But we really have to focus on one of the most impactful things that happened.

And that is the injury of the hand of Steph Curry.

It happened here when Aaron Baynes will see his butt lands right on steps hand and Steph has a broken hand.

You also had a broken hand.

What do you think this means in terms of the Warriors and Steph and his recuperation?

Well, they're a couple of different things.

Is he gonna need surgery and wood at surgery?

Require him to need some pins and screws put in his hand?

Because as a member of the Raptors, after coming back from having a broken hand, I probably came back maybe two weeks too early, and I missed almost two months.

So I play with my version of a Michael Jackson glove on with a cast on top of it.

We're clearly became a target for the defense to swat at my hand as they were going after the ball, and it hurt very much and so forth stuff this season is now lost with the Golden State Warriors.

No, he probably had aspirations.

A planet EVP level showing Everybody can lift this team to the playoffs along with Draymond Green at D'Angelo.

Russell.

That's not gonna happen.

So now you don't have to rush him back and so forth stuff.

I think the recovery process is gonna be a lot longer because they're gonna play it safe and rightfully so.

That's a really good point.

And one thing I do still wanna mention quickly, as the implications aren't just for the Warriors leaves a spot open that I think the Dallas Mavericks will slide into in.

The Western Conference will monitor that as the season continues.

And one thing that we have been monitoring is the behavior of Kyrie Irving.

Jackie MacMullan had a piece a couple days ago.

Just talk about the front office being a little uncertain about some of his mood swings.

And then we heard from the head coach and his teammates, but we hadn't heard from Kyrie until last night.

Here's Kyrie, responding to the reports.

Who cares what?

Yes, being Cesar, Anyone says like I love myself.

I love my family.

I love my friends.

I love playing basketball.

I'm grateful to do it every day that's gonna come with being one of the top players.

I'm not here to dispel anything.

We continue to ask other people around me about what they think about me on.

Continue to write about mood swings.

Like, you know, human beings have mood swings like you go home and you're you're not happy with things or your mad at something that you're happy.

That's a mood swing chilling.

What do you think?

I love his answer, and it kind of mirror what I said on this show.

All of this dynamic balls down to is your role in space on the team as the 15th man.

When a report like this comes out, your teammates gonna be behind you, ride or die when it's your best player, they're going to double down on that support.

And so for Kyrie, I saw a level of responsibility and maturity that it's one thing to perform out on the floor.

But when people underestimate is as an athlete, you also are required to be on pretty much all of the time, whether you had a restaurant where you at the airport, whether you're in front of the media and so they're going to be times that you don't feel like you're best version of yourself, and that's really what he articulated.

Jalen, how come every time I'm with you, you are always so sweet and always so nice to everyone that recognizes you?

I've never seen you not be your best self when someone in public recognizes you, I'm not Kyrie.

And here's the other thing.

All that is is your personality.

Just look back for public consumption.

Every since you saw me playing a high school playing in college, I was always brash.

I was always outspoken.

That's my personality, that not necessarily his or Katie's, for that matter.

You know what's gonna help all this story?

They get some wins there, sitting in one and three right now.

And one thing I learned from my friend Jalen Rose is winning is the best deodorant.

Some stinks.

Get some W's up there and guess what?

The mood swings don't matter anymore.

None of it matters anymore.

Once you get some wins, once the Nets start winning, we'll see.

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