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Here we go it's outward to the Lakers with a commanding 3-1 series lead it's the herd Nick right around the corner J-Mac joining us wherever you may be and however you may be listening I still think it goes 7

I'll readjust then warrior's favored by 7 and a half tomorrow night and sleeping town so I'm going to be locked in no cocktails I had one last night snuck it in

I was celebrating late in the fourth quarter and got ahead of myself I got to give Darwin him a lot of props pushing all the right buttons

Lonnie Walker did not take a shot in the first three quarters and then he carried the Lakers in the fourth quarter I've never seen a game like that before

It was an all-time great game I can ignore and by the way I'm not rooting for against anything but I do love dynasties I lived in Connecticut during the Patriot Dynasty I like smart when teams like smart

Efficient businesses I just like them and I think the warriors have been smart and efficient owner GM coach players I think Kansas City now last year like nine rookies played they move off players like there's Kansas City

is replaced New England is the smartest team I think the Yankees have had a lot of money I don't think the Yankees are brilliantly run they just have a lot of money I like I mean green Bay for all the credit

Sisms is generally very smartly run I appreciate green Bay Aaron Rogers wore me out but I've always thought the Packers outside of the Patriots for a 10 year run nobody drafted and developed

O lines like green Bay did they never drafted a first round lineman they always had great O lines I like I like smart warriors have been smart the Lakers are an odd team that can't shoot that was thrown together trade deadline but to their credit yeah

They're playing well I mean the one thing the Warriors didn't do that was smart was draft James Weissman second overall maybe was the second best player available they had that that maybe their scouting department kind of failed they're calling

they gave Jordan pool a hundred and twenty eight million dollar contract and that's looking not great a year later and I do like Jordan pool I'm like the only guy on Jordan pool Island I like a me has not played well in the series

Okay, so I said I'm going to do a top 10 listed in the right these are the 10 best players in a league they are the players I would choose now based on how they're playing now what am I getting in the playoffs the 10 best players in the playoffs

You ready to do this so number one would be Anthony Davis all you need to know he has the highest plus minus of any player on any team in the post season he not only leads the NBA in blocks he has 14 more than anybody else

And he also leads the playoff in contested shots he's got 150 he has literally changed the way this dynasty runs their offense he's eliminated gimme's down low

So I think Anthony Davis right now now his offense can suffer at times because of his defensive effort he hit a little bit last night on the offensive end I think he is just in a complete monster in the playoffs

Number two step curry again the Warriors are not a playoff team without it he's plus 56 the team is when he's on the court minus 52 when he's off it he has the most points and the most threes in the post season and we are in a three era

And I maybe we've just overvalued the Warriors overall lost her if Wiggins is their second best player is this a playoff team without step curry I don't know if it is

Number three there are defensive limitations with the Yokeh

Nicole the Yokeh so he's only third but leading score in the conference some of finals leads the nuggets and everything

Pass sides rebounding intensity but again unlike a D not going to give you much on the defense event so he's third

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