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Speaker 2: All right, welcome to tonight. You're at the volume heavy Wednesday.
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Speaker 2: Got a quick show for you guys tonight. We're just
Speaker 2: gonna hit that really bizarre game between the Dallas Mavericks
Speaker 2: and the Los Angele Lakers that featured players from both
Speaker 2: teams playing in the opposite jerseys and a really weird
Speaker 2: vibe from the crowd fire Nico Chance. Very interesting quote
Speaker 2: from Luka Doncic after the game as well. Just a
Speaker 2: really strange night in Dallas as Luka Dancin drops forty
Speaker 2: five points and Lakers get a much needed win for
Speaker 2: them in the seating situation. We are going to cover
Speaker 2: that game in detail, and then after that we're going
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Speaker 2: end the quote from Luca, I love these fans, I
Speaker 2: love this city, but it's time to move on. If
Speaker 2: that quote doesn't encapsulate what was a strange night in Dallas,
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Speaker 2: All right, let's talk some basketball. So it was such
Speaker 2: a weird vibe in the arena because usually when we
Speaker 2: see these types of situations, there's been at least somewhat
Speaker 2: of a case that you know, that is built over time,
Speaker 2: where it's like, yeah, we might need to move on
Speaker 2: from this guy, or maybe we should move on from
Speaker 2: this guy, and so, yeah, the player will come back
Speaker 2: and everyone will give them their moment of appreciation. But
Speaker 2: then it's like, all right, let's get down to basketball,
Speaker 2: let's compete. Screw these guys, we're gonna get a win.
Speaker 2: And could not be a vibe further from that, because
Speaker 2: the most absurd trade in NBA history, the trade that
Speaker 2: sent one of the most accomplished twenty five year olds
Speaker 2: in the history the league away from a team that
Speaker 2: he was completely in totally committed to, as evidenced by
Speaker 2: his reaction to the tribute video. The trade has left
Speaker 2: a bad pace in a lot of these fans' mouths, right,
Speaker 2: and the way they reacted was to effectively cheer on
Speaker 2: Luca all night long, to the point where you could
Speaker 2: literally see it have an effect on several Mavericks players.
Speaker 2: I thought Anthony Davis and Klay Thompson in particular, for
Speaker 2: being the competitors that they've been for the majority of
Speaker 2: their career, there wasn't a ton of fight there. You
Speaker 2: can tell. I thought they were affected by it. The
Speaker 2: game just had this super weird vibe. It never kind
Speaker 2: of took on the energy level in terms of Dallas
Speaker 2: and the energy they play with that I think they
Speaker 2: could have won this game. Dallas has some advantages. Their
Speaker 2: guards are really athletic, They have the ability to get
Speaker 2: to the rim on this team, and the Lakers are
Speaker 2: worn down. Fourth game in or excuse me, third game
Speaker 2: and four nights just had to play a couple of
Speaker 2: really emotional games in Oklahoma City. This could have been
Speaker 2: a game that could have gone a different direction, but
Speaker 2: it just felt like there was never enough like energy
Speaker 2: in life for Dallas to feed off of. It was
Speaker 2: just a really strange night. The tribute. You know, it's
Speaker 2: funny when I was watching the tribute video, it's just
Speaker 2: a casual reminder of how much Luka Doncic has accomplished
Speaker 2: in his brief time in at Dallas Mavericks Jersey. From
Speaker 2: the series against the Clippers where he's just scoring on
Speaker 2: dudes and talking shit every time down the floor of
Speaker 2: the myriod of crazy shots that he hit over the
Speaker 2: years to win games, to extend games at the end
Speaker 2: of quarters, end of shot clocks, the Western Conference Finals run,
Speaker 2: with what he did to Phoenix, what he did last year,
Speaker 2: the insane regular season high scoring games. There's just so
Speaker 2: many things that Luca got done in such a short
Speaker 2: period of time that even though he's only twenty five
Speaker 2: years old, it just took on this feel like this
Speaker 2: great bit of history was wasted and you could just
Speaker 2: see it really affect Luca, and I was just so impressed,
Speaker 2: because I can't imagine going from a situation where you're
Speaker 2: as emotional as he was to going into a game
Speaker 2: where the entire success of the Lakers depends on Luka
Speaker 2: Dancich's ability to break down the defensive coverage that Dallas
Speaker 2: was using, which we're going to get into in a minute.
Speaker 2: It's a lot of pressure you factor in not just
Speaker 2: the responsibility that he had in that game, but the
Speaker 2: emotions at play in the situation, and the fact that
Speaker 2: they're on their third game in four nights, and the
Speaker 2: fact that they really needed that game. They lose that game,
Speaker 2: they suddenly absolutely must beat Houston on Friday, and absolutely
Speaker 2: must beat Portland on Sunday, which again Portland, you know,
Speaker 2: do you feel like they can take care of business there?
Speaker 2: But that's not an easy game against Houston. US is
Speaker 2: beating everybody as of Like, this was a very very
Speaker 2: important game. Forty five points, eight rebounds, six assists carried
Speaker 2: the offense in the first half when the Laker defense
Speaker 2: was a complete no show, and then finally the Laker
Speaker 2: defense was able to take control of the game in
Speaker 2: the second half, a scoring burst from Lebron James in
Speaker 2: the fourth quarter, some cherry on top scoring from Luca,
Speaker 2: and the Lakers ended up getting the win that they
Speaker 2: so badly needed. Now, I was really curious to see
Speaker 2: what kind of game plan that we would see from
Speaker 2: Jason Kidd in this game. He's got a bunch of
Speaker 2: drop coverage Bigs on his roster right, and as we know,
Speaker 2: the Lakers have struggled over the majority of this stretch
Speaker 2: of the season against switching, and one of the big
Speaker 2: reasons why has been Luca has struggled to beat Biggs
Speaker 2: on an island compared to what it looked like in
Speaker 2: years past. Right, what's super encouraging is this is the
Speaker 2: third game in a row. There wasn't as much against Okace.
Speaker 2: We saw a couple of possessions in the second half
Speaker 2: on Tuesday, famously the one right before he got ejected
Speaker 2: where he faced Hartenstein on a switch. There were like
Speaker 2: three or four other switches in that game, but okay,
Speaker 2: so he did run a good amount of drop in
Speaker 2: that game. However, between tonight's game, the few reps against
Speaker 2: Hart and Stuf and then the game on Sunday, Luca
Speaker 2: had those big big dudes dancing. They had no idea
Speaker 2: what they were doing out there on the perimeter, and
Speaker 2: he was cooking I'm cooked heart and sign over and
Speaker 2: over and over again on Sunday. A few more times
Speaker 2: on Tuesday tonight, Derek Lively right out the gate. Interestingly enough,
Speaker 2: Jason Kidd will run a lot of drop with those guys.
Speaker 2: And he's a guy who famously has liked to blitz
Speaker 2: over the years, particularly liked to blitz Laker ball handlers
Speaker 2: in ball screens, and so I was expecting them to
Speaker 2: come out and maybe consider blitzing, But went was switching
Speaker 2: with those fives, and Luca is just no problem at all,
Speaker 2: getting lively on his backside and jumping straight up and
Speaker 2: down as lively as pursuing from behind and committing fouls,
Speaker 2: getting easy dribble penetration. I've always been amazed by Luca's
Speaker 2: ability to use just little change of pace moves and
Speaker 2: using his size and leverage physically to get drill penetration
Speaker 2: on basically everyone. But he just demolished the MAVs in
Speaker 2: switches over and over and over again. And then one
Speaker 2: of the other things too, like the short range shot
Speaker 2: making isn't there yet. I felt like he got a
Speaker 2: little closer today today was I feel like his short
Speaker 2: range shot making has been off off a lot over
Speaker 2: the course of this phase in the season, but I
Speaker 2: thought tonight he was just getting a little closer. The
Speaker 2: misses were just a little closer to going in a
Speaker 2: little bit more confidence, a little bit more crispness in
Speaker 2: the release. I feel like he's getting closer, but the
Speaker 2: step back three, he's got it going over these like
Speaker 2: six four to six five dudes. He just doesn't see
Speaker 2: him when he takes that pullback dribble, and he's getting
Speaker 2: it off whenever he wants. Just an unbelievable sequence from
Speaker 2: Luca Nachi. And it was so important because early in
Speaker 2: the game the Lakers were not very good defensively. It
Speaker 2: kind of reminded me a lot of the Oklahoma City
Speaker 2: game on Tuesday. Lebron James has an enormous amount of
Speaker 2: defensive responsibility on this team. Since Anthony Davis went out,
Speaker 2: the entire identity of the defense has shifted. Now, when
Speaker 2: Anthony Davis was on the team, they didn't have much
Speaker 2: of a defensive identity. They started to play a little
Speaker 2: better towards the end, but they had a rough defensive season.
Speaker 2: But in years past, the identity with AD has been
Speaker 2: Anthony Davis at the rint That's been the identity of
Speaker 2: the defense and his ability to at the end of
Speaker 2: games switch on to perimeter players. Just Anthony Davis being
Speaker 2: the wrecking ball that he is on the defensive end
Speaker 2: of the floor. Since ad left, it's completely shifted to
Speaker 2: much more of like a connective defense. Hey, we are
Speaker 2: all in this together. We all have to fly around
Speaker 2: and rotate, and Lebron is the captain of that ship.
Speaker 2: He's the guy that is, you know, sussing out actions
Speaker 2: as they're taking place and calling out coverages, anticipating things
Speaker 2: before they happen. And so when Lebron kind of lets
Speaker 2: his foot off the gas in that department, the defense
Speaker 2: has tended to fall apart. Even going back to when
Speaker 2: Lebron was out of the lineup entirely, how poor the
Speaker 2: defense looked at stretches and in both games, in the
Speaker 2: second half of the Oklahoma City game and in the
Speaker 2: second half tonight, Lebron came out of that halftime locker
Speaker 2: room and was like it's time to go, And in
Speaker 2: both games he completely took over defensively and was able
Speaker 2: to re establish the team there. I thought the Lakers
Speaker 2: had a very very smart defensive game plan for Anthony
Speaker 2: Davis overall, Big Shock JJ Reddick coach the guy, so
Speaker 2: he's familiar with his strengths and weaknesses, and Anthony Davis
Speaker 2: over the years has made moderate improvements handling double teams,
Speaker 2: but historically it has not been a strength of his,
Speaker 2: and JJ had a very simple game plan, same game
Speaker 2: plan that he used against Nicole Jokich earlier this year,
Speaker 2: the same game plan he used against Karl Anthony Towns
Speaker 2: earlier this year. They used a similar game plan against
Speaker 2: Giannis earlier this year. They will front the post to
Speaker 2: try to deny the catch and try to get you
Speaker 2: to just bail on it by fronting the post and
Speaker 2: situating a defender right behind him so that it looks
Speaker 2: like you can throw that over the top pass. But
Speaker 2: if you do, you're running the risk of that defender
Speaker 2: from behind coming over and blocking that pass away. And
Speaker 2: so what ends up happening is you're preying on the
Speaker 2: indecision of the guys who make the entry passes, and
Speaker 2: they were just in many cases looking to go another direction.
Speaker 2: And then when they did get Anthony Davis the ball,
Speaker 2: he would get immediately doubled from the baseline side, same
Speaker 2: exact concept they used against Jokichen against Carl Towns. Soon
Speaker 2: as they managed to successfully get the post entry, the
Speaker 2: guy that's fronting quickly disengages overplays the middle shoulder towards
Speaker 2: the middle of the floor to try to force Anthony
Speaker 2: Davis to spin to the baseline or face up, and
Speaker 2: as he does, then the double comes from that baseline side,
Speaker 2: and they're preying on that indecision from Anthony Davis and
Speaker 2: rotating out of it. There was a couple of adjustments
Speaker 2: around the way, like they tried having Anthony Davis just
Speaker 2: bring the ball up the floor himself and dribble into
Speaker 2: a post up still ran into the baseline double team
Speaker 2: and turned it over. They did actually get an easy
Speaker 2: bucket for Anthony Davis on a flash cut from Daniel Gafford.
Speaker 2: And this, by the way, is just a counter that
Speaker 2: Dallas should have used more frequently with that they just
Speaker 2: didn't go to. But fronting the post, Gafferd's on the
Speaker 2: back line, Gafford's man is bracketing on AD. Gafford flashes
Speaker 2: up to the semi circle. As he does, the backside
Speaker 2: helper has to follow him, or he probably shouldn't, but
Speaker 2: he goes with him as he does. When Gafford catches
Speaker 2: suddenly there's no one behind Ad. He could just float
Speaker 2: it over the top. He gets an easy layup. But
Speaker 2: they just never were able to repeatedly make the reads
Speaker 2: or the adjustments necessary to handle that action, and then
Speaker 2: Ad just kind of disappeared from the game, and I
Speaker 2: was talking with our guys before we went live, Like,
Speaker 2: you know, as someone who's rooted for Anthony Davis a
Speaker 2: lot over the years, and this is just something for
Speaker 2: you MAVs fans to just kind of keep in mind
Speaker 2: as you're embarking on this journey rooting for Anthony Davis.
Speaker 2: He is always going to struggle with double teams. That's
Speaker 2: been a pretty consistent thing that he'll struggle with. But
Speaker 2: he'll also have games when he's healthy, when he's like
Speaker 2: really healthy and in shape and has something to play
Speaker 2: for where even when he's struggling to get the ball
Speaker 2: in a situation like that, he'll just be a wrecking
Speaker 2: ball in every other facet of the game. He'll get
Speaker 2: like six offensive rebounds and fly around on defense and
Speaker 2: he'll end up with like nineteen and seventeen and like
Speaker 2: three blocks and force deals and he'll find a way
Speaker 2: to impact the game even when he's not playing well. Now,
Speaker 2: he will also have games where that fight in competitiveness
Speaker 2: is just not there, and that can happen from time
Speaker 2: to time even when he is healthy. I think it
Speaker 2: happens a lot more, as I've noticed over the years
Speaker 2: when he's banged up, when he doesn't really feel like
Speaker 2: there's as much to play for. And so, honestly, like
Speaker 2: it like ad got game planned out of this one,
Speaker 2: and when he got game planned out, he didn't have
Speaker 2: any sort of second punch to go with. And you know,
Speaker 2: like as Lebron engaged things for the defense, because that's
Speaker 2: the thing. They did a good job with their defensive
Speaker 2: game plan with Anthony Davis in the first half. Where
Speaker 2: they did a poor job was containing the ball and
Speaker 2: their backside rotations on dribble drives, and so they just
Speaker 2: got diced up in the paint. I think they gave
Speaker 2: up like something like twenty eight to thirty something points
Speaker 2: in the in the first half, just in the paint, right,
Speaker 2: But in that second half, Lebron gets engaged, he gets going,
Speaker 2: really helps them regain control of things defensively. And then
Speaker 2: in that fourth quarter, it was kind of a per
Speaker 2: example from Lebron of what I was just talking about
Speaker 2: with Anthony Davis. Lebron's been struggling with his rhythm since
Speaker 2: he came back from his injury. Lebron has been a
Speaker 2: guy that's been inconsistent offensively in this last couple of weeks.
Speaker 2: But he was just like, I'm six', nine two sixty
Speaker 2: with still great athleticism at my, age AND i can
Speaker 2: just play really hard and cut and crash and post
Speaker 2: seal and drive, in just do EVERYTHING i, can just
Speaker 2: through sheer force of will to impact the. Game and
Speaker 2: he ends up lighting the scoreboard on fire in that fourth.
Speaker 2: Quarter everything just right at the, rim and, again Like
Speaker 2: lebron has something to play for right, now that's the big.
Speaker 2: Difference but LIKE i, Thought lebron demonstrated an example of
Speaker 2: how like in defensive rhythm or when you're when a
Speaker 2: defense gets you out of, rhythm how you can kind
Speaker 2: of play yourself into rhythm as an athlete just by
Speaker 2: playing super. Hard that's the advantage of being one of
Speaker 2: the supreme athletes in the, game is like you can
Speaker 2: make up a lot of lost ground just by getting
Speaker 2: your body moving around and doing as much as you
Speaker 2: can with. It outside of what has, variants there's variance
Speaker 2: in running action against the loaded up, defense there's variance
Speaker 2: in jump. Shooting there's not variance in how big and
Speaker 2: Strong Lebron james. Is that's going to be there every single.
Speaker 2: Possession AND i thought that fourth quarter stretch from him
Speaker 2: was a classic case of like he was obviously, tired
Speaker 2: he was budgeting in his energy all. Game he stepped
Speaker 2: it up, defense like it almost made. Sense luca carried
Speaker 2: things offensively, Earlier lebron carried things defensively late in the.
Speaker 2: Game and then he just was, Like i've noticed this
Speaker 2: a bunch Since luca came to the. Team but you,
Speaker 2: know it used to be That lebron led the early
Speaker 2: fourth quarter, unit even When Anthony davis was. There it
Speaker 2: was a very similar type of. Rotation lebron would lead
Speaker 2: the early fourth quarter. Unit then he would come out
Speaker 2: of the game with, like you, know seven or eight
Speaker 2: minutes left in the fourth, Quarter Anthony davis would come back,
Speaker 2: in and Then lebron would come back in for the
Speaker 2: last four to five minutes to. Close and in times,
Speaker 2: Past Lebron james would manage that early fourth quarter shift
Speaker 2: with more of an emphasis towards conserving, energy and he
Speaker 2: would do his thing and he would try to help
Speaker 2: the team as best as he. Can but he, knew
Speaker 2: like WHEN i come back in with five minutes, Left
Speaker 2: i'm the guy that has to try to make all
Speaker 2: of this stuff, happen And Luka dancic has just alleviated.
Speaker 2: That And i've just seen so many examples now where
Speaker 2: it looks Like lebron starting that early fourth quarter shift
Speaker 2: with a completely different. Mentality that's, Like i'm going to
Speaker 2: let EVERYTHING i have in the gas tank go right
Speaker 2: here right, now Because luca's coming in with seven minutes,
Speaker 2: left And i'll be playing with an advantage the rest
Speaker 2: of the, game or just a handful of touches here
Speaker 2: or there When luca needs a rest or When luca
Speaker 2: has gets his first action shut, down or something along those.
Speaker 2: Lines and so THIS i like that kind, of you,
Speaker 2: know pattern that we're seeing From lebron in terms of
Speaker 2: that early fourth quarter. Aggression AND i do think when
Speaker 2: we get to the, postseason we'll see more consistent defensive
Speaker 2: engagement from him when he doesn't have to do something
Speaker 2: absurd like play three games and four nights and deal
Speaker 2: with some of the scheduling, Quirks like you, know we
Speaker 2: got to cut The lakers a little bit of slack
Speaker 2: in terms of just how many games they've played Between
Speaker 2: march first and. Now it's kind of. Crazy they've played
Speaker 2: like twenty something games literally in the last you, know
Speaker 2: five six, weeks and it's you can tell it's wearing
Speaker 2: on them a little, bit but they're just finding ways
Speaker 2: to get as much done as they need to get.
Speaker 2: Done you go into that road trip with two games
Speaker 2: in OK see in a game In dallas that's got
Speaker 2: all the weirdness surrounding the situation With, luca and for
Speaker 2: you to go two and one and to have a
Speaker 2: one point lead When luca gets. Ejected in THE okc,
Speaker 2: GAME i thought they played some, really really impressive. BASKETBALL
Speaker 2: i thought the defense in general was super encouraging over
Speaker 2: the course of this three game. STRETCH i thought they
Speaker 2: looked awesome start to finish in The sunday. GAME i
Speaker 2: thought they looked awesome in the second half AGAINST okac On.
Speaker 2: Tuesday AND i thought they looked awesome in the second
Speaker 2: half tonight against The so call that. What that's four
Speaker 2: good halves out of six on the defensive end of the.
Speaker 2: FLOOR i don't think they played four good halves of
Speaker 2: defense in the previous ten. Games so like it's a
Speaker 2: really good sign that they're starting to regain some of
Speaker 2: that defensive identity that they had. Earlier on Before Lebron
Speaker 2: james hurt his. GROIN i thought it was really nice
Speaker 2: to have Heard Hotcha mura. Back he was a little
Speaker 2: bit out of whack early in the, game as the
Speaker 2: game was a little bit, faster but they're in that second.
Speaker 2: Half he just kept getting these wide open, looks and
Speaker 2: to his, credit he just kept trusting his work trust
Speaker 2: in his release and hit several big ones. There he's
Speaker 2: just so important for the physical profile of the team.
Speaker 2: TOO i didn't even think he was particularly great tonight
Speaker 2: as a defensive player and in some of his read
Speaker 2: and react, situations but just having another guy, who's you,
Speaker 2: know six' nine and big and strong and can move
Speaker 2: a little bit just changes that physical profile of. The
Speaker 2: team a couple of big picture things With. The MAVs as,
Speaker 2: i mentioned The The anthony davis process will look different
Speaker 2: from matchup to matchup teams. That switch there is a
Speaker 2: Tendency With anthony davis to either post up and struggle
Speaker 2: with double teams or to settle for a lot of
Speaker 2: contested mid range, jump shots and then when he doesn't
Speaker 2: have it, going offensively it's kind of like a fifty to,
Speaker 2: fifty shot whether or not you're Gonna get i'll still
Speaker 2: be an athletic wrecking BALL or, I WON'T and i
Speaker 2: think that's gonna be a just kind of part of
Speaker 2: the process of learning how to Build Around anthony davis
Speaker 2: and finding ways to cover for him on. That front
Speaker 2: that's one of the THINGS that i like about having
Speaker 2: him in some of those two big looks is that
Speaker 2: it allows him to kind of change the way he
Speaker 2: wants to play defensively depending on how he's feeling on any.
Speaker 2: GIVEN night I Thought nagie marshall was. Great tonight now
Speaker 2: she's consistently been one of my favorite players in the
Speaker 2: league as a. ROLE player i was a big fan
Speaker 2: of the signing when it happened. Last summer, to me
Speaker 2: he's like one of the more versatile role player guards
Speaker 2: that you have in the league in the sense that
Speaker 2: like he can be, a spot but he can also
Speaker 2: run some action. For you he can beat switches against
Speaker 2: smaller guards because he's a good athlete that has like
Speaker 2: a pretty underrated handle compared to a lot of role
Speaker 2: player guys that you have in. The league and then
Speaker 2: he's a, pretty big strong athlete for the guard, position
Speaker 2: too which gives him some. DEFENSIVE utility i thought he
Speaker 2: had a really fun, game tonight and he was one
Speaker 2: of The Few dallas MAVs tonight that really brought the
Speaker 2: competitive energy in a game that so desperately needed it
Speaker 2: On the. Dallas front big win For, the lakers though
Speaker 2: they got an even bigger one coming up Here. On friday.
Speaker 2: That game we will have an instant reaction to her
Speaker 2: work on the weekend this week to make. That happen,
Speaker 2: so essentially the way that the schedule will work out
Speaker 2: is we are Going on saturday morning to Cover the friday.
Speaker 2: Night slate we will hit multiple games from, that Slate Including.
Speaker 2: Lakers rockets the WAY that i WOULD Expect jj reddick
Speaker 2: to handle it is to go to his guys and,
Speaker 2: be like here's. The deal if You beat, houston tonight
Speaker 2: you guys can have the Weekend Off, saturday sunday fly
Speaker 2: out of Town on, friday night Go to cabo if,
Speaker 2: you want spend some time with, your families get. A
Speaker 2: break we'll. Come back this coaching staff will spend the
Speaker 2: weekend prepping, you guys get ready to come Back on monday.
Speaker 2: And work if you Lose, to houston sol you got
Speaker 2: to come back And beat Portland, on sunday and we're
Speaker 2: starting our prep. Right away maybe You get, monday off
Speaker 2: but no one's allowed to go on vacation because they
Speaker 2: got to be. In town we start Practice. On tuesday
Speaker 2: find some way to motivate those guys and create more
Speaker 2: of a must win environment Around That houston, rockets game
Speaker 2: because then you get the three seed no, matter what
Speaker 2: and you can allow yourself to effectively Punt that sunday
Speaker 2: game or not have to worry about it at. All
Speaker 2: whatsoever and you get seven full days off guaranteed before
Speaker 2: your first round, playoff game potentially eight if you end
Speaker 2: up Playing. On SUNDAY so i think that should be
Speaker 2: the plan heading Into That houston. ROCKETS game i also
Speaker 2: just think it's another Opportunity for Luca, and lebron specifically
Speaker 2: to get some reps against their. Perimeter guys houston is
Speaker 2: high risk for a first round upset because they have,
Speaker 2: so many, you know issues on the offensive end of. The,
Speaker 2: floor however there is a pretty decent chance that We
Speaker 2: Get lakers rockets in the, second round at least a
Speaker 2: chance that's worth, you, know, Considering right and so if
Speaker 2: it ends Up Being, rockets lakers that was a matchup
Speaker 2: where even Though the lakers won, last time they had
Speaker 2: some difficulty dealing with, their bigger stronger. Perimeter defenders it's
Speaker 2: not the same type of Matchup. As okac, Their bigger
Speaker 2: their perimeter guys, are bigger and they have more of
Speaker 2: a size and position on the front line as Well
Speaker 2: with Shangun. And adams so it might be another opportunity
Speaker 2: For the lakers to get some reps against that team
Speaker 2: so they can get some more footage to improve their
Speaker 2: game planning heading into a. PLAYOFF series i think they
Speaker 2: should go for it entirely In that. Houston game the,
Speaker 2: COUNTER case i guess, would be these guys play, crazy
Speaker 2: physical we don't want to. Get hurt let's save It.
Speaker 2: For PORTLAND but i think you're messing with the basketball
Speaker 2: gods if you do that sort of. THING too i
Speaker 2: would try To. Beat houston, all, right guys before we get,
Speaker 2: out here let's get to our. Chat mailbag jackson's gonna
Speaker 2: hop on and we'll get to about fifteen twenty.
Speaker 1: Minutes questions, all right let's start with.
Speaker 3: This one what team would be a good first round
Speaker 3: matchup For. THE lakers i believe quit guards such As
Speaker 3: the warriors and dominant big men Like the Clippers and
Speaker 3: nuggets may Give the lakers. Some trouble so who would
Speaker 3: you say, would be, you know one of the easier
Speaker 3: matchups For the lakers in the.
Speaker 2: First round so obviously all of the teams that are,
Speaker 2: you know less big picture imposing from a, talent perspective
Speaker 2: So like memphis would be a TEAM that i would
Speaker 2: be okay with playing in the. FIRST round i Think
Speaker 2: the lakers match up reasonably Well with minnesota because of. Two,
Speaker 2: reasons one it's just a perfect SITUATION for jj from
Speaker 2: a defensive game planning standpoint to Mess With anthony edwards's
Speaker 2: kind of like limited playmaking ability at this phase in.
Speaker 2: HIS career i Also think luke is super comfortable against
Speaker 2: all of their, perimeter defenders which is a kind of
Speaker 2: like a. Neutralizing impact that's the Thing With Oka See
Speaker 2: okay see has all these incredible, perimeter defenders but none
Speaker 2: of The, Guard luca and that's kind of the same
Speaker 2: sort of issue With. A minnesota he Just throws jaden
Speaker 2: McDaniels around like a. Rag Doll Nikhil alexander walker's too
Speaker 2: small to, Guard, him like there's just so many opportunities
Speaker 2: for him to deal with those Guys, again memphis because
Speaker 2: they've been. FALLING apart i Think the lakers Would beat denver,
Speaker 2: relatively easily Just because denver is literally incapable of getting
Speaker 2: stops in, that matchup like they are just completely and
Speaker 2: it's the nightmare Matchup for denver's defense is to deal
Speaker 2: With the lakers because you're gonna have To bring yokic
Speaker 2: up to the level and you just have too much
Speaker 2: playmaking and connective playmaking and play finishing. Around them the
Speaker 2: TEAMS that i would be desperate, TO avoid i shouldn't
Speaker 2: say desperate, to avoid BUT that i would want to
Speaker 2: AVOID if i Was the lakers would Be the clippers And.
Speaker 2: The warriors warriors because of the, quick guard they just
Speaker 2: don't have anybody that can Really guard steph and make.
Speaker 2: Him uncomfortable With, the clippers it's not so Much ABOUT,
Speaker 2: zubach's sae it's the fact that they can't game plan
Speaker 2: for him specifically the way they can In the. Yolkic
Speaker 2: matchup they have to game Plan for kawhi and game Plan,
Speaker 2: for harden Which leaves zuboch sometimes operating with an advantage
Speaker 2: underneath the basket and he can do a lot of.
Speaker 2: Damage there, that Said the lakers have done well Against
Speaker 2: the clippers in their matchups. THIS year i do THINK
Speaker 2: that i would pick them Against. The Clippers warriors lakers
Speaker 2: much more of a. Coin flip that's a SERIES that
Speaker 2: i would try to AVOID if i Was. THE lakers
Speaker 2: i think.
Speaker 3: Another Reason the timberwolves feel like a very winnable matchup
Speaker 3: is they theoretically, have SIZE but i don't know if
Speaker 3: any of that size translates in like an offensive glass
Speaker 3: crashing type, of player Or like zubach, for example if
Speaker 3: you're switching, on defense he can punish a guard if
Speaker 3: he gets posted up on. A Guard If rudy gobera
Speaker 3: gets posted Up on, austin reeves, you're, like okay go one,
Speaker 3: on one see. What happens like it's not something that
Speaker 3: they would be even remotely. Worried ABOUT so i agree
Speaker 3: of the sort of more realistic options for who they
Speaker 3: might play in the. FIRST round i Feel like timberwolves
Speaker 3: feels just don't have, enough offensively and it's easy enough
Speaker 3: to game plan forward to.
Speaker 1: Your Point on, JJ's, SIDE us.
Speaker 2: I think minnesota could. UPSET somebody i just don't Think
Speaker 2: the lakers are the team.
Speaker 1: They, WILL yes, i agree but we had another question
Speaker 1: about The. Timber wolves le's stand there for.
Speaker 3: A second what flaws do you see In the timberwolves
Speaker 3: that make them fringe contenders and what sort of gives
Speaker 3: them the ability to make a medium to long playoff
Speaker 3: push if things fall in.
Speaker 2: Their FAVORITE so i did some contender rankings today With
Speaker 2: The nerd, sash GUYS and i won't spoil It because
Speaker 2: i'm gonna end up going into it in more detail
Speaker 2: on the Show With sam vassini. Next WEEK but i
Speaker 2: ended up splitting them into, two tiers my top tier
Speaker 2: contenders and my second. Tier contenders and my top tier
Speaker 2: is five TEAMS that i have in an ORDER that
Speaker 2: i feel. VERY like i FEEL like i have them
Speaker 2: in that order for, specific REASONS and i have them
Speaker 2: ranked intended to be one above the other as the
Speaker 2: way the list it. Works out but from six, TO
Speaker 2: twelve i kind of have a bunch teams jumbled UP
Speaker 2: and i could take any of them in any one of. Those,
Speaker 2: SPOTS however i ended up Putting the timberwolves at the
Speaker 2: top of, that tier and the main REASON why i
Speaker 2: put them at the top of that. TIER is i
Speaker 2: think they are the team that benefits the most by
Speaker 2: far from. Playoff physicality and yes they have. Issues offensively
Speaker 2: they had another catastrophic collapse Against the bucks. Last night
Speaker 2: they've been a nightmare clutch team. All Year anthony edwards
Speaker 2: is very young and is still learning how to handle
Speaker 2: all the. Defensive attention he's the most blitzed player in.
Speaker 2: The league there's a bunch of stuff that they have
Speaker 2: that are big red flags, for like this team's probably
Speaker 2: not going to win, four rounds but that, physicality piece
Speaker 2: their ability to just come into a gym and, maul
Speaker 2: you Combined With, anthony Edwards Like anthony edwards is one
Speaker 2: of the very short list of players in this league
Speaker 2: that is a true you better just hope he misses type.
Speaker 2: Of player he's going to get to, a spot he's
Speaker 2: going to rise up and he's gonna get that flip
Speaker 2: of the wrist and you better just cross your finger
Speaker 2: and hope that he's off. That night so they just
Speaker 2: have a lot of upset potential for the top tier
Speaker 2: teams in, the league and THAT'S why i ended up
Speaker 2: putting them at the top of. That TIER like i
Speaker 2: Think the timberwolves even have the potential. To, upset, okay
Speaker 2: see that's how much of A ceiling i think. They
Speaker 2: have they arguably have the widest range between floor and
Speaker 2: ceiling of any of, these contenders but their ceiling is pretty.
Speaker 3: Damn, EYE yeah I think i think that's that range
Speaker 3: about comes really Crystallizes Around julius randall's. Shot, making also
Speaker 3: it's like he has shown the ability to be kind
Speaker 3: of a devastating mid post player and when his three
Speaker 3: point jumper. Is going in addition, to that he's he's
Speaker 3: actually very very challenging to guard and creates a ton
Speaker 3: of matchup problem because of his size that we've seen
Speaker 3: it at o times in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: As well where he just got thrown up, some real.
Speaker 3: Real stinkers so him specifically at his shot making feels
Speaker 3: like it is a perfect encapsulation of that range of
Speaker 3: outcomes sort of problem.
Speaker 2: For Them Would julius, Randall, TWO like i want to
Speaker 2: cut him a little bit of slack because he has
Speaker 2: this reputation of being a, playoff faller and it is
Speaker 2: it is well, documented Statistically so i'm not trying to
Speaker 2: like call the. Data, bad however there was some context
Speaker 2: in the sense THAT if i, remember correctly his first,
Speaker 2: playoff run he was healthy and he, played poorly not
Speaker 2: exactly the. Biggest shock most players struggle when they translate
Speaker 2: to the playoff setting the. First time but he's had
Speaker 2: some years where he's gotten into the postseason either currently
Speaker 2: injured or just back from, an injury or you can
Speaker 2: tell his rhythm is. Not there and so Even though
Speaker 2: julius has a history of struggling in, the postseason if
Speaker 2: they get a favorable matchup in that first round where
Speaker 2: he gets a couple smalls that he can attack in
Speaker 2: that mid post area like you're, talking about and the
Speaker 2: defensive game plan allows him to turn over that left
Speaker 2: shoulder for that fade away from like, TWELVE feet i
Speaker 2: absolutely think that he could be an excellent. Playoff Player
Speaker 2: and i'll take it a. STEP further i think he
Speaker 2: could potentially be the type of second Option that kat
Speaker 2: wasn't at times in the Postseason because kat was more
Speaker 2: of a. PLAY finisher I think I think julius is
Speaker 2: a better one on one player and there is a
Speaker 2: potential upside there that has been there since the beginning of.
Speaker 1: The trade this was a super chat Question. From marjohn
Speaker 1: thank you for the Super.
Speaker 3: Chat marjon luca is so Much, like lebron not just
Speaker 3: his game slash, play style but his intensity during high.
Speaker 3: Leverage games what did his play in this game show
Speaker 3: you for?
Speaker 2: The, playoffs yeah the little things like just you could
Speaker 2: tell he was fatigued over the course of that game
Speaker 2: because he was the guy who had to completely carry the.
Speaker 2: Offense early but then he just found a way to
Speaker 2: make enough plays late in. THE game i Didn't THINK
Speaker 2: jaje i Didn't think luca got enough credit for this
Speaker 2: last year in. The postseason but he's a pretty solid off.
Speaker 2: Ball defender when he has to guard, in space it
Speaker 2: can be. A disaster i think we can all agree.
Speaker 2: To that but like he can, anticipate things he can jump,
Speaker 2: passing lanes he's very good. Defensive rebounder he just will
Speaker 2: find a way to make little plays here and there
Speaker 2: that make big impacts. On winning and, you, know honestly
Speaker 2: like you mentioned his Similarities, TO lebron i think this
Speaker 2: is a similarity with most of the great COMPETITORS in.
Speaker 2: Nba history but they're always good at like little things
Speaker 2: that help teams. Win GAMES but I think i think
Speaker 2: ultimately the Similarity between Lebron and luca is the immense
Speaker 2: value on, every POSSESSION and i think that that manifests
Speaker 2: in crunch time well for.
Speaker 3: Any, TEAM yeah i think, for ME when i think
Speaker 3: about big game players and, playoff performers.
Speaker 1: It feels like the guys who do a lot of
Speaker 1: elevating are the ones who.
Speaker 3: Have a combination of competitiveness like you're, talking about as
Speaker 3: well AS, the Iq, Like, Lebron Luca, Jimmy Butler. Kevin durant,
Speaker 3: it's Like Even kevin durant is not someone you might
Speaker 3: who doesn't necessarily get lumped into THESE high iq conversations all.
Speaker 1: The time he's someone who.
Speaker 3: Really understands a full basketball game and the flow of a, basketball,
Speaker 3: Game RIGHT and i think.
Speaker 1: That's sort of there's a lot of.
Speaker 3: These players every players as something physical on the game
Speaker 3: that they do, except well and sometimes those guys can
Speaker 3: Elevate that jez on, Pure physicality but there's something ABOUT
Speaker 3: the iq and competitive, internal competitiveness these sort of intangible
Speaker 3: things that when you combine those with those those, physical
Speaker 3: abilities THAT'S how i feel like you're really getting that
Speaker 3: elevation in the playoffs on a.
Speaker 1: Consistent basis is not just more shots fell, you, know.
Speaker 2: No it's a really. Good point and like it's kind
Speaker 2: of like we were talking about Earlier With, Anthony davis
Speaker 2: Like If lebron james is on, the team he's sussing
Speaker 2: out that coverage and having the, low man the dunker
Speaker 2: spot guy flashed to the, high post like within the
Speaker 2: second or third possession that he, sees it there's a
Speaker 2: it's like it's like relentless execution that like the possession,
Speaker 2: by possession we're solving. The puzzle we're playing this one
Speaker 2: possession at a time and doing everything we can to
Speaker 2: take every inch. We Can and i'm glad you highlighted
Speaker 2: competitiveness because competitiveness is the singular trait that it manifests
Speaker 2: in so many. Different ways it's like some of the
Speaker 2: greatest competitors of all time are like be assholes Or
Speaker 2: like lebron benevolent To like steph kind of like in,
Speaker 2: the middle and like there's all these like different, personality
Speaker 2: manifestations but as competitiveness ultimately manifests in this like relentless
Speaker 2: execution because they hate losing.
Speaker 1: So Much percent, all right we can. Take it we
Speaker 1: can take a.
Speaker 3: Few more, first up let's do or next step let's
Speaker 3: do what the, question was what adjustment slash improvements is
Speaker 3: the team needs to make to Beat the rockets for
Speaker 3: a second time in. A ROW but i less want
Speaker 3: to think about it in terms of One singular friday
Speaker 3: night game at the end of the. Regular season more
Speaker 3: like if they matched up in the second round of,
Speaker 3: the playoffs what kind of things they need to continue
Speaker 3: to do well or what adjustments they need to make
Speaker 3: to be able to win a series against a team
Speaker 3: that is unquestionably more athletic and bigger.
Speaker 2: THAN them i Think the lakers actually did a very
Speaker 2: good job in Their last houston matchup Of mitigating houston's.
Speaker 2: Athletic advantages they held up reasonably well in, the glass
Speaker 2: and they held up reasonably well. IN transition i don't
Speaker 2: think they actually can do much better than that in.
Speaker 2: THOSE areas i thought the difference between, THAT game i
Speaker 2: think the final score is like WHAT one o four.
Speaker 2: NINETY eight i think the difference between that game BEING
Speaker 2: one o four ninety eight and it being one fourteen
Speaker 2: ninety eight is literally just better Efforts From lebron James
Speaker 2: And luka dancic. On OFFENSE and i think that there's
Speaker 2: a certain amount of like you tip the Cap to
Speaker 2: houston's forwards for just doing a really good job Of
Speaker 2: defending Lebron and luca. In space BUT like, I think
Speaker 2: i don't think either of them cross twenty POINTS if i,
Speaker 2: Remember correctly like they just really struggle to generate offense
Speaker 2: for themselves in. That game if you get a better
Speaker 2: Version of Luca and lebron and you give the same
Speaker 2: execution effort in the, GAME plan i think They handle
Speaker 2: Houston on friday and win. By, FIFTEEN yeah i.
Speaker 1: Do too it it.
Speaker 3: Feels a little too easy to write Off the rockets in,
Speaker 3: the playoffs just because they're so young and because they
Speaker 3: are so lacking on the offensive end from like a
Speaker 3: consistent end of game. Scoring type but it does feel
Speaker 3: like the teams that they could beat are not the
Speaker 3: teams with these VETERAN high. Q players like it's pretty
Speaker 3: tough to imagine them Beating the lakers Or the warriors
Speaker 3: in the.
Speaker 1: Playoff series if.
Speaker 3: You're, like, oh yeah they sort of, out physical then
Speaker 3: just happen to make more shots In, The thunder i'd, be,
Speaker 3: like Yeah the thunder, Are better but Like the rockets
Speaker 3: do a version of What the. Thunder do you KNOW what,
Speaker 3: i mean and they have a lot of, similar flaws
Speaker 3: But the thunders have less. Of them but it's it's
Speaker 3: tough to imagine at this point until we see it
Speaker 3: happen than beating one of these VETERAN high.
Speaker 2: Iq, TEAMS yeah i need to watch, the TAPE but
Speaker 2: i would Probably pick Houston. Over memphis. THAT'S true i
Speaker 2: think they'd Lose To. GOLDEN state i think they'd Lose.
Speaker 2: TO minnesota i think they'd lose To. The, CLIPPERS yeah,
Speaker 2: I agree, i agree and it's far. More likely, it's
Speaker 2: well roughly three out of four chances they're. Gonna faces, but,
Speaker 2: like yeah if They get memphis in the, first round
Speaker 2: we're Gonna get lakers rockets. Around. Too yeah not one
Speaker 2: hundred percent, sure of but a good Chance because lakers are.
Speaker 2: Upsetable too, all.
Speaker 1: Right let's do.
Speaker 3: ONE more i know this isn't normally, your BAG but
Speaker 3: i think it's an. Interesting question do you have a
Speaker 3: strong opinion on who should get that fifth First TEAM all?
Speaker 3: Nba slot the FIRST four i think that most people
Speaker 3: think are locks at this point Are, Sche, jokic Jannis,
Speaker 3: and tatum with the conversation Mostly, Being donovan Mitchell And
Speaker 3: steph curry at this point for that. Fifth spot but
Speaker 3: it's an interesting it's an. INTERESTING question, I think, oh
Speaker 3: man It, WAS donovan i feel like for most of,
Speaker 3: the season and now he's had a bit of a spring,
Speaker 3: swoon here and so there's some with pairing That with
Speaker 3: steph's sort of. Spring rise there's been some talk About
Speaker 3: can steph take, that spot.
Speaker 2: Et, Cetera YEAH and i Don't blame steph under, the
Speaker 2: circumstances but he just wasn't good enough in the early
Speaker 2: part of. The year that's a really. Good question all
Speaker 2: of these dudes have pretty flawed cases for reasons they,
Speaker 2: SO yeah i think you can make a reasonable Case
Speaker 2: That donovan mitchell should hold on. To it and it's
Speaker 2: a nice reflection Of the calves and their success that
Speaker 2: they've had. This season, The, man yeah Because Like, ANTHONY
Speaker 2: edwards i think he's as good as, he is he's
Speaker 2: he's had issues closing games and it's hurt his team.
Speaker 2: THIS year i saw a CRAZY stat I think logan
Speaker 2: From The nerd sash guys brought it. Up today but
Speaker 2: they've lost the majority of their losses this year have coming,
Speaker 2: crunch time, you Know Like kevin durant hasn't been. Available
Speaker 2: enough There's a, lebron case There's a, lebron case, but,
Speaker 2: LIKE yeah I don't I think i just give It To.
Speaker 2: Donovan mitchell, but again as, YOU mentioned i. It's hard
Speaker 2: I'm just i'm just kind of going off the top
Speaker 2: of the head Here because i'll be honest with, you
Speaker 2: GUYS like i pay almost no attention to awards over
Speaker 2: the course of. The season it's not. My wheelhouse it's
Speaker 2: Not something i'm particularly. Passionate about, SO yeah i know that,
Speaker 2: that Sucks but i'm just.
Speaker 3: Not, THERE yeah i THINK it's i think just because
Speaker 3: of the body, of work and it feels weird to
Speaker 3: have a team that good in the regular season to
Speaker 3: not have a First TEAM all.
Speaker 1: Nba PLAYER so i think it's totally reasonable to.
Speaker 2: Get done we can do.
Speaker 3: One more why do you transition points shrink in the
Speaker 3: playoffs and do you think this traditional drop off will
Speaker 3: happen to the thunder and, in general but also on
Speaker 3: a potential matchup With.
Speaker 2: The lakers so, in general the game shifts in the
Speaker 2: postseason in terms of just the attention to detail. In, Execution,
Speaker 2: right so, for instance if your team that dominates the
Speaker 2: margins that will manifest more so in the regular season
Speaker 2: than it does in. The postseason this is a big part,
Speaker 2: of Why like i've been putting a little bit of
Speaker 2: a damper on some of these younger athletic teams that
Speaker 2: have been kicking everybody's butt in the, regular season because
Speaker 2: you can if you just take ten more shots than
Speaker 2: everybody over the course of eighty, two games you're going
Speaker 2: to win a lot. Of games like that's just that's
Speaker 2: winning on. The margins simply put in a playoff series
Speaker 2: where everything's on, the line everybody is going to sprint
Speaker 2: back and transition defense. More often everybody is, going to,
Speaker 2: you know watch those corner crashers and put a body
Speaker 2: on somebody in a box out. More often people are
Speaker 2: going to crack down rebound from the weak side to
Speaker 2: help on contested rebounds. More often people are going to
Speaker 2: pay more attention to game, plan discipline and people are
Speaker 2: going to be sharper with their closeouts and sharper with.
Speaker 2: Their rotations not, to mention all the bad teams you
Speaker 2: play over the course of eighty two are all, In
Speaker 2: cobos so now you have only good teams that you're
Speaker 2: playing every. Single night and so what ends up happening
Speaker 2: is the playoffs do tend to devolve down into. Matchup
Speaker 2: attacking because most role players are inconsistent in the postseason
Speaker 2: at knocking, down shots most of these easy opportunities are
Speaker 2: few and, far between and it really does come, down,
Speaker 2: to like can your best guy attack our weakest guy
Speaker 2: and get good shots better than your best guy can
Speaker 2: attack our weakest guy and get, Best shots and like
Speaker 2: that really ends up being what happens most of the
Speaker 2: time in. The postseason, all, right guys that's all we
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Speaker 2: THIS week i Am going saturday morning to Cover the,
Speaker 2: Friday slate i'm Going With pauline Cowhard on sunday in,
Speaker 2: the evening so you guys can and Catch the sunday,
Speaker 2: reaction there and then we'll be Back. On monday we'll
Speaker 2: do a brief reaction to the weekend and just some
Speaker 2: sort of big picture regular, season takeaways but then we're
Speaker 2: gonna go right into season or. Playoff previews so it's
Speaker 2: gonna be like it's just. Gonna be we have four
Speaker 2: series previews, right away and then we get more out
Speaker 2: of the, playing games and we'll have reactions to the playing,
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