Ben DuBose

But again, it goes back to we need to not speak for them.

We need to let Alperin Shungun and Jabari Smith Jr.

process it on their own terms.

I can't speak for them.

They have way more knowledge than I do.

And they also are going to have info this week that we don't in terms of how KD approaches it with them, what Ime Udoka says.

There's so many different variables that we don't know.

But in terms of what's different with the Katie Burner scandal this time relative to 2017, if there is a Katie Burner scandal, it's the teammate angle, the active teammate angle.

And it's not our place to say how they should respond or how they will feel.

I don't know.

There's a lot of things that go into that, but I'm not Jamari Smith.

I'm not Alperen Shingun.

And so I'm going to defer to them on this situation and we'll see how it plays out.

I'm sure we'll come back to this conversation, as you said, over the next few, you know, pods, the weeks and months ahead.

I mean, this might be a big deal or it might be a nothing burger.

We'll have to see.

The last element that I want to address before we turn the page exclusively to basketball, I do not think it's fair to take this information, if it's true, and then backfill.

Because as you said, Paolo, I don't think these sentiments are all that uncommon.

hell, I have some of these sentiments with my job and it's nowhere near as competitive or stressful as competing at the highest level in the NBA.

There are times that I vent to people in my inner circle, most notably, you know, my wife at the dinner table about people that I work closely with.