1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: M all Ryan, Welcome to the State of the Lakers 2 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: on DASH Radio. Thank you guys so much for making 3 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: time for us on your Friday night. I I jinx 4 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:26,439 Speaker 1: to everybody. It's my fault, I said. I had a 5 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 1: good feeling about tonight. I had a feeling that the 6 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: Lakers were gonna build off of their positive momentum from 7 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: the last couple of games. Not not the results, because 8 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: obviously they played some bad teams, but I thought they 9 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: had some better process in a lot of ways. And 10 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: boy was I wrong. And I was super annoyed with 11 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: the process most of the night. They started to get 12 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: a little bit on track in some areas of the 13 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: game as the game progressed. But you know, tonight, when 14 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: guys are banking in threes, you know I'm a lot. 15 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: I'm a firm believer that that's the basketball. Guys. When 16 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: you play like you deserve to lose, things start to 17 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: have and at the end of the game as if 18 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: you deserve to lose. And that's kind of where my 19 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: head's at right at this exact moment of time. I've 20 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: got a ton of thoughts. But before we get too 21 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: deep into it, Rogs, how you doing, man, how's your 22 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: week bend so far? Are you as annoyed as I am? Yeah, 23 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: I mean, happy Friday to you and everyone in here, 24 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: and appreciate everyone that comes out and hangs out after 25 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: another just awful way. That's probably the worst way to lose, right, 26 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: A close game, a game where you never could take 27 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: the lead, which is very frustrating. So every time you 28 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,919 Speaker 1: get it within two, the Clippers hit like two threes, 29 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: and then again it's eight, and then again it's ten. 30 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: It felt like just an uphill battle all game. And yeah, 31 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: you're right, just a bunch of frustrating things. I thought 32 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: Tyler coached a hell of a game. I thought after 33 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: every time out the Clippers came out and got exactly 34 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: what they wanted. I gay, so we can go chronological here, 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: like I thought. The starting lineup, but I was annoyed 36 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: by it. And it's not Taylor's fault. It's not th 37 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: HD's fault, who, to be honest, did a nice job 38 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: on Paul George, like I thought, he did his role, 39 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: like he fought him in isolation, made him take tough 40 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: shots over the top. The spacing again was just absolutely disgusting. 41 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: To start the game, A d post ups with Dwight 42 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: Howard th ht on the opposite wing just looked really bad. 43 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: Our defense was okay to start. I thought the Clippers 44 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: missed a lot open shots and then we just fouled 45 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:19,519 Speaker 1: them a ton of the second quarters. That was my 46 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: biggest frustration. I thought we started off with bad process 47 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: and then once Maleikue Monk, you just saw the energy 48 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: of the game change. I thought when he came in 49 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: and they hunted him defensively for sure, That's why we 50 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: had to start trapping Paul George. But I think this 51 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: team needs to hurry up and realize who they are 52 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 1: because this you can't go to these lineups like I 53 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,679 Speaker 1: get it. Dwight Howard for DJ was was definitely the 54 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 1: right move. But then when you put Taylan in there, 55 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: you just again destroy your spacing and I thought Lebron 56 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: Russ and a d all all kind of suffered for it. 57 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, just a frustrating game, Just a total opposite spectrum. 58 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: How you watch the Clippers who just spread you out, 59 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: it's pretty much a little bit of dribble penetration, kickout, 60 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: kick out. They have three shooters that you have to 61 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: close out hard to man the other side. It's a 62 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: d lebron and Rush trying to pound the pound their 63 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 1: way through like a bull in the China shop. It's 64 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: just two totally teams under the opposite end of spectrum 65 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: in terms of offense. But I was hell of frustrating 66 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: to watch. Yeah, I'm glad you brought up that the 67 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: Lakers need to figure out who they are, because that's 68 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: the detail that gets lost in all of this. The 69 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: Clippers are a team that know what they're good at. 70 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: They know what they do well, and they lean into 71 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: those things. They know what they're bad at, and they 72 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: stay away from those things. The Lakers are a team 73 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: that are clearly internally unaware of what they're good at. Um, 74 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: you look at the Clippers, you're gonna see a lot 75 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: of Paul George attacking with drible combinations leading into pull 76 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 1: up jump shots because that's what he's best at. That 77 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: is his best skill. When you're looking at the very 78 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: best but Paul George game, it's all sorts of beautiful, 79 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: drible combinations and jump shots from all over the floor. 80 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: But nad what is their best game look like? Their 81 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: best game looks like if you're Anthony Davis, it's bullying guys. 82 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: And mismatches in the post. It's flying around on defense, 83 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: making plays out of your area. It's Lebron getting downhill, 84 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: creating for his teammates, generating high quality three point shots 85 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: for his teammates, and then living at the rim when 86 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: the other team ceases to help on his drives. And 87 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: what you're seeing, with exception of a little stretch there 88 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: at the end of the third quarter when Russ really 89 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: started to put his head down, I saw a team 90 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: that was settling all night long, and yes, spacing was 91 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: part of it. We're gonna talk about the starting lineup there. 92 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: It doesn't make any sense. It's totally redundant and actively 93 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: handcuffed handicaps the team on offense. So we're gonna get 94 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 1: into that. But they didn't play with the line up 95 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: the whole game. They played a large chunk of that 96 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: game with a D at the five, with a lot 97 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: of shooting, and I saw dozens and dozens of opportunities 98 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: where Russ in the first half he was much better 99 00:04:58,000 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: than the second half. But rust in the first half 100 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: in Lebron all game saw driving lanes and just chose 101 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: to not attack because it was easier on their body. 102 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: Maybe they're lazy. Yeah, I get it. Lebron's rusty. He's 103 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: been in and out of the lineup. But for whatever reason, 104 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: we do not embrace the fact that we are a 105 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: downhill basket attacking team that generates high quality three point 106 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: shots for our best shooters on kickouts. And until we 107 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: accept that and embrace that, we are going to continue 108 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: to flounder and mediocrity. That's just the reality of our predicament. Meanwhile, 109 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: the Clippers, who have significantly less talent than us, because 110 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: they're best player, because they're leaning into their strengths, they're 111 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: a better basketball team than us. They've played a significantly 112 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: better schedule, the tougher schedule than we have, and they've 113 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: been better in every area of the game up to 114 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: this point in the season. So are you surprised that 115 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: things went the way they did? And so it was 116 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: one of the more infuriating games that I've ever watched. 117 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: And until the Lakers waked the hell up with these 118 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: little details about their entity, they're going to continue to 119 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: planner like this. Yeah, And I mean it wasn't all bad, 120 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: I guess to me. We lost this game in the 121 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: first quarter, and then in the fourth quarter. I thought 122 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: the second and third. We played well enough to win. 123 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: We just need to start with some shooting like that 124 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: that nine up in the in the starting lineup, it's 125 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: just begging for shooting next to them. And we saw 126 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: Rust get going a little bit, he got downhill. But 127 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: you're right, there was a lot of settling, and I 128 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: think the spacing and them settling are all intertwined. To me, 129 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: like that, that's all part of it. How can you 130 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: attack when there's three people in the paint with driving 131 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: waynes But I saw it all night long, for sure, 132 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 1: I agree with you. I just think like when you 133 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: started start the game with that, it sets up a tone. 134 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: It's that it sets the tempo for the game. I 135 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: thought that we played way too slow and the Clippers 136 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: not turning the ball over. I was watching, I had 137 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: the Clippers broadcast for some reason, was playing and they 138 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: were talking about how the Clippers were, you know, holding 139 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: onto the ball, they weren't turning the ball over, and 140 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: some of that was true. But I just feel and 141 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: you saw Lebron try to get a few steals, but 142 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: we need to get out and run. We played way 143 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: too slow. This game was played fully pretty much in 144 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 1: the half corps and I think that leans to the Clippers. 145 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 1: The Clippers are the better offensive team, especially in the 146 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: half courp they execute better, and I thought that really 147 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: just that's what made the game to me. They were 148 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: the Clippers didn't turn the ball over, We couldn't get out. 149 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: They hittent of the three tonight. That's with going I 150 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: think four for for four for thirteen or something from 151 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: three at the half. So they were absolutely on fire 152 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: in the second half. We were putting the ball out 153 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: of the net and we weren't getting turned over. So 154 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: it was a slow game walking it up. And that's 155 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: the lead to like you saw a lot of you know, 156 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: actions that get Lebron or a D in the midpost, 157 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: and it leads to these fade away jumpers. And I 158 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: thought a D was aggressive. I thought he got a 159 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: lot of offensive rebounds minus the you know, mis free throws. 160 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: I thought he was really good tonight. But you're right, 161 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: a lot of settling. But I think that's all intertwined 162 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: to me, Like, definitely Lebron and Russ were settling, but 163 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: we need to put them with lineups that that makes sense. Uh. 164 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: That was my main thing from tonight, like we need 165 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: to put lineups. That makes sense. And I thought our 166 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,119 Speaker 1: defense was fine in the first quarter, and the zone 167 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: made no sense to me. Did you see that, Jason, Like, 168 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: why aren't we zoning against the Clippers who absolutely spaced 169 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: you out? That made no sense. I thought our standard defense. 170 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: But he's directly into their strengths exactly. Frank's hole double 171 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: team thing was completely nonsensical. Paul, you get you. If 172 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna panic every time a superstar makes a contest 173 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: to jump shot, then we're gonna double team every team, 174 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: every star in the league. Like that's that's playing against 175 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: Paul George. When you play against Paul George, he's going 176 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,119 Speaker 1: to make some tough shots. You cannot change your entire 177 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 1: defensive scheme to something we basically haven't done all year 178 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: just because he made a couple of tough shots. Like 179 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: it was if Frank was all over the place tonight too. 180 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: He was every bit as bad as he usually has 181 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: been this season. Well to the like double team, like 182 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: I understand because they don't want Malik Monk on Paul George. Right, 183 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: So you had Malik Monk in the game and the 184 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: Clippers and ty Lou, who's extremely good at what he 185 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: does when I'm Milik Monk every single position, and that 186 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 1: makes sense. He did that with Reggie Jackson too, and 187 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: I was fine, if you're gonna trap Paul George, the 188 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: guy you don't, you can't leave Luke Knar like that. 189 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: Can't be the guy you don't close out on, make 190 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: Sergi Baka Shoe or make whoever else you You can't 191 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: leave Luke Arnar to mean, I thought they did that 192 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: way too many times. I thought we overreacted on Reggie Jackson. 193 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 1: I thought he got a bunch of just ball fakes, 194 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,320 Speaker 1: straight line layups, like I get the trapping Paul George. 195 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: That makes sense, you know, don't leave Leak Monk on 196 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: the island with him. I would have rather just switched, 197 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: like you said, and trust your help behind them, and 198 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: trust that and make Paul George hit those tough shots. 199 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: But I understand the idea of trying to trap and 200 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: get back to your man. But then they just completely 201 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: fell apart. I thought we had no clue what we 202 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: were doing. We double turgy back in the post for 203 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 1: some reason late in the game. That's where Canard got 204 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: his first three, and then he got a couple of 205 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 1: wide open ones off of some miscommunications. I thought that's 206 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: what lost the game. It was close enough to win 207 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: even with how bad they played, but just the execution 208 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: down the stretch was awful. We had no clue what 209 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 1: we're doing defensively, and you're right, Vogl was all over 210 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: the place. Yeah, So with the starting lineup m that 211 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: you brought up, this is the one time, the one 212 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: area of the game where I would cut the Lakers 213 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: from slack their stars, at least for not driving the 214 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: ball to the basket. You know there, Every time you 215 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: put a lineup together, you're trying to accomplish a certain 216 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 1: list of tasks that need to be done on the basket, correct, 217 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: Like I need a certain amount of shot creation. I 218 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: need a certain amount of finishers, whether that's a vertical 219 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: spacer or a guy who can knock down threes or 220 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: a slasher who can catch and rip through and get 221 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: all the way to the rim. And then defensively, I 222 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: need contain at guys, guys who can guard, guys who 223 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: can dribble, guys who can chase shooters off the screens, 224 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: and any guys who can guard on the back line 225 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: do something to either tagger roller disrupt an interior pass 226 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 1: and defend the rim with verticality. You need to check 227 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 1: all those boxes in order for a lineup to have 228 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: some amount of success. The starting lineup that Frank went 229 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: with was so incredibly redundant. It was all dribble creators 230 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: with all guys that are gonna First of all, they 231 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: defended fine with that lineup that was obviously going to happen. 232 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: But on the offensive end of the floor it was 233 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: totally redundant. But nobody that is a knockdown shooter in 234 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: the entire lineup. All guys that are trying to get 235 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,719 Speaker 1: downhill with everybody's defender in the lane stopping them from 236 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: going downhill. And you know, there's a certain aggregate spacing 237 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: like I I actually like using to Howard as a 238 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: big man alongside Anthony Davis to try to bring a 239 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: little bit of you know, a really like nuclear size 240 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: wrinkle that confuses the other teams and really shuts off 241 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: the paint. I like that, but it can't be with 242 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: the starters, because it can't be with Russ. You need 243 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 1: to have a certain aggregate shooting on the floor that 244 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: makes that lineup function. That needs to be a either 245 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,599 Speaker 1: like a Russ off either three shooters or Lebron and 246 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: two shooters with A D and Dwight, then you're gonna 247 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: get a lot of of quality looks in that offense, 248 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: and you'll be able to disrupt the other team with 249 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: your overwhelming size. But going with the starters, with Russ 250 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: and th HT, who's defender will inevitably have a foot 251 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: in the paint every time they don't have the ball, 252 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 1: and dwites man who's in the paint, and Lebron and 253 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: a D who in and of themselves are not fantastic shooters. 254 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: You're you're asking for failure that Our guy cran just 255 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 1: pointed out a sequence where where th h T drove 256 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,839 Speaker 1: and kicked to Russ, who was unguarded because Russ's man 257 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: was in the lane, at which point th HT relocated 258 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: to the three point line and Russ drove right back 259 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: into the paint into th h t s man and 260 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: kicked out to th HT. And it's like, I'm literally 261 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 1: on the couch trying to pull my hair out because 262 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:17,439 Speaker 1: I'm watching this team actively handicap itself. You have weapons there, 263 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: but you you don't want to use all of them 264 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: at the same time like that, because their skills become redundant, 265 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: your offense gets crippled. And if there's one thing I'll 266 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: toss you in terms of the rest of the game, 267 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: it does set a tone. When you set a tone 268 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: for settling that lingers and that sort of thing can 269 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,199 Speaker 1: be the reason why Lebron is content to continue to 270 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 1: take jump shots later in the game. I'm not letting 271 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: him off the hook for that, but I'm just saying 272 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: the starting lineup certainly doesn't help with that. They commit 273 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: push sure, and I think, you know, the Clippers are 274 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: a good team. They're good solid team. We tend to 275 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 1: talk about the Lakers, obviously, but they're good solid team. 276 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 1: I think zoo Bach is one of the best, you know, 277 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,199 Speaker 1: rim protecting bigs and when you just combine that with 278 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: the spacing, was is gonna be tough to score. The Clippers, 279 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: I think are the second rank defense, and you put 280 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: you put a lineup, you put an already offensive the 281 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: challenge lineup against a really good defense. I think that's 282 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 1: what it's gonna look like tonight. But I don't really 283 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 1: like to And I think like plus minus sometimes is 284 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: you know, low hanging analysis, and it's not always the 285 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: best indicator of how a person played or how the 286 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: impact of the game. But Wayne Ellington a plus fifteen 287 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: in twenty minutes, and I thought that matched the eye 288 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: test to me, like he takes shots that the Clippers 289 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: were kind of begging you to take. Clippers zoned a 290 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: lot tonight, and that makes sense with our lack of 291 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: shooting and all our guys who just want to get 292 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: to the rim. They played a lot of zone. It 293 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: was a lot of ball kicks to th HT open 294 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: to the corner. I think he was like, oh for 295 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: three from three tonight and then just stopped shooting them. 296 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,559 Speaker 1: But yeah, like I thought Wayne Ellington was much needed. 297 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: I thought he would start tonight, and even when he 298 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: started playing well, I thought they would keep th HD 299 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 1: in the in the starting lineup. In the second half, 300 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: I was okay with starting Russ, Wayne and t h 301 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: D if you want to keep th HD on Paul George, 302 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: which isn't even what happened. They put th HD on 303 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson, just our third, which is really confusing to me, 304 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: which if you're not gonna put th HT on Paul George, 305 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,719 Speaker 1: and what's the point of playing him anyway. But that's 306 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: the stuff that I would like them to move up 307 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,199 Speaker 1: to and look vocal took DeAndre Jordan out of the 308 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: starting lineup. That's step one. I think step two is 309 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: putting a shooter um in that lineup, and they're gonna 310 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: get picked on. We saw tonight. Paul George isn't the greatest, 311 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: uh comparison for that, because not everyone has a you know, 312 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: six ten star wing like that, but they're gonna get 313 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: picked on. I just think there's ways around that. And 314 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: you need your offense to have taken away where we're 315 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: not playing from behind every single game. The King's even 316 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: the great win against the Kings, we were downten before 317 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: the tip for the ball tipped up in the air. 318 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: So I just think it's tough to win that way 319 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: when you're just battling uphill all night. And I thought 320 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: you saw that. You saw the fatigue as well, um 321 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: and and it's tough to play that way. Yeah, I agree. 322 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: And and at a certain point, Frank needs to feel 323 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: the urgency. We've we've noticed in the past that Frank 324 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: is willing to make these sorts of adjustments as soon 325 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: as he feels the gravity of the situation, which is 326 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: what he did in the playoff run. In the bubble. 327 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: But like man, like we were a five hundred basketball team. 328 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: We have all our guys with exception of a reason, 329 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: and we are we're we're getting beat by mediocre teams. 330 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: The Clippers are good. They're good. They're good team. They're 331 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: they're not a great team. We're gonna face a lot 332 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: of better teams this year. That's a team at home 333 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 1: with all our bodies that we have to beat. That's 334 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: a that's a game we have to win. And so again, 335 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: to your point, like spotting the other team ten points 336 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: or or a proverbial, you know, mythical ten points. However 337 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: you want to quantify all of the negative effects that 338 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: come from that lineup, you're just setting yourself up for failure. 339 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: They were just in general, like I said, keeping Dwight 340 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: Howard in lineups that have a certain amount of spacing 341 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: so that you don't have to play with the starters. 342 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: You use that wrinkle with shooting, you know, keeping th 343 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: ht and Russ staggered so that his his skill set 344 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: isn't completely wasted with the starters. The lebron at the center. 345 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: I she like that look, but it needs to be 346 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: a little bit more switching and a little bit less 347 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: traditional pick and roll coverage because Lebron is just not 348 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: big enough to be a really effective drop coverage big. 349 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: He's better if you can try to keep him, you know, 350 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: rotating around in defense and communicating and flying around. Take 351 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: advantage of the foot speed that that lineup has, you 352 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: know what I mean, that's the advantage of that lineup. 353 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: I thought they did a lot of switching in the 354 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: second quarter with that group, and it looked okay, But 355 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: then in the fourth quarter there was no there was 356 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: no switching, and Lebron is getting barbecued in drop coverage 357 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: against Isaiah Hartenstein, and so there's just a lot of 358 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: really really bad process tonight. But it's like I can't 359 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: even man, I like, I can't even like stop finding 360 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: places to point blame here, because it's like they went 361 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: to Lebron at the five in the second quarter and 362 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: he would not drive to the basket. He had like 363 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: a five minute stretch at the center with all of 364 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: this spacing and shooting, and I counted one basket attack 365 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: and it was in transition when he got the and one. 366 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 1: Every single half court set, he was completely unwilling to 367 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: his head down to get to the rim. It's like 368 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: the whole purpose of sacrificing all of our size and 369 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,879 Speaker 1: athleticism to put you at the five is to create 370 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 1: space for you as a driver and as a rollman. 371 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: Like you have to wise on that. And like, I know, 372 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: I've been really critical of Lebron this year, but this 373 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 1: team needs more out of him. They need him to 374 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: be better. And there's only so much slack you can 375 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: cut him on the on the in and out of 376 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: the line up front. Yeah that okay, I'm gonna spot 377 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: you that when you miss more jump shots and usually miss, 378 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: or when you need to sub out more frequently than 379 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 1: you usually do because you're tired, But dude, if you can't. 380 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: There was a play where he had Isaiah Hartenstein in 381 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: the corner with plenty time on the shock clock in 382 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: the second quarter and Wayne Ellington is wide open on 383 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: the opposite wing and Wayne Ellington's van is waiting under 384 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 1: the basket. He could have either skipped at Wayne Ellington 385 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 1: or done a rip through on Isaiah Hartenstein, gotten to 386 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: the paint and done a little pass along the baseline 387 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: to the corner, and he jacked up a stupid step 388 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: back three that he missed, which as I've pointed out 389 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: on Twitter if you look into the numbers, he's terrible 390 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: with that shot. This season, he's he's money on catch 391 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: and shoot wide open threes. He's right around fifty. I 392 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: can't remember the exact numbers. That obviously changes every day, 393 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: but he's shooting an incredible percentage on his wide open 394 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: catch and shoot threes, and he's breaking the hell out 395 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,120 Speaker 1: of all these step back jump shots, and he just 396 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: keeps going to him and like I, I, it's it's 397 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: it's been extremely frustrating because this this is not the 398 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 1: Cads where you can bs your way through the season 399 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:33,199 Speaker 1: and you know that you're facing the Raptors in the 400 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: conference finals, so you'll be fine. No, the meanwhile, on ESPN, 401 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: two teams that are fifty times better than us are 402 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 1: battling out. We we have a lot of ground to 403 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: make up. We are in a position of urgency. Lebron 404 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: has to be better. He has to be better. He 405 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: has to understand what this team needs for him to 406 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: be lean into what he's good at and and this 407 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: ship will right itself. I thought Anthony Davis was pretty 408 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: damn good to Lebron has to catch up to that. 409 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 1: He has to Yeah, I agree with that, and those 410 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: you know Lebron at the center lineups is that are 411 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: definitely new. Um, it's definitely stuff that they're trying. They 412 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: need to get their defense in order and that as well. 413 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 1: It was basically an Eric bledsoe um Harten signed pick 414 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: and roll and they got whatever they wanted. Like I 415 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: think it was like three straight and ones Hardenstein did 416 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: like a triple handoff or he just faked the hand 417 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: off and got right to the rim for a dunk. 418 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: Just a lot of those plays that we need to 419 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: kind of sort out, and I think that will work 420 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: itself out. But you're right. You put Lebron at the 421 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: five so he can drive in and find shooters, and 422 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: I think it was Mellow Monk next to him in 423 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: those and he took jump shots and that's a way 424 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: for Lebron to kind of load manage two games. And 425 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: I can't really speak to how much that impacts him. 426 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: It's only what I think. This is game eleven with 427 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: bron Adi and Rust Rust playing, so it will be 428 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: a process. But yeah, right, he needs to be better 429 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: for this team, I thought him and Rust needs to 430 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: kind of match Um a D S level. I thought 431 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 1: Adi was great tonight all night. His jumper is going 432 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: as well. That looks like that's training up. Words aside 433 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 1: from the three point, did he take a three toime? 434 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: I'm not even sure if Aid took a three tonight. Yeah, 435 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: and again in those lineups who were no spacing a 436 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: D or the off guard has to be a shooter 437 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: because Lebron's gonna hit some threes Russ the other team, 438 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: will you know, welcome Russ taking any type of three. 439 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 1: So the a D and the off guard guy has 440 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 1: to be a shooter if there's a traditional five out there. 441 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: But I thought Aid was was great again tonight. It 442 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: looks like he's he's really picking up. You talked about 443 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 1: him playing all these games in a row. He looks 444 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: like in a rhythm. His offensive rebounding was good. I 445 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: thought he didn't get calls tonight, but I mean he 446 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: was missing at the line anyway. The Clippers hit like 447 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: the Clippers. I think took like twenty three throws or 448 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: something in the in the second quarter. But yeah, I 449 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: thought he was good. And Lebron's gonna ramp himself up. 450 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 1: I'm not worried about him, but you're right, we're in 451 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: an urgency situation here. We need to start winning, but 452 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: I think we need line ups that are conducive to 453 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: it too. I just don't think we can continue to 454 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 1: start like I taking DJ out but then starting tailor 455 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: just you don't I don't feel like you don't gain 456 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: enough offensively, uh in that in that transaction, you know 457 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: what I mean? Like you put in dwy who's actually 458 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: less of a lob threat, it feels like, and then Taylor, 459 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: who's a guy who's not going to shoot the three. 460 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: We just have no spacing and it just created his 461 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: tempo for the team that is so slow. I keep 462 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: talking about it's so against the identity of Russ as well, 463 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: a guy who wants to get up and down the floor. 464 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 1: We just play way too slow. That's why Malik Monk 465 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: pops off the screen. He gets in and it looks 466 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: like he's playing at a speed like that. You know, 467 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 1: on a podcast you can put like two point five 468 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: speed and stuff like that looks like when it looks 469 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: like when Malik Monk comes in the game, the game 470 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,159 Speaker 1: just goes to two point five speed and we're in 471 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,199 Speaker 1: like one point five or whatever, slower than the or 472 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: point five speed that's lower than a regular speed. But yeah, man, 473 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. This is a tough laws. It looked 474 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: like we could really build off that that King's come back. 475 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: But again just a little step back here again as 476 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: we play Boston, I believe on on Tuesday or something, 477 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: another tough game and another team that's going that knows 478 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,880 Speaker 1: what they're good at. They have guys that just put 479 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: their head down and go to the rim. And and 480 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: you know, like, did you notice that the game find 481 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: like we the Clippers basically stiff armed us most of 482 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 1: the game, kind of holding us in that five to 483 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: ten point range, and and Russ turned the game around 484 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: at the end of the third quarter. He turned the 485 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,920 Speaker 1: game around started with one play he uh in transition. 486 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 1: Carmelo Anthony relocated to the week side corner and he 487 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: just put his head down, did kind of like that 488 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 1: d Wade like kind of rip over the top dribble 489 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: kind of did didn't there was no space there, there 490 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: was a big man under the rim. The defender was 491 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: backing up and giving him a jump shot. He just 492 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: plowed into his chest, did that kind of rip over 493 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: the top and kicked it to Carmelo Anthony. He made 494 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 1: it three and then two additional times before the end 495 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: of the quarter, Russ put his head down and got 496 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: to the rim. It changed the tone of the way 497 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: we were playing offensively. Are this team has a clear 498 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:52,399 Speaker 1: pathway towards success and it's lebron A d and Russ 499 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: applying rim pressure that will either create layups for them 500 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: or high quality three point shots for their great three 501 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: point shooters. And then on defense less jankie, defense less, 502 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: zone less pick and roll coverages that our guys are 503 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: just simply incapable of carrying out, just switch everything, stagnate them. 504 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: And if you lose the occasional battle in isolation because 505 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: of a mismatch a guy gets to the rim or 506 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: Paul George makes a pull up jump shot, you'll live 507 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 1: with that. It's it's when they compromise themselves by making 508 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: guys chase over the top of screens, which they're just 509 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: bad at, and making the big guys defended drop coverage, 510 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: which they just haven't done a good job of this year. 511 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: And then all this like kind of random indiscriminate doubling, 512 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: which is getting our defense out of uh, you know, 513 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: getting it out of organization. We're we're and then on 514 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: the offensive and settling for so many jump shots when 515 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: the opportunities are there. We are playing away from our 516 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: strengths and and to me, as long as we continue 517 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: to do that, we're going to continue to underperform. Yeah, 518 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: and you know, Frank has recently taught about how they're 519 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: only going to one center lineups now, right, so not 520 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: including a D as a center, which is funny, but 521 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: going to only Dwight Howard. I think where this is 522 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: moving and where the trend is going, and maybe we're 523 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: just gonna wait till, you know, until it gets bad 524 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 1: enough where we just get here. But the trend we're 525 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 1: going to is just putting Lebron and a D at 526 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 1: the four or five, right, Like, that's where this needs 527 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: to go to. Like we can mess around, we can 528 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,880 Speaker 1: try to uh you know, walk around the walk around 529 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: the issue here, but I think that's the main thing. 530 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,479 Speaker 1: We need to eventually get to Lebron, a D at 531 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: the four or five, r us at the one. And 532 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: if you want to put th h D out there, fine, 533 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: but get a shooter in there and then that's how 534 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,479 Speaker 1: you have to play. To me, because this starting lineup 535 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: starting uh getting getting leads at are ten points, eleven points. 536 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: Trying to come back from downhill every game is just 537 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: not gonna work. It's not inducive to this team. It's 538 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: not the identity of this team. Russ comes out and 539 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 1: plays like it's like a different player every single game 540 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: that we get from the first quarter to the third quarter. Right, 541 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: It's like you talked about how he changed the game around. 542 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: That was when we went small. It was one center 543 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 1: on the floor. I believe when when when when Rest 544 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: turned the game around. It's just a different player, and 545 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: we need him to be the you know, again, we 546 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,119 Speaker 1: people clumb about the stats, the ten and ten or whatever, 547 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 1: but he needs to be at least producing. I'm not 548 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: sure what Russ had tonight, but still like we need 549 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 1: his production man to to play. I think we had 550 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: like fourteen points in the first quarter with like two 551 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 1: minutes left or something like like. That's just not enough 552 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 1: for a team with this much offensive firepower to be 553 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: scoring four teen fifty points, even though I know the 554 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: Clippers are a good defense, But still like, I think 555 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: that's the issue that we're walking around here. I think 556 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 1: taking out DJ for Howard, that's like a step, that's 557 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: like half a step in the direction, but the main 558 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: direction to me is going with the lebron at the four, eight, 559 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: at the five. And maybe we only see that when 560 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: Tevor Reason gets back. We saw a Reason kind of 561 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: shooting around today, Uh, doing some shooting around work. Maybe 562 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: that's when we get to it. But I feel like 563 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: that's where this team is trending to all this other stuff. 564 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 1: I feel like we're just kind of wasting our time 565 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: until we get get to that final point here. Yeah, 566 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: I hear you. I think like there's obviously help on 567 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,719 Speaker 1: the way, but we're not getting the most out of 568 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: this group. And that's what's so infuriating about that, is 569 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 1: like to your point, Like like you, Frank, I know 570 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: you like to play Dwight are a center. I know 571 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 1: you like to play a traditional center. It does not 572 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: have to be with at the opening tip. It's just 573 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: a terrible time to do it. Like you, I get 574 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 1: that you want to get th ht an opportunity to 575 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: be aggressive with the basketball. It does not have to 576 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: be with the starting group, you know, even even with 577 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 1: Avery Bradley. It's like I get that you want to 578 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 1: have this ball containment guard that sets a tone and 579 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 1: and and and inspires the other players on the floor 580 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: to play better defense. It does not have to be 581 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 1: with the starting group all the time in NBA history, 582 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: guys have come in off the bench and brought defensive 583 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 1: momentum with them that carries throughout the team. That was 584 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 1: literally Alex Carusoe for US last year. It's just it's 585 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 1: it's so frustrating to me to see just blatant bad 586 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: process undercutting this team, because like with Lebron healthy, as 587 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 1: much as I can't wait for a reason to get back, 588 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: we don't need him to be a good basketball team 589 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: right now, and and and it's just I just don't 590 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: even know where else the guy. Let's let's move on 591 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 1: to th h D because I wanted to UH to 592 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,880 Speaker 1: get into this with you for a minute. So as 593 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,920 Speaker 1: we saw again tonight, UM he kind of fell apart 594 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: with typical young guy mistakes. UM. Uh taking bad shots, 595 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: committing fouls that made no sense within our defensive scheme. 596 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: UM obviously all the spacing concerns that come with the 597 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: UH with him with the starters. I'm at the point 598 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: with th HD, and you can tell me if you disagree. 599 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: I'm at the point with th HT where I think 600 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 1: you need to ride him out the same way you 601 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: do Molique Monk or or Ellington or any of these 602 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: other guards. Like, if he's got it, going ride it 603 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: out with him, But if he doesn't, there almost needs 604 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: to be a quick hook with him because phts a 605 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: young player, and one of the things with young players 606 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: is man when it rains, it pours, like when they 607 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: start making mistakes, they lose their head and it's just like, now, okay, 608 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: I I took a bad shot, so now I'm going 609 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,199 Speaker 1: to while Paul George is in a triple threat on 610 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: the wing, just stick my long ass arm right into 611 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: his shooting pockets so that PG just has to raise 612 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 1: his arms to drop out like that's just an unintelligent 613 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: basketball play. Or catching the ball in the middle of 614 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 1: the zone and instead of turning and looking just panics 615 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: shooting a one like fade away even though you're completely 616 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: wide open. Those are young guy mistakes, and young guy 617 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: mistakes will come and go. That's kind of typical for 618 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: a player in that age group. But when you're seeing 619 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 1: those nights where the mistakes are coming in bunches, young 620 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 1: players don't have the mental fortitude to push through that 621 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: and suddenly rein it in and start playing fundamentally sound, 622 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: calm basketball. It's just impossible for them at that age. 623 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: And so I think Frank needs to be quicker with 624 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: his hook with th HD, Like, Okay, does THHD have 625 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: it tonight? Is he making his perimeter shot? Is he 626 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: making smart decisions? Is he focused on defense? If he's 627 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: If he's doing those things, ride him out, because then 628 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: he's a ten million dollar player, maybe even more. But 629 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: when he's not those things, he can actively hurt the team. 630 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,600 Speaker 1: And he was I think on minus eight in the 631 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 1: first half of a game that we only trail by 632 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: three UM. And it's just it's one of those things 633 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: where the th HD experiment is reaching a point where 634 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 1: we're in an extended enough slump that we have to 635 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: shorten the leash. In my opinion, where are you at 636 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: with t HD? Yeah, And we went into this a 637 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: lot in the last part as well. I think it's 638 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 1: a tough conundrum for for Vogelo as well, because I 639 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: think THHD is one of our better, you know, isolation defenders. 640 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: Just to stick on a positive note, I thought he 641 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 1: did do a good job on Paul George tonight as 642 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: well as you can on All Star like that like 643 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: he made him work. I thought we double teamed a 644 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,239 Speaker 1: little bit unnecessarily as well, Like when when he had 645 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: Paul George on the wing, I thought it was fun 646 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: to leave t HD on him. He was taking tough, 647 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: contested jumpers. He had a few fouls like you talked 648 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: about reached in. But it's tough to like put th 649 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: HD in the you know Benja movie. He's not playing 650 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: or if he's not, like this is a they're trying 651 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: to develop him. And you know, when you play a 652 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: pay a player ten million dollars a year. T HD 653 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: is the fourth highest paid up player on this team. 654 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: You need to get your investment from that. You need 655 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: to build him up. And I think that's the tough 656 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: role that they're gonna walk here. I think if you're 657 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: not playing t HD, then who do you kind of 658 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: go to. I guess like they put it off. Yeah 659 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: that's true, and I would like that. But obviously, like 660 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: v was not gonna play on Inton thirty five minutes 661 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: a game, Like it's clear like he's just not going 662 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: to play him that much because of the defensive issues. 663 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,040 Speaker 1: Like I think t HD again, I keep saying this, 664 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,040 Speaker 1: he has the highest ceiling of any of the players 665 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: on the team right now in terms of like what 666 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 1: he can be versus what he is right now, and 667 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: that's a tough kind of game to play there. I 668 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: agree with you, um, I would like to tend more shooting. 669 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: I would like to see th HT in lineups that 670 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: don't have both Russ and Lebron on the floor. I 671 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,760 Speaker 1: think that's, like you said, very redundant. Like it just 672 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: all his skills become everything that he's not good at 673 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: is what he has to be good at for for 674 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: for lack of better better term there, like when you 675 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: put him next to Russ and Lebron, he's the third 676 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 1: guy who needs to be a shooter, and that's just 677 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 1: not what he is. I would love to see him 678 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: maybe just next just next to Lebron on second units 679 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: or where he can lead a team where he can 680 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: have some ball screen, you know, responsibilities. But it's a tough, 681 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: tough decision. Man. He's not shooting well, he's not confident 682 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: in his shot. He was left wide open town again. 683 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: He's driving into lanes that are not open, trying to 684 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: kick out. Uh those The screening with Lebron isn't as 685 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: clear as isn't as smooth as it was before. So 686 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,720 Speaker 1: it's it's tough that he's gonna have to work through. Man, 687 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: it feels like he's a staple of this rotation, and 688 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be taken out because of they 689 00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: need him on the defensive end as well. He just 690 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 1: needs to shoot, He needs to shoot more. I think 691 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: he's too good a shooter to be to be to 692 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: be this bad, to be this not confident in his shots. 693 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,160 Speaker 1: So I don't know where to go from here, though. 694 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 1: I don't think that he's gonna I don't think he's 695 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 1: gonna lose minutes. I just don't think the guards behind 696 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: them are they're enough defensively to where their kid they're 697 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: going to play over him. Yeah, you know, did you 698 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 1: see that? Note the numbers that I shared the other 699 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 1: day about how basically all of the Laker's best lineups 700 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: include at least two of their top three shooters. Yeah, 701 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,560 Speaker 1: did you see that? By any chance? Like? I don't. 702 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,080 Speaker 1: I don't think that's a coincidence, And I think it's 703 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: because of the fact that you know, like Molik Monk 704 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 1: for instance, Um, he got attacked tonight in isolation against 705 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: Paul George and there's a tendency to overreact to that 706 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: kind of thing because I'm sorry, but like again, I 707 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: think I think Paul George finished the game like seven 708 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,960 Speaker 1: for twenty, like dude, Like good players are gonna make 709 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 1: tough shots, like that's just that's just part of the game. 710 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: You can't overreact to that court this sort of thing. 711 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: Is Molik Monk getting barbecue to the basket for layups 712 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: every time. If so that it's another conversation. But if 713 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 1: he's if Paul George is taking uh, you know, his 714 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,280 Speaker 1: normal diet of off the dribble jump shots that he's 715 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 1: gonna get against almost every player, but you're getting so 716 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: much more at a Malik Monk offensively then, as as 717 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: opposed to going the direction of a guy like t. 718 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 1: H T who might be able to make Paul George 719 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: feel a little less comfortable and maybe he goes, you know, 720 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: seven for twenty instead of eleven for twenty or nine 721 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: for twenty or whatever it is, but the entire free 722 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: flowing nature of the offense disappears. I think that's what 723 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 1: you're seeing manufact man manifest in those numbers. What what 724 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: what you're seeing is that, in my opinion, when the 725 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: Lakers play at least two of their three best shooters. 726 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: Then obviously I'm referring to Ellington, Monk and Mellow. The 727 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: Lakers start to make some shots, and when they do, 728 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 1: you know, lebron A D. Russ are more comfortable getting downhill, 729 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: getting to the rim, and when the ball is going 730 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: in the basket, it invigorates their defense. First of all, 731 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: stops transition opportunity of these gives them an opportunity to 732 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: get back and set their defense. And then when they 733 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: get their defense set, they're feeling good, they're feeling confident 734 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 1: because they're scoring. It just allows for a higher level 735 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:15,200 Speaker 1: of defensive output from a group that in theory would 736 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: have lesser defensive output because of their talent. And that 737 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,280 Speaker 1: that I think that's what you're seeing in those numbers, 738 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: because as we've seen this entire season, all of the 739 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,359 Speaker 1: Laker lineups that go heavy towards defense are getting run 740 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: off the floor, whether it's when they go big, they're 741 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,759 Speaker 1: getting run off the floor in transition or with their 742 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 1: you know, smaller lineups that are prioritizing the thht bays 743 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 1: more Russ types, they're just not having enough opportunity on 744 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: the offensive end. To get easy looks to invigorate their defense, 745 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And so that's that's where 746 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: I'm at with this stuff. That that that I think. 747 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,239 Speaker 1: I think that we should never have a lineup with 748 00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 1: none of those guys on the floor, which is why Ellington, 749 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 1: I think is a is a shoe in start, right. 750 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,240 Speaker 1: But we need to do a better job of almost 751 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:06,440 Speaker 1: staggering the shooters so that we always have two of 752 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 1: them on the floor because that's just when we play 753 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: at our best. That's out identity. And I don't know 754 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,920 Speaker 1: what's taking Frank so long to embrace that. Let's stick 755 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: on Milik Monk because I thought he was again just 756 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 1: incredible tonight, and not just the shot making the way 757 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,440 Speaker 1: he played off Lebron. They really went to the Malik 758 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,600 Speaker 1: Monk kind of coming up to set a screen and 759 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,719 Speaker 1: the Clippers like to switch, and the way you kind 760 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: of beat us switches, you slip it. And he did 761 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 1: great jobs slipping those screens. He got into the open floor, 762 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,880 Speaker 1: his drive game, his athleticism game to the basket. He 763 00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,280 Speaker 1: only played twenty nine He played twenty nine mins tonight, 764 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: and I felt like that wasn't enough. Still, like I 765 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,239 Speaker 1: wanted to see him out there for like thirty five, 766 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 1: thirty six tonight he was here too. Yeah, it's minutes. 767 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: I've definitely picked up his defense. I thought is getting 768 00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 1: better other than that Lebron at the center lineup where 769 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,400 Speaker 1: they really picked on him and with the Paul George 770 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:56,880 Speaker 1: at the end, but I thought he fought. He did 771 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 1: a nice job in Reggie Jackson to me, he has 772 00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,319 Speaker 1: to play like I don't. I'm not sure if he'll start. 773 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,759 Speaker 1: I think Valley Valentine will be the next kind of 774 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: starter in line. But I just love him. Lebron and 775 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 1: Russ seemed to have this chemistry and again he just 776 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,360 Speaker 1: pops up off the screen like he's so energetic. He 777 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,759 Speaker 1: comes off and it just looks like the game moves 778 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 1: in a faster speed when he plays. But I just 779 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 1: wanted to kind of give him credit tonight because I 780 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,520 Speaker 1: thought he was awesome his shot making two where he 781 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: can shoot where he's not open, which I think is 782 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: very key for this team, Like he's not wide open, 783 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: but he's still able to get shots up, and he 784 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,920 Speaker 1: has enough off the bounce stuff, way more off the 785 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 1: bounce stuff than I thought he would. Um he cat 786 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,959 Speaker 1: just can attack off a close out behind the back 787 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: stuff floaters Like, I thought he was just really good tonight, 788 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,399 Speaker 1: and uh he was a plus zero on the night, 789 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 1: which I think a lot of that was in that 790 00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 1: first half. I thought he played well, but I just 791 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 1: want to give him credit because I thought he was 792 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 1: good again. You're right, we need to keep our scores 793 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 1: on the floor. I thought we overreacted a little bit 794 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 1: at the end. I'm fine trapping Paul George, Like, I 795 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 1: think that's an okay, you know, like if you want 796 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 1: to do that, that's fine, but there has to be 797 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:02,239 Speaker 1: some control out of that. Luke nar can't be the 798 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 1: guy you leave. And I thought that's where we lost 799 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,240 Speaker 1: the game. We won the four thirty six thirty two, 800 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:09,839 Speaker 1: but it just wasn't enough because the defense at the end. 801 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,399 Speaker 1: But yeah, Malik Monk needs to play, man Like, he's 802 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: been too good. He's shown way too much. He needs 803 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: to play and needs to play a lot, at least 804 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 1: until I guess the reason gets back where we can 805 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 1: kind of fill the roster out. I guess, as Bogas says, 806 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 1: but I would like him to keep playing more. Man. 807 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 1: I thought he was awesome again tonight. The interesting game 808 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: with Malik Monk because he's continuing to flash good dribble 809 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,520 Speaker 1: creation right. Um that stretched there in the second half. 810 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:37,239 Speaker 1: A lot of it was actually initiated by himself from 811 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,359 Speaker 1: the perimeter and then on the defensive end, and this 812 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 1: is why they have to lean into switching, which is 813 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,920 Speaker 1: why I'm getting so annoyed by this. Over the course 814 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,680 Speaker 1: of the season. You know what, Malik did a pretty 815 00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,839 Speaker 1: good job in isolation tonight. Yeah, we're there a couple 816 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,959 Speaker 1: of times where he let Paul George get a little 817 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,360 Speaker 1: too comfortable on those pull up jump shots, yes, but 818 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 1: for the most part he's there, he's not getting beat 819 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,880 Speaker 1: to the rim. He's doing a good job of contesting shots. 820 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,560 Speaker 1: There were i ronically the ones where he was giving 821 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,719 Speaker 1: more uh shots at the rim was against Eric Bledstell, 822 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,279 Speaker 1: who did a really good job of just dropping his 823 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: shoulder into Malik Monk and displacing him. And then every 824 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:13,960 Speaker 1: time you just pump fake and get one of them 825 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:15,799 Speaker 1: off their feet and then you just jump into him 826 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 1: and get free throws. But the point is is like that, 827 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:20,959 Speaker 1: over the course of a game, the other team's gonna 828 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,440 Speaker 1: score a lot of points. So like it's it's if 829 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:27,800 Speaker 1: if if the majority of them come in isolation against 830 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,400 Speaker 1: defenders that maybe have a little bit of a disadvantage 831 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,680 Speaker 1: as opposed to up and down the floor and transition 832 00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:40,120 Speaker 1: easy looks off of pocket passes looks off. That's kind 833 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: of the way that got it. Like if you are 834 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:47,200 Speaker 1: forcing them to consistently isolation, he stagnate them and over 835 00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: the course of the game. That can manifest in a 836 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 1: bunch of different ways. Malik Monk again, where I was 837 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: seeing him getting killed on defense tonight was on screens 838 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,920 Speaker 1: when they would run a tick and roll and instead 839 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,680 Speaker 1: of switching it, Lebron would be in a drop and 840 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,279 Speaker 1: Malik would get caught on screen. He's a small guy, 841 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:04,799 Speaker 1: he's skinny, that that plays into his weaknesses and and 842 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 1: so I just I'd like to see them kind of 843 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 1: change up some of those, uh, some of the way 844 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:13,200 Speaker 1: that they try to utilize these guys defensively because I 845 00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,640 Speaker 1: think you'll be able to get more out of him 846 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,480 Speaker 1: in that regard. But again on the offensive, and ma 847 00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 1: Leak is just incredible, Like he just it's ironic because 848 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,520 Speaker 1: this whole season he's been bad with wide open three's, 849 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,840 Speaker 1: but he's just making these tougher ones when the defenders 850 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,680 Speaker 1: closing out on him, and then he's continuing to flash 851 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:33,080 Speaker 1: that really high level close out attacking that like like 852 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,480 Speaker 1: we talked about on the last pot that you know, 853 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,239 Speaker 1: it's not just a ripped through layup or a wide 854 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,680 Speaker 1: open three, but rather, you know, I beat a guy 855 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,600 Speaker 1: off the ripple, there's help and I can kind of 856 00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,800 Speaker 1: scoop around him for a nifty like left handed finish 857 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,319 Speaker 1: or like a floater or that extra move if the 858 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 1: help defender meets him further out from the rim. Like 859 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 1: He's just he's everything that we didn't have in the 860 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,440 Speaker 1: previous two seasons. And so I'm a huge moviek monk fan. Um, 861 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 1: I just think Frank is setting him up to fail 862 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,920 Speaker 1: when he asks him to chase guys over screens and 863 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,760 Speaker 1: in defending pick and roll like that. Yeah, I agree 864 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,840 Speaker 1: with that, and I'm not sure if he's ever going 865 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,919 Speaker 1: to be a positive defender, but I see him trying. 866 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,400 Speaker 1: I see him fighting for rebounds as well more like 867 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,319 Speaker 1: and that's all you can really ask for him, like 868 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:23,400 Speaker 1: a six one guard. Um, I think he gives you 869 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,319 Speaker 1: enough offensively to where you can kind of live with 870 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:30,080 Speaker 1: the defensive shortcomings that he has. And again twenty nine minutes, Like, 871 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,239 Speaker 1: we'll see if you'll continue to play that. I just 872 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 1: think we need scoring and he gives so much pop 873 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,759 Speaker 1: off the off the bench for us. The Russ and 874 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,600 Speaker 1: Monk lineups have been great. I think they're like plus 875 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,000 Speaker 1: ten in the lineups for the season, so that has 876 00:40:43,719 --> 00:40:46,359 Speaker 1: that has some chemistry that they're building there. And yeah, 877 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,920 Speaker 1: I would hope he plays more man, but I just 878 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,000 Speaker 1: think if you're gonna go with this, you know, big 879 00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,600 Speaker 1: lineup that you're gonna start with, you have to have 880 00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 1: some shooting in the off guard lineup. And I think 881 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,520 Speaker 1: the quickest pulled to me put Wayne A. Lincoln in there. 882 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,320 Speaker 1: He's a VET, he's a guy who he's not a flash. 883 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:02,399 Speaker 1: He doesn't have as high ceiling as Monk, but it's 884 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,680 Speaker 1: just a solid player and it gives you shooting. And 885 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,400 Speaker 1: I thought the game change when Ellington hit two threes. 886 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,520 Speaker 1: I thought that's when like the game kind of shifted. 887 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,400 Speaker 1: You saw the energy pick up. He was like again, 888 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 1: he was a plus fifteen tonight in his and I 889 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,480 Speaker 1: think twenty minutes, twenty short minutes plus fifteen, And I 890 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,640 Speaker 1: thought the whole energy of the game change when we 891 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 1: had shooting in there, but Russ Brown a d with 892 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:26,120 Speaker 1: shooting and it's not not too not too complicated to 893 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:30,880 Speaker 1: put out formula. I get what Vogo is trying to do, 894 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,320 Speaker 1: and I totally understand it. And I thought tonight defense 895 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,280 Speaker 1: was a big problem too in the second half. Clipper 896 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,799 Speaker 1: scored a bunch of points in the second half, But 897 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,800 Speaker 1: it's just not the identity of this of this particular team, 898 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,720 Speaker 1: like it just is. And this team feeds off his offense. Again, 899 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,440 Speaker 1: when you can't score and you were not craying turnovers 900 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,680 Speaker 1: on the other end, it's just a bad process. I 901 00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:52,839 Speaker 1: thought we were lucky to be down three, honestly at 902 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,239 Speaker 1: halftime with all the free throws that we gave up, 903 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 1: and I think we were like four for four for 904 00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,000 Speaker 1: something from three as well. Uh so we were really 905 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,600 Speaker 1: lucky to only be down three. But yeah, I mean 906 00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:04,520 Speaker 1: we need to we need to go into this identity, 907 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,040 Speaker 1: this offensive identity, because starting these games downtown, it's just 908 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: not good process. You're not gonna win a lot of games. 909 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:11,840 Speaker 1: You're not gonna go on in ten game win streaks. 910 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 1: I'll tell you that. Uh what Anthony Davis kind of 911 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:16,400 Speaker 1: predicted the other day, You're not gonna go any ten 912 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,280 Speaker 1: game winning streaks playing like this, so hopefully you gotta 913 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,080 Speaker 1: win over Boston again. This is tonight's only game eleven 914 00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,319 Speaker 1: of Lebron a d Russ trio. Did you know that 915 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,520 Speaker 1: it's only games game eleven? And this is what game 916 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:30,920 Speaker 1: twelve though? I think right because they were seven and 917 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:35,520 Speaker 1: four with Lebron before, I'm pretty sure. Okay, game twelve, okay, yeah, sure, 918 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,200 Speaker 1: but yeah either way either way wild yeah. Not not 919 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,040 Speaker 1: very many reps here, so hopefully that's that's kind of building. 920 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,160 Speaker 1: But you know, we're getting small, small adjustments. Vogel has 921 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:46,600 Speaker 1: had that Trevor Rees is going to come in and 922 00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,560 Speaker 1: have a big role. We'll see if that just shifts 923 00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:51,200 Speaker 1: the whole team, shifts everyone in their right positions. But 924 00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,279 Speaker 1: that's still probably a week away. So and we have 925 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,239 Speaker 1: a couple of games here. But at least we got 926 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:57,439 Speaker 1: Lebron back. At least Lebron is not out, so that's 927 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,759 Speaker 1: a that's a good thing. That's a positive for this 928 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,239 Speaker 1: And he's going to continue to look rusty like this 929 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:08,080 Speaker 1: until he can stay in the damn lineup, like I mean, 930 00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:11,040 Speaker 1: and I feel for like, there's that quote after the 931 00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:14,320 Speaker 1: last game where Russ was like, I'm gonna call Lebron 932 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:15,640 Speaker 1: as soon as I get out of here, because I 933 00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,480 Speaker 1: know how frustrating it can be to be in and 934 00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:19,600 Speaker 1: out of the lineup, and like, I get it. I 935 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:23,080 Speaker 1: I sympathize with Lebron in that regard, but like, man, 936 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,799 Speaker 1: like this team needs him on the floor, and you 937 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,799 Speaker 1: know what, he needs to be on the floor for 938 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,919 Speaker 1: his own game, Like he there's a reason why he's 939 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,480 Speaker 1: leaving all those jump shots short at the end of 940 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:36,040 Speaker 1: the game and missing all these layups. It's because the 941 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:40,840 Speaker 1: dude has literally played like three times total in the 942 00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:44,279 Speaker 1: last what three weeks, like like three or four weeks 943 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,080 Speaker 1: or whatever. Like, the guy just can't stay on the floor. 944 00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:51,040 Speaker 1: And and it's been another it's always been weird stuff, 945 00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:53,920 Speaker 1: you know, like the Okay, guy lands and you're you're 946 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,759 Speaker 1: nervous about the pains. You're gonna take it slow for 947 00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,360 Speaker 1: a couple of games. Okay, that's fine. Now you have 948 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,359 Speaker 1: this doma old thing. You know, you're nervous about having 949 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,239 Speaker 1: to play through pain for most of the seasons. You 950 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,040 Speaker 1: decide to give it a rest. Okay, that's cool, that 951 00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:08,880 Speaker 1: makes sense. You get in the physical altercation with a 952 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,640 Speaker 1: with a nobody on the pistons and get yourself ejected 953 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:14,920 Speaker 1: for a game, and then here comes to the COVID thing. 954 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,480 Speaker 1: It's like, man, it's like he just can't catch a 955 00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:21,040 Speaker 1: break in terms of staying on the floor and building 956 00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:24,279 Speaker 1: his own rhythm. And I don't think we're gonna You know, 957 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:27,160 Speaker 1: there's been a lot of people this past a couple 958 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:31,080 Speaker 1: of weeks who have gone out of their way to 959 00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,319 Speaker 1: bring back the whole is Lebron washed card I'm sure 960 00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:37,560 Speaker 1: you've seen seeing that stuff all over social media and like, 961 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,279 Speaker 1: look like he might be. But hell if I know, 962 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:45,160 Speaker 1: I haven't seen the dude on the court, like, I like, seriously, like, 963 00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,440 Speaker 1: I mean, he might be washed. I don't know what 964 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:50,560 Speaker 1: to tell I don't think he is. I I think 965 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,880 Speaker 1: that he'll if he can manage to stay on the 966 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:54,840 Speaker 1: floor for a couple of weeks in a row, he'll 967 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,239 Speaker 1: look like an MVP candidate again. I just I just 968 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:00,920 Speaker 1: don't think he's reached the point physically where he can't 969 00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:04,600 Speaker 1: do that anymore. I think this is a thousand percent 970 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:09,439 Speaker 1: related to conditioning and rhythm, because the damn, the damn 971 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:13,080 Speaker 1: a never ending list of roadblocks that have knocked him 972 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,479 Speaker 1: off the court here, you know, every other every other game. 973 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,680 Speaker 1: So it's it's just I'm not worried about Lebron and 974 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:24,239 Speaker 1: in any respect, but man like I just again, just 975 00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:28,920 Speaker 1: when he's out there, he needs to understand what the 976 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:33,759 Speaker 1: team needs from him. And on this team, they the 977 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:38,080 Speaker 1: whole point of this offseason, the whole point of bringing 978 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:42,959 Speaker 1: in all those shooters, was trying to recreate braun ball, right, 979 00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:47,160 Speaker 1: trying to recreate the spacing that guys like Russ and 980 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:53,360 Speaker 1: Lebron have thrived in over their whole careers. And until 981 00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:57,280 Speaker 1: they lean into that identity instead of having the same 982 00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,839 Speaker 1: shot profile that you that you have when you when 983 00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,920 Speaker 1: you have no spacing, that's the part that's driving me insane. 984 00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:07,279 Speaker 1: It's like you you went this route to try to 985 00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,520 Speaker 1: make it easier for you to get to the rim. 986 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,839 Speaker 1: And I'm not even seeing him look at the ring 987 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:17,880 Speaker 1: in these games. Like it's like it's it's not all spacing, 988 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:23,200 Speaker 1: it's not all conditioning, it's not all rhythm. He's got 989 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:27,399 Speaker 1: matchups against the guys who cannot guard him with an 990 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:30,640 Speaker 1: opportunity to get into the paint, and he's just not 991 00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,239 Speaker 1: looking there. And if you want to tell me, hey, 992 00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:36,839 Speaker 1: he's ramping up. That's fine. I hear you, and I 993 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:41,280 Speaker 1: get that. That's probably what That's probably what his reasoning is. However, 994 00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:44,600 Speaker 1: this team is not good enough for him to do that. 995 00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,040 Speaker 1: This team is not good enough for him to kind 996 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,600 Speaker 1: of just trick trick his way through the season until 997 00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:52,640 Speaker 1: late March and then be like, Okay, time to get 998 00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:55,920 Speaker 1: This team is not good enough and the West is 999 00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,160 Speaker 1: too hard and they're going to find themselves behind the 1000 00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,600 Speaker 1: eight ball if he doesn't start to understand what this 1001 00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:06,080 Speaker 1: team needs from him. I have seen in the last month. 1002 00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:10,879 Speaker 1: I have seen Russell Westbrook wake up. Russ looks fantastic. 1003 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,440 Speaker 1: In the last week and a half or so, seeing 1004 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:19,800 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis wake up. Anthony Davis looks fantastic. Lebron needs 1005 00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,919 Speaker 1: to join them. There he has to. He just has 1006 00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,640 Speaker 1: There's the I can't go into it any further than that. 1007 00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:30,439 Speaker 1: He just has to. Yeah, Lebron is not a guy. 1008 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,680 Speaker 1: I guess I worry about that kind of stuff, Like 1009 00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:35,359 Speaker 1: I guess if Russ is going and if Lebron's your 1010 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,239 Speaker 1: biggest worry, then I think you're doing fine. He was 1011 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,600 Speaker 1: nine for twenty three tonight, which is just not a 1012 00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,800 Speaker 1: normal thing. You see from Lebron usually eight threes to 1013 00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:45,919 Speaker 1: for eight from three to me, I think the team 1014 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,120 Speaker 1: needs his defense just as much, though, like you talked 1015 00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:50,640 Speaker 1: about the absolutely they brought on all these scores, all 1016 00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:53,279 Speaker 1: these shooters, brought in Russell Westbrook as well, right to 1017 00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,400 Speaker 1: take some of the offensive load. They need him defensively, 1018 00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,200 Speaker 1: especially we're gonna play these lebron As center lineups for 1019 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,879 Speaker 1: only going once. Enter like he has to be engaged 1020 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:03,920 Speaker 1: on that end, and sometimes you just don't see it. 1021 00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:07,480 Speaker 1: Again with the Hardenstein lineups got to the rim too, 1022 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:09,520 Speaker 1: He's like he needs to be the back line guy 1023 00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:11,759 Speaker 1: and needs to be engaged on on that end for 1024 00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,120 Speaker 1: this team to have a chance. And I keep saying 1025 00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:16,760 Speaker 1: that might be unfair for a guy in year nineteen, 1026 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,120 Speaker 1: but that's how the roster is well haveing three stars 1027 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:21,239 Speaker 1: and a team full of minimum players. The other two 1028 00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,560 Speaker 1: minimum guys are Thhd who just turned twenty one a 1029 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,799 Speaker 1: couple of days ago, and Kendrick Nunn, who hasn't played 1030 00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:27,879 Speaker 1: a minute on the floor. Everyone else is a minimum player, 1031 00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:29,960 Speaker 1: every single other player league Monk as great as he 1032 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,959 Speaker 1: is a minimum guy. Carmelo Anthony in the late stage 1033 00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:35,680 Speaker 1: of his career minimum guy. You need your three stars 1034 00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:37,520 Speaker 1: had to carry the load on both ends. It's just 1035 00:48:37,560 --> 00:48:39,720 Speaker 1: how it is. I think a D like you talked about, 1036 00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:41,960 Speaker 1: has has met the moment as he should. He's the 1037 00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:44,319 Speaker 1: twenty eight year old in his prime, Like this is 1038 00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,319 Speaker 1: what he should be doing. I think Russ, Yeah, Adi 1039 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,000 Speaker 1: looked awesome tonight. And I think that's the biggest positive 1040 00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:51,680 Speaker 1: to take from the team from the last few days. 1041 00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:54,200 Speaker 1: Is a D and Russ especially has picked it up. 1042 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,520 Speaker 1: Russ only ten points to nine, only eight shots, um. 1043 00:48:57,600 --> 00:48:59,960 Speaker 1: I think that was just a factor of him again 1044 00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,600 Speaker 1: in the lineups, and I think some of that was 1045 00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:03,719 Speaker 1: just the Clippers are really good at taking away the 1046 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:05,960 Speaker 1: rim uh and something I was settling. All that was 1047 00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:07,880 Speaker 1: kind of mixed in there. I would have but for 1048 00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,120 Speaker 1: the most part, Ustles looked good in the last few weeks. 1049 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,960 Speaker 1: But yeah, Lebron, I think Lebron, I don't really worry 1050 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,040 Speaker 1: about that kind of stuff. I worry about it more 1051 00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:17,319 Speaker 1: on the defensive end, because I don't think this is 1052 00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:18,960 Speaker 1: a team where he can coast on that end and 1053 00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:23,360 Speaker 1: they'll be fine. I'm not worried. I'm just annoyed. Like again, 1054 00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:26,839 Speaker 1: like dude, like like I I just hold this guy 1055 00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:30,560 Speaker 1: to a different standard, I guess than than like man 1056 00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:35,080 Speaker 1: like like I I know it's in there, like I 1057 00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:38,960 Speaker 1: I there's a version of tonight's game where Lebron is 1058 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,239 Speaker 1: still rusty and where his conditioning is still poor and 1059 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:45,319 Speaker 1: he still leaves some of his jump shots short, but 1060 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,640 Speaker 1: he gets to the rim four or five additional times 1061 00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:52,000 Speaker 1: because the opportunities are there, and they score a certain 1062 00:49:52,040 --> 00:49:54,879 Speaker 1: amount of points on those possessions, maybe seven eight, seven 1063 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:58,040 Speaker 1: eight points, and you win this basketball game. Like like, 1064 00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:00,640 Speaker 1: that's that's the way that I look at it. And 1065 00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:03,480 Speaker 1: that's the thing that I can't like, that's the thing 1066 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:07,280 Speaker 1: that I can't ignore here, Like I can't. I I am. 1067 00:50:07,400 --> 00:50:09,360 Speaker 1: You guys know, I'm a Lebron fan. Like I. I 1068 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,160 Speaker 1: think he's my favorite player. The dude got me into 1069 00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:16,960 Speaker 1: the game of basketball. I when he's at his best, 1070 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:20,560 Speaker 1: I will be the guy singing his praises. But like 1071 00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:23,799 Speaker 1: they they just need more out of him than what 1072 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:27,880 Speaker 1: he's giving. And and after that loss against the Kings 1073 00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:30,600 Speaker 1: a couple like a week and a half ago, he 1074 00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:32,160 Speaker 1: came out and said, I guess it was actually a 1075 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,920 Speaker 1: week ago. I think it was last Friday night, but anyway, 1076 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:37,000 Speaker 1: after the lost against the Kings, he goes, I have 1077 00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:38,479 Speaker 1: to find a way to be better for my team. 1078 00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:41,239 Speaker 1: And after that he came out against Detroit and he 1079 00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:43,520 Speaker 1: had exactly what I'm talking about, a game where he's 1080 00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:46,359 Speaker 1: still rusty, where he's still not in the rhythm, where 1081 00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:50,600 Speaker 1: his jump shot still wasn't really falling, but he was 1082 00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,560 Speaker 1: physically aggressive on both ends of the floor, and his 1083 00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,399 Speaker 1: team got to win, and they needed it from him because, 1084 00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:58,920 Speaker 1: as you remember, in that game, nobody on the damn 1085 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:03,120 Speaker 1: team could shoot and we barely beat Detroit Um, but 1086 00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:05,799 Speaker 1: that was in large part because of Lebron and Nad 1087 00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,359 Speaker 1: and what they were doing on the on on both 1088 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:11,960 Speaker 1: ends of the floor, like they just and I had 1089 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,960 Speaker 1: a good feeling about tonight because I thought we were 1090 00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:17,920 Speaker 1: trending in that direction, and and all night long up 1091 00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:21,239 Speaker 1: until the end of the third quarter, really bad process, 1092 00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:23,520 Speaker 1: a ton of settling, and that's that comes from the 1093 00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,800 Speaker 1: top down, that comes from Frank, and that comes from Lebron, 1094 00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:29,640 Speaker 1: you know. And and all of a sudden, you see 1095 00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:31,520 Speaker 1: Russ start putting his head down trying to get to 1096 00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:34,960 Speaker 1: the rim even when there's limited space, and voila all 1097 00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:36,840 Speaker 1: of a sudden, the Lakers look like a good basketball 1098 00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:40,680 Speaker 1: team again. It's like it's so not complicated to me. 1099 00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:42,480 Speaker 1: And this is the last thing I'll say, because we're 1100 00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:44,239 Speaker 1: getting here to the end, and I want to hear 1101 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,000 Speaker 1: your you know, your two cents on this as well. 1102 00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,080 Speaker 1: But this is gonna bring it back to that initial point. 1103 00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:53,040 Speaker 1: Like the Clippers know what they're good at, they know 1104 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:56,480 Speaker 1: who they are, and they lean into it. There's always 1105 00:51:56,640 --> 00:52:01,239 Speaker 1: Lukenard Marcus Morris in each corner. And here is Heartensteineryboka 1106 00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:06,520 Speaker 1: set high, scream or just spacing, and here comes Reggie Jackson, 1107 00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:10,680 Speaker 1: Paul George, Eric Bloodsoe trying to get downhill to the rim. 1108 00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:13,239 Speaker 1: And you know, maybe they give Paul George a little 1109 00:52:13,239 --> 00:52:16,440 Speaker 1: more leeway in terms of off the dribble shooting, but 1110 00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:19,759 Speaker 1: they just lean into their strains. And those guys like 1111 00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:22,879 Speaker 1: Canard Marcus Moore's they are gunning like they catch it's 1112 00:52:23,239 --> 00:52:26,279 Speaker 1: they're just shooting, shooting, shooting, And for whatever reason, we 1113 00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,920 Speaker 1: can't figure out that same formula. We can't figure out 1114 00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:33,840 Speaker 1: play our shooters. Get Lebron and a d and Russ 1115 00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:37,480 Speaker 1: going downhill, have them either finished at the rim or 1116 00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:41,319 Speaker 1: kicked to the shooters. That's our offense. Our offense is 1117 00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:44,960 Speaker 1: not playing a bunch of non shooters having Lebron and 1118 00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:47,560 Speaker 1: a d take step back jump shots, because if they 1119 00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:51,560 Speaker 1: do that, we will get out shot by other teams 1120 00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:54,920 Speaker 1: that are good at step back jump shots because that's 1121 00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:58,319 Speaker 1: what they're good at, that's their strength. Our guys are 1122 00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:03,360 Speaker 1: six ft nine, two hundred sixty pounds downhill basket attacker 1123 00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:08,799 Speaker 1: and six whatever pounds downhill basket attacker and the guy 1124 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:11,759 Speaker 1: that everyone compares to the greatest power forwards of all time, 1125 00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:15,520 Speaker 1: that's our guys. We don't have James Harden on our team. 1126 00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:17,719 Speaker 1: We don't have Paul George on our team. We don't 1127 00:53:17,719 --> 00:53:22,320 Speaker 1: have finesse shooters on our team, so we cannot afford 1128 00:53:22,840 --> 00:53:26,600 Speaker 1: to play with the packed paint. When we do that, 1129 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:31,839 Speaker 1: we are specifically undercutting what our our stars are good at, 1130 00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:37,640 Speaker 1: and we have to understand that concept. Yeah, that's that's 1131 00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:39,600 Speaker 1: kind of where I'm at. Two. I'll think about this 1132 00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:41,640 Speaker 1: because when I was the game I believe was tied 1133 00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:43,480 Speaker 1: with six minutes left in the game. It was like 1134 00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:45,280 Speaker 1: six minutes left in the game. The game was tied, 1135 00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:47,239 Speaker 1: and we had all our guys out there. They had 1136 00:53:47,239 --> 00:53:50,040 Speaker 1: get their guys out there, and that's usually when Lebron decides, 1137 00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:52,200 Speaker 1: I'm just going to the basket, right, I'm gonna I'm 1138 00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:54,200 Speaker 1: gonna take who I want. I'm gonna get the matchup 1139 00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:56,560 Speaker 1: I want. I'm a matchup on I thought back to 1140 00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:59,320 Speaker 1: that Clipper game that we played right before the bubble. 1141 00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:01,680 Speaker 1: We're he pretty much just took Marcus Morris to the 1142 00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:04,640 Speaker 1: rim whenever he wanted. That's not really what we've been tonight, right, 1143 00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,080 Speaker 1: Maybe this is just this is an urgent game for 1144 00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,560 Speaker 1: us and not an urgent game from them. Maybe that's 1145 00:54:09,600 --> 00:54:11,879 Speaker 1: kind of how I'm trying to look at it as well. 1146 00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:14,120 Speaker 1: This is a ramp up time, and there were quotes 1147 00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:16,799 Speaker 1: coming out today Lebron said it's extremely frustrating that he 1148 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,359 Speaker 1: hasn't been able to play four straight games. I mean, 1149 00:54:19,400 --> 00:54:21,719 Speaker 1: that's something as well to get him ramped up. But 1150 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:23,200 Speaker 1: you're right, I would like to see them go with 1151 00:54:23,239 --> 00:54:25,440 Speaker 1: more facing. But I mean, to be fair, we kind 1152 00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:27,200 Speaker 1: of did at the end of the game, right. I 1153 00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:30,080 Speaker 1: believe they went to Carmelo and Malik Monk next to 1154 00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:33,160 Speaker 1: Russ Lebron and a D and I think the defensive 1155 00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,680 Speaker 1: issues were kind of and then we undercut that by 1156 00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:39,479 Speaker 1: double exactly exactly, and I would like to switch more there. Again, 1157 00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:41,319 Speaker 1: though I understand what Vo was trying to do. He 1158 00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:43,399 Speaker 1: doesn't want Paul George getting leaked monk on a one 1159 00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:46,600 Speaker 1: on one situation. And then Tyler and then really took 1160 00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,200 Speaker 1: advantage of that. They made Luke Anard the screener there. 1161 00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:53,000 Speaker 1: So if you trap As Lucarnard on ah that design 1162 00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:54,759 Speaker 1: out of the time, that was genius. It caught the 1163 00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:59,120 Speaker 1: Lakers with their pants down, which again is absolutely and 1164 00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:01,480 Speaker 1: then also the zone just made no sense to me 1165 00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:05,040 Speaker 1: zoning up with them having Marcus Morris, Lucas Lucarnard on 1166 00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:07,200 Speaker 1: the floor. Just going in the zone made no sense 1167 00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:09,360 Speaker 1: as well. Just a lot of stuff that That's the 1168 00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:11,279 Speaker 1: I guess the most frustrating part, and I guess we 1169 00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:14,160 Speaker 1: can close with this is these are all fixable stuff, right, 1170 00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:16,080 Speaker 1: It's none of this is like, none of this is 1171 00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,720 Speaker 1: stuff that they can't fix or again, there are roster 1172 00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,879 Speaker 1: roster issues to the to this team, there are deficiencies 1173 00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,400 Speaker 1: at every on every level from every player. But a 1174 00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:26,440 Speaker 1: lot of stuff is fixable. A lot of stuff is 1175 00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:29,040 Speaker 1: stuff that they can control um and a lot of 1176 00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:31,839 Speaker 1: stuff that should trend upwards that the season goes here, 1177 00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:34,359 Speaker 1: Lebron is eventually going to get into rhythm. That's just 1178 00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:37,560 Speaker 1: what we've seen the last twenty years or whatever. Russell 1179 00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:40,080 Speaker 1: Westbrook seems to have picked up. Anthony Davis looks like 1180 00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:42,719 Speaker 1: the top five guy that we've been begging for all years. 1181 00:55:42,719 --> 00:55:45,160 Speaker 1: That's stuff that is looking up. There are just marginal 1182 00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:47,360 Speaker 1: things that we need to change to get some of 1183 00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:49,640 Speaker 1: these losses into wins here. But tonight it was a 1184 00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:51,920 Speaker 1: close game, like you throw away, how frustrating it was 1185 00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:54,359 Speaker 1: Marcus Moore's banked in the three to put them up six, 1186 00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:57,280 Speaker 1: doubling off Lucarnard. But it was a close game against 1187 00:55:57,280 --> 00:56:00,640 Speaker 1: the team that's pretty actually solid, Like that's the that's 1188 00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,200 Speaker 1: the thirty thousand view. You always asked me the thirty 1189 00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,600 Speaker 1: thousand ft of view view of this. That's the thirty 1190 00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:07,840 Speaker 1: ft view right take away how we lost. It was 1191 00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:09,920 Speaker 1: a close game against a good team. There's a lot 1192 00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,440 Speaker 1: and with a lot of bad process mixed into it. 1193 00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:14,960 Speaker 1: So that's where I'm kind of with this. If you 1194 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:17,160 Speaker 1: can win against Boston that kind of maybe it can 1195 00:56:17,200 --> 00:56:19,440 Speaker 1: help with this. Boston is another good team. I think 1196 00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:22,600 Speaker 1: they played a good game against Utah tonight. But that's 1197 00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:25,680 Speaker 1: where I guess this team moves on to is continuing 1198 00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:27,280 Speaker 1: to find who they are, and I think it's playing 1199 00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:29,359 Speaker 1: the shooters. I don't think again, I don't think plus 1200 00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:31,800 Speaker 1: minuses everything. But Wayne Ellington me in a plus twenty 1201 00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:34,080 Speaker 1: in a game we lost by you know, six or seven. 1202 00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:36,719 Speaker 1: I think that that tends towards something that tells you 1203 00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:39,799 Speaker 1: something with how the game went. So hopefully we put 1204 00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:41,879 Speaker 1: in some different lineups in the next game. But there's 1205 00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,719 Speaker 1: no one fix here, but there are fixes to be done. 1206 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:48,520 Speaker 1: I guess it's my final saying on that. Well, this 1207 00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:52,600 Speaker 1: is why I need Rog. I need Rog because he 1208 00:56:52,880 --> 00:56:57,279 Speaker 1: is capable of bringing the positivity. Um. You know it's 1209 00:56:57,320 --> 00:56:59,840 Speaker 1: ironic because I feel like I used to be like 1210 00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:05,040 Speaker 1: or a Laker optimist, but this team has This team 1211 00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:08,520 Speaker 1: has stressed me out more than any basketball team that 1212 00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:12,520 Speaker 1: I've ever watched, because I have never seen a team 1213 00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:14,839 Speaker 1: this is like, this is you know what, this is not. 1214 00:57:15,160 --> 00:57:18,680 Speaker 1: This is not the two thousand thirteen Lakers. This is 1215 00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:23,200 Speaker 1: not Steve Nash is actually washed, Dwight Howard has a 1216 00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:26,880 Speaker 1: bad back, and Kobe is stuck with the entire workload. 1217 00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:33,120 Speaker 1: That's not what this is a this this is Lebron obviously, 1218 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,720 Speaker 1: the only wrinkle that I'll really toss you, even aside 1219 00:57:35,760 --> 00:57:38,760 Speaker 1: from all the other line up stuff, Even aside from 1220 00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:41,400 Speaker 1: all the guards swapping, of all the you know, Trevor 1221 00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:46,200 Speaker 1: rees that injury, everything, Lebron's inability to stay in the 1222 00:57:46,280 --> 00:57:49,560 Speaker 1: lineup has been the only excuse I would toss this 1223 00:57:49,640 --> 00:57:53,840 Speaker 1: team that would actually justify how poorly they've played, and 1224 00:57:54,120 --> 00:57:59,480 Speaker 1: when he's played there seven and five against the dogshit schedule. 1225 00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:05,040 Speaker 1: The point is is that this team has a player 1226 00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:08,960 Speaker 1: in Lebron who is very much, even in his limited state, 1227 00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:13,600 Speaker 1: a top ten player, and Anthony Davis who is trending 1228 00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:17,040 Speaker 1: up towards being in the conversation as a top five player, 1229 00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:23,240 Speaker 1: and Russ looks great. We can't be this bad. We 1230 00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:28,080 Speaker 1: can't be this bad. It's it is confounding to me. 1231 00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:32,440 Speaker 1: But anyway, guys, I'll get off my soapbox again. I 1232 00:58:32,440 --> 00:58:37,720 Speaker 1: I'm thankful for Raj because I need him to counterbalance 1233 00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:40,800 Speaker 1: some of the negativity that I've been bringing to the 1234 00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:44,080 Speaker 1: pod lately. Um. But so we're heading into a funky 1235 00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:46,560 Speaker 1: stretch here because we have three straight days off. The 1236 00:58:46,600 --> 00:58:51,640 Speaker 1: Lakers don't play again until Tuesday. UM, I'm thinking so 1237 00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:54,240 Speaker 1: I'm golfing in a charity golf tournament tomorrow, So Rog, 1238 00:58:54,400 --> 00:58:58,080 Speaker 1: I'm thinking maybe Sunday morning we'll get together and do something. 1239 00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:01,600 Speaker 1: Maybe we'll touch on the we got large at that 1240 00:59:01,640 --> 00:59:05,640 Speaker 1: point because we've been talking Lakers endlessly. UM, and then 1241 00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:08,320 Speaker 1: we will be back for our normal uh post game 1242 00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:11,200 Speaker 1: show on Tuesday. No dash radio for this one since 1243 00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,760 Speaker 1: it's a Friday, but this will be on our podcast 1244 00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:19,400 Speaker 1: feed here in about twenty minutes. As always, I sincerely 1245 00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:21,480 Speaker 1: appreciate your guys in support. I know Roger just too. 1246 00:59:21,840 --> 00:59:25,360 Speaker 1: We haven't blown away by how many of you guys 1247 00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:27,880 Speaker 1: have been hanging out with us after these games and 1248 00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:31,080 Speaker 1: and and rocking with the pods. So I just want 1249 00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:33,440 Speaker 1: to extend my gratitude to all of you guys, and 1250 00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:37,720 Speaker 1: I look forward to being able to record again with 1251 00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:41,120 Speaker 1: Roj on Sunday. Thanks everyone appreciate coming out on a 1252 00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:41,720 Speaker 1: Friday night.