Thanks for choosing Felger and Maz to entertain my nickname is Cologne.

And inform you in the afternoon.

The people who like licorice, really like licorice. 985, the Sports Hub. We're going to do again a re-entry Monday today, Mas. How are you, kid? Good you. Just Peachy, thank you so much. There's a lot to get to. Yeah. One of these days we could really do all four teams in town,

and we plan to do all four teams in town,

including the Red Sox who open up camp tomorrow. Who? The Red Sox. Who? The baseball team in town. Oh! They open up tomorrow, pitchers and catchers tomorrow. We're definitely going to do some Red Sox, so we invite you in to talk about that. we have a lot of leftover Patriot stuff. We invite you in to talk about that. You can weigh in on that. You can weigh in whatever you want. But I thought we would start with the Celtics and that game yesterday against the Cleveland Cavaliers. And how quickly, I was amazed, Maz, even before we went in the game, the number of people, even local people who had the Cavaliers over the Celtics. Like you'd watch a Celtics Cavs game on ESPN or ABC and Van Gundy at the end of a Celtics blowout over the Cavs. We'd say the Cavs are still a favor in the East, right? We talked about that, right, Murray? Right. And then, you know, even locally, like last week before even yesterday, Scal says Cleveland would still be favored in that series. Toronto, in fact, would beat the Celtics in the playoffs if Toronto had home court advantage. So all of this, even before we get to yesterday, then yesterday hits, and I knew it was happening. The anointing, the re-enointing of the Cleveland Cavaliers based off of a couple of trades in one game. Do you buy that? No, long term, no, but I will tell you this. They're better than they were. They're better than they were. And when I say that, look, the guys they had there before weren't engaged. They weren't playing defense. They weren't trying. So when that happens, forget it. You're not going to beat anybody, and you're going to get dysfunction, which is what they got.

So this team now, the hierarchy is very established. It's LeBron's team and only LeBron's team. And when I say that, I mean that there's no Isaiah factor or anything. Clearly, you got all these guys around him who are role players that will defer to LeBron and do what he tells them to do. So in terms of how the operation will work, it will work better.

They're younger. are role players that will defer to LeBron and do what he tells them to do. So in terms of how the operation will work, it will work better.

They're younger, they're faster, more athletic.

And LeBron said this after the game, and it occurred to me before he even said it, which is they're hungrier.

It's an absolutely hungrier team.

And do I think Cleveland is now going to be better than they were with all those clowns? Yes, I do. Do I think they're good enough to beat the Celtics with the talent that they have? I don't know. Yeah, I don't think they're like clear-cut better. It's just one game. So everybody has to like calm down here. But I'm with Maz. That's a rejuvenated team. I've watched far too much Cavs basketball this year, mostly to laugh at them because they have been a dumpster fire for the better part of almost like three months now. But that's the first time I've seen them look like they were having fun. It's the first time I've seen them look like they gave a crap. That's a little bit of a concern.

It looks like a completely different team.

Big Jim Worry?

Big Jim Worry, right out of the gate?

No. Come on, man. You've been dumping on this Cavaliers team now for four months. There's a difference between Worry and a little bit concerned. I'm a little bit concerned. So now you're in the middle. Like, how can you... I just don't understand how I can come to this show day after day

and not have a different opinion because of something I saw.

Today, it's little Jim Woy. How can you... I just don't understand how I can come to this show day after day and not have a different opinion because of something I saw.

Today it's a little Jim Worry. Yeah. No. It's just, it's a little bit of a concern. Do I think that they're clear-cut better than the Celtics? No. But I'm a little concerned because they look like a completely different team. and a rejuvenated team of Cavalier's team

and a rejuvenated LeBron could be a problem

come playoff. Seltz Cavs 7 game series.

Seltz, as they are now, home court advantage. different team. A rejuvenated team of Cavalier's team and a rejuvenated LeBron could be a

problem come playoff. Seltz Cab, seven game series, Seltz, as they are now, home court advantage who wins that series. Murray? Listen to you, pause. Like yesterday. Right now, Cleveland wins it. Yeah, right now Cleveland wins. But Murray, what? Am I basing it off how they played yesterday, Mike? You have spent two, so four months is a little strong.

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