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You know, the injuries are a big thing, and the Devin Booker injury.

Look, Chris Middleton is a really big deal, obviously, because you're talking about the number

two guy on the defending champs and now Moore is on Janus's shoulders, but the Booker

injury changed everything because the sons were clearly the. two guy on the defending champs and now more is on Janus's shoulders. But the Booker injury

changed everything because the sons were clearly the best team in the NBA coming into the

playoffs, right? They weren't just the best team. They were better than everybody else by far.

Everybody else kind of had issues. And Booker is that guy that's going to score that can score

45 in any game. And Phoenix can't replace him.

You know, they're a good team.

But boy, now suddenly getting out of the first round without him is,

and then maybe they can get by the Pelicans.

I look at the Warriors now, especially seeing how they're playing.

They're the overwhelming favorites to win the title.

You know, in a week, Steve Kerr has gone from, hey, there's no expectations on us. We're a new team. This is different. Yeah, that's a load of crap. They should win the NBA title now because they have no problems. Everybody else has problems. And the Warriors clearly are showing that small ball, we can work. Everybody else is going bigger.

We can work.

We have a deficit. We can overcome it. We'll put our new death lineup out there. We can do it. So many things. The Warriors are firing on all cylinders. I don't see how it's not them in the NBA finals. Because when they come up against the Phoenix Suns, what kind of player is Devin Booker going to be if he's even back, right?

Hamstring injury, you're not suddenly going to go out there. Yeah, I can play my normal load at my normal level and I can play 40 minutes and I can score. It's going to be difficult. You know, you're not going to be the same guy. And I don't know if he's going to be able to play even close to the number of

minutes he normally has. We have to worry about getting him out there for 20, 25 minutes. And

that's not going to be enough against the firepower or Golden State. Everybody else has problems.

You're seeing teams in the Western Conference just what's happening to all these people. So it's a

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