Eric Nehm

Maybe he might not have played up to his full potential in other places.

He's never been on a good team.

All those things are kind of changing right now.

And he's showing the world that he might actually be able to keep it together.

He might be a good player.

So I think that will be the other thing.

And then the third thing, like you mentioned, is.

I do think December 15th is a notable date.

That is a time when the whole league starts to think about trading and trying to go out there and do those things.

And I think one thing that stood out to me in Doc Rivers' pregame was obviously he took a bunch of questions about the most recent reports and rumors and all these things.

And he kind of got to a spot where I'll try to paraphrase it, but he's like, guys, let's just call a spade a spade.

We're talking about this because we're not winning.

We're struggling right now.

So that's why this is a story.

If we rattle off 10 in a row, all of a sudden, this will magically disappear.

That's what happens.

And instead of asking, oh, are you going to trade Giannis or what's going to happen there?

What you'll be asking is, are you guys going to make a move at the deadline?

and add someone to try to help us win and help us get to the places that we want to go.

And and I do think obviously that's a nice sales job by Doc, and he's among the most elite salesmen, among the most elite salesmen in the entire league.