Rob Mahoney

But then also just having all their guys is going to change the parameters in the situations where he catches the ball.

Little diseases more in there, Cason.

We're so excited about how willing to embrace the moment Kaysen was at the end of that game.

We were just like, damn it, Kaysen Wallace.

Hell yeah, man.

Big shot.

He matched that big three that Kelton hit in the corner, drove to the basket, high glass floater, and contrast that with Dort's lack of fear of the moment where you're like, ooh, be a little more afraid, Dort.

Healthy fear is good, I think.

Maybe don't do that.

Don't take that shot.

The early threes, it's like, you know, I'm sure a lot of ulcers were formed because of Dort's fearlessness.

Well, yeah, it goes back and forth.

And I was sort of like flashing back, just trying to imagine what I was thinking and what people were saying.

Granted, the Warriors-Cavs stuff predated me covering the NBA, most of it.

But...

I remember going into those finals really being riveted and excited about them, but also there was the counter of I remember people being like, they ruined it.

It's a funny balance of people thinking that basketball was ruined because we had this expectation that was met every year, every June, because those two teams would be in the finals.

I personally, I think back too about my years really enjoying baseball, which has gone on and off throughout my life where

The times when I was most interested in it was like Evil Empire, New York Yankees years there when I was in high school, like in the early 2000s, where they were just this, you know, daunting force that, you know, we had to find a way to take them down.

Everybody was just like, empires are fun in sports.