on the Warriors side specifically, Chef Curry with the shot boy.

  • We don't seem to be giving him that much in VP juice, even though you know he's a baller and he has 13 straight 25 point game.

  • That's the longest streak by a Warriors players player since Rick Ricky Berry in 1974.

  • I wasn't around then.

  • Don't know if anybody else was s way.

  • Feel like we're not giving stuff enough.

  • Enough love.

  • He should be.

  • He should be getting a lot more, but we all know what the reality with the M V.

  • P is.

  • You have tow win as a team, usually, but even more.

  • You have to have the narrative behind you.

  • And Steph doesn't have that narrative having already won it twice.

  • Having been the guy that's been at the forefront of the public eye for so many years, he understands what's going on.

  • But in fairness to him and the numbers he's putting up every night, there is no question you take Steph Curry off the Warriors.

  • Y'all, we saw this last year.

  • This team isn't close to what it is right now.

  • As far as most valuable player to his team, That is Steph Curry.

  • And if he keeps putting up these kind of numbers, I expect him to be right there.

  • at the end of the season.

  • It feels like number two in that power rankings would be Draymond Green 9.5 assists per outing in the last 10 games, Nick.

  • But we understand that he has a bit of a temper.

  • He can take out just by anybody.

  • Rodney McGruder included.

  • What is the importance of making sure that he stays in every contest as long as he can in order to help the likes of Steph Curry?

  • It's crucial, because anything the Warriors wanna do, you have to have stuff.

  • Hitting shots and stuff is at his best, as we know with Draymond next to him.

  • And everybody wants to focus on what Draymond doesn't do anymore.

  • He doesn't look to shoot.

  • He doesn't have confidence in that outside shot the way he did a few years ago.

  • But here's what he does Dio.

  • He's still one of the very best defenders in the game, and he's the guy who sets the tone for everybody else.

  • Offensively, you're not used to seeing point centers play the way that Draymond does, and in so many ways, that is exactly what his role is for this group.

  • So Draymond being on the floor being able to control those emotions.

  • That is of the utmost importance to a Warriors group that is not going toe win if he's not there, playing well.

  • And if Steph isn't there knocking down shots all over the place.

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