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January 10, 2025 • 28 mins

Jason Timpf answers listener questions during an NBA mailbag segment.Jason discusses what the Oklahoma City Thunder can do to raise their offensive ceiling, what team in the Eastern Conference has the best team to dethrone the Boston Celtics, whether the Nuggets should consider trading Michael Porter Jr and what potential trades the Golden State Warriors should consider in order to right the ship. 

Timeline:

4:00 - Introduction

4:45 - How can the OKC Thunder raise their offensive ceiling?

12:30 - Jayson Tatum’s usage rate

16:45 - Should Nuggets trade Michael Porter Jr?

28:30 - Which team is a fun watch for a fan whose team isn’t winning?

30:00 - How does it feel to have Colin Cowherd compare Jason to Ryen Russillo?

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(02:16):
of the season. All right, let's talk some basketball. Hey,
how's it going? Jason Love the show? Have been a
fan for a while. My question is about the Oklahoma
City Thunder. I hear a lot of people say that
they are a team that needs to find a way
to raise their offensive ceiling but can throw a hillacious
defensive punch. From a historical perspective, do you think this
year's Thunder is more comparable to the Four Pistons, the
eight Celtics, or the nine Lakers and how they are

(02:37):
made up at this current moment. So ironically, the team
that I actually think they remind me a lot of
is the old Thunder in the sense that it's more
of a two big type of look, and it's younger,
right Like, as we talk about the Celtics and the
Lakers from eight to nine, those are very veteran teams.
Not a lot of young talent on those teams, and
obviously the Thunder are more infused with youth. So in

(03:00):
terms of basketball build, there's similarities across the board. Defensively, yeah,
you're similar to the four Pistons, although I would say
that the four Pistons team didn't have nearly the shot
creation talent that Shake Gilds Alexander is the wait Celtics
remind me of this team in the two big look
or like you're four, and Kevin Garnett is this very
versatile offensive player and more of a play finisher at

(03:22):
the center spot. But it's kind of similar there. And
then Paul Pierce being like this guy in poor spacing
that was asked to make a lot of mid range
jump shots. The Lakers are the team that I'd probably
compare him to the most because of the two big
look versatle offensive four, but just that heavy reliance on
tough shot making from Kobe Bryant, which obviously was a
huge part of this Thunder team with Shay and I
talked about yesterday actually after the Cavs game, how Shae

(03:44):
reminds me a lot of Kobe Bryant in that stretch. Well,
you talked about about raising their offensive ceiling. Is a
really interesting point though, And I think that's going to
be the main question mark because I've talked a lot
about shooting when it comes to the Thunder. There's still
haven't checked after the Cavs game, But after the Celtics game,
they were down to twentieth in or I think they
sh well in that game, so up to twentieth I
should say in three point shooting on the season, and

(04:05):
like they've just continued to make shots as of late,
Like these are a couple of big games. Like they
didn't lose to the Calves because of shot making. They
made shots. They lost to the Calves because they couldn't
get stops, which was ironic and just a testament to
the Cleveland defense because that's same or Cleveland offense, because
that same Thunder defense just put the Celtics in jail
in the second half of their game, right, But like,

(04:27):
there is a certain decision that the Thunder are gonna
have to make at the deadline this year, which is
are we good enough on offense to win the title?
And there's a tendency in a lot of these situations
to be like, oh, we have time, and I'm not
gonna sit here and pretend like this is the last
shot for the Thunder because it's not. But as we've
seen so many times throughout NBA history, every time we

(04:48):
think there's a five to eight year window, it ends
up being shorter. It's usually not like the Warriors, they're
usually the they're the exception. It's usually a lot of turnover.
It's usually some guy wants a bigger role, this guy
gets squeezed by the payroll. We don't want to be
a second Apron team, so we let this guy go.
There's usually something that leads to a like kind of

(05:08):
a pullback in talent in these sorts of situations, right,
And so the question is do you feel urgency to
try to win this season? And that's where you kind
of have to find a sweet spot, like is it
worth Like let's take Cam Johnson for instance, I haven't
done the exact machinations of the deal. But let's say
it's Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins, Like, it's a lot

(05:29):
to give up. I like Aaron Wiggins a lot. Aaron
Wiggins is just a pro. I've been talking about him
a lot, Like I'm amazed at his ability to drive
closeouts and defend, knockdown catch and shoot threes. Isaiah Joe
has been one of the most reliable shooters of the
last couple of years. I understand that's a lot to
give up. But if you get a really high level
player like Cam Johnson, and you can sit it a
situation where it's like, I know who our small ball

(05:51):
groups are, because you know who the big groups are,
right Shay JW Dort Hartenstein Chet, Right. You know with
the small ball groups, it's going to be Jada Chet
and then somebody is that fifth guy, and there's flaws
with all of them. With Alex Crusoe, it's like a
really good defender, but man, he can really struggle to shoot.
Sometimes you talk about kese On Wallace a little undersized,

(06:15):
also can struggle to shoot. Sometimes you talk about Isaiah
Joe really skinny and undersized, right, Like there's downsides with
any of your options that you go with a guy
like Cam Johnson. It's like pretty solid permitter, defender, big athlete,
and really good offensive player. So like you could see
that as an opportunity to raise the ceiling. And it's
just I'm not even saying which direction that I personally

(06:35):
would go. I'm generally a pusher, chips in kind of guy.
But like, I think it's completely defensible to just ride
it out with this roster if you want to. But
Cam Johnson would be the type of guy that the
Thunder could go for that would just raise their offensive
ceiling without having too much of an impact on their
defensive capabilities and legitimately increases your chances of winning a

(06:56):
championship this season at the expense of a little bit
of depth. That would be an example of a move
along those lines. But again, like, I think there's a
case to be made that they should just ride it
out as well, and I think that that's gonna be
a really tough decision when the time comes. I am
a Celtics fan, but I'm also a fan of the game,
and I really enjoyed yesterday's game between okay See and
the Calves. Congratulations to Atkinson, who was a very good coach.

(07:19):
But at the same time, in defense of J. Bickerstaff,
we shouldn't forget that Garland was far from being himself
last year and that mobile seems to have improved a
lot during the summer, or maybe is that Atkinson's effect.
Aside from that, who do you think has the best
chance to dethrow on the Celtics in the East? To me,
so and so far every team being healthy, Celtics included,
I really only fear this Calves team. So here's the
deal with the Atkinson JB. Bickerstaff stuff. We had Carter

(07:42):
Rodriguez from the Chase Down podcast on earlier this year,
and he talked a lot about how like a lot
of these concepts like were things that or that J. B.
Bickerstaff was hammering. J. B. Bickerstaff did preach playing with pace.
J B. Bickerstaff did ask Starius Garland to make more
to take more threes. There was a lot of thing
that he was preaching behind the scenes that just didn't resonate.
And that happens sometimes. That's why when you ask me, like,

(08:05):
I'm not gonna sit here and pretend like Atkinson's not
doing an incredible job. He is doing an incredible job.
He seems like a shoe in for Coach of the
Year this year. I'm all in on the Kenny Atkinson thing,
but if you asked me to list the number one
reason why the Cavs are better this year, I would
go with the improvement of Darius Garland and Evan Mobley
as individual players. Health is part of it. Natural player

(08:29):
development is part of it too. Atkinson has then pushed
that up into a team that's playing at over a
seventy win pace. But to me, it's the talent influx.
Jared Allen's a little better, Darius Garland's a lot better,
Evan Mobley's a lot better. That's allowed Donovan Mitchell to
be more picking his spots and they have this depth
of role player talent. Ty Jerome has really panned out,

(08:51):
a lot of Dean Wade's healthy and playing great. All
of that has come together and made them into this
more successful team. But like Atkinson is part of it.
And again, I think a lot of times when it
comes to these coaches, sometimes it's just like one voice
doesn't resonate and the next one does. You know, it's
no different than if like certain people told you something
that was critical, you might you know, laugh it off
or you know, roll your eyes. But if like a

(09:13):
different person told you the same thing, you might be
more willing to listen. Right, Like, It's just kind of
a new voice in the room, if that makes sense.
As far as your last question though, like who has
the best chance to throw in the Celtics in the East,
I agree the Calves are the only team that really
threaten in my opinion, Like I still watch Knicks games
and watch Jalen Brunson and Karl Anthony Towns get picked

(09:34):
apart in space. I just still worry about that with
any sort of Celtics matchup. The Bucks as good as
they are, same sort of thing in terms of entry
points where they can get attacked. Those are teams that
have a puncher's chance. I don't want to say they
can't win, but to me, the Calves are the only
team that I think is on the same tier as
Boston and a team Boston should be appropriately scared of.
I had a lot of people talking about titles in

(09:54):
my YouTube videos. All I'm going to say on this
is I don't make the titles, guys. The volume has
a marketing strategy that is company wide that they do
with this kind of thing. I just make my notes
that I make a show and then my team handles
the rest. So just something to keep in mind. Next one,
Hey Jason, longtime watcher, first time mailbagger. Been a fan

(10:14):
of the show since the volume days, and I just
want to say it's been a pleasure watching this channel
grow to what it is now. Thank you so much.
It's been cool to watch as well. For me. I'm
coming up on three years at the end of this month.
I'm watching from Melbourne, Australia, so I get to tune
into your videos first thing in the morning. Keep up
the good work and analysis. Someone posted a stat though
I don't know how accurate it is, that since twenty
twenty two and Jason Tatum's usage rate is above thirty
three percent, the Celtics have a record of forty nine

(10:35):
and three. Given their current struggles, albeit coming off of
a championship in January, basketball, should the Celtics try to
change their philosophy around the way they play. Should the
Celtics play a little bit more heliocentric with Tatum making
all the decisions, Maybe it might make them win more
games during the regular season or is this just a
mid season lowl for the defending champs and we should
expect to turn around come March in April. It's just
frustrating as a Celtics fans know what they're capable of,

(10:56):
but not play up to their standard this year as
opposed to last. Keen to know what you're thought. I'm
exactly there in terms of the mid season lowl. The
Calves and Thunder are really good, but they are playing
this season with a ton of urgency on a night
and night out basis because they're both kind of on
the verge of something special, right like the Thunder a

(11:17):
just barely below a seventy game pace, the Calves are
over a seventy win pace. Like it's very possible for
both of those teams that if they take some losses
and they get off of that pace, that they might
tone things back a little bit and get a little
bit conservative down the stretch of the season. But most importantly,
they neither of those teams have ever played beyond the
second round, So with the Thunder not having that experience,

(11:39):
with the Calves not having that experience, they don't even
like really grasp or understand yet the fact that there's
two months of playoff basketball at the end of this
thing if you want to get to the Promised Land.
The Celtics are aware of that. The Celtics know they're
the real fight is on the horizon. The Celtics know
that it doesn't really matter what they accomplish during the
regular season if they can't win the games in May
and June. So like they're dealing with that lull, and

(12:02):
that's led to a little bit of a gap in
the standings. But I've still I still view the Celtics
a hair above the both of those teams as far
as the Jayson Tatum usage right stuff. It's always tricky
when you start talking about record and talking about game
to game stuff, because one of the things that I
think is really fascinating, and you guys as fans will notice,
especially you guys, you fans that watch the same team

(12:23):
every night, every basketball game is different. You know, how
you watch your game. You watch a game, you're like, oh,
this is the Derek White game, like he's got it going.
Oh this is the Jason Tatum game. Oh Al Horford
hit five threes this game. Oh this is a porzingis game.
Like basketball games, you start with the plan and then
things start to happen in the game just starts to
go in all these different directions based on how things

(12:45):
are going, and every game looks different, and there's something
to be said about the teams that have some more
consistency there. But like in these in a specifically in
an advantage creation like mismatch hunting, you know, uh, killer
Way offense, it just depends on the night. So yeah,
on the Knights and on the Knights where Jason Tatum

(13:06):
is hooping his ass off and he's grabbing more of
the reins like he's one of the best players in
the world. So when he's at his best, it's gonna
be really hard to beat the Celtics. And I'm not
surprised that that manifest in a good record. But what
makes the Celtics dominant is they don't need Jason Tatum
to be super duper star every single night. They need
him to be hyperversaal defensive player and advantage creator, which

(13:31):
sometimes manifests in him becoming more heliocentric and taking the
reins of the offense to a greater extent. But I
think that has been What has led to the success
for the Celtics back in twenty two is too much
Tatum and Brown. Now it's there's a lot more of
the ball popping around. Everyone's involved. I wouldn't overreact to
this role. I think they're gonna be fine. Most importantly,

(13:53):
guys like there's a the Calves and Thunder optimism is
a runaway freight train right now. It's it's literally a
runaway freight trade. Everyone's on this bandwagon. That should appeal
to the Boston's pride a little bit. That should help
them to get off their ass and to lock back
in and play some better basketball down the stretch of
the season. Which season which I expect them to do?

(14:16):
Next question, I personally don't think that the Nuggets shouldrade
Michael Porter Junior. I think he's a good compliment to
Jokich and has been playing very well and more consistently lately.
Where's all of the buzz to trade him coming from?
And do you think Denver is actually considering it. Mpj's
younger than met Jimmy Butler and Zach Lavine and offers
better rebounding and height than both of them. If they
made one of these trades, would you lower the Nuggets
ceiling and decrease their odds to win a championship this year?

(14:38):
I definitely think it would hurt them, especially in the
long run due to the age differences. So as far
as the trades go, the big thing for me is
it's just super high risk. Like you bring in a
guy like Jimmy Butler. He's better than Michael Porter Junior.
But Jimmy Butler is a very different player than Michael
Porter Junior, and Michael Porter Junior's off ball scoring is
so immensely valuable to this Denver Nuggets team. But Jimmy
Butler does a ton a Jimmy, Aaron Gordon, Christian Brown

(15:02):
two three four is a much better defensive two three
four than Christian Brown, Michael Porter Junior, Aaron Gordon. It's
an influx of defensive talent in the half court. You
gain more versatility. You still have the Murray Jokics two
man game, but now you have Jimmy Butler who can
either run two man game and is just a much

(15:23):
better version of Jamal Murray in terms of matchup hunting
in ISO situations. So there's upside. My thing is the
upside is relative to what they could fix in house
with Michael Porter Junior. Right, same thing goes with Zach Levine.
There's upside, right, Zach Colvine is just an awesome offensive player,
really good movement shooter, a guy that brings some of

(15:44):
that off ball scoring that Michael Porter Junior does, but
also brings some on ball scoring. Could be a two
man game partner with Jokis that's pretty effective. But he's
I don't think he's the type of off ball defender
and a rebounder that Michael Porter Junior is either. So
there's risk there, right, I look at it from this perspective,
do I think? I think the reason why a lot
of these teams are a lot of these fans are
looking at potentially making a trade for Denver is because

(16:07):
they're they're worried. They're looking around, and they're like, we
look like a Tier two team, which they are. For
the record, Denver's a Tier two team. They're not on
that top tier with Cleveland, Boston and Oklahoma City, and
so you feel like you're not there. However, take this
Denver team out of the equation and let's look at
it in a vacuum. Jokic best player in the world.
If Jamal Murray can get back to eighty five ninety

(16:29):
percent of what he's like, and he has been playing
better as of late. Aaron Gordon, Michael Porter, Junior, Christian
Brown a fit that I actually like those five guys.
I still think they're one of the scariest five man
lineups in the league, especially with their ability to get
better over the course of the season by getting back
to their previous peaks as players. So you have to

(16:49):
ask yourself what gives the Nuggets the best chance to
win the title. Everyone getting back to form and riding
the continuity and Jokich's greatness to win in the playoffs,
or a gamble. And there's been a lot of examples
in NBA history, like the Russell Westbrook trade for the Lakers,
where it's like you take that gamble thinking you're gonna

(17:09):
raise your ceiling and instead the bottom gets pulled out
from you and now you're digging out of it for years.
I think for this Nuggets team, between those two options,
their best bet to win the championship is to bet
on continuity, to bet on that five man group. That's
just what I would do. That doesn't mean you don't
explore options. It doesn't mean you don't look out there
to see if something can't be done. I just tend

(17:30):
to lean towards that being the best option I would
look for, Like, if you were to make some type
of deal, I would try to do something with like
Zeke Nagy's contract, something with the bench group to try
to bring in talent by attaching draft compensation, just to
increase your depth. Maybe give you a shooting option at
the two over Christian Brown and in case that he
becomes an offensive issue in the playoff series. But like,

(17:51):
at the end of the day, like I think that
team has a lot to bet on when it comes
to continuity. Hey, Jason, love the show. I'm a Warriors fan,
and I'm thinking about what trades we should make to

(18:12):
become a real championship contender. I don't really understand the
reason to trade for Vucevich or some mid center, because
our best lineup in the playoffs will be Raymond at
the five. I like cam Johnson. If the trade doesn't
include Wiggins Jonathan Kaminga, we probably won't get Lebron or KD.
So I thought about the trade that would send Camena
and other role players with draft capital to New Orleans
for Zion. I think the Warriors as a winning environment
would help Zion get through his struggles off the court

(18:33):
and as a basketball fit. He would just bring some
downhill dominance that would open up everything for everyone on
the offense. On defense, he just has to do his job,
and I think the defense will be fine. The trade
is high risk, high reward, but if everything goes right,
I think it puts us in a much better spot
right now and for the future. And I think Zion
would make us better than someone like Jimmy or Brandon Ingram.
So what do you think about this idea? Is it

(18:54):
stupid or is there any trade that you would have
in mind for Golden State? And do you think a
healthy starting five of Steph Dennis cam if we can
pull that off to Wiggins, Zion and Draymond and the
bench with like three reliable role players can bring us
another shit. Sorry for such a long question, but I
need to hear your opinion. Have a good one. Again,
this is really high risk, So like with me, for
the Warriors, I keep saying this, but like they're an

(19:15):
up and down team that's gonna stay afloat in the
regular season. So I don't think they need to do
anything until you get to early February. When you get
to early February, it's about how desperate you are and
what you're planning on doing, right. I tend to agree
with you. A Cam Johnson deal that doesn't include Jonathan
Kaminga is my favorite deal. I think Cam Johnson is
a shoe in fit within the Warriors offense. If you
can pull that off, that's the direction to go. I

(19:36):
think that that has real ceiling raising potential with very
little in the way of risk. Right, but there's a
lot of people that could benefit from Cam Johnson. You
might not win that bidding war. You might find yourself
up against it in February and have to really go
all in. When I look at the Zion fit, I
saw this going around. Kevin O'Connor suggested it on his show.

(19:59):
I think, if I remember, there's real upside. Zion when
he's healthy is one of the hardest players in the
lead to contain in terms of his dribble penetration. There's
a lot to get excited about in terms of a
Zion STEPH two man game. There's some complications the Draymon
Zion fit in particular on both ends of the floor,

(20:19):
meaning when Zion's looking to drive, he loves these slot drives.
Or you get him on like the right wing, you
create a gap where you have Steph spacing on the
left wing above the break two corner spacers. Draymon's probably
in the dunker spot, and Zion loves to just get
to the high hesitation dribble with his left hand and
then just try to get a left hand to drive

(20:39):
towards the middle, and he's just gonna run into Draymon's
man and help a lot of the in those situations.
In in Steph Zion two man game, Draymon's man will
be available and help a lot of the time. So
there's some clunkiness there, but it's an undeniable influx of
real offensive talent on the defensive end of the floor.
I don't mean the fit in Draymon and Zion in
terms of Draymond. I mean Draymond would have to find

(21:02):
a way to help Zion on the floor as a
coach and communicator to make sure that he could be
a viable off ball defensive threat. Point is really high risk.
So you wait till February and maybe that ends up
being your best option. But you got to look at
how things look when you get to early February, and
we will we will talk about that when we get closer.

(21:23):
But like there's a lot of risk with Zion, so
you would just want to wait to see how things
look in terms of the information when you get into
that early February stretch. I would be lying to you
if I didn't say I wanted to see what that
looks like though, three more quick ones. As a depressed
Warriors fan, what do you think would be a fun
be team to watch? I'm looking for a team that
has a unique and exciting star like Steph, but is

(21:44):
also more winning. So both teams I'm watching aren't losing frequently.
Thank you for all the content I see the Caaz dude,
I've really really enjoyed watching them this season. Darius Garland
in particular, as a player you guys will really enjoy watching.
He reminds me of Steph in his ability to get
wherever he wants on the floor, although Steph does it
by weaponizing his shooting with elite ball handling. Darius Garland

(22:07):
has like otherworldly quickness and it's really fun to watch
him pick defenses apart Evan Mobley's a lot of fun
to watch as well. They play hard every single night.
They're super well coached. Their off ball player movement and
connectivity on offense is top tier. They're an incredibly fun
team to watch. Check out the Cleveland Cavaliers if you
haven't done so yet. Next question mail back question Keon

(22:30):
Ellis for the Lakers? Perfect? Yeah, Keon Ellis would is
the ideal type of player I'd want next to Austin Reeves.
But I don't think the Sacramento Kings are ever going
to do a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers. They're
just a team that I think would They know that
their fan base because Kings fans love Keon Ellis. If

(22:50):
you trade Keon Ellis to the Lakers, a team that
all Kings fans hate, you will get your fan base
to revolt on you. You'd have to have a pretty
incredible return on that deal. Last question, did you catch
the Ryan Roscillo podcast about three years ago and Colin
Cowherd was the guest. Early in the show, Colin basically
said you were Risillo, as in working harder than anyone
everyone else in the business. Even mentioned that he told

(23:12):
you to take weekends off and wanted you to spend
some time with your wife. Also said knowing that everything
also said knowing everything isn't what makes an a plus
sports talk show host, but things like timing, humor, and
some extra icing on the cake. I've noticed that I
used to listen to every podcast episode you made in
you first years of the volume, but haven't been able
to do as much this year with the expanded coverage.
So I'm wondering how have you taken Collin's comments to

(23:32):
Ryan really appreciate the show and learning more about the
teams I'm not familiar with. Keep up the great work
and be sure to take some time off. So ironically,
I was working out at the gym. My wife and
I have a membership at this place called F forty five.
It's my wife did it for years before I did it,
and then I got kind of roped into trying it,
and then I immediately fell in love with it because
it's just an awesome basketball workout. A lot of conditioning

(23:56):
related like strength, which is just awesome for basketball. Lot
of like different types of leg strength exercises from different angles,
different weight distributions, and a lot of these overtow stuff,
a lot of single leg stuff, a lot of stuff
that's just really good for basketball, and it's just been
really good for me. I'm feeling great physically as a
result of it. But I was working out an F
forty five and this one of the guys in there
that works out just ran up on me and was like, hey,

(24:17):
I was listening to the Rasillo podcast the other day
and they shouted you out, you need to check it out.
And I listened to that bit. And it's kind of
funny because, to make a long story short, like this
was a dream of mine to work in this business.
I like worked two jobs for a while to try
to make it happen. And when I got my opportunity,

(24:38):
I became like paranoid or terrified of losing my opportunity,
losing my footing in the business, so to speak. And
so I worked with a layer of desperation, especially in
the first two years, to where I would work on vacation.
I was taking travel equipment with me. I was doing
six episodes a week during the regular season, fourteen episodes

(25:00):
a week during the postseason. I was just killing myself
and shout out to my wife and my friends and
stuff and family at home for being supportive of that,
but I was. It was stupid. I shouldn't have done that,
but I did because I just really really wanted to
make this work. And Colin Logan, our head of content
at the volume, those guys were all behind the scenes

(25:21):
so supportive of me taking more time off and more importantly,
like when I'm taking time off not working, like I
remember recording multiple videos out of my cruise ship room
on an Alaskan cruise in the summer of a couple
of years ago. You have any idea how stupid that is.
That's so dumb, Like why was I doing that? It

(25:42):
was the summer, Like it's just not necessary, but like
it was just kind of the way that I was
doing it. And this year I did so much better.
I went on my ski trips, didn't work, Like did
little basic things like pre recording content so that I
could take the occasional three day weekend here or there
or over the summer. When we got into that like

(26:03):
August September stretch, you guys saw I only did new
episodes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There's just no reason
to kill myself during that time. Of the year when
there wasn't anything to talk about really right, And so
I've been better at it. I think I could probably
still get better. My wife is still talking to me
about trying to cut back. I struggle with that. I

(26:25):
feel like I've already kind of cut back to the
point where I'm comfortable. But we'll see how it evolves
over the years. It's just I know what it's like
being a fan of a show. I'm still a fan
of some shows and wanting to have new content, and
I just I know that that matters to you guys.
And I always feel this like anxiety about covering teams

(26:46):
like I will you know, obviously I hit the Lakers
and Warrior, Celtics, those teams a lot. But then there's
like this group of you know, fifteen other teams that
are relevant in the league that I'm always rotating through,
and I always just feel this, like, God, I got
to hit this team, Like I really need to hit
this team. Like there's some teams, Like there's some teams
that I feel that anxiety now, like I need to
find time to hit this team. I need to feel
time to hit that team, and like like then I'll

(27:08):
look back at my feed and I'll be like, I've
hit on twenty five teams in the last three weeks,
Like why am I you know, why am I so
concerned about this? But it's just like a lot of times,
it just is that that anxiety that kind of leads
me to just do that extra episode, force that extra
thing that I probably shouldn't but I'm getting I'm getting
better at it as time goes on, and I think

(27:29):
the big thing that I just want to say, you know,
since we're at the end here, like, uh, you know,
it's been three years as of February first, and this
has become such a cool thing to watch grow. And
I'm just incredibly thankful for you guys, because I just
wouldn't have this opportunity. I wouldn't have the setup that
I have right now if it wasn't for you guys

(27:50):
and supporting me and supporting the show. I just I
am just incredibly thankful for you guys, and I could
never express it enough. But that's all I have for
today and for this weekend is always I sincerely appreciate
you guys. I hope you guys enjoy the weekend, enjoy
some relaxation. We will be back on Monday with our
usual routine power rankings in the whole bit. I'll see
you guys then the volume. What's up guys. As always,

(28:13):
I appreciate you for listening to and supporting hoops tonight.
It would actually be really helpful for us if you
guys would take a second and leave a rating and
a review. As always, I appreciate you guys supporting us,
but if you could take a minute to do that,
I'd really appreciate it.
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