McCollum is averaging 33 points per game over his last six.

Importance.

Been without Dame.

In those particular games, the Trailblazers are 3.5 games out of the eight spot in the West and getting healthier.

So, Ramona, are we sleeping on the Blazer's chances here to make the playoffs I haven't been sleeping on.

That's the team that I've always thought it was going to sneak into that spot.

I know that everybody likes the Pelicans in there.

That would be a great matchup for the league.

That would be so many great storylines.

But to me, with the veteran team, it's just it's hard for me to count them out.

It's hard, especially with name appearing to be close to coming back from that injury.

If they could stay healthy like and they have a second, easiest schedule down the stretch, it's hard for me to see them miss the playoffs and between IRK Dame and then Zach Collins, who is the most important player on this team from an injury standpoint, maybe only because when he went out early in the season, it was like, Well, I'm not sure how far they can go because of him defensively and rebounding inside He, to me is as important as either one of those other two getting back in terms of how will they know how well they can operate on offense and on defense.

I don't think that without him they're going to be able to be a major playoff chance.

And so I'm not sleeping on him.

I'm just waiting for him to get healthy.

I'm just like, OK is that Collins is important, but it is not date a chemistry standpoint from a chemistry standpoint.

They're not getting that far anyway.

If he doesn't get back, you sure they might be a better team by a lot with Dame.

But if Zach I'm not counting them to go in, yeah, and offensively he helps them stretch the floor from that position.

I get where you're saying when it comes to that, but I'm in on the pelicans at this point, like Fivethirtyeight has them as the team that's going to get into the eighth spot.

I think that they're playing really well since Zions been back.

They went from in the games that he's played.

They were the 23rd ranked defense.

Now they're a top 10 defense, and he's since he's been back.

We know what he does on the offense of end for them.

So I just feel like the Pelicans are trending in the right direction.

And there are a lot of questions about the Blazers with the health.

It's if they get healthy, right?

Like, to me, That's the thing.

Yeah, like I would like to see the Pelicans in that eight spot, right?

I think so.

What everybody in this league, the that the easiest schedule, the way they in plain once science been back.

It's just I have this faith.

Is your name Willard?

Just because I've I've seen the man schedule is a big thing for me, for the policy team getting back together with Zion coming the way he is, I think that helps them a lot.

It's obvious, but it's really Dame could drag them there.