Sources telling our Ramona Shelburne that to time W N b a M v P Candace Parker has committed to play for her hometown Chicago Sky after 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks.

Paul, did you expect to see Parker retired with the spark?

She's making a move here?

Well, she's going home.

And unlike myself, when I came home, she has a lot more in the tank.

So she actually gets to give her home fans, you know, something to cheer about.

You know, obviously you thought she retired Spark.

You know, there was some butting heads with the head coach and some management, and unfortunately, this is the business.

So, you know, it's interesting to see who she's gonna end up retiring with us.

She signed a one year or one day sit situation to retire with the Sparks.

Is she just finishing her hometown?

Yeah, well, she's according to Ramona.

Not gonna be playing with them this season.

Chelsea Gray, as we just heard.

Also moving on gonna be very interesting here in Los Angeles.

All right.

All star voting in the NBA opens today.

Matt, who is the first time All Star you most want to see get named to the team guy who hasn't made it before.

I wanted to see CJ McCullum, but he's hurt.

So I'm gonna go with my brewing brother, Zach Lavine.

Who?

You know what?

I try not to be biased and all these things.

But how can I not be Jalen Brown for the Celtics?

He's been magnificent on both ends of the court.

Without Jayson Tatum, He's having All Star Year.

He needs to be in there.

You fans, if you're watching, vote him in.

If not coaches, you better know what you're doing.

Jalen Brown should be an All Star.

Lots of interesting choices this year and they are talking about maybe staging an All Star game in Atlanta.

But either way, they're going to have teams of all stars.

So voting is open up today.

All the fans could go in there and start casting their ballots.

Alright, guys, it's time for our league pass game of the night.

Only four games on the night, not too much for choose from because, remember, our producers can't pick any national games.

So they went with Clippers heat at eight Eastern.

Quite Leonard and Paul George still out due to covert protocols.

Jimmy Butler out for weeks through the same reason The good news is the Heat are listing Butler, Goran Dragic and Tyler Herro.

He wrote, All as questionable Tonight.

The bad news is the Heat are six and 11 on the year.

Paul there another team like the Wizards, who has been really hit by covert related absences.

Do you think that they have dug too deep a hole for themselves as great as the Miami Heat?

We're in the playoffs last year.

They will not make the playoffs this year.

Right on, and we saw play.

We saw a play earlier in the show where joke it's got the ball through a full court.

That's not the Miami Heat team we saw last year, you know, full of grit, you know, full of grind.

Like like the Memphis Grizzlies.

You know, that team was built on hard work and toughest, and I have not seen that this year, and that's why I don't think they will make the playoffs.

That's that's a tough call.

I mean, this team goes, is Jimmy Butler goes so I don't think It's too late to get going, but it's just depending on Jimmy's health, and then when he's out there, he's performed.

He's underperformed this year for, you know, a very of reasons.

But this team is only as good as Jimmy Butler, and right now it's been a little rocky with him being in and out.

Yeah, I'm interested to see if they do anything before the trade deadline.

Obviously, they have great young talent, and I kind of expected them at the start of the season not to make a huge push, just the exhaustion that I think that whole team had.

I mean, they had a different run up to the finals than the Lakers did.

The Heat really had to physically battle every step of the way to get to those MBA Finals.

And then because of the injuries they had in the finals, the guys who did play had to physically give so much of themselves.

And then these covert related absences.

Remember, guys, there is a play in tournaments this year.

Last year, it's not like the heat where a super high seed they knocked off the Milwaukee Bucks, who were above them in the bracket.

Do you think that that if they do get in, they could knock off a team above them if they get hot toward the end?

Wayne Paul to tell you the playoffs or just about getting hot at the right time?

And that's what Miami did it.

And I think with all due respect, they over achieved last year.

You know, no one really saw them coming out of the East.

But the way they played their style, their grit and grind and the way Jimmy was playing have these guys playing above themselves.

But you know, anything is possible.

Um, but it's looking ugly right now.

Paul, if they do get in, can you see them making some noise time taking down a higher scene?

Of course.

I mean, that's all on Jimmy Butler.

I mean, he's played spectacular last year, if he could get back to that level, because when he's played this year, he hasn't been that guy.

But if he could get back to that level, of course they can.

We'll see.

Well, he's questionable for tonight.

He is.

The key is you say Matt, for that team will have to see who they put on the floor, thanks to Matt Paul for joining me.

Coach Pat Brooks's Well, see you tomorrow.

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