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Numbers on the board, yes.

Full squad is here on a day where the weather app say feels like minus 22.

Kids ain't got school today.

I had to warm up my car for an hour straight. My got to get you a new car, brother. You need an hour straight. That's crazy. How long did you really do? Well, I could start it from my phone and it lets me extend it, so it's like 30 minutes. Yeah, I think I did 20. Mine would shut off in 15. Same. It was crazy waking up this morning. I looked at my phone and it said negative 8. I don't think I've ever seen negative 8 on my home screen. Like, that's brutal. We all made it, though, because we love talking hoops with y'all, man. I love talking hoops with them, man.

I love talking hoops.

Y'all, I missed y'all.

How the episodes was without me. It was good, smooth. They was weak, bro. I ain't go lie to you. You know what they say? We need to do more episodes like that, some of our best episodes ever. When it's just three people? Yeah. Because everybody got still up they roll.

You get a rant, maybe two more rents from Derek than you normally would.

Why you just don't do that when I'm here? You're the rank guy. You're the rank guy. Good point, but also bad point at the same time. Me and Christian kind of talked about that. My bulls rant? Yeah. No, well, I did sees rant, but I was, Christian was asking me something and I was just telling them like, I always have an opinion. Yeah. Because I don't know what you and Mike going to feel too strong on. And I don't want KB to tee something up and none of us have an opinion. So I always have one in my back pocket. And the new thing that I'm learning is to like when you show that you have a rant or a passion or something, it's to just like shut up and just let you cook. I want an episode. Because we don't get it so often. All four of us going to rant on the same topic, but it's a different rent. Like we did for Nico Harrison?

Did we all go to rent for Nico? I think they just took mine and clicked it, but we all, we all was mad. We all was mad. Or did the John T. Porter stuff. I was happy with Nico. You know, that's my guy. Oh, true. So, never mind. The opposite of a rent, but it was still very passionate. He was happy. Right. I totally forgot that he was over there, smiling and cheese.

Still. The opposite of a rant, but it was still very passionate. He was happy. Right. I totally forgot that he was over there, smiling and cheese. Still is. What's up? We dropped the mic, man. I ain't there one in a while. You been waiting for one? Yeah. I want to ask y'all, what has been some blessing in disguise this season? We always talk about the negatives, but we don't talk about the positives that come from it. Probably the Jason Tatum injury for the Celtics, maybe.

Just because we've been able to see this new level of Jalen Brown.

And when he comes, when Jason Tatum comes back, if they both are, you know, if he's able to keep that play up,

then that dynamic duo that has already been lethal and dangerous and led to success is now even better.

And I think they'll need them to kind of be an even better, stronger duo because the last time we've seen his team, it had Drew Holiday, Chris Stapps, Al Horford, and it's going to be a new situation. So maybe that way. And then as a fan,

I think we all appreciate and seeing a guy like Jalen Brown, who most people would have just taken him for what he was, kind of level up. You know what I'm saying? So I think that's been a blessing in disguise. It was a bit dope. Yeah, it's been on my list too, because you would expect eventually maybe year down the lines hadams back to being an all-emba first-team player and if he's doing that

and right now jela brown's like a time because you would expect eventually maybe a year down the line, Tatum is back to being an all-in-day first-team player.

And if he's doing that, and right now Jayla Brown is like a top-10 player in the league, if you've got two of those dudes, then it might not be a blessing in disguise as soon as Tata comes back. Right. But in the year's time, yeah, it would be cool. I totally agree to because, again, when they won the championship, they were kind of rivaling rivaling each other

where I mean Chalyn Brown ended up agreed to because again when they won the championship they were kind of rivaling rivaling each other

where i mean chaylin brown ended up winning the finals MVP but there was legit conversations

i think we kind of understood that tatem was the better player but it's good conversation to have

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