No, I mean, I think he's over five on threes from more than 30 points.

I think its first came back.

He was, you know, so in his wild oats to it, Harry.

But it was great to see him.

I mean, if we were, if they really cared about winning, they obviously would have played him longer.

And he may be, would have been a little more diligent with his shot selection.

But the MBA missed him.

Man, he is one of one as faras, the feeling you get when you watch him.

And even though Trey is trying to be a version of step trays, games actually very different than stuff.

And Trey is not Steph Curry.

He can try toe mimic as much of him as a game.

But step is, we've never had a guy like him and people wonder what what's going on.

The NBA's ratings?

Well, Kevin Durant hasn't played this year.

Step really hadn't played this year.

They're you know, LeBron's game started 10 30 on the East Coast.

That doesn't help.

There's been a lot of things but a lot of it's just this guy.

This we had.

We had a great team that people either love it.

They love to hate and they basically contracted.

They basically were relegated like you haven't European soccer.

So I was thrilled to see him back.

I wish you would have come back earlier.

I was talking to a friend who covers the Warriors in the Bay Area yesterday that feeling out there is that he probably could have been back earlier, but they're not so focused on winning.

And they What does that mean?

Not so.

That's what I'm confused by.

What do they want to win games or not?

No.

They don't want to win games because you want.

You want to get a high pick, you know, it's almost works against you.

If you end up being, what the 10th 11th seed, you rather be the last pick and have better odds.

How far are we gonna take this?

Then?

I don't know.

That's what I wonder.

So sure the Grizzlies throw games Do?

Is anybody think the Grizzlies gonna beat the Lakers?

Anybody?

The thing they got any shot?

What about The Kings were fighting for that eighth spot to catch the Grizzlies.

Should they?

It's all.

If it's championship or nothing, then how many teams should take how many teams should say, You know what?

Let's try to lose.

How far do we want to take it?

I'm just curious.

I know.

That's why I think there's a different thing.

So we say we're going to stay in terms of the Grizzlies.

They've gotta build a winning culture.

Okay, if you're gonna look at Golden Stained, I like this.

They have a winning culture within their core.

If you have a winning culture, you can lose.

But if you have a losing culture, you need to win.

Will you look at injuries?

You look a TTE free agency.

Losing out on guys like Kevin Durant would have changed the situation in Golden State.

Steph Curry and Draymond Green and Clay Thompson.

Those guys know what it takes to win a championship.

Now they're gonna have to Inco Kate those championship elements into these young guys.

But in the process, if Steph Curry doesn't plan back to backs, you ease him back into the lineup back because of a hand injury.

Listen, listen.

A hand injury if there's, there may be a scenario where he still has to get in basketball shape in basketball rhythm.

I'm not.

I'm not saying that it is or it isn't playing basketball games, but you have to ease into it.

Listen, he's stepping in at a point in the n B.

A season where you're almost what, a 3/4 of the way through the season.

So essentially, everybody's playing out of 10 of the tin right now.

Nine of 10 10 of the winnings, and he's coming into being right.

It's going to take a second for him.

Did you adjust the tears of playing?

Playing?

It's like, all right, No one ever plays for just five minutes like they're like Kerr was like, We're gonna play in 25 minutes.

Are there different?

Tears were like, Wow, he played the whole game error.

You sat out that the whole game is there.

Medium tears were like, I just want to play a little bit.

I want to play a lot.

How does that work, man?

It's honestly, it's going to take about maybe two and 1/2 weeks before he really, really gets back in game shape for one.

All he's been doing is what drills going side to side and shooting, stretching, stretching, playing in practice.

That versus plan against the Raptors last night.

Completely different basketball game is completely different.

They're 14 and 49.

Does anyone think if they were 49 14 he's on the same minutes?

Restriction?

Does anyone?

Or that he would have been out this far, exactly right that he would have been back earlier.

He would have been back earlier, but your original game, if not 1st 5 original games, there's gonna be a level, a level of restriction.

But that could have happened weeks ago.

And and and you see talk building a winning culture.

This is their team moving forward minus collect.

Clay has been an indestructible player, but coming off his first major injury, you have toe open up the possibility that clay is not gonna be 100% mixture.

Clay's gonna suffer a setback next season, don't you?

You don't you want to teach Andrew Wiggins how to win?

Is that it?

Not important people have.

We've lost the plot on sports.

I swear to God, Why does the MBA exist?

Because people enjoy watching it.

Why does Steph make 40 million and the world's bait?

Greatest Frisbee Golf guy makes nothing, Not because okay makes you take a couple of 100 bucks a winner.

The not because there is some moral imperative that basketball players are better than Frisbee golfers.

It's because the market has decided.

We like watching these guys.

And now we're saying for the fans of the MBA for the season ticket holders, all that matters is making sure we have a 14% chance cannot James Weissman instead of a 12 and 1/2 percent chance get out.

It's also the Pelicans had a 6% chance of getting the topic last year.

6%.

So this whole idea of tanking is so up in the air and there's no assurance you have no idea what's gonna happen.

No, no, there isn't.

But you also give these young guys more opportunity when Steph isn't on the floor.

So let me ask this.

Are you speaking to him?

If his minutes are moderated in general this entire time back, are you talking specific to last night?

You have a big problem with him playing or not?

With his minutes restriction I don't have a huge problem with your first came back after months off of not playing the full 30 35 minutes.

I know it's 48 minute game and replace full 48.

I think he would have liked to come back earlier.

I think he would have liked to play longer, and I think he could have.

You watched that game.

Did it look like Steph?

Oh my God, he's gassed.

Can't do it.

Um, But what they are clearly doing is trying to say Let's take this year as a Mulligan to in order to try to revamp as much as possible for next season.

And I'm just curious how far we are comfortable with taking that.

How far are we okay with the moment Kyrie got hurt, should the net to right now, the seven seed have said, You know what?

With the whole G League team up, we don't want to win because we want we want to go from in the playoffs to ah, 3% chance of the number one pick held the pelican 6% chance they got it.

It is dangerous for the sport toe.

Have this for any sport One of the great things about the NFL is you can't tank Oh, the Dolphins, their worst team ever.

They win five games because the game is too dangerous to not give it your best effort and put your best players out there, I would say on an individual basis, this makes sense for a Golden State because of stuff because of clay because of Draymond.

This would not make sense for another team who has to bid cult build culture who does not know what it looks like.

That's where I don't have a big problem with it.

The major in the middle What if Golden State just played crazy like Steph Just were like Steph took like a G league approach.

Just bomb in threes like that.

We might lose, but it's gonna be super entertaining.

At least then you are doing something right by your fans.

But this idea that it makes sense for them, I'll use a quick analogy right now.

The back alley between that I live on, they want to repave it, and you basically it's will the homeowners pay for it, and there's little sign we're this far away, and the odds are I could not pay for it, and it's still gonna get done.

So it's like, Well, it be best for me.

I get the best of both worlds.

But if everyone takes that approach, then it doesn't get done right.

If everyone's like, Well, why would I pay when it's gonna get done anyway?

Okay, it's It's smart for Golden State to do it.

Maybe it's smart at this point for who?

The Cavaliers to do it.

All of a sudden, If everyone says I'm not worried about the greater health of the league, I'm only worried about me.

Then you don't have a healthy leak.

And at some point, there is a responsibility off a team more so than the calves who have been terrible forever.

Except when LeBron's there, the Hawks, who have been trying to figure things out forever.

A team that matters, a team that's on national TV, a team that has arguably the most popular player in the league to say it's not about but one and 1/2 percent better chance to get James Wiseman.

It's about respecting the game and I fans have been tricked on this.

Oh, what matters is lottery odds No, it doesn't.

That's not what matters here.

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