How about we can just watch basketball?

How about we can just watch basketball?

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week. Come through, hang out for the instant analysis that, you know, as I said yesterday, you literally can't get anywhere else. A lot of stuff to get to, so we're going to jump right in. Lamello Ball and Dejante Murray have been named by the commissioner of the NBA, Adam Silver,

as injury replacements for the All-Star game.

Lamello is going to replace Kevin Durant for the East team, I guess, and DeJante Murray will be replacing Draymond Green and Trey.

Just right off the top, how do you feel about these guys as the replacement picks?

Obviously, this is a year that's been kind of tough.

I actually think that rightfully, people felt like there were a ton of snubs this year.

There were a lot of guys kind of on the fringe of All-Star, and I think there's a bit of a debate there and maybe more so this year.

But I feel like the NBA got it right. Well, yeah.

I mean, it's debatable, right? It's always debatable. The West, you can say Jaron Jackson,

Jr. On the east, you can say, uh, Jared Allen, right? Because front court guys were the guys

who are going to be out of the game.

But when you think of a fun factor, and I think All-Star game, I want to see Lamello Ball.

I want to see Anthony Edwards.

I'm not mad at DeJante Murray because he's deserving.

He's been working his tail off out in San Antonio, and he can ball.

So, like, no question of that. I'm not mad at that. I felt like they got it right. No wrong answers. But, you know, Jalen Brown felt like he was snubbed. But I understand that all-star bonus means a lot. You know what I mean? He's going to be missing out on some money. And I think that's the part that, you know, that's why these guys get upset. Some other guys just want to go on trips and take the, you know, a couple of days off. And I get that part too. But, you know, when your contract's involved, you want to, you want to reach that goal. So. Yeah. But I'm fine with it. I mean, I think Lamello is actually fit for this game. And, you know, he doesn't even have to take a shot. He's going to try some crazy passes. And I think Dejante Murray is, you know, this is like a, um, even, even though he's a substitute, it is the stamp of approval, especially the adversity that he's faced in his career. you know what I mean, like as far as tearing his ACL, getting paid the amount of money that he got paid and everybody questioning it.

And he's just been, you know, a straight out pro, you know what I mean?

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