So let's get it started, Zubin.

Let's kick it off with number six Number six.

I got Jimmy Butler.

Look, um, time with the Bulls.

I love the way his story has continued to ascend.

Uh, you know, became a sidekick to Derrick Rose, became the star there with Tibbs, went on to Minnesota with tips again.

Didn't work out now that in Miami got to the world championship last year, but we all knew it.

LeBron James and A D were way more skilled.

This team had to have everything happened, right?

In order for them to get over the hump.

There's still really good team this year.

I think other teams have moved further ahead of the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference.

Jimmy Butler will be number six on my list.

Number five Mr Triple Double Russell Westbrook.

I mean, one of the most talented players key.

You know how we feel about Russ.

We love his style.

We love his swag.

We love his intensity.

He brings to the game, and still, you know, talk about 2017 M v p.

playing with Okay, see, for as long as he did, having that stint with the Houston Rockets James Harden.

But a lot of people question is, Can you win a world championship with Russ?

You know, can rust get out of his own way with being the guy, or is he?

Does he need?

Can he be the guy, or can it be a second or third guy around a superstar?

Help me get there.

We're still trying to figure that out.

Watching Russell Westbrook play right now with the Washington Wizards in DC Number four.

The other Melo is too young to make this list.

This is This is mellow.

This is the real mellow.

With all due respect, all the Gen Z kids out there with Lamelo.

I understand social media superstar.

This is Carmelo Anthony.

This is a Hall of Famer.

This is the guy we saw with the Denver Nuggets.

An absolute stuff when the best scores the game has ever seen a guy that came to the New York Knicks got them into the playoffs.

People don't remember that kind of stuff about how talented Melo was.

Now with the Portland Trail Blazers.

I would love to see Melo win one.

I really would.

I thought it would happen with the Banana Boat Boys.

They never got together and didn't culminate that way.

Now he's in Portland.

I want to see Damon C.

J take this team to a different level, Mellow still on the team.

We'll see if we can get it if it can get there.

I don't think it will, though.

CP three and three only seems right.

I mean, Chris Paul Point, God Key.

That's his nickname.

Point God.

New Orleans was an absolute stud.

Remember those teams with the Clippers?

Him?

Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, coached by Doc Rivers.

That chemistry there didn't ultimately pan out just never culminated to the point you wanted it to.

He's with the Phoenix Suns.

The Phoenix Suns are one of the top teams in the Western Conference, but at the end of the day key, we still think this league is gonna go through teams like Utah, the Lakers or the Clippers before we put the Utah before we put the Phoenix Suns truly in that conversation.

Number two.

What time is it?

At 7 36?

What time is it?

It's game time Dame.

I mean, the best closer there is in basketball right now, the best closer.

I don't know how many times you need to see it.

I don't know how many times he needs to tap on the wrist to tell you it's game time.

They have the squad.

Injuries has been something that's always plagued Portland.

It was only a couple of years ago.

They got to the Western Conference finals.

You always think they have a chance to do it.

But will they win a world championship in Portland?

No, I'm going to say no, no, I know we can't look into a crystal ball key, but I want to see Damon, a bigger market with bigger superstars.

And that's no disrespect to C.

J.

McCollum.

CJ is incredible.

Love the way he plays.

I still know if they can surround him with the right pieces in Portland to win it.

Number one.

You thought to Sean Walton.

Houston.

How about this guy?

I mean, it's James Harden.

It's James Harden.

James Harden up.

I'll go back to it.

Mm.

Cp three, up 31 against the Golden State Warriors, up 31 against the Golden State Warriors, one of the most prolific, innovative scores the game has ever seen ever seen.

But I have him number one on my list because I think if there's a year for James Harden to get it, it's this year Now.

Questions about Kevin Durant.

What's happening with his hamstring?

But him and Kyrie, along with Blake Griffin along with Jeff Green along with the talent they have, they are the favorites in the East.

Okay, we know how close Jimmy was last year.

Jimmy Butler on Jay's list of players 30 and older.

I've never won a title if you're just joining us.

Butler, Westbrook, Anthony, Chris, Paul, Damian Lillard, James Harden all waiting for that elusive first title.

Who gets there first?

James, I just said.

That's why he's number one on my list.

James Harden.

I think the Nets are positioned properly key with the talent they have to get there.

But you know how hard is to win a championship, Man?

Uh, it's hard for a lot of the win.

The Super Bowl win the world championship.

Everything needs to go right.

And a lot of guys on that list.

They were so close, but just wasn't able to get over the hump.

I think James Harden will win first, I think, as an important piece of somebody.

And I know Dane wants to stay important today.

But you know how this goes, man.

At over a period of time, it starts to wear on you and you start to look back.

Yeah.

You want to be a Portland, you wanna you love it.

But then at some point, you're gonna sit back and be like, I'm tired of this.

I need to win.

And then he's going to want to move.

Not this year.

Maybe not next year, but at some point in the future, he's gonna want to move to a team much like you said in the city Big time, Whether it's an l.

A or New York or something that gives him an opportunity to win a championship.

It is CP three.

You know, his salary kind of got him a little bit stuck in Phoenix.

Nobody wanted to trade for that contract.

Even though he's still cooking at the age he's cooking at, he'll be a guy.

I think that lands on somebody's team that could potentially, in the future, be an important piece to them.

Win a championship at the end of his career.

So those three guys, I think, eventually will get their championship Marine.

And just to add on the point about Portland mean your supermarket hurt again?

He's been hurt multiple times.

Always heard throughout his career.

Zach Collins, her.

They've had a lot of pieces that have been missing.

And then that's the part that makes it challenging for him.

C.

J has been hurt this year.

They have never been at full strength.

And like he said, that weight that you have to carry every single night that can get tiring.

Last thing, we just have a couple of seconds.

Um, who would you like to?

The sentimentality award?

Mellow.

Waiting forever.

Chris Paul Waiting forever.

Who would you like to see on those six you just mentioned?

Get it?

Not who will.

Who do you like to see who would make your heart feel good?

I mean, for Melo, Just because Melo has been around this game for so long And you know, why are you giving that CP three been around two?

Yeah, that's true.

That's true.

I mean, they both have that 63 mellow, They toss, mellow out and said he had nothing left in the way.

That's what I'm saying.

The way he came back, he was out of the league for a year key.

But they also talk negative about CP three.

You can't play with this guy.

He's a problem, I know, but it's interesting both you guys in the New York City market the way people would criticize you and, you know, and talk about Hey for Melo.

Like people.

People like mellows washed.

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