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>> OKAY, BIG DAWG, I SEE YOU DOWN THERE. RANDALL OH, AND ALL 6′ ALSO, UH WUN 22 TO 80. >> WHAT’S THE GUY? >> UH, DEJOUNTE MURRAY, DEJOUNTE MURRAY I THINK THOSE THREE GUYS COULD REALLY HELP A CONTENDER. YEAH YEAH MAN. YOU KNOW WHO THE HELL I’M TALKING ABOUT. THE GUY WHO PLAYED FOR THE HAWKS. YOU KNOW WHAT. >> STOP TALKING TO THE PRODUCER KEITH BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS WHO YOU’RE TALKING TO WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THE CEILING. >> AND TRUST ME, NOBODY KNOWS WHO KEITH IS EITHER. >> SO TYRESE HALIBURTON AND DAMIAN LILLARD, THE

STARTING GUARDS, YOU SAW THAT. >> AND THE EXTENT ENOUGH TO KNOW AND THE EXPECT 3′ ALONG ALONG THE FRONT LINE FOR THE EASTERN CONFERENCE. BUT MAN THAT IS IT COULD NOT GET ANY CLOSER THAN IT DID IN THE VOTING FOR THAT STARTING SPOT OR THE STARTING SPOTS IN THE EAST. UH TO REVIEW, IF YOU WEREN’T WITH US AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE TYRESE HALIBURTON WAS THE NUMBER ONE VOTE GETTER AMONG THE AMONG THE GUARDS IN THE EAST, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DAMIAN LILLARD IN THE PLAYER RANK WAS 4′ AND THE FAN RANK HE

WAS 3′ IN THE MEDIA RANK HE WAS FIVE. JALEN BRUNSON WAS THREE BY THE PLAYERS, FIVE BY THE FANS, TWO BY THE MEDIA. THE TIE BREAKER COMES DOWN TO THE

FAN VOTE AND IN THE FAN VOTE, DAMIAN LILLARD HAD MORE THAN JALEN BRUNSON. SO WHILE THEY WERE TIED AFTER THE TABULA ATION IT GOES TO IT GOES TO DAMIAN LILLARD. BUT YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO SEE JALEN BRUNSON IN INDIANAPOLIS I KNOW I KNOW I JUST YOU KNOW WE HAD THIS DEBATE EVERY YEAR. >> IT PROBABLY ONE TIME YOU KNOW YOU’RE JUST LIKE I JUST WOULD

LOVE TO SEE GUYS START ONE TIME BECAUSE IT’S SUCH AN HONOR TO START. AND JALEN BRUNSON MAN I JUST GOT SO MUCH RESPECT FOR THAT GUY. HE COMES TO NEW YORK. HE’S PLAYED FANTASTIC. HE’S MADE THE KNICKS RELEVANT. AND ONE THING I SAY ABOUT THE NBA WE NEED THE KNICKS. THE LAKERS. WE NEED CERTAIN TEAMS TO BE RELEVANT. YEAH. YOU THINK SO? >> YEAH I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THAT. OH YEAH. >> WHEN THE KNICKS I THINK IT HELPS. >> BUT I DON’T THINK ANYMORE. >> OH NO NOT ANYMORE. LET ME JUST WHEN THE KNICKS WHEN

THE KNICKS ARE PLAYING WELL IT’S GOOD FOR THE NBA. THAT’S A GREAT ENVIRONMENT. >> WE WENT ABOUT 20 YEARS WITHOUT THAT. NO I’M NOT. >> NO I’M NOT SAYING THAT. BUT WHEN THE KNICKS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO RIGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST ENVIRONMENTS. >> I MEAN IT’S ALWAYS GREAT THAT NEW YORK PLAYS WELL. I’M A NEW YORKER, BUT I DON’T THINK IT’S IMPORTANT. >> OH, I DIDN’T SAY IT WAS THE MOST I’M JUST SAYING I JUST SAID IT’S ADDS SOMETHING TO THE POSTSEASON WHEN THOSE TEAMS ARE IN THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WITH

THE GARDEN AND WHAT YOU NEW YORKERS ARE SO OVER RATED. Y’ALL THINK Y’ALL BETTER THAN Y’ALL ARE ANYWAY KENNETH. >> IT’S JUST KEN NY. >> IT’S JUST FUNNY HOW THE RULES HAVE HAVE CHANGED. NOBODY’S LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE REAL RULES ARE. >> I ALWAYS THOUGHT AS A YOUNGSTER, WHOEVER YOU VOTED IN, NOW YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT RECORDS AND WHERE YOU’RE STANDING IN THAT WINNING MATTER. SHAQ BRO, IT DIDN’T MATTER BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THE IT WAS ALWAYS MATTERED WHEN THEY’RE TALKING, IT’S ALWAYS MATTERED BACK IN THE DAY. BACK IN THE DAY, IT

WAS FANS WHO VOTED AND THEY VOTED THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS THAT DIDN’T WASN’T NOBODY LOOKING AT THE RECORDS AND LOOKING AT, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YEAH, ASK ME A QUESTION. >> WHEN YOU CAME HOME FROM AND, UM, AND SARGE WAS ALIVE, BLESS HIS SOUL, THE FIRST QUESTION HE’D ASKED YOU, WHAT DID HE’D ASK YOU WHEN YOU COME IN THE HOUSE FROM A GAME, DID YOU WIN? YEAH. THAT’S IT. THAT IS THE FIRST PRIMARY. EXCUSE ME. PRIMARY QUESTION THAT YOU GET ASKED, BUT I’M SAYING THEN THE SECOND QUESTION, HOW DID YOU PLAY? >> I’M SAYING

MY SON MALLOY, I ASKED HIM THE FIRST DAY WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WITH ERNIE, FIRST CAME TO VISIT ME. IT WAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAN THING. THE FANS VOTED IN THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS. DOESN’T MATTER. LIKE. BUT NOW Y’ALL ADDING ALL THESE RULES. >> OH IT ALWAYS. IT’S THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASK. >> IT IS. BUT HERE’S THE SITUATION TOO SHAQ. BECAUSE BACK IN THOSE DAYS WHEN YOU DIDN’T AGREE WITH SOMETHING OR YOU LOOKED AT HOW DID THAT GUY MAKE IT? AND THEN IT WAS, OH, IT’S JUST A POPULARITY CONTEST. AND THAT’S TO GET

RID OF THE POPULARITY CONTEST. IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET’S EXPAND IT. >> THAT’S WHY I SAID, LET’S HAVE THE PLAYERS VOTE, LET’S HAVE THE MEDIA VOTE. >> AND THE FANS VOTE AND COMBINE ALL OF THOSE TO MAKE IT LESS OF A POPULARITY CONTEST. >> I AGREE, SO CHECK AND CHECK. HOLD ON, DON’T CHECK. AND THE REASON YOU’RE WRONG IS BECAUSE THE FANS ONLY PICK THE STARTERS. THE COACHES PICK THE RESERVES. SOME OF THESE GUYS ARE SYSTEM PLAYERS. I HATE TO THROW A NAME OUT. JORDAN POOLE WHEN JORDAN POOLE WAS PLAYING WITH THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS,

Y’ALL THOUGHT HE WAS. AH, NO. WHAT’S HE DOING? YES YOU DID. THAT’S NOT THE PROBLEM WITH JORDAN POOLE. WELL WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH HIM NOW? THE JORDAN POOLE HAS TO UNDERSTAND THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BEING COMING OFF THE BENCH. INSTANT OFFENSE THAN BEING A STARTER. THOSE THINGS ARE NIGHT AND DAY. IF YOU. JORDAN POOLE, IS A GOOD PLAYER COMING OFF THE BENCH AS THE SIX SEVEN GUY AND YOU JUST GOT THE GREEN LIGHT AND YOU’RE GOING TO GET EVERY SHOT WHEN YOU’RE IN THERE. BUT NOW HE’S IN WASHINGTON. YOU LIKE A REAL STARTER. LIKE IT MATTERS.

THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF GAMES. HEY BEFORE WE BEFORE WE GO BEFORE WE TAKE YOU TO THE GAME, LET’S SINCE WE’VE ALREADY LOOKED AT THE EASTERN CONFERENCE STARTERS, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE WESTERN CONFERENCE STARTERS. >> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US ON THIS NIGHT AND THE BACKCOURT, LUKA DONCIC, SHAI GILGEOUS ALEXANDER JOINS HIM IN THE BACKCOURT. KEVIN DURANT, LEBRON JAMES, NIKOLA . JOKIC, LEBRON THE LEADING VOTE GETTER IN THE WEST AND UH, PRETTY MUCH. THE EXPECTED, UH, FOUR OUT OF THOSE FIVE. AT LEAST YOU KIND OF WONDERED, IS STEPH CURRY GOING TO GET

IN THERE AS SHEIRGILL JUST ALEXANDER. BUT BUT SHAY SGA HAS GOT THE MOST 30 POINT GAMES. HAD A TREMENDOUS YEAR IN OKLAHOMA CITY, TIED FOR THE BEST RECORD. BUT IT WOULDN’T BE FAIR SHAQ IF YOU JUST WENT ON FAN AND DISREGARD. >> THIS IS WHY WHAT Y’ALL SAY DON’T MAKE NO SENSE. BRAUN LEBRON TEAM IS IN THE NINTH AND HE’S THE NUMBER ONE VOTE GETTER. SO YOU TELL ME BECAUSE THE LAKERS AIN’T WINNING LEBRON SHOULDN’T BE IN NO NO NO THE FANS THAT’S THE FANS PLUS THE FANS PLUS THE PLAYERS. >> BUT I’M SAYING THIS

WOULD IT BE FAIR TO IF YOU ONLY TOOK THE FAN VOTE AND NEW YORK CITY, WHO HAS 8 MILLION PEOPLE AGAINST A CITY LIKE OKLAHOMA CITY? IT HAPPENED. WHO DOESN’T? SO THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BALANCE OUT BECAUSE FIVE YEARS IN A ROW, DID YOU HEAR ME COMPLAINING? >> YEAH. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, Y’ALL, MAN GOT 100 MILLION VOTES AND YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS FAIR. THAT’S WHY WE THAT’S WHY WE. THAT’S WHY THEY CHANGED. I DON’T WANT YOU TO CHANGE IT. THEY CHANGED IT. I DON’T WANT YOU. THEY CHANGED IT. THAT’S EXACTLY WHY THEY CHANGED.

BUT THEY CHANGED IT FOR ME. THEY. WE DIDN’T CHANGE IT FOR YOU. HOLD IT. >> BUT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN AN ALL STAR. >> YEAH. I WASN’T A STARTER. >> NO, NO, THAT CHANGED IT BECAUSE OF THAT REASON. LOOK AT THAT. >> THAT’S RIGHT, THAT’S RIGHT. >> THAT DOG AGAIN. STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, KEITH. >> YOU WERE TALKING TO YOUR KEITH. >> GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UT. CAN ONLY KEITH, I KNOW