And I get it.

Everybody say, well, Magic never missed the playoffs.

Well, Magic never played with less than three Hall of Famers.

Bird never missed the playoffs.

He never played with less than four Hall of Famers.

But I was against him trading for Bradley Beale during the season.

He's an excellent player because it would have prevented them from having maximum cap space this summer.

Because it's difficult.

It's a mental drain to play these regular season games

when you know it's all about May and June.

Chris Broussard here, and welcome to the brand new Hoops on Fox podcast.

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Up first, Chris Broussard joins Nick and Cici to explain who's really in control of the Lakers.

This Warriors team has a number of nights like they had last night, maybe not as bad.

And we just keep saying, okay, they had it. They'll be fine. It's the Warriors. They're fine. No worries. They're fine. But I don't know. Steve Curry made a few comments there that they have a couple things that they do need to address and they do need to correct. Are you buying that the Warriors have actual flaws on this team?

Well, it's funny because, Steph, you saw that underlying smile and smirk where he's not too concerned.

That's my point. I'm not concerned. They're still the heavy favorite, my pick. There's a reason only three teams have three peted in the last 52 years, Jordan's Bulls

twice and Shaq Kobe Lakers because it's difficult.

It's a mental drain to play these regular season games when you know it's all about May

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