Seton O'Connor (7:52)
Yeah, yeah. And I didn't even think, but there I saw some of the threads that said, oh, I see what the NBA did. You know, the Mavericks did the Lakers a solid, gave them their future with Luca. Well, we got to do something nice for them. We're going to give them Cooper flag. Also, the speculation on where Giannis is going to go. He just said he would be open to a trade. He'd be open to it. Now, that's a polite way of saying, you can trade me or we're going to trade me. I'll decide where I want to go. But, you know, hopefully it'll benefit you guys because the window is closed. You know, Dame time is. Is over. That clock stopped now with Giannis at 30. And there were a lot of analysts who, you know, they had trade scenarios for the Bucks and the San Antonio spurs. And I was like, why San Antonio for Giannis? If I'm San Antonio and I have dear and Fox, Stefan Castle was the rookie of the year. I got Victor Wembanyama. I just build it, just add a little bit more. You're going to need another veteran. You're going to need somebody who's probably in their late 20s, early 30s, and then, you know, that'll be a steadying force that you're going to have. I said, from the time that they drafted Wembanyama, just get a point guard. Well, they have a couple of them that will, you know, help his growth. But they have the second pick in the draft, and Ace Bailey might be the guy. Ron Harper's son might be the guy. And I did watch a little bit. I watched more Rutgers basketball than I should have. And these guys, while they're great, they didn't even make the tournament. They. They have potential. Potential means that you haven't done anything. And I think that's the scary part of, okay, you can add them. Is that really going to change your fortunes? And San Antonio has two draft picks, I think the second and the 14th. You know, maybe you can pair that together. Maybe you can put together a package. Maybe you could get some. Some pieces there. But I think San Antonio, you know, quietly did well last night. And, you know, we go back to the teams that lost, the teams that had 14% chance. You know, is the lottery fair? Well, is tanking fair? You know, that's the problem. I have that you had teams that tried not to win. Maybe they weren't trying to lose as much as they were trying not to win. I know it's semantics here, but, you know, we've gone through a lot of iterations of the NBA draft lottery, and I don't know what is considered fair, but is this five consecutive years, that team with the worst record didn't get the number one pick in the, the lottery in the draft, but I don't know what the probability of that is of the worst team is not getting the number one pick in the draft. All right, we'll come up with a poll question. Obviously, with the Knicks situation, Jason Tatum, we don't know severity. And look, can we speculate on how he reacted to the injury? Look, more of an Achilles than an ankle or even a knee, but even the, the pain reaction. And I don't know if it's the pain of I'm, I know I'm not going to be able to help my team or the actual pain of the injury because I've been around people, I've mentioned this before, played hoops with a guy who blew out both Achilles on the same right at the same moment, and he was in tremendous pain. But then I see Aaron Rodgers or Kevin Durant or Kobe. You know, everybody reacts differently to this, but my reaction when I saw it was that looked like an Achilles. Now, Boston can still win this series. Like, you gotta, you gotta approach this as they're going to be dangerous. And sometimes you're more dangerous because you know what Derek White's going to say, I'll take up the shooting slack. Peyton Pritchard, you know, maybe Porzingis plays a big game. Drew Holiday, we're waiting for him. Like, they, they have a deep team and you probably have six guys who can get you 25 points on any given night. But I, if I'm a Knicks fan, wouldn't look at this and say we're going to the Eastern Conference finals because Boston is a great team. And, but, you know, we're going to remember these playoffs for injuries because you have Steph Curry out. That's affected that series. Jason Tatum perhaps out. Look at all the injuries with the Cleveland Cavaliers. I mean, yes, this does hurt the defending champs. I don't think anybody's sympathetic about the Cavaliers, and they had more injuries than Boston does, and they had the best record in the East. But I hate seeing Jayson Tatum, who was having a incredible game, going toe to toe with Jalen Brunson. But Boston can still win this series and I think sometimes when that. That star is out, you. You ease up a little bit here. And if you're the Knicks, you. You cannot, you cannot go in overconfident. You know, you have to go after them and you have to take them out. Because if you don't, they're. They're going to have some confidence here. And we've seen this so many times. Star player goes out, everybody rallies. Now the question is, how long can you rally for? It's like Golden State. I thought Golden State was going to win. Not last night, the previous game. And I said if they don't win that game, then they're not winning this series. And I don't think Steph Curry's coming back. But last night they got roughed up and it looks like, you know, that series is going to end maybe one more game, but we're going to look back on these playoffs and probably single out. The one thing is injuries change the entire landscape here of who's going to win the title, who's going to play for the title. Oklahoma City's been healthy. You know, they got Chad Holmgren back. They've been healthy for the most part. Denver, I think, is just tired. I think Joker is tired now. That's not an excuse, but you can watch somebody be tired. And OKC's done a lot. They've done a really good job. There's. And yes. Have I talked about great players stepping up? Yes. And Joker had better step up. Jimmy Butler didn't step up. You know, this is playoff, Jimmy. You know, I can't sit there and go, oh, I'm going to count on Buddy Healed. I shouldn't be counting on Buddy Healed. I should be counting on Jimmy Butler. But Golden State, they're wounded and they're not going to go much further than this. Seaton, what's poll question today?
