Isaiah Blakely

Although, you know, Shay does not have the, the explosiveness, right. Of, of West. Like there's not, there's a thrill watching Westbrook love him or hate him, be frustrated by him. There's a thrill watching Russell Westbrook in his prime. There's a thrill watching Kevin Durant, uh,

Although, you know, Shay does not have the, the explosiveness, right. Of, of West. Like there's not, there's a thrill watching Westbrook love him or hate him, be frustrated by him. There's a thrill watching Russell Westbrook in his prime. There's a thrill watching Kevin Durant, uh,

I don't know that you get that same like charge as whether you're a Thunder fan or just a general NBA fan from this team. And again, to the point of them not being playing on Christmas or small market woes and all this other stuff of, you know, lack of promotion interest. Like Shea is still almost a complete unknown to the public. Yeah, I think a lot of that's by by design by him.

I don't know that you get that same like charge as whether you're a Thunder fan or just a general NBA fan from this team. And again, to the point of them not being playing on Christmas or small market woes and all this other stuff of, you know, lack of promotion interest. Like Shea is still almost a complete unknown to the public. Yeah, I think a lot of that's by by design by him.

I don't know that you get that same like charge as whether you're a Thunder fan or just a general NBA fan from this team. And again, to the point of them not being playing on Christmas or small market woes and all this other stuff of, you know, lack of promotion interest. Like Shea is still almost a complete unknown to the public. Yeah, I think a lot of that's by by design by him.

Well, Russ wasn't exactly the most giving of himself to the media, the public either. But he's so but he but even the snarliness was part of the appeal.

Well, Russ wasn't exactly the most giving of himself to the media, the public either. But he's so but he but even the snarliness was part of the appeal.

Well, Russ wasn't exactly the most giving of himself to the media, the public either. But he's so but he but even the snarliness was part of the appeal.

In other ways, right. He's not going to sit down and have a half-hour thoughtful conversation with the local beat writers, but he's going to convey a lot in a very short amount of time, odd to court it off. And this group is very restrained.

In other ways, right. He's not going to sit down and have a half-hour thoughtful conversation with the local beat writers, but he's going to convey a lot in a very short amount of time, odd to court it off. And this group is very restrained.

In other ways, right. He's not going to sit down and have a half-hour thoughtful conversation with the local beat writers, but he's going to convey a lot in a very short amount of time, odd to court it off. And this group is very restrained.

ESPN's Tim Bontemps did his first MVP straw poll, which came out, I think, this morning. Jokic is the pretty safe leader right now. 57 first place votes and 827 points.

ESPN's Tim Bontemps did his first MVP straw poll, which came out, I think, this morning. Jokic is the pretty safe leader right now. 57 first place votes and 827 points.

ESPN's Tim Bontemps did his first MVP straw poll, which came out, I think, this morning. Jokic is the pretty safe leader right now. 57 first place votes and 827 points.

Shea was second again. 24 first place votes, 678 points. So a clear... Distance behind him with a lot of season yet to go. And Giannis was third. I bring this up because I was one of the 24 people who put Shea at the top of my ballot. No guarantee that that's where I'll end up, folks, when all of a sudden done in a few months. But but I had Shea first.

Shea was second again. 24 first place votes, 678 points. So a clear... Distance behind him with a lot of season yet to go. And Giannis was third. I bring this up because I was one of the 24 people who put Shea at the top of my ballot. No guarantee that that's where I'll end up, folks, when all of a sudden done in a few months. But but I had Shea first.

Shea was second again. 24 first place votes, 678 points. So a clear... Distance behind him with a lot of season yet to go. And Giannis was third. I bring this up because I was one of the 24 people who put Shea at the top of my ballot. No guarantee that that's where I'll end up, folks, when all of a sudden done in a few months. But but I had Shea first.

And a lot of that is that because like for me and. This this framework has shifted for a lot of people over time as the voting pool has changed. But I am still of the belief that the wins have to matter a lot. It is not simply a statistical race. It's not simply with this guy won every stat category and every advanced stat category. Ergo, they're the winner.

And a lot of that is that because like for me and. This this framework has shifted for a lot of people over time as the voting pool has changed. But I am still of the belief that the wins have to matter a lot. It is not simply a statistical race. It's not simply with this guy won every stat category and every advanced stat category. Ergo, they're the winner.

And a lot of that is that because like for me and. This this framework has shifted for a lot of people over time as the voting pool has changed. But I am still of the belief that the wins have to matter a lot. It is not simply a statistical race. It's not simply with this guy won every stat category and every advanced stat category. Ergo, they're the winner.