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00:00I have to ask you this question.
00:02So today we ran a clip of Zion talking about blame them blame the pelicans.
00:08They're the ones that are saying I can't play back to back.
00:11I work for them.
00:12They call the shots.
00:14Now we know he's been injured a lot and we know how young he is.
00:19But I said I threw this salvo out there.
00:22I said today that that's the beginning of the end of him in New Orleans.
00:25He now is calling out his, you know, superiors, frankly, and the management and the team,
00:33the organization, calling them out saying you got a problem with me not playing back
00:36to back.
00:37Talk to them.
00:38And that's like saying my bosses are idiots.
00:42And how many people get away with that?
00:47I will say this one thing in his defense.
00:50We climb on players all the time for load management.
00:5490% of the time it actually is the team that's like, hey, I don't try, you know, hey, Kawhi,
01:00you're not going to play as much.
01:02He's still on a minute's limit.
01:04It's usually the team that comes in harder and is more protective of its investment,
01:09frankly, than the player.
01:11That said, Zion's a different case, right?
01:13Because let's just say, Scott, as a guy who has spent a lot of time in New Orleans and
01:19if I had to spend a week there like you're going to, I'd probably come back 15 pounds
01:24heavier.
01:25Zion is not the best conditioned athlete we've ever seen in the NBA.
01:30He's maybe even better this year, but like he's got to take care of himself.
01:35And that's part of the reason you've got to bring him along slowly.
01:38I don't think there's anybody out there who looked at that and said, yeah, they should
01:42be limiting him.
01:43Like, is there anybody who was like, no, you should totally play more?
01:46No, you're 12 and 36.
01:48You're not making the playoffs.
01:50Don't push this guy right now and see what happens.
01:53Try to try to get him right for next season and see what happens is why their name comes
01:56up in a Jimmy Butler trade.
01:57I'm like, why?
01:58First off, Jimmy's not going to want to go there, but why?
02:02What are you, what are you going to do with Jimmy Butler the rest of this season?