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“I still don't know who I'm voting for for MVP. I've changed my mind. I've had a conscious uncoupling with my original SGA thing. I just over and over again keep thinking, what in 10 years, what am I going to think? Am I going to regret doing this? Because there's been a couple MVP picks I've regretted over the years. I'm just not ready to make a pick yet.”

“In last night's game, like his defense was next worldly. I was surprised. I thought Kawhi would be more aggressive and all that stuff. But I actually thought at times he was... fighting to get the ball every possession, getting bumped up the floor. I mean it takes a toll. Kawhi probably very rarely fights or plays against someone that's bigger and stronger than him for a whole game. I thought the game took a toll on Kawhi and I thought it was Draymond's doing.”

“I text her at the beginning of the game, well, this is the rough start for Golden State. And then at halftime, I said, oh, they're hanging around. And then my daughter's last text was in the fourth quarter with about eight minutes left. I said, if they hang around long enough, the step can see the finish line, he's gonna take it. Yeah. And that is exactly what happened, you know.”

“The one I think is the most interesting for an underdog pick if you want to get nuts is the Lakers. Lakers in seven is 10 to 1, Lakers in six is 22 to 1, and the Lakers to win this series is plus 530 I just feel like we're gonna get Luka back before the end of this series. Even if it's 2-1 after 3, the longer that series goes on, I think the worse I think it is for Houston. I just think the odds are a little out of whack.”

“The other thing I wanted to mention, we got a word today that Cade and Luka are now eligible for first-team OMVA, or second-team OMVA, or MVP, or whatever you want, because they were peel-plush process work. So I'm just gonna give you my ballot with the adjusted Luka. First team, Yokage, Wemby, Luka, SGA, Jalen Brown. Second team, Duran, Kawhi, Mitchell, Cade, Brunson.”