But the question is just where does this team move forward not only on the court, but the

court of public opinion? Yeah, I guess when are we going to move on? When are we going to move on?

Because as you were reading those emails, I was having, it felt like my body was being pulled

in two different directions. Like I was being on the medieval rack and they're just pulling me apart because I hear

that argument of just, we won't stop talking about Nico, but the second you start talking about,

oh, if you squint and you ignore the past and you just take this thing for what it is on paper

right now and the thought that Kyrie is

eventually going to be back and helming this thing.

Objectively, that is probably a pretty good team.

I don't know if it's a championship team.

I don't know if it's a pipe dream thinking that they can actually have guys all healthy at the

end of the season.

That's an incredible variable.

It is.

Yes.

And I honestly don't believe they will. That feels like it's just a bridge too far and, you know, ignore the fact that you had a full season last year of Clay being healthy. You're probably not going to have that again. You're not going to get that. You're not going to be as unlucky as you were last season injury-wise, but expect some road bumps at the very least.

So it feels a little bit like we're boxed in by the listener

when I think ultimately the listener is just tired of the Mavs in general.

I think they just smoked an entire carton of Mavericks over the last six months here,

and they've just got a sick feeling in their stomach, and they just need some time off from it more than anything,

and just to reconvene whenever the games start mattering again.

Yeah, and P1 David emailed us in the break and said, is it a coincidence that those who don't watch or like the NBA are the ones that are okay with Nico?

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