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Joy Tater that are much better job than me. You've got red on joy. I just I got back at midnight last night. That's kind of a bluish color. I have my flag also. Oh you do let me see us look at that. Joy like all the world.

Yes, I'm going to be able to everyone be safe today. Please be safe today be with family and be safe. It's a travel. It was an airport last night. It is really busy out there. Please be safe. A lot of people out.

Joy is a crazy weekend wild. Everything changed. And that's what's great about sports. You just don't know what's going to happen. So let's start with this.

You ever hear sayings in life that people say all the time but you're not sure they're true or make any sense. Like they always say money can't buy happiness.

Well, it can buy a vacation in Hawaii and that would make me happy. So it does buy some happiness and LeBron James yesterday when asked after the game about Anthony Davis's injury and and you know he said can you carry the team and he said these shoulders were built for a reason.

Well, that doesn't make any sense because those shoulders have already been swept twice in finals when they were younger shoulders. Okay LeBron needs help. That's what I know and I looked over the box score this morning from the game last night.

You have the Phoenix sons have five different guys in a double figures actually six different guys and double figures. Lots of players played well and then I look at the Lakers box score. And it's a lot of six points and minus eight and minus 15 and four turnovers and I think to myself.

If you take out Anthony Davis from this current Lakers roster. Who can you count on Kyle Kuzma LeBron's body language tells you Kuzma drives him nuts Montrez Harrel. He's in the doghouse Andre drummers a big body but mostly gets in the way of LeBron trying to drive and score at the basket.

I like him good in the bubble last year but wildly inconsistent Dennis Schroeder never quite sure what I'm going to get but I do like his game. This is becoming the 2018 calves when Kyrie Irving left and went to Boston and you had talented but cookie J. R Smith often hurt Kevin Love.

Limited Tristan Thompson one dimensional Kyle Corver old George Hill. I know Laker fans you don't want to hear it but it's becoming the 2018 calves.

And LeBron had to play perfect for that team to win playoff series and the perfect days for LeBron and he had he had years where he played almost perfect those days are over.

The the relentless jet fuel to LeBron James he's human it's his 18th year. And so it's interesting about LeBron for the last. 12 years. He has been searching for what Michael Jordan got it's the ultimate gift and some of its luck.

LeBron has been searching for a Scotty Pippin.

Committed this Michael was mentally tough as Michael was physical always healthy in his prime always there playing hurt playing sick.

And LeBron just can't find it he just keeps bouncing around the country Cleveland for seven years couldn't get him one.

Then Miami had dewayed but he was past his prime and struggled playing at the end of that run in back to backs and then he went back to Cleveland and Kevin Love was hurt a lot and Kyrie was a flake and now he's in Los Angeles and Anthony Davis.

Bless his 28 year old brittle body cannot stay healthy.

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