Are We Live? Episode 49

- LAMELO TO WOLVES

- MAROCCO v NETHERLANDS WAS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK

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Author: ‪@SnailMusicES‬

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Are we lying? No, no, no, yes. We lied. Yes. Okay, so I ain't gonna cover you. But this punk Yo, we back. World Cup NBA offseason in I was gonna say in full effect, but this free agency shit is awful. Like, the biggest signing that happened today, and um by today I mean Tuesday night, was Dean Wade to the Sixers. Like, are we serious? But uh anyway, we had some big news. Now, of course, the Kawhi to the Raptors stuff happened, but to me that's not as interesting. Like, yeah, the Raptors are sick now, the Clippers finally are in rebuild mode. That's all that needs to be said, really, right? But the trade that needs to be talked about is Lamello Ball to the Timberwolves. Um shocking, really. I mean, during the draft, it just kinda just kinda got out there, like, yeah, uh the Hornets are shopping Lamello Ball. Um, and it might be to the Wolves. I think at the time they said the Wolves or the Raptors. Now, when they said that, that it was gonna be the Wolves or the Raptors, I kind of assumed it was gonna be the Raptors because they had a lot more to trade than the Timberwolves. Um, and I thought maybe like call him uh Marty Wolves CMB could be in the trade for Tim Lamelo. I'm I was thinking maybe because I mean Lamelo's off a career year, all-star. Was he all-star? He wasn't all-star, but you know, all-star type impact. Um, so that's what I was thinking. But then he gets traded to Timberwolves the next morning. Um, and let's get into it. Let's talk about it from both perspectives the Hornets and the Timberwolves. And I think the most interesting angle of this trade is the Hornets side, um, for many reasons. But basically, the Hornets decided after their first feel-good season in god knows how long. Their first, you know, legitimate, like, they were legitimately really good team for about half the year, like, and that's saying something for the Hornets, right? After that season, they dumped is maybe a strong word, but they got rid of um their best player after that season, 24-year-old best player after that season. Um, so it's really, I mean, let's let's talk about it. Like, the mo the biggest question that you have to ask at this point is why would the Hornets not want to build around the Mellow ball, right? Um, he's on a max deal. I think he's like doing extension um in a couple months or something. Um, but let's talk about the mellow ball, the player, his contract, all that, his career, all that stuff. Now, when we get into the positives with the mellow, I'll talk about that stuff for the Timberwolves, but let's get into some negatives, I guess. Because we have to really try and understand why the Hornets would do this, and the reason I'm giving the Hornets some level of grace or benefit of the doubt is because I mean this new ownership group and front office has been pretty good, like last couple years. They've been they like like decent small moves. Of course, they drafted Khan, they um uh they they traded a lot of guys for picks. Um they uh they I mean they just made this trade for they got Diobate out of nothing. They got they made this, they hired Charles Lee, who looks like a good coach. Um, they made this Miles Bridges trade, which looks like home run, if you ask me. So they've made a fair amount of good trades, I would say. Good moves. They look like you know they're making they had the right process at least. So I'm so when I when I first saw this, I'm like, alright, why would the Hornets want to do this? Now let's let's break down LaMelo Ball, the player, right? Alright, so I mean over the last three years, Lamella Ball has played 105 games over the last three seasons. He's played 105 games. I mean, that is not a lot of basketball games. Now I do want to caveat that by saying I'm sure some of that was the Hornets just tanking and holding him back, but hey, that number is what it is, right? That's that's a very low number, and the vast majority of that was um just this last season. I think he played like 72 games. But the one thing I want to know is yeah, last year he played 72 games, but he was only playing 28 minutes a game for the season. Now, what does that tell you, right? Like they don't does that I mean, some of that was that Charles Lee didn't trust the metal ball to close the game because of defense or foul trouble, whatnot, but also some part of that has to be they're worried about him getting hurt, right? So, um, that's something to consider. I mean, they're uh clearly part of the calculation for the Hornets is we don't think he can stay healthy, you know, in the long run as a franchise max caliber player, you know what I mean. Now we talk about Lamelo Ball, his struggles on the court, you know, in terms of skill set. I would say that there are you know things that you could worry about if you're picking someone to lead your franchise. Like Lamelo Ball as a three-point shot maker, as a playmaker, is incredible. You know, his ability to make you know the hardest threes in the league opens up the offense for himself and for his teammates, like you know, up there with a lot of the best, you know, perimeter players in the league. But inside the arc as a scorer, his game is a lot to be desired there. Like, he's not much of a driver, not much of a mid-range player, not much of a you know, floater type player, not much to get to the rim, you know, not a lot of physicality in his you know, like creation on the ball. So that and I think that is something that is gonna be a problem for him when it gets to the playoffs, and you gotta have you know a counter to your you know when people game plan for your strength, you gotta have a counter to go against there, and I think that's gonna be a problem for him. And uh that has been a problem for him in uh a lot of these playing games, you know. The Miami Heat game, he had some good moments, but you know, the Orlando game, I remember the Pacer game back in the day and the playing when they were when they were decent, um, he really struggled. So that's something that I think is gonna be, you know, that's something that he's gotta work on. And uh even bigger issue, I would say, would be um on defense, he is just pretty terrible, I would say. And a lot of the time he gets into foul trouble because of how you know how indisciplined he or um undisciplined he is when it comes to not reaching, not fouling, you know, just you know, a lot of lazy possessions on defense. Um but I have to say, he's only 24 years old, and unlike a lot of point guards that struggle on defense, like you know, John Morant, Trey Mar uh, Trey Young, uh, you know, I'm you know, all the small point guards that struggle on defense, Lemella Ball is a legit like 6'7, 6'8, like type height. So there is a world where he could, you know, get better with his frame and be like passable on defense. I'm not gonna you know disregard that. Um, so yeah, those are the things those so though like the injuries along with the skill set. I mean, those are obviously the reasons why the Hornets feel like they had to move, they feel like it was the best idea to move on, right? You know, I mean, off the court stuff, I don't know. I don't know what if he is like a you know a headache in the locker. I don't know, but I'm not gonna assume any of that stuff. I'm just gonna keep it what we know publicly. Um now I think one thing that I want to talk about is that this trade from the Hornets has been framed as a sell high on Lamelo Ball, right? He had his first healthy season, first season playing great basketball, yada yada, and they immediately traded him for what was you know for what they perceived as positive value. Now, I saw some people saying that um this isn't really a sell high because they didn't get back a lot, and what they got back was Nas Reed, one first, and then I believe a couple um swaps. The you know some of them are kind of like you know fake swaps, um, and and there's ultimately a good chance, a very good, a very high chance that the Timberwolves are better than the Hornets. So those swaps could really not be that fruitful, but you know, one first, a couple swaps, Nas Reed. Um, and of course, the the Timberwolves also took back Josh Green's salary um from the Hornets, so not not like not really a big haul if for what is considered an all-star caliber player, I would say. Um now personally, I'm not the biggest Nas Reed fan like that. Like, I think to me, he's a guy that plays the 4-5, but who is a 4-5, but plays like the three, and I'm just not really a fan of that. Like, if you're a 4-5, you gotta have some level of rebounding ability, you gotta have some level of defensive ability. I'm just you know, there are times where Nas Reed looks amazing on defense, the rare times he does happens, but you know, in general, he's I would say he's a negative on defense and on the boards, um, and with the decision making. Um, so you know, Nas, I'm of course he's an uber talented offensive player, no doubt about it. But I'm not the biggest Nas Reed fan. But I will say I feel like the NBA does value him as a player because um, if you saw in the report, the Celtics when they're talking to Timberwolves about Jalen Brown, the Celtics apparently asked for Gobert, uh Nas Reed, and a collection of picks. Now we don't know how many picks they asked for, but the fact that Celtics did value Nas Reed to me is a little bit notable. Like, I think teams around the league kind of like him, um, you know, as an off-ball shooter type player. Um, but yeah, for the Timberwolves, I mean, going forward, they have a boatload of draft picks. I mean, they've got picks from the Dallas Mavericks from the from the from the Timberwolves now. They've got picks from uh uh the Suns for this Mallory Ridges trade, they have a pick from the Heat for the Terry Rosier trade, which is hilarious to look back on. They've got a boatload of first round picks, and I'm wondering, are they gonna be patient and build it out, you know, more organically? Um, organically in quotes, because there's not such things organically, but are they gonna be patient and build this team out using draft picks or are they gonna make a big splash move to like make their fan base excited? Like there was some rumors about Jalen Brown being a possible um spot for him, but I mean, I don't know. Um, but that was also a lot of that was also shot down pretty quickly, so I don't think that's gonna happen. But um, yeah, it's interesting. I feel like because if you're a Hornets fan, this is like the biggest kick in the balls ever. Like, you're like, all right, we're here, we made it, we're respectable, we're a fun team, yada yada, all this. We had a a draft that people are excited about, all this, all that, and then you just you get rid of Lamello Boy and this for flex for flexibility, and it's just like, man, man, fuck all that. I don't care about flexibility, you know. So this gotta, I mean, part of me thinks like they're gonna make a big splash in then either this summer or the deadline or something. I don't know. Um, so yeah, that's it for the Hornets. I mean, the thing is with them, is I'm not sure how I feel about Lamella going forward, like there's a lot of hypotheticals, but the one thing is like like I said earlier, this new regime of the Hornets has a little bit of grace period, has a little bit of you know benefit of the doubt. So I'm willing to hear them out and look and see if they like you know have a plan or whatnot. So we'll see how it goes for them. I mean, they're gonna be an interesting team to look at um going forward, and with the new lottery odds, them being like a 10, 11, 12 seeded team, maybe that's good. You know, maybe that lands them a top three pick, and they're you know, not they're really if they got if they got a top three pick for a franchise player, they would be a crazy team. They would their future will be their future outlook would be pretty incredible. Now, moving on to the Timberwolves side of this, which in terms of actual basketball being played on the court, um, this is gonna be a big, big change. Um, I mean, coming into this offseason, there have been like rumors that they want to pair Anthony Edwards with the point guard. Now, whenever I hear they want to get a star player or a point guard, I kind of roll my eyes because I'm like, Well, right, you want Tyus Jones? Like, some of the names that they're bringing up was kind of like if I'm a tourist fan, I'm like, hell no, like they're talking about Josh Giddy and um they're talking about Derek White, who's not really that type of point guard, if you ask me, but it felt like they were clearly targeting a guard with some level of status, right? Um, but the thing is with them acquiring the mellow ball, part of me is like this is kind of this might sound a little crazy, but it's like will this trade end up stunting the Anthony Edwards development as a playmaker, right? I mean, he's made incredible strides as a scorer, like he's truly, if not the most complete scorer in the league, he's up there with anyone in terms of three-level scoring, any spot on the floor, he can make tough shot ability, uh, gets the rim, all that like mid-range, three-point rim, uh, craftiness, clutch shot making. He's incredible as a scorer, but like I still think the the biggest room for approval with him is as a playmaker. Like, I'm I'm just I'm worried that them getting LaMella ball is gonna make him an off-ball player as a scorer, and he's not gonna really become that complete offensive, you know, engine type player. Um, but that's that's nitpicking if I'm being honest. But um, to me, the Timberwolves clearly made this trade because how they lost in the playoffs to the Spurs. Now, if you recall to the second round, they lost to the Spurs in six. To me, it wasn't as competitive as a six-game series sounds because if you remember in game uh was a game forward, Wemby gets thrown out for Elbow Way Nas Reed, and they barely win that one. And I and then the next two they get blown out uh pretty convincingly. I just to me that's not really a competitive series, if I'm being honest. Um, but the biggest issue for them in that series was they could not score on the Spurs, especially with Wimby on the floor, they just could not score at all. Now, of course, part of that was Anthony Edwards not being 100% healthy. I get that, and DiVincenzo being hurt also didn't help. But the biggest you know issue for me for the Timberwolves was like a Anthony Edwards that's not even close to 100%, is getting constantly double teamed, partially because he's so good, but also partially because the Spurs are not worried about him, about the the Timberwolves breaking, um beating them out of the doubles in terms of you know passing and shooting or passing and yeah, and leading to layups or whatever, all that they were like confident that they could double Anthony Edwards, and the Timberwolves are not gonna score out those doubles, right? Um and I think getting LaMelo ball is a huge you know would add a huge layer to that. Now, of course, if you double team off Anthony Edwards and the ball finds Lamelo on a four-on-five, he could pick that apart, right? So that's that's if you're a Timberwolves fan, that's pretty exciting. But also, um, Lamelo is a much better playmaker than anyone on Timberwolves, so you're gonna see easier baskets for uh Jamie McDaniels for Rudy Gobert for uh who else they got left on the team, Terrence Shannon on the fast break. He might get some easier baskets because of Lamelo pushing the pace and stuff like that. So, yeah, that added added playmaking is gonna be huge for them. Now, um, what was I gonna say? Um, oh yeah, and of course, Lamelo Ball and Anthony Edwards. This is gonna be one of the uh the best three-point shooting teams of all time, like in terms of volume, degree of difficulty, all that stuff. Like, this is gonna be a crazy like you're gonna see two guys put up at least 10 plus threes a game, you know, off the bounce from from way beyond the three-point line. It's gonna be for defense, it's gonna be tough because you're gonna be stretched out, and that's gonna lead to some open baskets at the rim. So it's it's gonna be a problem on offense for sure. Um, but the biggest issue for me for the Timberwolves, um, well, two issues, I would say. One, but the biggest issue to me is that as of right now, they are incredibly reliant on Rudy Gobert being a very important player for them. Now, the issue with that is because at this point of his career, and for most of his career, to be honest, Rudy Gobert has been completely untenable versus any elite defense, you know, and especially the teams that the Timberwolves are gonna go through, like the Spurs and the and the Thunder, where they have elite rim protection, they can camp off him in the paint, and it's horrible for the for the team. Um, now of course the Timberwolves are gonna hope that Lamello Ball's playmaking can set up easier baskets for Rudy Gobert and you know get some more lobs in there and whatnot, but hey, he can he's gotta catch the ball. Like you can you can have Chris Paul, you can have Steph Curry. If Rudy Gobert doesn't catch the ball, it doesn't matter who's passing him the ball. So that to me is gonna be an issue. And on top of that, I mean Rudy Gobert is 34, he's a seven foot, I don't know, whatever, seven foot whatever, 34 years old. I mean, the history of those guys being elite on defense is is not great. So, I mean, if he starts to slip on defense, it's a big problem. And um, I'm a fan of the the French young big they have uh Berenger, I think it's pronounced, but he's super young, he's very much unproven. Um, and him stepping in right away as a team trying to compete, it's not ideal to be honest with you. And um, the rest of the roster, especially the front court, needs a lot of work, and they don't have a ton of assets or money, um, which makes that Aodosumer contract just I don't know what the hell they were thinking with that one. Um, at least they got bone tiles on the minimum somehow, but um, yeah, not a lot of assets left, not a lot of money left to run out the roster. But the thing is with the Timberwolves is Anthony Edwards and Lamelo are only 24, so like, yeah, you want to make the team as good as possible, as quick as possible, but you have you don't have to be all in the next year, right? Like, you can just start slowly and steadily building this roster around those two as your you know foundation, I guess. Um, and really ultimately, this trade was made for one reason to try and ensure Anthony Edwards stays with the Timberwolves long term for you know what however long. And if that happens, if he sees the metal ball in the backcourt with him as enough excitement to stay long term, then it was worth it real to for real, it was worth it because it was looking shaky for them after they lost to the Spurs. Um, and they left with Julius Randle. They of course he got salary dumped. Um Di Vincenzo won a torn Achilles and all that, so I think this gives this trade gives them a path to be a contender, maybe not this year because they look they got a lot of holes. And one thing I want to talk about is like I think I mentioned earlier that uh the Lamelo ball was a reaction to the Spurs series because it is, because having another pick and roll threat on the perimeter that can pull up from deep and pull Wemby out of the basket, that's huge, in my opinion. Um that's gonna help them versus Spurs, but as much as it helps them versus Spurs, I'm thinking about the Melo Ball versus OKC's perimeter defense, and I'm like, I don't know, I don't know if that's a good recipe. Like if he's getting guarded by Caruso or Kason Wallace or whoever, Jada, like that to me, uh with Chet and them at the rim, like that feels like a horrible matchup for him. Um, and of course, on defense, uh SGA can can go at him as a mismatch. I don't know. I feel like that could be a huge problem for them, um, hit to hit. Now I guess they're hoping that luck of the draw they don't play OKC or whatever, but I think that's something they gotta consider also. That yeah, this helps them in some ways, but like I said earlier, the Mellow Bowl has has flaws as a player that can be picked at in the postseason. If you get the wrong matchup, it can look bad. Um so yeah, I do get why the wolves made this trade. I mean, I saw this tweet that was like, did anyone watch uh the wolves lose to the Spurs and think, oh, the Mellow Bowl will fix this? Um and I was like, Yeah, actually, yeah, I did think an elite playmaker and Shaw Maker could help uh fix this completely. So I get why they made this trade. I just hope they be a bit more sensible going forward. Like, um, this team needs a lot. So don't they need to be a bit more patient, I think. And that's like you, like I said, those two guys are 24 years old. There's no reason to be panicking and be like, oh, we need to win a championship now. Like, nah. You need to be patient, build slowly, add pieces, and you know, in a couple years when Anthony Edward is 26, the ball ball is 26, you should your team is ready to compete at that point. Um, and hopefully, like I said, Anthony Edwards is convinced that he's got enough um around him to win, so that he stayed long term for them. Um, so yeah, big trade. Had to talk about it. Now, this next topic I wanted to talk about is a completely different subject at the World Cup. Of course, the round of 32 has started. Um, the first few games have ended. We've seen a shock with Germany going home. France looked like the top dog right now. But the one thing I wanted to talk about was this match between the Netherlands and Morocco. And I don't want to sound too dramatic or hyperbolic or whatever, but I really felt like we witnessed history in the footballing world when the after this game, like I felt like we just watched a monumental moment, and I don't know if people are acknowledging what just happened. Like, uh let's let's let's talk about it. Like, I'm sure by now everyone knows Morocco defeated the Netherlands to advanced round of 16. Um, the play against Canada where they'll be big favorites. Um, yeah, and and uh to be fair, and to be sure, Morocco defeating the Netherlands in 2026 isn't really noteworthy, like it's not that shocking, you know. I'm sure coming into the match, some it was 50-50 who people thought was gonna win. Um, but the thing that shocked me, the thing that floored me was the way the match went. You know, and not the way and more than just how the game may went, the whole mat as a the match as a whole to me signaled a new era in the game. Like, I'm watching this game thinking Um the landscape of the game has been changed forever. Like it's like like really think about this. Like, look coming to the match, the Netherlands won their group, you know, a decent group with Japan, who's a good size, Sweden, who's alright, and um the fourth side Tunisha is terrible, but you know, they won their group seven points, they scored loads of goals. Um they were a last-minute header from Japan from nine points. Um, and coming into knockouts, I'm like, I'm looking at this Dutch team now with the front three of Gakpo firing Brian Broby on just dominating defenses. Somerville been a crazy threat, they've got experience in defense, they've got a decent enough midfield. I'm like, okay, this this could be like a dark horse type team based on how they played so far. And they came into this game against Morocco from the first minute they played, petrified, and they were just hoping to not fuck up and lose, basically. I mean, a back five, you know, and a real back five, not like uh wing backs that go up and down the pitch, a real back five, three center backs Van Heka, Van Devite uh Van Dyke, and uh Nathan Ake with Denzel Donfriza's one right wing back and a left wing back, Mickey Van De Ven. Mickey Van Devin, who's a center back in a back four typically playing as a wing back, you know, as a as a main outlet going forward. Now, what does that tell you? That is just we're hoping to hold on and pray for result. Um, and it's one thing, right? The Dutch went up one nil through a goal from Gakpo. Um, it's one thing to go up one nil and then hold on for the rest of the game to see the game out, right? That that's normal, that happens quite a bit. Um that happens all the time, but after Morocco equalized in extra time for 30 minutes, the Dutch did not even try to do anything with the ball, they had all 11 men in their own half, and they were just playing for penalties, they were playing for penalties for 30 minutes extra time with all 11 players in their own half, and they got their wish, they got their penalties, and they lost. And I was so glad they lost, to be honest with you, because only one of those teams showed up to play football for real, and they were rewarded with the win. Um, and now the reason why I'm so fixated on this game being so monumental and all that is because I mean I could be wrong when I'm saying this. If anyone is can remember something else, I don't ever remember a World Cup knockout match where one of the traditional big European countries, you know, that were known for being a top side, came into a game against a African nation or an Asian nation or a South American nation that's not Brazil or Argentina or a North American nation or you know one of these any one of these like quote-unquote smaller footballer nations, they came into the game accepting there were the inferior side and accepting that they needed luck to come out with a victory on the day. Um, and even after the match, Ronald Coleman defended it. He said, If I had if I had not defended like that, we would not have made the penalties. Van Dyke came out and said, Yeah, all the big teams they sit back and defend. No, they don't, no, they do not. So, um, and yes, to be fair, this is not a vintage total football Dutch side, right? And you can attribute the game plan to Ronald Kuhn just being a coward, but I think it's also good to remember that the Morocco faced Brazil in the group stage, and I would say on the day slightly outplayed them, not like you know, not vastly, but slightly outplayed them, came away with a draw, and it wasn't it was not a noteworthy, no wordy result. Like I said, nobody was shocked, nobody was like, Oh my god, do you believe that? Now, if that happened 10 years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago, it would be the biggest story in the sport that Morocco had played against Brazil. I don't think about the name I'm saying, Brazil, and outplayed them and left with a draw on the day, it would be the biggest story in the sport. Um, and now it's just like, yeah, whatever. Yeah, that was expected. We expected that. All of us watching were not surprised what happened in that match. Um, and you know, the biggest way to summarize how I'm feeling about this is like, you know, my guy on Twitter, uh Bader Ball. If you if you if you're on Twitter, you know who I'm talking about. He said that four years ago, Morocco came to the World Cup, they beat Portugal and Spain, and it was a month, and it was a shocking, you know, smash and grab type type thing where everyone couldn't believe it happened. And four years later, they're at the World Cup, they're playing one of the bigger size tournament in the Dutch, and they're the big dogs in the matchup. They're the guys that are dictating how the game is going. And that to me has that people have it has to be picked up on. Like, I can't be the only one who's watching this and being like, Whoa, that really happened. I just watched that, I just watched the Dutch do that, and I mean after the game, if you uh if you're watching on um on the Fox broadcast, Zlatan was disgusted, he couldn't believe what he witnessed from the Dutch. Uh, this is Latan Ibrahim, right? He was when he was a youngster at IAX, I'm sure he you know picked up on the culture, the footballing culture in the Netherlands and all that, and he's you know, he knows about the cardiophone and all that stuff. For him to watch a Dutch team play at that, he must have been like, What the hell is this? He probably couldn't believe it. And I'm sure Thierry Henry would you know echoed he echoed the same thing. He said, When I see the Netherlands playing a back five, that means they're scared of Morocco. And I'm like, whoa, like imagine saying these things four years ago, ten years ago, it's just crazy. Um, and the biggest point is that football is growing around the world so fast, like these nations that we consider like minnows and whatnot are legitimately good teams that are you know, when Brazil and Japan play, I'm not surprised that Japan is putting up a legitimate fight versus Brazil, and to be honest, I was disappointed that Japan didn't go at Brazil more. I'm disappointed that Ivory Coast didn't get a result versus Germany, like but who we consider big and all that in football is changing like crazy. Um I mean, and these European nations like these quote unquote traditional big nations like Germany, the Netherlands, um Italy, like it's not looking good, bro. It's not looking good. Like, I know that football can be considered uh cyclical, and like maybe in 10 years those nations are back on the top, but uh it's also good to remember that like once upon a time Hungary and Poland that were top considered you know the best teams in the world. I know it's this people now will hear them be like, what? But no, it's true. Going into a World Cup in the 1950s, Hungary was was the betting odds favorite in a World Cup, and now it's like their afterthought, so it's not it can happen, it can happen, it can really happen. So, I mean, I think it's gonna, I think it's only the the the teams around the world are only gonna get better, they're gonna have better players, they're gonna develop better players, and once the if once these nations in Africa, Asia, um the South America, South American teams, North American teams, once they start developing top level forwards, oh now this game is completely changed because if these teams had top-level forwards, I mean you know, even top level, just good forwards. Like, I'm watching Mexico with Rahoimenez and Quinane's do crazy things. I'm like, if if um Morocco had Young Laminion, if Yomino Wall had chosen Morocco instead of Spain, think about how different the game would be right now. Like Morocco is possibly the favorite of the World Cup, like maybe not the favorite, maybe behind France, but after that, like they're right up there with anyone, and that can happen, that can happen in four years. Like, man, like I said, I don't want to be too dramatic and all that, but it's just you know, watching that game, my mind was just bogging. I'm like, wow, do people understand what they're watching? Um, so yeah, you know, it's the summer, so a lot of stuff to pot about when it comes to news, games, all that. But um, yeah, I'll be getting to more stuff next week. See y'all till then.