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Joy Taylor is joining me. We are jam today. One of my favorite guests got them Chopra. Deepak Chopra son is a filmmaker a documentarian. He joins us last hour today. He has got great stuff. There's a new documentary with Steph Curry that's out. That is amazing. So I'm all fired up for that. Nick Wright, Bucky Brooks. Who I love NFL draft guy Mark Medina. Joy. How are you? I'm great. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. I got great stuff today. Watch the rockets warriors. Bucks and the cell.

Let me start with this. It is very easy in the world we live in today. I can speak from experience here to get it distracted. We got our devices. We got this. We got options. There's never been more stores to shop at more. My neighborhood's got 12 different grocery stores. You can go organic. You can go boutique. You can go big. It is options options. It is very easy to get distracted. Stay focused. New England's focused. Alabama's focused.

Focused. Warriors focused. Don't get it twisted. Don't be distracted by the flopping and the analytics and the letter by the rockets to the NBA. And Scott Foster do not be distracted. This series between the warriors and the rockets and it's over. It's about Kevin Durant is now significantly better than James Hart.

Kevin Durant is the best basketball player in the world and playing his best basketball now. At the end of the year he didn't play a lot of minutes. He scaled back. He's rested. He is more efficient and better now in May. James Harden who was destroying the world in January. Once again comes to the playoffs.

At average 36th game. Regular season. Now it's down in the 20s and he's not shooting the same percentage. I don't want to hear about James. Hardens. I.

Steph Curry last night had a dislocated finger. It was gross. It was turned sideways. Okay. Long before that injury to Hardens. I the rockets were a mess and we're down by 10.

What I'm about to say I'm not saying it's true. I'm asking you a question. Is it fair to say this? James Hardens become a better version a better shooting version of Westbrook.

Unbelievably relentless in the regular season and then he kind of visit different guy good not spectacular in the playoffs.

This is not a one time thing last year James Harden 45% shooter in the regular season 37% on threes. Shot 41% in the playoffs and 29% on threes in the playoffs. Harden and Westbrook when the awards get the glamour get the attention spectacular relentless dominate January.

And here we go again Westbrook's out. Harden doesn't look quite as dynamic. There are NBA players. For come to mind that appear to be better in the playoffs. LeBron James.

He picks his spots in the regular season not out to win awards. Kawaii Leonard.

Rest's lots in the regular season Kevin Durant scales back has nothing to prove in the regular season doesn't try to play for minutes and awards in the regular seasons and Kyrie Irving who got heat for it but this year.

Miss some games didn't play as hard in the regular season.

It is easy to get distracted Scott Foster analytics referees.

Bear it.

Kevin Durant's better than Harden by a lot and Kevin Durant here we go in May is playing the best basketball I've ever seen him play.

You can blame Scott Foster you can blame everybody you can point fingers Kevin Durant's always been great. He's the greatest version of himself.

James Hardens always been good became great and now is back to being really really really really good in the playoffs.

Remember game one Harden had a chance to hit the shot and missed it.

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