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For additional terms 28 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: and responsible gaming resources, see dkang dot co. Slash b ball. 29 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: All right, welcome to hoop tonight here at the volume 30 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: heavy Tuesday. Everybody off, All of you guys are having 31 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: a great week. Well, we got what I think has 32 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: been the biggest regular season game to this point in 33 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: the NBA season. The only other game that I felt 34 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: was this important, other than the opening night ones just 35 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: because it's all exciting because NBA basketball is back, was 36 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: that the uh the Warriors Celtics game a few weeks ago. 37 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: But this one, this one felt like an important test 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: for the Cleveland Cavaliers got off to a fifteen and 39 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: oh start. Obviously not the perfect rendition of what this 40 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: matchup would look like. Christops Porzingis is a very important 41 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: part of the Boston Celtics and their ability to attack 42 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: specific matchups. And obviously we had a bunch of guys 43 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,839 Speaker 1: out for Cleveland, specifically in their wing corps with Dean 44 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: Wade out, Isaacacorro out, Max Strus out, and Carris la vertout, 45 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: and those are guys that you need for this. 46 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 2: Type of matchup. 47 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: But still we got at least a vague look at 48 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: what these two teams look like matching up against each other, 49 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,839 Speaker 1: and the Celtics kind of controlled it for the most part. 50 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: Cavs got it close a few times, but the Celtics 51 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: got out of there with a win. We're going to 52 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: break the game down from the perspective of both teams, 53 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: and then at the tail end of the show, we 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: are doing a mail bag, So drop mail bag questions 55 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: in the chat and Paul's gonna send him over to 56 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: me and we'll hit a bunch of mail bag questions 57 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: at the tail end. 58 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: Of the show. You guys did the joke before we 59 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 2: get started. 60 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: Subscribed to Hoops Tonight YouTube channel so you don't miss 61 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: any more of our videos follow me on Twitter at 62 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 1: underscore jsonlt so you guysn't miss announcements. 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We are 70 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: doing a mail bag on Friday that I am recording 71 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: on Thursday, and I'm gonna be grabbing the comments from 72 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 1: yesterday's video, today's videos, and from tomorrow's for that specific mailbag, 73 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: so make sure you drop. As a matter of fact, 74 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: we don't have a new video coming out tomorrow, so 75 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: tomorrow will be your last chance or excuse me, this 76 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: video will be the last one this week where you 77 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: can drop mailbag questions for Friday's mailbags to make sure 78 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: you get that in there, but also drop mailbags in 79 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: the chat so that we can hit some at the 80 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: tail end of this show tonight, all right, let's talk 81 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 1: some basketball. So one of the most important functions that 82 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: I was looking for in this particular matchup was Boston's 83 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: ability to attack Cleveland's entry points. This is something I've 84 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: talked a lot about with the decision for the Cavs 85 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: to kind of go well in on the Garland Mitchell backcourt. 86 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 2: Right. 87 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: So, like an entry point is a method with which 88 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: you get a defense into rotation. When you get a 89 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: defense into rotation, then even the good defenders are sprinting 90 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: at guys, and that's just easier to handle. Right, Like, 91 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: if I put you on an island against lou Dort, 92 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a real hard time scoring. But if 93 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 1: I put him twenty feet away from you or fifteen 94 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: feet away from you, and I make him sprint at you, 95 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 1: You're probably going to be able to either get a 96 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: three point shot off, or if he sells out at 97 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: the three point shot, you might be able to drive 98 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: past him and make something happen. Right, Like, even the 99 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: best defenders in the world, and when they're put into 100 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 1: disadvantageous situations, can struggle to contain the basketball, right, And 101 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: that's where you can expand your advantage and end up 102 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: getting a wide open three or a layup or something 103 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: along those lines, right, But against most of the teams 104 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: in the NBA, you can hide your entry points. So 105 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: if you've got a really good on ball defender, multiple 106 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 1: really good on ball defenders, and you've got big guys 107 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: that can defend in ball screens and switch and do 108 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: all that different stuff, then you can hopefully take your 109 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: weakest defender and you can hide them on the most 110 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: limited offensive player on the other team, and you can 111 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: do a bunch of different things to cover for them. 112 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 2: Right. 113 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,359 Speaker 1: So, like, if he's a guy that can't be a 114 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: movement shooter, meaning like he can't set a screen and 115 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: then slip out of it and quickly get his feet 116 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 1: set and knock down a three, then you can ask 117 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: your offense or defensive player to hedge and recover because 118 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: he can throw a hedge to stop the ball handler 119 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: from driving, but he can still recover to that limited 120 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: offensive player that's going to struggle to shoot on the move, right, 121 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: Or you can pre switch where it's like, oh, they're 122 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: going to try to attack this guy, why don't we 123 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: just send a better defender up and just switch as 124 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: the guy's running up to set the screen. Right, there's 125 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: a bunch of different things you can do to hide 126 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: a limited defensive player. But eventually you run into a 127 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 1: team like the Boston Celtics, and they're not the only 128 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: team like this. There are several teams like this around 129 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: the league. I think Oklahoma City fits this mold as well, 130 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 1: but there are teams that have lots of really high 131 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: level offensive players on the floor. You run out of 132 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: places to hide guys, right, And in that sort of situation, 133 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you find out really quickly just 134 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: how easy it is to break down a defense by 135 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: attacking a specific weak point. And in this particular game, 136 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: by virtue of the injuries, there were two entry points 137 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 1: for the Cavs at the start of the game, with 138 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 1: Darius Garland and Sam Merrill, and Boston was just relentlessly 139 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: attacking those two. 140 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: That was a big part of. 141 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: Why we ended up getting to see a lot of 142 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: Craig Porter Junior in this game, because they were trying 143 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: to make sure that there were fewer weak points on 144 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: the court that they could look to attack. Right when 145 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: you have those weak points and you get the defense 146 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: into rotation, it just doesn't matter anymore, and that's how 147 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: you end up with a barrage from the three point 148 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: line like what you saw from Boston tonight. I thought 149 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: it was really interesting. I asked Paul, our producer, to 150 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: keep an eye out on the twitter feed if any 151 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: news comes out. But like Jared Allen didn't play down 152 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: the stretch, and so then it ended up being a 153 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: lot of Georgei's kneeing and that's another entry point. And 154 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: you guys saw how it was, Like Jalen Brown and 155 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: Jason Tatum just felt like we can get whatever we 156 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: want against George's kneeing. I thought Jason Tatum did a 157 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: really nice job attacking him. One of the things that 158 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 1: Jason Tatum has been doing lately that he's always done this, 159 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: but I feel like he's doing it a little bit 160 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: more this year. Is one of his biggest athletic strengths 161 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: is that he's big and strong, and so he's been 162 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: doing this move where like he's getting dribble penetration without 163 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: having to like make some sort of super aggressive, launching 164 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: athletic move. 165 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: And what he'll do. 166 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: Is like he'll face up on the guy and he'll throw, 167 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: you know, maybe throw a little jab step, but then 168 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: he'll open up that right shoulder and he'll jab with 169 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: that right foot out almost to the left where he's 170 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: almost got his shoulder turned, and when he's there, he 171 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: can get into a step back. But what he can 172 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: also do is he can use that right leg to 173 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: almost like slow motion start his drive, and then when 174 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: he's ready to drive, he can put the ball on 175 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: the floor with his left hand and clear out with 176 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: his right arm. That just creating space with his strength, 177 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: which I think is really smart, and that's how he 178 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: got his last couple drives to the rim. God, Tatum 179 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: was so good in this game. But like, it just 180 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: doesn't matter if george' niang wants to slide his feet, 181 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: like Tatum just needs this tiny little bit of an 182 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: angle so that he can use his upper body strength 183 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: to get the leverage to get all the way to 184 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: the rim, and then just playing off of two to 185 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: draw fouls and to get quality looks around the rim. 186 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: He was torching them. That Tatum White two man game 187 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: has been something that's been a staple for the Boston 188 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: offense forever. But they were going to it a lot 189 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: to attack guys like Sam Merrill and Darius Garland. And 190 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: one of the things you saw is like that's the 191 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: difference between attacking a team like Boston attacking a team 192 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: like Cleveland. Right, there were stretches in this game where 193 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: you could see Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland and Evan 194 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: Mobley be like, oh, like Peyton Pritchard's on the floor, 195 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: let's run this screening action to get him switched on 196 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: to Evan Mobley, and then let's just go to Evan 197 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: Mobley on the block and he can score over Peyton Pritchard. 198 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: Or like Nimi Quita's on the floor, we can attack 199 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: him in his drop coverage, or like they're different that 200 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: they did a lot of attacking Sam Houser in this 201 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: particular game, right, So, like there are guys that are 202 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: on the bench that you can look to attack with Boston, 203 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: but like with their starting lineup, there's just not a 204 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 1: good entry point. Your best entry point was there was 205 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: a stretch of this game where and Boston will do 206 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: switching with Wharford two, and Horford's just really good at switching. 207 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: But like one of the things that that Boston was 208 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: doing in this game is they were they were running 209 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 1: a good amount of deep drop coverage with Horford. So 210 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: like Donovan Mitchell was able to get into some of 211 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: his pull up jump shot game against that deep drop coverage. 212 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: But like when Boston wants to and they put that 213 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: five out there and they start switching everything, it's like 214 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: take your pick, like where do you want to attack? 215 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 1: There's not really a great option for you there for 216 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 1: you to go at. And then in again, it's one 217 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: of those things when there's when there's one entry point 218 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 1: on the floor, it's a little easier to cover for 219 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: than when there's two. And I thought that was the 220 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: big thing that really stood out in this game. And 221 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: it's kind of the reality of Cleveland's roster, which is 222 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: like it won't always be Sam Merrill, right, Like that's 223 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,839 Speaker 1: probably gonna be Max Truce. Max Struce is a very 224 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 1: good switching defender. He could switch onto different types of forwards. 225 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: He can do a lot of really impactful defending in 226 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: a switching scheme. But Darius Garland always is going to 227 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: be out there, and he's always going to be a 228 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: guy that they can look to attack in space. And 229 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: it's just it's just something to keep in mind in 230 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: terms of that matchup in the big picture, right, because 231 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: like there's a lot of different like variables in this game, 232 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: Like Boston shot twenty two for forty one from three. 233 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: When Boston shoots that, well, you just get to lose. 234 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: And like, Boston did a lot of like really tough 235 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: shot making in this game, and in addition to their 236 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: high level offense where they generated great catch and shoot 237 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: looks right. So like there's a sequence in the end 238 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: of the first half where it's like Jalen Brown comes 239 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: buying off of like a off ball cut from the 240 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: right wing to the top of the key and Evan 241 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: Mobley there's like two screeners around the elbows and Evan 242 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: Mobley decides to go underneath the picks as he should. 243 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: It's like you gotta meet Jalen Brown on the other side, 244 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:36,959 Speaker 1: and the screens we're being set damn near at the 245 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: three point line. So Jalenn Brown capped the ball like 246 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: twenty six feet from the rim, and if Jaylen Brown's 247 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 1: gonna catch the ball twenty six feet from the rim 248 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: on the move and shoot it, kind of would rather 249 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: like concede that than give up a drive by chasing 250 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: him over the top of that right. Well, Jaylen Brown 251 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: made it, because Jalen Brown can make it. There are 252 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,559 Speaker 1: plays where it's like we're offering a little bit of 253 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: nail help and Peyton Pritchard is spotting up on the wing, 254 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: but he's like twenty seven feet away and it's like 255 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: that's a long above the break three, but like he 256 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 1: can make that, right. The big one in this game 257 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: is the Derek White has been so good at this. 258 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: There's an interchange in the switch, right, So like if 259 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,319 Speaker 1: Derek White's dribbling off the floor, is an on ball 260 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: defender on him that's guarding him, and he gets a 261 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: screening action, and there's a switch the two on ball defender, 262 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: the two defenders in the action, the one will step 263 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: off and the other one will step in right, and 264 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: the one that's stepping off is trying to get inside 265 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: the guy who's screening for him, because you don't want 266 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: to give up that inside seal slip that Boston torches 267 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 1: people with, right, which is like, oh you're switching. Cool, Well, 268 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: Tatum's just going to screen you from behind instead of 269 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: on the side, and then he's just gonna slip and 270 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: he's got inside position. Now he's wide open on a roll. 271 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: Now it's four on three and you're defensive screwed, right, 272 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: Like so like you're trying to back off on the 273 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: ball to get inside position on the switch and then 274 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 1: that second guy who's guarding the screener has to get 275 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: out there. But in that interchange there's a gap, and 276 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: Derek White is like a master at like waiting for 277 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: that gap and just rising and fire right and firing 278 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: right over the top. And there were a lot of 279 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: those where Cleveland was pretty quick on their switch and 280 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: they're there on the catch or on that switch ready 281 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,439 Speaker 1: to contest, and Derek White just can make it because 282 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 1: Derek White's an elite shooter. And there there are stretches 283 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 1: in fights against Boston where like you just kind of 284 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: hang on for dear life because they're making tough shots 285 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: and hope to God that you're still in the game 286 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: by the time they cool off and start having to 287 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: execute on offense again. And like there's a certain amount 288 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: of like Boston had a great shooting night tonight, you know, right, 289 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: but like the flip and if you're a Cavs fan too, 290 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: you're thinking, like, Okay, well, we're gonna have better perimeter 291 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: defenders on the floor, We're gonna have better opportunity to 292 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: contain in. 293 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:37,199 Speaker 2: Our switch it. 294 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: But like as you watch that game, there was some 295 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 1: difficulty that Darius Garland had creating shots at the rim. 296 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: I thought he was challenging athletes at the rim and 297 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: was struggling to make shots. And it's like at a 298 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: certain point, Boston's players are just a little bit better, 299 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: and that's something that I think is going to be difficult. 300 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: And I don't think you come out of that game 301 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: discouraged if you're a Calves fan, because I think you 302 00:12:57,960 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: hung tight, right, like Boston had a great shooting night, 303 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: get a bunch of guys out, and you were in it. 304 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: But at the same time, like every time Cleveland got close, 305 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: Boston pulled away again, and then Cleveland would get close, 306 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 1: and then Boston would pull away again because Boston had 307 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: the ability to leverage their advantages when. 308 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 2: Things got tight. 309 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: And I it was weird because I thought it was 310 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 1: like a sign of just how serious the Calves are. 311 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 1: And I think at this point, if you're if you're 312 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: not looking at the Calves as the obvious two seed 313 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: at worst in the Eastern Conference, then I think you're 314 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: underestimating them. I think they're obviously better than teams like 315 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,760 Speaker 1: Milwaukee and Philly and New York at this point, Like 316 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: the Calves are damn good, but like the Boston Celtics 317 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: are the class of the NBA for good reason, and 318 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 1: I thought they demonstrated it tonight just with the way 319 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: they've maintained control of the game. I cannot say enough 320 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: about how impressed I was with Jason Tatum, just in 321 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: his overall like calm demeanor throughout the game. Every time 322 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: it felt like things got out of control, he was 323 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: able to settle them down and generate great shots. The 324 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: game is really slowing down for him this year in 325 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: a big ways. His playmaking has been threw the roof 326 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: over the course the last two or three weeks. I 327 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: thought it was a really really impressive performance from Boston, 328 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: even against a feisty Calves Calves performance as well. Again, 329 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: I'm really curious to see why Jared Allen didn't play 330 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: because Ivy was hurt. Then, you know, maybe that was 331 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: just a simple decision to take care of his body. 332 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: I get it from the standpoint of spacing, like, Okay, 333 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: well we want to have five shooters on the floor, 334 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: so why don't we do it this way? And George's 335 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: nang obviously gives you that extra bit of shooting in 336 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: that situation. But like with Boston, they're just too good 337 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: at picking apart your weak links on the defensive end 338 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: of the four, and you gift wrapped a mismatch there, 339 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,280 Speaker 1: like Tatum was going right at him. There's play late 340 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: in the game where Jayalen Brown's like, I don't want 341 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: a screen, stay away. I got him, Like I can 342 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: score on this, dude, Like give me my space. I'm 343 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 1: going to go to work here right. One other note 344 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: that I thought was fascinating from this game, there were 345 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: some stretches for the Calves where they got a little 346 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: bit out of control with overhelping and ended up giving 347 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: up some really the good threes. The stretch right at 348 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 1: the end of the first half, it was like a 349 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: five point game with like four minutes left, and there 350 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: were multiple overhelps for no damn reason. Craig Porter Junr 351 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: had a big one off of off the left wing, 352 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: and then they had a a on the right wing 353 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: overhelp at the nail where they gave up Peyton Pritchard 354 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: to wide open three. But like they gave up a 355 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: couple of wide open threes. And then do you guys 356 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: remember those two wide open Jason Tatum threes at the 357 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: end of the half. The two wide open Jason Tatum threes. 358 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: He was imbounding on the sideline and nobody was guarding him, 359 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: literally nobody, So he just threw the ball into the corner, 360 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: took a step in, got the ball back, and knocked 361 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: down the three. It's like, if you're trying to beat Boston, 362 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: you can't have mistakes where you forget to guard their 363 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: best player on the possession. 364 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:47,480 Speaker 2: Right. 365 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: There was another one where Tatum had the ball, Mitchell 366 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: was on him. They brought Garland's man up into a screen. 367 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: This was like right after that shot and there was 368 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 1: a screen and Darius Garland should have switched Donovan Mitchell 369 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: certainly thought he was going to switch. Nobody guarded Tatum. 370 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: Tatum just took two dribbles to his left and got 371 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: into a wide open off the dribble three off the 372 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: left wing, and it's like, you know, you're let's zoom 373 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: in on this right. So, like we all agree, Boston's 374 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:15,720 Speaker 1: best team in the league. That I think is pretty 375 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: much consensus around the league at this point. Do I 376 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: think Boston is unbeatable the way like the twenty seventeen 377 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: Warriors are, No like that team at Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, 378 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, all in their athletic primes with 379 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: Andrea Guadala. That team was just completely stacked with like 380 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: apex talent that that team is. That team I legitimately 381 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: believed it was unbeatable. This Boston team, I think is 382 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 1: far and away the best team in the league. But 383 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: I think that you can beat them in the series. 384 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: I think it's possible, but they're going to go in 385 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: every series as a heavy favorite. I will pick them 386 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: in every series. We all should because they're the best team. 387 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 1: But if you're going to beat them, there are several 388 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: things that you have to do. And the first line 389 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: item is you can't make a bunch of mistakes because 390 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: if you make a bunch of mistake, now you're trying 391 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 1: to overcome a talent advantage and you're spotting them points. 392 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 1: That's where you could end up in a lot of trouble. Two, 393 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,480 Speaker 1: you've got to play defensive lineups with switchability and with 394 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: fewer options to attack off the dribble. 395 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 2: Right. 396 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: That means that guy at the three has to be 397 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 1: a player that you trust to be able to guard 398 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: multiple Boston shot creators. Having that extrus back will help. 399 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: Having Dean Wade back will help. I having Isaacacora back 400 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: will help. Having Karris Lavert will help, no doubt. But 401 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: within that scheme, you have to switch and you cannot 402 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 1: make mistakes on overhelp situations that put Boston in rotation 403 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: or your defense in rotation against Boston. If you're in 404 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: rotation against Boston, you're dead on arrival. That's when they 405 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: get their wide open catch and shoot threes. You have 406 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: to try to force them into tough shot making, and 407 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: the only way you can do that is switch contains, 408 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: stay home off the ball. It's a very difficult job, 409 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: but that is what you have to do now. Like Cleveland, 410 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 1: it's just it's gotta be tricky with that dairy Garland 411 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: piece because they are going to continue to look to 412 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: attack him every single time they get a chance if 413 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: they meet each other in a series. But there's a 414 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: bunch of different things you have to do. The third 415 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: piece is you gotta make shots. There were a lot 416 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 1: of good looks that Cleveland got tonight that they did 417 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: not hit. That's one of those things where like you 418 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: can't be in a situation where you're just getting flat 419 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: out out gunned either and so again, execution, avoiding errors, 420 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: putting together switchable lineups, and not making mistakes where you 421 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: put your defense in rotation and you gotta make shots, 422 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,199 Speaker 1: and like that's the pathway, right and you got to 423 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 1: do that four times in two weeks. That's just what 424 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: makes this team so difficult to imagine getting beat at 425 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: this point in the season. Very very interesting early regular 426 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,880 Speaker 1: season game. I thought it was a very impressive performance 427 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: from the Boston Celtics. I thought they were a lot 428 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: more in control than what the scoreboard would lead you 429 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: to believe it. Every time I see a game like 430 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: that where like a team gets close but can ever 431 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,359 Speaker 1: get over the hump, that's always an indicator to me 432 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: that like, oh, well, that team, the team that was 433 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: in control, just felt like anytime they needed to get 434 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: a couple of buckets and a couple of stops, they 435 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: were able to. 436 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 2: That's kind of what it felt like. 437 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: Oh they got it to two, well it's back to 438 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: seven because Darius Garland got his shit blocked off the 439 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: glass and now Derek White's hitting at three and transition 440 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: on the other end. 441 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 2: You know, like that that is the. 442 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: Kind of sequence that just kind of seemed to happen 443 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 1: every single time Cleveland got back into that game. 444 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 2: But there's a pathway. 445 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: They just need to be sharper than they showed tonight. 446 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: All right, if you guys have questions, make sure you 447 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: drop him to Paul in the chat. Let's get started here. 448 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: This is from Stevie Hey Jason, big fan of the show. 449 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: At what point do you think the Celtics need porzingis 450 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: playing and healthy to be able to advance? I believe 451 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: they need him against Cleveland as well as the finals. 452 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: Boston is good enough that if porzingis now suited up 453 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: again this year, I'd still consider them to be the favorite. 454 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: That said, it's just so much more in the way 455 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: of it's so much more in the way of margin 456 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: for error. When you have him out there. It gives 457 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,239 Speaker 1: you margin too for Like what ab Al Horford goes 458 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: down with an injury for a certain amount of time, right, 459 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,360 Speaker 1: Or like what if one of your primary shot creators 460 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,399 Speaker 1: goes down, like someone like it Derek White or Jalen 461 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: Brown goes down for a certain amount of time, Like 462 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: having porzingis there helps. The difference is is like the 463 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: Eastern Conference is so so, so so so weak that 464 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: like Boston could literally like take the ultimate cautious approach 465 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,640 Speaker 1: this year and still get no worse than the two seeds. 466 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: So the Western Conference is different. Right in the Western Conference, 467 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: it's like such a blood bath where it's like you 468 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: have a bad couple of weeks, you're in the plane, 469 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: so like there's a there's a level of urgency that 470 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 1: there's a lack of urgency I should say with Boston 471 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: within the regular season. That makes me feel like I 472 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 1: want Porzingis to take as long as needed, and I 473 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: don't want him to set foot on an NBA court 474 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,880 Speaker 1: until he is literally one hundred percent ready, not ninety 475 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 1: nine percent ready, one hundred percent ready. It's very different 476 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: if you're running into a postseason series that starts in 477 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: two weeks, you might be like, hey, if you're ninety 478 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 1: five percent, we want you ready to go in two weeks, right, 479 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,439 Speaker 1: But I would I would take your sweet time with 480 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 1: Porzingis as far as like the specific matchup stuff again, 481 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: like we saw that in the playoff in the NBA Finals, 482 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 1: in particular in Game one with Porzingis, where it's like 483 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 1: his ability to punish mismatches at the elbows with quick 484 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: like face up post up stuff is just so valuable 485 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 1: to beating switching schemes, which, as we talked about, like 486 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: you need to switch against Boston. It's the only way 487 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: to keep them out of rotation. So if you have 488 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: to switch against Boston to keep them out of rotation, 489 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 1: then you can't. You have to hold up on the 490 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 1: other side of it. 491 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 2: Right. 492 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: So, like mistake making is botching switches, giving up slips, 493 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: that's when you're gonna get in rotation. 494 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 2: Now you're just dead on arrival, right. 495 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: But if you do the right thing and you switch appropriately, 496 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: you switch aggressively to take away the pull up shots 497 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,919 Speaker 1: from guys like Derek White in the switch interchange, and 498 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: you get take away those inside seals, now it turns 499 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: into a post up game or an ISO game, right, 500 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: And like porzingis is just another way to attack in 501 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: those one on one situations when they need to. This 502 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: is from Lonzetta. Hey, Jason, what are your early thoughts 503 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 1: on the Rockets young core? They seem to be putting 504 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: it together, especially Tari Easton and men Thompson defensively. 505 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 2: I did a little bit of. 506 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 1: A dive into the Rockets yesterday, and then I also 507 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: broke down the Rockets Bucks game in a good amount 508 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: of detail with some film in today's show. So if 509 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: you haven't had a chance to check that out, I 510 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: recommend that you do. I'm a huge fan of it, 511 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: mainly from the standpoint of, like where I see the 512 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: game going. The Rockets are building around athletes, and I 513 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: think that's really smart. Jalen Green freaky athletic, Jabari Smith 514 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: great athlete, Tarry Easton great athlete, and Men Thompson freaky athletic. 515 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: They have layers of athleticism. It's like Cam Witmore super athletic. 516 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 1: It's like, oh, here's Aaron Holliday, He's like a really 517 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: quick guard. Right Reed Shepherd even brings a great amount 518 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: of athleticism to the guard spot. They a They went 519 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: into last night's game with the Bucks with the fifth 520 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: best record in the league, And what I thought was 521 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: fascinating about that is like if you look at the 522 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 1: top of the league and it's like, Okay, we have 523 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: Cleveland as a best record, Golden State's right there, There's Boston. 524 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 1: There's okay, see there's Houston. There was our top five 525 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: records heading into last night's games, all five of them 526 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: freaky athletic teams that thrive in transition, and so I've 527 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: really really liked that build, and there have been extensive 528 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: stretches of this season, and it goes beyond when I 529 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 1: talk about speed, it goes beyond just transition too. It's 530 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: like it's the transition game on both ends. It's the 531 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: pay and space game on both ends, meaning like your 532 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: ability to drive and kick teams or to handle driving 533 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: kick teams by containing the ball and rotating. 534 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 2: But a big part of it is ball pressure. 535 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: The ability to get up into ball handlers, be physical 536 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: at the point of attack, make teams uncomfortable early in 537 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: possession so that they're playing late in the clock and 538 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: having to rush bad shots right or fighting guys off 539 00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: a spot so that they're out of rhythm. That's a 540 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: huge part of success on the defensive end. In the 541 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 1: modern NBA. There have been games at Houston's won with 542 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: ball pressure. Do you remember the game where I don't 543 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 1: even remember who they were playing, well, when Tari Easton 544 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: got the back to back steals and took it the 545 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: other way for transition layups and then like literally laid 546 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,679 Speaker 1: on his back on the floor, like huffing and puffing 547 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,679 Speaker 1: because he was so exhausted. Like they bring layers of 548 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: guys that can get into the ball and make you uncomfortable, 549 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: and it's a big part of what it's a big 550 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: part of what makes them so successful defensively. I just 551 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: think again there, they came into tonight with the twenty 552 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: third ranked half court offense. It's a lot of like 553 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: depending on Fred van Vliet to create shots and Jalen 554 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: Green's decision making is still super sketchy, but so like, 555 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to do much this year 556 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: just because how limited they are offensively in the half court. 557 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 2: But the direction they're going. 558 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 1: Is one that I really like, which is like Jalen 559 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 1: Green's starting to increase his three point volume. Tons of 560 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: athletes were ball pressuring, We're defending on the perimeter, running 561 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 1: in transition on both ends. I even like the Shannghu 562 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: stuff where he's acting as a fulcrum at the top 563 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: of the key. There was a Fred van layup against 564 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: the Bucks last night where Shangun had the ball at 565 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: the top of the key and they ran one of 566 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: those classic like kind of screen and slip situations and 567 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 1: Fred van Vliet ended up getting an easy layup in 568 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: the lane. They got a lot of good stuff that 569 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 1: they're getting out of that. I'm a fan of Houston. 570 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: I just think they're probably a year or two away 571 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: from some of their ultimate goals. From Billstone. When evaluating players, 572 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: how much do you take turnovers or assist to turnover 573 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: ratio into account, I think it's undervalued. It's actually what ironically, 574 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: it's one of the first things I look at when 575 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: I'm looking at role players because they tend to have 576 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: super low assist totals and super low turnover totals. But 577 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: like when I see a role player that gets like 578 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: two assists per game but like less than one turnover 579 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: per game, that's a big part of the drive and 580 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,679 Speaker 1: kick system, right. So, like, there are a lot of 581 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 1: situations where role players have to make reads right, and 582 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:55,840 Speaker 1: that's like the decision zone, right, So like you catch 583 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: the ball in the perimeter, you pump fake, or you 584 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: have a guy running at you, you beat him off 585 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 1: the dribble. Now you're standing at the elbow with a 586 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: live dribble in basically what's a five on four situation. 587 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: That's a difficult bit of processing. You only have a 588 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: you know, twenty five percent advantage there. You have five 589 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 1: players to four, right, So like you have your advantage 590 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: and you have to quickly process where the next read is. 591 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: And so with role players in particular, assist the turnover 592 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 1: ratio is one that I track a lot now. With 593 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 1: primary ball handlers, I care more about overall assist volume 594 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: early in their careers because young players are going to 595 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 1: make mistakes when you ask them to create shots off 596 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: the dribble. And so with that, like a young player, 597 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: young guard, it's at you know, three and a half 598 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: four turnovers a game. Some of that is just like 599 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: the reality of him learning how to play at the 600 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: NBA level. But like if I see a guy who's 601 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: routinely putting up six and a half seven assists to night, 602 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: that's a strong indicator for me. Like there's all this 603 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: concern about Anthony Edwards and his playmaking, and I'm less 604 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: concerned about it because I'm like, I want Anthony Edwards 605 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: to score the basketball. 606 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 2: That's what he is. 607 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: Anthony Verwards is a score right, But like when it 608 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: comes to when it comes to like last year in 609 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,479 Speaker 1: the playoff run where he has an entire playoff run 610 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: where he I can't remember exactly how many assists he averaged, 611 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,199 Speaker 1: but it was like seven or eight assists for the 612 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: entire playoff run. When I see that, I go like, 613 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, like this, this is a guy that can 614 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: draw multiple defenders and make simple kickout rads, and like 615 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,120 Speaker 1: that assist volume is super valuable to me in terms 616 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: of like his shot creation. So in short, primary ball 617 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 1: handlers early in their career are more concerned about overall 618 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 1: assist volume role players I really like to look at 619 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: assist a turnover ratio as a indicator of of their 620 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,520 Speaker 1: ability to make reads off the path off of closeouts. 621 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,880 Speaker 1: Or let's see from Eric, what are things you look 622 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:43,640 Speaker 1: for during the season that change your opinions on teams? Man, 623 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: this is a very loaded question. A couple things like 624 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 1: I do they have an elite unit? Like if I 625 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 1: have a team that, in a large sample size is 626 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: a top five offense or a top five defense, that's 627 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: always something I take seriously. If a team has no 628 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: elite unit, that's always something that I view as an issue. 629 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 1: Like if you're a middle of the pack on both 630 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: ends of the floor, that's something I'm going to look at. 631 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: Body language, the bad parts are part of the season. 632 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 1: The Boston Celtics lost at home to the Atlanta hawk 633 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,959 Speaker 1: Sea other night. There's a certain amount of that that 634 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: is just kind of like part of the eighty two 635 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 1: game regular season. It's a very long season, right, but 636 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 1: I want to see those be few and far between, 637 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: and so I always look at like how team how 638 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: quickly teams get out of the dregs of the season 639 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: when they don't have their motivation. That that, to me 640 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: is why it matters so much to be higher in 641 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: the standings. It's an indicator of just how seriously you're 642 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: taking the night to night stuff over the course of 643 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: the regular season. All right, let's see here from King 644 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: T do you think in an OKC versus Boston matchup, 645 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: okc's lack of physicality with most of their guards could 646 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 1: be an issue. Actually, go the other way on that. 647 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: They have a lot of strong guards, like Lou Doord 648 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: is a strong guard, Jalen Williams is a strong guard, 649 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: Alex Crusoe is a strong guard. Cason Wallace is a 650 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 1: strong guard. My main issue with OKC in a Boston 651 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 1: match his experience. Okay, so he's got a lot of firepower. 652 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: But their number two is some combination of Jalen Williams 653 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: and Chet Holmgren and those guys just don't have a 654 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: lot of playoff experience Boston. When Jayson Tatum is getting spelled, 655 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Jalen Brown and Derek White, and those 656 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: are just guys that have a ton ton more experience. 657 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: And so for me, like I like Okac's talent matchup 658 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: with Boston, I don't like their experience matchup with Boston. 659 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: But I don't view last year. I thought, okay, see, 660 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: he was too young to have any shot. I view 661 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City as a legitimate threat this year. Alright, let's 662 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,719 Speaker 1: see last question, then we're done for the night. How 663 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: much does Queta being the backup the backup big hurt 664 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: the Celtics. Do they have any flexibility to acquire an upgrade? 665 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: This is something I've talked a lot about this year, 666 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: like when it comes to Boston and some of the 667 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: obsession about their defense, and like I think they were 668 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: still top ten if I remember correctly coming into the night. 669 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: I don't really care all that much about about Boston's 670 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: like some of their metrics at this point in the season, 671 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: because like they're when they're whole, they have Christops Porzingis 672 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 1: and now Horford playing all their center minutes and like 673 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: they're keeping Al Horford's minutes down. They're playing a lot 674 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: of Equeta and Cornett, and like those two guys are 675 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: like they're perfectly fine rotation backup bigs, but at the 676 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: championship level, they're guys that can be attacked, right, and 677 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: so like there's a certain amount of like it's fun. 678 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 1: They've turned a couple of guys into successful backup centers 679 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: that I'm sure a couple teams around the league might 680 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 1: have more use for than even Boston does. But at 681 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: this point in the season, I'm not as worried about 682 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: it because, like, again, even if I had to, even 683 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: if I was the Boston Celtics, and I'm like, oh, 684 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: Porzingis isn't ready to go for the playoffs, We're gonna 685 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: bring Horford up to thirty five minutes and we're gonna 686 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 1: play Cornett for thirteen minutes a night. I still don't 687 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: think that's enough of an issue to make Boston Celtics 688 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: fans concerned about where they can. 689 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 2: Get from there. 690 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: All right, guys, that is all I have for today 691 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: is always sincerely appreciate you for supporting the show. We 692 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: have a couple of breakout clips coming out tomorrow. By 693 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,360 Speaker 1: the way, I had a couple of people ask and 694 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: I'll mention this again off the top of one of 695 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: our other shows, but like people asking about like the 696 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: difference between the different types of clips we release. 697 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 2: If you look at the. 698 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: Thumbnails, the full episodes always have the same thumbnail type 699 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: like layout. The breakout clips all have a different thumbnail, 700 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 1: and then the TIMPs tape ones, I'll have a different thumbnail, 701 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 1: so you can tell just by looking at the thumbnail 702 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: whether or not it's actually a full episode. Also within 703 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 1: the YouTube channel, there's a thread that's called full episodes, 704 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: So anytime I actually am releasing something actually new, you 705 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: can see that just by looking for the right thumbnail 706 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: or looking under that full episode's a piece. But we 707 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: do have a couple of breakout clips coming out tomorrow, 708 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 1: the film session from yesterday or from today's show, which 709 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: was a breakdown of Rockets Bucks and the way I 710 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: did a breakdown on like Norman Powell getting all those 711 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: open shots at the tail end against Golden State and 712 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: how that all worked. We also have this mail bag 713 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: coming out tomorrow, but we'll be back on Thursday with 714 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: the breakdown of all the games from Wednesday night, and 715 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,200 Speaker 1: then I'm recording that mail bag on Thursday that's gonna 716 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,120 Speaker 1: air on Friday. So that's the content schedule for the 717 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: rest of this week, and then next week for Thanksgiving, 718 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: we're going Monday Tuesday, and then I'm going again Tuesday 719 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 1: night for the n season tournament slate that one might 720 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: run the following morning, but then we're taking the entire 721 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: team for Hoops Tonight. Is taking Thanksgiving off from Wednesday 722 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: through Sunday, so that kind of gives you guys the schedule. 723 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: But I'm always active, like watching film on Twitter, like 724 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: posting clips. Like tomorrow morning, I'm probably gonna wake up 725 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 1: and watch some Cave Celtics and just kind of thread 726 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: some clips on Twitter, So make sure you follow me 727 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: at Underscore JCNLT to see that there. Again, As always, 728 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: a sincerely appreciate you guys for rocking with me and 729 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: rocking with the show. Fun game, gonna be a fun season. 730 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to seeing you guys. 731 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 2: Next time the volume. 732 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: What's up guys, As always, I appreciate you for listening 733 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,640 Speaker 1: to and supporting Hoops Tonight. It would actually be really 734 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 1: helpful for us if you guys would take a second 735 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,320 Speaker 1: and leave a rating and a review. As always, I 736 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys supporting us, but if you could take 737 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: a minute to do that, I'd really appreciate it.