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We had unexpected great basketball on 36 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 2: Saturday as the team from South today and gave Team 37 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 2: USA a hell of a battle and we ended up 38 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 2: with the Lebron James game winner. And then Germany likewise 39 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: takes a fourth quarter lead against USA today and once 40 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 2: again Lebron James down the stretch eleven points in the 41 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 2: final four minutes. I want to talk a little bit 42 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: about Lebron and how him kind of rising to the 43 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 2: top of the USA pile is super interesting and what 44 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: that means and what makes it interesting. I want to 45 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 2: talk about why this team has struggled a little bit, 46 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 2: because I think there are some misconceptions about Foeba basketball 47 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 2: and how tough these games actually are. But I think 48 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 2: we can all agree they shouldn't be in you know, 49 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 2: clutch time slugfest every single night either, So they're clearly 50 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 2: underachieving a little bit. So we're gonna talk a little 51 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 2: bit about what's going on with Team USA. After that, 52 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 2: I have three big questions I want to hit. I 53 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 2: want to talk a little bit more about Lebron in 54 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: the big picture. I want to talk about Joel Embiid 55 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 2: in his interview and some of those weird questions or 56 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 2: weird answers that he gave. And then at the end, 57 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,360 Speaker 2: I got in a little trouble on Twitter the other 58 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: day for saying that I thought that twenty twenty Lakers 59 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: would beat the twenty twenty four Celtics in a series. 60 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: So I want to dive into that. That's going to 61 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 2: be a little segment we have where we go over 62 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: three fake questions. You guys know the drill before we 63 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 2: get started. Subscribe to the Hoops Tonight YouTube channels you 64 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 2: don't miss any more of our videos. 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All right, let's talk some basketball. One 105 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 2: less announcement before we get started. I recorded an interview 106 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 2: with Himahawk as junior like eleven days ago. Then it 107 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: finally got approved, So that's gonna be airing on the 108 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 2: feed tomorrow morning at seven am Pacific Standard time. I'm 109 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: gonna tweet out another reminder of it tonight, but it 110 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 2: was really fun for my first time ever interviewing an 111 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: NBA player. Heimahak has also just had a very productive 112 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: Summer league, as he got named second Team All Summer League, 113 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: dove into a bunch of stuff with the USA Select Team, 114 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 2: his time with the Miami Heat, his development as a 115 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 2: post score. I thought it was really interesting. I'm excited 116 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 2: for you guys to see that that's gonna be on 117 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 2: the feeds tomorrow morning at seven am. And again, thank 118 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: you guys for your patience on that front. So why 119 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 2: why is it such a big deal that in these 120 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 2: big moments on Team USA that Lebron James seems to 121 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: be the guy that is most comfortable taking things over 122 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 2: and bringing the team home. And the reason why simple 123 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 2: these are really high pressure moments, Like any loss for 124 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 2: this team is a disaster. Imagine the news cycle this 125 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 2: morning on all your favorite shows if South Sudan had 126 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 2: won on Saturday. Imagine the news cycle tomorrow if they 127 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 2: had barely escaped South Sudan on Saturday and then somehow 128 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 2: blown well, I mean, they were trailing in the fourth 129 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,560 Speaker 2: quarter against Germany today, Like what if they had lost 130 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 2: that game? Imagine the new cycle tomorrow. I like, for 131 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 2: as far as the Lebron stuff goes, I have a 132 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 2: lot of guys who listen to this show who are 133 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 2: not Lebron fans, who are dislike Lebron. It's not not 134 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 2: a huge shock. He's a very polarizing player, right, But 135 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 2: there are a lot of you, I know that had 136 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: Lebron gotten blocked on that right handed layup against South Sudan, 137 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 2: or if he had settled for a pull up jump 138 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 2: shot and missed it, you know, damn well, the kind 139 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: of things you would have been saying. Right, these are 140 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 2: high pressure moments. There's a lot to lose here. Obviously, 141 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: they're not in the actual elimination games, and that will 142 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 2: add another layer to things when they get to that point. 143 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 2: But these are really high pressure moments, and Lebron is 144 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: taking a personal responsibility in that situation. To be responsible 145 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 2: for the outcome in high pressure moments on a basketball team, 146 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: it requires a huge amount of confidence in your ability 147 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: to grab the reins and take that personal responsibility in 148 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: the outcome. And again we know what Lebron's abilities are. 149 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 2: He's bigger and stronger and faster than the majority of 150 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 2: players in the world, which is insane at his age, 151 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 2: but it's the truth. I think this game against Germany 152 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 2: was an excellent kind of showcase for Lebron's footwork. I 153 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 2: always talk about the idea of a score getting to 154 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 2: their spots right, and to get to your spots, there 155 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: are multiple elements there. There's a floor vision piece. You 156 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 2: got to be going at the right times when the 157 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 2: spacing on the floor actually dictates that there's an opportunity 158 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: for you to get to a spot on the floor. 159 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 2: So there's like a basketball like Q element of it. 160 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 2: You also have to pass yourself into those opportunities. As 161 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 2: a primary ball handler, there is a massive brain and 162 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 2: IQ element to it. The second piece of it is skill. 163 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 2: You got to have the ball control to get to 164 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 2: where you are where you're trying to get to while 165 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 2: having enough control over the basketball to then get to 166 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: a shot, whether it's a fade away over your right shoulder, 167 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,239 Speaker 2: a fade away over your left shoulder, or a float 168 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 2: or a hook shot, or whatever it might be. There's 169 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 2: a skill element. 170 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: Well. 171 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: The third element to it is footwork. You actually have 172 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 2: to be able to get there without traveling while also 173 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 2: doing it against elite athletes. And the only way you're 174 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 2: going to do it against elite athletes is if you 175 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 2: have the footwork to be efficient with your movements while 176 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 2: you go to that spot. So, for instance, if you 177 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 2: waste energy with a negative step, if you waste energy 178 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 2: by having to hop instead of getting to a one 179 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 2: to two because you're uncomfortable getting your foot to that spot, 180 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 2: if you can drop step towards the baseline but you 181 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 2: only can shoot and you don't have a step through, 182 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 2: then an athlete can beat you to that spot and 183 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 2: put you into some trouble. There is a footwork piece 184 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 2: to getting from point A to point B as well. 185 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 2: How many times did you see in that fourth quarter 186 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 2: run from Lebron where he would get into the lane 187 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 2: and then pump, bake and wait for dudes around him 188 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,239 Speaker 2: to get out of position and then pivot without traveling 189 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: and get to an easy spot underneath the basket for 190 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 2: him to then unleash his size and strength for that 191 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 2: little right handed bank shot. Right, Like, all of those 192 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 2: elements are important for a player to get to their spots. 193 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 2: There are a lot of guys in the league that 194 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 2: are incredibly skilled, that have every dribble combination in the 195 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 2: book and every pull up jump shot in the book, 196 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 2: but they don't see the floor well enough to know 197 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: when to go to their spots, or they don't pass 198 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 2: the ball well enough to keep the help defense home, 199 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 2: or maybe they don't have the footwork to get to 200 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 2: that spot. There are a lot of guys that have 201 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 2: all of the footwork and have all of the vision, 202 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 2: but don't have the scoring ability. 203 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: Right. 204 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 2: We've seen guys like Ben Simmons in the NBA that 205 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 2: have struggled with that, right. It's very rare to have 206 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 2: a player that actually kind of has it all, and 207 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 2: that's part of what has made Lebron so good over 208 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 2: his career. He's got the size and strength, he's got 209 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 2: the footwork, he's got the skill shots that he needs 210 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 2: to get to to finish those plays. The second half 211 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:13,440 Speaker 2: run against South Sudan. I want to kind of go 212 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 2: through the specifics of the way he took over these 213 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 2: two games. So in the South Sudan game, for instance, 214 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 2: right around the start of the second half, things were 215 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 2: getting a little ugly as they came out. They want 216 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 2: a little run, but then so they pushed it right 217 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 2: back up to sixteen and it looked like there was 218 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 2: going to be some trouble, and Lebron actually kind of 219 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 2: took over the offense for the majority of that second half, 220 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 2: and he was kind of playing in that role that 221 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 2: I talked about a lot after the Serbia game, which 222 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 2: is like at the top of the key while there's 223 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 2: off ball action happening around him. It's kind of like 224 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 2: functioning similarly to the way that Draymond Green functions within 225 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 2: the Golden State offense, except for Lebron's obviously a much 226 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 2: higher level offensive player. But he was hitting a lot 227 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 2: of back cuts and like getting into the lane and 228 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 2: making drop off passes, kicks to shooters, hitting steph as 229 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 2: he was running off of off ball action. He was 230 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,719 Speaker 2: kind of just functioning as the hub. Hit a couple 231 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 2: of bit pull up threes, during that stretch as well. 232 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 2: But then on the game winner, he just unleashed his 233 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 2: superpowered again. That was crazy again after JT Thor at 234 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 2: that step back three in the right corner, Sudan was 235 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 2: up with twenty seconds left. If Lebron misses that shot, 236 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 2: they lose the game. If Lebron settles for a jumper 237 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 2: there and misses it, they lose the game. There was 238 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 2: some real pressure there, and what was cool was like 239 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 2: Lebron just went to old reliable. He went to that 240 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 2: like hesitation har dribble to the left, clear out with 241 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 2: that off arm to get separation, and then he's a 242 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 2: big Lebron has a great left hand, but he's big 243 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 2: right hand on the left side of the rim because 244 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 2: he turns his back and he kind of like uses 245 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 2: his back as a shield to prevent the player from 246 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 2: coming over the top, and then he'll extend with that 247 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 2: right hand and finish at the rim. Huge huge play. 248 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,439 Speaker 2: The late run against Germany a big part of it too, 249 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 2: Like he ramped up as an athlete down the stretch 250 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 2: of that game. He was kind of in chill mode 251 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 2: for the middle portion of that Germany game. He had 252 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 2: three huge defensive rebounds down the stretch where he just 253 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 2: beat everybody to the back basketball right in between his 254 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 2: cut off of the Joel Embid layup and the full 255 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,719 Speaker 2: court post up where he got the layup. The back 256 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 2: to back layups he had right in between those two plays. 257 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 2: He made the first layup, a lefty layup that sent 258 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 2: him into the cameras he turned around and sprinted the 259 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 2: floor and got a steel in transition as he beat 260 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 2: everybody to a passing lane. Like he can scale up 261 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 2: as an athlete when he needs to in these moments. 262 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 2: Is he gonna do that for an eighty two game season. No, 263 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 2: But in these singular moments, he can still elevate his 264 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 2: game to a level that most people on the planet 265 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 2: can't get to. And then again, like that, a Joel 266 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 2: Embiid was posting on the right block, Lebron's man digged down. 267 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 2: As soon as he dug down, Lebron just cut in 268 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 2: that slot and beat nice pass and bead had a 269 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 2: Embiad was getting getting torched on defense, but he had 270 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 2: a much better offensive game in this particular game. Embiad 271 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 2: also had a huge block at the rim that led 272 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 2: to the Anthony Edwards dunk, which sneaky crazy move was 273 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 2: that left to right cross over the transition that was 274 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 2: super smooth, but Lebron cutting off the slot on the 275 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 2: mbid post up. Then right after he gets the transition steal, 276 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 2: he gives up the basketball and runs up the right 277 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 2: side of the floor again doing your job. Like you 278 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: got the steal, you're out of position to be the 279 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 2: ball handler. Give it to the ball handler. Sprint up 280 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 2: the wing. He gets inside position on his defenders, stays 281 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 2: a little bit too much high and above him on 282 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 2: his left shoulder side. Lebron catches, dribbles into the post, 283 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 2: goes through him and Schroeder at the rim, and gets 284 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,439 Speaker 2: the layup. There was the right wing three. Daniel Tice 285 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 2: was guarding Lebron and was digging way down into the lane. 286 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 2: Most of these teams don't have guys that can guard Lebron, 287 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 2: and so what they've been doing is just playing way 288 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 2: off of him and daring him to shoot. But as 289 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 2: we know, Lebron just had the best jump shooting season 290 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 2: of his career. So Lebron hung out on that right wing, 291 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 2: knocked down the huge three to put him up four, 292 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 2: and then the late game possession. It was kind of 293 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 2: a fascinating sequence because one of Germany's wings was on 294 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 2: Steph and Schroeder was on Lebron, and Schroeder did not 295 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 2: want to get switched off of Lebron. Steph was trying 296 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 2: to screen him so that he could get so that 297 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: he could get a slower defender on Lebron. And I 298 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 2: get it, like Schroeder's quicker and can kind of hang 299 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 2: out with Lebron laterally, but Lebron's just so much bigger 300 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 2: than him, and Schroeder, for whatever reason, would not concede 301 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 2: the switch. He stayed, fought through the screen, stayed with Lebron. 302 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 2: Lebron just turned his back and like bullied him from 303 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 2: the three point line, did that hardcore spin move towards 304 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 2: the baseline, pump fake, then step through. Beautiful footwork. I 305 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 2: clipped that play. I mean, you don't have to look 306 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 2: at my feet. You can find it anywhere on social 307 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 2: media right now, but beautiful footwork from Lebron to get 308 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 2: it done. That was fun to watch. The crazy thing 309 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 2: is he's clearly been the best player on this team. 310 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 2: Now is he the best guy for an eighty two 311 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 2: game regular season? Like, is Lebron going to be able 312 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 2: to bring it as an athlete from early October to 313 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 2: mid June the way these other guys can. No, obviously not. 314 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 2: But if he gets to a playoff series, if he 315 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 2: gets to a situation where it's a small sample size 316 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: and everything is on the line and he is healthy, yeah, 317 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 2: there's that Jokic tier. Jokic, Luca Jannis. I'm not sure 318 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 2: Lebron can reach that level in those situations anymore, but 319 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 2: everybody that's below that tier in a big spot, he's 320 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: better than all those guys. And this is the latest 321 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 2: example of that. Don't let the incompetence of Genie bust 322 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 2: and the Lakers distract you from the fact that Lebron 323 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 2: has been playing at a top five level late into 324 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 2: his thirties. Don't don't let the issues that the Purple 325 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 2: and Gold have been having, which are extensive and go 326 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 2: well beyond things that Lebron James is doing, Don't let 327 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 2: that distract you from the level of basketball that he's playing. 328 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 2: Like it's insane that on a team that has all 329 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 2: these guys that are in their twenties, in their early thirties, 330 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 2: in their primes, that he is the guy that is 331 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 2: able to meet this occasion and take control of the 332 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 2: way that he has been. It's a testament to his greatness. 333 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 2: It's a testament to the respect that these guys have 334 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 2: for him, that they trust him, and he's not failing. 335 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 2: It's not like he's hijacking the reins and failing. He's 336 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 2: taking control and getting it done, getting it down resoundingly. 337 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 2: It's insane. As a Lebron fan watching him with this 338 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 2: team USA has been one of the cooler experiences rooting 339 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 2: for him that I've had over the years. But let's 340 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 2: talk about TMSA as a whole for a little bit. 341 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 2: So what's going on with TMOSA. It's not a concern 342 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 2: to me that they aren't beating teams by thirty. This 343 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 2: is not the FOBA of nineteen ninety two. These are 344 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 2: really good basketball teams, and this showcase cycle has been 345 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 2: mostly really good teams. Serbia really good team, Germany really 346 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 2: good team, Canada really good team, and Australia is tough 347 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 2: and Sausudan. Their odds to win the gold medal improved 348 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 2: ten times after that game because everyone saw like, oh, 349 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 2: they might actually be the most athletic team in the tournament. 350 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 2: They're super long, they play super hard, they've got a 351 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: couple of really good guards, and they can play like 352 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 2: these are real basketball teams. These are go if you 353 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 2: were to go watch FOBA in nineteen ninety two, it's 354 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 2: an entirely different level of competition. So like thinking that 355 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 2: they're just gonna rip through everybody the way the Dream 356 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 2: Team did, that's not going to happen. That said, should 357 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 2: they be in real crunch time as frequently as they 358 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 2: have been against these teams, No, So I think we 359 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 2: can all agree that the team is underachieving to a 360 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 2: certain extent. That goes without saying, But I think it 361 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 2: primarily has to do with lineup construction. So, for instance, 362 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 2: the starters in particular are really struggling to defensive rebound 363 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 2: and to guard the ball. Like at the point of attack, Well, 364 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 2: you have to run drop coverage because Joel Embiid can't 365 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 2: guard on the perimeter. So you have a big man 366 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 2: that forces you to chase over the top of screens. 367 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 2: In a lineup with Devin Booker, who's an average athlete 368 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 2: and not a guy who's known getting over screens, Lebron 369 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 2: who's almost forty, and Steph who's almost thirty seven, that's 370 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 2: what you have out there with the big that reques 371 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 2: fires you to chase over at the top of the screen. 372 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 2: That should be a switching unit, and you need Anthony 373 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 2: Davis at center in order to do what you need 374 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 2: to do to be a switching a switching unit. With 375 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 2: that group, right, you're struggling to defensive rebound, but you're 376 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 2: playing a three guard lineup. Not only three guards, but 377 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 2: two of those guards are Steph who turns thirty seven 378 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 2: next season, and Devin Booker, who's a mediocre athlete, and 379 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 2: Lebron who's forty, and Joel Embiid, who is slow footed 380 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 2: and out of shape. Of course, you can't rebound. That 381 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 2: lineup is not a good rebounding lineup. If you put 382 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:39,160 Speaker 2: Anthony Davis in for Joel Embiid, you instantly become way 383 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 2: faster and way longer, and you can start doing the 384 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 2: switching that you need to make that unit work defensively. 385 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 2: If you put Kevin Durant when he's healthy, in for 386 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 2: Devin Booker, you immediately become a much better defensive rebounding team. 387 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 2: And guess what, Kevin Durant struggles to chase over screen. 388 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 2: So that needs to be a switching group. So literally, 389 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 2: just Katie Healthy in for Devin Booker Ady and for 390 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 2: Joel Embiid solves the majority of the issues for that lineup. 391 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,679 Speaker 2: They instantly become way better rebounding, They instantly become faster, 392 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 2: and they instantly become a switching group, which is what 393 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 2: they need to be to function defensively. Anyway, the bench 394 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 2: groups are really struggling to execute offense. In the half court, 395 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 2: They've been awesome defensively, The Bam Tatum ad front court 396 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 2: has been insane defensively. Anthony Edwards has done his fair 397 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 2: share of shot making, but overall in the half court 398 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,680 Speaker 2: they're just a little clunky. Well, Embiid is an offensive 399 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:34,120 Speaker 2: firepower machine. He's a hub that you can throw in there. 400 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 2: Adding Joel Embiid to that group should really help. And 401 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 2: Embiid is slow footed, but that lineup would have Anthony Edwards, 402 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 2: Jason Tatum, and bam Adebayo all really athletic. It can 403 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 2: help hide the foot speed issues that you have, especially 404 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 2: if you end up moving Devin Booker into that group 405 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 2: right which I'm assuming he'd go into that spot and 406 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 2: then probably Derek White would fall out of the lineup, 407 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 2: or if it ends up being Derek White, who knows, 408 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 2: But that group makes more sense offense. You've got these 409 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 2: tunnel vision guys and aunt Joel Embiid, but let him 410 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 2: play to tunnel vision basketball. Let them play your turn, 411 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 2: my turn basketball in that unit. Oh, you need to 412 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 2: run drop with Joel Embiid, well, Anthony Edwards and Jason 413 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 2: Tatum and Bamba, they're just way more athletic. That's a 414 00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 2: group that is more equipped to run drop. You have 415 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 2: Derek White in with your bench group right now, and 416 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 2: Derek White are both substantially better athletes than Stephan Devin Booker, 417 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 2: so it makes sense within that group. So again, like 418 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 2: I think, just a couple of lineup tweaks will put 419 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 2: this team right back on the right track. And here's 420 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 2: the thing. We gotta be honest with ourselves here. It's 421 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 2: very possible that Steve Kerr is under a directive from 422 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 2: Team USA to make sure that Embiid is starting very well, 423 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 2: maybe the reason why Embide is on this team for 424 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 2: all we know, I haven't heard anything specific about that, 425 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 2: but I mean, I put it like this, I believe 426 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 2: Steve Kerr sees what we're seeing, and I think he's 427 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 2: way too smart of a basketball mine to not know it, 428 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 2: I would imagine he knows, which makes me think that 429 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 2: there might be some sort of directive, a big giveaway 430 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 2: there is. Today, in the final minutes in crunch time, 431 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 2: Anthony Davis ended up getting in that five spot, which 432 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 2: I thought was interesting as an indicator of Steve's like 433 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 2: true belief system there. But if it is the case 434 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 2: that embiid has a guaranteed starting spot and Kirk can't 435 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 2: bump him and they have to continue these janky ass 436 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 2: lineup groupings for the majority of these games, then this 437 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 2: team is vulnerable, no question, because the current lineup groupings 438 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 2: are funky and redundant, and they underachieve, And so yeah, 439 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 2: I think they're a lot closer to being more dominant 440 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 2: than we think just by making a couple of simple tweaks. 441 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,439 Speaker 2: It's weird to me that it's taken this long, but 442 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 2: I would imagine there are some extraneous circumstances that are 443 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 2: kind of influencing that in terms of the basketball politics 444 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 2: at play. 445 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 1: Preparing for your upcoming fantasy football draft, do you wish 446 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: that you could wave a magic wand and somehow know 447 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 1: who exactly your league mates are going to take? 448 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 2: Well? 449 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 1: With Draft Intel from Fantasy Pros, you'll know exactly how 450 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: your league mats draft better than they do. 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Does Lebron's superstar play 465 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 2: extending into his forties change that for you at all? 466 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,919 Speaker 2: It does? I did a bit on the Lebron MJ debate. 467 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 2: I want to say it was at least two years ago. 468 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 2: I think it was the summer after I first started 469 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 2: with the volume. Might even have been earlier than that. 470 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 2: But I made the case for both, and it was 471 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 2: very simple. MJ's case is dominance. There was no player 472 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 2: that was close to as good as him for so long, 473 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,280 Speaker 2: and they won so frequently in that window there in 474 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 2: the nineties, that just the gap between him and the 475 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 2: rest of the league. It almost looks like an outlier 476 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 2: data point, right, And so that would be MJ's case dominance. 477 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:49,680 Speaker 2: Lebron's case is longevity. Lebron's case is, hey, you're there's 478 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 2: thirty nbagms and you get to pick from every player 479 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 2: in NBA history, like their whole careers. You get them 480 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 2: from the day they're drafted to the day they hang 481 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 2: them up. And this is just first pick, so it's 482 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 2: not in the context of another team you have to 483 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 2: draft a team around that guy. Who do you take? 484 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 2: You take Lebron because with Lebron, I'm getting twenty two 485 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 2: years of top five level play. Maybe if you're being 486 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 2: picky and you're saying, like, oh, the twenty twenty three 487 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 2: year he was kind of rough, and his rookie year 488 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 2: he was kind of rough, and he was you know, 489 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 2: injured in the twenty nineteen season. Okay, so nineteen seasons, 490 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 2: nineteen seasons of top five play. That's insane at a 491 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,000 Speaker 2: certain point. By having that, I just give my team 492 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 2: a really good chance to win a lot of championships 493 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 2: because I have that level of consistent greatness at the top. 494 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 2: Now am I ready to swap my pick? Because right 495 00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 2: now I do have MJ as the goat. I want 496 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,639 Speaker 2: to wait until after the Olympics before I make that 497 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 2: sort of stand. But if Lebron continues to lead this 498 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 2: team the way that he has and in the real 499 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 2: elimination games again lifts this team avera over the top, 500 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,119 Speaker 2: that to me would be such a strong indicator that 501 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 2: he's the best American player in the year twenty twenty 502 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 2: four at age thirty nine years old, which is such 503 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 2: an insane accomplishment that you're piggybacking on what was already 504 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 2: insane two years ago. And so at that point I 505 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 2: would have no choice, I think, but to acknowledge that. 506 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 2: But again, I'm gonna wait until after the Olympics. But 507 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,040 Speaker 2: I used to be pretty pretty you know, entrenched on 508 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 2: that MJ one Lebron two stance, and I'm starting to 509 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 2: soften a little bit on that, just because this is 510 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 2: getting ridiculous. Guys, Jason, what do you make of Joel 511 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 2: Embiid's comments recently to the New York Times. So those 512 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 2: of you guys who didn't see this, and I'm sure 513 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 2: most of you did, but Joel Embiid had some comments 514 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 2: about this isn't the same team that it looks to 515 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 2: be on paper, and Lebron's not as good as he 516 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 2: used to be, and Steph isn't as good as he 517 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 2: used to be here, and he specifically said that this 518 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 2: team doesn't have a talent advantage, which I think is ridiculous, 519 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 2: like the score is notwithstanding, I think TAMSA does have 520 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 2: a substantial talent advantage. Is it anywhere near as why 521 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 2: does it wasn in nineteen ninety two? Obviously not. The 522 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 2: global teams have gotten way better. We talked about that earlier. 523 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 2: But I do think this team USA team is more talented. 524 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,200 Speaker 2: And so that comment is just strange because it's under 525 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 2: selling your teammates to try to like out of like, 526 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 2: to try to like. It's like a weird kind of 527 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 2: like pressure deflecting type of comment that to me is silly. 528 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 2: Like this team should win, it's a disaster. If they don't, 529 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 2: they absolutely have a huge talent advantage. The second piece 530 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 2: of it was in Beat said that he thought he 531 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 2: could potentially have been the goat had he not been injured. 532 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 2: And here's the thing. Yeah maybe, but like I've we've 533 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 2: all been there. I'm not gonna sit here and pretend 534 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 2: like I haven't tried to make an excuse in my life. 535 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 2: I've had bad days at the gym where I'm in 536 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 2: the car on the way home and I'm like, I'm 537 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 2: dealing with XYZ and this is why I'm not playing well. 538 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 2: Like the hell, Like, I get busy with work sometimes 539 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 2: and I just don't get to go to the gym 540 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 2: a lot. And then I'll go to the gym and 541 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 2: I won't be as good as I usually and I'll 542 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 2: be like, ah, I hate being this busy because I 543 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 2: don't get to work on my game as much as 544 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 2: I want to. Here's what I've discovered, and I guarantee 545 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 2: you you guys have all discovered the same thing in 546 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 2: your journeys. People don't care about excuses. They never have 547 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 2: When you're at the gym and you're busting someone's ass 548 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 2: and he says something about, oh, my legs are sore. 549 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 2: Oh I'm dealing with this injury. You don't give a fuck, Like, no, 550 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 2: no one cares about excuses, and that's that's why it's 551 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 2: such a loser mentality, Like that's the thing. It's like, yeah, 552 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 2: maybe you were the goat. Maybe these injuries have derailed 553 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 2: a potentially all time great type of career. But the 554 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 2: reality is is time and time again, you get to 555 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,199 Speaker 2: those spots and you can't come through. And I guarantee you, 556 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,920 Speaker 2: as you're getting pull up threes put in your face 557 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 2: by Jason Tatum in Game seven, or as you're that 558 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 2: was just the deeve end of the floor as you 559 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,720 Speaker 2: look scared to make a post move against Al Horford, 560 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 2: no one's sitting there going like that guy could have 561 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 2: been the goat, but he just had some injuries. No, 562 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 2: they're going, what the hell's wrong with Joel Embiid. People 563 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 2: don't care about excuses, and that's the thing. Excuses are real. 564 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,159 Speaker 2: There are real reasons why things go the way that 565 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 2: they go. Absolutely there are factors that can affect your performance. 566 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 2: But expecting, like putting that energy into the public serves 567 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:30,440 Speaker 2: no purpose. You know what I'd like to hear. I'd 568 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 2: like to hear nothing as Joel Embiid privately goes, I 569 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 2: have unfulfilled potential, and this is the year that I 570 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 2: get it all taken care of. I come in in 571 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 2: crazy good shape and I figure it all out and 572 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 2: I kick everyone's ass. If you're that type of talent, 573 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 2: show us the world will rally around you as soon 574 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 2: as you do. But like, yeah, putting that energy out 575 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 2: there in that in the public that like, oh, like 576 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 2: what if this? What if that? Nobody cares? Nobody cares. 577 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,959 Speaker 2: They never have if you go about life expecting to 578 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 2: get pats on the back in support for what's going on, 579 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 2: that's causing you problems. Like people don't care. They just don't. 580 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 2: They only care about themselves and their family and advancing 581 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 2: their own interests. That's the only thing people care about. 582 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 2: I know it's kind of nihilistic, but it's just what 583 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 2: I think is what I think to be the truth. Jason, 584 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 2: you said on Twitter the other day that you think 585 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,080 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty Lakers would beat the twenty twenty four 586 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 2: Celtics in a series. Can you explain why? So? I 587 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 2: tweeted this out the other day and I didn't think 588 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 2: it was that big of a deal. And then everyone 589 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 2: freaked out. But I want to kind of get into 590 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 2: some of the specifics here because I don't think it's 591 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 2: as crazy as people are making it sound. First of all, 592 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty Lakers were also a dominant basketball team. 593 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 2: The twenty twenty four Celtics were more dominant on paper. 594 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 2: For sure, they won more games, they had a larger 595 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 2: net rating, But there's context there. Playing in a historically 596 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,160 Speaker 2: weak Eastern Conference. The Western Conference won the vast majority 597 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 2: of games and had to head matchups against the East. 598 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 2: This last year's going to inflate net rating statistics. It 599 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 2: just is you're playing more lesser teams in the Eastern Conference. 600 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 2: That's going to inflate your advanced metrics. That's going to 601 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 2: make things a little bit easier, right. But even though 602 00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 2: the Celtics were more dominant on paper than the twenty 603 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 2: twenty Lakers, the twenty twenty Lakers were also insanely dominant. 604 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 2: Here are some basic stats to express that for you. 605 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 2: The twenty twenty Lakers started twenty four and three guys 606 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 2: twenty four and three. They won twenty four of their 607 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 2: first twenty seven games they won before the stoppage when 608 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 2: the when COVID shut down the season they were winning 609 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 2: at a sixty four win pace. Guess how many games 610 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 2: the Celtics won sixty four and the Lakers did it 611 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 2: in a substantially tougher conference. In this playoff run, the 612 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 2: Celtics had a plus fifteen net rating in their sixteen wins, 613 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 2: meaning they won by an average of fifteen points per 614 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 2: one hundred possessions. The Lakers were plus twelve. That's also 615 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,239 Speaker 2: super dominant. So like, the idea that there is like 616 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 2: this chasm between these two champions and what they accompt 617 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 2: within their seasons is silly as far as like their 618 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 2: playoff runs. Like, do I think that the Celtics played 619 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 2: a tougher team in the NBA Finals? Absolutely, that Dallas 620 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,239 Speaker 2: Mavericks team was a tougher team than the banged up 621 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 2: Miami Heat team that the Lakers played in twenty twenty. 622 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 2: But if you stack up all the teams, Dame and 623 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 2: CJ McCollum in round one, James Harden at the peak 624 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 2: of his powers in Russell Westbrook in the second round, 625 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 2: Nikole Jokic and Jamal Murray, the same team that beat 626 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 2: that Clippers team that everyone swore was the best team 627 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 2: in the league like Lebron and the Lakers executed those 628 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 2: guys put him out of there in five. So like 629 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,520 Speaker 2: I believe the Lakers played tougher teams overall in that 630 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 2: playoff run, not that it matters. All I care about 631 00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 2: is the twenty twenty Lakers on a basketball court for 632 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 2: a seven game series against the twenty twenty four Celtics. 633 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 2: Who's gonna win. I've got the two best players in 634 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 2: the series. Anthony Davis was a better basketball player in 635 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty playoffs than either of Jaylen Brown or 636 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 2: Jason Tatum. He just was. Lebron James was the best 637 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 2: basketball player alive in twenty twenty. Those are the two 638 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 2: best players in the series. Okay, let's talk about matchups. 639 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 2: What is Boston's biggest advantage that can space you out 640 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 2: in drive and kick you to death? Well, what is 641 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 2: the closing five for that Los Angeles Lakers team. Alex 642 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 2: Crusoe elite perimeter defender with size, KCP elite perimeter defender 643 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 2: with size, Danny Green very good perimeter defender with size. 644 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 2: Lebron James, who in twenty twenty was still one of 645 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 2: the best defensive players in the league, and that was 646 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,959 Speaker 2: one of his best defensive seasons. It was better than 647 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 2: all of his seasons in Cleveland, and Anthony Davis, who 648 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,440 Speaker 2: was the best defensive player alive. That team is constructed 649 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 2: to guard the Boston Celtics, all big, mobile perimeter defenders 650 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 2: and a super versatile front line. And then on the 651 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 2: other end of the floor. Yes, Boston was an elite 652 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 2: perimeter defense team, but Lebron James and Anthony Davis are 653 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 2: matchup nightmares for them. On the front line. Anthony Davis 654 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 2: would have given Chris hop Sportzincis fits on the low block, 655 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 2: especially in that twenty twenty season. Lebron James, there's not 656 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 2: a guy on the Celtics that could have guarded him 657 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 2: in twenty twenty. So like in my opinion, I've got 658 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 2: the best players in this series. In terms of the 659 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 2: x'es and o's, the Lakers match up extremely well. I 660 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 2: just think that that twenty twenty Lakers team is the 661 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 2: best basketball team that I've seen since the twenty eighteen 662 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 2: Warriors with Kevin Durant and Steph Curry. I've said that consistently. 663 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 2: We got to get a little bit into the basketball today. 664 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,480 Speaker 2: I understand. I expect you guys to disagree. If you're 665 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 2: a Celtics fan, lay it out in the comments. You 666 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 2: guys know I read the comments. Jason, Here's why you're wrong. 667 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 2: Xyz basketball basketball basketball. If you just tell me, oh, 668 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 2: they were the most dominant team this season, I don't 669 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 2: care about that. There's not a metric that the Celtics 670 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 2: did this year that is substantially more impressive than what 671 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty Lakers did. So like, if you have 672 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 2: a basketball case, I want to hear it. Let's get 673 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 2: into it, let's debate a little bit. But I believe 674 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty Lakers would beat the twenty twenty four 675 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 2: Celtics in a playoff series. All right, guys, that is 676 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 2: all I have for today. As always, to sincerely appreciate 677 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 2: you guys for supporting the show. I again, we have 678 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 2: the Himahakas interview coming up tomorrow, and then I'm gonna 679 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 2: end up recording a mail bag later this week. I 680 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 2: will see you guys then. 681 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 1: The volume. What's up? Guys? 682 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 2: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 683 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 2: hoops tonight. It would actually be really helpful for us 684 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 2: if you guys would take a second and leave a 685 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 2: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys 686 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 2: supporting us, but if you could take a minute to 687 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,279 Speaker 2: do that, I'd really appreciate it.