 joining us a two-time NBA champion is joining us. Goes by the name of Quinn Cook. And man, Quinn, first of all, we wanna welcome you and good morning and all of that great stuff. But for me, you are a man who has the inside scoop and the insight onto this particular series that we're about to talk about. Hello. You played for both the Warriors and the Lakers and Lakers are up to one in a series that is so confusing and nobody can seem to predict. So I'm gonna put you on the spot. Your word will be the end all. Who has the edge in this series? At this point, I think the Lakers have the edge because obviously they got the first game on the road. But going to stay, these game fours, when they're down 2-1, when it's 2-2, game fives, they can be down 3-2 in game six, they just always find a way. I call those culture wins. So tonight, just like last year in the finals, there was down 2-1 on the road in Boston and they found a way. So I think I would say the Lakers have the edge right now, but I can never count out those guys in San Francisco. So tonight is gonna be a crazy, crazy game. When you're a champion with the Warriors, a champion with the Lakers, a guy that teammates love to play with and be around, you play with Steph Curry, you play with LeBron James. Tell us one thing about each that we might not know. How competitive they are. They're like super ultra competitive. Every little thing they do, their attention to detail is incredible the way they work on the court. I've never saw anybody work as fast and as hard as Steph, when I got to go to the state, just his attention to detail. He might not be on the court for an hour, two hours. He's not probably not gonna come in at night, but that 45 minutes he's on the court is special. And then LeBron, if we had practice at 10 o'clock, he's in the weight room getting work done at 7.30. If we have a game at 7, he's getting to the arena at two. He's on a different level. So just how competitive they are and how hard they work was definitely eye-opening, but they're better people. And it's always good to see good things happen to great people. Gwen, my guy, happy to see you out here, man. Of course, they gave me the question that's supposed to make you go viral. You get Steph, you get LeBron. Which one are you picking for your team for a seven-game series? You've won with both. You've won four series with both of them. So which one, seven-game series? I'm gonna pick Katie. I like that pick, man. I like that pick. Now we really going viral. You can't go wrong with those three. Kevin, Steph, Bron, I don't know. I can't answer. I can't answer. They're both stepping in Bron, especially four-time champions. The greatest in their position in my eyes. So I don't know. I can't choose. Ben, what's up, bro? Hope everything is well with you. I'm gonna double down on the controversial question here. I know what I think, but in your eyes, is Steph Curry the best point guard of all time? Yes, sir, he is not being biased. Just, I really believe that. No disrespect to the guys who did it before, but I just think pound for pound, not even pound for pound. People do the accolades. If you do the resume, he's still doing it. I don't think there's a point guard better. Obviously I didn't see magic on a day-to-day basis, night-to-night game-to-game basis. So I'm a little biased just because I'm younger, but I gotta go Steph. He's a winner. He's got the MVP's. He's got the championships, and he's still going. And I just think he's changed the game. So he's the best point guard I've seen. I think he's the best point guard all the time if he stopped playing today. And he's competing for another championship this year. So if he gets five, I mean, the debate has to be over. So I'm gonna Steph for sure, I'm with you. When there was a video, I think at game three of you and LeBron, or maybe it was game two, with you and LeBron doing your handshake from a few years ago, I know we went viral. How did you guys both remember that handshake still and just break down this moment? Impressive. I mean, that's my brother. So like, we hang out in the off season, like I have, like I see him all the time. So I mean, it's something that just, it's just our first instinct. Something that we came up with when I was his rook in Cleveland and it's been our handshake for eight years. And it's not like I hadn't seen him since I played for the Lakers and that was our first time seeing each other. I mean, he still will remember it, but you know, it's my brother and we hang out. We get together a lot in the off season. We hang out during the season. So it's not really something that we will forget because I'm always with him. So I'm happy that, you know, the moment got caught on a video just because it just shows how much, you know, he cares about his teammates. I mean, if he sees Alice Caruso tomorrow, if he sees any of his old teammates, he's gonna remember the handshake. So that's just how he is as a leader, how he is as a teammate. And I mean, he's a special, he's a special person, man. And I'm just happy I had a relationship with him for sure. Hey, man. I'm really busy lock in. There's videos of him forgetting their handshake the other day. But look, in the bubble in 2020, when you guys won the title, you got left at the arena. What happened there? I know this is a while back in crazy stories. So tell us how that happened for you. The true story behind what happened was is that myself, Jeff and Deion Waders, we always left together. Like we always got on a bus at the same time. And obviously we was in a bubble. So they had two shuttles to take us back to the resort. It was like a three-minute drive. But we won the championship. So like, obviously there's more activities going on. So we're walking to the bus at eighties. Like, Quinn, come take these pictures with me and my family, you know, with the championship. So I'm like, all right, cool. I'm like, geez, switch, wait for me. Like I'm about to take these pictures. Jim, like just give me like 10 minutes. We ain't going nowhere. So I go take the pictures and they left me. So like it's not like the entire bus left me. Like it was still shuttles, like going like, I hopped in with 80 for his family. But our ritual like cheese and Swiss, they ain't wait for me, you know what I'm saying? So I get up, I get on live, they on live. And I'm like, dang, y'all really left me. Like I just want a championship back now. Like, y'all, wow, like that's crazy. So nah, so it went viral game and it was fun. You know the internet. I love it. I love it. Yeah, the internet's a lovely place, but that's, I mean, that's, I would take that personally. All right, so you recently played in China. I want to make sure I get all this right. You hit 12 three-pointers and had 54 points in 28 minutes. At what point or how early in this game did you know, all right, this is a special one? Well, that was my second game after quarantine. I had to do 11, so the first game, it was a little like, and it was like, I was, it was shocking cause like I've never been to China like to play. So first game was cool, but the next game, only one American can play at the same time. Shout out to my boy, Kyle Wilcher, national champion playing the league as well. Doing the staying over there. He started the game. So I got in the game with like two minutes left and I scored like eight points right away. I just was feeling good, but you're not expecting like, especially over there, cause it's like, you got to be so efficient in a little bit of time cause you got to, you got to share time with the other Americans. So I knew I got like 18 to 20 minutes to play, but I just had a rolling. I had like 18 at the half and then I looked up like the first five minutes of the third quarter I had for you, how did this happen? How it comes in the game and then he gets ejected. So then I had to play like, I had to play the rest of the game. So I am scoring 54. It was cool, but it was great because it went viral and I was getting love, you know, when you go overseas, you know, sometimes you, the love isn't as strong as it was or is when you're in the league. So I got a lot of love. I got to make some messages and people start tapping back in with me. And I play like four more games. After that, I only play like six games in China and I came back home, get another shot at the NBA. So, but it was a fun moment for me, for sure. Yes. Staying on, staying on that. I've been over there a couple of times in the off season and it's awesome, man. The fans, I've never met crazy in the, than the Chinese fans, but what was your experience like all around just at the time you had there? Oh, well, it was different, bro. Like we were in a bubble. So we all, it was kind of like the NBA bubble in Orlando. So we all were in the same hotel. They had two different hotels. So it was about 10 teams in our hotel. So it was like a big air you trip, you know, and it's funny cause all the Americans, like after all the games, we'll meet up in the cafeteria and just be down there talking. A lot of guys that I grew up, like, out of lines and like Greg Monroe was over there. Jared Sonninger was over there. Eric Bledsoe was over there. So Marshall Brooks is over there. So like, I get to chill with these guys all day, every day, learning and dope big like Marchion. He's a vet over there. Probably one of the best players ever. Sully's a vet over there. So I was just learning from them. So it was cool, man. It was definitely a different experience, but you know how it is. Like, you know, the NBA spoils you. So like, all that was cool, but I know my mission was to get back to the league. So it was great just to learn from those guys and share those moments with those guys for sure. Quinn, piggybacking off of that. How motivated are you right now? You're back in the States to be back in the league this upcoming offseason? I'm so motivated. I feel good. You know, I'm in the best shape of my professional life. You know, I feel like, you know, I'm in some college shape. You know, that's the best shape you could ever be when you're in college, getting ready for those seats. So, you know, I just took it back. You know, I moved back home. I've got with the trainers that I grew up with. I got back with, you know, everybody who got me to this point. So, so motivated, man. To see my friends have successful seasons this year in the league. I see them sign contracts. I see them, you know, living out their dream has more motivation, man, because, you know, I know the work that it takes to get to that point. So I'm so motivated. I feel great. And, you know, I'm ready for another shot for sure. We're all rooting for you, Quinn. Good luck with that. By the way, for a lot of us, college was not our peak physical shape. So good for you for being able to remember that favorably. Thank you so much. Hope to see you again soon. Shoms, I think we're saying goodbye to you as well on this beautiful Monday morning, but we will see you tomorrow with so much more information. I can't wait. And guys, you're stuck with me at least for a few more minutes. When we come back, we're going to buy, or are we even buying the firing of Mike Budenholzer? Man, we kind of knew it was coming, but we didn't know it was coming. When run it back returns. Run it off. Run it back. Yeah, yeah. Run it off. Run it back. Run it off. Run it back.