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- Malcolm: and the thing I like about him, bro, he's not someone that's gonna like that's gonna bend his knee to institutions or to ownership just because they are what they are. Right. Like he knows that he still has leverage and he has like a voice. And it's like a lot of people do it because they aren't educated enough to like know what they're dealing with. Jalen Brown is like extremely aware of like his circumstances and like where he stands as a player, as a and it's like I think he it's like I like him a lot, bro, because he knows that he represents so much more than just Jalen Brown, bro. Like he's not like like he's not like I hope people don't think this is like a facade. He's just doing this for like attention or to seem smart. But I genuinely think that that's someone who like he knows like he represents so much more. He represents everyone that looks like him, bro. He speaks for all, you know, educated black men who may be kind of like prejudiced or or scrutinized or or or not taken seriously because they're trying to do more than, you know, the the basic assignment. Like like I think he's like he's like he's kind of essentially like setting like the groundwork for what it looks like to be a highly educated black man and to be more than just an athlete, bro. And that's like why I respect him a lot. I respect all athletes. I also respect Kyrie a lot, bro, because it's like Thomas: Mm-hmm. Malcolm: I don't you know, obviously your day job is basketball, bro, but it's like I feel like the greatest basketball players are the ones that are known for more than just basketball, bro. Like it's the ones that leave a legacy behind on and off the court. and it's like I feel like they they do both of them do that like very well. And it's like, yes, it's sometimes it's controversial, sometimes it doesn't bow with all the public. Like he's gonna speak his mind. he's not gonna like just shut up and dribble when he says something that that that folks don't like. So yeah, nah, it was a lot of those comments, I just kept saying bro, it's just like like the timing in which like the all these different articles and all these anonymous people were coming out, it was just like the day after he got traded, just back to back to back to back to back. It was like people really had it out for him, like this crazy vendetta. And I'm like, bro, like, for what? You know? So yeah, nah, I'm I'm really excited for this upcoming NBA season. The summer league has been crazy. This draft class is crazy. These trades have been crazy. I will be tuned in. Football's about to come back. Cowboys are about to be back. Spurs about to be back. It's cinema, bro. We're back, bro. We're back. We are like we're just back in all in all dimensions. We're just back everywhere. I'm ready, Doug. Thomas: Yeah. Shout out Sea Will. Looking good. Looking good for the for the for my tip for the Bulls, man. Malcolm: Kayla Wilson looking Kayla Wilson looking crazy, man. AJ looking crazy. Darren Peterson is killing right now as we speak. Cam Booza looking crazy. my boy on the Sixers looking crazy. A cuff looking looking nice, bro. Like it's it's some it's some some dogs out here, man. I I'm this this might be the best draft class in in some time, bro. So yeah. Thomas: Yeah. If and if Braun go to DC, shout out D C. Malcolm: You know, that's not Thomas: His boy over there though. A D. Think about that. A D, AJ, to Trey Young. Malcolm: I hope I W Wizards Slick got do got a got a little they got a roster, man. I I I I I do apologize. If you've been a ro a ri a real Wizards fan this whole time and you stay down, I gonna lie, DC sports as a whole is on the come up. Thomas: It is, it is.