Welcome back to the Etc. I'm host Eddie Gonzalez. There's always I'm joined by the second leading

boatgitter in the Eastern Conference. You might be the captain by the time people see this.

Yeah, yeah. You should be the captain. They took your idea. They ran with it.

The captain's shit. But like that idea you spitballed and now it's real life. They're going to

pick on the court, charities, all that stuff. Like it was like we heard that. That was more than

anything. It just reassured me that they're listening to the etc. Which is the most important part

of all of this, you know. But it should be fun, man. It's been it feels like it's been new

innovations for all-star weekend and the last few years. So it should be fun, man. I'm looking

forward to it. So obviously you've been out since earlier this month. And I remember when I came

to see you afterwards, my first thing I kind of told you was like, hey, you know, be able to take

your time. All-star break. Yeah. More so than just the all-star game. I just want to play games.

You know, I want to play as many games as possible. And I feel like the all-star game is a part of

the season. So I want to be a part of everything throughout the year. So I hate being injured. I hate

not being out there with the guys. I hate not traveling. All that stuff means a lot to me. So

yeah, I would love to. But that would be a nice target point for me, I guess. It's a few games

before or, you know, get some, get my legs up under me and then slide into the all-star break.

And in an ideal situation, slide into the all-star break, back healthy, back on the floor.

Yeah, I know, you know, it's almost days I've moved last year. And even the year before,

the January injury and the all-star break and all that stuff. And, you know, it's tough.

Obviously, don't want to miss any games. Obviously, we want to make the all-star. But I do know that,

you know, immediately when it happened, our both our reaction were not doctors. It was like,

oh, this is not as bad as last year. I know that was a big relief for you.

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