Kendrick Perkins

And he's absolutely right.

It is Giannis.

But in Jalen Brown's mind, he's saying, I'm Jalen Brown.

We've heard Jalen Brown say he feels like he's the best player in the world.

And he should have that type of confidence.

So the same way we feeling like, hey, this is Giannis, one of the most dominant players to ever play the game of basketball, a top five greatest power forward of all time, Jalen Brown is saying,

I feel like I'm the best player in the league right now.

He feels that way.

And rightfully so.

He had a career year.

I believe that he's one of the better two-way players in the game.

Again, I voted him top five in my MVP votes.

But I just don't see, again, time and time again, because it's a combination of a lot of things.

It's one that Brad Stevens tried to trade him, but it's another that Jalen Brown has been very vocal on his live streams.

Within 24 hours of him blowing a 3-1 lead as the leader, he goes on his live stream and he says, hey, this was the best year of my career.

My favorite season of my career.

Why Jason Tatum sidelined with the Achilles injury?

You know what I mean?

And I still haven't seen Jason Tatum on the live stream.

Pat, that's like me and you trying to fake it.