 Dallas going into New Orleans and this will be the topic I think for as long as Luca plays quite frankly are there enough good pieces around Luca to give him a legitimate shot at accomplishing some things this year Chandler. Yes and no I think he's so good that he can he can get them there and I love guys like Spencer and I think the big move for them is Christian Wood. I mean the guy has he's playing very well coming off the bench this year for them you know and you could tell early on he wasn't thrilled about that but yeah I think this is huge for them I think he's top five in PDR and he's so skilled and we really haven't seen Luca play with a big like this outside of Prozinga's who kind of missed a lot of time when he was there and we've seen him put runs in and hard away and guards like that but this is the first time he's got that two-man big game going on where they're having success early and do I think they're a championship team? No but I think Luca and Christian and Spencer Denwayty and Tim Hardaway those guys stay healthy I think they're capable of winning a lot of games. Eddie I know you've convinced us that John Moran is the MVP but right now Luca is still the favorite for that award what does he have to do to snatch the hardware away from John Moran? I mean he's Fandall odds on favorite already for a reason we know he's going to rack up numbers his team went to the western conference finals last year they're going to win games he's going to have great moments clutch he's always has the ball in his hands I think he needs to keep doing what he's doing there's a chance he when the dust settles everybody's scoring 30 something a game he'll end up averaging closer triple double if he can get a triple double I think it's sewn up it's doable for him it's doable for him I think the question of if they have enough is much more complicated but MVP he's going to win a few of these off stats alone he has the ball all the time he racks up his numbers and he's great at the end of the day he's great he's great at what he does. On the other side you've got the two and one pelicans sitting there waiting what what do they do to slow down Luca and make their record a little bit better Chandler? Yeah this is the game I'm really excited about they're coming off a weird opener loss to this jazz team that's trying to lose but somehow winning. On a game winning. Yeah so this one's fun for me I think you know they're finally starting to hit the try is Brandon Ingram playing tonight do we know that? No Brandon Ingram and Zion's questionable as of right now. Okay so that changes a little bit. Ah okay here we go. I think they do have bodies I think they have you know Herb Jones I think it's gonna you're gonna see show his length on on Luca and they're gonna try and mix it up on him with somebody Alvarado it's gonna fun to see you know his little pesty ass all over Luca chasing him around with those two guys out I think it's gonna be tough but man I think yeah they're just gonna have to be physical with Luca they're gonna try and deny him the ball make him second or make those other guys make plays to beat them but yeah with with Ingram and Zion questionable I don't really like their chances. Eddie you agree? Yeah I mean the same I think Herb Jones is actually uh his knees a little sore as well so if Herb is out like I might not even have to watch this game so uh but I do like their chances even if without Brandon Ingram if they have Herb and they have Zion because CJ McCullum has you know been sensational this season he's a great ball handler they don't operate with a traditional point guard in that sense they operate with a couple playmakers with BI with CJ even with Zion. I also like what Jonas may be able to do to the fabrics they're gonna attack him on defense of course but if he's gonna be able to bully them all night and keep it close there's a there's a way they muck this up and stay close but I still think the mavericks pull it out they're healthier and I think they got a better player tonight. I disagree with you. I just like this Pelicans team though in the long run when they're healthy I think they're one of those teams to make noise in the playoffs. I agree. I've seen them in person. Yeah I've seen them in person and you can see what they've done they've surrounded their playmakers with just lanky athletic guys to defend and it makes a ton of sense when you watch it out there.