Name: Which player is under the most pressure in the East? | First Take
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The imperative

Let's talk about the East, who's under the most pressure in the East.

Future simple

Max will start with you for the same reasons.

Don't tell me about K D Winning championships with a 73 win warrior team.

You just dropped K D and didn't have to really trade from or anything that dropped him into a 73 win team that had taken King James with Kyrie and Kevin Love to a Game seven in the fourth quarter of last couple possessions.

At the end of the game, you add an M V P caliber player now you want to give them credit for winning because he was the Finals M V.

How much the defense had to concentrate on every Steph and Clay and everybody, Of course, Kevin Durant should be the M V p of that Syriza.

That championship supposed to prove that you could lead a team there that's not guaranteed to win?

Que de made a bold choice to go to Brooklyn.

Everyone needs a crew to win championships.

But K D is under the pressure because, just like LeBron, he's playing with another bona fide superstar.

You honestly playing with a dude like Kyrie?

He's just not No one else in the East is an M v P.

And therefore, when you're the man and you got a crew, the pressure is on you go ahead, Perk E.

I'm lost for words because, Max, I don't get it.

One minute you're saying that is not that much pressure on Kevin Durant in the Brooklyn Nets because he's coming off of Achilles injury and that you don't really require him to do that that much this season.

You don't even expect them to make it to the Finals.

You're saying that you were saying earlier in the week that you were giving them a pass where I believe it was last week that you were giving them a pass this season that they just have to make it to the conference finals.

Now you come out here and say that Kevin Durant is under the most pressure.

Yanis is under the most pressure back to back M V P last season, the defensive player of the year and the M V P.

The last two players to do that was Jordan in the King.

And you mean to tell me that the fathers you could get was to the second round?

Now they give you another All Star and Drew holiday.

The pressure is only honest to deliver, to step up in the big moments, not just having these phony stats of 25 12, but actually the artist off, closing out games and closing out Siri's and taking the Milwaukee books to New Heights.

The pressure is on Yanis, 30 and 13, but okay.

That's a great argument, and I don't really disagree with you.

It's just that the name that comes to my mind is Kyrie Irving.

And the reason why I say Kyrie Irving is that look, things brothers, a show stopper.

I mean, this dude is spectacular, but when we look at the rest of the Brooklyn Nets, we see K k d out there moving all fluidly and everything, looking like he could score 40 any time he wants to.

We're paying attention to Din Witty and and and Caris Levert and these boys and Joe Harris you got Max talking about.

I wouldn't even trade for James Harden for crying out loud because look at what Sean Marks has put together and the depth they have.

Okay, you take into account all of these things.

What's the one question everybody's having about the Brooklyn Nets?

Okay, Is Kyrie going to be a distraction?

Is Kyrie gonna make sure that he's laser focused and locked in so he doesn't serve to disrupt whatever they're trying to accomplish?

And I believe that the Brooklyn Nets going to the MBA finals.

Okay, But the question is, when we have question marks about the Brooklyn Nets, it's one thing to question K p K D.

I'm sorry is one thing to question Cady's health.

It's another thing entirely to question his sidekicks mentality, his approach, his focus.

Whether or not he's going to be a distraction, etcetera, etcetera, Yanis got to do what he's gotta do he already averaged 30 and 13.

He's got to get over the hump, no question.

But I think the expectations that have been placed on his shoulders off the Brooklyn Nets people aren't thinking Milwaukee and Johannes is going to stop him there thinking Kyrie is going to stop them.

They have to make sure that that doesn't happen.

And that's why I come up with the name Kyrie as being the guy with the most pressure on them in the East.

Well, you guys said it before while I respectfully disagree because I think I raise a good pick and I think Yannis is a good pick and I think KP when you bring up what I was saying a week ago, earlier in the week, Um, or last week you're right.

But that was They've played preseason games since then and we just saw a regular season game with this team.

K D already looks like 80% at least of K d.

I expect that to get better, but not only that when you talk about the Bucks drew holiday and all star Drew.

I didn't make the All Star team every year what you're talking about.

He's not a great shooter from the outside.

But that alone drew holiday and and a D played together to make any noise.

When you look at the supporting cast of the Nets, take away Kyrie for a second.

Din Witty Levert and Allen with Joe Harris match up.

I'm not saying they're better, but they're at least almost a good as Holiday and Middleton and Brook Lopez.

It's in the ballpark, even if it's not quite as good.

And that's before you get the Kyrie Irving.

And you mean to tell me there's more pressure on Yanis with his cast and K d with his No way.

And Max, first of all, just because you don't make the All Star Game doesn't mean you're you're not the all Star caliber player.

Bradley Bill didn't make the All Star Game and the brother average 30 last year.

So with that being said is, we're still talking about Ju holiday, and he's a level three type player.

And, uh, and again, the last two people toe win The MVP in the defense of player of the year was Michael Jordan, and it came Elijah one and I stepped up.

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