Rachel Nichols
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Same thing.
That exact reason.
There's the human division and then there's the alien.
I don't know, man.
I saw this kid when he was still in France playing before he was drafted.
And I was like, OK, that's it.
Like, that's it.
He's the next thing.
And not just the next thing the way Cooper Flagg or LeBron or any of this, but he's the next.
sort of kind of basketball player, not the next good one, the next kind of.
And I said before he was drafted, this kid's going to be a top 10 ever player.
And I was laughed at on national television.
And then I said it his rookie year, and I was laughed at on national television.
Top 10 all time.
Come on, look at the list.
Who are you knocking out?
All that stuff.
I think I maybe undershot it, right?
I mean, it's not just that he's so tall and the fact that he grew between last season and this season, which is insane.
He's now 7'4", after being 7'2", but that his mentality, it's like sticking, you know,