I am fascinated by C.J. McCollum, because C.J. McCollum is a really good NBA player, who I think of you, if you close your eyes, you think of him sharing a back court with Damian Lillard back in the days. With the Portland Trailblazers, they got to Western Conference Finals. Like, they had some pretty good success out in the West years ago. He was the sidekick. He was the Clay Thompson to Damian Lillard, Steph Curry. Yes. And then recently, he had a few years in New Orleans, which no one paid attention to, a few months in Washington, which no one actually thinks exists, and now here in Atlanta. And he has this very soft-spoken. He looks like he came out in 1989. He looks like Urkel. I could see it.

Like when Erkel takes his glasses off and he's handsome? I can see it. Yeah. What was that character's name? I forgot, but that's who C.J. McCollum looks like. Totally can see it. Like he's an early 90s sitcom star. Did I do that? And he has this approach to his villainness that is odd. So the other day, he's the one that really started this because he made a comment about Jalen Brunson and that he belongs on Broadway for the way he acted when C.J. kicked him in the you know what's in the Brunson's. And then yesterday, he took the act to another level. He was chirping at the Nick Bench, though it may have been Spike Lee. He had a a great performance which is really what makes you a villain even though he missed those two free throws but overall he was the best player on the floor like we have to five from three in the second half I get it but he also think about the big shots he made the fourth quarter in the final few minutes he was at the very least their ball of energy he wasn't't perfect. And if that's the critique on him, absolutely.

He was not perfect, but he was the best player on the floor. You'd have to agree with that, Romney. Two turnovers in the fourth quarter. Was he the best player on the floor? Yes, he was. Thank you. Thank you. Very Maratian answer by Romero. That's a morassian answer. No, because I respect it.

He's a villain, and you don't want to give him his due.

I get it.

Actually, like Sean said in his sinko yesterday, if he's the best they got, I'm pretty confident about the Knicks in this series. He was the best they got last night. I should have omitted letting C.J. McCollum beat you because he did. If he did. Now, listen to C.J. after the, because I think this is fascinating to learn about what

kind of villain he is.

Here's his response to even being called a villain and a bad guy.

I am no villain.

I'm a nice guy with two kids and a wife.

I think it's admiration.

Great, passionate fans in a really hostile environment. It's fun. It's basketball. It's the playoffs. If anything, I think it's a sign of respect. So what I'm learning here is as the wrestling heel character, he's the guy who's not going to scream and yell. He's going to be very soft-spoken, and he's going to look at you and say, I'm not a bad guy. Like, what are you talking about? Those are the best kind of villains, heaven?

The ones that'll look you in the eye and be like, I love you. Thank you guys very much. Look at me. Look at all I have. Beautiful wife, beautiful kids. I'm not the one you hate. I'm not a bad guy. It's a narcissistic villain. It's a narcissistic, calm, cooling collective villain. But listen

to this dig he took at Jalen Brunson.

I want you to listen very carefully. So the

question to C.J. is, calm, cooling, collective villain. But listen to this dig he took at Jalen Brunson.

I want you to listen very carefully.

So the question to C.J. is,

hey, it looks like you were really hunting Jalen so that he would defend you.

Is that a matchup you were looking to exploit?

What you think?

What do you think?

...