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Eligibility and deposit restrictions apply. 27 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 1: All right, welcome to hoops tonight here at the volume. 28 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: Have you Monday? Everybody hopeful if you guys had an 29 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: incredible weekend. We are live on AMPS, so if you're 30 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: watching on YouTube, we're listening on our podcast feeds. Don't 31 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: forget that DAMP is the very first place that you 32 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: guys can get these shows. We're moving on to number 33 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: six in our Power rankings today with the Golden State Warriors, 34 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: the full season preview for them. Then I've got three 35 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: mail back questions for the end of the show as well. 36 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: You guys do the Joe four we get started. Subscribe 37 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: to our YouTube channel, follow me on Twitter at underscore 38 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: jsonlt don't forget about our podcast feed wherever you get 39 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: podcasts under Hoops Tonight and I need more mail bag questions, 40 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: so keep dropping those in the YouTube comments so we 41 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: can keep hitting them at the end of these shows 42 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: throughout the season. All right, let's talk some basketball so 43 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: quick offseason recap on the Golden State Warriors. They lost 44 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: Patrick Baldwin, Junior ppj, Dante DiVincenzo, Jamichael Green, Andrea Godalafer 45 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: now who knows if he'll return at some point during 46 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: the season, Ty Jerome, Anthony Lamb, Jordan Poole, and Ryan Rollins. 47 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: They added Uzman Garuba is an undersized big. He was 48 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: a good rebounder off the bench for the Rockets last year. 49 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: He had a in his career, he's twelve rebounds per 50 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: thirty six minutes. He can shoot a little bit too. 51 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: He was twenty four for fifty nine on jump shots 52 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: last year. That's sixty one percent effective field goal percentage 53 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: when weighted for threes, and he converted spot up possessions 54 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: at one point one point seven points per possession. The 55 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: biggest question offensively is if you're gonna be a big 56 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: in the Golden State system, got to be able to 57 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: make reads out of the short role, so that's gonna 58 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: be a thing he's gonna have to figure out. He 59 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: only shot fifty six percent at the rim last year, 60 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: which is not good for a big man, and he'll 61 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: have to be able to make the reads, so we'll 62 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,679 Speaker 1: see in the long run. Defensively, he's best in a 63 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: switching scheme, so I think he can have some success 64 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 1: in Golden State teams. Iso Who's mant Garuba ninety one 65 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: times last year and he allowed just seventy eight points, 66 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: which is zero point eighty six points per possession, which 67 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: is really good. He's good at kind of like giving 68 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: ground and baiting guards into taking tough shots over the top, 69 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: and then he's got a really long wingspan. He's got 70 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: a seven to three wingspan, so like he can bait 71 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: guys and then get a really good late contest. So 72 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: a nice little option there in camp for them to evaluate. 73 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: Corey Joseph a backup guard, blow average shot creator, but 74 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: he's a really good spot up player. He averaged one 75 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 1: point one to five points per spot up possession last year. 76 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: Rodney McGruder an athletic guard, good point of attack defender. 77 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: I think that's kind of the angle they were going 78 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: there with him somewhat limited off the dribble, but he 79 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: did shoot well last year sixty percent effective field goal 80 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: percentage on jump shots last year with the Pisson, So 81 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: Rodney McGruder will be an interesting guy for them to 82 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: evaluate in camp as well. Dario Sarich very good stretch big, 83 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: was watching him a lot with the Thunder last year. 84 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: Fifty seven percent effective field goal percentage on catch and 85 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: shoot jump shots. He can pick and pop and short 86 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: roll really well. So he's a really natural fit in 87 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: the Warriors offense. And once again, like with most of 88 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: these guys, it's just gonna be a question of whether 89 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: or not whether or not he can hold up defensively, 90 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: and I think he's perfectly fine as a bench, big 91 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: slash forward option for the Warriors. They then we have 92 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: to look at the the guys that they drafted this year. 93 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: I'm not going to talk too long about him today 94 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: because I did full scouts on both of these guys 95 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: earlier this offseason. So if you haven't seen those yet, 96 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: scroll down through our feed down to draft day and 97 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:50,799 Speaker 1: you'll see that we did full scouts on Tray Jackson 98 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: Davis and Brandon Potzimski, but Tray Jackson Davis, I think 99 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: he's got a really good chance to crack the rotation 100 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 1: this year. Why because he's a good switch defender, good athlete, 101 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: and was a good role man last year. He was 102 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: one of the better role men in the country last year, 103 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: despite him getting absolutely swarmed like he was rolling into traffic, 104 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: because he was the best player on his team. I 105 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: actually think in this Warrior system he could be deadly 106 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: in the short role because he's gonna be catching with 107 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: room to operate. So I think he's got a chance 108 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: to play a little bit. He actually has a little 109 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: bit of a face up game as well. I'm just 110 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: not sure how much they'll use it. And Brandon Patziemski 111 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,559 Speaker 1: is a skill guard with a skill set tailor made 112 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: for the Warriors offense, a guy that I think is 113 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: going to succeed there as well. But I'm not going 114 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: to go any further because, like I said, you can 115 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: get full scouts of those guys further back on our feed. 116 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: The biggest splashy acquisition for the Warriors this summer was 117 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: flipping Jordan Pool into Chris Paul, who was still one 118 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: of the best half court shot creators in the league 119 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: last year, remember a high volume pick and roll list 120 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: at least a thousand pick and rolls. Chris Paul, out 121 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: of fifteen guys who ran at least a thousand pick 122 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: and rolls, came in at seventh, so a little bit 123 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: above average there. One point zero six points per isolation 124 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: as well, that's seventieth percentile, so well above averag there. 125 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: And in the playoffs he ran eighty nine pick and 126 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: rolls in ISOs for eighty nine points, and that's about 127 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: a point for possession. So even as bad as it 128 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: looked at times in the postseason for the Suns last year, 129 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: Chris Paul was still good for a point for possession 130 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: when you tossed him in the basketball, which is anything 131 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: over a point for possession in the playoffs has real value. 132 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: And again, he was in a lot of disrupted rhythm 133 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: situations playing alongside Kevin Durant and Devin Booker. In this situation, 134 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: I actually think he's gonna get the ball a little 135 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: bit more with the Warriors. So again I look at 136 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: it as just a more stable version of Jordan Poole. 137 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,159 Speaker 1: We won't have the highs that you got from Jordan Poole, 138 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: because Jordan Poole obviously is a more talented player at 139 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: this point in his career. But you have a much 140 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,719 Speaker 1: better chance over the course of the season of maintaining 141 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: leads with Chris Paul instead of Jordan Poole. And then 142 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk more about this later. But when you 143 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: get to the postseason, when the team start to get 144 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: in front of the Warriors motion offense, you need to 145 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: have a guy that can run, pick and roll at 146 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: in an extremely efficient and consistent level. And Jordan Poole 147 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: was just very volatile there, and so having Chris Paul 148 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: will just give you a better opportunity to thrive in 149 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: those environments. Looking at the depth chart at gart Steph Curry, 150 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: Klay Thompson, Chris Paul, Brandon Pazemski, Corey Joseph at Ford, 151 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins, Gary Payton, Jonathan Kaminga, and Moses Moody. So 152 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: obviously very thin at Ford, which we're gonna talk about 153 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: here in a minute. And then they're big men Draymond Green, 154 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: Kevan Luoni, Darusarch who can play some forward in Uzmongaruba 155 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: as well. Now I want to talk about the roster 156 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: and balances for a minute, because again, like we saw 157 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: a couple of consistent problems last year, and it's really 158 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: easy as a front office to blame something and to 159 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: overlook some of the other factors at play. It's easy 160 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: to say, Jordan Poole, Draymond Green chemistry, we didn't play 161 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: well on the road, we needed to upgrade. Now we 162 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: got Jordan Poole out of the situation, everyone's gonna love 163 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: each other again and everything's gonna be great. And I 164 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: think that that overlooks the reality of their predicament that 165 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 1: they they ran into in the Lakers series, which is 166 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: when they're able to play all their bigs, Like when 167 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: they could play Loony and Draymond, Andrew Wiggins, Clay and Steph, 168 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: that's great and that works really well, and that lineup 169 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: will definitely be fine in the regular season and they 170 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: can beat a lot of specific teams in the postseason. 171 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: But when they ran into a team with real legitimate 172 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: rim protection in this case the Los Angeles Lakers, and 173 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: they couldn't play both bigs at the same time, suddenly 174 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: they had a really hard time figuring out that fifth guy. Right, Oh, 175 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,360 Speaker 1: let's try down Ted Devincenzo Okay, we're too small. Let's 176 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: try Jamichael Green. Okay, we're too slow. Let's try Gary 177 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: Payton the second Oh, okay, he's missing his corner threes 178 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: and he's making good plays. But they just they couldn't 179 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: get enough consistent production out of that second forward spot, 180 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: or call it the fifth starter or whatever you want 181 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: to call it. But when Steph and Clay, and Andrew 182 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: Wiggins and Draymond Green were out there, or in Kevin 183 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: Looney was out there, they were just always one perimeter 184 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: players of the type of you know, consistent starter caliber 185 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: production they needed out of that specific position. And the 186 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: size issues were legitimate, Like against the Lakers. I was 187 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 1: rewatching Game six and uh the other day, and fourteen 188 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: of the fifteen fourteen of the first fifteen Laker points 189 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: in that game were straight up ISOs and post ups 190 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: of smaller defenders, and like that, that problem is not 191 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: going away. And you'd see D'Angelo Russell taking Steph to task. 192 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 1: I mean, Dangel Russell even was attacking Gary Payton and 193 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 1: drawing fouls. Lebron James just bullying Andrew Wiggins, and like that, 194 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins on Lebron, you kind of have to live with, right, 195 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: Draymond on Anthony Davis, Like Anthony Davis had a driving 196 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: foul on Draymond that you're gonna have to live with 197 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: to a certain extent. But you've got to limit some 198 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: of the other parts in the roster where you're giving 199 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: up size as well. Again, like it's a down the 200 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: roster thing, you know, Like, and it's not just the Lakers. 201 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: You're gonna run into that problem with a team like 202 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: the Nuggets as well. Right. The interesting thing with the 203 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: way the league has changed is you have different types 204 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: of teams that you have to go through now, Like 205 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: I think there are you know I said this before, 206 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: Like there's six teams at the top of the league 207 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,839 Speaker 1: in my opinion, the Warriors, Lakers, Suns, Celtics, Bucks, and Nuggets, right, 208 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: in no particular order. And in that specific situation, you've 209 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: got let's just take the Warriors out for a second. 210 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: Let's look at these other five. You have five completely 211 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: different types of teams. Like I've got the Lakers and Nuggets, 212 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: which are just pulverize you inside type of massive front lines, right, 213 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: and then I've got teams like the Celtics and the 214 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:45,679 Speaker 1: Suns that are like stretch you out with multiple perimeter threats, right. 215 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: And then the Bucks are kind of a little bit 216 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: of both now with Damon with Giannis, right, but they're 217 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: all very different, and so you do need to have 218 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 1: the ability to play multiple ways. And right now, like 219 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 1: there's just a lot hanging on the young guys particular, 220 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: there's a lot hanging on can Moses Moody or Jonathan 221 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 1: Kaminga become a rotational level option on the perimeter, because 222 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: I know they can go with the two big lineup 223 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: against a team like Denver or a team like Milwaukee, 224 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: but I don't think they can do it against and 225 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: Milwaukee might even be a stretch with their rim protection. 226 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: So like they might be able to do it against 227 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: like Boston and Denver, but they might not be able 228 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: to do it against teams like Milwaukee and Los Angeles. Right, So, 229 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: like you've got to have both punches. Now, You've got 230 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: to be able to play Draymond or Cavan Luoni at 231 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: the five and have four legitimate starter caliber perimeter players, 232 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: and then you need to be able to play the 233 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: big lineup against different types of matchups. Right, the question 234 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: is can you play Chris Paul in those lineups. I 235 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: don't know. Can you run Chris Paul, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, 236 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins and Draymond Green. Maybe we don't know, but 237 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: chances are our NBA history tells us you're really small there. 238 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,559 Speaker 1: You're undersized in your back court with two small guards, 239 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: and then you're asking Draymond Green to hold down the 240 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 1: center position, right, which again he's been capable of doing 241 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 1: that his whole career. But that's easier to do when 242 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: it's you know, that's easier to do when it's you know, 243 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant Andre Gudala next to him. Is my point. 244 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: You put a lot of pressure on the rest of 245 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: your lineup when you're small elsewhere, right, And so again 246 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: that's going to be the big balancing act for this 247 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 1: particular season from the standpoint of roster and balance. Do 248 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: you trust Moses Moody and Jonathan Kaminga to become that 249 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: reliable fifth guy in your smaller lineups? I don't know. 250 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 1: And like, here's what NBA history tells us. Young players 251 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: typically don't play well consistently in the playoffs. You shruck 252 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: Gold by getting what you got out of Jordan Pool 253 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: in the championship run. What happened to him in last 254 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: year's playoffs is way more consistent with what happens with 255 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: young scoring guards in the NBA playoffs. I'm not trying 256 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 1: to discount it. Luck Jordan Poole played great, but it 257 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: was highly unusual, and what happened last year is much 258 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: more consistent with what you'd expect now. Moses Moody just 259 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 1: turned twenty one years old. Jonathan Kaminga turns twenty one 260 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: in December. I think, so that's really young. Like, just 261 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,320 Speaker 1: look at the NBA Finals this year, there was one 262 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: rotation player, like significant rotation player for both teams who 263 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: was below the age of twenty five like that played 264 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,199 Speaker 1: at least one hundred minutes in the series. Is Michael 265 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: Porter Junior. Who is the one guy who didn't play 266 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: well for the Nuggets in that series. It was Michael 267 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: Porter Junior. Like the time and time again throughout NBA history, 268 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: when you're counting on super young players to succeed in 269 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: the late rounds of the NBA Playoffs, they typically don't 270 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: and so again you maybe it works out. Moses Moody 271 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: had some moments. We'll talk about it in a little bit, 272 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: but He shot the shit out the basketball this year 273 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, and he had some moments where he 274 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: was impactful defensively, but he also struggled with foul trouble 275 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: and was a little inconsistent with his decision making. Right, 276 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: Jonathan Kamingo was useless in this year's playoff run, So like, 277 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: maybe that works out, but I think they need to 278 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:18,959 Speaker 1: be prepared for the possibility that they might have to 279 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: upgrade their firepower with a reliable forward, preferably one that 280 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: can slot either between Wiggins and Clay or between Wiggins 281 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: and Draymond, So one with a little bit of size 282 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: and athleticism, kind of like what Otto Porter Junior was 283 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: in the championship team year, right, Like, don't underestimate how 284 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: important guys like Namanya b Elitza and Auto Porter were. 285 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: Maybe Dario Sartz brings that Namanya b Alitza type of punch, 286 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: But who's gonna bring the Auto Porter like legit spacing 287 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: threat that can play his role on the defensive end 288 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: and not hurts you in those lineups. Who's gonna be 289 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: that guy? You know? And you have to accept the 290 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: reality of your urgency as well, because like Steph Curry 291 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: is a transcendently great star. And NBA history tells us 292 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: you don't win unless you have a transcendently great star. 293 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: Last year Jokics, the year before Steph, the year before Johannis, 294 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: the year before Lebron, the year before Kawhi, the year 295 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: before Katie and Steph, Katie and Steph, Lebron, Steph. You 296 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: get the point. You don't win championships unless you have 297 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: a transcendently great star. Steph is a transcendently great star. 298 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: He might only have two or three years left playing 299 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: at that superstar level. There is urgency here. Jonathan Kamingo, 300 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: by the time Steph declines won't even be twenty five 301 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: yet he may not be a like a legit reliable 302 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: two way playoff player for a half decade. And so 303 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: like I do think that, and again, like I know 304 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: it sucks. It's like season preview, let's pitch trades, and 305 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: I think they should try to start the season. I 306 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: think it's a deadline type of deal, like give Moody 307 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: and Kaminga a ton of reps and see if by 308 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: February they can figure it out. But you might have 309 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: to consider pitching in some of these assets to try 310 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: to give yourself a real veteran presence at the forward 311 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: position that gives you a chance to hang. Because let's 312 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: be one hundred percent clear, the Warriors are in that 313 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 1: same tier in my opinion. But who's gonna be favored 314 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: in a Warriors Lakers series that starts tomorrow? Sorry, guys, 315 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: it's the Lakers. Who's gonna be favored in a Warrior 316 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: Sun series tomorrow? Probably the Suns. Who's gonna be favored 317 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: in a Warrior's Nuggets series tomorrow? Probably the Nuggets. Who's 318 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: gonna be favored in a Warrior Celtics in a Warriors 319 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: Bucks series, It's gonna be the Celtics or the Bucks. 320 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 1: So like, you're in that tier, but you're clearly at 321 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: the bottom of the tier. And the saving grace that 322 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: even makes you consider them in that tier is Steph Curry, 323 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: and you need to give him the firepower that he 324 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: needs to compete with these groups, especially when all of 325 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: them massively upgrade it, like Chris Paul is a very 326 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: high risk, high reward type of move. Like, there's a 327 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: version of this that works extremely well, and we're gonna 328 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: break it down. We're gonna get into all the basketball 329 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 1: here in just a minute. I'm talking a big picture 330 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: right now, but like, there's a version of this that 331 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: works really well. But there's also a version of this 332 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: where he's really old and he gets hurt. There's a 333 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: version of this where he declines too much defensively. There's 334 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: a version of this where it's a bad fit. The 335 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: Warriors run by far the most off screen action of 336 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: any team in the NBA. Chris Paul ran two off 337 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: screen plays last year. So like, there's a lot of 338 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: volatility in this particular type of move So again, like 339 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,240 Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see what kind of player they 340 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 1: go after. But these kinds of Fords do become available. 341 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: We saw last year Ruie Hatchamur and Jared Vanderbilt and 342 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,119 Speaker 1: the Kers struck Golden got him both. The year before 343 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: that it was Ben Simmons and Tory Craig and Trey Lyles. 344 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: The year before that it was Aaron Gordon. There's gonna 345 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: be some player that comes available, and they need to 346 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: keep themselves in the mix and ready to pounce on 347 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: that sort of thing if it arises as and again, 348 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: depending on Moody and Kaminga's development, it wouldn't be completely 349 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: unprecedented for a young player to succeed. It just is unlikely, 350 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: but it's not completely unprecedented, and it can happen. And 351 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: like I said, Moody, Moody feels the closest to me. 352 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: Kaminga obviously has a higher ceiling, but Moody feels the 353 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: closest to me. And we'll see what happens in the 354 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 1: long run. A couple of guys to keep an eye 355 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: on Ojannanobi, although at this point I'm half convinced the 356 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: Raptors will never trade him. Jeremy Grant now he would 357 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: need to buy into a role and right now he's 358 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:36,360 Speaker 1: only interested in scoring, and that's to his own detriment. 359 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: But if they could do it with Andrew Wiggins and 360 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,679 Speaker 1: converting him into a committed role player, I don't think 361 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: they couldn't do it with Jeremy Grant, and I think 362 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: he'd be relatively inexpensive, So that's an option there. A 363 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: weird name that I thought about was Carl Town's not 364 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 1: exactly the type of Ford that I'm talking about, but 365 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: from a talent perspective, he could be really inexpensive compared 366 00:18:55,640 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: to other stars. And like Kat's offensive versatility with Raymond's 367 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: defensive versatility might allow them both to play together often. So, like, 368 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: that's a name I'd keep an eye on if the 369 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: if the Minnesota Timberwolves decide to make a move, and 370 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 1: then like obviously for the Timberwolves getting one of those 371 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: young forwards as an option to put between Jayden McDaniels 372 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 1: and Rudy Gobert in the long term, that's an interesting idea, right, 373 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: Dorian Phinney Smith is a guy keep an eye on. Now, 374 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: obviously the Nets are trying to do this whole We're 375 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: gonna do five wings and switch everything and cause all 376 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: sorts of problems, But they're kind of loaded in that 377 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: middle round range, right, like, because you've got Spencer Dinwiddie 378 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:39,920 Speaker 1: at point guard, and you've got Nick Klaxton who's your center. 379 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: But in the middle there you've got Cam Johnson, McHale, Bridges, 380 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, and Dorian Finney Smith. Someone's gonna be the 381 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: odd man out there. And I think, because I think 382 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: Dorian Finny Smith is a player that maybe if the 383 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: Nets just suck to start the year and they start 384 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,199 Speaker 1: you know, fifteen and thirty or you know, fifteen and 385 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: twenty five, maybe you can jump in there and grab 386 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: Dorian Finney Smith for one of those forwards, right, and 387 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 1: then there are less expensive options out there that might 388 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: not even cost you Moody and kaminga like, what if 389 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: CP three gets hurt and you call the Hornets and 390 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: you ask for Gordon Hayward, right, Or what if you 391 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: call the Pistons and ask for boy and macdonovitch. Rightly, 392 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: there are some options that they could go to there 393 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 1: that are really inexpensive as well, that wouldn't be as risky. 394 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: But I just think I think it's something they're gonna 395 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: have to keep an eye on, because again, we know 396 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,719 Speaker 1: how good the Warriors core lineup is, and if they 397 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: start Looney and Draymond and they keep Chris Paul coming 398 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 1: off the bench, and that lineup kicks everyone's ass, it's 399 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: gonna be easy to lull yourself into sleep and thinking 400 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: like we're good. But like, we know that lineup literally 401 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: can't play against the Lakers, and probably can't play against 402 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: the Bucks, and might not be able to play against 403 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: some other teams. So like, it's just something to keep 404 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: an eye on over the course of the season. All right, 405 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: let's move over to the offensive end of the floor 406 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 1: for a little bit, so obviously we know everything we 407 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,199 Speaker 1: need to know about Golden State's offense. I've covered this 408 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: team very closely over the last couple of years. You 409 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: Warriors fans know this already from your time being fans 410 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 1: of the team. I saw it the other day, since 411 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: Damian Lillard and Draymond Green got drafted the same year 412 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: in twenty twelve. Now Draymond, Clay and Steph are the 413 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: three longest tenured players in the league with the same team, 414 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: so like they've been doing this forever for lack of 415 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: for lack of a better term, right, they're the most 416 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 1: organized offense in the league. They run more sets and 417 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: actions than any team in the league. They run less 418 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: pick and roll than they were literally thirtieth and pick 419 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: and roll frequency this year. We know their structure. Most 420 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 1: of their sets are five out right and usually involved 421 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: an off ball screen flowing into a dribble handoff, flowing 422 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: into occasionally a pick and roll. It's a lot of 423 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 1: structured two man game, meaning like they don't just dribble 424 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: the ball up the floor and call for a ball screen. 425 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: They run something to flow into some sort of ball screen, 426 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: whether it's a handoff, a ball screen, or off ball screen, right, Like, 427 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,159 Speaker 1: that's the way the Warriors were on their offense. I'm 428 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: not going to go too far into it. The Warriors 429 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: attempted nine hundred and forty seven shots in off ball 430 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: screens last year, which was three hundred and eighteen more 431 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,160 Speaker 1: than any team in the league, in almost eight hundred 432 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: more than the Philadelphia seventy six ers, to give you 433 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 1: an idea of how it stacks up to a classic heliocentric, 434 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: you know, brute force offensive team. Right. So what I 435 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: want to do offensively today is just primarily focus on 436 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: the CP three fit, because that's going to be the 437 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 1: one that's most different from what we see in previous 438 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: Warriors seasons, and most of the rest of the roster 439 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: is pretty consistent with what you had last year on 440 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 1: the offensive end. So let's talk about CB three. First 441 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: of all, let's do it from two perspectives. What he's 442 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,439 Speaker 1: going to be able to do within the existing Golden 443 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: State system, and what the Warriors might be able to 444 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:50,680 Speaker 1: do to bring out what Chris Paul's best at, which 445 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: is more slow down, methodical, heliocentric basketball. Right. So, I 446 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: have heard through the grape vine that CB three has 447 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 1: gone to great lengths in this offense season to embrace 448 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: this Warriors system. He's committed to trying to make this work. 449 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: He is a competitor, He is a winner. He may 450 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: not have won a championship, but he is a winner, 451 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: and most of the time has been his body that's 452 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: let him down in recent years. Right like, he's doing 453 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: his part to try to figure out how to play 454 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: with the Warriors. And I think that's great because I 455 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: do think even though he hasn't done those things in 456 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 1: the past, excuse me, I think he has all the 457 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: necessary skills to be able to do so. So, for instance, 458 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: we talked about it. Chris Paul last year logged three 459 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: total off screen possessions, and one of them I don't 460 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: even think counts. We'll go through him real quick. He 461 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: scored on all three of them, by the way. Against 462 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City in February, he came off of a double 463 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: wide pin down at a left corner, so two guys 464 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: went to set a screen. Chris Paul came off, lou 465 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: Dort was guarding him, tried to cheat the screen and 466 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 1: meet him on the other side. Chris Paul came off clean, 467 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 1: caught right around the wing, extended right around the slot 468 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: and took one dribble into the elbow and knock down 469 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: an easy, like little eighteen foot jump shot. And then secondly, 470 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: it was a little bit earlier in February the same year, 471 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 1: a baseline out of bounds play against the Hawks, and 472 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: he kind of started up at the top of the 473 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: key and he came off of a screen towards the 474 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 1: baseline and rose up off the catch and knocked down 475 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 1: a shot. And then the third one was out of 476 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: a horn set where he had Aaron Gordon on him 477 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 1: and Aaron Gordon was over pressuring him. It was in 478 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: the Christmas Day game and Chris Paul just did a 479 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 1: rip through amove and was able to get to the 480 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: vuel line. But that doesn't really count. That's not really 481 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: an off screen play. So twice all year did Steph 482 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 1: or excuse me, did Chris Paul run a play coming 483 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: off of a screen? And he's going to have to 484 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,400 Speaker 1: do that a lot more with the Warriors. But let's 485 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: simplify it from a skill standpoint, what does it take 486 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: to do that. You need to be able to rise 487 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: and fire, which Chris Paul has the ability to do, 488 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 1: and then you need to be able to read a 489 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 1: lock and trail and know that you're going downhill. And 490 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: when you go downhill, you need to be able to 491 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: make reads because Golden State's gonna invert. They're spacing and there's 492 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of space going down towards the rim, 493 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: and there's gonna have to be somebody that steps over 494 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: to help, and you have to be able to make reads. 495 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: Chris Paul's gonna be able to do that. There's no 496 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: reason why he shouldn't be able to do that. So like, 497 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,439 Speaker 1: even though he hasn't done it in the past, I 498 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: do think he's going to be able to step in 499 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: and run a lot of Golden State's organic motion offense. 500 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: The biggest question is is gonna be how quickly will 501 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: he pick it up. I think there will be some 502 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: growing pains. I think there will be some times early 503 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,719 Speaker 1: in the season where it doesn't flows easy. And like, 504 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: here's the thing, Like Chris Paul's a little bit of 505 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 1: a ball stopper, Like he's not a person who plays 506 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 1: with tempo in the half court. He likes to take 507 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: his time to interpret the defense. And Stephan Klay just 508 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: couldn't be any further from that, Like Stephen Klayer are 509 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: guys that like when one of their role players catches 510 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: and holds the ball for more than a second, they 511 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: get pissed off about it. Right, So there's gonna be 512 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: some growing pains early on. But I do think Chris 513 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: is a smart player, and I think he's gonna figure 514 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: it out pretty quickly. The biggest question to me is 515 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: how much will the Warriors allow Chris to play his style? Now? 516 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,239 Speaker 1: I think you're primarily going to see this in two 517 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: environments steph off the floor and later playoff rounds against 518 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: teams that force him to run more pick and roll, 519 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: I e. The Lakers, Right, But like, this is the 520 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 1: classic Chris Paul offense. This is the shooter in the 521 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: left corner, shooter in the right corner, ball screener, and 522 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 1: shooter in the right wing. Right. That's and just all 523 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: the space in the world operate basically everything that Chris 524 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: Paul has been doing for years with the Suns. Now, 525 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 1: similarly to what they did with the Suns, they ran 526 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: a ton of Spain pick and roll right with Devin Booker. 527 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: So as Ayton's rolling, you have Booker ever setting either 528 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,879 Speaker 1: setting a backscreen for aighten or Ayton's down screening for 529 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: Booker as he's flashing a high It's like a three 530 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: man game basically, right, and you know, the Warriors do 531 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 1: a lot of that with Klay Thompson. Is like a 532 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: flare screen. So like they'll have you know, Steph start 533 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: on the left wing and Looney will come up and 534 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: set a ball screen and as Steph comes off, like 535 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 1: Clay will run from the left wing over the top 536 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: of that that screen back the opposite way, which kind 537 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: of functions as a Spain pick and roll, but gives 538 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: Klay Thompson the entire left side of the floor to operate. 539 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: It's one of their five outsets that they run a lot. 540 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 1: That's something Chris Paul can run, right, So like they 541 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,400 Speaker 1: can add some of the Warrior complications and flair to it. 542 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: But I would I do think it's smart to slow 543 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: down a little bit with Chris Paul and let him 544 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: run his style a little bit. He's just that's just 545 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:24,159 Speaker 1: what he's been doing his whole career, and I think 546 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,440 Speaker 1: it'll help in two ways. Like one, it'll help you 547 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: maintain leads in the regular season better by allowing Chris 548 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: to play his style when Steph's off the floor. But two, 549 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: when we get into the postseason, it's just one of 550 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: those things where we saw what happened. Jordan Poole crumbled, 551 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: Klay Thompson struggled, and Steph had to do everything and 552 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: his efficiency tanked. It was his worst least efficient series 553 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: since the twenty nineteen Rocket Series. Right, So, like we 554 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: saw what can happen when Steph has to do everything 555 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: offensively when he doesn't get the punch that he got 556 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: out of Jordan Pool and Klay Thompson last year. Right, 557 00:27:55,720 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: So Chris Paul could be that fix. Now Chris Paul 558 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,360 Speaker 1: takes a third of those pick and roll touches. Now 559 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,199 Speaker 1: Steph Curry doesn't have to deal with the fatigue as 560 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: much and the repetition as much. Chris brings a different 561 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: punch to the situation. Obviously, now you're weaponizing Steph as 562 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: an off ball player in those pick and roll situations. 563 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,959 Speaker 1: He can be the guy that's taking that Klay Thompson 564 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: kind of like the Spain flair whatever, I don't I 565 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:19,919 Speaker 1: don't know what the Warriors call it, but that that 566 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 1: specific action I just broke down. So like in that's 567 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: in that situation, Chris like legitimately raises your playoff ceiling 568 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: and and and that that to me is like the 569 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,919 Speaker 1: upside of this move. I don't view it at because 570 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 1: Jordan Poole's volatility is not as damaging in the regular 571 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: season as it is in the playoffs. I do think 572 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: Chris will do a good job maintaining leads, But Jordan 573 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: Poole won you some games last year, like straight up 574 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: one ye some games, and Chris Paul may not have 575 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: that type of upside, But I do think in the 576 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: playoffs or where you're gonna see the real upside there. Uh. 577 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: The other thing I'd like to see is I'd like 578 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 1: to see a lot of Jonathan Kaminga setting ball screens 579 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: for Chris Paul. He's a more natural vertic spacer, and 580 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: that's something that Chris Paul's always thrived with, is a 581 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: good vertical spacer. He didn't get a ton of short 582 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: role reps last year. I think he only had like 583 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: fifteen made baskets all year out of the short role. 584 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 1: But I think that's something that he can do more frequently, 585 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: and I think Chris Paul is a good partner for 586 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: him there. My biggest concern for CP three is his 587 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 1: defensive capabilities at this point in his career. I kind 588 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 1: of got this feeling while watching him throughout the season 589 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: last year, but I kind of got it again when 590 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: I started watching the film this morning. I watched a 591 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 1: bunch of Chris Paul guarding and pick and roll, and 592 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: it was kind of like what I remembered from the season. 593 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: It was a mixed bag. Occasionally you'd see the old 594 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 1: Chris where he'd be super physical at the point of attack, 595 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: and he navigated screen super well, and he's really good 596 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: at like bothering the shooting pocket. It's what all good 597 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,239 Speaker 1: little guy defenders are good at this, which is like, 598 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: I'm not going to contest you up high as you're 599 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: trying to gather the ball. I'm going to try to 600 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: disrupt that flow somehow, just with a swipe, even if 601 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: it just makes you move the ball a little bit 602 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: or just slightly lose control. We talk about any energy 603 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: for all the time, like going from your feet up 604 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: through the shot. When you disrupt that energy transfer at all, 605 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: it throws off the muscle memory. And so it's a 606 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: great way to be impactful defensively below the ground, like 607 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: below the rim right and Chris Paul has moments still 608 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,040 Speaker 1: where he can do that and do that well, but 609 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: then also there are other plays where he's like, he 610 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: took more defensive possessions off last year than I'm accustomed 611 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: to seeing. He doesn't have the same quickness that he 612 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: used to have, So like, I'm curious to see how 613 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 1: Chris Paul fits in defensively. But at the same time, 614 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: Golden State has a better defensive culture than really any 615 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: team Chris has ever played for, so it is possible 616 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: that he has a throwback season on that end, and 617 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: quite frankly, the Warriors are gonna need it. To the 618 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 1: defensive end of the four. The Warriors basically had two 619 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 1: defenses last year, their home defense and their road defense. 620 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 1: They were great at home third and defensive rating ninth 621 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: and rebounding tenth and protecting the paint ninth and guarding 622 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: the three point line, but they were awful on the 623 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 1: road twenty eighth and defensive rating. So they went from 624 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: third best at home to third worst on the road 625 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: for the record twenty third in rebounding six then protecting 626 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: the paint, but twenty eighth them protecting the three point line. Now, 627 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: how do we interpret that if you're great defensively at home, 628 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: great rebounding, great protecting the paint, great protecting the three 629 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,959 Speaker 1: point line. But then you go on the road and 630 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: your paint defense stays the same, but you're giving up 631 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 1: a lot more threes, you're giving up a lot more 632 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: offensive rebounds, and in general giving up a lot more points. 633 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,720 Speaker 1: What does that tell me? That tells me it's a 634 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: perimeter defense and rotation issue. So if you're gonna be 635 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: protecting the paint still as well as you usually do, 636 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: but you're giving up a lot of threes and a 637 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 1: lot of offensive rebounds, that tells me you're in rotation 638 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: a lot. And to be in rotation you have to 639 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 1: give up dribble penetration. So as a team, their perimeter 640 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,160 Speaker 1: defense was not as good when they went on the road. 641 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,160 Speaker 1: They gave up a lot more dribble penetration, which forced 642 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 1: a lot more hard help, which forced a lot more 643 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: defensive rotation situations where you're giving up threes and guys 644 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: aren't matched up so you can't box out, which gives 645 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 1: up a lot of offensive rebounds. Drible pen talk about 646 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: this all the time on the show, but perimeter defense 647 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: is becoming one of the most important elements of defense 648 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: in the NBA. If you don't contain on the perimeter, 649 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 1: there is a domino effect that destroys your defense. And 650 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: so in this particular situation, like they just didn't defend 651 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: on the road on the perimeter well enough. I don't 652 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: think it was Looney and Draymond. I think it was 653 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,479 Speaker 1: the perimeter players. That's you know, obviously, there's a lot 654 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: of different elements at play there, right, Like, because you 655 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: have to ask yourself how much of it is personnel 656 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: related and how much of it was the chemistry issues 657 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: that played the team last year, Because clearly at home, 658 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: you did those things, and you did them well and 659 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: you want a shit ton of games, but it didn't 660 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: work on the road. And like, as is always the case, 661 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit of both. Like the 662 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 1: team clearly didn't play as hard as they did at 663 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 1: on the road as they did at home, right, And 664 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: that might have something to do with chemistry, And maybe 665 00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: Jordan Poole getting out of the situation helps you there. Obviously, 666 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins going a wall during a significant chunk of 667 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: the season hurts you. But I think it's on everybody. 668 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: I think it's on Stephan Clay a little bit. Like 669 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: remember they they lost a game in Charlotte last year 670 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: because Steph was like just not sliding his feet in 671 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: front of Dennis Smith Junior. Right, Like, they all have 672 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 1: to do better. It's not all Jordan Poole's fault, Like 673 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 1: from the top down. They need to have a better 674 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: commitment to the work when they're on the road. But 675 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:23,920 Speaker 1: I do think bringing in a starting caliber perimeter player 676 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: a lah what Auto Porter Junior was on the championship team, 677 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,479 Speaker 1: a guy that allows you to play small but well. 678 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,479 Speaker 1: And that's more of a that's more of a playoff thing, 679 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: the playing small things more in the playoffs thing. In 680 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 1: the regular season, it's just depth. But having a starting 681 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: caliber forward somewhere in there that fits your timeline more 682 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: could go a long way to helping with those specific issues. 683 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: Now here's my prediction. Where I have the Warriors in 684 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: this ranking at sixth is pretty much where I see 685 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:57,760 Speaker 1: them finishing this year. Like if they stand Pat and 686 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 1: Moses Moody and Jonathan Minga do it most one year 687 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 1: old basketball players do, which is get like a little 688 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 1: bit better and not quite ready to play in the playoffs, 689 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: I think they have a puncher's chance to beat any 690 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 1: of those five, like I gave I went over the 691 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: odds earlier, but like, yeah, the Lakers would be favored 692 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: over the Warriors, but obviously the Warriors can beat the Lakers. 693 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I like Game four could have gone either 694 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: way with the the Lannie Walker stuff, right, and then 695 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,359 Speaker 1: even D'angela Russell hit a big shot at the end 696 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: of Game one, right, But like at the end of 697 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 1: the day when push games to shove in Game six, 698 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 1: you got your ass kicked, And so like, the Lakers 699 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,799 Speaker 1: deserve to be favored, but you know, the Warriors are 700 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 1: certainly capable of winning that series. And I'd say the 701 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:39,799 Speaker 1: same thing about all of them, Like this, if they 702 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: played the Suns, Like there's a version of that where 703 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,879 Speaker 1: they you know, Andrew Wiggins defends Kevin Durant super well, 704 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 1: and Klay Thompson is a throwback series against Devin Booker 705 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 1: and Steph just outplays everybody and you win, Like you 706 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: can beat everybody, but the odds are stacked against you. 707 00:34:55,719 --> 00:35:00,359 Speaker 1: You are a legitimate, like considerable underdog against all five 708 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,319 Speaker 1: of those teams. So if they say in pat and 709 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: they don't get a significant leap out of one of 710 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: the young guys. I think they'll lose, probably in the 711 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 1: second round, but I think they're just one piece away 712 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: from vaulting into that next tier. And I'll give you 713 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 1: an example, if they just got og And Andobi. If 714 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 1: they got og And Andobi, I think that would overnight 715 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 1: put them on equal footing with the teams above them 716 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 1: on this list. Overnight, they'd have as good a chance 717 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:30,280 Speaker 1: to win as the Bucks, as the Celtics, as the Nuggets, 718 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,359 Speaker 1: as the Lakers, as the Suns. They'd be like og 719 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 1: And Andobi just gives you infinitely more defensive flexibility. It 720 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,919 Speaker 1: gives you the ability to thrive on the road more. 721 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,879 Speaker 1: It gives you, like the ability to hang with small 722 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: ball teams and big teams. It changes everything for you. 723 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 1: And so that's an example of the type of move 724 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 1: that vaults you from being a definitive sixth to one 725 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 1: of six And I think I think that's the kind 726 00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,719 Speaker 1: of move that we gotta be on the lookout for 727 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:04,879 Speaker 1: if you're the Warriors now again. Jonathan Kamina thirteen minutes 728 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,400 Speaker 1: a game last year in the playoffs, made fourteen of 729 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,960 Speaker 1: his twenty seven jump shots, shot nine to fifteen at 730 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,440 Speaker 1: the rim converted spot at possessions at one point six 731 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: to three points per possession, but he foult too much. 732 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 1: He committed four fouls for thirty six minutes in his 733 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: playoff run. Obviously there's some issues there that he's got 734 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:22,799 Speaker 1: to work out. Maybe it all works, but I don't 735 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: think you can. I think it's too big of a 736 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:28,200 Speaker 1: risk with the timeline that Stepf's on in his career 737 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 1: to not make a bigger investment in this particular group. 738 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 1: And I do think Mike Dunlevy is more aggressive in 739 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,479 Speaker 1: his approach, and I think it's possible that he does. 740 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 1: All right, let's hit these mailback questions real quick, and 741 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,640 Speaker 1: before we go to our three mailback questions, I wanted 742 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 1: to respond. There was a comment in yesterday's video being 743 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: like said something along the lines of like, hey, like 744 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,719 Speaker 1: you said Damian Lillard is so much better in pick 745 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:52,319 Speaker 1: and roll than Drew, and then you told us about 746 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,440 Speaker 1: how great Drew is and pick and roll, Like what, like, 747 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:58,840 Speaker 1: just what's the deal? I'll clarify this. I thought I 748 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 1: thought it was pretty obvious, but I'll clarify it. Like 749 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,399 Speaker 1: Drewaliday had a productive season in pick and roll last year, 750 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:06,359 Speaker 1: Like I think we I think we pointed it out 751 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 1: like fourth best among players ran at least seven hundred 752 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: and fifty. I'm not trying to undercut that Drew's a 753 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,440 Speaker 1: good pick and roll player and he can be very productive, 754 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 1: and he had great chemistry with Brook Lopez. But look 755 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,799 Speaker 1: at the way he's guarded, Like you're running basically a 756 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:27,840 Speaker 1: soft drop against Drew Holliday and you're not panic chasing 757 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 1: him and putting two on the ball. Like we can 758 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 1: acknowledge that Drew is a good pick and roll player 759 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,439 Speaker 1: who against vanilla coverages last year put up a good 760 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:41,360 Speaker 1: points per possession number, while also acknowledging that Damian Lillard 761 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,319 Speaker 1: is way better than him on the offensive end, Like 762 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,920 Speaker 1: it's it's just a fact, Like Dame's gonna put up 763 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 1: the same level of efficiency in pick and roll against 764 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:54,160 Speaker 1: hyper aggressive coverages that are blitzing him and showing like 765 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: crazy and like like literally in a Yanna's Dame pick 766 00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 1: and roll, you probably still are going to just concede 767 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,560 Speaker 1: roleman possessions, to be honest, like that, that's how insanely 768 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 1: deadly that pairing can be. So like, again, Drew's a 769 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,959 Speaker 1: good basketball player. There's just levels to this. There's there's 770 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: levels to this, like like Drew's really damn good. Dame 771 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: is clearly way better than him, and I thought that 772 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 1: was clear in the in the in the videos. But 773 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 1: in case you didn't understand that, I wanted to kind 774 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:25,120 Speaker 1: of clarify that really quick. First, male, bad question, love 775 00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:29,640 Speaker 1: this question. With parody increasing in the league and the 776 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,880 Speaker 1: amount of talent at an insane level right now, do 777 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: you think luck will become a major factor more a 778 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 1: more major factor than before And if so, do you 779 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,000 Speaker 1: think it will be bad for the league. First of all, 780 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,600 Speaker 1: I never think parody is bad for the league. I 781 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:45,920 Speaker 1: see a lot of talk like this. I saw a 782 00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 1: lot of talk like this from Warriors fans when the 783 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: when KD was there. Oh, we need a big, bad 784 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,760 Speaker 1: guy villain. Like, no, you don't like bad guy villains 785 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 1: are good for the league as well, Like you want, 786 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,440 Speaker 1: you want to have teams that you hate, but parody 787 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,440 Speaker 1: is always best. Look at the NFL. The NFL literally 788 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:06,920 Speaker 1: has become monumentally more popular in the United States because 789 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:10,279 Speaker 1: of parody in a lot of ways. Like you watch 790 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,719 Speaker 1: any Sunday and any team can beat any team, and 791 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 1: that that's the any teams capable of winning the Super Bowl. 792 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,560 Speaker 1: That's the advantage with the NFL, right, And like with 793 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 1: the NBA, I think they're in a better place than 794 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 1: they've been in a long time with parody, which is great, 795 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,000 Speaker 1: but I don't think it's bad for the league. I 796 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,360 Speaker 1: think I think you can have but I think you 797 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:27,759 Speaker 1: do have both. I think there are villains. I think 798 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,680 Speaker 1: the Lakers are villains. I think the Warriors are villains. 799 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,239 Speaker 1: Like the teams that have won multiple championships in the year. 800 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:35,560 Speaker 1: Over the years, they're villains. But you also have parody, 801 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:39,720 Speaker 1: which is great. Now is it luck a little bit? Injury? 802 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 1: Luck will play a role. Injury luck always plays a role, 803 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: but there's a lot of stuff that's not luck. Continuity 804 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,120 Speaker 1: is gonna matter more than ever before. We talked about 805 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,759 Speaker 1: that after the Nuggets won. Natural basketball fit will matter 806 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: a lot, Like we have a lot of teams that 807 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:55,400 Speaker 1: like look at the Suns. We're gonna find out a 808 00:39:55,400 --> 00:40:00,279 Speaker 1: lot this year about total talent versus natural basket ball 809 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:05,280 Speaker 1: fit and how much that matters coaching. That's a big differentiator. 810 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:07,080 Speaker 1: Look at Eric spols for the last couple of years. 811 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:11,800 Speaker 1: Star performances can yo if Yokich just kicks Anthony Davis's ass, 812 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,560 Speaker 1: It doesn't really matter what else is going on, right, 813 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:18,400 Speaker 1: Like individual matchups among stars can make a big difference. 814 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: That's why Steph Curry and the Warriors is the sixth 815 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,799 Speaker 1: best team can't be written off because if Steph just 816 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:28,160 Speaker 1: monumentally outplays any of the other teams, like they're gonna win, right, 817 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:32,319 Speaker 1: commitment to the dirty work, these are all things that 818 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,560 Speaker 1: are gonna be separators. That that's something that could be 819 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,520 Speaker 1: an issue for the Suns if they're not careful. So 820 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,239 Speaker 1: like all of these things matter. You know that the 821 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:45,400 Speaker 1: star performances thing the Lakers have, like this beautiful deep roster, 822 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,880 Speaker 1: but like Lebron is declining and Anthony Davis is not 823 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:50,080 Speaker 1: as good as some of the guys at the top 824 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: of the league. So like the Lakers might lose just 825 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,480 Speaker 1: because of their top tier stars. Like we're gonna do 826 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,600 Speaker 1: a Lakers video a couple of them later in the 827 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,319 Speaker 1: next couple of weeks, and it's like, what really, what 828 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 1: it really comes down to for the Lakers is candle 829 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,600 Speaker 1: Lebron the out execute in the half court some of 830 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,040 Speaker 1: these other stars, and if he doesn't find his jump shot, 831 00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,720 Speaker 1: and get to that point with his foot healthy, they're 832 00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:14,080 Speaker 1: not beating anybody, right, So like that's where that's where 833 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,880 Speaker 1: all those little things are gonna become differentiators. When then 834 00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:18,800 Speaker 1: you've got talent parody at the top of the league. 835 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,279 Speaker 1: Next mail back question, who do you think are the 836 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,000 Speaker 1: next stars slash all Stars that could be on the move? 837 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: Obviously Harden wants out, but who could be a mid 838 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:30,239 Speaker 1: season Trey Trey Trey Trey Young is one of the 839 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,080 Speaker 1: names I put down. Joel Embiid is a guy to 840 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,319 Speaker 1: watch out for with the situation in Philly, and then 841 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,560 Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns is another guy that I could see 842 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:41,320 Speaker 1: getting moved this year. All right. Lastly, this offseason, Boston 843 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,440 Speaker 1: has in essence switched up its guard core by replacing 844 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,600 Speaker 1: Smart with Drew Holliday. Defensively, how do the two compare 845 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,520 Speaker 1: and how much of an upgrade is Drew over Smart? Now, 846 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,360 Speaker 1: from the standpoint of archetype, I think Drew and Marcus 847 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,759 Speaker 1: Smarter like incredibly similar basketball players. Like they're both a 848 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,960 Speaker 1: little over aggressive sometimes where you're like, yeah, I wish 849 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:01,400 Speaker 1: he wouldn't have taken that shot. They're both like kind 850 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,160 Speaker 1: of versatile guards in the sense that they can play 851 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,440 Speaker 1: in the post right defensively, they're both elite point of 852 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,840 Speaker 1: attack defenders that have the flexibility to play in switching 853 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,680 Speaker 1: schemes because they can guard up. So they're very similar. 854 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,960 Speaker 1: Drew's just a better version of Marcus in my opinion, 855 00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:16,560 Speaker 1: at all of those things. I think he's just a 856 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,080 Speaker 1: little bit better than Marcus at everything, and I think 857 00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: that makes him an upgrade. And so it kind of 858 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,240 Speaker 1: worked out beautifully for the Celtics because you needed Smart's 859 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:28,520 Speaker 1: contract to get Porzingis, and then you ended up using 860 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,759 Speaker 1: Robert Williams, who was another big that you got to 861 00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:36,719 Speaker 1: bring back to bring back Drew Holiday, and so now 862 00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:42,200 Speaker 1: you and again Malcolm Brogden good player. I like Malcolm. 863 00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:44,640 Speaker 1: He is going to help somebody this year, but I 864 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,319 Speaker 1: didn't see him as like that big of a needle 865 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,480 Speaker 1: mover for Boston, especially since Derek White just kind of 866 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,560 Speaker 1: ended up being better than him in a lot of ways, 867 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,160 Speaker 1: especially on the defensive end. So like I tend to 868 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,520 Speaker 1: look at it as like, really, the only major sacrifice 869 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,879 Speaker 1: is a couple of things. Robert Williams. Losing him hurts 870 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,560 Speaker 1: your center depth. That's gonna be an issue we'll talk 871 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,080 Speaker 1: about that in the Celtics video. Grant Williams obviously didn't 872 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:10,440 Speaker 1: need him much last year, but against teams like the Bucks, 873 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,760 Speaker 1: he could be serious value because he can guard Giannis 874 00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,680 Speaker 1: a little bit. Right against a team like the Nuggets, 875 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:19,560 Speaker 1: he could be the foundation for your guard yokitch with 876 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,160 Speaker 1: a forward and help from behind scheme that everybody likes 877 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,279 Speaker 1: to use. Right. So, like, I do think that they've 878 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,000 Speaker 1: cost themselves a little bit of front court depth and versatility. 879 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,120 Speaker 1: But bottom line is they brought in a better version 880 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:33,239 Speaker 1: of Marcus Smart and if Porzingis can stay healthy, he's 881 00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,359 Speaker 1: a better big than the bigs you were playing last year. 882 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,600 Speaker 1: So again, as long as you have the health luck 883 00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,560 Speaker 1: that you're gonna need, I think Boston is actually significantly 884 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,279 Speaker 1: better today than they were last year. All right, guys, 885 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,640 Speaker 1: that is all I have for today is always a 886 00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:47,879 Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate your support. Tomorrow we're probably gonna do because 887 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:49,440 Speaker 1: we got like three and a half weeks before we 888 00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:54,080 Speaker 1: get to the season, So our last five season preview 889 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:55,680 Speaker 1: videos we're still gonna do them. They're just gonna be 890 00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:57,560 Speaker 1: a little more spaced out. So like tomorrow, I'm probably 891 00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:59,600 Speaker 1: gonna do a Media Day reaction just to all of 892 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,080 Speaker 1: the interest quotes and stuff I saw Media Day, and 893 00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,719 Speaker 1: then we'll probably do number five on Wednesday, and then 894 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,800 Speaker 1: we might do on Thursday a preseason reaction to the 895 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,919 Speaker 1: Abu Dhabi games, and then we might do number four 896 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:13,000 Speaker 1: on Friday. Right, So like they're gonna be a little 897 00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,879 Speaker 1: more spaced out over the course the next couple of weeks, 898 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:16,440 Speaker 1: but hopefully by the end of the next week we'll 899 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,160 Speaker 1: be through our season previews and then we'll just be 900 00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:21,000 Speaker 1: covering preseason games at that point. And then three and 901 00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:24,960 Speaker 1: I think exactly three weeks from Thursday, I believe is 902 00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,560 Speaker 1: the season opener, So right around the corner, we're getting 903 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,279 Speaker 1: to NBA basketball. All right, guys, I appreciate you, and 904 00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:52,840 Speaker 1: I will see you tomorrow. The volume