It’s been a while since Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve chatted. They start by recounting Steve’s Final Four experience and his new friendship with Bill Self. Then they discuss the Nets’ mess, the kind of friend Kyrie Irving desperately needs, Giannis vs. Boston’s defense, if they’d max out Irving or James Harden, why Scott wants Sauce Gardner on his team and Steve’s optimism meter with the Mets.

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