So, guys, this is what we're gonna do.

Um, I'm gonna make a statement or information off the second half, if you will.

And then you guys tell me if I should hold up because it's not going to happen.

Or to quote the great philosopher himself, carry on because I'm speaking that good gospel.

So they're holding You carry on in my regular life way more than I ever did before.

That's 100% because of you part.

All right, so let's start with the Nets, Okay?

The Nets are currently a half game behind the Sixers for the number one seed in the East.

The Nets finished as the top seed in the East.

Perk.

Hold up or carry on.

Oh, holed up there finishing number one.

And here's why.

Although I got a feeling to come out of the East, I think they have the better team.

The injury to Tobias Hair's not knowing how long he's gonna be out is going to be vital to the 70 sixes.

And when they get Kevin Durant bag the way that the Brooklyn Nets are playing right now, James Harden being the best player in the NBA.

Yeah, I said, James Harden is the best player in the NBA today.

It's a hold on not to carry on the way.

I probably shouldn't work.

I probably shouldn't be telling you how to use carry on, but carry on.

You usually put at the end of your tweets when you're when you say that this is a fact.

Okay, so it should be a mess up my whole How did I mess up my own thing?

Look, how about this?

How about coming out and saying hello?

Hello?

Listen, listen.

Okay, well, let me add something to it.

Do you notice when I'm really serious about my carry on?

I say carry the hell on.

Okay, That's what I'm gonna say.

Carry the hell on on this one.

The Nets will be number one.

Jacoby.

What do you think I do believe the Nets will be number one, not just in the regular season record, but they're definitely coming out of the East Park.

I know you love your big man, and I know joining beans, um, VP season putting together.

But there is just no answer for these three human beings complemented by Joe Harris complemented by Bruce Brown, complemented by DeAndre, Jordan and Klaxons.

Coming back like this team is going to come out of the Eastern Conference that represent the Eastern Conference finals.

That, to me, is etched in stone.

You know, with health involved, I just and also for you to fix your lips and say, James Harden is the best player in the league for you to do that, bring you to do it.

I mean, I mean he is.

He is.

I mean, if you go back and look at what James Harden did, and on the West Coast road trip going against Kawai Leonard going against LeBron James coming out with Ws in the N L.

A.

Going against Steph Curry, giving him the work as well, and then going into Phoenix, where they have won six games in a row, and James Harden without Kevin Durant without a Kyrie.

Irving, down 21 at the half, drops a 38 38 11 and seven and then comes back to the East Coast.

Right now.

He's having the best season of his career, averaging 20 years percent.

11th.

He's not the best player.

You're just saying he's playing the best basketball.

No, no, no.

Right now he's the best basketball player in the league.

I can't find no one else that's playing a better overall game than James Harden.

You just got to say, LeBron James, you got blocked on Twitter by LeBron James.

Like literally right?

Sure, Yeah, that's fine.

That's fine.

That's fine.

Just take them.

Just takes him.

He could block me.

I just sent him a text.

Let's all right, I'm gonna carry on with.

But let's, um you feel like you know what you're doing now.

Perk.

We'll move on to this.

This got it, Got it, Got it.

Okay, go over in the West and talk about the Utah Jazz best record in the league.

The Jazz will be in the NBA Finals.

Hold up or carry on.

I say, Carry on.

Right now, the Utah Jazz is the best team in the NBA.

They're not lacking at anything.

They're well coached.

They have perimeter shooting at Joe Ingles and and Bond.

Donna vich Mike Conley is the Mike Conley of Old from back in Memphis.

They have defensive anchors and Rudy Gobert and Derrick favors that are also live threats.

They also have a elite wing defender and Royce O'Neill, who doesn't get enough credit.

And by the way, they have a superstar.

Yes, I said a superstar and Donovan Mitchell.

We all know Donovan Mitchell is capable of going for 40.

But guess what?

The great Kevin Garnett told me when you watch superstars, when they take that next step, they start making others around them better.

And we're watching that right now in Donovan Mitchell.

By the way, they have 1/6 Man of the Year candidate who I think will win George Clarkson.

So carry on, Jacoby.

We We've seen the Jazz in the Finals.

No, absolutely not.

You crazy.

You just put Rudy Gobert in the pick and roll.

It's different in the regular season like they're very boxy.

They're gonna have a great regular season.

They're gonna have the best record in the Western regular season, I promise you that.

But when they get to the playoffs and you've got to win four out of seven, you just put Rudy go Berry picking roles.

You just pick out your mismatches and the Lakers are just so deep.

The Lakers are so defense so good that you can expose.

Go there and you can expose angels.

You can expose these defenders in a seven game series that they're gonna have a great regular season and have trouble in the postseason.

Oh, like they did last year when they lost two Jamal Murray in the Nuggets in the first round.

We actually we forget about that.

Okay?

But cast.

I cannot believe you're Kobe right now, okay?

And let me tell you what Jacoby and I usually agree.

No, but you're not usually agree on a lot, but let me put something in perspective for you, Okay?

Last year, the Denver Nuggets took the Utah Jazz to seven games.

I mean, the Utah Jazz took the Denver Nuggets to seven games, had an out of body Jamal Murray had an out of body experience.

Okay?

The different Nuggets went on to play the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference.

Okay, but look, if the Utah Jazz would have had their 20 point score Bogdanovich last year, they would have beat the Denver Nuggets.

So this is what I'm saying.

They would have been in the Western Conference battling the Los Angeles Lakers.

Next, you talk about the Lakers.

I was fooled by the Lakers saying that they were so good.

Anthony Davis Being hurt is a blessing in disguise because now we're able.

We were able to see over this last couple of weeks the lack, the flaws that they have.

And unless they get a dynamic roller, athletic, big, like a son, white side of Andre Drama, the Lakers are going to have problems because I don't believe Anthony Davis is going to be 100% composed season time.

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