J.J. Redick

And, you know, Portland's going to be tough at home.

I mean, it certainly is going to change everyone's thinking a little bit.

And I've been asking this question kind of since March, since they went on that great run in March and LeBron was going as a third option.

Now they're on this run here in the playoffs in the first couple of games where LeBron is obviously the leader on the team and, you know, doing his old LeBron things without Austin and Luca there who also need the ball.

So he is able to be LeBron James.

I think it is reminding not just the Lakers, but everybody, including him, who

who he can be depending on what the lineup is of the team that he goes to.

So much of this is about fit.

The reason why the Lakers haven't really figured out how to use him is because those three guys, Luka, Austin, and LeBron, when they're on the floor together, this is not a sound defensive team, right?

But if you put him on a team where they do have a really strong defense or they've got guys in the front court who can really step up in a way that they don't here,

Maybe he is back to being a number one or number two option.

So I think it's a good kind of reminder for everybody what he can be in different situations.

And that includes him, because I think that, you know, there's times this season I've seen LeBron look exhausted.

But he had fun last night, for sure.

And Colin, by the way, I don't think it's going to be a sweep, but LeBron is 24 and to nothing in games where he's won the first two games in series, playoff series.

It's a much different situation.

Look, we knew that J.J., because he's so analytical, because he works himself to death like crazy, we knew that as a coach, he was going to be very good.

What we didn't know is, having no experience, was that going to come back to bite him over and over again?

Turns out it bit him for a little bit at the very beginning.

And now he's got enough under his belt that the way he is such a good X and O coach, he's super analytical.