Kevin O'Connor

with SGA on offense versus what's, you know, a little bit harder to measure with Wemby's impact on the offensive end of the floor and also how you weigh offense versus defense.

I think those, in my opinion, are the biggest swing factors more so than the minutes or games played aspects.

I voted for Cooper Flagg for Rookie of the Year, and this was close.

I mean, the last month or so, I've been flip-flopping between these two, and at the end of the day, I mean, like you said, Khan was an unbelievable shooter this season, and I think his offensive impact beyond shooting was underrated as well.

He set 738 screens this year as a guard, by far the most as a guard.

The little things he does, the cutting, the screening, the relocating, he's more than just the standstill shooter, and

Cooper had the ball in his hands a lot, and everybody was geared towards stopping him, every single opponent.

I think with Rookie of the Year, Danny, one of the things we never talk about is defense.

And Cooper Flagg was...

significantly the better and more impactful defender this season over con canipple with what he did as a switchable guy we saw in the game against the lakers in march in multiple games where he's blocking shots from behind making big plays on defense con is solid positionally but flag is a more impactful defender and so you can't talk about that the degree of difficulty factor with the fact cooper was the best player on his team calm as the third fourth or fifth on the hornets

I lean flag, but this was close.

I'm not surprised.

It's going to be a debate that the vote will probably be close, but I think flag, as you said earlier, first-inch Jordan to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, and steals.

That says all you got to know.

There's no better opportunity for Harden to do it than right now with this Cavs roster.

The fact he has a partner in the backcourt by his side, and Donovan Mitchell, two really good frontcourt players, and Jared Allen and Evan Mobley, a bunch of really good wings, Max Struess, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and all up and down the line.

This is a strong Cavaliers team, and he doesn't need to have the responsibility all on his shoulders.

I mean, you talk about the choke jobs, and it's true.

He had them.

But he was also, with the Houston Rockets, the only player to go deep into a series in the West against those juggernaut Warriors teams.