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The Oklahoma City 34 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: thunder go into Denver and kind of embarrassed the Denver Nuggets. 35 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: The awkward feeling over the entire arena for most of 36 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: that game, A bunch of interesting stuff to get into there, 37 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: and then Spurs MAVs was a little ugly in the 38 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: first half the Dallas offense was kind of just looked 39 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: a little clunky, looked. 40 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 2: Like they were a little rusty. 41 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 1: Obviously, Luca did not play in preseason, but they had 42 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: an unbelievable performance in the second half that had all 43 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: sorts of this stuff that asked me super super excited 44 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: about what the Dallas Mavericks can be this year. 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All right, let's talk some basketball. 55 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: So with Oklahoma City, I had multiple mailbag questions during 56 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: the mailbag that we did last week. I went on 57 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 1: a guest appearance on a friend of mine's show that 58 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: asked me a similar question, and then the radio hit 59 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: where I got asked a similar question a lot of 60 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: people asking is all the hype around Oklahoma City legitimate? 61 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: Like it just seems like everybody who covers the league 62 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: that I know is picking them to at the very 63 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: least be the one seed out West. I had them 64 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: as my second favorite to get out of the conference 65 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: because of my optimism surrounding Denver. We'll get into that 66 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: later on, but everyone's super high on Oklahoma City, and 67 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: there's been some pessimism some people that are a little 68 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: bit skeptical, right, And every single time I got asked 69 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: that question and the mail bag and in those two 70 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: guest appearances, I said the exact same thing. Absolutely, they're 71 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: completely deserving of the hype surrounding this team going into 72 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: the season. I think this is the only roster in 73 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: the league that can come remotely close to Boston's overall 74 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: talent level, specifically the ability to field multiple different five 75 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: man lineup configurations where all five guys can dribble, pass, shoot, 76 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: and defend, which is kind of the key that unlocks 77 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: everything that Boston does, which is like, we can field 78 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: these lineups where we can hold up on the defensive end, 79 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: but at the same time on the other end of 80 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: the floor. No matter what we run into, we have 81 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: infinite counters that we can go to, different ways, that 82 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: we can attack, different ways, that we can capitalize on 83 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: different types of coverages, and the ability, most importantly to 84 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:18,559 Speaker 1: create space for our stars and for Oklahoma City. Chet 85 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: is the guy that unlocks everything. Had a little bit 86 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: of a rough shift in the beginning of this game, 87 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: was getting shoved around by Jokic. Uh they were bringing 88 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: double teams. You know, obviously Denver goes up nineteen to ten. 89 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about that in a little bit. But 90 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: after that first shift, he was unbelievable tonight twenty five points, 91 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 1: fourteen rebounds, five assists, and four blocks. That is a 92 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: ridiculous stat line. That is a superstar stat line from 93 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: Chet Holmgren. He held up pretty well against Jokic after 94 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: that first shift, kind of upped his physicality and started 95 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: just like you know, sometimes like you just keep getting 96 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: knocked down, you keep getting shoved around. Eventually you like 97 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: there's this visceral kind of reaction where you're like, shit, 98 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: I guess I just got to fight like hell and 99 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: see if I can't do better, right, And he did better. 100 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: He held up, but got a couple of blocks, Yokuic 101 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: spun off of him. He blocked him on a donkey 102 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: on another block where Yokic hit his like hat and 103 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: did like chicken wing into that lefty hook, and he 104 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: just reached over the top and got him. He was 105 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: torching him in transition, just running up and down the floor. 106 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: He was attacking closeouts, creating space from the perimeter. He 107 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: was just getting buckets. Just an unbelievable game from Chet Holmgren. 108 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 1: And he's the guy that ties it all together because 109 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: that specific position is where teams have the most trouble, 110 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: and that's what makes Boston so damn good. Right, is 111 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: the specific ability of Al Horford to function as a 112 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: spot up guy, to function as a pick and pop guy, 113 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: to be a guy that holds up defensively. He can 114 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: like switch on to other guys. Right, porzingis a guy 115 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: that can run drop coverage, can protect the rim, but 116 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: he also can like post up mismatches around the elbows. 117 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: He can space the floor as a spot up shooter. 118 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: That specific type of position getting a player that's truly versatile. 119 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: There is pretty rare a lot of the offensive minded 120 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: guy guys that are pretty good out there, aren't as 121 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: good defensively. A lot of the defensive guys aren't as 122 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,839 Speaker 1: good offensively. There's a small tier of players, you know, 123 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: the Anthony Davis tier, Jokich, Joel Embiid. There's a small 124 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 1: tier of guys that are really really good at that position. 125 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: But it's rare, and Chet just kind of unlocks that 126 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: ceiling for this particular team. Even surrounding the team as 127 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: a whole. There was some pessimism after the Hartenstein injury, right, 128 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,919 Speaker 1: which shouldn't have mattered too much. He's not gonna be 129 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: gone that long, but that was just another thing that 130 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,239 Speaker 1: people were concerned about in Hartenstein. This team was already 131 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: really damn good before Hartenstein, Before Caruso, I would have 132 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: picked him as the one seed out West even if 133 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: they had not made any changes to their roster last summer. 134 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: The Hartenstein addition is more about matchup versatility and having 135 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: different looks that they can go to. Like, yeah, like, 136 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,239 Speaker 1: here's the thing. Denver looked really bad tonight, Like okay, see, 137 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,839 Speaker 1: may be better than Denver when this is all said 138 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: and done, they're not that much better than Denver. Like 139 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: Denver threw a complete stinker. Out there tonight. Mu Murray 140 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: was trash. Michael Porter Junior was trash, the bench was trash. 141 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: It was a stinker from Denver. They'll play Denver again, 142 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: and Denver will throw a better punch, and there may 143 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: be a universe where the thundernead a Hertenstein looked a 144 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: too big look to try to get that to try 145 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: to take better advantage of that matchup. But the existing squad, 146 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: even without Isaiah Hartenstein, is already dominant. I was specifically 147 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: impressed by okc's physicality tonight, just again that's the weakness 148 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 1: for them compared to some of the other teams in 149 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: the league, is like they're just a little young, a 150 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: little thin, right. They got some big, strong guys like 151 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: Caruso's big and strong, Lou doord is big and strong, 152 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: Jayalen Williams is a stronger athlete than I think a 153 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: lot of people realize. But relative to some of the 154 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: veteran teams around the league, they're a little bit thin, right. 155 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: But they didn't play thin tonight. They held the Nuggets 156 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: below one point per post up, were way sharper with 157 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: their double teams after that first shift. They only lost 158 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: the offensive rebound battle by four. They gave up seventeen, 159 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 1: but they got thirteen of their own. They forred sixteen turnovers. 160 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: They won the fast break point battle by seven. It 161 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: was just a physical ass kicking, which is something that 162 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: you don't see often from the smaller, younger team. Shay 163 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: looked so good. He had twenty eight points, seven rebounds, 164 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: and eight assists. Really started to get One of the 165 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: things that was impressing me tonight is just some of 166 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: the downhill burst. Like so much of Shay's dribble penetration 167 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: comes from change of pace, moves and chaining together dribble combinations. 168 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: So like he'll dribble at you, kind of get contact 169 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 1: with that left shoulder, and then he'll like scissor dribble 170 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: back over to the left and like kind of go 171 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: the other side. Or he might look up at the 172 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: rim and kind of give you that classic shoulder fake 173 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: before he goes. But he was like toasting Aaron Gordon 174 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: off the dribble just with speed, like just using his quickness, 175 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: and he showed a lot of bursts. He had a 176 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 1: bounce in his step in that third quarter shift as 177 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: he was attacking mismatches, had Aaron Gordon complaining to the refs. 178 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: I said this on the show all the time, but 179 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: that's one of the big giveaways that a defender is 180 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: truly frustrated and feels a little helpless is when he 181 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 1: starts looking to the refs for help when he's getting cooked. 182 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: One other guys I wanted to shout out for Oklahoma 183 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: City Aaron Wiggins. I thought his first half shift was unbelievable. 184 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: He was part of the turnaround to that game. Attacking 185 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: Julian Strauther off the bounce, he had to pull up 186 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: three in transition, he had to steal in two blocks. 187 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: It was just a completely dominant first showing for the Thunder. 188 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: And it's scary because I think they were like eight 189 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: for thirty six from three, which is something like twenty 190 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: like low twenties, like twenty two percent. That's gonna be 191 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: something that works in their favor on many nights. Scary 192 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: for showing for the Thunder. The flow of the game 193 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: was really interesting to me. So like Denver gets off 194 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 1: to a good start, right they start doubling Jokic, Yoki 195 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: just kind of shoving chat around. He's making the right 196 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: read every time. Lots of active cutting, like if there's 197 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: one silver lining, Like, if you're a Nuggets fan and 198 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: you're looking for something to kind of like cling to 199 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 1: as like a positive trend, that could be an upside 200 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: for this team in the long run. Christian Brown looks fine. 201 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: He's gonna fit with the starters just fine. He's he 202 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: uses his athletic tools really well as a screener and 203 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: as a cutter and as a driver, even like driving 204 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: closeouts from the perimeter, even driving when he's open on 205 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: the perimeter instead of taking a three, just drive an 206 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,199 Speaker 1: open three point shot and try to get into the 207 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: lane and make something happen. Like, Christian Brown looks to 208 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 1: be a really nice fit, but Jokic just picking him 209 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: apart in the early part of the game. Okay, so 210 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: he's missing some shots, Denver goes up nineteen to ten, 211 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: right then Denver's bench comes in and then immediately everything 212 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: falls apart, and you know there's gonna. 213 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 2: Be like it was. 214 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,240 Speaker 1: Oh, Denver's bench has always been bad. It's been bad 215 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: pretty much the entire Jokic era. But this was abominably bad. 216 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: This was They were truly awful on both ends of 217 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: the floor. On the defensive end of the floor, Julian 218 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: Strather was getting attacked on switches by SGA every time 219 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: he could get a chance. Aaron Wiggins was going right 220 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,599 Speaker 1: at him. They were beating him in help side situations 221 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: where he was functioning like in like guard guard screening 222 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: actions where he got caught in no man's land and 223 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: guys were getting open. Like Strather was really bad. They 224 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: started going to Dario Sarich and getting a bunch of 225 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: really good stuff. Like there was a play in transition 226 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: where like Jalen Williams saw Darius Arch in front of 227 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: him and he was like, I don't need to pull 228 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: this out run offense. I'm just gonna go right around this. 229 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: Dude went right around him, got an end one the 230 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: bench the like Rust did okay, Like Russ had a 231 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 1: nightmare offensive game, but like on defense, you got to 232 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: see at least a little hint of like some of 233 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,679 Speaker 1: the stuff that Russ can do as applying back pressure, 234 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: Like he got a couple of chase down blocks. He 235 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: got one of them in a ball screen. You got 236 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: to steal in a ball screen on Shaye where he 237 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 1: just like pursued behind and got it ripped through a 238 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: rip away. Like you could see some of that upside 239 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 1: there but like the rest of that unit was really 240 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: bad defensively, even Peyton Watson gave up a blow by 241 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: to Shae another example of Shay showing that really good 242 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: like burst dribble burst when he's trying to like beat 243 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: someone off the dribble. But the offensive end was somehow 244 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: even worse than that. Russ had a really rough offensive night. 245 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: Was like badly missing wide open threes, had a turnover 246 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: in two man game with Yokich that led to a 247 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: runout for OKC, missing layups. 248 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 2: It just straw. 249 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: The wasn't hit and shots, sarage wasn't making anything around 250 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: the ram. To make a long story short, they got 251 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: nothing out of the bench in terms of offensive production, right, 252 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 1: So then Oklahoma City flips the script and they take 253 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:16,559 Speaker 1: a little lead. But what I thought was fascinating was 254 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: when Denver starters came back in, they could not reassert 255 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: control on the game like Oka See really tightened the 256 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: screws defensively. At that point, Chet got more physical with Jokic, 257 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 1: started to hold his own a little bit. We talked 258 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: about how he blocked him two times in the second half. 259 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: Okay See's closeouts were super sharp. This was something that 260 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,800 Speaker 1: stood out to me all night. Even the perceived openings 261 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: out of double teams of Jokic, You're just having a 262 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: top tier athlete who's really good at covering ground closing out. Yeah, Like, 263 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,679 Speaker 1: did any of you guys play like football in high 264 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: school or something like that where he did like an 265 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: open field tackling drill where it's like there's a you know, 266 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:52,839 Speaker 1: cone set up like ten yards apartner's a dude like 267 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: maybe fifteen yards away from you, and you have to 268 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: try to tackle him in the open field. That in 269 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: basketball is the closeout. It's one of the hardest jobs 270 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: in the sport. Defensively, it's like there's just so much space, 271 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: you have no idea where he's going. There's this threat 272 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: of the shot. It is a very very difficult job. 273 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 1: And when you have sharp closeouts and you can chase 274 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: people off the line and contain them, that gives you 275 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: the ability to load up the strong side. And that 276 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: is what makes elite defenses so difficult to deal with, 277 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: is they load up on your best players and they 278 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: make it feel like there are some openings on the 279 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: weak side. But then when you work the ball to 280 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: the weak side, they fly around and they chase you 281 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: off the line. This is where the limitations of Michael 282 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: Porter Junior and Jamal Murray really started to show. 283 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 2: Tonight. 284 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 1: I switched my attention in the fourth quarter, when the 285 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: game went completely out of hand, I switched my attention 286 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 1: over to Minnesota Sacramento. We're not going to talk too 287 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 1: much about that game tonight. It was a really interesting 288 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: one though, Julius Randall just having mismatches all over the floor, 289 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: just bullying Sacramento's perimeter players, and then Anthony Edwards just 290 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: just completely took over the game down the stretch and 291 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: hit a big time pull of jump shot and Drew 292 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 1: Foul closed the deal. They ended up getting the win. 293 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: But at the time that I switched over MPJ, Aaron Gordon, 294 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: and Jamal Murray were combined ten for thirty four from 295 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: the field. And that's really the issue because, like again, 296 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: there's like a baseline operation of your offense that over 297 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 1: the course of eighty two games you're gonna run into 298 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: fifty sixty games against teams that are not really really 299 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: great defenses. And in those games, you're gonna get a 300 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: lot of wide open catch and shoot threes for guys. 301 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: You're gonna get a little bit easier function of your offense, 302 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: and it's gonna come down more to an easier job 303 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: capitalizing on the attention that's given to your stars. Right, 304 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: But then you run into these elite defenses, right and 305 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: against the elite defense truly elite defenses in Oklahoma City 306 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,840 Speaker 1: is a truly elite defense. When you run into these 307 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: types of defenses, the openings aren't wide open catch and 308 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: shoot threes. They're contested catching shooter threes and opportunities to 309 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: drive closeouts and probably run into more help and you 310 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: need to make something. You need to make something in 311 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: that short to mid range that like high level close 312 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: out attacking that I talked about all the time on 313 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: the show. Are these are like, that's what the Michael 314 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: Porter junior position is, right, That's like what McHale Bridges 315 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: did for the Suns back in the day. It's the 316 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: idea of it's like what Ruy Hachimura does for the Lakers. 317 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: It's like you're functioning on the weak side, but against 318 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: elite defenses, your job is to take an advantage and 319 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: turn it into a bucket. And that's not usually a 320 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: wide open catch and shoot three. That's usually a contested three, 321 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: or maybe a wonderable pull up might even be like 322 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: a wonderable rip through the right where you like pound 323 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: into a spin, move over your right shoulder and hit 324 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: like a little fade away, or you manage to make 325 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: a counter move and get all the way into the 326 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: rim and drop off a pass to a big for 327 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: a dunk. Or maybe it's even attacking that close out 328 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: and making another kickout read for an even easier opportunity 329 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: for the next guy. It's like you have to break 330 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: down these elite defenses in waves. And one of the 331 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: problems is like over the years, that's what Denver's done, right, 332 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: It's been against the truly elite defenses. Michael Porter Junior 333 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: can hit a heavily contested catch and shoot three. He 334 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: can hit a nice little wonderable pull up. He can 335 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: attack close outs and make plays. Jamal Murray has been 336 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: one of the best contested shot makers in the league 337 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: over the last you know, three four years, And so 338 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: when those guys aren't capitalizing on those advantages, and again 339 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: I want to I want to give Oklahoma City credit. 340 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: They defended extremely well, but this isn't the first time 341 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: Denver seen an elite defense and had they've had success 342 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: against elite defenses in the past, and so that's really 343 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: the thing is, like when I talk about Denver and 344 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: what they're capable of in the long run, the bench 345 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: is gonna have to be better than this. Like they 346 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: had a decent shift in the like late third quarter 347 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: stretch where they were competing and they made some plays, 348 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: got out in transition a little bit, but then they 349 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: were just immediately Jalen Williams started picking them apart. I 350 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: think there's actually early fourth quarter, but Jalen Williams, like 351 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: you know, immediately started picking the part hit three. He 352 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: had a driving dunk. But like those phases, of those 353 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: phases of the game, they're gonna have to find a 354 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: way to at least not completely hemorrhage leads again, like 355 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: Denver's bench has hemorrhaged leads to a certain extent the 356 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: entirety of the ookch era. But it can't be this bad. 357 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 1: As far as the starters go, I'm not really all 358 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: that concerned because Jamal Murray has a tendency to start 359 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: season slow and come in out of shape and be 360 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: a little banged up, and then usually right around January 361 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: he kind of turns it up as a last ditch 362 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: effort to try to get into the All Star Game, 363 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: and then ramps it up in the playoffs and then 364 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 1: he kind of turns into Jamal Murray when the time comes. 365 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: Obviously he had a really rough playoff run last year, 366 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: but even last year, it's like, hits two game winners 367 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: in a Lakers series, goes on the road into Minnesota 368 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,400 Speaker 1: in games three and four, just turns into a dominant 369 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: shot maker. Again, had thirty something in Game seven before 370 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: he fell apart down the stretch, So like we know 371 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 1: that that's still in there for Jamal. Same thing goes 372 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: for Michael Porter Junior. Like I just don't think he's 373 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 1: gonna be that bad in the long run. This is 374 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: something that you know early in the season. I think 375 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: good is good to react to in the sense that, 376 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: like when teams are ahead of schedule and they're playing 377 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: a really good ball, it's worth calling out, it's worth 378 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: paying attention to. But there's also gonna be some teams 379 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 1: that just aren't necessarily clicking on all cylinders yet, whether 380 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 1: it's a guy who's injured who just came back in 381 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: the lineup and he's out of rhythm, or maybe it's 382 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: a you know, a couple of guys didn't come into 383 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,640 Speaker 1: camp in shape and they're playing their way into shape. 384 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: Some of it is age too, like just on a 385 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: real basic psychological level, Denver's gonna view the regular season 386 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: through a different lens than a team like Oklahoma City 387 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: is in terms of night to night effort, And so 388 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: I'm never gonna overreact. 389 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 2: Is that ugly? Hell? 390 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, did I ever think I had picked before the 391 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: season that Denver was my team to get out of 392 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: the West. They sure as hell don't look like it tonight. 393 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: And there's no doubt if we're twenty thirty games into 394 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 1: this and they're a five hundred team that, yeah, I'm 395 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 1: gonna have to reapproach that and maybe make a kind 396 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 1: of a tweak in my expectations for that team moving forward. 397 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: But I'm sure is hell not going to overreact to 398 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: one saying game when it comes to the bad again 399 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: the good, we want to acknowledge it. That just means 400 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: the teams ahead of schedule. It's a great sign of 401 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: urgency to start the year. I'm a big believer in 402 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 1: teams that attack the season from day one, and most 403 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: championship teams do. But in terms of teams that have 404 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: rough outings early in the season, it's not worth overreacting 405 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,959 Speaker 1: to Minnesota. Their offense looked really janky against the Lakers, 406 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: totally different matchup. Obviously, Julius Randall didn't have the size 407 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: advantages that he did against Sacramento, but all of a sudden, 408 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: that second half against Sacramento tonight, Minnesota's offense looks great, 409 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: and the give and take between Julius and Ant kind 410 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 1: of seems to come together as they're taking turns picking 411 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: apart Sacramento's perimeter defenders. Right, So, like, it's not worth 412 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: overreacting to any one single game. That said, on a 413 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 1: fundamental level, if Jamal Murray, I'm not worried about Mike 414 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 1: quarter Junior. 415 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 2: I think he's gonna be fine. 416 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 1: If Jamal Murray can't play like an All Star, like 417 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: play like the Jamal Murray at least eighty five percent 418 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: of the Jamal Murray we saw in the player run 419 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty twenty three, then yeah, this team, this 420 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: team can't win it. This team can't win the West, 421 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: This team can't win multiple playoffs series out West, because 422 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: the problem is is like teams will continue that used 423 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 1: to be The dynamic with Denver is like you leave 424 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: Yokic on an island, he kills you, you double team him, 425 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: he kills you with the pass. And they've got all 426 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: these great advantage attackers on the weak side, right, And 427 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: so that's the thing, Like, if if Jamal Murray's not 428 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:27,479 Speaker 1: going to give that to you, if he's not going 429 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: to give you the two man game element with Jokic 430 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: the shot making piece, yeah, then yeah they're not going 431 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 1: to be very good. But we can't make that sort 432 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 1: of call after one singular game. But super super dominant 433 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 1: performance from Oklahoma City certainly a discouraging first outing for Denver, 434 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: But they've got to give him some time. Like if 435 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: we're if we're twenty games into this and it looks 436 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: like this, then we can have a different conversation. But 437 00:20:48,440 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: it's not a conversation for tonight. 438 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 2: All right, Moving on two Spurs MAVs. 439 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: The second half of this game was the most fun 440 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: that I've had watching the MAVs in the entire Luca era. 441 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 1: They hung a one thirty five point two offensive rating 442 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: in the second half. 443 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 2: There's just so much. 444 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: More ball handling and overall offensive talent on this team. 445 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: And it just changes the way they look when they're 446 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: playing offense. The starters in the early third quarter, they're 447 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 1: getting Luca the ball coming out of action instead of 448 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: just walking the ball up, like having him coming out 449 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: out of the corner off of a wide pin downer 450 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: a Chicago action or Drible handoff. Right they ran Chicago 451 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:46,679 Speaker 1: action with Clay coming off of the Drible handoff with 452 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: Kyrie setting the first screen, and they got a wide 453 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: open three for Kyrie on the right wing that he 454 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,200 Speaker 1: knocked out. That is a five out concept with ball 455 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 1: in player movement that involves all of your offensive skill. 456 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: They ran a lot of double drag. They ran double 457 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: drag with Kyrie and Gafford screening for Luca while PJ. 458 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: Washington was running an off ball action for Clay in 459 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: the right corner. Luca missed a step back three on 460 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: this possession. But that's a really advanced concept. And the 461 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 1: entire paint was like vacated, and the entire left side 462 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: of the floor is vacated. Like there's there's gonna be 463 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: universes where where they can get like quick ISOs for 464 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: Kyrie on the weak side out of that or I 465 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 1: thought Clay was open in the corner to the I 466 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 1: think it was Champagne. 467 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 2: He was guarding him. 468 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: He tried to tried to go like up over the 469 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: top of the screen and Clay was actually opened for 470 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 1: a second. That that was kind of an interesting concept. 471 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: They ran a traditional like just like wide pinned down 472 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 1: for Clay to come off to the elbow. He came 473 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: off to the right elbow and he was wide open. 474 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: Got a really good look out of it. There was 475 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: a line up in the late third quarter that went 476 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: on the run, went on the run. It was a 477 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: bench group, so no Luca, no Clay either. It was Kyrie, 478 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: Jaden Hardy, Naji Marshall, Maxi Klee, but Derek Lively. That's 479 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: a lot of ball handling, Like Kyrie kin dribble, Jadon 480 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,239 Speaker 1: Hardy can dribble, Naji Marshall can dribble, and Maxi as 481 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 1: a big has a good amount of offensive skill. They 482 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: would like to have Lively at the top of the key. 483 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,400 Speaker 1: This is a five out concept. Lively at the top 484 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 1: of the key, catching the ball and looking as Nase 485 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 1: and Jaden were like screening for each other and cutting 486 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 1: off of him and all of that vacant space behind him. 487 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 1: So Lively can function as a passer and like look 488 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: to catch any defender that like botches a switch or 489 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: trails too much on a screen. Nase got an easy 490 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 1: layup out of that action. At one point just kind 491 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: of brushed off a Lively shoulder. He kind of threw 492 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: it over the top. He ended up getting an easy layup. 493 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: Nase had a transition probe where he was like dribbling 494 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: up the floor in transition made a really nice kickout 495 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: pass to Maxi Kliba in the left quarter. He knocked 496 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 1: it out, knocked it down, started the fourth quarter. Completely 497 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:54,680 Speaker 1: different group comes in, completely different layered amounts of offensive skill. Luka, 498 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: don Chis Klay Thompson, Quentin Grimes, a movement shooter right, 499 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: Maxi Kleiba with that group and Daniel Gafford at the 500 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 1: five the first bucket they got. With that, they had 501 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: the same sort of idea where they had Daniel Gafford 502 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: catch the ball up top again. This is a five 503 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 1: out concept where he's functioning as like the passing folkrum. 504 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: Gafford has the ball a top. Luca comes out of 505 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 1: the corner on the left side of the floor and 506 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: just backscreens for Quinton Grimes. When he backscreens for Quinton Grimes, 507 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: Luca's man doesn't want to help. Quinn Grimes gets a 508 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,879 Speaker 1: wide open layup out of it, just an easy layup 509 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: where Luca is a screener. Luca's not even touching the ball, 510 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,159 Speaker 1: He's just setting an off ball screen and using the 511 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: thread of his offensive ability to get Quinton Grimes a 512 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: wide open layup. The next possession, they run the exact 513 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: same thing. This time Jeremy Sochan Sohan hangs back to 514 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 1: help on Quinton Grimes coming off. Then Luca comes off 515 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: the dribble handoff, and when he comes off the dribble handoff, 516 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 1: he gets a wide open look from three. This is 517 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: that like Finland action that you've seen the clips going 518 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: around on social media with JJ Reddick and Lebron in 519 00:24:58,119 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: the Mind the Game podcast, Lakers running a bunch of 520 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: the this last night. I saw him his sins running 521 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,479 Speaker 1: it last night. It's a really common plan. It's basically 522 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: the function the functionality of like using a shooter as 523 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,879 Speaker 1: a screener before he comes off the actual action because 524 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: it helps generate separation between him and his defender as 525 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: that defender has to help on that first screen that 526 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: he sets, so they run it twice. Right, we get Gaffer, 527 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: we get Grimes back cut, layup, we get Luca coming 528 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,879 Speaker 1: off when Sohn helps and he hits the three at 529 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 1: the top of the key. The next possession they switched 530 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: to stack again. Stack, pick and roll is just the 531 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: ball screen, so it's Gafford and Luca running a ball screen, 532 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: but Klay Thompson setting a backscreen for Gafford as he's 533 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: rolling to the basket. 534 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 2: They run Stack. 535 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: Clay gets wide open at the top of the key, 536 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,159 Speaker 1: he hits a three, Luca hits a transition three. After that, 537 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: Luke hids another three out of a ball screen after 538 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: that the possession after that, they run stack again, and 539 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: I think it was Keldon Johnson and CP three wanted 540 00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: to switch. It's common thing you'll see with stack where 541 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: it's like the big man will stay on the big man, 542 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: but the guy guard the guard and the guy guarding 543 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: the shooter will switch, will just interchange as they're coming off. 544 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: But Keldon Johnson like screamed up to close out at 545 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: Luca and CP three was like slow, So Luca Klay 546 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: Thompson just didn't even bother setting a backscreen on gafferd 547 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 1: He just ran into the three point line because no 548 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,719 Speaker 1: one was guarding him, and Luca just throws him an 549 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: easy little pass on the left wing and he knocks 550 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: down yet another three. I have not seen this level 551 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: of offensive variety in the Luca era, not anything close 552 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: to it in the Luca era. And I don't think 553 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: people have any idea how scary this can get, because 554 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:34,879 Speaker 1: this was so much of a brute force offense that 555 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,239 Speaker 1: relied so much on Luca's individual greatness, and they are 556 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: putting in a schematic approach that still will amplify Luca's 557 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 1: individual greatness, but will also generate all of these easy shots. 558 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: And again that's the variety element that's so important. Again, 559 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: they ran into issues in the playoffs last year. There 560 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: was a limitation to this offense when they ran into 561 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:58,960 Speaker 1: really good defenses, really good defenders wearing Luca down. This 562 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: is why they made this change this offseason, and again 563 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: when the moves were made this summer. If you guys remember, 564 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: and again, it's pretty simple change in philosophy. Right, You're 565 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: turning defensive minded play finishers guys like Derek Jones Junior 566 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: and Josh Green into guys with real offensive polish like 567 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: movement shooters like Klay Thompson and Quinton Grimes who could 568 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 1: fly off the screens and be a threat to shoot, 569 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 1: but also can play make out of it. Guys who 570 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,199 Speaker 1: can put the ball on the floor and make plays. 571 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 1: Naji Marshall, Spencer Dinwood, you didn't really play much tonight, 572 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 1: Jaden Hardy didn't. Wasn't a change to the roster, but 573 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: who continues to improve every year. If you guys remember 574 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: at the time of the Klay Thompson deal, this is 575 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: what I said. I said, I love this move. Within 576 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: the context of a change in offensive approach, there are 577 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: diminishing returns when you use skilled offensive players strictly as 578 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:53,360 Speaker 1: play finishers. Right Like, if you ask any of you 579 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 1: guys who's a really good shooter to shoot Stan Steel 580 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 1: corner threes versus Hyrie Irving, the gap isn't gonna be 581 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: as big. 582 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 2: If you're a good shooter, if you can shoot. 583 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: Knock down just stand still corner threes, that shrinks the gap. 584 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: But as soon as I start running action, you're gonna 585 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: look like you're not an NBA player, and Kyrie's gonna 586 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 1: look like Kyrie Irving. Right In order to there's a 587 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 1: there's that's the diminishing return. The diminishing return is when 588 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 1: you don't allow these skilled offensive players to actually weaponize 589 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 1: their skill, then you you get it actually enhances the 590 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: returns you get on your talent set when you have 591 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: those guys actually functioning as part of the offense. And 592 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: that's what I said this summer. If they trade for 593 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: Clay and they just stick his ass in the corner 594 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: and they run spread, pick and roll, I don't like 595 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 1: the move because Clay's not nearly as good as defender 596 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: as Derek Jones Jr. And yeah, he's gonna hit you know, 597 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: an additional five percent maybe seven eight percent of his 598 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: corner threes. But like, it's just not it's you're not 599 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: getting the value that comes from that, right. This was 600 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 1: incredibly couraging. This was the most fun I've had watching 601 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: this team in the entirety of the Luca era. 602 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 2: That second half. 603 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: If you guys haven't watched it yet, if you haven't 604 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: had a chance to rewatch it, just go rewatch this 605 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: second half of this Dallas team and just look at 606 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: the variety, look at the offensive organization, look at how 607 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: everybody is involved. 608 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 2: It was beautiful. 609 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: I have no idea what this team is gonna look 610 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 1: like defensively, Yet I mean that Spurs performance was abominable offensively. 611 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 1: I was honestly really disappointed. Wemby looked bad. We'll talk 612 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: about it here in a minute. But like, like, well, 613 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 1: we'll see. Because Klay Thompson obviously isn't gonna be as 614 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: good as a perimeter defender as Derek Jones junior, it 615 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: would be absurd to expect him to. Derek Jones is 616 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: a professional perimeter defender. Klay Thompson in his prime was 617 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: a very good perimeter defender, but now he's kind of 618 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: on the tail end of his prime, if not even 619 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: outside of his prime, So like it'd be ridiculous to 620 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: expect that. But at the same time, if you become 621 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: an unguardable offense, it doesn't matter if you experience a 622 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: little bit of a dip on the defensive end of 623 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: the floor. It's a great debut for Clay really thrived 624 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: in the chaos. Eight of his twenty two points came 625 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: in transition, Like you only had three spot up opportunities 626 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: in the game. The majority of his opportunities came in 627 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,360 Speaker 1: the chaos. Like again, like really good defenses are not 628 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: going to just let Clay be open. They're gonna stay 629 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: glued to him, right, But in chaos, when it's like 630 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 1: live ball, turnovers, transition pushes, offensive rebounds is another big one. 631 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: Those kinds of situations are where Clay can find himself 632 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: open and the mass haven't had a guy who's like 633 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 1: straight up deadly in those situations yet, And that's what 634 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: Klay Thompson is. He makes action harder reguard when he's 635 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: involved again, like any screening action instead of it just 636 00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 1: being Luca ballscreen go interchanges, whether it's Clay backscreening for 637 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: the role man, maybe it's a ram screen where Clay 638 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: screens for the roleman before he goes up and sets 639 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: the screen. Maybe it's Clay in a double drag screening 640 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 1: for Luca before he comes off. It's those kinds of 641 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 1: interchanges where Clay is involved in the action is going 642 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: to make so much easier for Dallas. Derek Lively was awesome. 643 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: Fifteen points, eleven rebounds and six assists. This style of 644 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: offense will really show you, guys, how much more he 645 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: is capable of offensively. Six assists, guys, And if you 646 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: don't believe me, about how this is so different. He 647 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: had one game all season last year where he had 648 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 1: more than four assists, and he had six assists tonight. 649 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: I bet you we have a bunch of games this 650 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: year where Derek Lively has six plus assists because he's 651 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: going to function more as a passer while there's all 652 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: of this whirlwind action happening around him, which makes better 653 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: use of Derek Lively's skill set. If you just have 654 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: him screening and rolling to the basket, he'll only get 655 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: to use it when they blitz Luca, which they may 656 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 1: not even do that much if Klay Thompson is on 657 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: the floor right. So like these this is the kind 658 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 1: of offense that will really weaponized this skill set. I 659 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: thought Jaden already had a really nice shift in the 660 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: first half. It was just a really, really impressive first 661 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:53,400 Speaker 1: outing for the MAVs. And again, I like the this 662 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: is where the exciting potential for the MAVs is is 663 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 1: if they reach another level offensively than where they were 664 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 1: last year. Go look at the offensive numbers for Dallas 665 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Their defense kept them in some good 666 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: late game shot making from Luca and Kyrie, but the 667 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 1: offense ran into a wall against Oklahoma City, it ran 668 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 1: into a wall against Boston. This is that variety that 669 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 1: could give them more resilience in those specific situations. On 670 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: the Spurs front, I was really disappointed. Victor looked weirdly 671 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: disengaged in the first half, like he wasn't being strong 672 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 1: with the ball. Guys were just kind of taking the 673 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: ball away from him. He was settling for a lot 674 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 1: of really tough jump shots. He ended up going five 675 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 1: for eighteen from the field. I talked a lot in 676 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: preseason how I want to see them give him more 677 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: opportunities to score as a roleman as opposed to just 678 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 1: straight post ups and perimeter catches. And he got one 679 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: rollmand possession all game, and it was one where there 680 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 1: was like it was kind of poorly set up and 681 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: he rolled into a bunch of traffic. He happened to 682 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,320 Speaker 1: break open at the end of the play, but like 683 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: it just was ugly. It's kind of the yokatroll, right, 684 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: Like I talk about that, where it's like, get him 685 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: these opportunities to quit catch around ten to fifteen feet 686 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 1: and to take easy short range shots, whether that's a short 687 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: mid range jump shot, a floater, a quick catch into 688 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 1: a quick post move with an advantage against a smaller defender. 689 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: I just want to see more opportunities like that. And 690 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: then I was hoping the ball handling would be at 691 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 1: a higher level for the Spurs this year, and it 692 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: just continues to be so much bad ball handling. Seven 693 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: turnovers from Julian Champagnee and Jeremy Sohan to Jeremy Sohan dribbling. 694 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: The basketball experiment needs to end. It's driving me crazy 695 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: to watch. I think the Spurs might actually be further 696 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: away then I thought coming into this season. 697 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 2: But again, one game. Don't want to overreact. 698 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 1: We'll give them more time before we make any sweeping declarations, 699 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: but it does they didn't seem like a team that 700 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: was close to being good in tonight's game. All right, guys, 701 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: that is all I have for tonight. As always, as 702 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting the show. Here's the thing, 703 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: there's a bunch of games we missed on Wednesday night. 704 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: It's literally impossible for me to actually hit every single game, 705 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna try the best I can, and I'm 706 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 1: cycling through teams. Are teams that I'm gonna get to 707 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,400 Speaker 1: follow me on Twitter Tomorrow morning, I'm gonna wake up 708 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 1: and do some film studies, So like I plan on 709 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: watching like Charlotte Houston is a game that I want 710 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: to watch, Memphis Utah is a game I want to watch. 711 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: I want to take a closer look at Sacramento, Minnesota 712 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,320 Speaker 1: from tonight, and I'll just be uploading some clips on Twitter. 713 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: I may even just do an extra episode, but that 714 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 1: probably won't be worked up until Sunday or Monday. But 715 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 1: I will be continuing to try to get around to 716 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: as many of those teams as possible, and we'll just 717 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,520 Speaker 1: keep cycling through as we get through the season. I 718 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 1: promise we're going to get to everybody. It's just important 719 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: to me to get in detail, and I can't get 720 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 1: in detail in every game without actually killing myself. So 721 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,040 Speaker 1: we need to take it a little bit, one night 722 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,400 Speaker 1: at a time. We're three nights into this thing, but 723 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: I promise we're going to get to everybody. As always, 724 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,280 Speaker 1: I sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting me and supporting 725 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: the show. I'll see you guys on Twitter tomorrow morning. 726 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 2: The volume. What's up guys. 727 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,920 Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 728 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,520 Speaker 1: oops tonight. It would actually be really helpful for us 729 00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second and leave a 730 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you supporting us, 731 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: but if you could take a minute to do that, 732 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: I'd really appreciate it.