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Speaker 1: one to seven points per spot up possession, so they're

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Speaker 1: both top tier spot up guys in the league. So

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Speaker 1: you just can't leave them open, and they both can

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Speaker 1: run second side action with NICOLEA Jokic Aaron Gordon as

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Speaker 1: the vertical spacer and matchup attacker. We've seen Denver you

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Speaker 1: put a small guy on Gordon, they'll just abandon their

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Speaker 1: offense and just throw the ball to Gordon down low

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Speaker 1: and bully ball until you find a way to counter it,

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Speaker 1: like them working along the baseline. Any sort of help

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Speaker 1: or even Jokic can just throw up a hook and

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Speaker 1: God forbid Jokic misses the one out of three times

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Speaker 1: he takes that hook over his left shoulder, Gordon's gonna

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Speaker 1: probably clean up the mess. On the back line, they

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Speaker 1: have a good backup guard and Reggie Jackson that can

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Speaker 1: help in the very small spurts that they'll need him

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Speaker 1: to in this postseason. And then athletes off the bench,

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Speaker 1: Christian Brown and Peyton Watson, who really anchor that switching

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Speaker 1: defense that they use in the minutes that Yokich is

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Speaker 1: off the floor. And they had an excellent night last

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Speaker 1: night against the Timberwolves. They actually there was a few

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Speaker 1: minutes there to start the fourth quarter where they extended

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Speaker 1: the lead by one without Yokich and without Murray on

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Speaker 1: the floor, mainly on the strength of their defense and

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Speaker 1: Christian Brown, Payton Watson were just wrecking balls last night,

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Speaker 1: So you got to see that up close and personal.

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Speaker 1: And then execution. Everybody knows their role, Nobody steps out

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Speaker 1: outside of it. Everyone has good scheme, discipline, and does

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Speaker 1: what the coach asks them to do. They have counters

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Speaker 1: on top of counters for any defensive coverage they run into.

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Speaker 1: They're also a very good defensive team. They have multiple

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Speaker 1: coverages that we're gonna actually go over a bunch of them,

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Speaker 1: all of them in today's film session. They have a

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Speaker 1: good high drop with Tag, they have a good deep drop,

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Speaker 1: and then they can switch when Yokich is off the floor.

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Speaker 1: Their weakness, they really only have one, just like Boston,

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Speaker 1: but Denver's weakness is different. Their bench units struggle. They

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Speaker 1: Yokich on the floor. They go to this lineup with

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Speaker 1: Jamal Murray out there and they just switch everything and

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Speaker 1: Jamal really just looks to hunt his own shot and

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Speaker 1: they kind of get killed in those minutes. But here's

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Speaker 1: the thing. They were minus twelve without Jokic on the

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Speaker 1: floor last year, and the way they addressed it is

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Speaker 1: they ramped up the minutes for everybody. So they only

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Speaker 1: had three hundred and ten possessions last year in the

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Speaker 1: postseason with Jokic off the floor, and then they just

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Speaker 1: ratchet up the defensive intensity in those really short bursts,

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Speaker 1: and they were actually plus four net per one hundred

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Speaker 1: possessions in those three hundred and ten possessions with Jokic

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Speaker 1: off the floor last year in the postseason run, so

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Speaker 1: scale the minutes up. Jokic actually played forty two minutes

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Speaker 1: per night in the Western Conference finals and finals last year.

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Speaker 1: So you're only talking about a six minute window, basically

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Speaker 1: three minutes per half the start of the second quarter,

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Speaker 1: start of the fourth quarter every night, and they just

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Speaker 1: ratchet up the defense in those minutes. They get enough stops,

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Speaker 1: they keep the game close. Yokic comes back in and

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Speaker 1: does all the damage to end the night. There, So

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Speaker 1: even their biggest weakness doesn't necessarily concern me. Again, I

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Speaker 1: healthy or excuse me, when they're hitting their three point shots.

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Speaker 1: Misspoke there, when they're hitting their shots, they have a

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Speaker 1: higher ceiling than Denver. But I think that Denver is

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Speaker 1: more consistently at their ceiling, more reliable at their ceiling.

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Speaker 1: That makes them my number one championship favorite. The NBA

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Speaker 1: dig into the film from last night's Minnesota Denver game.

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Speaker 1: And so just to give you guys a heads up,

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Speaker 1: this is gonna be This is gonna look a lot

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Speaker 1: more like what the format is going to be when

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Speaker 1: we get to the postseason. So when we get to

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Speaker 1: the postseason at we're gonna go live on YouTube after

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Speaker 1: the final buzzer of these games when we go, we'll

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Speaker 1: just mostly be doing just just monologues. Right. We might occasionally,

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Speaker 1: like a major sequence at the end of a game,

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Speaker 1: we might grab the footage and go over it for

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Speaker 1: the sake of just adding a little production quality in

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Speaker 1: those game in those shows, but for the most part,

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Speaker 1: those are gonna be audio only, or I should say

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Speaker 1: without film. The next morning, though, I'm going to wake

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Speaker 1: up and watch film and I'm just going to drop

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Speaker 1: clips into a folder and then basically we'll do this.

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Speaker 1: We'll do like film satchs won't be every morning, It'll

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Speaker 1: probably only be a few times a week, but I'm

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Speaker 1: just gonna drop clips and then kind of just share

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Speaker 1: with you guys my findings in film. It's not gonna

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Speaker 1: be as structured as the shows at night. It's more

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Speaker 1: gonna just be for you guys to follow along with

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Speaker 1: me as we're doing our postseason coverage. And so this

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Speaker 1: is a good example of that. I have something crazy

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Speaker 1: like forty clips from this particular game that we're gonna

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Speaker 1: go through, and it's just gonna just demonstrate a bunch

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Speaker 1: of specific concepts that I have my eye on. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna be it's gonna bounce around. We're not gonna stay

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Speaker 1: in specific topics. It's gonna go in a linear fashion

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Speaker 1: through the game. It's just a way for me to

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Speaker 1: kind of share with you guys what my film sessions

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Speaker 1: look like when I'm watching through these games. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's get to the film. So this is the opening

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Speaker 1: possession against Minnesota, and it's gonna give you, guys an

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Speaker 1: example of the base coverage that Denver is going to

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Speaker 1: use most likely against most teams. The one of the

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Speaker 1: big topics that we're gonna be going through today in

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Speaker 1: this film session is the pros and cons of going

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Speaker 1: with the high drop with the tag versus the low

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Speaker 1: drop where everyone stays home. And you're gonna see some

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Speaker 1: examples of both of them in this film session. So

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Speaker 1: here this first possession, this is what high drop with

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Speaker 1: the tag looks like. So we got a little screen there.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a dribble handoff with Gobert and Conley,

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Speaker 1: Jamal Murray on the ball. NIKOLEA. Jokic, the slipper in

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Speaker 1: this case, is gonna be go bear the difference between

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Speaker 1: a low drop and a high drop. In the deep

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Speaker 1: drop or load drop, Jokic is gonna keep go Bear

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Speaker 1: in front of him, and because he keeps Go Bear

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Speaker 1: in front of him, you don't need to tag the

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Speaker 1: roller from the weak side. But when Yokic comes up

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Speaker 1: into a high drop, go Bear is gonna get behind him.

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Speaker 1: And so when go Bear gets behind him, and in

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Speaker 1: this case, Minnesota is actually trying to run stack, pick

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Speaker 1: and roll. They're trying to screen Yokics, but it doesn't

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Speaker 1: serve a purpose because Jokic is so high. In this case,

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Speaker 1: the tag is coming from Michael Porter Junior. Okay, so

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Speaker 1: as you can see, Go Bear slips behind Nikole, Jokic

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Speaker 1: is up at the level. MPJ is gonna tag Go

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Speaker 1: Bear as soon as the pass goes to anywhere else

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Speaker 1: or by the time Jokic recovers, Michael Porter Junior will

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Speaker 1: then close out on the weak side. Here's a good

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Speaker 1: close out. He's able to contain Jaden McDaniels. The ball

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Speaker 1: gets rotated around to nas Reid, who ends up missing

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Speaker 1: a shot at the basket. So that's basically the base

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Speaker 1: concept of the high drop. Essentially, Jokic comes up to

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Speaker 1: the level to dissuade the pull up jump shot and

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Speaker 1: to cut off the driving lane. Somebody on the weak side,

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Speaker 1: depending on who's most well positioned for it, is going

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Speaker 1: to tag the roller and then rotate back out. Here's

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Speaker 1: an example of the read and react offense from Denver.

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Speaker 1: So on this side of the floor, Gordon has the

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Speaker 1: gonna run a little screening action with him. But Jaden

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Speaker 1: McDaniels is going to cheat the action and come over

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Speaker 1: onto this strong side of the screen. So again you

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Speaker 1: can see Jamal Murray getting set up to screen Jokic. Yo.

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Speaker 1: Get they're kind of just getting in here and mucking

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Speaker 1: things up. But when Jada McDaniels jumps way out to

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Speaker 1: the high side, you can actually see Jamal Murray make

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Speaker 1: a read. He goes you can see Jamal Murray's looking,

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Speaker 1: he sees Jay McDaniels all the way in the so

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Speaker 1: he just slips back out to the three point line.

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Speaker 1: And that's one of the cool things that makes Denver's

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Speaker 1: set actions, but everyone has the freedom to make reads

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Speaker 1: out of it, and if you see a guy overplaying,

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Speaker 1: you just slip. And all of their guys are good

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Speaker 1: enough passers to be able to capitalize on those slips.

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Speaker 1: Here's another example of the tag with a or a

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Speaker 1: high drop with the tag. Okay, so we're going back

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Speaker 1: to Conley with Aaron Gordon on the ball. This time,

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Speaker 1: Jokis is gonna come high. Go Bear is going to

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Speaker 1: of Jade McDaniels. And then here again, this is one

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Speaker 1: of those ones where Go Bear should never have put

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Speaker 1: the ball on the floor. He should have read that

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Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior was there and thrown the pass instead.

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Speaker 1: When he puts the ball on the floor, Michael Porter

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Speaker 1: Junior is able to kind of disrupt him enough for

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Speaker 1: him to throw a bad pass and to turn it over.

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Speaker 1: And so again, one of the things that's an advantage

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Speaker 1: to reads and that's not a strength of Go Bears,

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Speaker 1: and that allowed them to force a turnover on that

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Speaker 1: specific play. And again I went back and forth about

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Speaker 1: deep drop, it's like what Minnesota did, or excuse me,

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Speaker 1: what Milwaukee did to Minnesota. That one time, and Conley

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Speaker 1: and Aunt weren't able to make enough shots, and so

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Speaker 1: like that's like the upside to that style. But the

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Speaker 1: upside of the high drop is it puts the onus

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Speaker 1: particular team. And so we'll see some more examples of that.

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Speaker 1: And I kind of came around over the course of

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Speaker 1: high drop being the best option. And I'm curious to

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Speaker 1: hear you guys thoughts as well. If you disagree, drop

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Speaker 1: them in the comments. This is an example of Minnesota's

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Speaker 1: base coverage against Denver, and so what we got here,

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Speaker 1: and it'll be Carl Towns instead of nas Reid when

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Speaker 1: go bear on Gordon and sitting in help. And the

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Speaker 1: idea here is you're forcing Yokic to make over the

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Speaker 1: top shots instead of pivot through shots that are at

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Speaker 1: the rim, because again, Jokic is gonna shoot sixty percent

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Speaker 1: on a He's gonna shoot seventy percent when he gets

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Speaker 1: underneath the basket, and so you're basically buying that extra

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Speaker 1: ten percent by leaving Gobert and help. But here's the problem.

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Speaker 1: Jokic is gonna make that shot sixty percent. That's just

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Speaker 1: an example of how there's not really a good option

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Speaker 1: for guarding Nikola Jokich. This is another high drop against

643
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards, and I really liked it against Ant. Our

644
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: first two examples were against Conley. I really liked it

645
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: against Aunt surprisingly because it baited him into his biggest weakness,

646
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 1: which is playmaking, and so it's gotten better, and it's

647
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 1: gotten a lot better at playmaking this season. We've talked

648
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: about it. But he's twenty two years old and he's

649
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: got to score first mentality, and so this is gonna

650
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: be a journey over the next few years for him

651
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: to kind of figure this stuff out. Now, when we

652
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: get a high drop high drop with Tag, you see

653
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior coming over right, Gordon's pointing. They're communicating,

654
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: we're in the drop right. The read here to actually

655
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: beat this coverage is the skip pass. And I think

656
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 1: in the entire game, if I remember correctly, I think

657
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: Ant only made the skip pass twice with the you know,

658
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: probably a dozen or so times he saw this coverage,

659
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 1: which I think goes to show you how it challenges

660
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 1: the playmaking there. Ant has a tendency when he gets

661
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 1: these high drops or blitz is to just get rid

662
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 1: of the basketball. So in this case, he comes off,

663
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: he sees the high drop, so he knows there's not

664
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: really an opportunity for him to score. He just throws

665
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: a swing pass to Conley, so essentially the advantage is

666
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: taken away from that. Here is an example of Cacp's

667
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: incredible defensive ability, holding up on Nasried in the post,

668
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 1: stripping him clean as he tries to again, he's absorbing

669
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: the contact, absorbing the contact, and then as soon as

670
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: Nasrid exposes the basketball and his step through to get

671
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: to that hook shot, he just reaches in and grabs it.

672
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 1: Watch expose the ball, grab it again. When you're guarding

673
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 1: a bigger player, it's all about attacking the pocket rather

674
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: than trying to contest up top. If you can test

675
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 1: up top, you're not gonna have much success because they're

676
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 1: just taller than you. Attack the pocket. You can capitalize

677
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: on their weakness, the weakness of most larger basketball players,

678
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: which is ball handling. Here's an example of deep drop

679
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 1: against Ant Okay. So they run the first action with

680
00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: high drop or no, so this is deep drop. So again,

681
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 1: notice Ant's Jokic is not at the level of the screen,

682
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 1: and so because he's not at the level of the screen,

683
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: he can keep Gobart in front. As a result, Michael

684
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: Porter Junior doesn't need to tag. Jamal Murray doesn't need

685
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: to tag, so because everyone's home. That leaves Ant on

686
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 1: an island with Gobert and Michael Porter Junior throws kind

687
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: of a token tag there, but he didn't really need to.

688
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 1: So this puts Ant on the island as a scorer.

689
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,760
Speaker 1: But Ant's just an unbelievable player and he's gonna make

690
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 1: shots there sometimes. This is an example of excellent back

691
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: pressure from Jaden McDaniels on Jamal Murray and pick and roll.

692
00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: So again, as Jamal comes around here, Gordon's gonna step

693
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: in because go Bear is gonna end up offering some helping.

694
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: Gordon is gonna step in for like a little baseline cut.

695
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,800
Speaker 1: But Jamal Murray throws a bad pass because he's pressured

696
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 1: by mcdaniels's. McDaniels was all over him. He's knocking him

697
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: off balance and he ends up throwing a pass way

698
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 1: too low, which turns into a turnover. Jane McDaniels, again,

699
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,320
Speaker 1: in my opinion, is the best perimeter defender in the league.

700
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 1: Here's an example of Aunt beating the high drop. Again.

701
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 1: I only saw this twice in the game, but this

702
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 1: is what it looks like when it's done right. So

703
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: here we go. We're gonna get ant with the ball screen.

704
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: Go Bear is gonna set ag is gonna tag Go

705
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: Bear on the slip, so we have it actually rejects

706
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,240
Speaker 1: the screen, but Yokic is still up at the level.

707
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,760
Speaker 1: Gordon tags Go Bear Ant makes the skip pass to Conley.

708
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: So again this ball screen, he could come this way

709
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: and Yokah is being drop over there, but Yokic comes

710
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 1: in high drop. On the rejection of the ball screen,

711
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,759
Speaker 1: Go Bear slips, Gordon tags skip past to Conley. That's

712
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,800
Speaker 1: the read that you have to make to actually beat

713
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: this coverage, but it just he didn't make that read

714
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: often enough. This is kind of a funny little action.

715
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: I thought this was interesting and I don't know if

716
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: they did this on purpose, but you could talk me

717
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: into it if you were a Denver fan. This they

718
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: just kind of lazily walk up the floor, which baits

719
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 1: all these Minnesota players into lazily walking up the floor,

720
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 1: which puts Jokic on an island against Nasrid underneath the basket.

721
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: Notice none of the Denver players are running up because

722
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 1: if they did, these Minnesota players be running with him.

723
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: It clears all this space for Yokic to quit go

724
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 1: to work against a reed underneath the basket. Again, that

725
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: might just be an impromptu, accidental thing, but you could

726
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 1: also talk me into that being on purpose. Here's one

727
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:52,319
Speaker 1: of the downsides of the high drop, and that is

728
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: that if Yokic is further back, so let's wait till

729
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:02,440
Speaker 1: he comes off the screen first. So if Yokic is

730
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: back here and ant hits the jets, he has a

731
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,759
Speaker 1: better chance of like anticipating the drive direction and beating

732
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 1: him to a spot. But when he's up this high

733
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,359
Speaker 1: aunt can use his quickness to just go around him.

734
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: And so in this case he just goes around him

735
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: and gets all the way to the rim, and it

736
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 1: just puts more it puts more responsibility on that back line.

737
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 1: Help all right, This is an example of how in

738
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: ball screens with Jokic, your job as the guard is

739
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: just to occupy the rim protector and get a shot

740
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 1: up on the rim. So Reggie Jackson with Kyle Anderson

741
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 1: on him, we're gonna get a Yokic ball screen. Here

742
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 1: as Reggie Jackson moves down, all he has to do

743
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: is occupy go bet to buy Yokic an opportunity to

744
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 1: crash the offensive glass, so he gets in. This is

745
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: a layup that he's missing. It's a really difficult layup.

746
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 1: But now you have Monni Morris and Kyle Anderson trying

747
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: to contend with Yokic underneath the basket, which is just

748
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: too much of a challenge. Here is the first of

749
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 1: Peyton Watson's six blocks, and I think I have all

750
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,720
Speaker 1: of them in this feed, but like it just unbelievable stuff.

751
00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: Here the ball gets worked around to nas or excuse me,

752
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: this is a Nikkeil Alexander Walker. So Nikil Alexander Walker

753
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:24,799
Speaker 1: is rejecting the screen and he needs to do a

754
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: better job of setting up Peyton Watson for the screen.

755
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 1: So he's trying to cross away from the screen just

756
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 1: like that. What he needs to do is actually work

757
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 1: his way closer to Kyle Anderson because if he does,

758
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,840
Speaker 1: Peyton Watson will have to prep to fight over the screen.

759
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: If he has to prep to fight over the screen.

760
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:41,399
Speaker 1: He's gonna have to take this left foot and put

761
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 1: it way on Kyle Anderson's high side. And as soon

762
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: as he does that, if Nikil Alexander Walker crosses over,

763
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: he's gonna toast Peyton Watson because because he's just way

764
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,800
Speaker 1: out of position to contain that drive back to that side. Instead,

765
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,280
Speaker 1: he rejects the screen way too early and Peyton Watson

766
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 1: just slides with him and meets him at the rim.

767
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:04,240
Speaker 1: There are some absolutely preposterous defensive plays from Peyton Watson

768
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,759
Speaker 1: in this game. Here's another one where he helps on

769
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:11,879
Speaker 1: a double team. Go Bear's gonna get a switch here

770
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: onto Christian Brown if I remember correctly, yep gets a switch.

771
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 1: He runs down to the post and gets the touch,

772
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: makes an aggressive move into the lane and Peyton Watson

773
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: offers help, literally leaves his feet, leaves his feet and

774
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,760
Speaker 1: help so he's literally off the ground. Here, Go Bear's

775
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 1: made the feed and somehow Peyton Watson literally meets him

776
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,839
Speaker 1: back at the rim and blocks him. Just a ridiculous

777
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:38,879
Speaker 1: defensive play. He's like in two places at once. It's

778
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:45,760
Speaker 1: like having a sixth defender on the floor. Here's another

779
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 1: just completely absurd defensive recovery from Peyton Watson. This one

780
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,839
Speaker 1: didn't even count as a block because they called him

781
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: for a foul. So Peyton Watson is completely dealing with

782
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: Conley Here. There's a bounce past to Kyleie Anderson. Just

783
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:02,400
Speaker 1: watch the speed with which he recovers back to Kyle Anderson.

784
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: That's completely ridiculous. That is an absurd defensive play. Like

785
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,399
Speaker 1: Peyton Watson is going to be so good as soon

786
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,240
Speaker 1: as he figures out how to be a plus offensive

787
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 1: player in Denver scheme. This is an example of something

788
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: that Minnesota desperately needs, and that's Jaden McDaniel's scoring. So

789
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: in this kind of broken offensive rebound sequence, Jade McDaniel's

790
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:31,439
Speaker 1: catches and just goes straight to work on a switch

791
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: against Aaron Gordon. So we get a switch Aaron Gordon.

792
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 1: Remember these these Denver units without Jokic are going to

793
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 1: go to a switching attack. This is one of the

794
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: best foward defenders in the league. And Jade McDaniels just

795
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 1: gets into his body and leans back and makes a

796
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,520
Speaker 1: little floater over the top. Jaden's got great length and

797
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: the way that he kind of scores is by like

798
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,880
Speaker 1: leaning back to shoot over the top. He always has

799
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,240
Speaker 1: done a good job of that. Here's another Peyton Watson

800
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 1: block of Naz Reed on a curl on a pin down.

801
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: So there's a simple basic basketball action that you see

802
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: at every level. Jordan McLaughlin's gonna set a pin down,

803
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: Nasorita is gonna curl around it. Peyton Watson is chasing

804
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 1: and just meets him at the rim. These plays are

805
00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 1: so ridiculous. This is an example of both coverages. So

806
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,240
Speaker 1: we're gonna get a high drop on Ant that doesn't

807
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 1: amount to anything, and then we're gonna get a low

808
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 1: drop that Aunt actually gets a bucket. So again, here

809
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,800
Speaker 1: we go. Here's the high drop. We have Peyton Watson

810
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,399
Speaker 1: on the ball. Jokic comes up high as he comes off,

811
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: go Bear slips behind Yokic. We have a tag from

812
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 1: Michael Porter Jr. And Ant doesn't make the skip pass. Instead,

813
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:42,560
Speaker 1: he just turns around and throws an exit pass here

814
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,879
Speaker 1: at to Moni Morris. Advantage is gone. So again that's

815
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 1: another high drop that you're able to shut down the

816
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 1: action by basically taking advantage of Anthony Edwards in some

817
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,960
Speaker 1: of his limited playmaking. Then we're gonna go right back

818
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: to Ant. This time, Jokic doesn't bother and stays in

819
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:01,240
Speaker 1: a low drop. Because he's in a low drop, there's

820
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: a like kind of a token tag from KCP, but

821
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,760
Speaker 1: he stays home. Yoka just here. Everyone's Everyone's home. Yokic

822
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: is on Gobert CACP is on Nasried, Michael Porter Juniors

823
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 1: on jad McDaniels, Jamal Murray's on Monti Morris. But Anthony

824
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 1: Edwards just gets a bucket. Now, there's a case to

825
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:19,759
Speaker 1: be made that the two buckets that he got in

826
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: the deep drop coverage were both really tough shots. And

827
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: so that's the upside is you're gonna turn it into

828
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,919
Speaker 1: a tough shot maker. And by the way, I mean

829
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 1: this is one of the reasons why I'm lower on

830
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:32,320
Speaker 1: Minnesota than most is like I don't trust their ability

831
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,720
Speaker 1: to consistently beat any coverage when it comes to the postseason,

832
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 1: and that's a big part of why I'm not as

833
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 1: high on them as other teams. Here's an example of

834
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 1: relentless pursuit by Jaden McDaniels on Jamal Murray to force

835
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 1: a turnover. So he's chasing, chasing, chasing, chasing, gets caught

836
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 1: a little bit, chase Chase, Chase, No let up here.

837
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: He's still going, still going. And then as soon as

838
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray slows down, Jade McDaniels shoots in there and

839
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 1: forces a turnover. I can't even imagine how much of

840
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 1: a pain in the acid be going against him for

841
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 1: forty eight minutes. All right, this is the first Rudy

842
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: Gobert was just on the menu tonight for Nicolo or

843
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 1: last night for Nicola Joki. It's just barbecue him all

844
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,279
Speaker 1: over the place. And this is the first example of

845
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:24,280
Speaker 1: that in transition. Just this is again top five defensive

846
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: player in the world. He just doesn't even see him there.

847
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 1: He just goes right throughom. That's an easy basket. That's

848
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: just easy. Here's another nice bucket from Jaden McDaniels, scoring

849
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 1: on an island. So we have the high drop, the

850
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,719
Speaker 1: high draft gets swing swung back to Jade McDaniels, and

851
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,840
Speaker 1: Jade McDaniels just hits Jamal Murray with the series of

852
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 1: moves and gets to the basket. Again. They're really gonna

853
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:56,399
Speaker 1: need that from him. Here is a really really good

854
00:42:56,520 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: high drop possession from Denver. All right, so we have

855
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 1: Conley coming out there. Gobar sets the screen. Yokic comes

856
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 1: into high drop, Go Bear slips behind. We have the

857
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 1: tag from KCP. Conley makes the swing pass to Anderson.

858
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 1: Anderson is going to make the extra pass to Anthony Edwards.

859
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 1: Look at that rotation from Michael Porter Jr. Michael Porter Jr.

860
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,400
Speaker 1: Identifies the rotation. He starts making his rotation as soon

861
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:35,919
Speaker 1: as the swing pass has made boom. So Anderson doesn't

862
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 1: even have the ball yet, but mpj knows that Edwards

863
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 1: is the next rotation, and he's already out there. And

864
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: so here we are. They ran ball screen and we're

865
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 1: at two point six seconds on the shot clock and

866
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:51,360
Speaker 1: there's no advantage. That's just a really good defensive possession

867
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:57,840
Speaker 1: from Denver. Here's an example of one of the ways

868
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,120
Speaker 1: that you can beat This is the second time that

869
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,840
Speaker 1: that Ant made the skip pass in the high drop,

870
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 1: but this time they don't actually beat it with a shot.

871
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 1: They beat it on the offensive glass. So high drop,

872
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 1: Go Beart slips and PJA tags. Ant finally makes the

873
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: skip pass that I've been calling for. Skip pass gets made.

874
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 1: Kyle Anderson not a good shooter, he misses it, but

875
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 1: watch Jokich. Jokic is here, Go Bear is here. So

876
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,319
Speaker 1: Gobart has a massive offensive rebounding advantage here and he's

877
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:26,840
Speaker 1: able to get that position on jokicch and finish easily

878
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 1: at the rim. Here's an example of the classic Denver

879
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,400
Speaker 1: tic tac toe that we see on offense so often.

880
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: So again, in the high drop coverage, your job is

881
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: to stop them from turning the corner just as much

882
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:44,239
Speaker 1: as it is to stop them from taking the pull

883
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,240
Speaker 1: up jump shot. And so when Jamal Murray really drags

884
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:50,839
Speaker 1: the ball ball screen around. He's watched Jamal Murray here.

885
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: He's going to drag this all the way around, which

886
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 1: forces Gobert to go pretty far in that direction to

887
00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: contain that drive because he has to, because Jade McDaniels

888
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 1: gets caught a little bit and so he drags it out.

889
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,439
Speaker 1: And because he drags it out, Jokic gets a really

890
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: good clean catch here. And on this clean catch, Nase

891
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:11,840
Speaker 1: Reid has to tag. When he tags Aaron Gordon is

892
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:14,479
Speaker 1: going to easily slip along the baseline for the reverse dunk.

893
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,840
Speaker 1: That's a very very important part of dealing with the

894
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 1: high drop coverage. That dragging the defender as far over

895
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: as you can. That was the big if you guys

896
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,720
Speaker 1: remember correctly, that was the big counter that Steph Curry

897
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 1: used in Game four of the Western Conference Semis last

898
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,359
Speaker 1: year against the Lakers. After they got dominated in Game three,

899
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,880
Speaker 1: Steph started really dragging that ball screen action out further

900
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 1: to make ad go further away from the play. This time,

901
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,279
Speaker 1: Denver is going to beat a high drop coverage by

902
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:54,439
Speaker 1: using Aaron Gordon flashing to the high post. So here's

903
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: our ball screen, here's our high drop. Jade McDaniels is

904
00:45:57,320 --> 00:45:59,760
Speaker 1: trying to recover. Go Bear is tagging off of Gordon

905
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: on Jokic. Gordon just kind of sits in that soft

906
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 1: spot right there in the middle of the floor, and

907
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: then on the catch, he takes an advanced dribble to

908
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 1: draw Anthony Edwards in and make the swing pass to

909
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,760
Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior on the week side. Again, like Denver,

910
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:14,960
Speaker 1: you're on the high drop, they're finding a way to

911
00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: get it to the soft spot. Every single time Minnesota

912
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 1: against the high drop, they're struggling to get the ball

913
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 1: to the right spots. Ant had some good success going

914
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,640
Speaker 1: through Jokic at the rim in this game, and I

915
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,799
Speaker 1: thought this was another example just sticking his arms out.

916
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:35,279
Speaker 1: He drew some fouls this way too, just didn't really

917
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:37,880
Speaker 1: wasn't really bothered by Jokic at the rim. That was

918
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:43,320
Speaker 1: an advantage for Minnesota in this matchup. Here's another example

919
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:45,879
Speaker 1: of Jokic just powering right through Rudy Gobert like he's

920
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: not even there. Again, like I said, it was almost

921
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:53,879
Speaker 1: like he was trying to make a point in this game.

922
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,760
Speaker 1: Here's another advantage that I thought. This is another matchup

923
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 1: advantage for Minnesota. KCP is the primary defender on Aaron

924
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: Gordon to start the game, but really he struggled when

925
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:08,280
Speaker 1: Ant just tried to power through him. So again, KCP

926
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 1: is doing everything right. He's absorbing contact, he's meeting him

927
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 1: at spots, he's in the right spot. But Ant can

928
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:14,759
Speaker 1: just power through him to get where he wants to go.

929
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:16,719
Speaker 1: When I saw this play, it reminded me of one

930
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:18,320
Speaker 1: earlier in the game, and so I went back and

931
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: pulled that one too. This is in the first quarter,

932
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:25,319
Speaker 1: if I remember correctly. Yeah, so end of the first quarter,

933
00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 1: Ant catches here on the weak side, he just hits

934
00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:30,879
Speaker 1: KCP with a jab step and then powers right through him.

935
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: So like that's the thing I would imagine over the

936
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:38,240
Speaker 1: course of a series like that could be a matchup

937
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,240
Speaker 1: where Denver might have to get a little more creative

938
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:42,960
Speaker 1: and have to use someone like a Christian Brown a

939
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 1: little bit more, or someone like a Payton Watson a

940
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:47,320
Speaker 1: little bit more. Maybe even have to put Aaron Gordon

941
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:51,880
Speaker 1: excuse me on Anthony Edwards for stretches, or just like

942
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 1: I said, capitalize on his limited playmaking ability by just

943
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 1: kind of throwing the kitchen sink at him and not

944
00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:58,359
Speaker 1: leaving him on an island as often as you can.

945
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 1: Here's another Jokic possession, powering right through Gobert, this time

946
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:06,560
Speaker 1: on a pick and roll situation. So actually it was

947
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:08,480
Speaker 1: a broken play, so he kind of runs over Gobert.

948
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:10,480
Speaker 1: That should have probably been an offensive foul, but he

949
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: just goes like. The point here is that Jokic sees

950
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 1: Gobert at the rim and he just has no problem

951
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:22,040
Speaker 1: going right through him. Here's another example of Gobert struggling

952
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:25,400
Speaker 1: to handle a Jokic. This is here's the setup for

953
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:29,719
Speaker 1: this play. Jokic is six for seven on threes in

954
00:48:29,800 --> 00:48:37,600
Speaker 1: the last three games. So we get a double team,

955
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,680
Speaker 1: a kickout, and we're gonna get a ball screen so

956
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,279
Speaker 1: or ex Yeah, we get an off ball screen. On

957
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:47,240
Speaker 1: the off ball screen, though, watch Gobert close out. Because

958
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,399
Speaker 1: Jokic has literally been dead eye from three as of late.

959
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 1: He has to leave his feet on the close out.

960
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 1: That gets him completely out of position. As soon as

961
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:58,320
Speaker 1: you watch Jokic, he understands his size advantages. The strength

962
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:00,120
Speaker 1: is his advantage. So you can see him kind to

963
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:02,880
Speaker 1: drop in that shoulder and getting low. Now watch, he

964
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 1: just wants to get leverage inside leverage on Gobart, so

965
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,280
Speaker 1: you see right there. As soon as he gets this angle,

966
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:16,480
Speaker 1: he leans into him and creates that advantage. Here we

967
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 1: have yet another example of Anthony Edwards failing to beat

968
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 1: the high drop coverage. Okay, so again Yokic high drop,

969
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:27,319
Speaker 1: go bear slip justin Holiday tag and we're just gonna

970
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:30,520
Speaker 1: get a straight swing pass around him. Monti Morris, no advantage.

971
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:39,799
Speaker 1: Look here though, count the Nuggets. We have Nikhil Alexander

972
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:44,200
Speaker 1: Walker completely unguarded this whole possession. You can't even see him.

973
00:49:45,239 --> 00:49:47,839
Speaker 1: He's just standing over here, unguarded. But that read isn't

974
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:50,040
Speaker 1: getting made now. I want to give the Nuggets a

975
00:49:50,080 --> 00:49:52,800
Speaker 1: little bit of credit here. This is not an easy

976
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,520
Speaker 1: pass and when you apply good ball pressure like this,

977
00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,839
Speaker 1: it's even harder to make that pass. That's what makes

978
00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: the those big playmaking forwards that I talk about such

979
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,640
Speaker 1: an advantage when you get to the postseason. These guys

980
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:07,279
Speaker 1: are staying in six ' eight, six ' nine, and

981
00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:09,279
Speaker 1: they can just throw those over the top passes that

982
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:19,440
Speaker 1: much easier. Another high drop, another contested shot, and then

983
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:21,760
Speaker 1: here we're gonna get another example of Yokis just powering

984
00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:26,000
Speaker 1: through go Bear going in transition the other way. Little

985
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:28,400
Speaker 1: a nice little feed here from Peyton Watson and just

986
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:31,200
Speaker 1: again Jokicic just just doesn't even see go Bear underneath

987
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 1: the basket. Here's an example of the high drop when

988
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:38,839
Speaker 1: it gets botched, primarily from being laid on the tag.

989
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:42,640
Speaker 1: So this actually is a slip a switch because we're

990
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,040
Speaker 1: in the we're in the early fourth quarter period here,

991
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:47,720
Speaker 1: and Yokic is off the floor, so this Denver lineup's

992
00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:50,839
Speaker 1: gonna be switching everything. But on the switch, Reggie chased

993
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:52,600
Speaker 1: a little too far over the top and so nas

994
00:50:52,640 --> 00:50:55,839
Speaker 1: Reed got an easy slip. But mpj's late. I want

995
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: to cut MPJ some slack here. So it's not a

996
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:00,040
Speaker 1: traditional pick and roll coverage. It's a botched slip, but

997
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: he does need to be paying a little bit better attention.

998
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 1: All right, This is an example of the one of

999
00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:12,000
Speaker 1: the most important stretches of the game in my opinion.

1000
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:17,040
Speaker 1: So Jamal Murray was on a minutes restriction. So usually

1001
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:19,319
Speaker 1: this stretch of the game you're getting Jamal Murray out

1002
00:51:19,360 --> 00:51:22,959
Speaker 1: there with Jokic off switching everything in and Jamal Murray

1003
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 1: trying to create all the offense. Right, But because of

1004
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:29,839
Speaker 1: the minutes restriction, Jamal Murray's not out there. So it's

1005
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:33,040
Speaker 1: the same bench unit that struggled all year with Jamal Murray,

1006
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:35,520
Speaker 1: except for this time it's Reggie Jackson. And like I

1007
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:38,000
Speaker 1: talked about in our contender rankings, the way that this

1008
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:41,120
Speaker 1: group managed to kind of float the boat last year

1009
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:43,439
Speaker 1: without Yokic in the postseason, because remember they were plus

1010
00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:46,320
Speaker 1: four per one hundred in the postseason after being minus

1011
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 1: twelve per one hundred without Yokich in the regular season.

1012
00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:52,560
Speaker 1: They ratcheted up their defensive intensity and so the defense

1013
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:56,239
Speaker 1: was everything for the Denver Nuggets in this run. They

1014
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,120
Speaker 1: went into start the fourth quarter at eighty three to

1015
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,239
Speaker 1: eighty the two points for the Michael Porters in your

1016
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:04,480
Speaker 1: late tag. But they're gonna go this stretch and Yo,

1017
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:06,120
Speaker 1: Kitch and Murray are gonna check back into the game

1018
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 1: with about seven minutes left and the lead is going

1019
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:11,719
Speaker 1: to increase from three to four. So they actually won

1020
00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:14,880
Speaker 1: this shift mostly because of their work on the defensive

1021
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:18,480
Speaker 1: end and some great chemistry between Eric Aaron Gordon keep

1022
00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 1: calling him Eric Gordon. The some great chemistry between Aaron

1023
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:25,399
Speaker 1: Gordon and Peyton Watson operating on the on the low

1024
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,520
Speaker 1: block on the other end. So again switching everything right,

1025
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:31,879
Speaker 1: Gordon switches on to Conley, and then we're gonna get

1026
00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:38,359
Speaker 1: naz Reid setting a screen on on Gordon. That's gonna

1027
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 1: get switched Watson on to Conley. Watch Watson absorb the

1028
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,920
Speaker 1: contact and force the turnover again, the same kind of

1029
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 1: thing that that happened to Jamal Murray earlier in the

1030
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:51,080
Speaker 1: game with Jade McDaniel's physicality, fall pressure gonna make a

1031
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:55,160
Speaker 1: guy more likely to make a mistake. Here we have

1032
00:52:56,520 --> 00:52:59,279
Speaker 1: Peyton Watson blocking Naseerit again, this time in a straight

1033
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:01,840
Speaker 1: post up on his move. So he gets beat on

1034
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,000
Speaker 1: this move, gets beat to the baseline side, and he's

1035
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:05,960
Speaker 1: just so athletic he just meets him at meets him

1036
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:10,839
Speaker 1: at the rim. Every time I see these highlights, it's

1037
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:13,840
Speaker 1: just unbelievable. Christian Brown gets a block as well. In

1038
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:18,200
Speaker 1: the broken part of the of the play, we go

1039
00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:20,239
Speaker 1: the other way and transition. This is an example of

1040
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:23,880
Speaker 1: the wave after wave of athleticism you face with Michael

1041
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:26,719
Speaker 1: Porter Junior and Aaron Gordon. So erin. Gordon's gonna make

1042
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:28,959
Speaker 1: a movie here against Nikkeile Alexander Walker, and he's gonna

1043
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:31,279
Speaker 1: miss Watch Michael Porter Junior just sneak in there and

1044
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:35,960
Speaker 1: get the offensive rebound. And again a big part of

1045
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:40,000
Speaker 1: that there is Gordon's Gordon misses this shot, but he

1046
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:44,080
Speaker 1: has drawn. He's on Jordan McLaughlin has drawn to Kiele

1047
00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:47,080
Speaker 1: Alexander Walker and help, and Rudy Gobert comes and makes

1048
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:48,840
Speaker 1: a late attempt to try to block the shot. That

1049
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:51,200
Speaker 1: is what clears this space for Michael Porter Junior to

1050
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:58,120
Speaker 1: get in there and work. This is a beautiful spinning

1051
00:53:58,239 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 1: feed from Peyton Watas and to get a dunk for

1052
00:54:02,280 --> 00:54:05,080
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon. So catch us here on the wing rip through.

1053
00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 1: McLaughlin comes over, spins around, drop off past to Gordon

1054
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,319
Speaker 1: for a dunk. Really good chemistry there between the two.

1055
00:54:13,040 --> 00:54:16,600
Speaker 1: Here's a really nice possession of switching defense from the Nuggets.

1056
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,960
Speaker 1: Brown switches on to McLaughlin, Gordon switches on to McLaughlin,

1057
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 1: but as a result we end up with nase Reid on.

1058
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:28,160
Speaker 1: Christian Brown got a hold up guards on switches against

1059
00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:30,319
Speaker 1: the Bigs and again this will probably be Carl Towns

1060
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:32,480
Speaker 1: in a real series, but still the same kind of principle,

1061
00:54:33,080 --> 00:54:36,359
Speaker 1: and Christian Brown just Steymy's naseried forces him to take

1062
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:40,439
Speaker 1: a shot over the top and he misses. Great work

1063
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:43,080
Speaker 1: there from Christian Brown. Underrated, kind of like strong low

1064
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:48,640
Speaker 1: center of gravity athlete. Christian is this time, Eric, I

1065
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:50,360
Speaker 1: did it again. I don't know why I'm doing that.

1066
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:57,000
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon returns the favor to Peyton Watson makes a move,

1067
00:54:57,239 --> 00:55:01,040
Speaker 1: draws the help drop off, draws the foul, So now

1068
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:03,240
Speaker 1: Yokic is gonna come back into the game. Peyton Watson

1069
00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:05,640
Speaker 1: goes one for two, so Yokic is back in the

1070
00:55:05,719 --> 00:55:07,640
Speaker 1: game and the lead is gone from eighty three eighty

1071
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:10,040
Speaker 1: to ninety one eighty seven in a literally a five

1072
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 1: minute stretch without your two best players on the floor.

1073
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:19,359
Speaker 1: Really really impressive stretch there. From the Denver bench. Here's

1074
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:22,160
Speaker 1: an example of the unstoppable Yokich Murray two man game.

1075
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:24,920
Speaker 1: As he comes off here, he's gonna pull it back

1076
00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:29,080
Speaker 1: out and they're gonna run it again, and this time

1077
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:32,040
Speaker 1: Gobert he draws go beart In and Yokic instead of

1078
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:34,360
Speaker 1: rolling into the tag, he just kind of finds that

1079
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:36,720
Speaker 1: soft spot around the foul line and knocks down a jumper.

1080
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:44,239
Speaker 1: This is so Anthony Edwards is just checked back into

1081
00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:47,360
Speaker 1: the game. It's a six point game, largest lead for

1082
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:50,799
Speaker 1: Denver in a while, six minutes left. You desperately need

1083
00:55:50,840 --> 00:55:53,320
Speaker 1: a good shot. But he's twenty two years old and

1084
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:55,440
Speaker 1: he's got a score first mentality, and he's got to

1085
00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:58,359
Speaker 1: learn that this is not a good shot. Comes off

1086
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: of like a little screen here for Mike Conley and

1087
00:56:02,719 --> 00:56:05,080
Speaker 1: Jael Murray's right there and he just takes a contested

1088
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:07,360
Speaker 1: pull up three as soon as he steps in. Just

1089
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:12,719
Speaker 1: just don't like the shot selection there from Ann This

1090
00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:15,120
Speaker 1: is you remember earlier when we were talking about that

1091
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:19,200
Speaker 1: Nikhil Alexander Walker play on Peyton Watson where he did

1092
00:56:19,239 --> 00:56:21,040
Speaker 1: a bad job setting up his man for the screen.

1093
00:56:21,560 --> 00:56:24,040
Speaker 1: Here's an example of a much better job setting up

1094
00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 1: your man for the screen. So again, watch Jamal Murray

1095
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 1: wants to get Jaden McDaniels to the point where he's

1096
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:33,640
Speaker 1: starting his footwork to fight over the top before he

1097
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:37,120
Speaker 1: crosses over. So notice that see that little hop Jada

1098
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:40,480
Speaker 1: McDaniels took that hop is because he worked over to

1099
00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:43,920
Speaker 1: the screen right there. Hop he's hopping that left. Just

1100
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: like I told you earlier, you got to take your

1101
00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:49,680
Speaker 1: screen side foot and you have to get it over

1102
00:56:49,840 --> 00:56:53,200
Speaker 1: the top of the screener's top foot. That's the footwork

1103
00:56:53,239 --> 00:56:55,400
Speaker 1: for fighting over the top of the screen. You've got

1104
00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:58,960
Speaker 1: to make him engage that footwork before you cross back over.

1105
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:03,399
Speaker 1: The Alexander Walker did not do that. Jamal Murray did,

1106
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:05,759
Speaker 1: and as a result, he's able to beat Jada McDaniels

1107
00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 1: cleanly off the dribble. Then from there, Yo Kicch is

1108
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:13,560
Speaker 1: rolling hard, which keeps Gobert back pedaling, which opens up

1109
00:57:13,600 --> 00:57:16,520
Speaker 1: the floater, and Jamal Murray's just so good at all

1110
00:57:16,560 --> 00:57:19,320
Speaker 1: those coverage beaters shot like the shot making pieces to

1111
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:22,400
Speaker 1: beat coverages. Yo kich torches go bear again here with

1112
00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:27,840
Speaker 1: a spin move towards the baseline. Now our leads up

1113
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:32,600
Speaker 1: to nine and then here's an example of how hard

1114
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 1: it is to guard Denver because of their three man

1115
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:38,160
Speaker 1: actions and their ability to slip. So as we're getting

1116
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:40,400
Speaker 1: ready to run our two man game here, but they're

1117
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:43,360
Speaker 1: setting it up with a quick pin down, right, So essentially,

1118
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:46,800
Speaker 1: Christian Brown is setting a screen on Jada McDaniels to

1119
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:49,000
Speaker 1: try to generate a little bit of separation so that

1120
00:57:49,080 --> 00:57:51,680
Speaker 1: when Jamal Murray comes off this dribble hand off, he's

1121
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:55,000
Speaker 1: just in a better position with Jaden trailing more. Right,

1122
00:57:55,640 --> 00:57:59,520
Speaker 1: So in this case, Mike Conley is trying to help

1123
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:02,600
Speaker 1: guard that he's pointing. You could see immediately he identifies it.

1124
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:05,360
Speaker 1: Mike Conley right away knows this is going to be

1125
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:08,080
Speaker 1: Jaul Murray coming down and a pin down setting into

1126
00:58:08,080 --> 00:58:11,360
Speaker 1: the dribble handoff. Conley points, hold up, here comes here,

1127
00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:14,840
Speaker 1: it comes here. Comes Everyone's keyed up this way, everyone is.

1128
00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:17,560
Speaker 1: And because everyone's keyed up this way, Mike Conley is

1129
00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:20,880
Speaker 1: getting ready to hedge. And because Mike Conley's up like

1130
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:24,960
Speaker 1: that and Jada McDaniels is still chasing, Christian Brown has

1131
00:58:25,080 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 1: inside position on everybody to slip to the basket. And

1132
00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:30,280
Speaker 1: this is the one guy on the planet that'll never

1133
00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:32,760
Speaker 1: miss that pass. And there are a few guys a

1134
00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:34,480
Speaker 1: few other guys in the league, but Yo Kich is

1135
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 1: in the short list of guys that are never going

1136
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:40,040
Speaker 1: to miss this read. Christian Brown slips it dunks on

1137
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:41,920
Speaker 1: Gobert for the first of two times in this game.

1138
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:46,280
Speaker 1: There's a little full court pressure from Minnesota late in

1139
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:48,560
Speaker 1: the game. Game is already basically over, but little full

1140
00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:51,440
Speaker 1: court pressure. And on this action they're gonna make a

1141
00:58:51,520 --> 00:58:55,320
Speaker 1: kick head pass to Christian Brown. Christian Brown jumps right

1142
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:57,320
Speaker 1: into go Bear's chest and then finishes over and with

1143
00:58:57,360 --> 00:59:00,800
Speaker 1: his left hand. Just fucking disgusting part of my language.

1144
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:05,640
Speaker 1: Then we get a Brown lob in transition, this time

1145
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:07,680
Speaker 1: from Michael Porter Junior game games out of reach here,

1146
00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:09,440
Speaker 1: But these are just highlights. We're showing you some highlights

1147
00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:12,200
Speaker 1: for fun. And then lastly, this was a really fun

1148
00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:16,400
Speaker 1: one as they run a little screening action for nasried Peyton,

1149
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:20,480
Speaker 1: Watson recovers blocks, it, gets the kick ahead pass, throws

1150
00:59:20,520 --> 00:59:28,200
Speaker 1: down the dunk. All right, we're moving on to MAVs

1151
00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:31,280
Speaker 1: heat now a quick run a quick little like follow

1152
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:37,600
Speaker 1: up on that Minnesota Denver one. So again, I think

1153
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:41,280
Speaker 1: the takeaways from that film session are the high drop

1154
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:46,440
Speaker 1: is probably their best option against limited playmakers against guys

1155
00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:50,320
Speaker 1: that are, but then against that same type of archetype,

1156
00:59:50,560 --> 00:59:53,080
Speaker 1: baiting them into taking tough shots is also a good option.

1157
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:55,760
Speaker 1: They have good individual defenders that can defend there. I

1158
00:59:55,840 --> 00:59:58,360
Speaker 1: talk about scheme versatility as an advantage all the time.

1159
00:59:58,760 --> 01:00:01,200
Speaker 1: Scheme versatility, to me is the ability to adjust your

1160
01:00:01,240 --> 01:00:02,840
Speaker 1: coverage based on the matchup, and there are a lot

1161
01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:04,600
Speaker 1: of teams out there that can only defend in one

1162
01:00:04,680 --> 01:00:07,000
Speaker 1: or two different coverages. The Nuggets have a bunch of

1163
01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:09,560
Speaker 1: different ways that can defend even in those bench groups.

1164
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:14,440
Speaker 1: With yokichaff the floor really good switching individual defense that

1165
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 1: is the anchor of that type of defensive group. And again,

1166
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:19,480
Speaker 1: they won those minutes last year after being terrible in

1167
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:21,280
Speaker 1: the regular season. They're gonna need to do it again

1168
01:00:21,360 --> 01:00:24,840
Speaker 1: this year. Just ratchet up the minutes for your best

1169
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:27,520
Speaker 1: players so that you have these brief, small windows where

1170
01:00:27,560 --> 01:00:30,000
Speaker 1: you need those guys to lock in and they're capable

1171
01:00:30,040 --> 01:00:34,000
Speaker 1: of doing so. But yeah, I thought it also just

1172
01:00:34,080 --> 01:00:35,600
Speaker 1: kind of shined a light on some of the offensive

1173
01:00:35,640 --> 01:00:38,120
Speaker 1: limitations of Minnesota as it pertains to just kind of

1174
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:41,960
Speaker 1: baiting them into their worst tendencies, settling for bad jump shots,

1175
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:45,320
Speaker 1: not having the high enough level playmaking to beat coverages.

1176
01:00:46,120 --> 01:00:48,400
Speaker 1: But great example of why I think Denver is the

1177
01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:50,640
Speaker 1: best team in the league, and a game where they

1178
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:53,880
Speaker 1: anchored down that one spot heading into the postseason. All right,

1179
01:00:53,960 --> 01:01:00,240
Speaker 1: let's head over to MAVs heat. So Luca It hits

1180
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:02,840
Speaker 1: two threes in a row to start the game. I

1181
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:04,440
Speaker 1: don't have those in here, but this was just a

1182
01:01:04,480 --> 01:01:06,600
Speaker 1: funny one. The third three point attempt he takes, he

1183
01:01:06,680 --> 01:01:09,240
Speaker 1: takes it against Jimmy Butler just to step back in ISO.

1184
01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:12,080
Speaker 1: This is just funny to me because the guy who

1185
01:01:12,160 --> 01:01:15,200
Speaker 1: always identifies where the miss is coming first is the shooter.

1186
01:01:15,320 --> 01:01:17,000
Speaker 1: He knows because he knows what it felt like coming

1187
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:19,040
Speaker 1: off of his hands. So he misses the shot, but

1188
01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:21,160
Speaker 1: he knows he left it short, and so as soon

1189
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:22,520
Speaker 1: as he shoots it, you can see he's like, oh,

1190
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:24,520
Speaker 1: shoot ball still in there. He's like, ah, I left

1191
01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:26,320
Speaker 1: that way short. So he just runs right after it

1192
01:01:26,640 --> 01:01:31,000
Speaker 1: and ends up getting the offensive rebound put back. Here's

1193
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:33,520
Speaker 1: an example of Derek Jones Junior in his high level

1194
01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:35,840
Speaker 1: close out attacking. So Derek Jones Junior actually is a

1195
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:38,800
Speaker 1: forty percent unguarded catch and shoot three point shooter. Although

1196
01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:41,280
Speaker 1: you can chase him off the line. Luka Donc just

1197
01:01:41,400 --> 01:01:44,560
Speaker 1: draws a straight double from the top. It goes down

1198
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:49,439
Speaker 1: to a Gafford. Gafford draws three kicks out to Derek

1199
01:01:49,480 --> 01:01:51,480
Speaker 1: Jones Junior. He gets chased off the line, but he

1200
01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:54,120
Speaker 1: rips through and hits a little tough, little right shoulder

1201
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:56,760
Speaker 1: fade in the lane. Derek Jones Jr. Is a very

1202
01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:59,280
Speaker 1: good spot up player. He's really good at ripping through,

1203
01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:01,880
Speaker 1: finishing the ram, and he's got those little in between shots.

1204
01:02:02,080 --> 01:02:05,000
Speaker 1: He's getting one point zero seven points per possession in

1205
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:07,600
Speaker 1: spot up situations, which is well above average. That is

1206
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:09,880
Speaker 1: what's made him their best kind of like option as

1207
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:14,000
Speaker 1: that perimeter defender slash guy that can function as a

1208
01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:18,440
Speaker 1: spot up player in their offense. This is an example

1209
01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:23,360
Speaker 1: of Luca playing advantage basketball, which I think is something

1210
01:02:23,400 --> 01:02:24,960
Speaker 1: we haven't seen a ton from him in his career.

1211
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:26,600
Speaker 1: But he's gonna pass this off and this is what

1212
01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:29,040
Speaker 1: it looks like when Luca attacks a close out. So

1213
01:02:29,120 --> 01:02:32,000
Speaker 1: he's gonna flash back over here, pump fake, get the

1214
01:02:32,040 --> 01:02:33,840
Speaker 1: defender out of position, and again you can kind of

1215
01:02:33,840 --> 01:02:36,800
Speaker 1: see this whole possession because he's closing out, he's at

1216
01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:40,000
Speaker 1: a position his first thought is Luca's gonna drive. So

1217
01:02:40,080 --> 01:02:42,040
Speaker 1: you see him kind of like lean back right, boom,

1218
01:02:42,080 --> 01:02:45,440
Speaker 1: he takes that big retreat step. Then Luca leans back

1219
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:48,320
Speaker 1: in pump fakes. Now he leaves his feet and then

1220
01:02:48,360 --> 01:02:50,400
Speaker 1: he just beats him off the dribble. Then we get

1221
01:02:50,480 --> 01:02:52,880
Speaker 1: the pass fake, right, we get the little pass fake,

1222
01:02:52,920 --> 01:02:56,360
Speaker 1: the look away pass fake, the Kliba which gets gets

1223
01:02:56,440 --> 01:02:58,320
Speaker 1: him the angle to get around Bam and finish at

1224
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:00,600
Speaker 1: the basket. And he's just playing a lot more. He's

1225
01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:03,440
Speaker 1: already like I think fifteen to twenty more spot up

1226
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:06,080
Speaker 1: possessions this season than he did last year. So obviously

1227
01:03:06,160 --> 01:03:08,760
Speaker 1: he's just getting more of those opportunities with a more

1228
01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:13,880
Speaker 1: talented roster. Here's an example of Maxi Kleba making a

1229
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:18,920
Speaker 1: help side play down on the block. So BAM's going

1230
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:20,960
Speaker 1: to work against Luca, He's gonna go take a shot

1231
01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:22,960
Speaker 1: and then Kleeba's gonna come over and block him at

1232
01:03:22,960 --> 01:03:26,400
Speaker 1: the rim. And again, like the big thing for me

1233
01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:28,960
Speaker 1: that pushed Dallas to that third spot in my contender

1234
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:32,440
Speaker 1: list was Maxi Klebu and PJ. Washington and just the

1235
01:03:32,520 --> 01:03:36,400
Speaker 1: wrecking ball defensive players that they're capable of being here's

1236
01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:42,200
Speaker 1: PJ Washington blowing up an inbounds pass pass over the top.

1237
01:03:42,720 --> 01:03:45,640
Speaker 1: The BAM's trying to create a seal there for that

1238
01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:48,320
Speaker 1: little or not Bam Jimmy's trying to create the angle

1239
01:03:48,360 --> 01:03:50,720
Speaker 1: for that over the top pass. PJ breaks it up,

1240
01:03:51,280 --> 01:03:53,480
Speaker 1: then Luca gets the loose ball, and then we get

1241
01:03:53,520 --> 01:04:00,560
Speaker 1: a dunk from PJ Washington. Again, defensive playmaking. There's an example.

1242
01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:03,240
Speaker 1: This is a bucket for Miami, but this is an

1243
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:06,959
Speaker 1: example of PJ Washington's defensive potential. He leaves his feet

1244
01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:10,000
Speaker 1: on a pump fake from Caleb Martin, boom off the ground.

1245
01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:12,320
Speaker 1: Caleb Martin is one of the faster kind of wing

1246
01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:14,320
Speaker 1: players that we have in the league, especially in straight

1247
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:17,680
Speaker 1: line speed. PJ Washington is in the air and somehow

1248
01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:20,680
Speaker 1: manages to get back in front of Caleb Martin. Look

1249
01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:24,800
Speaker 1: at that, and again those guys are helping because they're

1250
01:04:24,880 --> 01:04:27,200
Speaker 1: thinking he's gonna get beat, and like he just somehow

1251
01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:29,280
Speaker 1: doesn't get beat, which just goes to show you the

1252
01:04:29,400 --> 01:04:34,720
Speaker 1: level of defensive potential that PJ. Washington has. Here's an

1253
01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:38,160
Speaker 1: excellent MAVs ball movement possession that begins with the Kyrie

1254
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:42,920
Speaker 1: Irving backcut. So again. They're clearing the side here, and

1255
01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:45,280
Speaker 1: they're basically setting this up for Kyrie to fake like

1256
01:04:45,400 --> 01:04:47,480
Speaker 1: he's running out and then he's setting his man up

1257
01:04:47,520 --> 01:04:50,120
Speaker 1: and then he's gonna bang backcut right there, draws the

1258
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:54,120
Speaker 1: help kick out past the Dante xem xam pump fakes.

1259
01:04:54,320 --> 01:04:57,040
Speaker 1: This is that advantage basketball I'm talking about. You can

1260
01:04:57,080 --> 01:05:01,760
Speaker 1: actually see Luca pointing Hey the next read, but he

1261
01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:04,640
Speaker 1: ends up throwing it to Luca anyway. Luca drives it.

1262
01:05:05,400 --> 01:05:07,640
Speaker 1: Luca makes the kick out to Kyrie back to PJ.

1263
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:11,000
Speaker 1: Washington on the wing for three. Nice little ball movement

1264
01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:17,400
Speaker 1: possession there from Dallas. Here's Luca beating a coverage with

1265
01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:20,000
Speaker 1: the pull up three, this time Hey with high Smith

1266
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:22,320
Speaker 1: ducks underneath the pick and Bam is too far back.

1267
01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:25,120
Speaker 1: This also might have just been a switch. Yeah, it's

1268
01:05:25,120 --> 01:05:27,320
Speaker 1: a switch. So it's a switch and Bam is too

1269
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:29,320
Speaker 1: far back on the switch and Luca just beats it

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01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:31,240
Speaker 1: with a pull up again. This is This is like

1271
01:05:31,280 --> 01:05:33,800
Speaker 1: an example of a soft switch instead of a more

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01:05:34,400 --> 01:05:41,600
Speaker 1: aggressive switch, leaving Luca two open. This is it's so funny.

1273
01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:44,120
Speaker 1: As I watched MAVs film, it's so much less about

1274
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:48,000
Speaker 1: like sets and you know, nifty actions and slips and

1275
01:05:48,080 --> 01:05:50,120
Speaker 1: things like that, and it's so much more about like

1276
01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:54,520
Speaker 1: individual greatness. And this is just a great example of

1277
01:05:54,680 --> 01:05:58,240
Speaker 1: a little detailed in ball handling that goes a long

1278
01:05:58,320 --> 01:06:01,680
Speaker 1: way with Kyrie Irving. So he's going to do it

1279
01:06:01,720 --> 01:06:04,600
Speaker 1: behind the back dribble here on Heywood Heismith and then

1280
01:06:04,640 --> 01:06:07,080
Speaker 1: I want you guys to watch how quickly he pivots

1281
01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:10,600
Speaker 1: his body to catch the behind the back drible. I

1282
01:06:10,640 --> 01:06:13,720
Speaker 1: want to shout out my first Juco assistant coach, Chris Klass,

1283
01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:15,480
Speaker 1: and he taught me this kind of like principle. But

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01:06:15,560 --> 01:06:17,640
Speaker 1: we used to do a cone dribbling drill. It's actually

1285
01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:20,640
Speaker 1: still to this day my first warm up drill that

1286
01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:24,320
Speaker 1: I do, and on it there's the actual drible combination

1287
01:06:24,440 --> 01:06:26,640
Speaker 1: you do to start the drill, but there's always an

1288
01:06:26,680 --> 01:06:29,240
Speaker 1: advanced dribble. And what he taught was like you'd hit

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01:06:29,320 --> 01:06:31,200
Speaker 1: like an in and out behind the back, but then

1290
01:06:31,240 --> 01:06:33,760
Speaker 1: you'd follow that up with an immediate advanced dribble with

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01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:35,800
Speaker 1: your left hand right and then in and out behind

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01:06:35,800 --> 01:06:37,520
Speaker 1: the back, and then an immediate advanced drible with your

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01:06:37,600 --> 01:06:40,000
Speaker 1: right hand, and then the purpose behind it is like

1294
01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:41,720
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter if you do the behind the back

1295
01:06:41,760 --> 01:06:45,000
Speaker 1: drible and you shed the defender if you can't immediately

1296
01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:47,840
Speaker 1: capitalize in the driving angle that it creates. And so

1297
01:06:47,920 --> 01:06:50,720
Speaker 1: there are these little details, especially on the higher level

1298
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:54,720
Speaker 1: dribble combinations, that you need to have down in order

1299
01:06:54,760 --> 01:06:57,200
Speaker 1: to be able to actually take the advanced dribble after

1300
01:06:57,280 --> 01:06:59,080
Speaker 1: you make the move. So Kyrie's going to make it

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01:06:59,120 --> 01:07:01,160
Speaker 1: behind the back move. Here. Watch how he turns his

1302
01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:05,439
Speaker 1: body Boom. Okay, look at this. Look at how fast

1303
01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:07,760
Speaker 1: it is. So he makes the behind the back dribble.

1304
01:07:08,520 --> 01:07:11,880
Speaker 1: But because he pivots so quickly, now the ball is

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01:07:11,920 --> 01:07:14,680
Speaker 1: in his left hand and his body is positioned to drive,

1306
01:07:17,120 --> 01:07:19,640
Speaker 1: and so he's able to take advantage of that little

1307
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:22,920
Speaker 1: angle he creates. The vast majority of offensive players in

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01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:25,000
Speaker 1: this league will make that behind the back dribble and

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01:07:25,040 --> 01:07:27,000
Speaker 1: then Heywood high Smith would just be able to recover

1310
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:29,680
Speaker 1: and cut him off. But like Kyrie, that little pivot

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01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:31,800
Speaker 1: there's just a little detail in ball handling that I

1312
01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:33,920
Speaker 1: don't think people realize is a big part of what

1313
01:07:34,040 --> 01:07:40,040
Speaker 1: makes Kyrie so hard to guard. Here's another little piece

1314
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:44,240
Speaker 1: of iso fundamental work here. Kyrie Irving's gonna start on

1315
01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:49,800
Speaker 1: the right wing out of a triple threat. Josh Green drives,

1316
01:07:49,960 --> 01:07:56,680
Speaker 1: We're gonna get a kick back here now Kyrie Heywood

1317
01:07:56,720 --> 01:07:58,800
Speaker 1: high Smith. He wants to make a rip through move.

1318
01:07:59,320 --> 01:08:01,520
Speaker 1: The idea rip through a move is you have to

1319
01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:05,720
Speaker 1: be lower than the defensive player to actually get that advantage.

1320
01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:09,040
Speaker 1: Watch how low Kyrie Irving gets. We'll slow it down here.

1321
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:11,400
Speaker 1: Watch how low Kyrie Irving gets on this rip through

1322
01:08:17,240 --> 01:08:20,040
Speaker 1: that allows him to get the angle, and then from

1323
01:08:20,120 --> 01:08:22,800
Speaker 1: there he's going to go to a euro step on

1324
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:24,920
Speaker 1: Kevin Love to find the little gap on the other

1325
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:28,360
Speaker 1: side of the rim for the reverse layup. Just ridiculous

1326
01:08:28,360 --> 01:08:34,200
Speaker 1: stuff from Kyrie Irving. Here's an example of scheme discipline

1327
01:08:34,280 --> 01:08:38,439
Speaker 1: from Dallas and just some really good individual defense from

1328
01:08:38,520 --> 01:08:41,880
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving. So in a transition cross match, we get

1329
01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:45,640
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler on Kyrie Irving right, and it's clear that

1330
01:08:45,720 --> 01:08:47,840
Speaker 1: they want him to try to deny that catch if

1331
01:08:47,840 --> 01:08:49,880
Speaker 1: he gets that switch. So as he comes over here,

1332
01:08:49,960 --> 01:08:51,600
Speaker 1: Kyrie's going to go to a three quarter front, and

1333
01:08:51,680 --> 01:08:53,400
Speaker 1: he's in a three quarter front to not allow that

1334
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:57,880
Speaker 1: pass gets worked back around. Now Kyrie again squatting down

1335
01:08:57,920 --> 01:09:01,040
Speaker 1: low fronting the post. This force in over the top pass.

1336
01:09:01,360 --> 01:09:04,519
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving does not try to catch the pass. Instead,

1337
01:09:04,560 --> 01:09:07,200
Speaker 1: he turns around and immediately tries to find a spot

1338
01:09:07,280 --> 01:09:10,280
Speaker 1: where Jimmy's gonna expose the basketball. So again he's not

1339
01:09:10,360 --> 01:09:12,519
Speaker 1: going for the ball, he's staying down waiting for Jimmy

1340
01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:14,680
Speaker 1: to catch, waiting for him to expose it, and he

1341
01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:18,120
Speaker 1: swipes it clean. Really really good individual defense there from

1342
01:09:18,200 --> 01:09:20,800
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving, and then he actually turns it the other

1343
01:09:20,840 --> 01:09:23,120
Speaker 1: way into a transition pull up three, which this has

1344
01:09:23,160 --> 01:09:25,560
Speaker 1: been one of Kyrie's big go to moves over the

1345
01:09:25,600 --> 01:09:29,960
Speaker 1: second half of the season. Here, all right, I've got

1346
01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:31,679
Speaker 1: five more clips from this game and then we're gonna

1347
01:09:31,680 --> 01:09:35,599
Speaker 1: go into our mailbag. So this time we have Derek

1348
01:09:35,680 --> 01:09:37,679
Speaker 1: Jones Jr. And Help coming off of the strong side

1349
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:41,479
Speaker 1: quarter and blocking Caleb Martin's strong side corner. Help is

1350
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:45,120
Speaker 1: really difficult because it's sketchy to leave a guy this open,

1351
01:09:45,439 --> 01:09:47,519
Speaker 1: But if a guy's got his back completely turned, it's

1352
01:09:47,560 --> 01:09:49,679
Speaker 1: kind of it's a risk. It's a high risk play,

1353
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:52,000
Speaker 1: but he's able to turn it into a positive result.

1354
01:09:52,080 --> 01:09:55,880
Speaker 1: Here MAVs run out in transition and we get a

1355
01:09:55,960 --> 01:09:58,760
Speaker 1: dunk from Tim Hardaway Junior. Again, theme of this part

1356
01:09:58,840 --> 01:10:03,640
Speaker 1: of the the video is Dallas using their defense to

1357
01:10:03,680 --> 01:10:05,719
Speaker 1: get out in transition. And again, if you guys remember

1358
01:10:05,760 --> 01:10:08,519
Speaker 1: I mentioned this in the Contender rankings. They're twenty seventh

1359
01:10:08,600 --> 01:10:11,880
Speaker 1: in transition frequency last year eighth this year. A big

1360
01:10:11,960 --> 01:10:13,880
Speaker 1: part of that is their defense allowing them to get

1361
01:10:13,880 --> 01:10:17,800
Speaker 1: out and transition more. Here's a horn set for Kyrie.

1362
01:10:17,840 --> 01:10:20,280
Speaker 1: We don't really see Dallas run this too many like

1363
01:10:20,439 --> 01:10:22,800
Speaker 1: set actions like this, but this is an example of

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01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:24,519
Speaker 1: something good that they get out of it. We get

1365
01:10:24,520 --> 01:10:27,519
Speaker 1: a backscreen for Tim Hardaway flowing into a pin down

1366
01:10:27,560 --> 01:10:32,000
Speaker 1: that flows into a dribble handoff and that bits Jimmy

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01:10:32,040 --> 01:10:35,920
Speaker 1: Butler into offering tag help. So again Jimmy Butler's coming

1368
01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:37,920
Speaker 1: over here to deal with Gafford on the tag and

1369
01:10:38,040 --> 01:10:40,120
Speaker 1: that just gives Kyrie Irving a wide open catching three

1370
01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:41,960
Speaker 1: on the week set, catching you three on the weak side.

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01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:45,640
Speaker 1: Here we get another stop here, Dante Exum does a

1372
01:10:45,640 --> 01:10:48,760
Speaker 1: good job absorbing the contact from Bam. Gafford offers a

1373
01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:51,640
Speaker 1: eight minute a last minute contest. Here's an example of

1374
01:10:51,800 --> 01:10:54,320
Speaker 1: the athleticism on the back line that I talk about here.

1375
01:10:54,920 --> 01:10:58,479
Speaker 1: So if Gafford offers help, uh oh, you're screwed on

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01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:01,320
Speaker 1: the glass right no, because PJ. Washington is there to

1377
01:11:01,400 --> 01:11:04,000
Speaker 1: clean it up. PJ. Washington gets it kick ahead pass,

1378
01:11:04,280 --> 01:11:06,679
Speaker 1: Gafford runs his lane, gets a dunk, and once again

1379
01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:10,760
Speaker 1: just really good defense and rebounding leading to transition opportunities.

1380
01:11:12,160 --> 01:11:14,280
Speaker 1: Miami went zone in the middle of the second quarter

1381
01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:17,200
Speaker 1: and Daniel Gafford here actually scores out of the middle

1382
01:11:17,200 --> 01:11:19,760
Speaker 1: of his zone. I thought this was impressive catches when

1383
01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:22,280
Speaker 1: he catches here, he didn't bring any of the corner

1384
01:11:22,360 --> 01:11:24,160
Speaker 1: guys in and so as a result, he has to

1385
01:11:24,240 --> 01:11:26,200
Speaker 1: kind of go to work and he just manages to

1386
01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:30,360
Speaker 1: hit a little left shoulder hook. And then here's our

1387
01:11:30,439 --> 01:11:32,720
Speaker 1: last play of the set. Tyler Harrow misses a wide

1388
01:11:32,720 --> 01:11:35,280
Speaker 1: open three from the top of the key. We have

1389
01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:37,679
Speaker 1: a transition possession the other way, and Tim Hardaway Junior

1390
01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:40,200
Speaker 1: is not going to miss his pull up transition three.

1391
01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:42,760
Speaker 1: Now the Dallas Mavericks are up by twenty points in

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01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:45,600
Speaker 1: this game is over. So I thought that was just

1393
01:11:45,800 --> 01:11:48,680
Speaker 1: I thought that game in particular was just a really

1394
01:11:48,720 --> 01:11:51,560
Speaker 1: good example of how Dallas' defense has allowed them to

1395
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:53,880
Speaker 1: get out and transition a lot more. And again, like

1396
01:11:54,200 --> 01:11:56,080
Speaker 1: I want to be clear, like I've always believed in

1397
01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:58,760
Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving. I've always believed in Luka Doncic. I was

1398
01:11:58,800 --> 01:12:00,560
Speaker 1: a fan of the Kyrie Irving train, and if you

1399
01:12:00,560 --> 01:12:02,120
Speaker 1: guys remember what I said at the time, I was like,

1400
01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:04,960
Speaker 1: don't judge this this year. They need a summer to

1401
01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:06,880
Speaker 1: add a summer in a deadline to add all the

1402
01:12:06,920 --> 01:12:09,600
Speaker 1: pieces they need. But you need a best player, you

1403
01:12:09,680 --> 01:12:11,960
Speaker 1: need a number two, and then you need role players

1404
01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:14,720
Speaker 1: that accentuate what they bring to the table. They've done

1405
01:12:14,760 --> 01:12:18,320
Speaker 1: a beautiful job putting that together since the Kyrie Irving trade.

1406
01:12:18,520 --> 01:12:21,120
Speaker 1: This defensive personnel is what's giving them, in my opinion,

1407
01:12:21,160 --> 01:12:23,000
Speaker 1: the best chance to win the title outside of the

1408
01:12:23,040 --> 01:12:25,160
Speaker 1: top tier of contenders. All right, let's get to our

1409
01:12:25,200 --> 01:12:27,439
Speaker 1: mail back. Then we'll get out of here. It's gonna

1410
01:12:27,439 --> 01:12:31,240
Speaker 1: be relatively quick. I get that the thunder are young

1411
01:12:31,439 --> 01:12:34,120
Speaker 1: and match up poorly against the Lakers, Nuggets, and Wolves.

1412
01:12:34,240 --> 01:12:36,280
Speaker 1: The Nuggets, that can be said for every team in

1413
01:12:36,280 --> 01:12:39,800
Speaker 1: the West, really, but really, but they're literally a better

1414
01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:42,000
Speaker 1: and deeper version of the Suns and Clippers. They've shown

1415
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:43,840
Speaker 1: throughout the season in the head to head games against

1416
01:12:43,880 --> 01:12:45,560
Speaker 1: both these teams that they deserve to be higher in

1417
01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:48,559
Speaker 1: these rankings, including stomping the healthy Sons with no shak

1418
01:12:48,600 --> 01:12:50,880
Speaker 1: Kilds Alexander. Plus they have health, Plus they have less

1419
01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:54,120
Speaker 1: health concerns than both of those teams. So first of all,

1420
01:12:54,439 --> 01:12:58,679
Speaker 1: I again my concerns with the Thunder are youth in size.

1421
01:12:59,479 --> 01:13:02,599
Speaker 1: The Clipper have of each Azubach. The Suns have use

1422
01:13:02,640 --> 01:13:05,840
Speaker 1: of Nurkic that gives them an infinitely better chance of

1423
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:08,760
Speaker 1: hanging physically with some of the bigger front lines in

1424
01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:12,920
Speaker 1: the Western Conference, especially Denver. That's really it, guys, like

1425
01:13:14,040 --> 01:13:17,880
Speaker 1: there's a level of fist fight, rock fight, you know,

1426
01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:22,080
Speaker 1: just kind of degenerated basketball down into an ugly mess

1427
01:13:22,160 --> 01:13:25,080
Speaker 1: of a game. And in those situations, your offensive skill

1428
01:13:25,160 --> 01:13:28,400
Speaker 1: and speed tend to matter less than your size, physicality,

1429
01:13:28,439 --> 01:13:30,840
Speaker 1: and experience. And that's why I lean to those teams

1430
01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:33,720
Speaker 1: in those specific situations. I agree you're right, Like if

1431
01:13:33,760 --> 01:13:36,720
Speaker 1: the Clippers played the Suns in a series, it'd be close.

1432
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:40,520
Speaker 1: I'd still pick Phoenix, but the Thunder half some advantages

1433
01:13:40,560 --> 01:13:43,080
Speaker 1: in those series. My contender rankings are a reflection of

1434
01:13:43,120 --> 01:13:45,280
Speaker 1: their best chance to get out of the conference, and

1435
01:13:45,360 --> 01:13:47,880
Speaker 1: I think that Phoenix and the Clippers, because of their

1436
01:13:47,880 --> 01:13:50,840
Speaker 1: frontline size, have a better opportunity to hang in those

1437
01:13:50,880 --> 01:13:55,800
Speaker 1: situations than the Thunderdoo to potentially win three three rounds

1438
01:13:55,840 --> 01:13:58,720
Speaker 1: to get out of the Western Conference. What's up? Jason,

1439
01:13:58,760 --> 01:14:00,320
Speaker 1: big fan of the show, was having an art with

1440
01:14:00,360 --> 01:14:02,519
Speaker 1: a buddy at work. He thinks a Lonzo Ball from

1441
01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:04,479
Speaker 1: his first season with the Bulls when they had decent

1442
01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:06,400
Speaker 1: success and lost to the Bucks in the first round

1443
01:14:06,720 --> 01:14:08,639
Speaker 1: would be a top ten point guard in the league

1444
01:14:08,680 --> 01:14:11,200
Speaker 1: this season. I disagree. He also says that he would

1445
01:14:11,200 --> 01:14:12,880
Speaker 1: be a better playmaker than most of the point guards

1446
01:14:13,080 --> 01:14:15,680
Speaker 1: I use As a rebuttal, I explained to him that

1447
01:14:15,760 --> 01:14:18,360
Speaker 1: in the NBA, the most important form of playmaking, depending

1448
01:14:18,400 --> 01:14:20,040
Speaker 1: on the role, of course, is out of the pick

1449
01:14:20,080 --> 01:14:22,240
Speaker 1: and roll, and while Lonzo is a good passer, I

1450
01:14:22,240 --> 01:14:23,840
Speaker 1: don't view him as a pick and roll creator on

1451
01:14:23,920 --> 01:14:26,200
Speaker 1: the level of guys like Brunson and Halliburton, and then

1452
01:14:26,240 --> 01:14:27,840
Speaker 1: of course the most elite guys. Would love to hear

1453
01:14:27,880 --> 01:14:29,439
Speaker 1: your take on this, even if it doesn't make the show.

1454
01:14:29,520 --> 01:14:32,080
Speaker 1: Keep up the great work. So first of all, thank

1455
01:14:32,120 --> 01:14:36,519
Speaker 1: you for the support. Here's the thing. I think Lonzo

1456
01:14:36,600 --> 01:14:39,639
Speaker 1: Ball is a really good basketball player, but I view

1457
01:14:39,680 --> 01:14:41,320
Speaker 1: him as an off ball guard for the most part,

1458
01:14:42,120 --> 01:14:45,920
Speaker 1: like he can defend really well He's a good transition playmaker.

1459
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:47,439
Speaker 1: What I mean by that is like making those kick

1460
01:14:47,479 --> 01:14:50,559
Speaker 1: ahead passes. He's a good play connector. He can run

1461
01:14:50,680 --> 01:14:54,120
Speaker 1: ball screens and set guys up with some advantage situations,

1462
01:14:54,479 --> 01:14:57,320
Speaker 1: but he just never was gifted enough on the ball

1463
01:14:57,439 --> 01:15:00,800
Speaker 1: as a score to enter into those best point guard conversations.

1464
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:03,880
Speaker 1: Really turned into a good off ball shooter over the years,

1465
01:15:03,920 --> 01:15:05,840
Speaker 1: and was able to hit a three if someone ducked

1466
01:15:05,880 --> 01:15:08,280
Speaker 1: under a pick from time to time, but as an

1467
01:15:08,320 --> 01:15:11,519
Speaker 1: on ball shot creator, he never had that like scoring

1468
01:15:11,680 --> 01:15:15,639
Speaker 1: threat that the Jalen Brunson and Tyres Haliburton guys that had.

1469
01:15:15,800 --> 01:15:18,400
Speaker 1: Right Like Tyre's, Halliburton has a lot of the same

1470
01:15:18,520 --> 01:15:22,759
Speaker 1: kick ahead pass playmaking stuff that Lonzo had, but like Tyre's,

1471
01:15:22,880 --> 01:15:24,800
Speaker 1: is just a guy that can beat switches consistently and

1472
01:15:24,840 --> 01:15:26,880
Speaker 1: will hit pull up threes at an insanely high rate.

1473
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:29,479
Speaker 1: So that is really the fundamental difference between those two guys.

1474
01:15:32,200 --> 01:15:34,439
Speaker 1: With Delo playing this way, how big of a deal

1475
01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,840
Speaker 1: is the outcome of his performances in the playoffs for

1476
01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:38,880
Speaker 1: his future as a Laker? Do you think there's a

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01:15:38,960 --> 01:15:41,640
Speaker 1: chance the Lakers keep this backcourt duo next season? This

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01:15:41,680 --> 01:15:43,559
Speaker 1: has been a tough one for me this season because

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01:15:43,720 --> 01:15:45,479
Speaker 1: Delo has won me over in a lot of ways.

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01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:50,240
Speaker 1: Like he I genuinely think he's gotten better. He got

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01:15:50,320 --> 01:15:53,559
Speaker 1: humiliated by Bruce Brown, he got in the gym, got

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01:15:53,600 --> 01:15:57,519
Speaker 1: his legs a bit stronger, which I think has helped

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01:15:57,520 --> 01:15:59,040
Speaker 1: with his rim finishing and his ability to get to

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01:15:59,080 --> 01:16:01,719
Speaker 1: his spots a little bit. Definitely has become a better shooter,

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01:16:01,760 --> 01:16:03,120
Speaker 1: has become one of the better shooters in the league

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01:16:03,160 --> 01:16:07,559
Speaker 1: this year, but his weaknesses are still the same. When

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01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:11,080
Speaker 1: the physical intensity ratchets up and you put a long

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01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:14,599
Speaker 1: athletic defender on him, he can't get to his spots

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01:16:14,600 --> 01:16:17,320
Speaker 1: as well as he used to, and then everything comes

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01:16:17,360 --> 01:16:19,200
Speaker 1: down to is he hitting his catch and shoot threes

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01:16:19,680 --> 01:16:23,240
Speaker 1: and if he's not, his impact tanks. And what really

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01:16:23,320 --> 01:16:27,479
Speaker 1: concerned me is they desperately needed that Minnesota game, and

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01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:30,600
Speaker 1: they desperately needed that Golden State game, obviously with some

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01:16:30,720 --> 01:16:34,600
Speaker 1: issues with Anthony Davis. But in both games, Delo was

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01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:37,840
Speaker 1: bad on both ends of the floor. He struggled to

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01:16:37,880 --> 01:16:40,080
Speaker 1: get to his spots and create shots against the longer

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01:16:40,120 --> 01:16:42,960
Speaker 1: athletic defenders that Minnesota and Golden State had, and he

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01:16:43,160 --> 01:16:45,200
Speaker 1: wasn't able to knock down his catch and shoot shots

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01:16:45,439 --> 01:16:48,240
Speaker 1: in a more physical environment when his legs were more tired.

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01:16:48,600 --> 01:16:50,679
Speaker 1: And that's more or less the same thing that happened

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01:16:50,760 --> 01:16:53,360
Speaker 1: last year. And so even though I admired Delo and

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01:16:53,439 --> 01:16:55,360
Speaker 1: that he's won me over in all these different ways

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01:16:55,720 --> 01:16:59,320
Speaker 1: and I've gained to I've come to an appreciation of him,

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01:17:00,800 --> 01:17:02,920
Speaker 1: I still don't think he's a guy that you can

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01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:06,080
Speaker 1: have in your starting lineup if you're a serious NBA

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01:17:06,200 --> 01:17:09,600
Speaker 1: championship contender. And so unless he manages to reverse that

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01:17:10,439 --> 01:17:12,880
Speaker 1: trend when we get to the postseason, I still think

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01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:15,160
Speaker 1: he's the guy that they need to eventually move and

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01:17:15,320 --> 01:17:18,720
Speaker 1: put an athletic, you know, kind of like bulldog of

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01:17:18,800 --> 01:17:21,280
Speaker 1: a two guard next to Austin Reeves to give them

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01:17:21,320 --> 01:17:24,800
Speaker 1: a more balanced dynamic in that backcourt. Last question, how

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01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:27,400
Speaker 1: many more years do Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown have together?

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01:17:27,479 --> 01:17:29,439
Speaker 1: If they can't win a championship this year, ie they

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01:17:29,520 --> 01:17:31,439
Speaker 1: lose in the finals or losing the Eastern Conference finals,

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01:17:31,479 --> 01:17:33,960
Speaker 1: do you trade one of them? Love the Show, I

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01:17:34,040 --> 01:17:38,120
Speaker 1: wouldn't trade Jason Tatum or Jalen Brown under any circumstances,

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01:17:38,439 --> 01:17:40,320
Speaker 1: not unless, like you know, obviously, there was some sort

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01:17:40,320 --> 01:17:44,000
Speaker 1: of big, you know, mental emotional falling out and it

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01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:46,400
Speaker 1: became like a chemistry issue. That'd be another thing. But

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01:17:46,479 --> 01:17:49,679
Speaker 1: as long as everyone's happy, you stick with it, because again,

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01:17:50,200 --> 01:17:53,200
Speaker 1: you stand to gain more by these guys entering their

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01:17:53,280 --> 01:17:55,760
Speaker 1: prime in their late twenties and just getting better than

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01:17:55,800 --> 01:17:58,479
Speaker 1: you do buy rebuilding. Because like Jalen Brown, like it

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01:17:58,600 --> 01:18:00,240
Speaker 1: or not, is a top fifteen player in this league.

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01:18:00,240 --> 01:18:02,000
Speaker 1: He's playing at an insane level in the last couple

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01:18:02,040 --> 01:18:05,200
Speaker 1: of years, and so you just you have a better

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01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:07,360
Speaker 1: chance of that of Jalen Brown just kind of fixing

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01:18:07,439 --> 01:18:09,880
Speaker 1: some of his flaws, or Jason Tatum developing into a

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01:18:09,960 --> 01:18:12,559
Speaker 1: higher level superstar than you do, of you know, going

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01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:15,560
Speaker 1: out into the trade market and trying to get something better. Right, So, like,

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01:18:15,920 --> 01:18:18,800
Speaker 1: I will break up the Jalen Brown Jason Tatum duo

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01:18:19,520 --> 01:18:22,240
Speaker 1: unless there was some sort of real crisis involved that

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01:18:22,400 --> 01:18:24,479
Speaker 1: pushed you in that direction. All right, guys, that is

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Speaker 1: all I have for today. We'll be back tomorrow with

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01:18:26,520 --> 01:18:29,080
Speaker 1: the Nerd SESSH guys for a preview of Clippers MAVs

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01:18:29,080 --> 01:18:30,920
Speaker 1: as well as some other topics from around the league.

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Speaker 1: I'll see you guys then. The volume