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Guys have invested in their bodies and the diets and all of that stuff. It’s the MVP race, but I think everybody that’s had a good season deserves a chance at being considered, do you feel me? So it’s a lot of different guys in my eyes. Even Dame had a chance at it for a little bit. “LeBron has this team, and Giannis can’t shoot,” or whatever, but I feel like both of them have been playing well. People could say a lot of different things about both of them. I felt like Giannis had the lead in the MVP race and had it sewn up. Now we can get to some of the individual awards. And I don’t feel like the Clippers have got enough experience together. Most teams had done that, gotten together and played together to know each other. Yeah, they (the Clippers) barely even played together all year, you know what I’m saying? So you’ve got to gel in the playoffs, especially if you’re getting all the way to the Finals. But to you, you felt like the Lakers and the Bucks were the two strongest teams. I feel like media people that I talk to, a lot of them were saying the Clippers, and that’s from July when Kawhi Leonard signed and they traded for Paul George. So I was hoping, and then usually we do, just go and straighten it out before the playoffs. I knew we was going to go on one of those streaks where it would happen, and we would be there, I always felt, the whole time. Where was your mindset as far as the playoffs? Did you think you guys were going to make it to the playoffs this year? Y’all went on winning streaks, you had down periods with some losing streaks in there. So just to talk about the Spurs season a bit. Would I think it was going to be this crazy and shut the whole season down? No, but you’ve got to be careful, I guess. If it was as bad as they said it was at that time, I knew it was only a matter of time for somebody to get it. We travel a lot, we’d be around a lot of different people, a lot of fans. What were your thoughts when you first got the word that guys in the league had tested positive? For us, we’re already here, we got jobs, but them kids are fighting for their livelihood, do you know what I mean?
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Kenneth Faried, he would have never made… I told you, a lot of people make their names for themselves in the tournament. Where would CJ McCollum be without the tournament? Where would… Steph Curry would probably… Obviously, Steph Curry, do you know what I’m saying? I feel bad for the college students because a lot of people were made in the tournaments, so it’s crazy. I just want to finish this season, do the best we can, and then try to figure out next year. You see it on Instagram what people think, “When is the next season going to start?” I don’t really care, man. But what I’ve heard is it’s going to be a month, this and that. We all want to play, you know what I’m saying? I know myself, I’m trying to get out there, man.
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that both the players and the league are committed to getting the season going. Maybe this will be a month or so.” And now, it’s looking like that was way too optimistic. I know when the season got suspended, it was like, “All right.
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We’re just trying to figure out what’s going on because nobody knows what’s going on. Me and DeMar (DeRozan) talk a lot of the time. Trey (Lyles), couple of my teammates that I have now. I talked to Kyle Lowry, my old teammate, one of my best friends. Man, we’re all rapping, trying to figure out what’s going on. As of now, the Spurs project to have nine players available Wednesday night, though that number could climb to 10 if LaMarcus Aldridge (hip) is given the green light to play.So what other guys have you spoken to? Have you been in touch with your teammates, or maybe some past teammates? The hope is that the group could be cleared to return later in the week, but for the time being San Antonio will be particularly shorthanded. Gay, Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell, Quinndary Weatherspoon and Derrick White are all still in the protocols, while DeMar DeRozan (personal) will also be unavailable Wednesday. Gay is in the league's health and safety protocols and will not be available for Wednesday's game against the Thunder, Spurs play-by-play man Dan Weiss reports.