 When they cut the cord with Tony Parker. There's only one reason to do that You are coaching a player who has more power than you do as the coach What mellow could do for the Rockets is what he refused to do for okc It's great that Tony Parker bought in It's great that Manu bought in But you can't expect every young player in the NBA, especially Kawai Leonard Who is the youngest MVP of a finals ever 22 years old? All Kawai Leonard's done his whole life has had doubters improve him wrong Kawai not LeBron Kawai not MJ, Kawai not magic, Kawai not bird, youngest finals MVP ever And all pop wants to tell you is get over yourself Well, maybe Kawai Leonard saying coach I was just getting into myself when they cut the cord with Tony Parker There's only one reason to do that and it's because he burned his bridge to Kawai Leonard But for however it happened and I'm gonna say it one more time I believe Tony Parker was 100% correct when he said his injury was a hundred times worse than Kawai Leonard's because he Did rupture and Kawai had a bruise a thigh bruise. Somebody just keeps throwing out there Well, he might sign long-term with the sixes He might have signed long-term with the clippers might sign long-term with the Celtics or this or that Don't mention anything about him returning to the Spurs But what if the Spurs are clear to deck because all these guys the Clay Thompson, the Kevin Brandt All these guys are gonna be available next year. Kawai is not trying to Join some super basketball team. He's not trying to join some organization. He's just trying to go to Los Angeles He doesn't have stipulations. Who's the coach? Who's the general manager? Who are the other players? He just wants to go to Los Angeles that being the clippers or the Lakers. So I wouldn't read too much into this I believe there's a lot of things that people might want to get Philadelphia or someone from the east involved because they Don't think that pop will trade him to the Lakers or trade him to the West We also have to remember that just four days ago where the Sixers were at was not even including faults in a trade For Kawai Leonard and so my my guess is that the Sixers not wanting to include faults The Celtics not even wanting to include Jalen Brown set the tone for San Antonio or the Lakers to revisit San Antonio say we are your best option and maybe once again not give them the offer the Spurs want If I'm Luke Walton, I don't love it that I'm not invited to that initial Recruitment meeting that that pitch meeting in number two I am stunned and disappointed in Luke Walton that it appears He's desperately calling around the league seeking advice on how to deal with LeBron James I thought Luke was more of his own man in one hand Coaching LeBron can be easy because you know what skip. He'll always show up He'll always be prepared. You know, he'll put the time in that's you know He'll give you a maximum effort. I give you that never gonna have to get that call Seeing LeBron is out this time of night LeBron is doing that when you have him is Championships or bust and everybody can't coach under that kind of scrutiny and stress Everybody can't play under that type scrutiny and stress And so when you factor all that in that he's on your team, he's a dominating presence It's going to be tough I think it's a great idea for Luke because Coaching LeBron James is gonna be like unlike anything he's ever experienced as a coach Obviously with the Lakers is a bunch of young kids when he had Golden State, you know They just nobody there wielded the power of LeBron James or and and even had his personality With dealing with LeBron James you at you are coaching a player who has more power With an organization than you do as the coach. Luke Walton can earn LeBron's trust, but you got to earn it It's not gonna be given and this is this is a tough guy. There's it Look, there's no question LeBron knows more of a basketball than Luke Walton So no question whatsoever like so he's going to have to go in there like Spolster did and prove to him He's going to help him out as a coach There's a lot of personalities to deal with for Luke Walton, but more than anything I think it's the Savvy the cerebral way that both LeBron and Rajan Rondo look at the game Think about the game and they will not for a second hesitate to challenge Luke with what his game plan is Schematically, what's happening how he is handling the game? So I think that will be a tremendous challenge for Luke Walton who hasn't had that type of pressure to win yet When Boogie got some of the Warriors the world freaked out and we said take a deep breath folks The guy's not coming back till March Who knows how long you'll play the Pelicans got better when he left there I my theory is Steve Kerr Saw how much Houston PJ Tucker pushed him around and thought you know what we can be way too finesse We need an edge in this locker room beyond Dramon There's an old NBA theory that I'm pretty sure Steve Kerr knows all too well because I think it started in San Antonio And it's called the one knucklehead theory and that theory goes that you can have one knucklehead on a basketball team A pro basketball team, but you can't have two because two will tear you all apart Boogie knows going to Golden State They're not depending on him to win. They won without him. They'll win again without him plus He's on a one-year prove-it deal Not only a prove-it deal to say I'm healthy guys I'm 25 and 13 again, but also I'm not that guy in the locker room anymore when you play with great players It's just so easy people say, you know some these games so much easier No, it's not because there's less shots There's less glory to be spread around and that stat sheet at the end of the day when they look at that Which all the players do he's gonna have a problem justifying his decision because they are the Pribil the huge favorite favorites to build a win Boogie signed with the Warriors Knowing who's on the roster knowing they're back-to-back champions knowing. He's coming off an injury also knowing I would imagine from his Representation that DeMarcus it is not about your points and rebounds and assists this year It's about how healthy you are at the end of the year and are there reports that you are bad for the locker room Melo's gonna have to accept. I'm not the superstar anymore I'm gonna have to be a role player maybe even come off the bench or he's gonna go out like Allen Iverson Iverson couldn't accept that role and his career ended maybe prematurely Because he wanted to still be the superstar He plays Iso ball in an era with ball movement and everything now. I don't like him. I agree with you Chris I don't really like him anywhere But if I had to put him somewhere, I'm gonna put him in Houston because Trevor reads a left He can step right in the Trevor reads a spot Camillo Looked more and more out of shape as the year went on last year in Oklahoma City And I thought they could utilize him as that spot-up shooter and in the end He can't even do that to Chris's point because you can't have him on the other end of the floor because he guards nobody And even Oklahoma City finally said there's a ton of money They just said we're gonna eat this LeBron and Chris Paul have had numerous opportunities to play with him and have done A hard pass on all of them. Here's the latest story Carmelo Anthony rumors Chris Paul's urging the Rockets to acquire him You think maybe the agents leading that story because Chris Paul's had opportunities to play with him and LeBron's had opportunities to play with him and D-Wade's had opportunities to play with him And they haven't what Mello could do for the Rockets is What he refused to do for Okay, see which is provide Ben scoring like if he if he could be a guy that you can three minutes a Quarter in the first half Run the offense through three minutes in the first quarter three minutes in the third quarter and then be a piece the rest of it Then there is at least some upside there The reality is Mello is in the playoffs was abysmal when you are a volume score since a you days Carmelo Anthony is always one in the high school rankings one of the best players College one of the best players straight jump shooter when you're playing three to five minutes You can't score in the same capacity. So they know how to be a role player