David Fizdale

And I do think it will raise...

participation and urgency.

Yes.

The urgency to win and get your seating in the playoffs.

You don't have that 10 game cushion.

Now you got to get off to good starts.

Like you can't have big lulls in the middle of your season, like a lot of things it affects.

And so I think Adam Silver is always looking at ways to make it more competitive and

And you look at the in-season tournament and you look at the play-in, all of those things have made our league more competitive, more entertaining.

So I think if he looks at this and find a way that that impacts competitiveness, he'll make the change.

I saw him in the ninth grade playing for the Oakland Soldiers when I was a young assistant coach in college recruiting.

When I saw him then, I knew he was going to be special.

He already had his handle was excellent.

He was obviously a freak athlete, but his understanding of how to play, how to manipulate the game, you know, all of those things was already intact.

So I was looking at him like an athletic Magic Johnson.

Right.

And then once he hit the league, I was a young assistant.

His rookie year, I was behind the bench with Eric Musselman in Golden State.

And it was him, D-Wade, Bosh, Mello, that class.

And I got to see all of those guys up close.