He wanted to get back up in here.

He was listening.

He said, I ain't going nowhere.

Let me get in on this conversation.

So I'm bringing Spike Lee back in right now.

Spike Lee, do you believe as somebody who's attending his share of All Star Games and All Star weekends over the year, do you believe there should be an N B A All Star weekend, particularly in Atlanta, Georgia, this season?

No, this 19.

This runner ain't no joke in Atlanta.

I had a lot of people Atlanta and they're going buck wild and letter now like there's no pandemic and we know about Magic City.

So I want to go there.

Yeah, yeah, and look, I support Adamson was my guy, but I think we need to sit this one out, in my opinion.

But okay, yeah, the pandemic is that's the winning argument.

The winning argument is we're in the middle of a pandemic, and that's let's talk about a super spreader event.

If there's anyone with co vid there and there's you contact trace.

Once they all go back to their home cities, you got to trace all through the country at that.

Okay, but let me let me throw this out.

I'm gonna throw this out to everybody.

I'm gonna throw this out to everybody, but let me throw it to spike first.

What the NBA basically is saying is you know, you got guys they're gonna be charted in on jets is gonna be the night before is going to be simply a one day event.

They're not gonna have access to a whole bunch of folks on the outside.

And as a result in that regard, they're going to be safe.

Um, that that that's their mentality.

What do you all say to that, Spike?

I'll start with you.

They fly.

Charted anyway in the regular season is still canceling games.

Just because you fly charged doesn't mean that you can't get hit by that 19.

That Rhona Go ahead, take a peek.

Well, I'm gonna say this.

It goes back to my point of, you know, rest for the body, making sure guys staying healthy on decompressing.

You know, Stephen a.

I can't think of his name right now, and I'm sorry, but I read the story.

Will coach, assistant coach from the Indiana Pacers, So he walked away from the game, but I think it was the Pacers because of his mental health.

And I don't quote me.

But assistant coach in the NBA walked away because he said that it was getting to him.

We're not really, I think, emphasizing what these players they're going through on the day to day basis just to play games.

Man stuck in hotel rooms that is mentally exhausted.

And we're not giving them credit for them having to take tests and do all the coping protocols on the day to day basis just for them toe one goto work.

But for two Thio entertain the world and play the game of basketball.

So they already sacrificing a lot and again you accident, but that they would have time off the sacrifice even more.

Go ahead, Max.

Go ahead.

Max.

Stephen A Stephen A.

I would say to your and I would say that way.

Go ahead, Spike.

I'm sorry we did hear you, Steve.

I love the point you made.

You can't have it both ways.

Either you're gonna sit out or you gonna play, But you can't expect the lead to say okay, You guys sit out and you and you still get paid the same time.

Don't work like that, Max, Max Out.

Throw it to you by saying this.

Somebody in the league told me weeks ago they did say this about the players.

They said, quote Stephen A Not one single player came to us and said, Here's your money back in the event that we lose money That's why I came up.

You can't have it both ways, Max.

What do you say to all of that?

I'll say this.

What you presented the league, the case, the case for the league, Israel.

They have a compelling case.

I think ultimately you losers because of what Spike said.

The pandemic is the thing right.

But the league is, and then also it's supposed to be a game that celebrates, and it's an exhibition that celebrates the game.

But if none of the players are enthusiastic or the most important, players like LeBron James have already publicly said, they're not enthusiastic about the game, then how much fun?

And it's really a TV show.

How much fun of the fans watching that show gonna have but Stephen a the get the league's point.

These dudes are gonna be flying in on private jets, right?

There'll be strict protocols.

I know they don't love the idea.

It's like one day in and out as soon as the game's over there bouncing again.

And in the meantime, at a time when sports ratings air down during the pan, that because there are bigger things going on, let's celebrate the game and and put our best foot forward and and give the fans a TV show that they like.

I get that, too.

You know what else we're gonna celebrate.

We have two birthdays today to legends sharing a birthday today.

First of all, we have 58 year old Michael Jordan.

We also have 85 year old Jim Brown.

But gentlemen, you know what?

This wouldn't be first take if we didn't have some sort of the debate attached to this.

So two other legends, LeBron James and Tiger Woods.

They also happen to share a birthday that's on December 30th.

So I ask you, Stephen A.

Which is the greater birthday duo.

Was it M J and Brown, or is it LeBron and Tiger?

M.

J is six for six with NBA Finals, an MBA Finals, M V P and Jim Brown retired on top at the time is the greatest ever.

LeBron James is phenomenal.

Number two.

All time on my list.

Tiger Woods was the greatest, obviously, until he fell and fell.

Uh, you know, precipitous fall.

I love LeBron and Tiger Woods, but nobody gets the edge as a dynamic duo of over Jordan and Jim Brown.

To me, M J is the greatest of all time.

He may have even replaced Mohamed Ali is the most famous athlete ever, and his brand is still stronger than LeBron's.

Today hasn't played in a million years.

Jim Brown was the greatest of all time, still probably at the position, and LeBron is second to MJ and Tiger.

I hate to tell you guys, Jack Nicklaus still got more majors.

Finished second.

Finished third majors more than Tiger.

So you could tell me two of the greatest versus two of the second Greatest.

Give me the two greatest real quick spike.

You know, my answer.

I'm biased.

Yeah, say it.

Say it, Damn it, Say it.

It's gotta be themselves, my man, we gotta here.

And also Jim Brown, who's also not only one of the greatest plays football when one of the greatest lacrosse players ever.

And Syracuse.

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