Jon Krawczynski

Like that's exactly the kind of thing Chet has to nail.

And the fact that he can do it at a time where, yeah, Isaiah Hartenstein is out.

That just gives the Thunder that much more comfort in terms of when push comes to shove, if they do need to play this way, they know that Chet can be counted on to get that kind of opportunity in particular.

I did think that with AJ Mitchell, when the Thunder start AJ Mitchell,

To me, that's like a sign of respect, basically.

Yeah, yeah.

Because if you let the Thunder, they will Dort and Wallace their way through every wing minute they possibly can and Caruso their way through every wing minute they possibly can.

And so if they feel like, even when they're shorthanded, that they need to start A.J.

Mitchell against you, I think it's a tip of the hat to your defense, to be honest with you.

he would be at least in the conversation for like do i got to put him on a ballot spot because he's he's like rock solid defensively he's he's just been an awesome story for them also like low-key a pretty good like high post passer hitting cutters like he did tonight like he just has a lot of cohesive skills that help you play good team basketball and like what more can you ask of your you know third center option off the bench effectively than that

We're getting kind of close.

I mean, I think we're going to need to see Tatum over like a sustained stretch.

The opening like the opening offerings have been just incredible in terms of what he's been able to do.

But three games and 15 games or 20 games or more importantly, like a seven game series at a time are very different.

like endeavors.

So I want to see a little bit more, but if it continues in this way, I think they probably do have more going for them than basically any other contender at this point.

I'm not quite ready to bail on Detroit just yet, but I think the Celtics are coming on incredibly strong.

I don't know.

Well, let me ask you this.

So these four teams tonight, we have San Antonio and Denver going at it.