You're on the Max Kellerman show, ESPN Radio.

Hey, Max, I want to talk about, um, you know, So I think it was last week.

You said You're talking about Paul George And you said he was in a five star players like a 4.5 star player.

That's the way I see Jimmy Bhullar.

And in my mom, Eunice is the only player in the East that you could say is a five star player or is in India three caliber player.

So can we still write that about him If he doesn't win the East when things is, listen, Brock, this is a great point.

You're making your right.

Normally, it's He's the only five star player, but Jimmy Butler in these playoffs has been a five star player, and Yonas has not been.

And what you're talking about is why I think the regular season MVP is an absurd award.

When you have over 50% of teams making the playoffs, 30 teams 16 make it over 50%.

Make the playoffs.

An M V p never comes from a non playoff history of the league never happened and they didn't deserve it, but they can't get their team at least to an eighth seed.

And so why are we giving this award out before?

Were they giving it out before you at least see them play in the playoffs like you could lose in the first round, still play out of your mind and win the MVP?

But that's not what Yannis is doing.

But it is what Jimmy Butler is doing.

No, you're right.

And then look.

Part of it may be because Jimmy Butler is a kind of A He's A to garden.

He can play the three, but he's also sort of a combo backcourt player.

He can also play point guard.

He could do a lot of the things that look good in the playoffs, and he defends on the perimeter and all that stuff.

Yanis, as I said, is a big dressed up as a wing.

Sometimes he may need to be with another.

No, I think, in fact, I think he does need to be with a really playmaker who is not a big look.

Shaquille O Neal was physically, you know, when I think of the most dominant players in the history of basketball, physically, there was Wilt.

Then there was shock.

And now there's LeBron, even though he's not their size, he has this physical mismatch against everybody.

And these are three of the top 10 players of all time, wherever you wanna put him.

But, um, shock, Even when he had Penny, who was a great player at his best, got swept in the finals by Hakim.

Shaq?

Who said the first dude, he's seen that that's that dude could take my name.

Superman was Yanis.

Shock needed Kobe Bryant to win championships and later Dwyane Wade, who had the best finals, as it turned out, of anyone between Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

All four of Shacks chips either came with Kobe Bryant in his prime or Dwyane Wade in his prime.

That's what it takes.

And Yannis may have to be with a superstar playmaker in order to win the whole thing.

Ronald, in Florida, you're on with Max Kellerman, ESPN Radio.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Max, How you doing, brother?

First of all, I ain't gonna try.

Thio ain't trying to gas you open.

Nothing but back in the day, you be a big things without Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley, Man.

Big things.

Thio Really true?

Yeah, man.

Big things big.

Well, I worked with Jim.

I worked with Jim.

I grew up watching Larry and replaced him on the broadcasts.

Eventually, once he retired and and I really worked with Jim.

And those were the as as Robert Duvall told Frankie Pentangelo.

Or maybe it was potentially Who told Tom in the in The Godfather.

Those were the great old days.

But they were They were the great old days.

Go ahead.

What do you got?

Because they're telling me I'm running out of time for your brother.

Yeah, honest Antetokounmpo is not a number one for all of his greatness.

And you, you're somewhat alluding to it.

He has a lot of our limitations.

Also, he needs another super.

So what would be great for you?

Honest Jimmy Butler.

Word to come to Milwaukee.

He needs another superstar toe.

Hold him down.

I don't think honestly, I'm going No one coming in Milwaukee and no one coming a with Milwaukee.

That's the thing.

If you're in a market like Milwaukee, you've got to make the trade or you got a draft.

Someone no one who was the forward.

I'm thinking of who signed with Milwaukee for about 15 a year, going back about five or six years.

I'm forgetting already.

Didn't play very well for Milwaukee, but he wasn't exactly a type A free agent.

But I remember thinking at the time, damn places like Milwaukee don't even usually get a player like that, right?

If they want to get someone to Milwaukee and then the agent isn't gonna want them to go to Milwaukee to play with the honest, because it's not a huge kind of platform from which they could sort of amplify their brand, right?

All these players, wannabe billionaires and their thinking.

Okay, if only the Knicks were competently run.

Okay, well, what about the Nets?

And then they look at Chicago on goal.

That's a big market, but it's a little cold.

And then they look at the L A Teams ago.

Yep, L A.

Teams or Miami because it's warm weather like those were the desirable destinations.

Sometimes one of the Texas teams like Houston, maybe because maybe the Mavericks, so they normally don't sign big time free agents because not only is it warm weather, but no state income tax, but Milwaukee cold weather.

Not a megalopolis, right?

They're not.

They're not getting free agents.

They either They pull the trigger on a great trade, which is also hard to do there or they guess right in the draft.

And they developed really well, but they ain't getting, you know, they're not getting whoever the, You know John Moran.

You got a draft that dude, he ain't coming.

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