Goes into the bank and puts it down part complete tricks on finds.

Yanis Lopez for three find store three to what?

25 the street fire and all the time.

And the Mets.

There's injury.

What way were young, uh, in Oklahoma City?

You know, we're grown men now, you know, we know we want We know we really know the game of basketball.

Now, um, you know, we're not those young guys that just run around and want to just shoot and dunk all day.

We know the games.

We know spots we know, you know, teams, players.

We just were more events.

We've pretty much seen every defense, every offensive scheme.

We have been in every type of game playoffs, game, sevens, you know.

So we have been through a lot, honestly, experienced a lot, and for us to bring together now and combined what we've learned over this time and try to play great basketball, I think it was pretty seamless for us.

No question reunited, and it feels so good.

Katie and Harden and Tray of Us, Stephen A.

Smith, Max Kellerman um, Ali Camrose.

Welcome to first take.

Thank you for spending your party with Good to see you guys.

E would argue, but I can't.

All right.

We need to talk about this, though.

Unreal Harden and k d Taken care of business.

No.

Kyrie Kyrie Missing his seventh game due to personal reasons.

Steve Nash said he is available to play on Wednesday.

Stephen A Do you think these two are a championship duo?

Even if they don't have Kyrie, if they're not gonna be a big three in the end, I said yes.

I'll say it again today.

We're going That's going to find they're going to find I'm so sorry.

Sorry.

Philadelphia Doc Rivers.

My brother.

I love you.

Sorry, Philadelphia.

You saw been demonstrate that three the other day, right?

So today I mean, they had the worst miss ever seen.

Hey, got closer to the room that you would.

I mean, it's ridiculous.

Max Kellerman.

I mean, you got that situation.

Milwaukee.

I love what I saw last night because we saw Yanis dropped 34.

We saw Drew Holiday dropped 2022 Chris Middleton as well.

And they still lost is exactly what I'm talking about here?

Because when it's time to close the deal, we're talking about Kevin Durant.

Let me tell you something right now.

I mean, are you you?

You were worried, Max Kellerman.

You would never question the game of Kevin Durant.

You never did that.

You would never.

That sac religious.

You were never that blasphemous.

You would never that you never committed such a heinous act.

But you did bring into question you did act like you were the modern day orthopedic surgeon or something like that.

I mean, you did that like one of those dudes.

I mean, I've never seen anybody come back to visit.

You see that man?

Tamale?

See that Achilles tear?

I mean, nobody's ever done it.

And I said you, Max, it ain't Dominique Wilkins, man, even though he came back from it pretty nicely.

It when we throughout WN BA players for you.

That athleticism his athleticism.

It ain't Russell Westbrook.

It ain't somebody like that.

We're talking about a sniper on elite sniper, the likes of which this game has never seen.

Molly, I will remind you that the leading scorer in NBA history ever his Kareem Abdul jab all, and we once had a discussion years and years ago, long before you on this show.

Max, when we literally sat up there, thistles.

The one dude that got a chance to catch the ball if he wanted to.

If he wanted to be aggressive, if he wanted to jack up 25 30 shots a game.

That's who Katie is and off of an Achilles tear.

18 months out of business 1st, 10, 11 games of the season.

I said he could average 25 asleep.

Remember, I said it right here.

Book it.

He gonna do 25.

0, no, no, no.

I was wrong.

The brothers dropping 30 30 a game on better than 50% shooting better than 40% shooting from three point range.

He's just that dude and Harden Harden, supposedly out of shape, supposedly a little bloated, even though he's gonna be in shape really quickly.

Okay, that dude, the one who's averaged 30 over the last three games, we forgot what a point guard he can be when he wants to be.

How he could be unselfish, how he's willing to basketball how he's not willing to dribble the ball 12 times before taking the shot.

We are seeing James hard and put on the show.

Let me tell you something Right now.

There's the Eastern Conference.

No matter what anybody says, the East eight, the West, even though it's a little stronger, it's not the West.

Off course Brooklyn could cover to the finals with.

They say they could win the chip because the Lakers waiting for you and Anthony Davis and LeBron.

So you might need Kyrie for that.

But to get to the finals, they don't even need Kyrie.

Kyrie could take the rest of the year off in Brooklyn will go to the finals.

You're wrong, but I need to start by saying what K D has done is amazing because it's not just 25.

You said he could score 25 asleep, but it's his entire game.

Kevin Durant, like for as much as you and others have said, well, he doesn't rely on athleticism.

He's very athletic at his size.

He like he looks the same, which no one ever really come back from that in the NBA looking like the same guy before they left, he looks the same to me.

Amazing.

So K d is K D and James Harden.

This dude looks like he rolled out of bed shows up in Brooklyn looking like a hot mess.

Fat out of shape.

30 point triple tough.

All those old man Y M c A skills, you know, like it's unreal.

So tip of the cap to both those guys and they're playing well together.

Here's the problem.

This is why they need Kyrie Din wit.

He gets hurt for the season In order to get James Harden, they have to move Levert, who hopefully medically is okay because it turns out he's got you got you got some issues and and Alan, right?

Those air.

Three of their best six players before the Harden trade, half the team really in the rotation is gone.

They are going to need someone who can really play to fill those minutes.

I like Jeff Green.

I like DeAndre Jordan in spots.

But Joe Harris, I don't think is gonna be enough.

I like Joe Harris a lot.

They need another dynamic player on that team for the second unit.

Someone, someone to take the load off of K D.

Who by the way is coming back from an Achilles like, given the lack of depth on this team, what are you gonna play Harden and K D.

45 minutes a night each through the playoffs?

That's tough.

Yes, they beat a team that has continuity where the Freak dropped 34.

That is built for the regular season, at least.

And they did it because they have two guys who go get their own shot at the end of games that is riel.

But over a long, grueling season and then into the playoffs, they're going to need someone to take.

By the way, Kyrie is a chemistry issue.

I know it.

They're going to need them.

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