Richard Jefferson

And it happens the same way a guy like Chet Holmgren, who is a confident, arrogant dude, can miss two free throws in a playoff game in a clutch moment, right? These young players, and I've been a part of it. I missed two free throws in a game five against Indiana, and I thought my life was going to be over.

You can be 21 and 22 and be in deer and headlights and have a 38 point game, 36 point game and show and show glimpses, but then be six, eight and nine. I'm not comparing Kobe Bryant, but Kobe Bryant also famously airballed three laps. You know what I'm saying? So there can be a growth that happens. I watched Thompson, and I think of him as a jack of all trades.

You can be 21 and 22 and be in deer and headlights and have a 38 point game, 36 point game and show and show glimpses, but then be six, eight and nine. I'm not comparing Kobe Bryant, but Kobe Bryant also famously airballed three laps. You know what I'm saying? So there can be a growth that happens. I watched Thompson, and I think of him as a jack of all trades.

You can be 21 and 22 and be in deer and headlights and have a 38 point game, 36 point game and show and show glimpses, but then be six, eight and nine. I'm not comparing Kobe Bryant, but Kobe Bryant also famously airballed three laps. You know what I'm saying? So there can be a growth that happens. I watched Thompson, and I think of him as a jack of all trades.

He's got a long way to go before he can prove that he is an offensive threat. Not like he's... shooting, the percentages, the technical look on his shot that needs to be improved. There's a big gap there. So he's got the intangibles of all the basketball greatness. Jalen Green's got the skill.

He's got a long way to go before he can prove that he is an offensive threat. Not like he's... shooting, the percentages, the technical look on his shot that needs to be improved. There's a big gap there. So he's got the intangibles of all the basketball greatness. Jalen Green's got the skill.

He's got a long way to go before he can prove that he is an offensive threat. Not like he's... shooting, the percentages, the technical look on his shot that needs to be improved. There's a big gap there. So he's got the intangibles of all the basketball greatness. Jalen Green's got the skill.

So I think as long as Jalen Green continues to progress, which he's made big jumps year over year, as long as he continues to progress, I think they actually work together because Jalen Green can do things that Thompson can and Thompson can do things that Jalen Green can't.

So I think as long as Jalen Green continues to progress, which he's made big jumps year over year, as long as he continues to progress, I think they actually work together because Jalen Green can do things that Thompson can and Thompson can do things that Jalen Green can't.

So I think as long as Jalen Green continues to progress, which he's made big jumps year over year, as long as he continues to progress, I think they actually work together because Jalen Green can do things that Thompson can and Thompson can do things that Jalen Green can't.

So I don't quite think that they're in each other's way because both of them got this experience to be against this team and having the number two seed because over the course of the season, they could complement each other and build off of that and be kind of like, quote unquote, a combo good player.

So I don't quite think that they're in each other's way because both of them got this experience to be against this team and having the number two seed because over the course of the season, they could complement each other and build off of that and be kind of like, quote unquote, a combo good player.

So I don't quite think that they're in each other's way because both of them got this experience to be against this team and having the number two seed because over the course of the season, they could complement each other and build off of that and be kind of like, quote unquote, a combo good player.

No, I think the series, I think Cleveland coming off a series in which they blew out their opponent. There was no competition, zero resistance, elevation of intensity, but no resistance. So for them to get, excuse me, the Pacers, which are coming off a physical series where they ran, they did similar things, long athletic opponents, Giannis and Brooke.

No, I think the series, I think Cleveland coming off a series in which they blew out their opponent. There was no competition, zero resistance, elevation of intensity, but no resistance. So for them to get, excuse me, the Pacers, which are coming off a physical series where they ran, they did similar things, long athletic opponents, Giannis and Brooke.

No, I think the series, I think Cleveland coming off a series in which they blew out their opponent. There was no competition, zero resistance, elevation of intensity, but no resistance. So for them to get, excuse me, the Pacers, which are coming off a physical series where they ran, they did similar things, long athletic opponents, Giannis and Brooke.

So for them to come in the series with a punch and a force, not surprised. Boston, I would say Orlando had some physicality to them. Um, but ultimately the Knicks were in a grind out series. They were even, um, um, what's his name? Detroit. No, no, no. Uh, for Knicks. Josh Hart said, we've been hit with bats for six games and we brought our bats to this game. They had to.

So for them to come in the series with a punch and a force, not surprised. Boston, I would say Orlando had some physicality to them. Um, but ultimately the Knicks were in a grind out series. They were even, um, um, what's his name? Detroit. No, no, no. Uh, for Knicks. Josh Hart said, we've been hit with bats for six games and we brought our bats to this game. They had to.

So for them to come in the series with a punch and a force, not surprised. Boston, I would say Orlando had some physicality to them. Um, but ultimately the Knicks were in a grind out series. They were even, um, um, what's his name? Detroit. No, no, no. Uh, for Knicks. Josh Hart said, we've been hit with bats for six games and we brought our bats to this game. They had to.

That was the only way for them truly to beat the Knicks is to come with the physical and then to persevere for 48 minutes. That's the only way for them to do it. And they did. Right. Then you get you get Brunson and you give me Brunson with 90 seconds in a tie game. I'm feeling confident. I'm feeling very, very confident. You give me Brunson.