This NBA Season Has LEGENDARY Potential

Believe it or not, we are 55 days away from the start of the NBA regular season. That sounds like a long time from now, but I promise you it's not. I'm so hyped for this year. And you're like, Kenny, bro, I've been watching the channel. You make this type of video before every NBA season. That's a fact. I'm I'm [laughter] I'm excited every season. What can I really say? Younger me really did enjoy when there was a big baddie to take out. When the Warriors were the cream of the crop and everybody was trying to take them down, that was fun. Even though we kind of knew it was going to be Warriors versus Cavs every single season, you wondered, could LeBron and company get it done? You know, you get to the finals with the Raptors and the Warriors, you say, can it be done? You rooting for the underdog. Even before that, when I hated, like actually hated the Miami Heat and I hated LeBron James and all of those guys. I enjoyed that period of my life as an NBA fan because again, there was some big bad guy to try to take out. As you know, things have shifted in the NBA dramatically where we've had what, eight straight champions that are different than the previous season. And I can admit that I kind of like this a little bit better. I remember early in the podcasting days again, even though I did enjoy Warriors versus Cavs every year that like we would get to January and we'd be like, why are we even thinking about these other teams where we know it was going to be the Cavs? We know it was going to be the Warriors. And now we're at the point in the NBA where you don't know anything. the team that just won a championship. While they did have championship aspiration and while they were one of the heavy favorites going into last season, like a top three favorite, it still was surprising to see it done. Remember in January, right after the NBA Cup when the Knicks were like two and eight in their last 10, you're like, "Oh, this ain't looking good." Cardinal Towns is making comments about not knowing his role. Josh Hart is making comments about not knowing his role and then it clicked and then they were on the most dominant postseason run maybe, maybe ever. You never know what's going to happen in this league. And I think it is just like times 1,000 going into the 2026 2027 season. This video is brought to you by Segeek. Hit the link in description. Use code KFR10 to get 10% off your purchase of tickets with Segeek. See takes me all over the internet and put them in one central location for you. I most use for sporting events, but they also got comedy, Broadway, festivals. If you need tickets, you got to check out SegeGeek first. I got to show you how it's done. Let's say I'm going to be in Las Vegas. I don't know when I'm going to Las Vegas, but it it's here. 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Majority of this what you see right now is going to get so it's going to look so different at the end of next season. And you ask yourself, how many teams are just not trying? Obviously, the change of the lottery odds is going to be the first year. We're going to get some of that. So, I guess we'll see in real time, but I just look at this Eastern Consistent are trying, the Celtics are trying, the Knicks are trying, the Cavs are trying, the Raptors are trying, the Hawks are trying. They traded the first overall pick from just two years ago to get Lou Dort. They're trying, the 76ers are trying. They just had one of the biggest and most explosive offseasons you may ever see. The Orlando Magic got a brand new coach. They're trying. The Hornets are trying. The Heat just acquired Giannis. The Pacers are back. That's at least 11 teams that are looking at themselves and say, "Hey, we can get it done." Like maybe, you know, the Hornets don't think there could be a championship team, but at the end of the day, there's at least nine teams out east that look at themselves and say, "We can be a contender this season." That's that's the most we've ever really had. The East Chicago had been dominated by Braun for so very long that we would have like, let's say, a top three pool of teams that feel like they can do it. If you told me, if we go all the way to to May of 2027 and you told me that the Raptors are on a run to a finals, I'd be like, that don't sound too crazy. If the Cavs want to run to the finals, I say that ain't too crazy. And you can say that about so many different teams. That's just the Eastern Conference. Now, West is maybe not as many contenders or teams that are, but like OKC is going to be back and better as long as they stay healthy. The Spurs just went on a legendary run after not making the postseason at all last season. The Nuggets may have taken some step back, but they still have one of the best players in the world. The Lakers are going to do the right. These are just teams trying to get it done. The the the Temple was just acquired uh LaMelo Ball and it goes on and on and on. It's like the parody thing is so very cool cuz it's nothing better than like y'all know if you've been around, you know, I don't care about having a right prediction. I'm not gonna stand on no heels or nothing, but it is super cool to say like I believe that the I don't know the finals, this is not my actual opinion, but I believe that the finals gonna be Cavs versus Rockets for whatever reason. And then I happy like bro, I'm a I just tell that wasn't even really something people thought about. Like last season, I've been telling I've said like the Knicks are my team that I think is going to come out of the Easter conference. It was before the team started and then I shifted because they start they started to not look so great. But like I did that, you know, I did that a little bit. So today's video I kind of just want to talk about some of the things I'm really excited about for this upcoming season because boy there is a lot. Got to start off Philadelphia 76ers. Uh there was a time where I was doing the radio show and they were somebody from Philly asked me like what is this offseason going to look like for Philly and I'm like it's probably going to be a quiet one and then they acquired Jaylen Brown and then LeBron James signed to the team. And obviously when you when you have this much talent teaming up after no experience there's going to be a ton of questions. the questions like how long will it take them to jail? Will they be able to jail at all? Is there too many cooks in in in the kitchen? Do they have enough shooting? Do they have enough defense? All of these things are we're going to find the answer to. But the fact that this team exists in the first place is nuts. Early in my podcasting days, we spent minutes of the whole season talking about the 76ers because they weren't trying to do anything other than lose ball games, you know. And then we did start talking about them. It was like, oh, could they beat this Raptors team? And then Kawhi Leonard hits one of the biggest shots in the history of this sport. And you know, one thing I admire about the Joel Embiid era, if you maybe we're not even in the Joel area era anymore. Maybe this is the Tyrese Maxi era Philadelphia. I guess it's teachers own is that whether it be Daryl my or whether they be the new guy, whether it be the previous guy, they always try. They kept putting stuff and throwing things at the wall. And this is the most amount of individual talent they've ever had. So like I'm really excited to see it. Part of me is like obviously they they have the most talented starting five in the league, but being around for so long in the back of my mind they're still just like I don't know if I can pick this team to win a championship. I think the biggest domino is obviously Joel Embiid and his knees and his health. If Joel Embiid can stay healthy for an entire run, this team is objectively a championship contender. But if we don't believe that Joel Embiid can be healthy for the postseason, forget about the regular season, that don't matter. If we could if we don't think he can be healthy for the postseason, this team just doesn't they just still won't have enough. I don't know how like well he is one of the best players in the world so I don't want to I was going to say I don't know how much of a team's individual season and my recent history or recent memory that was dependent on one singular player being healthy or not. But you can say it about literally any team. You know what I mean? If Jaylen Brunson went down with an injury halfway through last season then they wouldn't have won the championship. But I don't know just the 76ers. I cannot wa I cannot wait to watch this team. It's going to be amazing. Moving on to my Chicago Bulls. I I'll just spend 30 seconds here. I'm just I'm just on cloud nine. We got a guy that wants to be in Chicago that wants to be the face of the league um one day and will he do that? Probably not. Let's be realistic here. But golly, he ain't nobody going to stop him but himself, you know. So, I love what the Bulls are building right now. Um we should be a fun team at the end of the day. I think we're going to end up being a lot of teams, a lot of people's league pass team because we probably won't win a ton of games, but there's going to be high-five moments between Modis and Cdub and then Josh Giddy throwing crazy passes and Norman Pal is going to probably have a couple heater games this season. Super cool stuff. The Cleveland Cavaliers. It's I'm not going through every team, by the way. I don't want this to feel like all 30 teams, but this is just what's coming to my mind. The Cleveland Cavaliers had their best postseason run post LeBron, and it didn't feel like it because once they got to the conference finals, it was nasty, right? But there still has to be some wins in that that they were in the conference finals for the first time and they looked at that roster say, "hm, we could upgrade here and there." And they took a swing on a guy like Peyton Watson. I didn't get to make a full video on this on this channel, but we talk about in the pod where like I am a believer in Peyton Watson, but maybe not to the same extent as some other people are. Uh, obviously he's still 23 years old and he's still progressing as a player, but I did value a lot of the shooting that Max Truce provided. Obviously, Max didn't play a ton last season because of injury and all. Shout out to my guy Max Truce who who owns his hat. Shout out to my boy. Um, and we don't have a a huge sample size of of Peyton Watson being a great three-point shooter. We did have last season. And then I I did question like it's not a Pton Watson thing. I think it's just a a thing that's been on my mind for the last couple seasons. When you have these really good role players that have their breakout season the year before they're eligible for extension or year before they hit restrictive free agency, it's always a dangerous game in my opinion because you don't know if that breakout season is really them. A great example is Peyton Watson's previous teammate in Christian Brown. Christian Brown was solid his first couple years in his career and then he had his breakout season and it's like oh my god this guy deserves $25 million a year and then the year after getting that contract he wasn't very good. You could say the same thing about a guy like Jaylen Sugs who Jaylen Sugs is still a very valuable NBA player but the year before he got his extension the dude shot let me see what what was the number he shot 40% from three the year before he got his extension and the year before that he shot 32 year before he shot 21. but he had his great shooting season the year before eligibility for that contract. And because he shot it so well, he got the contract and since then he shot 31% and 33%. And I feel like there's just so many examples of that across recent NBA history where a guy has that breakout at the right time and the team pays them and they look back and say that's a lot of money for him. And again, I'm not saying that will be Peyton Watson, but it is something to think about because they if if they're going to do the things they want to do, which is continue to contend, get to the conference finals, get the NBA championship, Peyton Watson will have to make three-point shots. He did show a lot of um creation in that one month where Nicole Yokic was out, which I'm excited for. I think he adds some wing defense that they they desperately needed. And maybe you can argue that guys like Sam Merrill, guys like Jaylen Tyson, guys like Mario, his Super Mario can add some of that spacing that Pton Watson wouldn't be able to. I'm excited about some of their lineups they could put together from like just moving Evan Moley to the five when Jared Allen's not performing. And now you got Evan Mobley, Peyton Watson, let's say like a Sam Merrill or Jaylen Tyson and then the guards and James Harden and and Donovan Mitchell. a pretty interesting looking lineup to me. But I'm happy that they did something. I'm happy they did something. A lot of pressure on a guy like Jason Tatum, right? I trying to look at what happened last season and hope that they can at least replicate that. Uh I still don't love the trade. I think I don't know many people that do love the trade, but I am talking myself into the Celtics as a whole. Even like if I just forget about the fact that Jaylen Brown played for this, forget about forget forget. I do like this roster quite a bit. Um, a lot of it is dependent on what version of Paul George we end up getting and how healthy Jason Tatum can be after being removed from that Achilles not too long ago. Dude, like teams that we haven't seen try to be good in a long time are going to the Utah Jazz are trying to be good. They lost 60 games last season. 60 games and they acquired Jiren Jackson Jr. and they did have breakouts from guys like Keonte George and so on. And you look at that roster say there's something there. But in the heated Western Conference, will they have enough to make a run for for whatever reason? Maybe I was just I'm just have some ridiculous amount of confidence. And Will Hardy, people ask every season, who is the breakout team? And it's hard for me not to pick the Jazz right now. Um Larry Markin is just really good and I think he's going to slot very well when you add more talent like a Jiren Jackson. Obviously, they didn't play a ton of I think Jiren played three total games before they shut him down for the rest of the season. Um, but there's a ton of pressure on some of these guards because there isn't a ton of playmaking in this in this lineup. Jiren has continued to get better as a, you know, when they put him on ball a little bit in in Memphis, but like they just don't have a ton of great passers and stuff. So, like guys like Kee and Isaiah Kier coming off the bench have a ton of responsibility to make that offense flow. And I kind of believe in their ability to do that. I don't know, maybe I'm just another year of me truly believing that Bryce Censal is going to make that breakout. And I think that Bryce sends the ball now, his breakout looks like being one of the premier sixmen in the league. Also question, what does the starting lineup completely look like? Are they going to roll with a Nerkage in the lineup because they need that bruising body and and and play finisher since Jared Jackson Jr. is not that great of a rebounder or they do run with Jiren Jackson Jr. and Larry Mark and Ace Bailey, Darren Peterson and Keonte George? I don't know as of right now. I don't think anybody w will know until Will Hardy puts together. And I wouldn't be surprised if halfway through the season, 15, 20 games to the season, that lineup is still in flux as he's trying to figure out who's the starters in those front courts or not. Even down to like again, my excitement level, there were so many players going into last season that we knew we were going to miss. We weren't going to have Dane. We weren't going to have Kyrie. We weren't going to have Tatum for the beginning. We weren't going to have Hallebertton for the for for it. And it's like just going into last season, even though I was really excited, that's like four allNBA players. A lot of those guys are some of my favorite players to watch in the entire league between like Kyrie and Hi and and so like all those guys are healthy again and off the top of mind the only injury that we has as of today going into the season like Jimmy Butler, right? Am I forgetting about somebody that's going to miss a star player that's going to miss a ton of time? I don't think so. So, we already have like good health as of today and I'm just excited to see those guys back. When the the Blazers dropped that video of their their schedule, I think it was 29 straight swishes from Damen Lillard. It's just another reminder of how ridiculous of a shooter he is. We had an argument like two years ago about Dame and his shooting and my boy D. Mills was saying that Dame is the second greatest shooter of all time. And I remember pushing back on that and like what about what about obviously Ray? What about this guy? And the more I think about it, I think that D Mills was straight up just right. Bro, Damon, it's like the second greatest shooter in the history of the sport. And it just so happened that he played in the same era where the number one guy is still active. So he may get lost in the shuffle a little bit, but Dame based on the difficulty of his shot, the ranges of his shot off the dribble, he probably is the second greatest shooter of all time. And he's back on a team that it's going to be him and John Morant. Demetrius. Demetrius back playing. Like we ain't seen him in forever. And maybe we still don't see a lot of them because of history, but like what's going on with the team? It's unfortunate that Shayen Sharp got injured because he was a guy that I was really excited to see because he is just a human highlight reel and all. But it's like they got Mike Nori over there. They got some interesting players. Denny's coming off an all-star. Don Mcllingan has been hit or miss, but for the most part, I'm a fan of his game. It's like that team could be really interesting and fun. It probably still will be, but like Dame is back and he's making like 15 million. He's making Denny Abdia money. They got two Caba players making like 13 $30 million collectively. So, it's just interesting stuff going on. Kyrie Irving being back and I saw a report this morning that the teams are monitoring Kyrie. Obviously, the Dallas Mavericks did just um stretch and wave Klay Thompson so he can get to a contender in the Miami Heat and all. And people are wondering, does that mean that Kyrie Irving could be available? And maybe maybe he is available. But I really I really like Kyrie Irving in Dallas. I look at this team and it's like I saw some people talking about what did they I think it was Bill Simmons said like what did they do all the last nine months? And I don't I don't hate what's happening in Dallas. If you get rid of the big old cloud that was the Luka Dantis trait and you look at that as something that you can't obviously we can't go back on and that was previous regime and stuff. I think the moves post that aren't too awful. If Anthony Davis wanted to get out, you found some value in him by flipping him for whatever you flipped him for. You took a swing on Zachary Reach for basically nothing. And and while I don't know if Zachary Reach is going to be an all-star, I would probably bet against he ever be an all-star, he I think he is a he's going to be a starter in this league. I think he's he's probably like a I don't use this comp because a lot of people have said this comp, but like the Harrison Barnes type of player and that's Harrison Barnes played in Dallas, too. You know, they got Santi Dama for what feels like nothing. And I know the Memphis fans will tell you that they aren't the hugest fans of Santi Dama, but on this team, I'm not I'm not mad. So, like they have Cooper Flag, which is is generational. Sure, generational type of talent. It's kind of interesting to say generational in like two of the last three drafts, whatever. Generational type of talent, Cooper Flag. They got some really other interesting young guys between Max Christie and Zachary Reassay and so on. They were able to get in on Marcus Sasser for nothing. Like I don't mind what they've been doing as a recent is I didn't expect them to do anything to make them a true contender. It's like we are building around Cooper and I think they're going to be able to do that especially if Lillley is going to be back healthy one day. The Pacers are back man. The Pacers are straight up back and if you missed it we've been doing so many episodes of numbers on the board. We had great guests. We had two of the all-star Tyrese's and Maxi and Hallebertton. They both came onto the show and talked their which is great and Hallebertton's very candid. He hasn't done a lot of interviews since his injury and we asked him a ton of questions and obviously the team has a chip on their shoulder because they're getting lost in a shuffle like bro we were threequarters away from being NBA champions just two years ago and got injured and we lost a ton of games but now is back. We got reinforcements in Big Zoo. Pascal Syakam had a good season. And I do think that like what you believe about Nim Hard season or N Smith's season, they're probably just going to be better just because of osmosis. Am I using that word right? Just because Hallebertton is back putting in the ball in his hand and he he gives it to him on the on the seams every single time. So they're they're back. They're back and I missed it because guess what? Last year I didn't watch a lot of the Pacers. Was won 19 games and now they're back into like it's a well- constructed roster. one of the best coaches in the league. The question is, how long would it take to look like the version of Halie that was, you know, doing his thing? I don't know the answer to that. Hopefully, it's like that, but realistically, it's probably going to take a little bit of time, but they'd be they're going to be right back in there. He posed a question to us like, "If you run a pick and roll with me and Big Zoo, what are you going to do defensively? Are you going to switch? Because you switch, I'm on an island with a big, and if you switch, then Zubot is one of the biggest bodies in the NBA. He's just going to put that little man on his back and boom, boom, boom." I'm excited to see. I just if I had to take a gamble, I would say that they're probably going to be one of the best pick and roll duos in the NBA next season. And then you got Pascal Yakam over here and these shooters and N Smith and them. They got some stuff, y'all. Melon Anthony Edwards play on the same team. Bro, when it happened, I mentioned it being like the greatest tick tock team of all time because both of those guys are like just just super super famous and and super well beloved in the NBA. So to have both of those guys on the court together, it's gonna be so fun. I'm sure they gonna give us so many moments. Um, and then the rest of the team is good, too. And again, I appreciate that Connelly and company are always taking swings. They just they just do it differently. And honestly speaking, it may not work. I mean, the odds say that it probably will not work, but I appreciate the swings because you have a 25year-old superstar, 26-y old superstar, whatever. Let's try to make the best team around him as possible. And you think that even though we love Uncle Mike Connie, Anthony Eris hasn't played with a really great point guard. You know, they tried to put him on the ball a lot more last season. I think that had decent results. But I am a LaMelo guy. I think LaMelo is a good ball player opposed to like some people that just think he's an empty stats kind of guy. I think he is the type of guy that plays alongside Anthony Edwards and plays on a playoff team and then he looks better than what he did the last couple seasons. Obviously, big gamble on his health and his ankles and all of this stuff. But if we can say that he will be relatively healthy, I really love what Minnesota's doing right now. Dude, Demart Rosen plays for the Nuggets. I I [clears throat] rose in place for the Nuggets. I got so much love for Demar. I we was just looking at um his basketball reference and it's kind of even as a Bulls fan. Again, I lived this I lived it in the moment and it was so fun. But bro, he was actually disgusting when he played for the Bulls. Like obviously he had the the great moments of hitting um back-to-back gamewinners, a gamewinner on what December 31st and a game winner on January 1st. So he's got backtoback game winners in two different years. The man averaged 28 points per game in his first year in Chicago. He was all NBA second team. A career year at 32 years old in Chicago. Now since then his numbers have gone down and down and down. But even last season he averaged 18 points per game in a year that nobody watched the Kings. And while I do not like the fit, I'm happy that they did something. again they it's it's been it's been a it's been a it's been a rough goaround if you are a a Nuggets fan but it does pose a question of like when you have one of the best players in the world which of course that is Nicole Joic there shouldn't be a stone that you're willing to leave unturned in order to put him in your team in the best position to win and I think they did that to get their championship right and then it always becomes a question post that championship okay what next how do we get to that next level. We spent a lot to make this team that we have today and this team is becoming too expensive for us to retain. So, what's next? And that is the toughest questions for GMs to answer. We had the same questions with the Milwaukee Bucks, right? They win their championship after acquiring Drew Holiday and doing everything they can to get that and then eventually that team becomes older and they don't have draft assets. So, what do we do? They traded for Dame and the Dame thing didn't work. But after that, it's like, okay, how do we keep Jian contention? And the reality was they couldn't. And now he plays for the Miami Heat. And while I don't I don't foresee Jokic being the type of guy to like play the fence and be like, "No, I love it here, but maybe I want to get traded," you just have an obligation to put the best team around him. And in order to do that, you might have to take a step back a year. I don't I don't know. I don't know. Uh but you know that that duo of Jokic and Murray going to win ball games. I just don't know what their actual ceiling is with the rest of the team, right? You you believe that they're going to be one of the top regular season offenses. It's been it was a struggle when they got to the postseason, but you believe that they're going to be one of the best regular season offse uh regular season offenses. It's like what's that defense look like? Could they somehow be a top 13 defense? I I just find it hard to believe. Um and that's just that's just some of the things, man. The Knicks won a championship and they don't look exactly the same because Mitch Robson is gone. He was a huge part of the team. But vibes are high in New York, bro. Dude, we used to make fun of the Knicks. Knicks fans like, "Bro, y'all team stink. Your owner stinks. Y'all y'all paid this much money for who? y'all drafted who and now they're one of the premier ran teams in basketball. That's just how that that gives me hope as a Bulls fan. It truly does. Um because maybe that's going to be us in 10 years or 15 years or 30 years or 46 years. Uh that maybe it will be us. Uh but it does it does give me a lot give me a lot of hope. Giannis plays for the Heat and he's wearing the number seven and I think it's going to take me months to get used to the number seven on Giannis. I won't lie to you. But he plays for the Heat now. That's probably going to take me months to get used to. My goodness. He plays for the Heat. I need to see him like dunk a basketball like 13 times before I'm really like, "Oh yeah, he plays for the Heat now." But obviously there's there's so many um there's aspirations for him to be a contender again. And he is in a way better position in Miami than he was and Milwaukee. That's for damn sure. Um but it is it is about keeping my boy healthy in that postseason. It's about keeping him healthy in that postseason. Um that's that's really what it's all about. Kawawaii's going to probably play for the Raptors this season. Probably. I have no idea. Who knows? He's probably going to play for the Raptors this season. That's going to be super fun. It's just too much going on. And like I don't know. I don't think that Adam Silver has been the greatest of commissioners. You know, there's a lot of bumps in the road if you ask me. There's a lot of questionable decision- making if you ask me. But the content side of me being a fan really loves how much movement there truly is in the NBA. I ain't going to lie. I ain't going to lie. Yeah, it it kind of mess with rivalries just a little bit and so on, but bro, think about how many allstar level players are allstar level. Maybe if they didn't make it last year, the year before that, but all-star level players that are on new teams this season. Can I can I quickly go through them and I'm just looking at I'm just looking at the rosters in alphabetical order, right? Jaylen Brown, LeBron James, Tyler Herro counts. He was an all-star just last year. Like Tyler Herro, Norman Pal. I'm not counting Paul George, but like the name Paul George got to mean something, right? Kawhi Leonard, Yan, Jiren Jackson Jr. I'm going to count him. He only played three games. That's seven already. Julius Randall, that's eight. Count him. We got to count him. Demard Ro. All right, we keep Deard Rose is the name. I'm not counting him, but that's that's We still got Demard Rosa. I'm counting Zoo. He didn't play enough. He didn't play enough. Brandon Ingram, that's already that's 10. LaMelo Ball, we're at 11. John Morant, that's 12. And then AD Andre Young, that's 14. That's 14 allstar level players that have been moved basically this offseason, maybe a little bit before this offseason. So, the NBA looks different every single year, but this year is a whole whole another monster, and I cannot be more excited. I am locked into Synergy, re-watching stuff from last season, last couple seasons. Um, and I'm just counting down today. It's 55 more. It's 55 more. Before we get out of here though, I do want to tell y'all about this. Um, Complex does this list yearly where they're they're power ranking sports media people. Um, spoiler, I'm on this list. I'm number 20 two on this list. I've cut my hair two and a half years ago, by the way. But they got a picture of me before I cut my hair, which is it's truly truly a blessing, right? I appreciate Complex for for putting me on this list and everything, right? I I'm number 22. The last time I was on this list, I was number 25. So things are going in the right direction. But one thing that is super cool is that they allow you to say like, "Hey, this person is underrated. I agree." Oh boy, he's overrated. And the reason I'm showing you this is not because I'm trying to show you that I was number 22 on this list, but I'm mostly showing you this to say thank you. Because I'm sure a lot of you saw this list if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter and you would know that because of those posts, right? So the community results, you can say, "Hey, this guy's underrated, overrated." Most agreed on Adam Sheffller Sheffer um being number seven. Most disputed is Wendy, right? He is like 30% everywhere. Most overrated is Dave Portoi according to the people. And then the most underrated is me according to the community, which I just truly truly appreciate. 84% of people say they deserve more credit than number 22. 84%. And and ladies and gentlemen, based on the community, y'all voted me number one. I don't I I don't take any of this for granted. I do think that this off season was I this take us the peak behind the curtain. The 2025 2026 season was the most stressful one of my life. And this I'm not here to ask for no pity or anything, but it was a stress. It was a stressful season. We added so many new shows, had so much going on. I had a newborn at home. It was just one of those years where it's like, man, obviously so many great things happened. We went to the finals. We went to the draft. We did we did a tour. All of these things. it was just super super busy. So, this offseason I was like, I'm going to I'm going to try to take some time to myself. I'm going to try to be as and uh as as present as possible with my fam and stuff. So, this off season I haven't done a ton of work. I've been kind of chilling and all. So, I do appreciate that even through the month and a half since the season ended, two months of the season ended where I haven't been posting a ton. Y'all been holding it down. So, I just want to say thank you so much. I mean, the goddamn community moved me up 21 ranks in the god 21 ranks and and and not saying that the complex list or any list I've ever been on is like my barometer to my own personal success because I think that's all up here what I deem to be successful or not. It's impossible for somebody to see this list and see the community say Kenny's number one and them not to not to think about it. So again, thank you. I got great things planned for this upcoming season. Um, I'm try I'm trying my very best to continue to to great give y'all great content when I can. Um, thanks. I don't know. Thanks. I I think that's what I'm what I'm just trying to boil it down to is a simple word that says thanks.