Nick Baumgardner

Anybody can watch anything now.

And so the exclusivity of it, the special of that moment, and don't get me wrong, sports are still the only thing you can watch live and there's a camaraderie that, hey, I don't want to miss sports live.

That still exists.

That's why sports rights are facing a potential bubble here in the coming years.

But to hear Kevin Durant describe it, I think that was so accurate.

Like, he's saying, hey, I went and checked the receipts.

The receipts don't show the purchases y'all said don't make.

Yeah, I appreciate – because I think there's one thing – I know people –

feel different ways about kevin durant him on social etc the one thing i'll never argue is that he does love the game of basketball like in its purest form and fashion more than a brush so i believe him 100 where he said you know what i went back and watched i believe he did that um

And I imagine that he probably saw things where he's like, man, they wasn't playing.

They were just here.

And I think because his generation of players has gotten the most blowback on the intensity, competitiveness, etc.

Also thanks to social media, by the way.

I think he feels responsible for coming back and saying, hey man, this is not our fault.

Yeah, I think that's the bigger point.

And I think...

We're asking the NBA to make something happen that probably can't happen.

I want to remind people, the four major pro sports leagues of North America, the NBA, the NFL, MLB, and the NHL, they all have an all-star experience.

And every single one of those leagues' all-star experience since the turn of the century has been reimagined, reinvented, gone back and forth.

Baseball is a perfect example.