In this episode of First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, and JJ Redick debate if Kevin Durant is getting enough credit as a leader. They discuss if Lebron should quietly walk away into retirement from the league. They debate if New York a desirable destination for superstars play in the NBA. It's a Mad Dog Wednesday so we react to Mad Dog's list of reasons why he's mad this week. The crew talked about if they had an issue with Jaylen Brown's opinion on the 65-game minimum rule being reduced to 58 games in a season.

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