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We are continuing our player rankings 28 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: today with number twenty, number nineteen and number eighteen. You 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: guys know the drill before we get started. Subscribe to 30 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: Hoops Tonight YouTube channels. You don't miss any more of 31 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: our videos. Follow me on Twitter at underscore JSNLT so 32 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: you guys don't miss you announcements. Don't forget our podcast 33 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: feed where you get your podcast on our Hoops Tonight. 34 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: Don't forget. It's also helpful if we leave your rating 35 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: and a review on that front. 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I didn't like some of 46 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: the stuff that slipped through the cracks with the old 47 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: system I was using, so I'm going from doing more 48 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: of a bragging rights list and doing more of an 49 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: in a vacuum type of list. And so if you 50 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: want to hear a breakdown of the set of kind 51 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: of rules or criteria that I use for this list, 52 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: it's in the very first video in the series we have. 53 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:44,959 Speaker 1: Number twenty five and number twenty four are in a 54 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: video in any intro is where I kind of go 55 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 1: over all of that stuff, So if you're looking for 56 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 1: some of that reasoning, you can find that back there. 57 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: On that note, though, number twenty Tyrese Halliburton last year 58 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 1: averaged twenty point one points per game, three point nine 59 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: rebounds ten point nine zero, led the league in assists, 60 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 1: also only had two point three turnovers per game. That's 61 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: actually a crazy stat. So Tyres Haliburton had a four 62 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: point seven to three assist to turnover ratio. There were 63 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: ten players in the league last year who played at 64 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 1: least fifty games and had at least four assists per turnover, 65 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: but none of them had a usage rate over twenty 66 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: percent except for Tyrese Haliburton. In his usage er was 67 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: up around like twenty four percent. So he's kind of 68 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: in a class of his own in terms of high 69 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: volume initiators who also don't turn the ball over. There's 70 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: really nobody in his class there. He also got one 71 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: point nine steels plus blocks per game. We'll get to 72 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: that in a little bit. You know, Tyree's left a 73 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: lot to be desired desired defensively, but he did play hard, 74 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: did a good job in some specific things in the 75 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: Pacers scheme defensively, especially in their head and recover to 76 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: get deflections. We'll talk about that in a little bit. 77 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: Shooting splits forty seven point seven percent from the field, 78 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: thirty six point four percent from three six percent from 79 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: the foul line. That amounts to fifty seven percent in 80 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: effective field goal percentage. That's just field goal percentage waited 81 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: for threes and then sixty one percent in true shooting percentage, 82 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: which is field goal percentage waited for threes and free throws. 83 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: But it was a tale of two seasons for Tyres Sliburton. 84 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: In the thirty two games before he heard his hamstring, 85 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: he was averaging a ridiculous twenty four points per game, 86 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: thirteen assists per game on fifty percent from the field 87 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: and forty percent from three. Those of you guys who 88 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: were following the show at this point heard me talk 89 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: about how I viewed Tyres Sliburton as like an evolutionary 90 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: version of Steve Nash, like the next great offensive engine 91 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: in the NBA. And then he suffered his hamstring injury, 92 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: and in his last thirty seven games after the injury, 93 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: he was just seventeen points, nine assists on just forty 94 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: six percent from the field and just thirty two percent 95 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: from three. Now, to his credit, he got a little 96 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: bit closer to form in the postseason at nineteen points 97 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: per game, five rebounds, eight assists on forty nine percent 98 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: from the field in thirty eight percent from three, But 99 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 1: he's yet to kind of get back to that level 100 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: he was at before the hamstring injury. My lead producer 101 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: Paul He asked me back during the playoff run, He's like, 102 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: do you still believe what you said about Tyrese Haliburton 103 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: back then? Of course, that he's like on an all 104 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:20,679 Speaker 1: time great trajectory, that he's one of the next great 105 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: offensive engines in the NBA. And like when he said 106 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: that to me, it was crazy because we had been 107 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: so far removed from what Tyrese Haliburton was that I 108 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: think we kind of forgot. Like what Tyres did in 109 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: the first roughly forty percent of the season was some 110 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: pretty unprecedented stuff. Twenty four and thirteen is outrageous. Doing 111 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: it without pounding the air out of the basketball. Like 112 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: he's got a little bit of that, like Lonzo Ball, 113 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: like making those advance up the floor passes. Every single 114 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: time he gets that inbound pass, he's looking up the 115 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: floor for the first advantage. He's not a guy that 116 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: really dominates the flow of the game, like we talked about, 117 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: He's only had a twenty four percent usage. What makes 118 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: him a great offensive engine is he is the definition 119 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: of a guy who just takes the first advantage that's 120 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: available and always makes the right read. So imagine this 121 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: inbound pass or defensive rebound. The first thing you're doing 122 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: is you're looking up the floor. And one of the 123 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: big reasons why those advanced passes are important is once 124 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: you get the ball up the floor, the entire defense 125 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: has to turn their head. As soon as the entire 126 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: defense turns their head, the trailing guys have opportunities to 127 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: find cracks like a trailing shooter if the point. If 128 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: the point guards bringing the ball up the floor, it's 129 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: easier for the defender to track the ball and to 130 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: track the shooter as soon as the pass gets put 131 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: up the up one of the wings to a streaking 132 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: you know, small forward up the left sideline. Now, all 133 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: of a sudden, that defender has to turn his attention 134 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: and that movement shooter, whoever it is that's trailing to play, 135 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: has an opportunity to kind of find a spot on 136 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: the three point line where he can find an opening 137 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: or a driving lane or something along those lines. You'll 138 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: even see trailers get dunks and layups and stuff when 139 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: the guy under the rim ends up having to close 140 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: out to a jump shot somewhere right. So like there's 141 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: a lot of advantage in moving the ball up the floor. 142 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: But then as soon as the ball gets up the floor. 143 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: Tyre's Halliburton had a set of you know, kind of 144 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: pet actions. At first it was you know, buddy heeled 145 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: ghost screens and Miles Turner picking pop right or pick 146 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: and roll depending on the coverage. But the after the 147 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: buddy heel trade had turned into more like it was 148 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 1: more like a Andrew Nemhard would set a lot of 149 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: those screens and many of those would end in switches, 150 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: and then it would get into a lot of more 151 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: ISO situations. But like there's a couple of pet actions, 152 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: Tyrese runs the action from there. He makes the ree. 153 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: If they're in a drop coverage, he's gonna get downhill. 154 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: He's got one of the best floaters in the league. 155 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: Right duck under a pick, he can knock down the 156 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: pull up three big man steps up to help, He'll 157 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: hit the lob. Low man steps over, He'll make the 158 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: skip pass to the weak side corner. He had really 159 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: good chemistry with the obi top and he would cut 160 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: along that baseline and he would hit lobs there right 161 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: the ghost screens with buddy heel. As soon as he's 162 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: slipping open space, he'd just make that read. It's very 163 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: quick decisions, quick hit the advantage. From there, the Pacers 164 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: just have a ton of speed. A lot of guys 165 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: were good at both knocking down threes but also driving closeouts, 166 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: and so essentially Tyrese Haliburton was the advantage hunter, and 167 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: he was so relentless with it and so consistent with it, 168 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: never turned the basketball over. That basically allowed all of 169 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: these Indiana Pacer players to play with an advantage consistently. 170 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: And even though the Indiana Pacers, especially before the Siakam trade, 171 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: didn't have a ton of high level offensive players, they 172 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: were just at an unprecedented offensive rate. I think, I 173 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,679 Speaker 1: want to say before at the time of the hamstring injury, 174 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: their offensive rating was something insane like one twenty four, 175 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: which was historically great. And they still finished the season 176 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: even despite the hamstring injury, with the second best offense 177 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: in the league, and so like again, the thing that's 178 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: going to be really interesting as it pertains to the 179 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: future of Tyrese Haliburton is what is real? Is it 180 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: that first thirty two games where he was twenty four 181 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: and thirteen on damn near fifty forty ninety, or is 182 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: it what he's been after the hamstring injury. Specifically, the 183 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: hamstring is vitally important for hard driving moves, right, Like 184 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: when any of you guys have ever pulled your hamstring. 185 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: I did it once. It was when I was younger, 186 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: is just before I started playing college, and actually like 187 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: reinjured it three additional times in that few month period. 188 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: But like what you really feel it is when you 189 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: make those really low aggressive driving moves you take like 190 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: long lunging steps, it's your hammy that pulls you forward 191 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: as you're making that next step, and so it can 192 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: be a little bit of an issue. Where we saw 193 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: that affect Tyrese the most was beating switches. He was 194 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: amazing beating switches early in the year, not as good 195 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: in the late portion of the year. Because it's a 196 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: very simple, you know, kind of two way dynamic for 197 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: Tyrese in those switches. It's the pull up three and 198 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: it's the hard drive right into the kind of scooping 199 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: layup right. And if he doesn't have the hard drive 200 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: as dynamic as it needs to be, then guys can 201 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: press up a little bit on the three and then 202 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: both areas start to suffer. And so like again that's 203 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: what it's going to be in terms of like kind 204 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 1: of the The pivot point for Tyres's future is how 205 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: much was that first thirty two games last year an 206 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: indicator of what Tyres Saliburton is going to be for 207 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: the long run. I actually believe that as long as 208 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: he can get healthy and do a little bit better 209 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: job of just prepping his body for the grind of 210 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: the NBA season, that he can get back to that level. 211 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: And if he did, he's already entering into a stratosphere 212 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: as one of the best offensive engines in the league. 213 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: Some playtype data for you guys in pick and roll 214 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: thirteen hundred and forty one possessions, fifteen hundred and sixty 215 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: nine points. That's one point one to seven points per possession. 216 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: That is number one on our high volume pick and 217 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: roll list. So out of the fifteen guy who around 218 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: at least a thousand pick and rolls including passes, last year, 219 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 1: Tyres Saliburton was the most efficient ball handler in the league. ISO, 220 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: even with the injury, finished the season at two hundred 221 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,719 Speaker 1: and nine points one hundred ninety nine possessions. That's one 222 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: point zero five points per possession. That's seventy fourth percentile. 223 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: That's really solid and as we know, he was better 224 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: before the injury. Shooting stats jump shot pretty damn accurate 225 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: last year, one point zero nine points per shot, one 226 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: point twenty four in catch and shoot situations. Obviously, he's 227 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 1: got a little bit of a set shot, so he's 228 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: better when he's unguarded, right, he was at one point 229 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: three to eight points per shot when he was unguarded. 230 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: He's not a guy who's gonna shoot contested jump shots 231 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: well because he doesn't really elevate on that shot. His 232 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: floater shot fifty four percent on one hundred and eighteen attempts. 233 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: That was eighty third percent tile in the league. And 234 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: then he was sixty four percent at the rim. Low volume, 235 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: but he shot high percentage, including sixty one percent on layups. 236 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: And the main driving force there is he's just picky, right, 237 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: like he's gonna be a little bit more selective about 238 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: when he goes. But the big thing for him is 239 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: he's got these big scooping layups out to the side 240 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 1: where he can use his length to finish over other 241 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: teams that have length at the rim. But that those 242 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: are pretty damn good percentages for a guard like him 243 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: who doesn't have the craziest burst in the world. His 244 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: weakness is right now. On defense, he plays hard, he 245 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: throws good hedges, he gets his hands up on the recovery. 246 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: I talked earlier about deflections. One point nine stocks per 247 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 1: game is a really good number for a guard, especially 248 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: for a guard that doesn't necessarily have a defensive reputation, 249 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: and one of the things he saw on I saw 250 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: this a lot in the postseason. So like Tyres is 251 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: a bad defensive player on an island, can't guard straight 252 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: up right and can make some mistakes off ball. That's 253 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: why he's still a bad defensive player at this point 254 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: in his career. However, when teams would look to target him, 255 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: they would use a textbook hedge and recover. What that 256 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: means is Tyree's has to throw himself out in front 257 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: of the ball handler just to cut him off and 258 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: force him to retreat, dribble or take a move away 259 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: from the basket. From there, though, his man is slipping 260 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: that screen and getting open at the three point line, 261 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: so he has to ditch out of the hedge and 262 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: recover to the shooter. And one of the things that 263 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: Tyree's does, and he's got good length for the guard 264 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: position as he's sprinting back to the shooter, he would 265 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: just throw his hands up and kind of like do 266 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: like kind of a three quarter front type of look. 267 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 1: But as he's running back to the shooter, and he 268 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 1: would get deflections that way that would lead to runouts 269 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: and opportunities the other way. And so like he did 270 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: his job within the game plan which allowed him to 271 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: not be a total disaster, but obviously kind of similar 272 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: to Tyrese Maxi. It's that possession of possession, focus and 273 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: limiting mistakes. It's not effort, it's more focus and doing 274 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: your job within the scheme that it needs to improve on. 275 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: Then the second piece of it is offensive aggression, and 276 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: this is the vice for most great playmakers that talks 277 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,599 Speaker 1: about this in the postseason, like the Jokic types, the 278 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: Lebron types, the Tyress Aliburton types. The main issue that 279 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: you get on them about is like, hey, man, like 280 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: we need you to shoot the damn basketball, but their 281 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: basketball brain is hardwired to make reads and sometimes the 282 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: game calls for your star to be more aggressive. The 283 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: exact opposite is true for the great scorers in the NBA, 284 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: the Kobe's, the Kevin Durant types, like the Kawhi Leonard types. 285 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: Like these guys they fight fire with being more aggressive 286 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: as a shooter, right, Like when things get tight, when 287 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: things get tough, they look to shoot more. And there 288 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,439 Speaker 1: are times where you have to kind of grab them 289 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 1: by the shoulders and Jacob and be like, hey, make 290 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: the right read, right, Like, there are opportunities here for 291 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: you to create easy opportunities for your teammates and for 292 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: both archetypes. Like, the more a great playmaker looks to score, 293 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: the more impactful his playmaking is, because it keeps the 294 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: defense honest. The more a great score looks to pass, 295 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: the more effective his scoring is because it keeps the 296 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: defense honest. It's a very important part of that balance, right, 297 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: And like, here's the thing. They had four playoff losses 298 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: this year the Pacers did where Tyree's didn't even take 299 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: ten shots. They were zero to four when he took 300 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: less than ten shots, and you'd be looking at the screen, 301 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: You're like, hey, dude, like we need you to be aggressive. 302 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: He was six and two. The Pacers were six and 303 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: two when Tyres took at least fifteen shots. So as 304 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: you can tell, like that's kind of another element for him. 305 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: There is just like understanding that balance between aggression and 306 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: looking to make the right reads and knowing when he 307 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: needs to kind of like four go, just kind of 308 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: being an engine and look more to leverage his supreme 309 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: gifts as an offensive player. So the question is why 310 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: do I have Tyres Haliburton ahead of his peers in 311 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: this lower tier of star guards. So like, if I 312 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: look at the tiers of star guard, right, I kind 313 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: of have them in like three tiers. There's like the 314 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: top tier superstar guys. This is like your Shake Gills 315 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: Alexander types. You're like Anthony Edwards types. Then I go 316 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 1: down a level and there's like a tier of guys 317 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: this is like your Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Brunson type of guys. 318 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: Right then below that, I have this other tier, And 319 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: this is where we've had Tyrese Maxey. This is where 320 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: we had John Moran, although his is more about availability. 321 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: Who is the other guard that we had yesterday? I'm 322 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: blanking off the top of my head, but like Tyrese Maxey, 323 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: John Morant, these guards here at at the lower portion 324 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: of it. The reason why I have Tyrese above all 325 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: of those guys is because he's an offensive engine, like 326 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: a true like offense unto himself. Like again, they were 327 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: the second best offense in the league last year with 328 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: pretty unremarkable offensive talent, despite the fact that he missed 329 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: a good chunk of the season. There's a ton of 330 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: eighty two game value having a Tyrese Haliburton on your team, 331 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: and so like, again, this is an in a vacuum list, 332 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: and so like when I can just just pencil in 333 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: the Pacers for fifty something wins because of the fact 334 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: that Tyrese Haliburton is just this other worldly offensive engine, 335 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: and I do believe that they'll get above fifty wins 336 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: next year with him in. Pascal Siakam, Like, as long 337 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: as Haliburton's healthy, that just feels like a guarantee, Like 338 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna be out of the play in tournament, You're 339 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: gonna be in the mix of the with the other 340 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: play playoff teams. That is a huge value piece, whereas 341 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: some of these other teams that don't have as much 342 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: eighty two game value, it's like they have to grind 343 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: and like barely get into the play in tournament where 344 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: maybe they can leverage their you know, veteran talent to 345 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: try to make a playoff run, that's not a problem 346 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: you have with the Pacers and Tyress Halliburton. And so 347 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: again that specific archetype, the offensive engine, the guy that 348 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: consistently generates advantages for your team, that makes basketball easier 349 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: and creates easy opportunities for limited players. That to me 350 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: brings a ton of value. And so that's why when 351 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,159 Speaker 1: we look at our top twenty five list, in this 352 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 1: tier of all these guards, that's why I have Tyres 353 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: Haliburton as high as I do. And the other guy 354 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: is Kyrie Irving. So like Kyrie Irving, Darren Fox, John Morant, 355 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard, Tyrese Maxey, Tyre's Halliburton, our first six guys 356 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: on this list have all been guards, and they're all 357 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,159 Speaker 1: in the same kind of like tier. There's not a 358 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 1: ton separating them. To me. However, the reason why I 359 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: have Tyres Alliburton as high as I do above those 360 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: guys in that tier is because he is an offensive engine, 361 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: and I view a great deal of value in that specifically. 362 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: All Right, one of the couple other things with Tyris Aliberton, 363 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,360 Speaker 1: he had a couple of bad playoff games, but that's 364 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: to be expected. Again, that was his very first playoff 365 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: run ever, and I'm still a huge believer in him. 366 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: I kind of view him, as I mentioned earlier, as 367 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: like an evolutionary Steve Nash, Steve Nash with just better 368 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: physical gifts with a little bit more offensive upside, and 369 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: I think that that is a player that has the 370 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: potential to win an MVP, and that me puts Tyres 371 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: in a very unique class of players in. 372 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 2: The preparing for your upcoming fantasy football draft. 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So already, just 392 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 1: like on arrival, one of the very best defensive players 393 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: in the league. His counting stats for last year twenty 394 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: one point four points per game, ten point six rebounds 395 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: per game, three point nine assists per game, four point 396 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: eight stocks. He actually led the league with three point 397 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: six blocks per game. Shooting splits forty six point five 398 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: percent from the field, thirty two point five percent from 399 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: three to seventy nine point six percent from the line. 400 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: That amounted to fifty two percent in effective field goal 401 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: percentage in fifty seven percent in true shooting percentage. That 402 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 1: said similar to Tyres Halliburton, although not for the same reasons. 403 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: It was kind of a tale of two seasons for 404 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: Victor wen Minyama too. Something clicked for him about a 405 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: third of the way through the season and he just 406 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: went up a level. In his first twenty six games, 407 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: he averaged just eighteen points, eleven rebounds, and three on 408 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: just forty three percent from the field, twenty eight percent 409 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 1: from the three point line, seventy seven percent from the 410 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: foul line. In his last forty five games, he averaged 411 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 1: twenty three points per game, eleven rebounds, four assists per game, 412 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: forty eight percent from the line, thirty five percent from 413 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 1: three to eighty one percent from the foul line. I 414 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: should say thirty five percent from the three point line, 415 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: not from the line, but as you can tell, a 416 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: substantial increase in both scoring volume and efficiency and playmaking 417 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: ability right around that third mark through the season. And 418 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: the kind of like scary thing there for everybody is, like, 419 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,239 Speaker 1: you remember how bad that Spurs team was, right like, 420 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: they had probably the worst core of ball handling that 421 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: I've seen in the NBA last year, and just how 422 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: ugly it was watching them try to figure out and 423 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: like in most cases poorly utilized when min Yama, not 424 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,400 Speaker 1: because of Popovich or scheme, but just because they didn't 425 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: have the talent to get him the ball into positions 426 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: of advantage. Despite all of that, in that last forty 427 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: five games where I told you you kind of figured 428 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: it out, that started December twenty eighth. From that point 429 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: on in the season, the Spurs were plus twenty eight 430 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: with Victor wem Minyama on the floor and minus two 431 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,240 Speaker 1: hundred and two with him off the floor, So they 432 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: were winning his minutes in a forty five game sample 433 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: size with that roster. This guy's winning impact is already 434 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: beyond our ability to quantify, and it's only going to 435 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: skyrocket from here as you figures some things out, and 436 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 1: we're going to get into some of the specific things 437 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: that he could get better at here in a few minutes. 438 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 1: So let's look at some play type data. Perc Entergy, 439 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: he ran two hundred and seventy seven picking rolls that 440 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: amounted to two hundred and forty five points. That zero 441 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 1: point eighty eight points per possession. In ISO one hundred 442 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: and twenty three possessions for one hundred and thirty one 443 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 1: points including passes, that's one point zero seven points per possession. 444 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,120 Speaker 1: That was in the seventy eight percent pile. Not bad 445 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,640 Speaker 1: for a rookie. Three hundred and fifty four post ups 446 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: leading three hundred and forty four points at zero point 447 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,640 Speaker 1: ninety seven points per possession. That cracked into a high 448 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 1: volume post up list. This is our first high volume 449 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 1: post up guy in the league. Obviously is in our 450 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: list obviously, as we've had all guards to this point. 451 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: He ranked sixteenth out of eighteen players to log at 452 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 1: least two hundred and fifty possessions. I've specifically been really 453 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: fascinated by Victor wemen Yama's passing. As a matter of fact, 454 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: like I just was watching France Germany, which was an 455 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: incredible game. Those of you guys who are listening to 456 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 1: this video, I have already heard my instant reaction to 457 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: that because I'm going to be recording it later today 458 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: when I get to Vegas. I am recording this video 459 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,199 Speaker 1: on August eighth before I head out of town, so 460 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: that we have some content while I'm running out of town. 461 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: But there was like another He's been an incredible passing 462 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,200 Speaker 1: out of the post all year at a huge one 463 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 1: in the game. God shure did they play in the quarterfinal. 464 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 1: I'm blanking now all of a sudden, But when they 465 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: won that quarterfinal game, Evan fourtier hit. I was Canada. 466 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: Evan Fotier hit a bomb on the right wing, came 467 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: out of a post up double team of Victor women Yama. 468 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: Huge play at the end of the game against Germany, 469 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: and it didn't even lead to any points because Isaiah 470 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: Quidine actually missed the dunk, but like caught the ball 471 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: in the block, huge possession late, looked like he was 472 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: gonna look to score late. Double team came beautiful, little 473 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: like shovel past at Cardine as he's cutting down the basket. 474 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: He ends up getting an easy two and dunk. He 475 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,120 Speaker 1: just missed it. But like Victor is reading the floor 476 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:22,120 Speaker 1: very quickly, he is sharp with his reads. There's still 477 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: so much room for improvement. But like, I don't think 478 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 1: that the post up success was a it was a 479 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: fluke at all. Like he has some real potential to 480 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 1: be a offensive folkrum down there on the block. And again, 481 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 1: all of this you got a factor in as a rookie, 482 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: like a point per possession in the post ups and 483 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: huge volume as a rookie. That's impressive. Seventy eighth percentile 484 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: and ISO on one hundred and twenty three reps as a rookie, 485 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: that's impressive. So like, and we gotta remember too, he 486 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 1: was better in the second half of the season and 487 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: so those numbers don't reflect that. And then again, as 488 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: we mentioned, earlier. It was already basically the second best 489 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: defensive player in the league as a rookie, and so 490 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: his winning impact is just completely absurd already, and it's 491 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 1: only going to go up from here. Rollman situations one 492 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: point one four points per possession, that's pretty solid. That 493 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: was in the fifty third percent tile. Some shooting stats 494 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: from Synergy zero point eighty eight points per jumper. He 495 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: shot thirty percent field goals on catch and shoot jump shots, 496 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: thirty four percent off the dribble, forty four percent on 497 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: face up jumpers. So similarly to what some of the 498 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: stuff we saw overseas like, he's actually a little bit 499 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: more confident in fluid shooting the shot off the dribble 500 00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: than he is off the catch. That's something that he'll 501 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: be able to bridge in time. Thirty one percent on floaters, 502 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: a'llbit only thirty five reps, forty four percent on hooks, 503 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 1: albeit only forty one reps. Shot sixty five percent at 504 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: the rim, but most of that was dunks. He shot 505 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: just fifty three percent on layups. That obviously comes down 506 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 1: to some stuff with his strength. His main area is 507 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,639 Speaker 1: for improvement, mainly shot making, just getting a little more 508 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: accurate with that jump shot, a little more accurate with 509 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: that hook shot, a little more accurate with that floater. 510 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk about this a little bit with Bam 511 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:52,880 Speaker 1: at a Bio two. But these are what I call 512 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 1: pick and roll shots. So like in pick and roll right, 513 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: there are there are two primary types of shot making 514 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: that become vitally important when teams want to defend two 515 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: on two. So like a lot of teams will defend 516 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: pick and roll three on two right, and then it's 517 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: a totally different battle. Right, It's a simple dynamic having 518 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,160 Speaker 1: to do with how high the screen defender is. Right, 519 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: So like, if the screen defender drops way back in 520 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 1: the pick and roll, then the guard has some space 521 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: as he comes off, and he needs to look to score. Right. 522 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,399 Speaker 1: If the big man or the screen defender kind of 523 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: shades towards the ball handler a little bit, then the 524 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: rollman has openings in the middle of the flour where 525 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: he has to have some shot making. Right. But when 526 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: teams defend three on two, they bring the big way 527 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: up to the level and attack the ball handler, which 528 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: allows the rollman to get behind. As the roleman gets behind, 529 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: now the weak side low man has to come over. 530 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: Now the open man is all the way in the 531 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: opposite corner. Right now, it's much more of a passing game. 532 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: And when they're defending three on two in ball screens, 533 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: it's all about that ball handler's ability to make those 534 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: reads or the role man's ability to make those reads 535 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: off the catches he runs into the lowman right. But 536 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: when team's guard two on two, it's all about the 537 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 1: guard's ability to make pull up jump shots and floaters, 538 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: and it's all about the big man's ability if the 539 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,919 Speaker 1: big is if the defensive big is taking away the 540 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: rim to make your little pop shots in the lane, 541 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 1: or to catch and quick pivot into a hook shot 542 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 1: or a little fifteen foot jumper around the elbow, or 543 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,159 Speaker 1: maybe a pick and pop jumper. That's pick and roll 544 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: shot making. Whenever team's guard two on two, you need 545 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: a guard who can make shots in pick and roll, 546 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: and you need a big who can make shots in 547 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: pick and roll. And that's a big area of improvement 548 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: for Victor, especially as he's gonna get a ton of 549 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: reps with Chris Paul and ball screens next year. And again, 550 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: I think a lot of teams are gonna try to 551 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: dare Chris Paul to make fifteen footers, but on the 552 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: games when in the games where Chris Paul's making those 553 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: fifteen footers, it's gonna be on Victor to make all 554 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: of those shots kind of on the roll in the 555 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: short range. So that's a main area of improvement. The 556 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: second big one for me is handling the ball through contact. Again, 557 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: very different than just handling the ball in general, Like 558 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: dribbling through cones easy once you figure out how to 559 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:04,800 Speaker 1: actually dribble the basketball. But then the second phase of 560 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: that is like when you're driving into the lane and 561 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 1: there's a guy hanging on your arm and another dude 562 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: to swiping down over here, Like how good are you 563 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: at maintaining control the basketball while going through contact? And 564 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 1: a major piece there is getting lower to the ground. 565 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: This is an issue that Kevin Durant ran into a 566 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 1: lot earlier in his career, where like, when you're very 567 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 1: upright and you're dribbling up high, the ball has to 568 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: travel very far, and that's a lot easier for guys 569 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 1: to get in and either swipe at the basketball or 570 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: for you to lose control because there's just more space 571 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: for the ball to travel. But as you get lower 572 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 1: to the ground and you get tighter with your handle. 573 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: That allows you to kind of operate more in congestion. 574 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: And that's something that Victor will get better at in time. 575 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: He's already one of the two or three best defensive 576 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: players in the league, and I believe he'll be the 577 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: best defender in the league as soon as next season. 578 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 1: I think his scoring is going to go up a level. Again, 579 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: we were at a forty five game stample where he 580 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 1: was over sixty percent true shooting on twenty three points 581 00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: per game. I think next year he's going to average 582 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: about t twenty five points per game on probably about 583 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 1: sixty percent true shooting for the season. I said this 584 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: to Colin Coward the other day on the show, But 585 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: I think he has the potential to be regarded as 586 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 1: a top ten player as soon as this season. He's 587 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: got the competitiveness for it, he's got the work ethic 588 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: for it, he takes care of his body. We're gonna 589 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: cover him very closely this year. I think this is 590 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 1: going to be a huge year for Victor Wembanyama as 591 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 1: he kind of bursts onto the NBA scene in a 592 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: real meaningful way. And again, as I mentioned, earlier. The 593 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: scary part for the rest of the league is with 594 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: that garbage roster through a forty five game stample, they 595 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: were winning Victor Wembanyama's minutes, and you guys saw what 596 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: he did to Denver. He knocked them down in the 597 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 1: playoff standings and in a major way impacted their ability 598 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: to get out of the conference. Like, that's the type 599 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 1: of ability that this guy has. Again, like I mentioned earlier, 600 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: this guy's winning impact is beyond our ability to quantify already, 601 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: and it's only gonna go up from here. Really excited 602 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 1: to cover Victor Weinmanyama this year, all right. Bam Adebayo 603 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: at number eighteen. Last year seventy one games, played, nineteen 604 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 1: point three points per game, ten point four rebounds per game, 605 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 1: three point nine is seen per game, and two stocks 606 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: per game. His shooting splits. He shot fifty two point 607 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: one percent from the field thirty five point seven percent 608 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: from three. He also made fifteen threes total last year. 609 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: He had eight in his entire career before last year. 610 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: So a real shooting leap from bam that's continued into 611 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: Team USA. He's shooting thirty eight percent on catch and 612 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,719 Speaker 1: shoot jump shots. Overall with Team USA and one point 613 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 1: one three points per catch and shoot jump shot when 614 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 1: you weighed for three, which is really good. And that 615 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: again is not counting the shots in the semi final 616 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: game or the gold medal game because I'm recording this 617 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: before the tip off on Thursday, August eighth, I shot 618 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: seventy six percent from the foul line last year. That 619 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: amounted to fifty three percent in effective field goal percentage 620 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: waited for threes and fifty eight percent true shooting percentage 621 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: waited for threes and free throws. Playtype data percentergy Bam 622 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: ran thirty inverted ball screens last year for thirty four points. 623 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: That was one point one to three points per possession, 624 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: albeit low volume. That's probably something that the Heat could 625 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: look to explore again next year. And again, all inverted 626 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: ball screen is you have the big handle the ball 627 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: and you have a smaller player set the screen for him. 628 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: And the main thing there is you're putting the defensive 629 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 1: guard and the defensive forward in different positions than they're 630 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: usually in. Usually the defensive big is in something like 631 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 1: a drop coverage and the defensive guard is chasing through 632 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: a screen. But in this case you've got a guard 633 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: who's got to be the guy who's helping on the screen, 634 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 1: and he doesn't really know how to do that right. 635 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 1: And you've got a big man who has to fight 636 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: through a screen, which is something that he probably hasn't 637 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: spent much of his time in his career practicing right. 638 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: And so there are real opportunities for big guys to 639 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 1: come off of those ball screens and get downhill because 640 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: the defensive coverage isn't really set up to handle it. 641 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: It's something that I'd like to see the Heat explore 642 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 1: a little bit more next season. In ISO, Bam ran 643 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty nine possessions for one hundred and 644 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: sixty points. That's one point zero one points per possession. 645 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 1: That's pretty average, but not bad. In post up situations, 646 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: three hundred and ninety four possessions for three hundred and 647 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: ninety seven points. That's one point zero one points per possession. 648 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: That made our High volume post up list as well. 649 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: They ranked fourteenth out of eighteen players to attempt at 650 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 1: least two hundred and fifty possessions in that list. So 651 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: still a lot to be desired for Bam in terms 652 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: of as an initiator but the main area of concern 653 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: for me is his ability to finish on the roll. Again, 654 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: this was something that really started to flash in a 655 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: big way in that twenty twenty three finals, if you 656 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: guys remember but against Yo Kitchen in the Nuggets. But 657 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: Bam gets just zero one point zero four points per 658 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: possession in roll man situations. That's just the thirty ninth 659 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: percent tile And it really just comes down to his 660 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: ability to finish close to the basket, which we're going 661 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: to talk about here in just a second. Let's talk 662 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: about BAM's shooting. So jump shot zero point nine points 663 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 1: per shot, zero point eighty seven points per catch and shoot, 664 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: and again the big big one here, one point one 665 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 1: five points per shot when unguarded, which is really good. 666 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: Bam shot forty five percent fueld goal percentage on unguarded 667 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: catch and choo jumpers, So when BAM's open, he's making 668 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: damn near half of them. That's a real point of optimism. 669 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: He got zero point nine to one points per pull 670 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: up jumper in zero point eighty five points per face 671 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 1: up jumper. Good step forward for Bam in that department 672 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: that it has continued for him into the Olympics. He 673 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: shot fifty six percent on floaters, which is actually a 674 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: really good number, but he only had seventy three reps 675 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: all season, so it's not a shot that he uses 676 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: a lot. Shot forty eight percent on hooks, but once again, 677 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: only twenty nine makes all seasons, so not one that 678 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 1: he leans on a lot. At the RAM, he shot 679 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: sixty four percent, but there's one hundred and thirty four 680 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: dunks in there. He shot just forty eight point five 681 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: percent on one hundred and ninety six layup attempts. And 682 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: that's really the main differentiator between BAM and the top 683 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 1: tier centers when you talk about Jokic, Embiid, Anthony Davis, 684 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: and BAM. The reason why I think the other three 685 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: guys are a clear level above BAM, and you'll notice 686 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: that on this list is that specific ability for him 687 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: to finish on the roll and to finish at the rim, 688 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: like for instance, I know a lot of Heat fans 689 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: think Bam is better than AD. I know because I 690 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 1: see you guys talking about it in the YouTube comments. 691 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: Sometimes really comes down to this, eighty is a much 692 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,040 Speaker 1: much better offense player. He's a much better shot creator. 693 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: He has higher volume and higher efficiency in both ISO 694 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 1: and post up situations, and he gets one point one 695 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: seven points per role man possession. That's way more efficient 696 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: than BAM. Now, I actually think Bam is a little 697 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: better as a passer in ball screens than AD is 698 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,440 Speaker 1: a little better, but not enough, not nearly enough to 699 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: make up for that discrepancy as a score. And AD 700 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 1: shoots seventy percent at the rim and he shoots sixty 701 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: percent on layups. He's just a much better, much more 702 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 1: high volume, much more efficient offensive player. I also think 703 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: Ad is a better defensive player than BAM two. But again, 704 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: that's the main kind of point of contention I think 705 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 1: for a lot of Heat fans is that like BAM 706 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: kind of AD group, and I think there's a clear 707 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: gap between the two, and that main gap is just 708 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 1: the ability to be a threat offensively, and that's really 709 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: the main opportunity. Again, I'm less concerned about him initiating 710 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,480 Speaker 1: stuff like I'm less concerned about like pick and roll, 711 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 1: or like him running inverted ball screens, or like sewing 712 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,960 Speaker 1: dudes straight up in face up situations or backing dudes 713 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: down in the post. The main thing I'm worried about 714 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: with BAM is can he run ball screens and get 715 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: into the middle of the floor and be as deadly 716 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,240 Speaker 1: there as his peers, the guys like Jokic, the guys 717 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: like Himbiid, the guys like ad If Bam can get 718 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 1: up into that tier, he immediately makes himself a substantially 719 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: more valuable offensive player. We saw that in a big 720 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: way in the twenty twenty three finals. How many times 721 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 1: did Bam catch and finish or fail to finish close 722 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: to the rim? As a matter of fact, within eight 723 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,040 Speaker 1: feet of the rim in the twenty twenty three finals, 724 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: Bam shot just fifty two percent, and that's really the 725 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 1: big area of opportunity. I'm a huge believer in Bam. 726 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,000 Speaker 1: I think he's one of the great defensive foundations in 727 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,920 Speaker 1: this league. He can defend in any coverage he's You 728 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: can make the case he's the best switching big in 729 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,759 Speaker 1: the league because of his mobility, and he's a really 730 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,840 Speaker 1: useful five out offensive fulkrium in the modern NBA context 731 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: because of his ability to make reads. He can quickly 732 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,879 Speaker 1: flow from side to side, set good screens, roll into space, 733 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,920 Speaker 1: get the ball back, roll back to the other side. 734 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,760 Speaker 1: He's a really useful offense player in every way. Except 735 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: for his ability to finish, and as long as he 736 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,760 Speaker 1: can improve that, he can move into that next tier 737 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: of players. All right, guys, that is all I have 738 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,320 Speaker 1: for today is always I sincerely appreciate you guys for 739 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: supporting me and supporting the show. Our next video, I 740 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,959 Speaker 1: should be back in town. And when I'm back in town, 741 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 1: we will then start adding a mailbag section to the 742 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: tail end of these where we can kind of debate 743 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: some of these rankings based on your guys' disagreements in 744 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,080 Speaker 1: the content comments. As always, appreciate you, guys, and I'll 745 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:34,880 Speaker 1: see you then. The Volume, the NFL season's right around 746 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: the corner, will be breaking down all the off season 747 00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 1: storylines on the Colin Cowherd podcast My best takes guests 748 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,880 Speaker 1: like my buddy Nick Wright. 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