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Got a jampack show for you today. 37 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: We got back to some NBA basketball last night as 38 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: the Lakers put up a stinker against the Charlotte Hornets. 39 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: Some brilliant basketball from Labelo Ball and Miles Bridges down 40 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: the stretch. 41 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: They steal that game. 42 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna break that game down from the perspective of 43 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: both teams. Then at the tail end of the show, 44 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: got a little bit about Shake gilds Us Alexander and 45 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: his current MVP case. You guys know the drip before 46 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: we get started. 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Make sure you guys follow us there so 54 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 1: you can get more content throughout the rest of the season. 55 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: And last not at least keep dropping mailbag question so 56 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: we can get to them in our Friday mailbags throughout 57 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,119 Speaker 1: the remainder of the season. All right, let's talk some basketball. 58 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: So I honestly thought this was a really sloppy game 59 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: from both teams outside of a few short stretches, like 60 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: the Lakers controlled the first two and a half quarters, 61 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: but I didn't think they were playing particularly well, really sloppy, 62 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: especially on the offensive ends. Still a lot of guys 63 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:50,959 Speaker 1: feeling each other out. 64 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 2: Here's the thing. 65 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: When you trade Anthony Davis, who's one of the very 66 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: best defensive players in the history of the sport, for 67 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: a player who is an MVP level offensive player, and 68 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: you get poor play on the offensive end from that player, 69 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: you're gonna see some talent discrepancies start to show. And 70 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about it later. But there are also 71 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: some issues that the Lakers are having with their small 72 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 1: ball groups and spacing as they kind of try to 73 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: figure out how to play a different brand of basketball 74 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: than they've been playing the rest of this season. We'll 75 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: get to that in a little bit, But just a 76 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: lot of sloppiness right yet, somehow they're in control for 77 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: the first two and a half quarters despite not playing well, 78 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: and it's because despite everything I just said, the Hornets 79 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: were playing even worse. JJ Reddick talked after the game 80 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: about some of the realities of teams he's been on 81 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: post All Star break and how they can run into 82 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: just a little bit of funk because you're just not 83 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: used to playing basketball is very much a rhythm sport, 84 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: and like he's been on teams where they've come out 85 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: of the break and they've looked great, and he's been 86 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: on teams where they've come out of the break and 87 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: looked terrible. It's kind of just part of the sport, 88 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: right So they're playing some sloppy basketball. The Hornets come 89 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: out in the late third quarter finally start playing what 90 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: I thought was the first stretch of good basketball that 91 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: either team played last night, and they promptly won and 92 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: went on a twenty three to one run that really 93 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: changed the dynamic of that game, and Charlie got going 94 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: on offense in that stretch. I thought Nurkic was really 95 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: the catalyst of this portion of the game getting a 96 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: You know, Nurkic is a guy that got a bad 97 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: rap for a lot of things in Phoenix, and he's 98 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: a really flawed player. And I'm not trying to sit 99 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: here and pretend like he's some sort of a savior 100 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: for the Charlotte Hornets or anything like that. But Nurkic 101 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: has some skills and he can play like I was 102 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: impressed in years past in Phoenix at some of his 103 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: drop coverage defense. He got a couple of big drop 104 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 1: coverage stops, one on Lebron James where he stonewalled in 105 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: the play where Austin Reeves got ejected. He stripped him 106 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: down low and may or may not have been a foul, 107 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: but like a lot of times, contact right around the basketball, 108 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: refs are going to let that sort of thing go. 109 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: It's kind of like a fifty to fifty call, and 110 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: he got a good strip there that led to that ejection. 111 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: The free throw is also a stop. Like I've been, 112 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: you know, generally keyed in on a couple of things 113 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: that Nurkic can do well, and he did those things well. 114 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 2: During this run. 115 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: He facilitated a backcut to Miles bridges On like a 116 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: spurs cut, which is where the post player has the 117 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: ball right around the elbow and the offensive player just 118 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: cuts off his shoulder and Nurkis will pivot into his 119 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: space and drop it over the top. Now, all of 120 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: a sudden, you got dribble penetration. JJ Redick and the 121 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: Lakers were double teaming use of Nurkic in the post 122 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: against this centerless Lakers group, which, by the way, Nurkic 123 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: had zero points last night, so I would have probably 124 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: like made him score once or twice before I started 125 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: reacting the way that they did. But he made really 126 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: nice passes out of the double team, got a wide 127 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: open three for Miles Bridges on the left wing that 128 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: he knocked down. Got another wide open three to one 129 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: pass away for Seth Curry on the right wing that 130 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: he knocked down. I thought Nurkic was definitely the catalyst 131 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: of that run, at least the initial part of the 132 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: run as the Hornets took their initial lead. Shout out 133 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 1: to Seth Curry too. He had a couple of huge 134 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: plays in that strike, which kept two possessions alive. To 135 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: stripped Jared Vanderbilt after a defensive rebound right underneath the basket. 136 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: He beat Lebron to a loose ball that generated an 137 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: extra offensive rebound. They go on this run. They take 138 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: a three point lead going into the early part of 139 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Then LaMelo comes into the game and 140 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: immediately hits two threes and suddenly they're up by nine. 141 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: It was kind of like this fancy screen and rescreen 142 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: action with Seth Curry where LaMelo ball like screens down 143 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: for Seth Curry who comes off the screen and then 144 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: immediately turns around and screens for LaMelo again. It's just 145 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: designed to confuse switching and Gabe Vincent and Dalton connect 146 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: for the two players involved, and Gabe was kind of 147 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: waiting for whoever went in towards the paint, and Dalton 148 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: should have been waiting forever who came for whoever came out, 149 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: But Dalton wasn't paying attention. LaMelo just flashed to the top, 150 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: caught the ball, knocked down a three point shot, and 151 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: then the other three he hit was just simple drop 152 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: covered shot. Alex Lenz on the floor, he's sitting back 153 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: in a drop just get that ball screen, gets a 154 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 1: little bit of separation at the top of the key 155 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: and knocks it down. Suddenly the Lakers are down by nine. 156 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: That was how quickly things turned around. That whole run, 157 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: That whole twenty three to one run took place in 158 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 1: just a little bit over five minutes of game time. 159 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: So that was like the first stretch of real serious 160 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: basketball that either team played. 161 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 2: Leads to an avalanche. 162 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 1: Suddenly we got ourselves kind of like a Laker's back 163 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: against the wall type of fourth quarter, and then we 164 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: get this just completely absurd run from Lebron, who I 165 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: think was really the only Laker who played well last night. 166 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: Just an absolute freight train to the rim, a driving 167 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: spinning floater against Seth Curry, a driving layup against the 168 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: Jane Salon, and a driving layup through LaMelo Ball in transition, 169 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: then a post up double of Luca. Lebron drives the 170 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: close out instead of taking a three and throws down 171 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: what I think was the dunk of the year against 172 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,040 Speaker 1: Mark Williams, just completely absurd. It actually reminded me of 173 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: the dunk that he had back in twenty eighteen against Nurkic. 174 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: Different dunk is on that dunk, Lebron is going down 175 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: the left lane line and kind of dunked off to 176 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: his right side, whereas this he's dunking over his body 177 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: to the left. But it reminded me in the sense 178 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: that he kind of went around the center and then 179 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 1: just extended, Like Lebron is a very underrated wingspan, he 180 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: just kind of extended over the top and finished just. 181 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: A completely ridiculous dunk. 182 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: If there's any sort of like encouragement or optimism that 183 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: you want to take from the early returns of the 184 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: Luka Doncic experience with the Lakers, it's that Lebron looks 185 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: absolutely fantastic, and if Lebron's going to play at this level, 186 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: and you eventually get MVP level Luca into this mix. 187 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: It's just a lot of top end talent for teams 188 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: to contend with. But he follows right up after the 189 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: dunk on Mark Williams with a three against Mark Williams 190 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: on a switch. He had another nice play later in 191 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: the game in clutch time where he drove Mark Williams 192 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: on a switch and got a foul hit the three 193 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: that gave them a shot late in the game, although 194 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: he ended up missing the shot that could have tied 195 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: the game, but just an unbelievable run from Lebron James 196 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: kind of reinstigates some control for the Lakers as it 197 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 1: turns into a clutch battle. But then down the stretch 198 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: Miles Bredge, Miles Ridges, and LaMelo Ball they just outdueled 199 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: Lebron and Luca, in large part because the Lakers again 200 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: not getting anything from Luca on the offensive end of 201 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: the floor, at least by Luca's standards. Like Luca had 202 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: a bunch of really nice plays and pick and roll 203 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: and out of the post regenerated advantages. You know, that's 204 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: the thing with players of his talent level, like we 205 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: all think he played like garbage and here's the thing 206 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: he did by his standards, but like he still did 207 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: a lot, They still won his minutes. But there's a 208 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: certain level of there's a certain level of pop that 209 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: you're gonna get from Luca offensively that you just haven't 210 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: seen yet in. 211 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 2: A Lakers jersey. 212 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: A simple way to put it is their offensive rating 213 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: right now as a unit in three games is like one. 214 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 2: Hundred and eleven and change. 215 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: Like That's that's obviously just a tiny fraction of the 216 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: type of offensive impact that you should get from that 217 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: group in the big picture. But on the other end 218 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: of the floor, LaMelo was picking on Luca and switches 219 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: something that we need to get used to seeing as 220 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: we watch the Lakers. That's definitely going to be a 221 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: huge part of the way teams attack, and the Lakers 222 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: were just struggling on the back to handle that. He 223 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: got downhill and drew a foul against Jackson Hayes. Another 224 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: one where he dropped it off to Mark Williams for 225 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: an easy two under the rim. Miles Bridges hit a 226 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 1: bunch of big stretch of shots in this stretch. I 227 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 1: always talked about the idea Derek White is the best 228 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: in the league at this in my opinion, but the 229 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: idea of like switch interchange and the gap that takes 230 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: place there. So like basically, if if Miles Bridges is 231 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: dribbling against one player and a hornet comes up and 232 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: sets a screen, and that player is going to be 233 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: the guy who's guarding the screener is going to be 234 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: switching out to Miles Bridges. But there's like an interchange, right, 235 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: There's a gap as the on ball defender disengages and 236 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: the new switching defender engages. Now, really good switching defense there. 237 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: You're usually closing out in those situations and switching with aggression. 238 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:47,959 Speaker 1: You're switching with ball pressure to close that interchange gap 239 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 1: as quickly as you can. 240 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,600 Speaker 2: But the Lakers were really sloppy on that. 241 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: By the way, some of this stuff like I want 242 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: to cut the Lakers some slack on in terms of 243 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: the game plan because like LaMelo ball, a jump shot 244 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: for LaMelo Ball has been worth less and a point 245 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: this year. A jump shot for Miles Bridges has been 246 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: worth less than a point this year. So like some 247 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: of this is like I can imagine the game plan 248 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: was close out a bit shorter on some of these 249 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: types of shots, but it doesn't matter in the moment 250 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: when LaMelo is hitting and has been hitting all night, 251 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: and Miles Bridges is hitting and has been hitting all night, like, 252 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 1: you kind of have to make that adjustment. And there 253 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: were three times in the second half where Miles Bridges 254 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 1: hit threes against those switch interchanges, particularly Jared Vanderbilt and 255 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 1: Jackson Hayes on those switches were slow to get out 256 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: to the perimeter and knock those shots down. Those were 257 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: all huge shots for Miles Bridges that really kind of 258 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: helped Charlotte maintain control of the game. Then the two 259 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: biggest plays of the game, so again Lebron draws a 260 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: foul against Mark Williams and then Luca gets an offensive 261 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: rebound put back. Suddenly the Lakers are up by one 262 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: in the final minute just because of a couple of 263 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: plays made by Lebron and Luca. But the Lakers just 264 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 1: couldn't contain LaMelo. Two times in a row, he generates 265 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: a bucket. The first one gets Luca on a switch, 266 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: Dorian Finney Smith doubles. When Dorian Phinney Smith doubles, he 267 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: waves Luca out of the switch. Now when he waves 268 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: Luca out of the double, Luca's got to rotate. 269 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 2: Everyone's got to rotate. 270 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: So on this particular possession, Lebron is hugged up to 271 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: Miles Bridges in the left corner. You've got Gabe Vincent 272 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 1: on Mark Williams right underneath the basket, and you've got 273 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,559 Speaker 1: Ruy Hachimura on Josh Green on the left wing, and 274 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: Nick Smith Junior is wide open in the left corner. 275 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: So when Dorian Phinney Smith waves Luca out, if everyone's 276 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: on a string and they're connected, it's an easy rotation. 277 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: Luca drops to Miles Bridges, Lebron drops to Mark Williams, 278 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: Gabe drops to the corner to Nick Smith, and if 279 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: they're on I call him windshield wiper rotations. When they're connected, 280 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: when guys are rotating at the same time, those openings 281 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: close up immediately. 282 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 2: But when there's a. 283 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: Delay, that's when things fall apart. Both Lebron and Gabe 284 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: just seems completely aloof and weren't paying attention. They stayed 285 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: hugged up. Gabe had this crazy like twenty foot close 286 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: out to the left corner, and Nick Smith made the shot. 287 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: You made them pay for that defensive breakdown again, and 288 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: we'll talk about that in a minute. But the Lakers 289 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: are gonna have to have a plan for how to 290 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: handle these Luca situations and they're gonna have to execute better. 291 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: And then the second one, you put Vanderbilt in as 292 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: a defense offense sub so that you can get a stop, 293 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 1: and Vando just gets cooked by LaMelo. It just gets 294 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: completely cooked. On a little left to right crossover. The 295 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: Lakers were offering a lot of nail help where they 296 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: were like digging down from the wing, but guys were 297 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: just swiping instead of actually like containing the drive. 298 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 2: Ruy and Gabe had really bad examples of this. 299 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: In crunch time, and LaMelo just cut right through the 300 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: lane and just shot that little scoop shot and that 301 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: put the Lakers in a bind. And yeah, Lebron hit 302 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: a three that gave them a chance late, but that 303 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: ended up more or less being the play that did 304 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 1: them in. And I just thought LaMelo and Miles made 305 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: more place then Lebron and Luca did down the stretch 306 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: and it was enough to get a win on the road. 307 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: My only thought on the Hornets that I wanted to 308 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: share after this one. LaMelo is such a polarizing player 309 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 1: for me when I watch him, because he does a 310 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: lot of things that drive me crazy. 311 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 2: Dribbles the air out of the basketball. 312 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: He kind of has like a I just did, like 313 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: a general air of honey like unseriousness, Like he's just 314 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: kind of he's just kind of floating around. There's a 315 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: lot of like unorthodox footwork, there's a lot of like 316 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: it kind of just seems like he's playing around a 317 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: lot of the times. But the talent level is completely absurd. 318 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: Just has a ridiculous handle. He might sit there and 319 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: make thirty five fakes before he actually tries to drive 320 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: past you, but he's probably gonna drive past you once 321 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: he gets past you. He's just such a great finisher. 322 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: He's such a great playmaker, and if you sit back 323 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: and contain the drive. Again, he hasn't been shooting super well, 324 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: but when he has this jump shot going, he can 325 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: make you pay for sitting back off of him. Right, 326 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: and last night he was hitting and he consistently made 327 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: the Lakers pay. Just a really tantalizing prospect strictly from 328 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: a talent perspective, even if he can drive me crazy 329 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: sometimes Lakers front, I'm gonna say the same thing I 330 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: said after the Utah loss. The loss itself doesn't mean anything. Like, 331 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 1: we all know that the Lakers could easily dispatch of 332 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: the Charlotte Hornets if they were in a more urgent. 333 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 2: Type of situation. 334 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: The Lakers traded for Anthony, traded Anthony Davis for Luca, 335 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: and they haven't really gotten Luca yet. 336 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 2: I'm not worried about it at all. 337 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: I see a lot of people trying to bury Luca 338 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: after these first couple of games. I think that would 339 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: be a huge mistake. Like he's just going to play 340 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: much better in the big picture. And honestly, aside from 341 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: a couple of small things that we'll get into involving 342 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: spacing and some stuff with Jared Vanderbilt, I'm actually super 343 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: encouraged by what I've seen from this group on offense 344 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: so far. You know, this just it all makes sense 345 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: to me in terms of the advantage creation, the play finishing. 346 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: Other than Jared Vanderbilt, it seems like everyone is kind 347 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: of like a perfect fit on the offensive end of 348 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: the floor. 349 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: So like, I'm not worried about that at all. 350 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: But again, like I said after the Utah game, I 351 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: do think there's value in looking at how you lost 352 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: the game and what in that mix you can take 353 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: away as like a legitimate area of opportunity for you 354 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: to improve as a basketball team. Jared Vanderbilt is the 355 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: guy that's sticking out like a sore thumb so far 356 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: in the Luca era. In the three games that he's 357 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: played so far with Luca, they have a minus twenty 358 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: one point four net rating with him on the floor, 359 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: one zero three offensive rating, a one twenty four defensive rating. 360 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: And that's the main thing I want to highlight right away, 361 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: Like he's been really bad on defense, which is so 362 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: unusual for it right Like a lot of dumb stuff 363 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: last night, Like he had a play where he in 364 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: the third quarter where he hard closed out on Dikwan 365 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: Jefferies on the left wing, and it's like Dikwon Jefferies 366 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: can't shoot. He's like thirty percent on catch and shoot 367 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: jump shots this year, hard close out ends up giving 368 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: up a drive and dikwe hits a little scoop shot 369 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: over the top of him, or like on that final 370 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: possession losing LaMelo Ball on a straight line drive. Or 371 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: he several times over the first couple of games where 372 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: he's got defensive rebounds, but he hasn't had good awareness 373 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: of what's happening around him, and he gets stripped from 374 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: behind or. 375 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 2: Fumbles the ball away. 376 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: A good chunk of Jared Vanderbilt's impact can be improved 377 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: by him just doing what he gets paid to do, 378 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: which is be one of the best defensive players in 379 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 1: the league, which is what he hasn't been over the 380 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: course of these few games. 381 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 2: Right. 382 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: But on offense, it's pretty simple. The teams are putting 383 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: their centers on him, parking that center under the rim, 384 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: and this is a real problem that isn't going away 385 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: with these centreless groups. It's been so interesting thinking about 386 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: the center position as much as we have over the 387 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: course of the last couple of weeks since the Luca trade, 388 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: because the centers have looked good with exception of Alex 389 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: lenn in that Utah game. Like the Lakers were plus 390 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,439 Speaker 1: twelve last night with Jackson Hayes on the floor, they 391 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: were plus eight with Alex lenn on the floor. So 392 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: they were plus twenty with their centers on the floor. 393 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: That's how bad their small ball groups got butchered. And 394 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,920 Speaker 1: this team has a lot of good small ball personnel. 395 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: JJ believes in small ball it wouldn't matter if you 396 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: had Mark Williams or if you had a better center. 397 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 1: JJ's going to play a lot of small ball with 398 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 1: this group and they're gonna have to figure that part out. 399 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: There's a couple of different things I want to look 400 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: at there, first of all, like Vando's got to find 401 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 1: his space within this fit on the floor without a 402 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: center on the offensive end of the floor. This extends 403 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: beyond Vando, by the way, because there were small ball 404 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: groups that have struggled even without Vando over the course 405 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 1: of this stretch. One of the things that changes when 406 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: you shift to this style of offense, which is again 407 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: I've talked about this a lot on the show, but 408 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 1: like in when you're running a motion and you at 409 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,479 Speaker 1: the ball constantly flowing from side to side, and you 410 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: have your big operating as a screener, dribble handoff fulkrim 411 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: at the top of the key, which was the right 412 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: way to play with Austin, Dillo and Lebron and that's 413 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: why it worked so well last year under Darvin Ham. 414 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,479 Speaker 1: When you have that five out motion concept, your dunker spot, 415 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: your rollman type of stuff around the basket, it's always 416 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 1: vacant until someone cuts into that space or rolls into 417 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 1: that space. Once you start playing more like this style 418 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 1: where it's like a lot more of like Lebron Louke 419 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: spread the floor, ball screens, post ups, where it's more 420 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: brute force, it becomes easier to space the floor in 421 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: more of a four out one in context, meaning like 422 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: if Lebron's going to be attacking a matchup like a 423 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 1: one on one matchup on the left wing, if everyone 424 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: standing around the three point line, the gaps get pretty shrunken, 425 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: right and then suddenly people are helping in driving lanes 426 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: and it gets. 427 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 2: Pretty difficult to play. 428 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: So you want to take one of those guys that's 429 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: at the three point line and you want to tuck 430 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: him underneath the basket right now. A way that a 431 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: lot of small ball teams will confront this is instead 432 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: of putting a big man down there, they'll put a 433 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: guard down there. And it's a very simple reason why. 434 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: If you have a guard in the dunker spot, the 435 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: guy guarding him is probably a guard. So if you 436 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: beat your man off the dribble and get into the paint, 437 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: the first line of defense you're going to run into 438 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: is most likely a smaller player. And so one of 439 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: the things the Lakers are having issues with is Jared 440 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: Vanderbilt in many cases isn't even in the dunker spot, 441 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: like he's kind of floating around, not even as screener 442 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: is kind of floating around. So part of it is 443 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: like getting Vando into the dunker spot, or get Vando 444 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: out of the dunker spot, have him operate out of 445 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: the corner as a crasher, as an off ball screener, 446 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 1: and try to have more situations where you have a 447 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: guard right underneath the basket where you can quickly catch 448 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 1: and finish. Have a Ruiyacha Murrow who's been drawing smaller 449 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: defenders and did a lot of damage in the post 450 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 1: last night. Have they gave Vincent down there in that spot? 451 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: But Vando's going to be the issue. There will be 452 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: a lot of sequences where Vando is in the dunker spot, 453 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: but he has a center on him, and that center 454 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: feels comfortable splitting the difference between helping and contesting Vando 455 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: at the rim. So what do you do in that 456 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: situation when Vando is your issue underneath the basket. That 457 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: is where having Luca at MVP level makes such a 458 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: huge difference. Luca is one of the very best shot 459 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: makers in this league, Luca can be impervious to spacing 460 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: at times because of his ability to score in the 461 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 1: short to mid range right and so again, just by 462 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 1: having and play much better on defense and by having 463 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,120 Speaker 1: Luca play much better on offense, these lineups can work 464 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 1: a lot better than they have. However, I do think 465 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: it's important to at least factor in that Vando could 466 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: be an issue there. It's something that against the best 467 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: teams in the league that have elite rim protection. It's 468 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: a problem that the Lakers might have to face and 469 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: that they might have to deal with. And again, what 470 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 1: you can do there is if vand do's off the floor, 471 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: you can try to make up for that by having 472 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: guards in the dunker spot to create spacing, like we 473 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: talked about earlier, That's what the Celtics do so incredibly well. 474 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 1: But again, just having Luca play better, having Jared Vanderbilt 475 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: play better on defense will go a long way. Austin too, 476 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: Like I talked about this after the Utah game, like 477 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 1: Austin's one of the most reliable big game players in 478 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: the NBA. I trust that dude so much when it's 479 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 1: an important game against a good team. But he can 480 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: throw out some stinkers against some bad teams, and like 481 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,119 Speaker 1: I thought, Austin was really bad last night, and then 482 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: he compounded it by complaining about a foul call, which, 483 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: by the way, like I talked about earlier, was a 484 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 1: fifty to fifty call. It wasn't like a rake on 485 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: the arms. It was a rake kind of right around 486 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 1: the wrist ball area. And when it's a bang bang 487 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: sequence in a basketball game, that's a call that refs 488 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: will miss. Like I talked about earlier, I view that 489 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: as like a fifty to fifty call. Sometimes you're going 490 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: to get it. Sometimes it's going to be called a strip, 491 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 1: and for you to lose control, run up on the 492 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: ref say whatever you said he said, He said it 493 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: three times. He bumped him on the elbow, Like you 494 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: made it so that you had to get ejected. And 495 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: now all of a sudden you're in a situation where 496 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: you have less talent on the floor down the stretch 497 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: of the game. 498 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 2: So like again, it is what it is. 499 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: I'm not worried about Austin. Austin's always going to be 500 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: there as a fox hole guy when the shit's hitting 501 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: the fan against a good team. But Austin didn't do 502 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: his team any favors last night by getting himself kicked 503 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: out of that game. I want to move to the 504 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: defensive end of the foor for just a second, though, 505 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: because this is gonna be something. 506 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 2: That is a big talking point for the Lakers moving forward. 507 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: As I mentioned earlier, I'm not worried about the Lakers 508 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 1: offense at all. I just they're gonna work, They're gonna 509 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: figure it out. They have a one to eleven point 510 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: five offensive ratings so far. That's gonna be turned around 511 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: at some point over the course of the next couple 512 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,320 Speaker 1: of weeks. But on the defensive end of the four, 513 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: the idea of teams attacking Luka Doncic in space is 514 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,719 Speaker 1: going to be a problem that they're gonna have to address. 515 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:26,879 Speaker 1: So first of all, before we get into any like 516 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 1: schematic stuff, you just have to do better, Like you 517 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: just have to do a better job of containing the ball. 518 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: And this goes deeper than just Luca. This goes down 519 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 1: the roster to a bunch of different guys like Ruey 520 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: got back cut a bunch of times last night, Like 521 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: that's a way of giving up dribble penetration just by 522 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: not paying attention, right, Like you're one of your top 523 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: tier defenders, and Jared Vanderbilt gives up a. 524 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,640 Speaker 2: Key drive late in the game. 525 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: But even Luca himself by virtue of getting into better shape, 526 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,239 Speaker 1: by virtue of just competing more on the ball, if 527 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 1: he can flatten out some of those drives. Again, like 528 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: think of it on the very basic level, a straight 529 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: line drive is gonna be very difficult to react to 530 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: as a helper. But if you can flatten out the 531 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: drive so that it's more of a banana route out 532 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 1: to the side, that's what delays that enough for you 533 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: to have easier rotations on the backside. But when you're 534 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 1: giving up dribble penetration, you have to be prepared. There 535 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 1: were large portions of this game where I thought they 536 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 1: looked great in this regard. 537 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 2: The Lakers were throwing a lot of lowman help. 538 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: And again in the lowman all that means is when 539 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 1: the ball screen defender is stepping up, the guy who's 540 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: guarding the weakside corner slides up underneath the basket to 541 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: help guard that action. Three on two, the guy on 542 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: the wing for the Lakers was doing a good job 543 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: dropping down and guarding the corner to cover for the lowman. 544 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 1: They were missing some of that extra rotation though, the 545 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: rotation to the man up the wing. They were missing 546 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: some of those extra rotations. And then simple stuff like 547 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: that double team or Dorian Finney Smith waved Luca out. 548 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: If you're gonna scram Luca out of switches, and that's 549 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: basically what that is. So like if Luca gets picked 550 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: on on a switch and you just run a team 551 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 1: over and get Luca out of there, you're scramming him 552 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: out of a mismatch. You need to be prepared for 553 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: that scram and in crunch time they had a sequence 554 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 1: where they just weren't ready for it. And so again 555 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: different team. You're not used to having a guy like 556 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: Luke on the floor that you have to cover for, 557 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: but now you do. So you just got to figure 558 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,719 Speaker 1: out the back end of that. And so that's the thing, 559 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: like when we talk about the Lakers, they're not gonna 560 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: be some world beating. 561 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 2: Top five defense. It's just they don't have the personnel 562 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 2: for it. 563 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 1: Even before this when they were defending extremely well, like 564 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 1: a lot of it was playing really hard in the 565 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: month of January and February, right, So, like I want 566 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: to be clear, like I never thought this team was elite, 567 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 1: but they should be better defensively than they have been, 568 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: and again, that's all they have to do. They have 569 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: so much margin for error on the offensive end of 570 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 1: the floor. They just need to get to the point 571 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 1: where they get enough stops or they get enough defensive 572 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 1: rebounds to allow their offense to push them over the top. 573 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 1: And a lot of that will come down to everyone 574 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: competing better on the ball well, getting actual high level 575 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: defensive impact out of your high level defensive players, and 576 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: having a plan for Luca. Got to have a plan 577 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: for how to react to those situations when they start 578 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 1: picking on picking on Luca in space. The one last 579 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: thing that stood out to me the much of this 580 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: team and their potential success this year will come down 581 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: to the play of younger players like Ruy Hachimura. Ruy's 582 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 1: played great for the most part as of late, but 583 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 1: he's a young player and he can make a lot 584 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 1: of mistakes. I talked about him losing laur Markinen as 585 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: a shooter a lot in the game right before the 586 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: All Star break. He was lost a lot in this game. 587 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: There's a play with Nurkic where he was on the 588 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: right wing close entry to Nurkic and his man just 589 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: cuts right off of him, and he's just like he's 590 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: not double teaming, he's not guarding any anybody. All of 591 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: a sudden, his man catches the ball in the back cut, 592 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: it gets sprayed out to Miles Bridges. Then he just 593 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: throws this crazy, reckless close out Miles and Miles Bridges, 594 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: who just kind of shows the ball, Ruby goes flying 595 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:54,879 Speaker 1: by and then Miles hits the three. A lot of 596 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 1: possessions like that where Rui's just kind of like all 597 00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: over the place on the defensive end of the floor. 598 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 2: And here's the thing. 599 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: He's such a good offensive player that usually he can 600 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,239 Speaker 1: start to minimize that by adding margin for error, right, 601 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: but he goes one for eight from three, misses a 602 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: couple of important free throws in the final minute that 603 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: could have tied the game. That like shines the light 604 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: on all that other stuff, and so another potential weakness 605 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: we need to keep an eye on for the Lakers. 606 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: And the big picture is just simply that ruy Hachamura 607 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: is a young player. There's some guys in this rotation 608 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: that are young players, and you know how I feel 609 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 1: about young players. When you get to the postseason. It's 610 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: something that could be an issue, but again, this team 611 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: will demonstrate a much larger margin for error once they 612 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: figure out things on offense. And again I expect them 613 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: to be a team that when I wouldn't be surprised 614 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 1: if from now through the end of the season they 615 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: were well north of a one to twenty offensive rating 616 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,239 Speaker 1: once they actually kind of get their sea legs underneath them. 617 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:49,679 Speaker 1: And I think it's only a matter of time, all right, 618 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,959 Speaker 1: before we get out of here tonight. Welcome to Course Correction, 619 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: brought to you by Microsoft. Just like the star players 620 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: and teams navigating performance hurdles, business decision makers today are 621 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: under immense pressure to get things right. They must rise 622 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: to the occasion, turning challenges into opportunities. Microsoft empowers these 623 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 1: visionaries with AI solutions, simplified cloud and data management and 624 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 1: trustworthy responsible AI. When you're in the NBA, you have 625 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: your own hurdles to face. In this segment, we explore 626 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,919 Speaker 1: the challenges faced by teams or star players and how 627 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: they can turn things around. Whatever challenge you're facing, Microsoft 628 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: empowers you with the expertise to say bring it on. 629 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: This week, we're discussing the challenge faced by current MVP 630 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 1: favorite Shay Gilders Alexander. Two things happen this year that 631 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 1: made life substantially tougher on Shae Gilders, Alexander and the Thunder. First, 632 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: Jalen Williams really talented young player, He's been embroiled in 633 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: a season long shooting slump. His true shooting percentage is 634 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: a full six percent lower than it was last year, 635 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: which is not entirely uncommon for a young player. Young 636 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: players go through going pains. This team has a lot 637 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 1: of young players on board. That's been a issue for 638 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: the Thunder this year. Secondly, Shay loses his second or 639 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: his most talented co star in Chet Holmgren broken hit. 640 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: This is a huge chunk of the season, but it 641 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:07,000 Speaker 1: hasn't mattered at all. I saw this crazy stat that 642 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: my friend Carson Breber from Nerd Sesh tweeted out yesterday. 643 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: When shakeyil does Alexander is on the floor this year, 644 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: when no Chet and no Jalen Williams. So just imagine 645 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: shake yoes Alexander and a bunch of really young role players, 646 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 1: good young role players, but young role players that have 647 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: flaws that have offensive limitations. One thousand two hundred and 648 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: fifty eight possessions, a massive sample size, a plus twenty 649 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:39,160 Speaker 1: nine net rating, one thirty three offensive rating, a one 650 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: to oh four defensive rating. Just unbelievable work from. 651 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 2: Shay this season. 652 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: His half court shot creation metrics have been off the charts. 653 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 1: A pick and roll from Shay including passes has been 654 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: worth one point one to two points per possession. That's 655 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 1: in the ninetieth percentile. And ISO for Shay including passes 656 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: has been worth one point zero eight points per possession. 657 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: That's eight seven percentile. A post up for Shae including 658 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: passes one point one to three points per possession including 659 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: passes seventy fourth percentile. Just picking teams apart is shooting 660 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: forty four percent on all pull up jumpers, fifty one 661 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: percent on pull up jumpers if you wait them for threes, 662 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 1: forty eight percent on floaters, sixty three percent on layups, 663 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: which is insane for a guard. Some of the best 664 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: athletic wings in the league hover in the high fifties 665 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: at the rim on layups. Over a block and a 666 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: steal per game. He's right around three stocks per game 667 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 1: Right now. He's minus five hundred to win MVP on 668 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: DraftKings and I think he absolutely deserves it for overcoming 669 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: adversity this season to lead the most dominant team in 670 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: the league this regular season. That's it for this week's 671 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: course correction. Remember Microsoft's AI solutions empower you to take 672 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: bold steps and make informed decisions, sparking new ideas to 673 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 1: help drive your business forward. Microsoft as your trusted partner, 674 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: you can navigate your journey with confidence, finding innovative solutions 675 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 1: and reaching new possibilities. Visit Microsoft dot com slash challengers 676 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,480 Speaker 1: to learn more. All right, guys, that's all I have 677 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: for tonight. As always, a sincerely appreciate you guys for 678 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: supporting me and supporting the show. We'll be back tomorrow 679 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: with some breakdowns from another slate of NBA games and 680 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: a mailbag. 681 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 2: I will see you guys. 682 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: Then the volume. 683 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 2: What's up guys? 684 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 685 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: OOPS tonight. It would actually be really helpful for us 686 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second and leave a 687 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,520 Speaker 1: rating and a review. 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