Howard Beck

And I think impact on winning can be a factor in Rookie of the Year.

But it's Rookie of the Year, not MVP.

MVP wins always matter a ton.

There are certain other awards where the wins are a huge factor.

Rookie of the year, you can't let it be an overwhelming factor.

And in the end of it all, for me, I just thought, uh, you know, Cooper flag, you know, everybody has seen the stats.

He did things that, you know, you know, that Mike hadn't been done since Michael Jordan was a rookie and leading his team and like points, rebounds, assists, all this kind of stuff.

Some of the outstanding games he had individually, uh,

But it was tough.

He played 11 fewer games than Khan.

Khan was much more efficient.

And Khan did contribute to the Hornets being a much better team this season.

Even if that's not the main factor, it was a factor worth considering.

But congrats to Cooper Flagg.

Congrats to Khan.

Nobody saw that coming for it to be a race this close when these two guys were drafted last June.

Yeah.

healthy enough and ready to play like i i can't second guess that i'm fine with the idea that as soon as you're ready to come back you come back especially when you are the franchise player i i get that the future is maxine edgecomb but mb'd not just by contract but by everything is still the present appendicitis appendix surgery you know coming back after whatever two weeks and you're you're probably rusty you're probably a little out of shape

okay, I get that these are desperate times and this is the franchise player.

Put him out there as soon as he's ready.