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LeBron James thinks that Jalen Brown should be in the mix for MVP,

but is that going a step too far?

Meanwhile, if defense does win championships,

that's bad news for a few teams in the West.

Plus, Pat Riley got a statue in L.A. over the weekend.

We'll talk about which NBA legend should be next to be immortalized.

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Use your profit boost on any NBA future and get entered for your chance to win a trip to the NBA finals. Play your game with Fandual, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. I'm Wes Goldberg and today we're talking about the MVP race, fatal flaws for Western Conference contenders and winners and losers from the weekend and we are doing it. With the help of lockdown's local experts, I have two of the best with me, as always. From the Lockdown Nuggets podcast, he's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt Moore, Matt. Good weekend of hopes, except for the fact that the NBA could really bone the schedule on Sunday. Other than that, though, I enjoy all the games quite a bit. from the Lockdown Bulls podcast he's a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleach Report. It's Hayes.

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homeless indiana's being the same thing as homeless i'm just dealing with it sometimes it's just

sometimes it's better haze sometimes it is it's just uh it is monday afternoon as Matt said, a fun weekend of hoops.

We did get a dominant Celtics win over the Lakers last night.

I want to start there because after that game, guys, LeBron James went out of his way to stump for Jalen Brown in the MVP race, saying, quote, this whole MVP thing, I don't understand why his name is not getting talked about some as well. They're playing great basketball, and it's because of him and the rest of those guys. He's taken that next step, end quote. Before I get your guys' response, here's more on Jalen Brown from Lockdown Celtics, where John Crowell is said after the game that Jalen Brown didn't even play his best game on Sunday. It's kind of nuts. I've said this before, but, you know, Jalen Brown didn't even play his best game on Sunday. It's kind of nuts.

I've said this before, but, you know,

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