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He's the ESPN NBA analyst, JJ Reddick, joining us on the program.

Good to see you again.

What impacted last night's game with Denver and Philadelphia have on your vote for MVP?

It actually didn't have any impact.

And that's unfortunate because I really felt like had Joelle Embed in played,

it would have given a little more clarity to the situation.

Look, Joel has, I think, two more chances to really put his stamp on the MVP. Philly has a game against

Boston and another game against Janice and Milwaukee. So he still has two opportunities to

I think sway some people here. But as of right now, look, it's it's a dead lock between

those three guys for me. Yeah, I'm just disappointed as a basketball fan, because this is what you want.

And I know that it's, you know, there's probably load management here, but, you know, this is what the NBA has given us, JJ.

Like, we, we know that these things happen. I don't know how serious this injury is.

I don't know how much it mattered that he was going to have this game in Denver

after he smoked, you know, the Joker in Philadelphia. But as a fan, you know, it's hard to have

appointment viewing anymore during the regular season. That's fair. I will say this. I know

Joelle very well. I played with him for two seasons. We're very close friends.

And I know how much this matters to him, this particular award.

It does.

And if he could have played last night, he would have played.

I believe that.

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