00:00And he's definitely had some issues with Stephen A.
00:05And at this point, I just think it needs to be splashed.
00:08I'm not talking about they need to make peace and be friends,
00:10but I don't know what good Jalen's getting out of this.
00:15I don't know how this benefits him at all.
00:18It's just time to go back to the lab.
00:21It's been almost three weeks since they were eliminated,
00:26two and a half or whatever.
00:28Go back to the lab, start training for 26-27,
00:32figure out what you're going to do, how you're going to be better.
00:36You know, the live streaming, maybe it served a purpose
00:39and he has the right to say everything he wants to say,
00:42and that's cool, I guess.
00:44But I don't know how this is making him any more fans.
00:48I don't know how this has increased his popularity.
00:51I don't know how this is helping his reputation.
00:54It's just probably time to focus on improvement
01:00and just moving forward from this kind of media war that he's at right now.
01:05Yeah, and it's – look, to be honest, I don't watch his live streams.
01:09I've made this point on the air a bunch of times.
01:11It's possible they're four hours long and he's, you know,
01:14saying these incredibly poignant things about the world.
01:18And I wouldn't know because I only see the clips that get pulled
01:22when he says something controversial about basketball.
01:25You mentioned that he's listening to everything everyone's saying.
01:30You know him a little bit.
01:32I'm not saying you've even talked to him in the offseason,
01:34but when people are listening to stuff like that,
01:38do you think he feels an uncertainty, like that something may be happening?
01:44That – did he – like it just seems like an odd time to be that focused
01:50on what people are saying since he had such a positive year.
01:55Yeah, I think he feels miscast.
01:57I think he kind of understands what his perception, his reputation is.
02:04Because I think obviously he had a problem with what Stephen A. said
02:07about Tatum not being on his live stream, which I thought was kind of a reach.
02:13Oh, it's a huge reach.
02:14I mean, that's – but he's got to fill –
02:17Stephen A. Smith's on 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
02:20He's got to fill time.
02:21But, yeah, it's a huge reach.
02:22Go ahead.
02:23I mean, issues with Stephen A. since Stephen A. pointed out and kind of said,
02:34see, that's why people told me this is why you don't get marketing deals
02:38and all these – pushing all these buttons, it obviously triggers, Jalen.
02:44And honest to goodness, you have a 58-year-old man against a 29-year-old man.
02:49I mean, here in the situation, it's time for both to just take a step back.
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