B.

We've been talking about James Harden.

We've been talking about LeBron James Kyrie Irving has to be on the league M V P List The brothers, the showstopper.

Let's just call what is?

Let's just call it what it is.

The brother is a showstopper.

I can't take it away from him.

I think that Kyrie Irving right now is the greatest show in the NBA.

I'm talking about What if fans had an opportunity at this moment in time to walk through the turn.

Stop, Kyrie Irving should be the number one attraction in the NBA as we speak.

Now we're gonna get aside.

We're gonna shove aside the fact that the Brooklyn Nets have been winning games without K D.

You could actually make a reverse argument instead of KDB in the M V.

P early in the season when he was averaging 30 and healthy Hell, he should be the M v p.

Again because they win it without him.

Okay?

I mean, I mean, damn what you're seeing from Brooklyn right now is what you see.

And I told you that was gonna happen.

But when I think about Kyrie Irving and what he is doing right now, Averaging 27.75 point nine assists.

Alright, 4.9 rebounds.

Shoot 51% from the field, 42% from three point range.

89.2% from the free throw line.

The nastiest handle in basketball, as you would say, the greatest finisher for a small man at the basket, maybe in NBA history.

And you just look at everything he does the brother do a spin move and so forth.

It's just a fall away jumper, but everything just looks pretty.

Remember when Michael Jordan was in the contest against Dominique in 88 and he just went and sprinting and and and just flew through the air?

Jordan.

And you just sort of like All right, that looks nice until they slow molded.

And then you see him cocked back and kick the legs and you're like, Damn, it looks a lot pretty.

Dr.

J Point.

You know what?

You don't have to slow it down for Kyrie.

You just see Kyrie do certain things and it's like, damn!

And I'm just saying with Brooklyn winning with KD being out with him, putting on the show after show after show.

Remember, I'm gonna do that.

Said the man should retire.

If you don't wanna play basketball, you want You want to take a sabbatical?

You wanna take a hiatus, Dammit, Retire until you're ready to come back and play basketball.

Well, damn it, He came back ready to play?

Apparently that hiatus has done something for Kyrie.

Irvin needs to be on the list.

The league and VP on us because the brother is doing it, They're winning.

And he is a flat out show stopper.

The greatest show in the NBA right now.

Remember, I'm the guy who's been calling Kyrie the greatest show in the NBA for two years now.

The greatest handle.

No, no, the greatest, the greatest.

I don't recall that Max the Greatest has said it enough That it seems I'm not sure about that.

I co sign it, get the tape.

Your problem.

All right.

But listen, that's right.

And I'm not saying that you didn't already that that I mean, like, he's been the greatest show for a long time.

I think the difference is he is at his behaving now on the court like one of the MVPs of the league.

I agree with you that he is on the list right now.

He's on the in the top 10, which is the top five.

Well, this is the problem.

That's where I'm at five.

This is the problem.

There's no top 10 list for M v.

P is top five and everybody else.

Well, okay.

Is he more valuable than Embiid?

So far?

I'm not saying that not not a and B.

Let's go.

LeBron LeBron Harden, Who's on his same team?

Is he?

Has he been more valuable than Dame Lillard?

That's debatable.

Really?

Yeah.

I'd like to have that debate because Dame Lillard Look, I'm not going down to dismiss Dame Dollar.

Come on now.

But Damian Lillard has been more You take the totality of this season.

Look what they don't know with injury owner kids.

Oh, no, no C J McCollum.

I got no problem with me.

I got no problem.

I got no problem with siege.

I'm sorry with Dame and Kyrie before throwing Yonas out.

You're throwing Yannis out the top five.

You might be six.

You're throwing Yokich out?

Yes.

You're throwing your Yeah.

I don't like what I'm saying, Never like what?

I don't like what I'm seeing from Denver.

I don't like what you got to win.

You got to win.

I don't like what I'm seeing from.

This is how good yogurt has been.

He's done everything the M B has done on offense.

Really, Yokich has probably been a little better on now, not on defense on offense.

You'll get, you could argue, has been the best player in basketball this year.

He's been insane.

I can't give it to Kyrie over Yogi.

He's in the top 10.

I like where you're going with that.

First of all, the main thing to me for his for his value, is that the question was, how are he and Harden going to share the backcourt?

Are they both committed to be in great meaning, achieving great results?

Or are they out for self?

Kyrie and Harden have both shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are committed to greatness to team greatness.

So they're both M V P candidates and Harden is in the top five.

He's played even better than Kyrie.

No one's more spectacular than Kyrie.

Let me check that No one's as spectacular as Kyrie.

He is the number one most spectacular.

Let's go the whole thing.

He's not in the top five M V p 90 X Games.

Listen, listen, I'm looking at Denver.

They won four straight.

Uh, but they just started getting going up until recently, you know, they were struggling to be a 500 team.

That wasn't the Joker's fall.

I understand that.

As Coach Malone accurately pointed out, other dudes needed to step up and Jamal Murray was coming on as late as of late.

I get all of that.

We see Utah.

They're the best team in basketball, Brooklyn and and Philadelphia got the next to best records.

Brooklyn's got the third best record in basketball.

We know what kind of streak they've been on.

Kyrie has been nothing short of sensational along the way.

My only not if you want to take Kyrie out of the top 55 but it would only be for one reason and one reason only.

Games missed.

It ain't play.

I'm saying it ain't his play.

No, it's not just play at all.

I would still not having top five.

Uh, I would have him six or seven.

Please, please, please let me tell you one thing.

There's something to be said for being the best show in the game.

No doubt Know something out That about that Because it electrifies everybody.

Let me.

I just want to read you something that yolk it has been doing.

Can I just read?

Your Yokich is averaging 27 11 8.5.

The 8.5 or assists.

He's a center.

He can also bring the ball up.

He has confidence goes through.

He has 1.5 steals a game and he's shooting 42% from three.

Okay, okay, I'm watching them.

The brother can play.

I understand it, But I don't like how Denver came out of the blocks.

I don't like how they're looking.

I'm looking at you making adjustments.

James Harden arrives.

He's your point guard.

KD goes down.

Kyrie had his issues or whatever.

James Harden.

Listen, all I'm saying Yeah, yeah, Okay.

That's fine.

All I'm trying to tell you is this.

I'm gonna give some credit to not only be a great and averaging 27 yourself.

I'm gonna give credit to you putting on a show, especially during Covid, when fans ain't allowed to go to the games for the most part and all you got is TV you, I'm clicking on my TV.

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