35 Burst results for "Kevin Durant"
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Booker, Durant both score 36, Suns even series with Nuggets
"Devin Booker and Kevin Durant each scored 36 points as the sun's defeated the nuggets one 29 one 24 to tie their Western Conference semifinal series at two victories apiece. Landry shamit had 19 points off the bench, including four three pointers in the fourth quarter. The bench contributed 40 points overall Durant says that was huge. It was good that we got some momentum and after that first quarter and was able to kind of be an even game after that and sort of four for we pulled away. So we played extremely hard, man. So we can do. Our bench came through and made big shots, got big stops. Nicole, the jokic led Denver with a career in playoff high 53 points. George Tanner, Phoenix
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The latest in sports
"AP sports, I'm Bruce Morton, high drama in Philadelphia with a sixers series with Boston stands at two two. James Harden's hoop sent the game to overtime, then his three ball with 18 seconds left gave Philip a one 16 one 15 victory. I'm a competitor like I always want to win always want to be aggressive, I always want to do things to contribute to winning. That's just me. In the west, the nuggets met the sons. George Tanner has the story from Phoenix. Devin Booker and Kevin Durant each had 36 points as the sons that he had the nuggets one 29 one 24 to tie their Western Conference semifinal series at two victories apiece. Landry shamit had 19 off the bench, including 5, three pointers. The corolla jokic led Denver with a career in playoff I 53 points. Both series resumed with game 5 on Tuesday. Hockey, the Devils pulled within two games to one by thumping Carolina 8 to four. Jack Hughes, who led the way by scoring two goals and helping on two others was glad to be on home ice. They took it to us. When they were at home for two games, so we wanted to come home and match that same energy in, you know? We did a really good job. The Panthers have a three games to none lead over Toronto. Sam Reinhardt came through with the overtime goal as Florida prevailed three to two, and the kraken went up two games to one by pounding Dallas 7 to two. Baseball, the rays ran their major league best record to 28 and 7 by walking off the Yankees in ten innings 8 7. Meanwhile, the top team in the national league flexed its muscles when the braves got past the Orioles. Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson said it was nice to take a series from a quality opponent. Yeah, they're obviously off to a really good start. And it's played some tight games a series, so good to battle out that one today for the series win. Baltimore has the American League's second best mark at 22 and 12. Bruce Morton, AP sports
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Booker scores 47, Durant adds 39, Suns beat Nuggets 121-114
"Devin Booker and Kevin Durant combined for 86 points and the sun's pulled within two to one in the west semifinals with a one 21 one 14 victory over the nuggets. Booker torched Denver for 47 points, shooting 20 of 25 from the field and 5 of 8 from three point range. It's trying to be aggressive being ultra aggressive. I understand that open stings up for my teammates when I play that way. Durant provided 37 points. Nugget center Nikola Jokić had a triple double with 30.17 assists in 17 rebounds. Game four is Sunday in Phoenix. I'm Dave ferry.
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Nuggest blow out Suns, Leafs win
"AP sports, I'm geffen cool bob Jamal Murray scored 34 points and the nugget sprinted past the sun's one 25 one O 7 in game one of their Western Conference second round series, reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić had 24 points and 19 rebounds, while Kevin Durant scored 29 and Devin Booker added 27 for the sons. Other NBA news 76ers center Joel embiid is doubtful with a right knee sprain from Monday's series opener in Boston. Stanley Cup playoffs, the leafs earned their first playoff series win in 19 years after a two one game 6 OT win to eliminate the lightning. The range is forced to game 7 with a 5 two win over the Devils in the west, the oilers eliminated the kings with a 5 four game 6 win. Day three of the NFL Draft, the LA rams drafted two time national title winning Georgia quarterback stetson Bennett in the fourth round. The rams also made Toledo defensive linemen, Dez Juan Johnson, mister irrelevant with the 259th and final pick and Major League Baseball, the rangers placed ace Jacob de Grom on the 15 day IL with Wright elbow inflammation. AP sports
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Durant signs lifetime deal with Nike, joining Jordan, LeBron
"Kevin Durant and Nike have agreed to a lifetime contract making him just the third NBA player to receive such a deal, joining Michael Jordan and LeBron James. They're working towards since I was a kid and having a partnership with Nike. The 13 time all star and current Phoenix Suns forward has a relationship with Nike that dates back to 2007, releasing 15 different sets of shoes with a 16th coming soon. I'm get cool ball
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Durant scores 31, Suns beat Clippers 112-100 for 3-1 lead
"Kevin Durant and Devin Booker combined for 61 points in the sun's one 12 to 100 win over the clippers durand had 31 of those points. You know, it was a back and forth battle. They throw punches. We throw punches. And luckily we came out with the last one. Booker finished with 30 and Chris Paul had 19 with injured star Kawhi Leonard watching from the bench Russell Westbrook kept the clippers in it with a game high 37. The series now ships back to Phoenix with the sun's leading three games to one. Mark Myers, Los Angeles
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Booker has 45 points, Suns top Leonard-less Clippers 129-124
"Behind 45 points from Devin Booker the songs beat the clippers in game three, one 29 one 25 to take a two one series lead. Booker played 45 of the 48 minutes and shot 18 for 29 from the floor. Yeah, I say it's just strictly playoffs. You know, I keep saying this that time, you know? It's when I go home. Kevin Durant finished with 28 points, clippers star Kawhi Leonard sat out with a right knee sprain, Norman Powell scored a team high 42 points. Mark Myers, Los Angeles.
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Leonard scores 38 to lead Clippers past Durant, Suns 115-110
"Kawhi Leonard led all scores with 38 points 13 in the final quarter, clippers beat the suns one 15 one ten to capture game one of their Western Conference playoff series. Russell Westbrook only had 9 points, including two free throws in the final seconds, but he also had ten rebounds, 8 assists, two steals in three block shots. I think I'm one of those guys. I can do everything each and every night. Like I've always told you guys whatever it's needed of me. To win the game, I do it. Kevin Durant had 27 points, 9 rebounds at 11 assists to lead the son's Devin Booker added 26. Towards ten Phoenix
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Paul makes 7 3s, Suns beat Nuggets for 7th straight win
"Kevin Durant led the way with 29 points and 7 rebounds as the sun's defeated the shorthanded nuggets one 19 one 15. Chris Paul added a career high 7 three pointers as the suns picked up their season best 7th straight win. Guys keep telling me to shoot, telling me to shoot, not just said, all right? It is weird, but whatever it takes, if that means scoring, if that mean assistant, you know, then gotta shoot to keep in mind. Bruce Brown had 31 to lead the nuggets who played the entire game without their usual starting 5 due to injuries. Denver had already clinched the top seat in the west on Wednesday. George Tanner, Phoenix
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Bucks clinch playoff spot, top Suns 116-104 for 50th win
"Giannis scientist led the way with 36 points, Brooke, Lopez, added 21, the NBA leading bucks defeated the sons one 16 to one O four. Yanis added 11 rebounds and 8 assists, the bucks became the first team to win 50 games and clinch a spot in the playoffs. I think the last three games just played play off atmosphere. It's really good for us. It's really good for us to be up, lose a game. To be downtown, come back to the game, be up ten. They came back, they would keep our proposal win the game by ten. It's good. Devin Booker had 30 points to lead the sons who have now lost three straight games following the injury to Kevin Durant. George Canada, Phoenix
The Doug Collins Podcast
What Are the Chances of Tom Brady Returning to the Field?
"Scale of one to ten, ten being. He's definitely going to play next year one saying, nope, he's going to be raising kittens with his daughter. Brady back in or not. Is Ted a yes? Then the answer is zero. He is never coming back. I don't think he's coming back. Can we hear real quick? What was the number that Fox News was giving him? Maybe Fox 340. He's retired. I think it was. More than they gave him a gap year. So they only make him stronger. He literally gave him the Kevin Durant contract where they're like, you can skip the first year and you play for three years and we're still going to pay you for that first year. He is not doing anything. Yeah, I think he's done. But also, I think the reason why Aaron Rodgers is even looking for another team for another year is because he doesn't want to be in the same Hall of Fame class as Tom Brady. Yeah. I would do the same.
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Durant tiebreaker lifts Suns over Mavs in showcase of stars
"Kevin Durant scored 37 points, including the tie breaking jump shot with 11 seconds to go to lift the Phoenix Suns past the Dallas Mavericks one 30 to one 26. Son's third straight win while the Mavericks lost 6 of their last date. Durant says it felt great to get a fun victory. Being a fourth quarter game when we had to, you know, be locked and all the way to the last possession. It's always fun, you know, playing against two all world Hall of Fame players as well on the other side. It just makes the game even better. So I'm glad we can come out here and get a W Devin Booker added 36 points for Phoenix while Luka Dončić led the mask with 34. Kyrie Irving had 30. Bob Stephens Dallas
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Kevin Durant scores 23 points in Charlotte in Suns debut
"Kevin Durant made his son's debut and helped them end the hornet's 5 game winning streak one O 5 91 Durant scored 23 points on ten of 15 shooting in the wire to wire win. He was playing for the first time at 7 weeks and suffering a knee injury while with the nets. Devin Booker dropped in 37 points while Deandre ayton added 16 with 16 rebounds in the sun's 7th win in ten games. Kelly Uber junior led the hornets with 26 points and Terry Rozier added 20, but Charlotte fell to 20 and 44. I'm Dave fairy.
ESPN Daily
"kevin durant" Discussed on ESPN Daily
"One pick swap. I want to understand that when you say this is a call directly between the nets and the suns, who is on the call here, how does this actually work in real terms? In this case, Pablo, the owner Joe Tsai, called Matt ishbia. Who had not actually transferred the money for the team, the team on that Monday was approved for the sale. The other 30 teams voted and he got 29th yeses and one abstention, which was his mortal enemy in the mortgage business and Detroit. Business rival. Dan Gilbert from the Cleveland Cavs who abstained. But essentially on that Monday, it was known that he was going to get the team. So that having happened the same day as during its trade demand, Nat gets a call from Joe on his cell phone and he says, hey, I know you've got the team for about 15 minutes here, but would you be interested in trading for Kevin Durant? And that HP has said you're damn right, I'm interested in trading with Kevin Durant. And so from there, what does the next step look like? Because it's also, I assume, at some point, like the GMs, the front offices of these teams get involved, and at some point, the sticker shock must set in, right? Right. So Sean marks the general manager of the nets and James Jones, the president of the sun's due the negotiation and the ass comes, and it's like, look, for first round picks, no negotiation. Pick swap, no negotiation. Mikael bridges and cam Johnson, no negotiation. So James Jones having been around the NBA for two decades. Tries to negotiate. And spends a couple of days going back and forth with Sean marks about trying to move him off, trying to get maybe one last draft pick. Really trying Pablo not to trade Mikhail bridges because the suns felt like that was the untouchable piece. That they would love to have bridges to be part of this newly formed team to be a core member. They just didn't want to give them up. So over the ensuing two days, the negotiations started to play out, HBO transfers $2.28 billion for 57% of the sun's buying out Robert sarver and some of his partners. That money transfers on Tuesday. Wednesday morning, he gets up in Detroit with his family they board a private jet, fly to Phoenix, he goes in and meets his new employees. The full owner because the money's transferred, everything's been signed. He's got the keys, so to speak, to the franchise, he goes and says, hey, it's great to see all of you. We're going to do big things. You have no idea how big we're going to do big things and has one of those typical press conferences where he's I'm going to bring a championship to the valley and then he goes out and does something that could absolutely bring a championship to the valley. He left the press conference study that he did and went to the sun's practice facility and he sat with James Jones and they were less than 24 hours in the trade deadline, and they were really drilling down on this Durant trade. And they went over a whole bunch of things, including, you know, the sun's front office guys saying, hey, you know, we love Kevin Durant. We'd like to do this deal, but we just want to take a deep breath here and realize that we don't have to do it right now. We can do it later. We can do another deal. We want you to be comfortable. We don't want you to do all this on your first day. Yeah, learn where the bathrooms are first, and then maybe, yeah, make a transaction that's going to cost what in terms of additional luxury tax. Almost $40 million between 30 and 40 million, depending on how you do it. And the sun's as an organization and only paid $14 million in the previous 20 years. Total $14 million total. The exact opposite in terms of mindset in terms of spending, then yes. This new guy seems to be. But HPR really wants to rant. And one of the things that he is he's saying to himself as much as he's saying to the sun's front office guys is like, look, I know that this is crazy on my first day, but I could be the owner here for 20 years and it never get a chance to trade for a top 5 player like this. It just so happens that the opportunity is coming on the first day. It doesn't mean it's an opportunity that should be passed by. And so they call the nuts and say, okay, we're meeting your demands, and the nets say, great. Now tossed in Jay Crowder and the deal is done. And the sun say wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. What are you talking about? We have another deal for Jay Crowder. Yeah, we agreed to not negotiate. I thought that was the deal. Right. We're gonna trade Jay Crowder to the Milwaukee Bucks. We've been talking to him about it for months. We finally gonna have a deal. It's gonna get 5 second round picks for him. And we're gonna do a separate deal. We need those draft picks to help build out our team because we're trading everything else. No negotiation. Jay Crowder or no deal. So break down and talks. One of those classic walk away from the table, I don't know if anybody hung up in anger, but it wasn't a good place. And the trade was off. And meanwhile, Matt and Justin HP are expected at this celebratory dinner at this hotel, this beautiful hotel in Scottsdale. It's Super Bowl week. It's everybody's in town. He's got a whole bunch of people to celebrate because Pablo, he just bought an NBA team. That day. He just, you know, over 2 billion dollars on something. He wanted to, yeah, maybe toast to it. Yeah, so James Jones says, okay, we're gonna make a different deal. We're gonna trade for John Collins from the Atlanta Hawks, who is a high quality player. He's not Kevin Durant, but certainly. Sure. Right. Certainly an electrifying athlete certainly would have been a major trade to upgrade the sons ahead of
ESPN Daily
"kevin durant" Discussed on ESPN Daily
"So Brian windhorst, the NBA that is starting back up on Thursday. Is a very different NBA. And the one we remember just a few weeks ago because of the trade deadline and I bring you here not just because we always love having you, but also because you tend to be a guy who knows things who, as we saw this past summer, feels the tremors in the ground that sometimes become memes. Did you foresee the degree of change that the trade deadline brought? No, because I thought that the nets would probably try to hold it together because they had such a really good end of November and December. Yeah. I thought they would give it one last run and they had gone through so much drama Pablo to hold that roster together over the summer and they pulled the ripcord. They simply reached the point where they couldn't take any more and within a couple of days broke down something that they had spent years building up. We see this happen in pro sports, but it is kind of a melancholy thing, even if it creates a frenzy because it represents the failure of a long-term project. And a failure in this case that seems to be avoidable, but certainly helped reshape the league in the middle of the season. Yeah, I mean, one rip cord is pulled, a parachute is released, and it alights upon Phoenix, which says what to you about where this is all headed now. Well, it was a fascinating moment in Phoenix because I don't think in the 76 year history of the NBA we've ever seen something happen. Like an owner buying a team and then the same day making the biggest transaction in the history of the team. It was wild. And you hear about new owners being reactionary and over aggressive and making the assumptions that they can come in and just change everything. And I'm sure that Matt ishbi heard all those things. I'm sure that he took counsel from people who said, be careful with how much you change in the first couple of months or the first year. And he looked at that and said, hold my beer because I'm about to do the wildest move, a new owner is done within 12 hours, transferring my $1 billion. The NBA is a study in chain reactions. Many of which we have chronicled on this podcast. Like the fact that in November of 2021, our colleague Baxter homes published a bombshell investigation into the broken workplace culture of Robert sarver's Phoenix Suns. And here we are now, 15 months later, and those same sons have a new billionaire owner, and that dude, just went out and apparently gave the Brooklyn Nets whatever they wanted for Kevin Durant. So today, we asked Brad win horse to take us behind the scenes in Brooklyn and Phoenix, as those dominoes very quickly started falling. And how that power dynamic also helps explain why Russell Westbrook is staying in Los Angeles. I Pablo Torre, it's Wednesday, February 22nd. And this is ESPN daily. So Brian, you mentioned the name Matt ishbi and met ishbi the new owner of the Phoenix Suns who replaced Robert sarver, the man who acquired in his first act, Kevin Durant, take me inside how this happened introduced me to this man that is suddenly reshaping the NBA. Yeah, so he is young by a billionaire standards Pablo. He's in his early 40s. Basketball junkie was a walk on at Michigan state when the Spartans won the national championship in the year 2000. And over the last 20 years has built a mortgage empire. United wholesale mortgage, which is based near Detroit and became an overnight billionaire. And really ever since then has been desperate to buy a pro sports team. Tried to buy the Denver Broncos. Billions of dollars were burning a hole in his pocket. And he finally found a taker when Robert sarver put the team up for sale. And went through the process and couldn't get his hands on the team fast enough. Yeah, I do love first off that there was like a Brewster's billions aspect to this. He had to spend the billion somehow. He ended up spending it on the suns and I do also like that this is a guy who made his fortune in mortgages because he has mortgaged the future of this team for the present, it feels like or is it? How you see this because how does a deal for Kevin Durant of the scope of the size get brokered because we just don't see stuff like this happen very often. Right, well this was a closed negotiation. Kevin Durant went to the nets on Monday of trade deadline week and said I'd like to betray and I'd like only to be traded to the Phoenix Suns. So there wasn't a bidding war and I think that Phoenix's front office was aware of this and wanted to be judicious in how they handled the negotiation. The nets, meanwhile, they still had some measure of leverage Pablo because Durant has three years left on his contract. And so, right. If they couldn't find a trade, you know, Kevin would have to report back to the team and continue the season, and so they basically did what they did last summer. Which was ask for an outrageous trade package and say they weren't going to negotiate. Right, the other bidder in the process in other words was just the status quo, which is just fine in terms of making a playoff run as it looked like this team with Kevin Durant was going to do. Right, and it was also the status quo for Phoenix. That was the other side of it for them, and they've had a bit of a disappointing season at this point, largely due to injuries. And so they asked for a preposterous, you know, price point, to be honest with you, for a player who's in his mid 30s. And frankly was injured at the time. And remains so. But we'll get to that, yeah. Yeah. These are the kind of talks that went nowhere last summer, teams would call the nets and the nets would say I want your two or three best young players all the draft picks you can trade me and I'm not going to negotiate. And so last summer, Durant hung out there on the market because nobody was willing to do this, Pablo, they were like, you're not trying to trade them. You're not taking a stance that gives us a place to find a deal. And so talks went nowhere. And so the nets did the exact same thing. Only this time they were the ones who made the
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Embiid leads 76ers over Nets in Harden's return to Brooklyn
"In a game that literally came down to the last second and was the sixers editing the nets on the road by the final score of one O one to 98. It appeared that the nets Spencer did what he tied the game with a half court three point shot at the buzzer to send it to overtime, but the call was overturned in Philly escape with the win. 6 year Senate Joel embiid had a big night with 37 points and 13 rebounds. James Harden at a 29 points for the sixers who won their second game in as many nights. Newly acquired Michael bridges led the nets with 23 points as Brooklyn has lost three of its last four in a week that saw them trade away stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. Mike Moore, New York
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Dinwiddie has 25 in Brooklyn return, Nets beat Bulls 116-105
"The nets won their first game since dealing Kevin Durant defeating the bulls one 16 one O 5. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 25 points in his first game since returning to Brooklyn. He was reacquired in the Kyrie Irving trade and provided 18 points in the second half. There's two stops I really enjoyed my MBA career and this is one of them. So if I was going to go back to a place, it would definitely be here. Then what he sparked a 26 run in the fourth quarter. Joe Harris finished with 18 points, and Utah watanabe chipped in 14 and 22 minutes off the bench. Zach lavine led all scores with 38 points, but demar Derozan had just 14 in Chicago's second straight loss. I'm Dave ferry.
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Pistons beat Nets, first win in Brooklyn in almost 5 years
"The net swoon continued with a one 31 22 loss to the lowly pistons. It's a deep bay dropped in 25 points and Alec Burks added 20 is Detroit one in Brooklyn for the first time since April 2018. The pistons trailed by a point before scoring 43 points on 65% shooting in the third quarter. Bay had 15 points on 6 of 7 from the field in the third. The nets fell to two and 6 since Kevin Durant went down with a knee injury. Kyrie Irving had a game high 40 points and Nick claxton added a career best 27 for the nets. Brooklyn finished with that Ben Simmons due to knee soreness. I'm Dave ferry.
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Nets top Heat 102-101, lose Durant to right knee injury
"The nets pulled out a one O two one O one win over the heat, but they finished the game without Kevin Durant. The MVP candidate left in the second half with a right knee injury following a collision with Jimmy Butler. Brooklyn went ahead on Royce O'Neal's put back with 3.2 seconds left, giving the nets their 14th win in 15 games. It was a big time play. We knew Kai, you know, it was going to take a shot, and we trust him with that, and then, you know, that's a great opportunity to crash a glass, especially at that time. Kyrie Irving had a game high 29 points for the nets. Butler led the heat with 26 points, but he missed a contested shot at the rim on the final play. I'm Dave ferry.
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The Latest in sports
"AP sports on Dave ferry, Bill safety demar Hamlin is breathing on his own and speaking after having his breathing tube removed Friday. Hamlin joined the team's morning meeting by video conference on Friday, bills coach Sean McDermott. They stood up right away and clapped for him and yelled some things to him and it was a pretty, pretty cool exchange. Hamlin went into cardiac arrest in the first quarter of Monday's game against the Bengals. Meanwhile, the NFL has approved a resolution that could move the AFC title game to a neutral site. That would occur if both teams played an unequal number of games and could have been the number one seed. NBA. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving led the nets to their 13th win in 14 games. One O 8 one O two versus the pelicans. Duran had 33 points and ten rebounds, Irving scored 19, including a deep three to put the nets ahead one O 6 100 with 44 seconds remaining. Our growth as a team is just seeing some of our leaders on our team included myself, just be poised. And it's making a big difference. Michael luongo saw Zach lavine lead the bulls to a one 26 one 12 win over the 76ers. Lavina and fourth three point baskets during a 21 5 third quarter run that gave Chicago a 90 74 lead. He had a game high 41. He just fall into it. You know, I'm confident with all the shots I take, but then eventually, you know, you make a couple in a row, you're like, okay. After that, I was just target practice. Other NBA winners were the pacers nicks hornets thunder and spurs, along with the Timberwolves heat and Lakers. NHL and the predators stopped the capitals three to two, Craig heiss was there. Ryan McDonald scored his first goal of the season with three 16 to go in regulation, Thomas Novak and yakov trenin also scored for the predators while Kevin locken in May 30 saves. The Panthers flames and Blackhawks also won on ice as did the ducks and jets. The daggers have designated Trevor Bauer for assignment. Bauer had been suspended for all of last season for violating MLB's domestic abuse and social assault policy, but he was never charged. I'm Dave ferry, AP sports.
The Dan Patrick Show
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Dan Patrick Show
"Frame it in a different way? So Charles saying he's miserable. I don't know Kevin Durant, but I don't think he's a leader. I don't think kairi is a leader. But then I don't know if it matters to them about being a leader. Because that's heavy lifting. Then you have to go above and beyond. You have to do something else. Hey, I'm the face of the franchise. It's incumbent upon me to go out there and meet with the media. I got to take the slings and arrows. And players today, and I'm generalizing and that's not fair. But it feels like being a leader is not that important. Or it's a lost art. But you kind of see in the NBA who's winning titles, you kind of see their leadership. You kind of see from well, but I don't know how Steph Curry leads. I was gonna say, I was gonna say draymond. Draymond looks like that guy who's like, he's your leader. I hate seeing him. I don't think he's your leader as much as he's your spokesperson. Because he does some things that hurts the team. Like Giannis to me is more of a leader. Because that dude is going to outwork everybody. And that's another thing. I don't think you have to lead by being vocal. I think you lead by example. And that could be how you play. You show up early you leave late. You know, you're the quarterback, you should show up early. You should leave late. Michael Vick didn't do that. He wasn't a leader in Atlanta. He admits that. I want my quarterback there. I want him early. I want him setting the example. The bigger the star you are, the more I want you to say, this is how we do it. And not many guys are willing to do that, it feels like. And look, I know I'm sounding old school here, but I don't care. It's still matters. Yeah, polling. I wonder the days of the alpha dog leader, best player on a team being kind of a jerk can happen anymore. You had to be a man's man in front of all the players on the team. If you watch the Michael Jordan documentary, it was either Kerr or produce said Michael Jordan led by fear. Led by fear and intimidation. Sure. And but he also said he was without work everybody as well. Kobe Bryant has told us that he kind of kept himself separate and would say things and getting people's faces and he used a terse language, which he inherited from Michael Jordan. He admitted it. I don't know if people can do that these days. I can't imagine Tom Brady. Tom Brady does it. He does, he is kind of old school because he's so old. But I want you, do
The Dan Patrick Show
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Dan Patrick Show
"I'd like to see. Emmy. I like it. My leg is poly congratulations. Thank you. They said I wouldn't do this in high school. I would never get out. I was not going to happen. They said it couldn't happen. My counselor said you'll never make it and you'll never have a Velcro wallet in your name. In that net order. Special day. So we have candles on the website. Yeah, we got dog biscuits. Dog biscuits. Got puzzles up there. We got all kinds of things. We got other things coming your way. Yeah, get ready. Yeah. We got our calendars. We did the calendar shoot. Got all that stuff. And one big surprise coming up too. We're gonna have that for you coming up here and maybe the next week or so. Big surprise there. All right. Let's see. So there was a story that we talked about earlier today. The grizzlies were flirting with the nets, but they weren't willing to give up. So John morant was untouchable and it felt like there were Desmond bane and jaren Jackson junior the third were not available. And I'm thinking, who else is available here? And I had been told the pelicans were in the mix too for Kevin Durant. But then they're not trading Zion, and they're not trading Brandon Ingram. I'm like, guys, does Kevin Durant, you know, you got to give up something here. But it felt like nobody was willing to give up some items here. And now it looks like Kevin Durant is going to stay. Nothing to see. Everything's good here. Let's see. We also talked about and Deion Sanders brought this up. Deion said, hey, it feels like everybody's getting into the Hall of Fame. How about we get different jackets? First ballot Hall of Famer. Now he didn't say first ballot, but you get a gold jacket. We had one of our listeners say, how about a gold jacket? Everybody else not a first ballot Hall of Famer. Gets a silver jacket. I said, all right. I like it. But then people said, you know, you're not being sensitive. How would you feel if you got a silver Jack and I go? Be a first pound Hall of Famer. That's all, you're not, so you don't get one. Eric and Florida joins us. Hi, Eric, what's on your mind?
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"That certainly at the very least ratchets up the pressure to get something done. I thought it was interesting, Howard, at the bottom of that story in the athletic, was just a simple paragraph that says Durant has grown close with Boston coach email DOCA in recent years. It's kind of out of nowhere in this story after you don't spend a year with Durant as assistant in Brooklyn and later with Team USA for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. I don't know if you made anything of that. I thought it was interesting because Boston is among the teams that is made an offer for Kevin Durant. Now you have a note at the bottom of the story, relaying that Kevin Durant as a good relationship with emea DOCA. That I made note of that hour. That to me wasn't a throwaway paragraph. No, probably not. There are no throwaway lines in sports media in 2022. Everything it probably means something, everything was, you know, whispered for a purpose. I mean, is that a direct line to, hey, would he really wants us to trade to the Celtics? I mean, the Celtics weren't on his reported list. They're the top of his list was supposed to be Phoenix and Miami. It has that list expanded. We haven't heard that. Maybe it's maybe that's what that's about, or maybe it's just that he would have liked to have seen eme O DOCA supplant Steve Nash in Brooklyn and it's just part of the overall grievance with the organization. Yeah, maybe. I read it as trade me to Boston. That's kind of how I read it. And look, I had one executive who's not involved in the Durant sweepstakes. Do you say to me, if the nets don't have the stomach to bring him to training camp, they should find a way to do a deal with Boston because they're not going to get a better player in a deal than jaylen Brown. Jaylen Brown all star 25 years old still improving as a player has a chance to be a multi time all star in this league. I know they want Marcus smart and whatever other pounds of flesh they want to take from the south, but boss is not Boston wasn't giving up a lot before they certainly aren't giving up a lot now, not in the wake of this report. So I think when you say things haven't changed, where I agree with you is that we're not going to see the nets turn around tomorrow and make a deal. It's just not going to happen. They're going to play this thing out into late August into early September and probably reevaluate where they are once they get to that point. But if the offers don't improve, if there isn't a pathway to get, say, Donovan Mitchell or somebody like that, bam adebayo or somebody like that. A Boston deal makes the most sense. The selfish will give you draft picks. They'll give you jaylen Brown. It's not the Anthony Davis deal that the nets are clearly hoping to get, but it might be the best deal out there for them.
The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"As soon as you can, Bobby, any final thoughts, here as we move on. I guess really, it's the number one thing is how far down the road are they with Jalen and the first thing I tweeted when I saw this was this, you know, you can't, you know, you can't put the Genie back in the bottle, you know? Like if this is real and it's out there and your intentions are legit and you're trying to get Kevin Durant and Jalen's been dangled and he knows it. That's not great.
The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"And I think the outcome would be multiple legit shots at a championship with Durant, at least two. And if you win one or you win two, it's a smashing success. If he gets hurt or declines a little bit, it's a massive failure, but it doesn't make it the wrong move. It's about the value here, right? So I'm looking at and saying, what's good value for Duran? You know, I don't care about picks, so I'm putting the pics on the table. Smart, I think everybody's giving up smart for Durant. And brown's a tough pill to swallow, but that's what gives you the edge over everybody else. So it's Brown, smart, picks, I'm doing it. If it's Brown, smart, rob, that's probably too much. I'm just looking at like hedging the value of what's going to significantly improve your championship. Chance here, because again, we kick this around last week, John. I love the season they just had. It was one of the most exciting Celtic seasons ever, and I can always take value in that. But man, the way the finals, I just watched the finals again the other day. That was tough. The way it ended, how falling short there, the uncertainty of whether or not you're going to get back, they had a really good chance saying, if you had to rant, closing game four, you're probably hanging a banner this fall. You know? Yeah, maybe and again, it's hard to say exactly how that goes. I do question again from a style perspective. You know, one of whether something you want to watch and two, whether it's something that's effective here, I think this is a team where you want to see more ball movement. I think you're less likely to get that with another ball dominant player like Kevin Durant. And so I think that affects you. And again, we have to be honest here. Malcolm Brogdon also likes to have the ball in his hands a lot, and I'm not saying he's going to be the impediment to what Kevin Durant trade, but he's a guy who dribbles a lot, takes it to the whole, creates his shots. So now you're going to start to get a lot of that. If you bring in a Durant and I don't love, I don't love the fit with him and Tatum. It's two guys that do the same thing.
The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Garden Report | Boston Celtics Post Game Show from TD Garden
"So naturally, you call and you check and the conversation starts with Durant and the conversation might move to, like I said, I get from a business perspective why you might consider doing that. But it doesn't mean a hard offer was made. It doesn't mean it's anything more than chatter. It doesn't mean it's even necessarily real. It doesn't. The way they're appointed is that the Celtics offered bran. So unless the nets are just like a erroneously thrown that out there, they hype up interests and who knows they could be marks isn't a bad place right now. If this goes wrong for him, his career isn't executives over. So he has to do something extreme like that to try to drum up interest to do whatever he can to get out of this good and setting a new price like this of brown smart and the picks is the best way to do that. Because his first attempt at towns I keep calling him Bennett. Edwards and pecks was so ridiculous that everyone's like, all right, yeah, we're gonna give you that. This seems a little more believable here. But again, if they just picked up the phone and we're tossing around names and doing what GMs do, and he turned that into the Celtics offered Brown, man. Everybody does that all the time. You know? To this degree? Yeah, I think it's pretty common. Because you're trying to show that they're in it. And they're real. But they'd have to be in an array of to say that. So again, I think the Celtics have legitimate interest in this. So I hope couldn't you. I mean, Durant Tatum, that is a one, two punch that would just be epic. And I hate that. I hate it. And the last thing I want is Durant and Tatum's ear. I hate it. I don't know. You don't want a guy flanking Tatum with a little edge. We always complain that Tatum doesn't stand up to guys. If you want to watch a fine one, Kate, like, look, your typical Boston fan or anybody out of market. This is my strictly emotional case against Kevin Durant. You know, you guys don't like Kevin Durant. I've said this on a show before. Like, you made fun of him for going to Golden State and taking the easy way out. You trashed the super team when he went over there with Kyrie. You got mad that they conspired and broke up what the Celtics were trying to go with here. He's a diva. He's got thin skin. He's always on social media. You know, anytime anybody criticizes him, he's frigging sparring with the owner of this company. We don't like him. You don't like him. You don't want a roof for him. You want to root again in 2016 when they sent for 80 and Isaiah. I get it. You hadn't gotten anything. You haven't gotten people to come here. You are going to take your best, put your best shot at any major free agent. Things have changed in Boston. Free
The Cedric Maxwell Podcast
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Cedric Maxwell Podcast
"You. But you don't want to you want to hear him talking. As a reporter, I know they must be going crazy. But as a guy who loves a big Kevin Durant fan, that's what I'm saying. Go darn. Go dark, bro you ain't gotta go back and forth. Let your agent take care of that business. You will enjoy the summer. He's one of them I'm pretty sure he was. Was he one of the top 75 players of all time? He was, yeah, his name, he's in the dude. Thousands and thousands and tens of thousands of guys are probably playing the NBA. And one of the greatest scores. One of the greatest scores. Yes. Yes. So you're having a fight over somebody in the basement? Because they're we need something about you. I mean, it's like sometimes, you know, the whole draymond thing, I mean, I scan just for one second, just to see some people saying something bad about me. But I wasn't trying to respond to those guys. Those guys who are responding who are going at me on Twitter, let me say. None of them have ever played the fucking game in their life. Not at this level. They might have played in college or whatever it is. But I ain't seen one of those guys yet. You know, in the league. You could shoot with layups and all you did was this and you did that. I was in the league. I made history in this league. And you can hate me, do whatever it is you want to and say I'm full of shit or, you know, oh my God, you know, I came on Larry Bird's coattails. Well, that's not true. Laborers first championship. I was there. I was the finalist MVP. The second one that he won versus the Lakers. That was my 24, 8, 8 game. So I've been able to, I wasn't driving the bus,
The Cedric Maxwell Podcast
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Cedric Maxwell Podcast
"He's been in that system before when he came there before he didn't buck this system. And Kevin Durant doesn't seem like he wants to, you know, he's going to lead when he needs to, but he understands part of that still Steph to you. So if I'm Steph Curry and I got an opportunity to come out and get him after what they did with him, that's a no brainer. I take that all day. It's a big girl's love that. The last shot. So far, give me a chance to talk and wipe my mouth. All right, so know that to throw the Cedric Maxwell podcast. I ain't built a bone. I'm joined by Cedric Maxwell,
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"To, you know, the best offer that could be on the table. I'm looking at the potential candidates. You know, Memphis could probably make a pretty good offer, but Memphis is not gonna throw jaren Jackson or John morant into that deal. And even if it was Jackson Jackson gets hurt a lot to what he's heard now, he's gonna be on foreseen. He's out with a foot injury. And look, Desmond baines a nice player, but that's not a Jalen Brown level guy. Golden State, we've already ruled out Dallas doesn't have anybody. Utah, like, you know, he's not going to Utah. Denver, Denver, I guess maybe if they wanted to throw Porter junior and a whole bunch of guys into that mix, but I don't see that either. Minnesota, no New Orleans. No. Let's stop on New Orleans for a second. All right. New Orleans? All right, now I have all kinds of concerns about Zion. And if I'm David Griffin and the pelicans, I'd be really, really nervous about giving Zion this max extension. If I'm any team acquiring Zion anytime soon, I'm really, really concerned about him and his health and his longevity. But he is a still very young and incredibly talented and explosive player who if he stays healthy can change your team single handedly, right? You have to at least like, I don't know whether Kevin Durant's willing to go to New Orleans, but they have Zion. They have Brandon Ingram. They have CJ McCollum. They have a bunch of really good young interesting players. They have a bunch of the Lakers picks and swaps still from the Anthony Davis trade. That is a time. Who's the player going out? Who's the player going out though? You mentioned all the guys they have down there. Who's going out in a Durant trade? You're starting with Zion. You're asking for Zion first. Oh, I do. We're not deep into hypothetical territory. But yeah, I do Zion for the nets. Well, listen to the table. I just don't see why Durant would want to go if that's because CJ McCollum plus Brandon Ingram plus Kevin Durant plus other role players is a pretty good team. And for Jones much as anyone, but I'm not sure that all right, but listen, the nets are for the next side of it. Certainly you're getting a young potential superstar. I want to say potential and not actual because Zion, he hasn't finished a season yet. So I don't want to assume too much, but we know what the talent level is. If you can get Zion and all of the Lakers picks that the pelicans still own, that's a pretty good starting point, and you're probably going to get and you're going to get several of the other players as well. Maybe a herb Jones may be some of the other young guys. You're looking at it though from and look, I get what you're looking at it from. But from the net's perspective, why would the pelicans do that?.
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"kevin durant" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Beginning what they may have the best player that could be thrown into a deal for Kevin Durant. Not the best player other teams have. Like Phoenix has Devin Booker, but you're not getting him. Dallas has Luka Dončić. You're not getting the number one player on all these teams. The number two player though is going to be available. I think jaylen Brown is as good as it gets in that mix. I love this for so many reasons. One of which is, as you mentioned, Boston was a team that got a meeting with Kevin Durant in the Hamptons back in 2016 when the warriors ultimately landed him. And I think there was even some chatter at the time that if he hadn't picked the warriors it would have been the Celtics. If I recall, I don't know, I don't know if that's true. I remember that being the meeting that Tom Brady popped into or something and Isaiah Thomas was on that team. Look, they were an interesting team. Brad Stevens at that point was starting to really separate himself as an NBA coach and they had a successful season before. So look, at the very least, they were in the mix. Well, for Kevin Durant. Back then, and there are better team now. I love, first of all, I also love the idea of almost the reverse of the pierce Garnett deal where the aging star is now going the other direction. Correct. Probably with more left in the tank than Pearson Garnett had, probably. On the other hand, the Celtics are the that's then get jaylen Brown, the guy that the Celtics picked with one of the picks that the nets set them in the piercing garnette deal. So there's a nice little coming home. There's a nice little poetic twist there where they get jaylen Brown a guy that they could have drafted themselves if they hadn't made that ill fated Garnett pierce deal. Listen, I get it. Fans get invested in their guys, especially when your team just made the finals. You don't want to see a core player.
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"kevin durant" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"This team is a 7 seed for a reason. And going into the series, there was a lot of a lot of respect for Kevin Durant, of course. But he's going up against the best defense in the league, a defense that is basically constructed to there's never been a defense that could successfully shut him down. But as good of a defense as he's ever faced in his life, Tatum is the best player in the series easily and just dominating the one on one matchup guarding Durant. As the primary defender in every game. So in terms of his legacy, this will be if they do lose the recording this on a Monday afternoon. If the nets do lose if they're swept, this will be the second first round series to ran has ever lost. He's a great, great, great, great player. I don't think this impacts too much of how we should view him. I think that how the nets have been coached, how the nets have been constructed, their decisions as an organization are much more emblematic of their struggles in this series. And so that's where I'll leave that. I think the way that Doran has been defended has been magnificent and sure, he could hit more shots, but there's a lot of issues going on in Brooklyn. Yeah, so first of all, I'm with you. I think his legacy is, I think his legacy is he's the best scorer ever. And I think he's undeniably like a top ten talent ever. I think kind of where the resume or accomplishments ultimately end up might be a little bit up for debate. I think if we want to go there, I think in a vacuum, most of us would say he's a better player than Steph Curry, but I think Steph is going to finish his career and rightfully so as the more accomplished player..
ESPN Daily
"kevin durant" Discussed on ESPN Daily
"Just absolutely slaying it from the mid range. My core right to Durant. Dangerous the top of the arm. Spins throws up a long two. He's tied the game with one second to go. Kevin Durant is simply put the best. It might be the last great mid range score in the NBA for a while. For the shoot, here's the right now..
Jalen and Jacoby
"kevin durant" Discussed on Jalen and Jacoby
"That he didn't play well he played really poorly. Probably one of the worst games i've ever seen. But he had some key assists in that game most notably a nice left hand. Zip pass to kevin durant for a key layup. nice cut from durant with. I'm just. I'm still shocked. I was watching the game. Just shocked shocked shocked that they weren't involving him in the offensive actions. If you're the bucks explain to me tell me by curtain it was so clear to me as a novice. I never played the nba. Never coached never played college. I'm watching the game. Like why don't they just attack. James harden can't move. Why didn't they do that. That was a mistake. There's no it's houston. I can make for your family like you have to find a way to challenge james harden and not allow him to basically be out there and you really never go at them and the stat stands out to me. The most emotionally and psychologically is that james harden returned and play more minutes than yawns forty six minutes dot forty six seasons for her play minutes then jaanus so if you're watching the nfl game and elite wide receiver. The andrei hawkins are is playing against the rams and having a great game and movement of all around the field. What do you think jalen ramsey go go to the sideline until the defensive coordinator and his head coach. I'm following him. I don't care if you got me on the right side. I don't care what you're saying. I don't care what we practice. All we care what the game plan is. But i'm following him. He leads up in the backfield. I'll be he lands up.
Jalen and Jacoby
"kevin durant" Discussed on Jalen and Jacoby
"He's going to be out longer than a week so for me. If he's going to miss. I believe there would be maximum one game and again. This is only anticipation. But either way i believe he will return to play most of the next round. Yes it is important to know that there are certain like a contact tracing investigation can last couple of days and then free him up to play or he could have tested. Positive have symptoms in which he would be gone for a couple of weeks. If not more we do not know right now. However those are two major impactful stories for the western conference but jalen we finally get to talk about what kevin durant did. Last night in brooklyn in game five a pivotal game in the series kevin durant played every single second of the game and scored forty nine points had seventeen rebounds and ten assists a dynamic historic performance from durant. What do you have any reaction to this performance. It wasn't because pj tucker had zero points in a game because when he did well against k. d. he has zero points in previous game except his plus minus was eleven and for those intimately involved in the league. We knew that this is going to be an opportunity for the easy money sniper to respond. James harden was hobbled. Kyri irvine was out. They were going back home. And that stat. Line of forty.
Slate's Hang Up and Listen
"kevin durant" Discussed on Slate's Hang Up and Listen
"It's time for after balls. I was curious about the asteroid. That struck the chesapeake bay. That sam anderson talked to kevin durant about that. A little googling the us geological survey says that The event was called. The chesapeake bay. Belied impact is comet or asteroid. This one was three to five kilometers in diameter. it's swooped through the earth's atmosphere very exciting and blasted an enormous crater into the continental shelf. The crater was discovered or identified by c. wile e pogue of the us geological survey but neither the crater nor the asteroid have names. I say let's name the crater for c. Wiley pogue and named the asteroid for kevin durant awesome. Kevin durant asteroid josh. What's your chesapeake bay. Bow lied impact. My peak bay impact crater is about our man. Mike chefs gay. Don't want to let that drop. I did a bunch of reading as prep to rate the piece that i did last week. Joe alluded to earlier. But there was one thing i missed that. A guy named michael right flagged on twitter and that thing is both nuts on its own but also in my view extremely telling and it begins in june two thousand and three that is when a baylor basketball player named patrick denny. He went missing. A lot of folks are probably familiar with us. This is the reason that when people say well look at what the baylor basketball program came back from. This is what it came back from So in june. Two thousand and three patrick and he goes missing in july. His body was found in a gravel pit near waco texas an autopsy determined. The dentist had been shot and killed in the man who did it. It turned out was one of his teammates. Carlton dotson two years later in two thousand and five dotson pleaded guilty to the murder and he's been in prison in texas ever since but let's rewind to two thousand and three so unrelated to the murder. Then baylor coach. Dave bliss had been paying denki under the table. This was a major violation in bliss. Did not want dicky's killing to expose it and so as dana wrote in a piece on. Espn dot com. Bliss told his assistant coaches. He wanted to float the story that he was a drug dealer thereby explaining away. The money bliss had given him one of those assistant coaches that bliss was talking to was a man named abar rouse resident hired at baylor just weeks before he went missing. When rows told bless he wasn't comfortable with the plan to smear dennehy as a drug dealer as ross's a normal human being with some form of a moral compass. Bliss reportedly put a copy of rouse's contract highlighting the portion that showed he could hire and fire assistant. Coach is in front of rows. And so the implication is very clear right like do this or else in so baruch's did something that in my view quite sensible. He recorded dave less and on that recording. Bliss says reasonable doubt is. There's nobody right. Now that can say we paid pat dennehy because he's dead so what we need to do is create reasonable. Doubt rouse gave that tape to the ncaa resigned and that tape-recording ended up killing ibar roses career. Roses story is told that length in the two thousand seventeen documentary disgraced at aired on showtime the short version is the rouse. Never got a d. one coaching job again. As of two thousand seventeen he had found work consistent work teaching and he was teaching in a prison in fort worth texas. So why did they borrow skip blacklisted. Because in the world of college basketball rouse was not a hero for exposing dave bliss rather he was considered a villain for tape-recording coach in two thousand and three episode of espn's outside the lines. Three of the most famous and influential coaches in the game. All said that what a don was absolutely wrong does three jim boeheim kelvin sampson and the man of the hour. Mike shefty and here is the clip of what coach k. Said on outside the lines in two thousand three. How could you ever build a team of coaches. Forget about justice situation but if one of my sisters with tape every one of our conversations with me not knowing it. There's no way he would be on my staff even as a theoretical exercise. It's hard to think of something. That's so clearly illustrates the skewed priorities and moral bankruptcy of big time college. Coaching a normal person. I think would consider a hero or at the very minimum. What understand why he did what he did and realized that he was in the right. Then i guess the next category over it would be someone who believes that rouse had broken some kind of moral coaching code. But maybe what understand that. It's probably not wise or good to say that publicly. Like maybe keep that to yourself if you feel that way. And then there's the category that these coaches and make among them fall into which has publicly as leading figures in the sport coming out and saying that roused had broken code and essentially issuing a warning to others in the profession that they should look at what happened to us. I imagined this study isn't taught at duke. University's fuqua coach k. Center on leadership ethics. Nor do i think that there is an abar rouse center on leadership and ethics but perhaps in both cases we should address that yeah gives us some insight into how these institutions routinely cover up abuses and other terrible practices like joe. Paterno penn state michigan state. You know every other kind of disgusting scandal. We see that sort of attitude prevails within these institutions in these big programs that it's much more important to them to preserve themselves than to like. We might consider to be moral. So yeah. I took. As i think you will note and listeners. Were note like pretty great pains to try to be fair and our segment and give praise him when it's warranted and give credit where do but like this is just so unbelievable to me that it does. I think legitimately raise questions about what kind of person would would do this. And i'm not trying to say he's the coach k.'s. Evil or anything like this. But by my god stephan yeah. It seems like that was a pretty clear cut case where you had an opportunity to just say what happened was despicable in horrible and and as a coach. It saddens me. Instead of having to weigh in on the the ethics of taping. Goodbye coach k. That is our show for today..