Jay Wright
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And I think we thought, oh, wow, that's cute.
Now all of a sudden, you know, it's not a cute story.
It's a real story.
But has he been hiding in plain sight?
Yeah, that's exactly it.
He's been a championship player at every level, high school, won two at Villanova, and now he's won one in the NBA.
And, you know, people wanted to always disrespect his size, but people need to understand being able to play in angles.
I mean, there was a couple opportunities there.
in this final series when he got switched off when wendy got switched off onto him a couple huge big time threes over a seven foot four and really eight foot frame when wendy goes up and in game five you saw that one move when he got into the paint and wendy almost fell and he was able to finish right at the rim
Look, he knows how to play in angles.
He understands his limitations and what he's about.
And also, too, let's give the rest of the team a lot of credit surrounding him with the right compliments of players.
Having his guys from Villanova, like Hart, and having Mikael Bridges, guys that understand how to play with him, how to set him up, having Cat, a stretch five,
putting the parts, Leon Rose putting the parts around him, they all deserve credit here.
I know that it's a copycat league, or at least that team won.
Maybe we should try to do what they do, or we get people to counteract what they're doing.
I don't know if GMs are going to go, hey, let's build a cohesive team here.
I mean, this is not something out of a blueprint here.
These guys played in college.
You brought them here.