 And the Bucks, as a reminder, are three and seven since Doc Rivers got there. And after the All-Star break and all the interviews that were conducted, it just feels like things might be worse. So first up, you have Doc telling your own whitesman of Yahoo, taking a job when you're about to go on the toughest road trip of the season is not the smartest decision. I even told them that. Can we wait till All-Star break? It would have been a lot nicer. I like to think that this was said in jest, but it's a quote, so we can only take it for what it is. Thoughts? I feel like that's just something you don't say out loud. That's something you realize and you understand, but you don't say that out loud. You're an adult. You've had coaching situations before. You've had multiple opportunities. This is now your job. So take it how you want. Don't put this on the players. Don't put this on the ownership, saying I don't know why you're firing Adrian Griffin, things like that. It feels like he's deflecting. And I saw the whole beef with Austin and JJ, and I see both sides there. But Doc Rivers, again, you've had a lot of lives in the NBA. You keep getting these opportunities, and you have a very, very talented team. So I do understand the point where like, this is now you're in control, and you have the talent, the deed is done. They fired him. This is now your situation. You can't say things like, I wish you would have waited till after All-Star weekend like this, that they didn't. And so now you're almost making the ownership look bad by saying things like this. But I think there is still lead at the end of the tunnel. I think this is getting to the point where it's almost like Steve Kerr, like they're saying too much. Just go out there, compete. I hope you made adjustments during this break with his staff, got more comfortable. The Bucks, Dame had a great All-Star weekend. Hopefully that's some sort of momentum going to the second half of the season. There's a lot more, by the way. This is the tip of the iceberg. Yeah, it's like Doc. This is one. This isn't a smart thing to say. As somebody that's worked with Doc Rivers for five years, even though it's just a quote, I guarantee it was said in just semi-joking. And I agree with Chandler as well. Some of these things are also better left unsaid. And I think his two worlds clashed. I think he still has a little bit of his TV job in his system. And he probably was oversharing, trying to say something a little clever, a little lighthearted. And listen, if there's seven and three, and he says this, we brush past it. But because there are three and seven, you take it a little bit more seriously. And so, you know, I think Doc was saying this just in jest. I don't think he was making an excuse for himself. I'm actually a big Doc Rivers fan. You'll never get me to say anything negative about him. Very much like JJ Redick, very much like Pat Bev, and people who spoke out about these issues. Doc changed the trajectory of my career. I've had my best years under his guidance. And so I know who he is as a coach. I know the type of things that he says. And so I understand this. It doesn't look good when you're three and seven. But again, if you say that in your seven and three, he'll still say the same quote. Okay, so let's throw that one out. Let's go to the next one, because there's more. Here we go. This is also Doc's time with Sirius XM's NBA radio. Personally, I, you know, to be honest, I told our owners when they called, I said, I think you, I don't understand why you're doing this. You know? And they said, you know, one of the things they said was, well, it doesn't matter, we've done it now. And we want you. And so that was a tough one. I didn't, that was, that's where you had the hesitation. Okay, that's no room for interpretation. That's straight from the horse's mouth. See this, I think this is a private conversation that you have with the ownership. That should never get brought to light. Like no matter, that clearly was said. And a lot of people, listen, Doc River, you're a smart guy, you're a cool guy. Be like, you know, this is, it goes without being said. Like if we, everyone thinks it, doesn't mean you have to say it, right? And this is just an opportunity where like, he can just take all the bullets, take your three and seven, take it, just like the Tyron Lou was, just like James Harden was when that trade happened to LA and they turned around, now no one talked about it. I would just stop talking about it. I would stop giving sound bites in general because these are all things that people know already. People assume this is, it's an awkward situation. You coach in the All-Star game was weird. It should have never happened. It's a kind of a silly thing he's in right now. But also no one had a gun to his head. He didn't have to, he didn't have to take it and he didn't have to take the job. And so I think he understands that there is potential here. They do have to absolute stud all NBA players. They do have a chance to win right now. So I'd be focusing on those things instead of deflecting and not making excuses necessarily, but kind of making excuses. But he's also, but again, he's also one of those polarizing coaches where no matter what he say, it's gonna be dissected. He's one of those personalities. He's part of the show. He's part of the NBA show. He's one of those coaches that people love to hate, that people love to hear what he has to say at the same time. That's why he can, if he get fired tomorrow, he'll be back on TV by Friday. He's one of those type of personalities. And so no matter what he says, there's gonna be something to go with that. And like I said, if there's seven and three, opposed to three and seven, all three of us don't really care. Which they very well could be the next 10 games. They could go seven, three, eight and two. And then now he can say whatever the hell he wants to say. It doesn't matter, cause they're winning games and that's the ultimate goal. So this is the last of the doc part for me. There's more. Yeah, cause JJ Redick made a few ways when he said this. The trend is always making excuses. We get it. Taking over a team in the middle of the season is hard, but it's always an excuse. There's never accountability with that guy. That one felt rough. I disagree. I disagree. That wasn't my experience with doc. You know, there were, there were games and situations where he came in and said, damn, I screwed that up. I really messed that up. I'll fix that and I'll be better. And there was times where he was like, y'all need to do better. You know what? And that's the balance of being a good coach. And that's also the balance of being a coach that has championship aspirations and expectations. Everybody expects doc to do well, no matter what the team has. And you know, he's been blessed to have a lot of talent and when you have a lot of talent, you're going to put a target on your back. You know, we said this when he first got the job. Now that Milwaukee was a team that can kind of go under the radar and do that thing. When you hire a doc, Rivers, that puts you in the forefront of criticism and people talking. And so I disagree with JJ saying this. It hasn't been my experience for doc to make a bunch of excuses. He may be talking too much, maybe doing too many interviews, but again, he's fresh off of TV, might have some of that still in his system, but I just disagree with JJ on this. I'll tell you this, every player has a different situation in relationship with the coach, right? So this does, and I'll make it quick, but sorry Conrad, this, Conrad's like, shut up, stop, we gotta go. Like JB Biggerstaff to me, he's the greatest guy in the world. I've never had him as a head coach. Clearly there's some issues in Cleveland right now with Donovan Mitchell and other relationships with him and Cleveland. So it depends on that dynamic. I've never played for Doc Rivers, but clearly with the way JJ read it saying that there's some animosity, there's some tension there between those two. Shams, the mood with the box. And I know, you know, things get kicked off again tomorrow, but what is it right now? Michelle, it literally does not matter what anyone says. This team has a championship goal. From ownership all now, this is a title or bust season. You have Damian Lillard, Giannis and Tetecumpo and Doc Rivers. They made that coaching change at the midway point of the season because they truly believe this is a championship quality team. And that's why they went out and got Doc Rivers to win a championship. So it literally doesn't matter what anyone says internally. Like that's what they want. That's what they're desiring. That's what they're going for. And hopefully they, for their sake, they have a healthy second half of the season. They just added Patrick Beverly at the deadline. They got Danilo Gallinari in the buyout market. I know Lou is familiar with both of those guys. And Giannis and Tetecumpo, his voice matters the most. He told Eric name of the athletic that we need to stop feeling bad for ourselves. We need to stop, you know, talking here like we need to just go out there and produce. I think second half of the season, the relationship between Giannis and Tetecumpo and Danilo. That's going to be the most important for them. We saw Danilo have a massive, like Chandler said, big time, all-star weekend. But having the ball in his hands down the stretch of games, that's going to be important. But this team, it's just about winning a championship. And if they fall short of that, there's no excuse. They're going to fall short of that. By the way, Giannis, Giannis is also talking a lot more these days because he had a bit of a head scratcher of an answer. So hear his answer to something. I just, in general, I do not watch basketball. So stats, highlights, how people play, I have no idea. And I love it, do you know? I love it when I go to the game. I have no idea who I'm playing and what they do. All right, so. But you know what's crazy? I read the quote. I didn't see the interview. At first I was like, is this guy serious? But now you think it's funny? When he's lying, clearly he's joking after seeing the interview. He's trolling. It's just not a good joker. But yeah, it's also not very funny because you have lost in the post-season. You haven't won a championship. So it is weird to make jokes that kind of have some truth to it. Lou's like, wait a minute. This quote alone, take away all the accolades, everything that we know about Giannis. Just this thing alone. And we want to blame Doc Rivers for everything. That's fair. You can't say, at the same time of Doc Rivers, you can't go out as the leader of the troops and say, oh, I like to come into games unprepared. I don't know. Which is a lot of... Joking or not, it's not funny because you have lost in the post-season. You haven't won anything. Which is a story, by the way, because if you guys don't know how preparing for a game work, you have scout teams, you have done in teams, you go through the teams plays the day before. If you have a couple of days of practice, you're going through everything they're doing. So does he watch basketball? Probably not. A lot of us, we consider it a job. When we're sitting at home, we're catching up and binge-watching something else. But when it comes to game preparation, there's certainly scenarios where you have shoot-around, film, all of these things that you can't avoid to get prepared for a game. So was he trying to say something clever? Sure, but it didn't come off for us. And that goes into winning a championships, which obviously they did. They did, they won a championship. You don't just roll the ball out there and play. It's a free advantage watching film and playing. And again, after watching the video, he's clearly making a joke. That's just not very funny. Yeah, it's the delivery. It has a lot that needs to be worked on. And now the final piece. Got a lot of drama and the walkie that we have. So he was, I mean, all-star gave us that. About a passive-aggressive-ish. Well, this one feels, I don't know. Maybe it's nothing, maybe it's just honestly a mistake. But he named his starting five of current players in the league that Dame would want to play with. Whatever, it's him, Steph, LeBron, Katie, and Bam Adebayo. Me and Lou disagree on this. He thinks there's no issues. It feels weird. I think it's weird. It's like Jamal Murray going out there and saying Joellen beats the best center in the NBA. And Yolk, I don't care if that's what he actually thinks. It's against. Like, Doctor, it's just something you don't say. It's weird to say a lot. It's weird to say, especially when you're putting Kevin Durant and LeBron James to guys his same exact positions, like people he's got to go through this year. It's a little weird. It's his list. Yeah, but it's his list. It's no Luca. There's no Yolk. They're not his teammates that he just got traded to. He got traded. He didn't go there. Yeah, but he okay. He had a love affair with the Miami Heat, by the way. They were following each other on Twitter this and that. That's true. He thought he was going there. You got traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. I don't have to put anybody on my list. That's not on my list. It's my list. Lou, you would be on my list. And I think that's hurtful that I wouldn't be on yours. I appreciate it. No, not you. But yeah, I think this is a non-story. I think LeBron is fine. Like if someone says, if I play for Carlisle and I say Popovich is the best coach, I don't think he cares. So if I'm, but like throwing Kevin Durant in there, we're like, Yonah's kind of feeling that. So do we want guys to be honest sometimes or not? No, I think you need to lie to me when you need to provide, you need to support your teammate. I think that's more important than telling your truth. Especially this week. It feels weird. With all the shit going around Milwaukee, too. And then the guy that just got traded to, arguably their best player leaves, they're arguably the other best player out of his starting five. It's weird. It's uncomfortable. It makes for an awkward situation in the locker room when you don't have to do that. Yonah's probably hadn't even heard this. Well, he has now. He's never heard it. This is nothing to me. Everybody hears everything. These guys that say they don't follow, they're off social media. They know everything. It's bullshit. Shoms, I would never leave you off a list of favorite people. Why is everyone getting on the list except me? You figure that out. I'd never leave you three off of any list. Thank you, Shoms. Team player.