Danny Parkins

When you look at the minutes, and SGA played nearly 400 minutes more than Wemby, I think it was 393 minutes.

You divide that by the 29 minutes per game that Wemby played, it's the equivalent of 13 and a half more games played for SGA than Wemby.

I have a hard time, like, everything you said is true about the defense, and I'll even concede the impact on the offensive end, even if SGA is six more points per game, three more assists per game, more, like, easily identifiable offensive contributions.

Just the sheer volume of minutes on the court is something that would tilt me, if I had to vote, to SGA.

So I said earlier I would give Cooper Flagg my Rookie of the Year.

I am a little surprised at how much of a debate this has been.

Fully conceding that Khan leading the NBA in threes made is remarkable.

As a rookie, who did you vote for for Rookie of the Year and why?

Yeah, it's a pretty open-and-shut case when you put Michael Jordan's name next to it.

So James Harden has the reputation of playoff joker, and it is earned based on his performance in elimination games.

But if you look at it, he's fourth in minutes, playoff minutes, since he entered the league, and he's fourth in points and fourth in threes.

He's played to his numbers in terms of his opportunity.

A bunch of games with five or more threes, a bunch of games with 30 or more points.

They're the second favorite in the East right behind Boston.

Do you give Harden a chance to change his playoff narrative this postseason?

So I think the Thunder are going to win, which would make SGA a back-to-back champion, presumed back-to-back MVP, presumed back-to-back finals MVP.

The six guys with multiple regular season MVPs and finals MVPs, it's Kareem, it's Mike, it's Magic, it's Bird, it's Duncan, it's LeBron.

It's the six greatest players of the last 50 years, basically, and soon to be SGA, if I'm right.

Would you take the Thunder or the field ahead of these playoffs?

All right.