I think if you're Rob Pelinka, you really have to start with what?

You know.

What kind of trade asset is he right now with the way he's performing, Can you get value in return for somebody like Kyle Kuzma?

Because he was supposed to be the guy Dennis Schroder and a d not knowing what that situation is going to be With a D long term, you have to start looking too.

Can I get value in return for Kyle Kuzma?

I'm with you, Eli.

That sounds right.

I think J in terms of Cools.

We've been saying this pretty much since after his rookie year.

Um, what is this guy?

What is he about?

Like, is he going to take the next step?

And then he continues to give you, you know, we figured, okay, we put him in the second unit, he could be the guy in the second unit.

Well, is he a starters?

His second unit, Guys.

Okay, Comes off the bench.

Okay.

He's on the floor because he's a score.

And then all of a sudden, we're like, Well, not really.

We need to not resigning.

Then we're resigning, but we're not resigning for well.

N b a real money like he gets signed, but not NBA money.

So there you go.

Okay, they're not paying him a lot.

We may be able to, but he's not giving us anything now.

It's like, Come on, cools, man.

Because there was a time where people in Los Angeles, in Laker fan base, felt like he was more caught up in dyeing his hair, dyeing his hair blond and doing commercials and runway shoots and all of that and trying to date famously instead of his basketball craft.

And now look at it, Let me.

And this is exactly the thing to Key.

There is no Anthony Davis.

There's no Dennis Schroder.

Be the guy.

You have to be the guy.

Now You have to be that you can't have five points two or seven on the road now, Some games he stepped up like 23 versus Miami.

I hear that, but there's still lost like this is a chance for coups to show that he is worth the value that they gave him.

But he's not doing that, man.

They're gonna start looking for other assets.

I really thought he was on his way to become me.

I just I thought it.

For some reason, I thought it was gonna turn for him, but it just hasn't It hasn't here the numbers to back it up because, as you know, I'm the numbers guy.

Um, So here's the thing you put together Anthony Davis and Dennis Schroder.

Okay, you're missing 36.7 points per game.

So if I'm a Laker fan, I'm like, Okay, that's a big hole.

Okay, Those guys together eighties, about 25 points per game and then shooters at, like 39 times 37 points a game.

You're missing in your lineup that you expect to have back at some point.

Here's the thing with coups to back up your point.

And I know you follow the Lakers far more closely than I do, but there was definitely your fault.

You get those early starts, Otherwise, ghost is focused on the Nuggets.

You know what this is?

I was just about to say that, Jay, That's what you He's a joke.

It's fan.

That's what you get for caring about the Nuggets more than you do.

The Lakers, another team like the Jazz desperately in search of their first NBA championship.

But I would tell you this about coups, right when coups was at his apex, which came obviously, as he said a little bit too early.

Um, people said that he could be the number three right.

Whatever it's going to be, we'll get LeBron will get a legit to, which turned out to be Davis, and then he'll be the number three right now, fellas.

And I know it's not all the numbers, but that's what I look at.

He's the Lakers fifth leading scorer.

Harold is scoring more points than he is, so that's a real concern as well.

Obviously, he's not getting the shots he was getting.

You think about it, though, Jay, because you followed the NBA closer than Zubin.

Um, yes, I do it for a little.

When they came out in that draft, you know, people was questioning whether or not, as time went on, schools in the twenties, zoh at two.

Which one was better, right?

I mean, it was like and New Orleans wanted cools in the trade and they were like, No, you know, Rob Pelinka magic the first time around said no the second time around, Rob said no, and they kept cools because they just how valued was he exactly.

Think about that.

He has the talent, though.

I mean, when you watch him now, you watch them in workouts.

He he has the skill set.

You're just wondering about the mindset.

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