It did absolutely nothing wrong.

He's handled it right, could you?

I don't think it's unreasonable to make the argument that James could have handled that.

That's what I said.

I agree.

We could have handled it.

Can't put anything under Sean.

He's handled it the way you wanted to see him handle it.

He didn't handle it the way you and others may want to see him handle the benefit to the organization.

I think I can't at that point.

I can't.

I can't do nothing for you.

See what I cannot.

I can't.

I've already told you I don't want your money and I don't want to be here prior to going to training.

Let's play.

Devil's having you're not listening to me if if I if I don't want to be here.

But I'm not going to say that publicly, I'm not going to go to that degree to make it known that I don't want to be here and I abide by the rules.

What happens if you actually can't find a trading partner to move me?

Well, I think the narrative is flipped.

You go back and mark the tape.

I know that's an old school term.

Go back and mark the tape in every single analysts.

The day before they traded James Harden, they said, We're gonna sit him, right?

Every one of our analysts, Maybe not you guys.

Every one of our analysts was like, Man, he he really screwed this one up.

He is handling this just horribly.

The PR, The optics are terrible.

We can market.

I'm guaranteeing.

We'll call.

Big wonder why everybody.

But I wonder, What do we say?

I don't think he said that.

I excuse you both from the conversation here.

What you said I excuse you both.

And I said, If you have a guest on the show, I guarantee you check the check the tape.

Do you think Big perk said guarantee.

What do you think, Seth Greenberg?

Everybody, that's come on our show, I said, That's coming up.

I can't listen to Seth Greenberg when he started talking about players.

I'm sorry, Okay?

I'm just saying I think the narrative back and just do a Google search.

I'm sure the majority of things people were saying was great Player has a chance to control.

I should have handled it.

I understand.

Were we were in a pandemic.

He's hanging out without a mask and at a club and doing the whole thing.

I get all of the optics of it.

But I'm not talking about the optics.

I'm talking about the real real life situation when I'm walking into you as my general manager and owner and saying to you, This is not working out.

I don't want your money.

Let's move me and then you sit there and say, No, we're not moving.

You were going to do it when we want to.

Meanwhile, you don't move.

Westbrook, you don't you You're dismantling the team.

You're bringing in first timers as coaches.

You're not going to waste my career.

And then when you tell me about signing the contract, so what?

I just feel like that obligates you.

I'm just like the contract to be.

Their coaches leave coaches, leaving.

Players get cut all the time.

That signed contract all the time.

How many J.

J.

Watt had a contract used to Texas cutting.

I got that, but do you think it was on the team's term?

So it was okay.

That's what that's what Todd Gurley had.

A contracting company Jared Goff had a contract team trading.

That's the way that stuff goes, bro.

So and when I got leverage, like J say, that's the way it goes, bro.

I'm just telling you.

All right, we'll see.

I just thinking, Oh, I love when I see you to go out of this rarely happens.

Yes, I think there's a lot of revisionist history going on.

He was getting dumped on when he was treating the Rockets.

This and guess what?

Your refusal to acknowledge that is.

You really think What you really think that he's worried about being dumped on?

No, not at all Peoples people.

We get dumped off for being on this show.

Zoom in.

They kill us on Twitter.

That's why I'm not on Twitter.

They kill us when we read between the brakes and laugh at the stuff.

Doesn't make it right just because people decide that they don't like your damn take.

Because people decide that they may not like what we say.

Or the way James Harden handled it.

Get in there.

Get in there.

Come on, get in there.

Don't let them.

Don't let them get in there.

I'm not going to appease the masses just because I'm not the guy.

Get in there.

Yeah, well, to be continued, this is obviously a conversation.

We can have that.

That's how I feel every day.

Zoo.

But when I argue with, but we should mention we do, I'm on your side.

I'm just saying, when you get the monster creative, though I'm I know I am angry.

Used to describe disgruntled I am attacking.

What initiative has a positive connotation to a degree we're going to do you want to do so I'm gonna leave that alone.

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