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Speaker 2: So the environment at the game last night was insane.

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Speaker 2: It was just like a It was a relentless kind

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Speaker 2: here's all of these all time great college basketball coaches.

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Speaker 2: Here's Jim Beaheim, and here's coach k oh. Here's Obama

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Speaker 2: he walked on to the floor. Oh, here's all these

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Speaker 2: famous women's basketball players who played for Team USA. Oh,

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Speaker 2: that led That was all surrounding this basketball game where

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Speaker 2: it just doesn't get any better than this. It was

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Speaker 2: line shifts, meaning like they had the entire starting five

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Speaker 2: I actually tweeted this out during the game, but I

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Speaker 2: was surprised that Canada punted when they did. It was

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Speaker 2: remember who it was. I think it might have been

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Speaker 2: which to me that makes for great basketball. Like, the

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Speaker 2: think Canada led twenty one to fourteen at the end

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Speaker 2: of it. It was not pretty basketball in the sense

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Speaker 2: when it's ugly basketball, because people are playing bad basketball

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Speaker 2: don't really have an interest in watching it, right, it's

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Speaker 2: that's ugly because of the intensity, it's ugly because it's

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Speaker 2: That to me is a beautiful kind of ugly basketball.

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Speaker 2: That's what it was last night. I really enjoyed it.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about the slow start for the USA. So

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Speaker 2: they get down twelve to four at the first time

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Speaker 2: out when Steve Kerr makes that first line change. A

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Speaker 2: The US played a very intense brand of basketball on

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Speaker 2: with the starters, they had to drop right Like Embiid

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Speaker 2: can't switch out onto the perimeter and guard quicker players

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Speaker 2: I criticize. I didn't criticize, but I pointed out before

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Speaker 2: actually did think that the USA showed that they are

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Speaker 2: it was Bam eighty Tatum and they did a ton

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Speaker 2: of switching and Tyres Halliburton held up He like tied

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Speaker 2: an inside seal by Kelly Olynnick once, but even Tyre's

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Speaker 2: Halliburton held up reasonably well in switches, and so they're

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Speaker 2: we can work through these offensive kinks, but as long

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Speaker 2: as we defend like that, we give ourselves a really

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Speaker 2: If they defend like that, they're just gonna win. There's

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Speaker 2: not a team out there that has the depth of

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Speaker 2: defensive personnel that they have. That Tatum ad Bam frontline

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Speaker 2: was just frightening to watch. There is this sequence where

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Speaker 2: like Ad kept ending up on Shay Gil just Alexander

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Speaker 2: and these ball screens because they bring Kelly Olynnock into

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Speaker 2: the action, and Ad literally stopped Shay on an island

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Speaker 2: four consecutive times to start his shift, that which got

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Speaker 2: them ount in transition, and then Tatum was bringing that

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Speaker 2: much better. So like, defensively, I'm thrilled with how Timosa looks.

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Speaker 2: based on the strength of that unit. Now, as far

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Speaker 2: little clunky. And you got to remember too, like it's

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Speaker 2: clunky in multiple levels. There's the Embiid fit, which I

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Speaker 2: stars out there, right, Like it's Steph, it's Devin Booker,

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Speaker 2: Team USA needs somebody that can help that offense flow

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Speaker 2: just a better way to utilize his skill set within

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Speaker 2: Lebron just screened his own man. He screened Dylan Brooks

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Speaker 2: That was really really exciting to see in person. It

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Speaker 2: There was a possession where and again this is part

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Speaker 2: It ended up being like a more dramatic version of

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Speaker 2: Thoughts on the team at large, I would start a

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Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards, as a jump shooter. Every time there is

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Speaker 2: a high leverage, intense, high stakes environment, the dude just

432
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Speaker 2: has proven to be able to knock these shots down,

433
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Speaker 2: which is really really exciting for his long term potential.

434
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Speaker 2: I thought he looked like the best and most comfortable

435
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Speaker 2: US player last night, and so there was part of

436
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Speaker 2: me that was wondering should Ant start. And the initial

437
00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,639
Speaker 2: thought I had was he brings drible penetration, and so

438
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Speaker 2: I like the idea of him kind of bringing some

439
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Speaker 2: of that to that starting unit that doesn't have a

440
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Speaker 2: ton of that. But then I thought, I like Ant

441
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Speaker 2: being this aggressive. Right Like, Ant was the most confident

442
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Speaker 2: and most aggressive player for Team USA, and that is

443
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Speaker 2: a real, real value add especially in a situation where

444
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Speaker 2: guys can be hesitant and not really feel like kind

445
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Speaker 2: of grabbing control of things. And so I actually kind

446
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Speaker 2: of prefer Ant still coming off the bench because I

447
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,359
Speaker 2: want him to come in and be super aggressive. But

448
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,040
Speaker 2: if he starts games like that, it might take away

449
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Speaker 2: from the flow of a unit that has Lebron and

450
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Speaker 2: Steph on the floor as well, and so I like,

451
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Speaker 2: I think you keep Drew with the star, but I

452
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Speaker 2: think a way to kind of add a little bit

453
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Speaker 2: more downhill verve to that starting unit is to swap

454
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Speaker 2: out Booker and Tatum. So we already talked about how

455
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Speaker 2: I like ad with the starters. If you go Tatum

456
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Speaker 2: lebron ad, you can go with a switching look. Drew

457
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,439
Speaker 2: Holiday can switch up, Steph can switch up, So that

458
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,560
Speaker 2: group can switch really really well. It alleviates some of

459
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Speaker 2: the workload for your guards because they don't have to

460
00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,480
Speaker 2: chase his herd over screens. And then on the offensive

461
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Speaker 2: end of the four. When Tatum came into the game

462
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Speaker 2: with that second unit, he was primarily doing it in

463
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Speaker 2: transition to start, but then he did it some more

464
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Speaker 2: later in the game in the half court. But Tatum

465
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Speaker 2: was bringing some dribble penetration. He had this really nice

466
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Speaker 2: like spin move off the dribble where he got into

467
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Speaker 2: the lane for a layup. He had some downhill moves

468
00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,720
Speaker 2: like in the fast break to get all the way

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Speaker 2: to the rim. He brings some downhill verve, and he's

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Speaker 2: a really good connective piece playmaker. And so I think

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Speaker 2: going Steph, Drew Holliday, Tatum Lebrond gives you the best

472
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Speaker 2: kind of like combination of basketball traits to make a

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Speaker 2: five man lineup work for this team until Kevin Durant

474
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Speaker 2: comes back. You could argue Kevin Durant deserves that three

475
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Speaker 2: spot when he comes back, but you can figure that

476
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Speaker 2: out in the long run. Who knows how long it's

477
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,120
Speaker 2: gonna take him to get better with this calf anyway. Right,

478
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Speaker 2: then with the bench, you bring an Aunt and Joel Embiid.

479
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Speaker 2: What I like about that fit is one when Ant's

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Speaker 2: being aggressive, Embiid is a guy who can knock down

481
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Speaker 2: three point shots, which generates some more space. He also

482
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Speaker 2: can pick and pop, which will allow Ant to get

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Speaker 2: downhill or for Embiid to break wide open above the

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Speaker 2: break if his man catches him in a drop coverage. Right,

485
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Speaker 2: and both Ant and Embiid can be ball stoppers and

486
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Speaker 2: can be more aggressive with the ball because that unit

487
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,840
Speaker 2: actually needs them to do so, especially with bam Adebayo

488
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Speaker 2: on the floor with a Tyrese Halliburton who's not really

489
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Speaker 2: a super aggressive scorer with the basketball. Right, So that's

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Speaker 2: where I think that makes sense. And then Devin Booker

491
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Speaker 2: can provide you that Devin Booker can provide you that

492
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Speaker 2: like off ball, shooting, close out attacking, all of those

493
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Speaker 2: things that will help kind of create space for that unit.

494
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Speaker 2: So again they're not going to actually do line shifts.

495
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 2: They'll combine units and you'll get to see different versions

496
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Speaker 2: of this, like Embid will get more time with the starters.

497
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Speaker 2: There are versions of this that can work out with

498
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Speaker 2: different lineup construction, but I think with the starters, Steph

499
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Speaker 2: Drew Tatum, Lebron ad is your best bet in the

500
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Speaker 2: short term, at least until Kevin Durank gets healthy. On

501
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Speaker 2: the Canadian side, they didn't shoot well according to Synergy.

502
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:37,320
Speaker 2: They barely got over zero points six points per jumper

503
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Speaker 2: on film. Jamal Murray missed a lot of clean looks,

504
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Speaker 2: especially in the first half. But at the same time,

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Speaker 2: it's kind of a bad matchup for USA with them,

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Speaker 2: for Canada with USA, because they just have all the

507
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Speaker 2: length in the world to contest those pull up jump

508
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Speaker 2: shots and to make them really tough. Drew Holiday blocked

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Speaker 2: Jamal Murray on a pull up jump shot. Lebron had

510
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Speaker 2: a really good contest on Jamal Murray's first pull up

511
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Speaker 2: jump shot, another example of him chasing over the screen

512
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Speaker 2: and getting back into the play really really well. Shay

513
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,840
Speaker 2: could not get to his pull up jump shot over

514
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Speaker 2: the top of Anthony Davis in any sort of meaningful

515
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Speaker 2: way like it like they just have the length to

516
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Speaker 2: bother their pull up shooting. It's a really tough matchup.

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Speaker 2: And then Canada's frontline is small. Dwight Powell and Kelly Olynok,

518
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,320
Speaker 2: they're good NBA players, but it's just a lot to

519
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Speaker 2: deal with with the massive guys that the USA team

520
00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,080
Speaker 2: has on their front line. But they can really defend.

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Speaker 2: They're really good on the perimeter. They have a clear

522
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Speaker 2: offensive hierarchy. I do wonder if they if they actually

523
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Speaker 2: wanted to bring Zach Edy and Zach Edy decided and

524
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Speaker 2: him and his agent decided not to play, or if

525
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,920
Speaker 2: it was Canada's actual decision, but that Edie would have

526
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Speaker 2: given them a very different look on that front line.

527
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Speaker 2: So I'm genuinely curious as to why he's not on

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Speaker 2: the roster. Before we get out of here, I want

529
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Speaker 2: to talk a little bit about Jayleen Brown thing. So

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Speaker 2: Kawhi Leonard's out has been an issue. This is kind

531
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Speaker 2: of interesting because this has been something that's been a

532
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 2: topic around the league for the WI for a while.

533
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Speaker 2: I remember I was talking with Tony Jones from the

534
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Speaker 2: Athletic like three years ago, and he was like telling me.

535
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Speaker 2: He was like, yeah, I've been hearing behind the scenes

536
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,119
Speaker 2: that Kawi's nies are just shot, Like they're just shot,

537
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 2: and like there it's a degenerative thing and he's just

538
00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:18,320
Speaker 2: never going to be the same. And I never really

539
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Speaker 2: at first, I was like, well, I mean, like he

540
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,640
Speaker 2: two years ago, he just won finals MVP, Like let's

541
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Speaker 2: see what happens that. You know, you know how it

542
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,640
Speaker 2: is with information too, like there's always like multiple reports

543
00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,639
Speaker 2: providing multiple different perspectives, right, and like Tony appears to

544
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 2: have been right, like the like he got hurt again

545
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty two or twenty twenty one, he got hurt,

546
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 2: he was out all year. In twenty twenty two, he

547
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,200
Speaker 2: got hurt again, in twenty twenty three, he got hurt again,

548
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,200
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, shows up to Team USA camp and

549
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,160
Speaker 2: then he can't finish it. Like it's clear that that's

550
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Speaker 2: the case. And honestly, like I just feel bad. I

551
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,080
Speaker 2: feel bad for Kawhi because this is a guy who

552
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,679
Speaker 2: was really really fun to watch, a guy who me

553
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,439
Speaker 2: personally I tried to replicate a lot of things in

554
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 2: his game because I was a bigger forward and I

555
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,400
Speaker 2: like to kind of like copy some of his footwork

556
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,480
Speaker 2: around the post area. This is a guy that I've

557
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 2: been a fan of for a long time, and to

558
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 2: see him not get to play basketball in meaningful moments

559
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 2: because his body is quit on him is genuinely super sad.

560
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 2: I don't know how the Clippers deal with it. I mean,

561
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,360
Speaker 2: if he breaks down again next year, like I talked about,

562
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,359
Speaker 2: I think it ends up being a situation where they

563
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 2: start flipping players. You trade a Derek Jones junior, or

564
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 2: you trade James Harden and you get draft compensation back

565
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 2: and you try to rebuild. But it's just sad because

566
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,160
Speaker 2: I genuinely don't know if we'll ever see Kawhi play

567
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 2: meaningful basketball again. And that's just a huge bummer. But

568
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 2: then the debate comes becomes who's gonna fill in for him? Right,

569
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Speaker 2: it's gonna be Kyrie Irving? Is it going to be

570
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Speaker 2: Jaylen Brown? And the guy that end up picking was

571
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Speaker 2: Derek White. And I think this is super fascinating because

572
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 2: Jalen Brown clearly took it as an insult right, talked

573
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Speaker 2: about it on Twitter, called out Nike as part of

574
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Speaker 2: the process. And here's the thing, There's no question that

575
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Speaker 2: Jaylen Brown is a better basketball player than Derek White. Right,

576
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Speaker 2: But like we talked about earlier, basketball lineups in a

577
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 2: five man context are about feeling responsibilities. Jalen Brown for

578
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 2: the Celtics is the second best player on the team.

579
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Speaker 2: They need him to do so much high level stuff,

580
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,159
Speaker 2: and he's very capable of doing so much high level stuff,

581
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 2: and so because of that, he is a shoe in

582
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:22,040
Speaker 2: fit in his role in Boston. Right now, think about

583
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Speaker 2: Team USA. You're not gonna start second unit. Has you

584
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 2: know Tyrese Halliburton. Maybe it's gonna end up being Devin

585
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,639
Speaker 2: Booker in the long run, maybe it ends up being

586
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,280
Speaker 2: Tatum or Kevin Durant, depending on if KD can come

587
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,240
Speaker 2: back with that bench group, then it's gonna be Bam,

588
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 2: maybe Joel Embiid. Right with that group, you need a

589
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 2: role player. You need someone who can knock down open threes,

590
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 2: run inverted ball screens with better players, who can defend

591
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 2: on the perimeter, who can do all these different things.

592
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 2: And Derek White is a professional role player. He's one

593
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 2: of the very best role players in the league. He

594
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 2: brings us specific need I talked about earlier on the roster.

595
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 2: You have one guy who's a professional screen navigator and

596
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 2: Drew Holliday. This gives you a second guy like that,

597
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 2: Jlen Brown is more of a ball pressure guy in

598
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 2: a switching scheme, right, So, like it's one of those

599
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 2: things where if I'm Jaylen Brown, I understand his perspective

600
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 2: because it's an honor to be on Team USA. Like

601
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 2: I'll just flat out say it, Like if I was

602
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 2: playing in the NBA and I was a high level player,

603
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 2: it'd be a dream of mine to play for Team USA.

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00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 2: I totally understand he feels slighted and by virtue of

605
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 2: his accomplishments as an NBA player, he's done enough to

606
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 2: deserve consideration for that spot. But if you're Steve Kerr,

607
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 2: if you're Eric Spolstra, if you're the Team USA management group,

608
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 2: you are not fearful but respectful of the talent overseas.

609
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 2: You're respectful of Serbia, You're respectful of Canada, You're respectful

610
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 2: of France. You know these teams have a real shot

611
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 2: to beat you, especially in a single elimination environment. You're

612
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 2: gonna do whatever you can to give your team the

613
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 2: best chance to win. And Derek White as a plug

614
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 2: and play role player is legitimately a better fit with

615
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Speaker 2: Team USA than Jalen Brown. Jalen Brown is a better

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Speaker 2: basketball player. It's unfortunate that this is the way it works,

617
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 2: but this is a lesson that the USA team learned

618
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 2: a long time ago from when they brought on Michael

619
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 2: Red and Tayshaun Prince in two thousand and eight. Right,

620
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 2: you need role players. You can't just have a bunch

621
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 2: of stars. Get a bunch of stars, then there's diminishing

622
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 2: returns and you could end up getting yourself beat. By

623
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 2: virtue of plugging in some role players, you give yourself

624
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 2: a more natural feel for a basketball team. Feel bad

625
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 2: for Jalen Brown genuinely deserves that recognition, but totally understand

626
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 2: why USA went in a different direction. All right, guys,

627
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Speaker 2: that is all I have for today. As always, a

628
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 2: sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting the show. Tonight, I'm

629
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Speaker 2: hanging out with my family. I'm going to see Dead

630
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 2: and Company at the Sphere. Super Super were excited for that.

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Speaker 2: That's gonna be a ton of fun. Tomorrow, Gonna be

632
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 2: at Summer League, Gonna be there for the Brownny game.

633
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 2: Come say hi? If you want to. If you're in

634
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 2: the arena, I at about seven point thirty in the

635
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 2: concourse there, I'm interviewing himehawk Has Junior. It's gonna be

636
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 2: my first interview of an NBA player, Very very excited

637
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 2: as part of our partnership with Chase looking forward to that.

638
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 2: I'm going to talk to him about his time with

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00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 2: the USA Selects team. I'm gonna talk to him about

640
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 2: his growth as a post player, his bizarre, weirdo obsession

641
00:31:31,840 --> 00:31:34,480
Speaker 2: with trying to post up and score on bigger players

642
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 2: than him, which by the way, he does very effectively.

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Speaker 2: So I'm really excited to talk to iive he's a

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Speaker 2: player that you know, it's interesting. I've been I've been

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Speaker 2: offered opportunities to interview some lower level NBA role players

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Speaker 2: last year in particular, and there wasn't really a person

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Speaker 2: interesting for this show until Hime was presented as an

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Speaker 2: let's do it, Like get Hi May, Let's do this. This

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Speaker 2: is gonna be so much fun and so really really

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Speaker 2: excited for that. So we'll have the I Mayhawks Interview

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Speaker 2: I think it'll either come out that night or on

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Speaker 2: Saturday morning. But I'm also gonna have a show on

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Speaker 2: Saturday morning breaking down the debut of Dalton connect and

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Speaker 2: Brownie James at Summer League. I think they're playing the Hawks,

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Speaker 2: so that's Zachary Risache's a debut for them, as well

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Speaker 2: as the number one overall pick. So we're gonna get

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Speaker 2: into all that stuff on Saturday and then obviously when

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Speaker 2: I'm traveling on Sunday, but when I get back on Monday,

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Speaker 2: we'll be reacting to the rest of the games on Saturday. Again,

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Speaker 2: I appreciate you guys, thanks for supporting the show. I

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Speaker 2: will see you in a couple of days.

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