Adam Matas

But another thing I think about is maybe the real fallout, like if we just try to imagine a world where he was still here and the injuries happened exactly as they did, except for he's still healthy.

Does P. Watt break out?

Can both P. Watt and MPJ break out in everyone's absence or would he have actually the real fallout is P. Watt would have been still relegated to third, fourth option and Mike would have just broken out.

The one thing I will give Mike, and this is a big one, is I think he's better than I thought he was.

He's a really good player, and I always thought he was a really good player, but he is probably better.

Are you on a Zoom?

Yeah, I just realized I actually need to go.

So I think Mike's just better, and that's cool.

And it's honestly like I thought maybe a seat's really warm.

I thought that might have felt like more of a negative than it actually does.

I'm excited for tomorrow night.

I definitely think it was a win-win.

And here's the last thing I'll say on this list thing.

We have to be careful how we analyze the sport.

The more I cover it, the more I feel like there's so many variables that we can't ever feel like we actually feel them all.

And one of them is that Cam Johnson has felt underwhelming in his individual performances.

But I think that he can be underwhelming and low usage and it not be an issue is actually a feature, not a bug.

And Mike was this for many years.

He wasn't like he was complaining very much.

I mean, a handful of times, but it wasn't like it was an issue.