Welcome to another episode of In The Zone.

I am your host, Chris Broussard.

We have a terrific show for you today.

We are going to interview Mike Wise, a longtime NBA writer with the New York Times, Washington Post, now the undefeated.

We'll get some great stories out of Mike Wise.

Look, knock down Jay.

I hate to tell you, I knocked down Jay too hard.

He had to take a break.

He couldn't make it in this week.

He's on vacation with his family in Hawaii resting up, getting his wounds healed up from getting beat down too much

on Knockdown, Jay.

But we'll get him back here in a few weeks.

And of course, as always, we are going to start the show with my top five.

So look, we're about to start the second half of the NBA season.

So, of course, the logical top five is what are the biggest five storylines of the second

half of the season?

And look, let me first tell you what is not on my list, Gordon Hayward's comeback.

Look, I don't think he'll be back for the playoffs, but even if he does come back, I'm telling you, even if Gordon Hayward comes back and plays the best basketball of his career, it's not going to matter.

The Celtics are not as good as the Cleveland Cavaliers who will run through the Eastern Conference playoff once again.

So I'm not putting that storyline in here.

No disrespect to Gordon Hayward, who is a great player.

But come on, LeBron is back.

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