Nick Wright

What he said was, James Harden is unquestionably better at basketball than Jalen Brunson.

But if you were to ask me who I would rather have to win a huge playoff series, I would pick Jalen Brunson.

And the fact that that

mindset not only exists but I think is not that out of the mainstream is a very unique it's it's a very unique thing when you really break it down this is a diehard James Harden fan and he's saying James Harden is clearly better than better than Jalen Brunson at basketball but when it comes to winning important basketball games I'd rather have the other guy

Which does beg the question.

Well, it does make sense in as much as I know what the guy is... What he and folks that agree with him are saying is, I judge basketball almost as an artistic endeavor.

Meaning...

How much your skill correlates with what actually wins is secondary to how much I appreciate your skill.

So it's not that dissimilar to me to... And everybody dunked on this guy.

But while everybody was dunking on this guy, the ringer...

And again, I just gave Simmons credit.

And next time, I already gave him a hard time about this on his last pod.

I'll do it again.

The Ringer just came out with their latest NBA Top 100.

And despite my pleas, can we please have LeBron James as the king of the old guys?

Forget the fact that Kawhi's at 8 and Steph is at 10.

On the latest Ringer Top 100, Kevin Durant is 16 and LeBron James is 20.

Which is the exact same logic of James Harden is better than Jalen Brunson, but I'd rather have Jalen Brunson to win a playoff series.

It's contradictory, unless, of course, what you're saying is, by better, I just mean who passes my own personal skills competition rather than whose skills actually translate to winning the most important games.

And some of those skills are off the court, are leadership, are availability, are...