 You look well rested. Did you go to parties? Did you do the whole schmooze thing? I did everything, but you know, it's running back week, so we're ready. Let's get it. He did it all. Usually after a weekend festivities, I don't look to rest in shams. No. We do things differently, clearly. Yeah, clearly. You still hear me? This is still from Vegas. This is still what I got going on. This is still happening. We're going to get this all-star stuff for a second. But we do have breaking news, little scoops action happening. Nothing like a firing on a Monday morning, Shams. What's going on? Jack Vaughn, fired by the Brooklyn Nets. He joined a multi-year contract extension last February, but he is now fired. They lost by 50 points right before the all-star break to the Celtics. We know this team has been pretty dreadful ever since really the new year. They just have not been able to win games on a consistent level. And yes, I think the play right before the all-star break contributed. But multiple players, including Spencer Dewitt, who is now departed, McKill Bridges, already there, they were pretty vocal behind the scenes for months now about how the offense was running. They felt like a lot of what Jack Vaughn was running was being run improperly. Without structure, Jack Vaughn came into the year and said, we're going to run a free-for-all offense. And the team from what I gather has been pretty bonded on the fact that developing a hierarchy was important. And when they went into the training camp, a lot of their offense was built around Ben Simmons and him playing at the one and him playing at a high level for them. But throughout the season, he has been unavailable. And so this is now the third coach under Sean Marks. Since 2016, Kenny Atkinson, Steve Nash, Jack Vaughn. He had a Jack Vaughn interim appearance multiple times during that stint as well. And so the Nets have a lot of questions. Who's going to be the interim? Who's going to be the long-term head coach? They have McKill Bridges there. You clearly build around McKill Bridges. But out of Cam Thomas, Cam Johnson, Ben Simmons, who are you building around on this roster? I think Jack Vaughn's firing is just the tip of the iceberg for all the questions the Nets have. Shams, the unprofessionalism was just. Because when you said Ben Simmons, that got a reaction here. Well, hold on, Josh. Hold up. What? That's been a real thing that they were going to build this offense in Brooklyn around Ben Simmons. This offense, the offense in Brooklyn going into training camp was clearly built around the availability of Ben Simmons. I mean, you just, when you watch the games, the ball was in his hands. He was tasked to make the plays. Surprise. He made it out of training camp. Jogging on. I don't know if that was a great plan, especially with him just being unhealthy. You don't know if it was a great plan? Yeah, I mean, this is the first time hearing of this. That's why I think we've reacted like this. Yeah, that threw me for a little chomps. The guy hasn't been the last he hasn't played. He's had this, he's got the back, his mental health. So this was confusing to me, especially the guy, Miquel Burgess, was clearly their guy going forward. Obviously they have some pieces that they should be competing more. What are they? They're 21 and 33. And the East is kind of wide open. So it could have been a team that could have made some noise. I think they almost rewarded Jack Vaughn last year for just kind of getting through the whole debacle with the Kyrie and Katie thing. And now I think that's going to go a different route. Hyra, Mark, Dagnant type, Hyra, you know, someone like that where it's young, not a lot of pressure to win right away to develop these guys. But it's a tough city to develop. Brooklyn, New York, it's a city you want to win now. You can get free agents. It's a great market. So it's tough, but the idea of building the offense around Ben Simmons, that got me. And I can do that. A 50 point loss to probably didn't help something. Is the timing weird? Like why now? Is it because of the 50 point loss? Why not before the weekend? Like what, how does that work? I think the 50 point loss plays a part. I think just how the Nets have looked ever since really January one. This team just has not been able to win consistently. And this has been brewing in a lot of ways behind the scenes. The Nets just, they just didn't act until now after the all-star break, after trade deadline. But like Shannon said, I think we should give Jack Vaughn credit. When they had Kevin Durant last year, Kyrie Irving, this team was competing for the top seed in the East. From everything I'm told, I think Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, both enjoyed playing for Jack Vaughn and thought he did do a good job last year. He did earn what he got, which is the full-time job. He got an extension out of it. But this year with this group, just was not able to have the same level of support. So he saw this, it's not like he's just in Turks right now, all-star weekend, just got shit canned. He knew this was kind of coming and there's conversations, I'm assuming, right? This isn't just out of the blue. 21 and 30. Anytime you're on a multi-year deal though, it's tough to get fired like this. And this is half a year after you just get your extension. And my point is too, when an organization hires someone like this and you have that team, what are your realistic expectations? What do you think is gonna happen when you have this been cement situation glooming over your head? When your best player is Mikkel Bridges and you have some pieces around that, you can't really expect, that's not fair to expect. They probably thought they had enough. I mean, Mikkel Bridges is one of those guys. And they finished six last year. You bring in Spencer Denwitte last year who had a hell of a season down in Dallas. You thought maybe you were gonna get that version of him and so, and you got Cam Thomas, you know, you got the other Cam Johnson. Nick Clarkson is playing really well, protecting the rim for them. They had some pieces, they probably felt like that was enough to be competitive in the East and it just didn't get done. So if they're 11th right now, they're two and a half games back of being in a play-in. Is there a shot? I mean, there's a shot just because through the teams above them, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto's kind of right there in the mix. No, Atlanta gets in, Chicago gets in. I mean, I think there's a shot though. I think they have enough talent here to win game. That's the problem. They're kind of in that gray area where they're not really tanking and rebuilding. Well, now you just reset the table. Yeah, now you get ready your coach. So now your players are unsure what the direction of the organization is gonna be at this point and you create some confusion. So I think this puts them in a tailspin. Who do they bring in? Do they just keep someone that's on the staff now? Do they hire someone immediately? It's a tough situation. Yeah, what's the long play there? What is the long play? You don't know. Do you just try and shut down like your guys for the rest of the season? The rest of the next 30 games and kind of try and get the highest possible draft pick? Who knows? But it's a sticky situation. Jacques Van again, at least he's getting his money. I was gonna say, I'm always happy when someone gets paid, not to work. American dream. I love that so much. Sean's all right. We're gonna talk a little Ulster right now.