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Happy Friday, everybody, congrats 31 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: on making it to the weekend. This morning, we're gonna 32 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: be covering the Kyrie Irving suspension, obviously the biggest news 33 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: of last night, and then later tonight we'll have one 34 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: more video coming out that's gonna be breaking down some 35 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: basketball one last time before we get into the weekend. Um, 36 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: here's the deal. I'm not going to discuss any of 37 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: the actual subject matter as it pertains to the Kyrie 38 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: Irving situation. For starters, that's just not what you guys 39 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: come to me for. And secondly, there's just a lot 40 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 1: of people much smarter than me that can dive into 41 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: those specific topics. Um, you guys come to me for 42 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: the basketball and that's what we're gonna do today. We're 43 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: gonna discuss what this means for Kyrie Irving the basketball player, 44 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: and what it means for the Brooklyn Nets, the NBA 45 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: basketball team. Um. So here's the situation. Kyrie Irving is 46 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: suspended for at least five games for not being clear 47 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: with his apology, and last night he came out with 48 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: a much more clear apology. So he did take one 49 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: step in the right direction. I do think, especially on 50 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: the apology front. Now there's other steps that Brooklyn is 51 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: gonna have him go through, but I do think on 52 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: the apology front as well, that Brooklyn is gonna want 53 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: to see him do another press conference and hold up 54 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,959 Speaker 1: under questioning with the same you know, level of contriteness 55 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: as it pertains to uh, you know, basically what he 56 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: said on Instagram last night. Kyrie is a prideful person 57 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: like so many other successful people are in the world, 58 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: and it's just different when you're typing it. You know, 59 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: probably under advisement from somebody else, as opposed to in 60 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: front of a camera in front of a bunch of 61 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: members of the media. Of the media that kind of 62 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: you know, Kyrie already has a pretty contentious relationship with 63 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: He's gonna need to hold up under some of that 64 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: questioning in order for Brooklyn to trust him again, because 65 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 1: if you put it back on the team and he's 66 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: doing postgame pressers, there's no doubt that he's gonna face 67 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: random questions from time to time that will try to 68 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: incite that type of behavior, and they need to trust 69 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 1: Kyrie in those situations. So even though the Instagram apology 70 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: was a step, my guess is they're gonna want a 71 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,359 Speaker 1: verbal version of that in front of a camera. But 72 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: Kyrie has gone for at least five games no matter what. 73 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: And yes, there's a version of this that goes further south, 74 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: like maybe he does that press conference and it goes 75 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: bad again, you know, or he fails to finish the 76 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,359 Speaker 1: steps that Brooklyn wants him to finish. But for the 77 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: sake of predicting, let's just pretend that Kyrie does everything 78 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: Sean Marks and jos I asked of him over the 79 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: course of the next couple of weeks and he returns 80 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: after five games. Well, the upcoming schedule for Brooklyn as 81 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: of right now, they are on the road tonight in 82 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: Washington and the Wizards are favored by three. They will 83 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: probably lose that game. Then they're on the road in Charlotte. 84 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: That's probably their easiest game over this span. But even 85 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: in that game, Charlotte at home probably gonna be a 86 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: one or two point favorite. And you gotta remember Ben 87 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: Simmons is still out as of right now. Seth Curry 88 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: is still out. T J Warren I saw report yesterday. 89 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: He's not imminently returning, you know, anytime soon. So they're 90 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: gonna be at a severe talent disadvantage in every single 91 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: one of these games. And they're on the road for 92 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: four of them, on the road at Washington, on the 93 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: road in Charlotte, on the road in Dallas. That's gonna 94 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 1: be a loss at home for the Knicks. You know, 95 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: the Knicks, they overhelp and give up three point shots. 96 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: You know, Brooklyn has been having trouble making threes on 97 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: the back end. That's gonna be a problem. And then 98 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: they go on the road to l A to play 99 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: the Clippers, so oh and five is on the table. 100 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: Katie will have to play like an absolute superhero to 101 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: win any of those games. But even if we're nice 102 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: and we give them one win out of that five 103 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: game stretch, they're gonna be bringing Kyrie back sitting at 104 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: three and ten. They would have to go thirty eight 105 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: and thirty one the rest of the way to get 106 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: to five hundred, which would still leave you probably in 107 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: the playing tournament, having to win two games to get 108 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 1: into the postseason. And even if they happen to win 109 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: those two games, you're gonna be on the road for 110 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: a seven gamer against either Milwaukee or Cleveland, or Boston 111 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: or Toronto, and all four of those teams are gonna 112 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: be major favorites in the series, and you'll be staring 113 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: down the barrel of of potentially another another sweep. So 114 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: it's it looks super bleak right now for Brooklyn. That's 115 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: just reality. Then we look at the Email Judoka situation. 116 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: So it was pretty quickly reported after the Steve Nash 117 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: firing that Email Udoka was the guy. Now, it's worth 118 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: noting that Adrian Zanowski was a little bit more reserved 119 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: and talking about how things were heading in that direction 120 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: and that a deal could happen in the next few days. 121 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: Shan Sharanio was much more aggressive in his report, basically 122 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 1: said it was a done deal, but several days have 123 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: passed and it's been all quiet ever since. So it 124 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: was kind of the quickness of the original report was 125 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,359 Speaker 1: strange because it led you to believe that the Nets 126 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:09,119 Speaker 1: were very much invested in trying to salvage this situation. Email. 127 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: Judoka was the obvious salvage this team type of pick. 128 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: The Nets were scoring just fine, they were specifically struggling 129 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: with rebounding and defense, and if you watched on tape, 130 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: did they have the best personnel in the world for 131 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: those situations. No, but they certainly weren't the worst personnel 132 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: for those situations. You did have Ben Simmons for most 133 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: of the season. Kevin Durant is out there on the floor, 134 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: Royce O'Neil, Kyrie Irving is a capable defensive player, and hell, 135 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: he had a half where you grabbed nine defensive rebounds 136 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: once this season. Like the the guys on the floor 137 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: also weren't doing nearly a good enough job. You know, Udoka, 138 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: famous tough guy, can look eye to eye with those 139 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: guys try to get him to play hard. That was 140 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: the obvious pick to try to like salvage this situation, 141 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: obviously not looking at all of his drama and controversy 142 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: surrounding his exit from Boston. But it's been all quiet 143 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: ever since, so it kind of leads you to believe 144 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: that maybe the Nets brass has had some second thoughts 145 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: after their initial quick reaction to the Steve Nash hiring 146 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: and then the Kyrie Irving stuff goes off the rails 147 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: and they blow a game that they had a big 148 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 1: lead against the Chicago Bulls, and now they're staring down 149 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,559 Speaker 1: potentially a two and eleven start or a three intense start. 150 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: So then you start to ask yourself, is it too 151 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: bleak to risk the massive public backlash of bringing in 152 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: emi Udoka to try to salvage this basketball situation. Would 153 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: you be better off going to someone like Quinn Snyder, 154 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: you know, uh, desirable NBA coach just like emi Udoka is, 155 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: But there's obviously all the baggage that comes with him 156 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: that makes it a lot tougher. But you could get 157 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: someone like Quinn Snyder potentially to sign a long term 158 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: deal to guide you through a rebuild. If you tell 159 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: him that you're blowing the team up been getting all 160 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,239 Speaker 1: of the drama out of the building, would that potentially 161 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: be a better pathway? Right? Because here here's the deal. 162 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: My guess is that Kyrie never plays another game in 163 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: a Brooklyn Nets Jersey. I said that yesterday in my 164 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: instant reaction video that I did. I just if you 165 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: think of it this way, at three and ten, at 166 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: two and eleven, what is the point of bringing those 167 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: guys back and trying to salvage the situation? At what 168 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: point do you consider trying to retrieve as much asset 169 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: return as possible before this goes further and further off 170 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: the rails and everyone's value starts to tank. And it's 171 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: not a great situation. Like I'm not sure what Ben 172 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: Simmons's value is around the league right now, Probably not much. 173 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: That might be a guy that you're better off just 174 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: keeping giving him like six months to get one healthy 175 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: and then letting him kind of work his way back 176 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: onto the court to build some value there. But you know, 177 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: I don't know what you can get for Kyrie anymore 178 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: because most of the teams around the leagu league are 179 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: not gonna want to touch him. Certainly not for assets. Yeah, 180 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: the Lakers used to want to pay two first round 181 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: picks for him, but that's not going to be the 182 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: case anymore. They probably think they can get him in 183 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: a buyout, and that's probably where this is headed. My 184 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: guess is that Kyrie's representation approaches Brooklyn at some point 185 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: in the future and says, we want to buy out, 186 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: and then Brooklyn's brass will say, okay, fine, but you're 187 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: giving us back ten million dollars, you know, or something 188 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: along those lines, and there will be a negotiation. But 189 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: my guess is that they eventually settle on some dollar 190 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: amount that Kyrie concedes back to Brooklyn and gets the 191 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: buy out so that he can go play basketball elsewhere. 192 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: At that point, you know, there's no point in just 193 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: having Kyrie Kevin Durant just run around floundering on this 194 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: terrible basketball team, especially when you can get a bunch 195 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 1: of asset return for him. So I think that this 196 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: is trending back towards the nets blowing up sooner than later, 197 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: especially if it goes as badly as I expected to 198 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: go over the next five games. So what kind of 199 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: teams would be interested in Kevin Durant I still think 200 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 1: Boston has the best chance. Um they're struggling a bit 201 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 1: and crunch time again this year. They've lost their three 202 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: and three in the six games that involved crunch time. Um. 203 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant is one of the best closers to ever 204 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 1: play the game of basketball. You could see a team 205 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: like Boston potentially considering making that move. But then again, 206 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown has been so good this year there's a 207 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: chance that they don't even consider it, which brings us 208 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: back to a couple of specific teams, Phoenix and Toronto, 209 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,559 Speaker 1: two teams Toronto never wanted to include Scottie Barnes, and 210 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: I don't blame them because Scotty Barnes has been off 211 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: to another incredible start this year. He's scoring efficiently and 212 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: he's playmaking out of the post at an extremely high 213 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: level for a young player. UM So Toronto without Scottie Barnes, 214 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,839 Speaker 1: their package was a little bit less desirable, and then 215 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: Phoenix was like considered basically out of the running because 216 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: they didn't have enough. Those are two teams that kind 217 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: of like float back up to the surface here now 218 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 1: that you can see that um uh that the Nets 219 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: don't quite have as much leverage as they did over 220 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: the summer. Toronto is off to a really good start, 221 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: so you could see them thinking that as an all 222 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: in sort of trade, and MASSI you, Jerry has a history, 223 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 1: as we've seen with the Kawhi Leonard situation, of being 224 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: interested in making that type of of trade. So I 225 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: think that I think that You'll Phoenix in Toronto would 226 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: be the two teams that I'd keep an eye on. 227 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: But in general, I think leverage has shifted back towards 228 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: the rest of the league in a different way than 229 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: it was this summer when you kind of just believed 230 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: Brooklyn that they would hang on to him for a while. 231 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: But now it's like things have gone so far south 232 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: so quickly in Brooklyn that it's headed in that direction. Um. 233 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: And then on the Kyrie Irving front, you know, I 234 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: said this on the on my Instant Reaction video yesterday, 235 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: but the rest of the league's not going to touch 236 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: him in all likelihood. So you gotta look at teams 237 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: that are desperate, that are one piece away from being 238 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: legitimate contenders, and that specifically need high level guard creation. 239 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 1: And the two teams that come to mind for me 240 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 1: there are the Dallas Mavericks and the Lakers. Let's take 241 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 1: a look at Dallas for a second. So you lose 242 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson. The specific design of the roster is all 243 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: of these spot up shooters that defend and three dribble creators. 244 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: Last year it was Luca, Spencer, Dinwoodie Jalen Bronson. They 245 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: staggered it out nicely. You started with Luca and Jalen. 246 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 1: One of them go to the bench, Spencer, Dinwood you 247 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: would come in, then the other would go to the bench, 248 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: and then the other guy would come in, and then 249 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,199 Speaker 1: maybe you close with all three, maybe you close with 250 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: just two. That was the design of the team got 251 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: you to the conference finals and gave you a legitimate 252 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: chance to make it to the finals. Right, you lose 253 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson. Now, Luca Doncheuss usage is through the roof 254 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: over and that's concerning in the long run, because you 255 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: know high usage players generally speaking flame out early in 256 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 1: the playoffs, at least when they get to that absurd 257 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: of a level of usage. And I'm as big a 258 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: Luca fan as you'll find. Kyrie Irving brings you basically 259 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: a better version of Jalen Brunson that can come in 260 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: and if he buys into Jason Kidd's defensive scheme, he's 261 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: capable as a perimeter defender as long as he's not 262 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: going up against bigger, stronger players, and then he'll be 263 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: a perfect fit in that drive in kicks system that 264 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: Dallas has. Slots Spencer didn't what he back to his 265 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: Bentrol that he had last year, and then gives you 266 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: like another really really legitimate playoff scoring option there. Again, 267 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a long conversation about all of the 268 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: stuff that comes with Kyrie Irving and whether or not 269 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: that's worth it, and there's a good chance that they 270 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: still say no. But that's the type of team that 271 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: I think would consider it. Lakers exact same situation. You 272 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: have the second best defense in the league, and uh 273 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis in his last two games has played like 274 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: a top ten player. Lebron James has been really bad 275 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: this season by his standards. His effective field goal percentages 276 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: like forty seven point seven percent, which is the lowest 277 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: since he was a rookie UM, but you're expecting him 278 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: to get better. But their specific weakness is offensive skill, 279 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: particularly in the backcourt. Kendrick Nunn has been a disaster. 280 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: Patrick Beverley hasn't been nearly as good offensively as he 281 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: was in Minnesota last year. And then you've got some 282 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: good wings like Lonnie Walker and Troy Brown Jr. Have 283 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: been have been the two home runs signing so far 284 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: from Rob Polinka this past summer. Got to give him 285 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: some credit on that front, even though some of the 286 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: rest of the you know want Sisconno Anderson completely out 287 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: of the rotation. Beverley has been a disaster, Kendrick Nunn 288 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: has been a disaster. There's about a lot of bad there, 289 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: but there's a couple of good pieces there. They just 290 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: knee eat a legitimate scoring guard, specifically one that would 291 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 1: force guards, defensive guards to chase over the top of screens, 292 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 1: opening up the pocket pass and Anthony Davis screening actions. 293 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving fits that bill perfectly. He would turn them 294 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: from one of the worst offenses in the league to 295 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: a mid level or better offense like that, and from 296 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: that guard position, the guys that are playing those minutes, 297 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: I think he'd be enough defensively to kind of keep 298 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: them afloat. So as we look at that situation, the 299 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: Lakers would probably consider it, but it's still possible that 300 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: they look at that situation and say no, So there's 301 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: a chance that we don't see Kyrie Irving play basketball 302 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: at all this season. But those are the two teams 303 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: that I would keep an eye on. And then the 304 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: bottom line after all of this, if Joe Sigh tries 305 00:16:55,920 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: to salvage this situation, if he brings Kyrie Irving after 306 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 1: starting three intent or two and eleven, if he hires 307 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,480 Speaker 1: Ema Udoka to try to salvage this, then he deserves 308 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 1: everything that happens after that because it will continue to 309 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: go south in all likelihood, and and and again, he 310 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: would just deserve that outcome. It kind of reminds me 311 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: of any of you guys. Ever Watch How I Met 312 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 1: Your Mother? And Ted Moseby has this college girlfriend. Her 313 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: name is Karen, and every time he gets together with her, 314 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: she treats him like crap. And then every time he 315 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: goes back his friends are always like, okay, buddy, like, 316 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 1: I guess we'll see if it goes differently this time. 317 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: And that's kind of the way I feel about Josiah 318 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: in this situation, Like every single time this is blown 319 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 1: up in his face, he's gone back to the table 320 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 1: and tried to make it work again, and if he 321 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: does so again, he deserves what happens next. Today we're 322 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: doing our top five most disappointing teams in the NBA 323 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: through two and a half weeks, kind of like the 324 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: opposite of our power Rankings list that we did yesterday, 325 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: although there is one team that is on both lists 326 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 1: that you guys will see shortly. You guys know the 327 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: drill before we get started. 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And then one last note 337 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: before we get started, I had I had a few 338 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: more complaints this week about how much we talked about 339 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: the Lakers, nets and Warriors. Um. I've covered this a 340 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 1: couple of times this season, but I just wanted to 341 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: do it one more time and try to help you 342 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: guys kind of sort through the way this content is 343 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,439 Speaker 1: um presented. First of all, the Lakers and the Warriors 344 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:55,399 Speaker 1: are the two most popular teams in the NBA. They 345 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: have the two most large they have the two largest 346 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: fan bases. We have to talk about them. That's just 347 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: good business this and at the end of the day, 348 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: this is a business. Both of them are struggling to 349 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: start the season. But the Warriors are obviously going to 350 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: figure things out at some point. They're the defending champions 351 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: and their starting lineup is murdering everybody. And then the 352 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: Lakers are the second best defense in the league, and 353 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: just by virtue of that, they're going to be competitive 354 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: throughout the season and they'll probably be relevant if they 355 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 1: If either of them descend into irrelevance, like out of 356 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 1: the playoff picture entirely after a good chunk of games, 357 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:28,120 Speaker 1: then yeah, we're gonna stop talking about them. But they 358 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: are relevant right now and they have huge fan bases. 359 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: We're going to cover them heavily. And then the nets 360 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 1: because of their drama, I've just persistently been one of 361 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 1: the top stories in the league on a daily basis. 362 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,199 Speaker 1: That said, my goal has always been to cover the 363 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: entire league, and that's what we do. Those of you 364 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: guys who have been following the show for a while, No, 365 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: I'm doing like six or seven videos a week, Okay, 366 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: So yeah, there's gonna be a lot of Lakers, Warriors 367 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 1: Nets content in there, But the other half of it 368 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: is covering the rest of the league. And so what 369 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 1: I've been doing and what I will continue to do 370 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: is at the beginning of these videos, all hell you 371 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: the teams were covering. And if you're if you hate 372 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: the Lakers and you're sick of hearing me talk about them, 373 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: you can always just fast forward until we get to 374 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: the other teams. And it will always be a consistent 375 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: goal of mine throughout this season to continue to touch 376 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 1: on as many of the teams as possible. Um I 377 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: even want to spend some time, especially here in the 378 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: next couple of weeks, to dive into the bottom of 379 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 1: the barrel teams and talk about some of the young 380 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: up and coming talent in the NBA. We will always 381 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: get to that stuff. You just obviously there's gonna be 382 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: a lot of Lakers, Warriors and nets surrounding that that's 383 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: just the nature of the business. Um So, top five 384 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: most disappointing teams in the NBA. Now, to be clear, 385 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: this is based on expectations and performance that's under your control. 386 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 1: There always going to be things that I find um 387 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: you know more more like the players have control over 388 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: versus some things that are beyond your control. For instance, 389 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: the Lakers are not on this list for me. I 390 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: had them thirteenth in my power rankings before the season, 391 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: right and I even only had them that high because 392 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,719 Speaker 1: of the potential of a Russell Westbrook trade and what 393 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:08,199 Speaker 1: that might bring down the pike. They're opening schedule was 394 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:12,320 Speaker 1: damn near impossible. They had a really good team every 395 00:21:12,359 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: single night, and during that stretch because they had not 396 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 1: made the Rush trade, they had severe limitations and offensive talent. 397 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 1: I expected them to lose those games. I expected the 398 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: Lakers to get off to a bad start. You guys 399 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: remember me saying that to start the season. I predicted 400 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: they'd be a top five defense. That's gone well so far. 401 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 1: But they're shooting horrifically bad. But they're competing. At least, 402 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 1: they're going out there, they're playing as hard as they 403 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: possibly can. They're just losing games because they're not making shots, 404 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: and then in the last couple of games they've made 405 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: more shots. They've won a couple of games. But the 406 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: Lakers are kind of performing to expectations to start the season. 407 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 1: That's why they're not at this on this list. If 408 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: they do go on a run and win some games, 409 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: it'll be now that their schedule softens up a little bit. 410 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: The teams that I have on this list have no 411 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: business being on this list. All five of these teams 412 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: should be significantly higher in the standings and should be 413 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: playing better basketball than they actually are. Alright, So number 414 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: five the Minnesota Timberwolves. They are four and four to 415 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 1: start the season, two wins against the Thunder, one against 416 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: the Spurs, and one against the Lakers without a d 417 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: so nothing overly impressive there. They also have two losses 418 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: to the Spurs, a loss to the Suns, which is 419 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: a tough game in Phoenix. You're probably gonna lose that 420 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: game even if you're a good team on most nights, 421 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: and then they lost at home to the Utah Jazz 422 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: in overtime game where they got beat by Lorie Market 423 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,199 Speaker 1: in a game they had no business losing. My biggest 424 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: concern about the Gobert trade coming into the summer. If 425 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: you guys remember, there were two things that I talked about. 426 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: One was their loss of perimeter defense. You know, say 427 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: what you want about Molik Beasley as a shooter. He uh, 428 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of Timberwolves fans were not exactly 429 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: you know, devastated when he left. But the truth of 430 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: the matter is is towards the end of that season 431 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 1: and into the postseason, he had become a pretty solid 432 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: perimeter defender. He was competing for them, Patrick Beverley. That 433 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: was his best skill. That was the thing he did 434 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 1: better than most players in the league. He could defend 435 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: on the perimeter. Jared Vanderbilt, say what you want about 436 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: him on the offensive end of the floor, freak athlete, 437 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 1: played super hard every single night, a great perimeter defensive player. 438 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: They gave that all away for a defensive anchor. They 439 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: were betting on a player that was going to give 440 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:33,840 Speaker 1: them an outstanding regular season defense. But I was concerned 441 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: about that lack of perimeter defense because when you get 442 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: into the postseason, teams find a way to scheme around 443 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert and get him out to the perimeter, so 444 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: that he can't help around the rim, and then they 445 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: will score or drive and kick and get wide open 446 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: threes because you lack perimeter defense. That's literally what happened 447 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 1: to the Utah Jazz over the course of the last 448 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 1: few years. And then in the process, when you bring 449 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: in Rudy Gobert, you fundamentally changed the geometry of your offense. 450 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: Outside of um, outside of Jared Vanderbilt, every single lineup 451 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: that the Timberwolves played had a five out concept because 452 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: Carl Anthony Towns could shoot, Nasa Read could shoot, you know, 453 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: Jada McDaniels could shoot. So essentially outside of the minutes 454 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 1: when Jared Vanderbilt was out there, they had a real 455 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 1: five out concept. So everyone's operating around the rim. Anthony 456 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: Edwards is getting downhill, Carl Towns is operating a lot downhill. 457 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: His face up game was really effective in their five outsets. 458 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 1: By bringing in Go Bear, you're now basically perpetually running 459 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: a four out one in offense, and now it's more 460 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: of like a screen and dive offense, or put Rudy 461 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: Gobert in the dunker spot type of offense. And as 462 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: I've always told you, guys, vertical spacing brings value, but 463 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: not nearly the same type of value as five out spacing. 464 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: The rotations are just so much easier to make in 465 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 1: those cases. So what I was concerned about is that 466 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: their defense would be a little better but not good 467 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: enough because of their like a perimeter defense, and that 468 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: their offense would take a hit. And that's exactly what 469 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: has happened. The defense is only slightly better than last 470 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: year overall, and you make a go bear trade to 471 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: be a top five defense, and that's not what's happened. 472 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: They've been tent and then they're spacing with Anthony Edwards 473 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: has been a problem. I've Anthony Everarde is one of 474 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: my favorite young players in the league. I think I 475 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: ranked him twenty in my player rankings, which is higher 476 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: than most people have him. That's how high I am 477 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: on Anthony Edwards. I view him as a mini Lebron. 478 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 1: He's an incredible downhill threat. He's very difficult to knock 479 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 1: off of his line. He's so big and physically imposing 480 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: that in the postseason he can continue to pressure the rim, 481 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 1: which a lot of guards and wings that get downhill 482 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: in the regular season struggled to do. So. When you 483 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: get to the postseason. He's also flashing high level pull 484 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: up jump shooting over the course of the end of 485 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: last season, right, So there's a lot of potential on 486 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: that front. I'm a huge Aunt fan. But at the 487 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: end of the day, he's at his best when they're 488 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: five out and he has plenty of space to operate. 489 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: And the story of the early season has been how 490 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,480 Speaker 1: bad their offense has been with the starting group. So 491 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: their starting lineup is d Angela Russell, Anthony Edwards, Jada McDaniels, 492 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,679 Speaker 1: Carl Towns, and Rudy Gobert. We've already seen Anthony Everards 493 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: make comments about the starting lineup. We had Carl Towns 494 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: go respond to that by criticizing Ant's diet. There's a 495 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: whole thing going on there where Carl Towns was kind 496 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: of like the darling of the Minnesota fan base, and 497 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: now that's becoming Anthony Edwards, which is changing that entire dynamic. 498 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: You saw a similar thing happened to Ben Simmons and 499 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,119 Speaker 1: Joel and Beat over the years, where Ben Simmons was 500 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 1: kind of that guy and then it became Joel embiad 501 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: and then like kind of a rift forms between the 502 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: two players. You're seeing a similar thing happened there. And 503 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: then there was that weird moment the other night, I 504 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,719 Speaker 1: think it was after the Sun's game where Anthony Edwards 505 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: is like with Majorite McLoughlin at the at the uh 506 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 1: press conference table and he's looking at the box score, 507 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: like realizing that the starters are getting are getting rolled 508 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: and it's a real problem. That starting lineup is played 509 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: two d and sixty possessions. They have a ninety nine 510 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: offensive rating and a one oh four defensive rating, so 511 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: the defensive right is good but not outstanding, and their 512 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: offense is atrocious and you can see it on tape. 513 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: The paint is a complete shit show. Historically, when you 514 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: when you see things kind of crowded like that, you 515 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: need half court surgeons to succeed in those environments. And 516 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 1: what I mean by that half court surgeon is like 517 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: super high level playmaking. So like a Lebron with the Lakers, 518 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 1: for instance, like it's crowded, there's two bigs, everything is 519 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 1: packed in the paint, but Lebron is such a gifted 520 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: shot maker and passer that they can still functionally run 521 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: an offense there. Dilo is never going to be that 522 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: guy Anthony Edwards might one day be that guy, but 523 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 1: he's not that guy yet. Right now. He's more of 524 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: a downhill score mixed with some pull up jump shooting. 525 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 1: A lot of potential there, but he's not quite that 526 00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 1: guy yet. I watched the Sun's game earlier this week, 527 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: I think he was on Tuesday, and Anthony Edwards had 528 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: a couple of nasty pull up threes to get it down. 529 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,439 Speaker 1: I think it was like five after that um and 530 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: they call it time out. Timberwolves are rolling, but those 531 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: are two difficult oots over the top of a set defense. 532 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: And ever after that time out, the Timberwolves offense the 533 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: rest of the game was hilariously bad. So after that 534 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: we had that These are literally their next eight or 535 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: so possessions, nine or so possessions. Anthony Edwards turns the 536 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 1: basketball over, then D'Angelo Russell turns the basketball over. Then 537 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,120 Speaker 1: Delo hits a pull up jumper. Then Anthony Edwards turns 538 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,360 Speaker 1: the basketball over. Then Carl Town's turns the basketball over. 539 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: Then Anthony Edwards misses a super long three that had 540 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: almost no chance of going in. Then D'Angelo Russell turns 541 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: the basketball over. Then Torre and Prince bails them out 542 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: with like a ridiculous step back jump shot at the 543 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: end of the shot clock in the right corner. And 544 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: then Carl Anthony Towns gets a guard on a switch 545 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: and opts to take a step back three rather than 546 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 1: bullying him to the basket, and now you're down fourteen 547 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: with three minutes left in the game is over. They 548 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: just have no idea how to operate with that type 549 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: of spacing because they don't have the offensive personnel to 550 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 1: pick teams apart in that type of spacing. I preferred 551 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 1: the old Timberwolves from last year, and I'm really curious 552 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: if you're a Timberwolves fan, please drop that in the comments. 553 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 1: I want to hear your thoughts about how you feel 554 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 1: about last year's Timberwolves compared to this year's. Now. I 555 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: know there's a lot of basketball left and they might 556 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: figure it out with this group, but obviously through this 557 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: eight game sample size, I'm just curious to hear your 558 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: guys opinions. Like I said earlier, they basically played five 559 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: out all the time, except for when Jared Vanderbilt was 560 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: out there, and he was so damn athletic and played 561 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: so damn hard that it was worth it um, their 562 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: perimeter defense was much better, Anthony Edwards was downhill all 563 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: the time. And then the big guy that it's hurting 564 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: right now is Carl Town's. Like they're basically turning Carl 565 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: Towns into a wing instead of what he was last 566 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,320 Speaker 1: year and for most of his career, which is like 567 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: this hyper versatile downhill forward that um that kills people 568 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 1: in face up but also have some uh spacing effects 569 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: with his ability to shoot the three. But he was 570 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 1: operating around the basket a lot. Last year, Carl Town's 571 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: made four point two shots per game in the restricted area. 572 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: At this year it's at two point one, so half 573 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: that and he's only making six of them. You're basically 574 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: using Carl Towns as a wing on both ends of 575 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: the floor, which is literally the worst way to use him. 576 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: So you brought in Rudy Gobert to kind of redefine 577 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 1: and re anchor your defense, but in the process you 578 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: took an all star level player and are using him 579 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: in literally the worst possible way, and in a way 580 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: that dramatically diminishes his value. I hated the Gobert deal 581 00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: when it went down. I'm not surprised that we're seeing 582 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: disappointing results so far. And again, maybe it all works 583 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: out in the long run, and if it does, I'll 584 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 1: be the first to admit that I was wrong. But 585 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: right now I'm not optimistic. And again, Wolves fans, I 586 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: want I want to hear your take dropping in the 587 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 1: comments alright. Number four, the Brooklyn Nets. I'm not going 588 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: to talk long about them, because we've done that a 589 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: ton in recent weeks, and more than they honestly deserve. Um. 590 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: I had them in my list is the if things 591 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: go right contender, and I wasn't the only one. I 592 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: was listening to a Zachlo podcast the other day and 593 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: he said that he called them before the season the 594 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: dunder Mifflin NBA team because they were good on paper 595 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 1: and you could tell looking at the talent on the roster. 596 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: You're looking at Kevin Durant, who's one of the best 597 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: two way superstars in the league. You have, you know, 598 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons, who's one of the best defensive players in 599 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: the league. Are allegedly as you know, you bring in 600 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: Royce O'Neil that bolsters your perimeter defense. Nick Claxton is 601 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: a big athlete with long arms that clogs up the lane, 602 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: and can grab contested rebounds. And then Kyrie Irving, for 603 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: all of his flaws when he's locked in, is actually 604 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: an okay perimeter defender and he can grab contested rebounds. 605 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: He grabbed nine defensive rebounds in a single game once, 606 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: or excuse me, in a single half earlier this season once. 607 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: So like they had on paper the potential to be 608 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: a good basketball team, and instead things have gone horribly wrong. 609 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,959 Speaker 1: They're seventeenth in offense, which is nowhere near good enough 610 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: for their talent. They're dead last in defense the net 611 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 1: ratings on point deferential, they're the third worst team in 612 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,440 Speaker 1: the entire league. And then they're dead last and rebounding. 613 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: So they had plenty of on paper talent to be 614 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: a good basketball team, but instead they completely mailed in 615 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: every single winning basketball trade. And now they're staring down 616 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 1: the barrel of a two and eleven start if they 617 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 1: go oh and five during this Kyrie suspension. So horrifically 618 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: disappointing team. Brooklyn nets at number four, number three the 619 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: Philadelphia seventy sixers. I got on a three game winning 620 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 1: streak and then immediately had an awful game at home 621 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 1: against Washington on Wednesday, where they didn't defend and got 622 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: killed on the glass again. And really what the Sixers 623 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: are is just a slightly better version of the Nets. Offensively, 624 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: they're great, and Brooklyn was good offensively for the most 625 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: part up until the last couple of games. Um of 626 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: Philly's fourth and offense overall third and half court offense 627 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 1: according to Cleaning the Last, but their twenty three in defense, 628 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 1: twenty nine and rebounding. The only team worse is the Nets, 629 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: and they're dead last in transition defense. So similar kind 630 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: of concept. Like, I'm disappointed in this team. I had 631 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: them fifth in my preseason power rankings. I thought they 632 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: were just as talented as the most talented teams in 633 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: the league. The league is wide open. Anybody can win 634 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: this thing, and they came out with no urgency in 635 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: the winning areas of the game. And they're clearly not 636 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: bought into Doc Rivers, which is why I thought, similar 637 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: to the cur things, similar to the Vogel thing, they 638 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: might need to consider just bringing in a new voice 639 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: just to get the guys in the locker room to 640 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: buy into the winning details again. And now they have 641 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,920 Speaker 1: this James Harden injury. He's gonna be out for at 642 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: least a month with the foot ligament issue. And I'm 643 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 1: bummed out for James Harden because you finally get back 644 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: in shape and you're honestly looking great to start the season. 645 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 1: Maybe not quite two thousand nineteen James Harden, but a 646 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: lot better than he looked last year. And now you're 647 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: gonna be heard again. And the tough thing with that is, 648 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 1: you know, this is a guy that historically has struggle 649 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: keeping weight off, and now he can't play basketball for 650 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,840 Speaker 1: a month. So I'm really curious to see how well 651 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: he takes care of his body over this next month. 652 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: And now for the next month, everything is gonna have 653 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: to flow through Joel Embiid, so so much is gonna 654 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: depend on how well he defends, how well he handles 655 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,520 Speaker 1: double teams, because he's gonna get doubled everywhere on the court. 656 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 1: Like his body language is gonna be a key thing 657 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: to watch, Like when things go poorly, is he gonna 658 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:13,280 Speaker 1: keep his team galvanized or not, because even without Harden, 659 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,240 Speaker 1: they have enough talent to float around five hundred until 660 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,360 Speaker 1: James Harden gets back, which gives you a fighting chance 661 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 1: down the stretch of the season. And I'm you know, 662 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:25,720 Speaker 1: I'm challenging Joel Embid. I'm really you know, you probably 663 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: fancy yourself the best player in the league. You know, um, 664 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 1: you put yourself in the same conversations with guys like 665 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 1: Nicola Yo Kitchen, guys like Janice. This is your chance. 666 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,920 Speaker 1: James Harden's out, He's gonna be back. Your team is 667 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 1: incredibly talented. The league is wide open. You have to 668 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 1: keep your team afloat for a month here, and I'm 669 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: really curious to see how he does in that month. 670 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 1: But they had a complete lack of urgency from the 671 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: jump this season and kind of blew an opportunity to 672 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,920 Speaker 1: come out and just start whooping everybody's ass. And so 673 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 1: I have them as my third most disappointing team to 674 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 1: start the season. Number two the l A Clippers, kind 675 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: of similar to Minnesota there four and four, but their 676 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:08,200 Speaker 1: actual quality of winds is not good. Uh. They beat 677 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 1: the Lakers, uh, the King's, the Rockets, and the Rockets again. 678 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,560 Speaker 1: They have two losses to the Thunder and then they 679 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: got destroyed by the two good teams they played, the 680 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,200 Speaker 1: Sons and the Pelicans. All of their issues are on 681 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,799 Speaker 1: the offensive end of the floor, kind of similar to 682 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: the Lakers the only teams scoring less points per possession 683 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,880 Speaker 1: in the half court then the Lakers, according to Cleaning 684 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 1: the Glass, are the Clippers in the rockets. Yes, you 685 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 1: heard that right. The Clippers are are a worse half 686 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 1: court offense than the Lakers. And so many people are 687 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: gonna blame the Kauai thing, and the Kauai thing is weird, man, 688 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 1: Like he's gonna be out for this upcoming road trip again. Um. 689 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: I told you guys. I had a guy who covers 690 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:46,759 Speaker 1: who's been covering the league for a long time, who 691 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:51,800 Speaker 1: told me that Kawais knee was degenerative years ago. And 692 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,319 Speaker 1: I was kind of like up in the air about 693 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: it because I'm like, who the hell knows what's going 694 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 1: on with Kauai. His camp is so air tight you're 695 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,319 Speaker 1: not getting any intel out of anything. So I just 696 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 1: didn't know what to make of it. But here's the deal, man, 697 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:03,840 Speaker 1: It's been a year and a half since his a 698 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: c L surgery. It wasn't even a complete a c 699 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 1: L tear, is a partial a c L tear. The 700 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 1: dude played basketball for a couple of weeks and now 701 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:15,160 Speaker 1: he's out again, So like something's going on there. But 702 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,440 Speaker 1: either way regardless, Let's put the quay thing on a 703 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,839 Speaker 1: side for them on the side for a minute. This 704 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 1: is largely the same assembly of players that destroyed the 705 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,680 Speaker 1: Jazz in the two thousand one playoffs. A good defensive 706 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,480 Speaker 1: team on paper again in the regular season, and then 707 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,520 Speaker 1: they nearly beat the Suns there were two wins away 708 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: from making it to the NBA Finals. Basically, you know, 709 00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,239 Speaker 1: Paul George, Reggie Jackson, and a bunch of wings that 710 00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,680 Speaker 1: can shoot and defend. It's the same group I put them. 711 00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: If you watch on on film, you can tell immediately 712 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: watching the Clippers that they are just hunting pull up 713 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 1: jump shots off the dribble. It's a lot of ice, 714 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 1: so a lot of just your turn, my turn, and 715 00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: they're getting away from what made them good at the beginning, 716 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,000 Speaker 1: which was this was if you remember when we did 717 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: our season previews, I had the Clippers as the best 718 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:07,279 Speaker 1: driving kick team and all of basketball. What they do 719 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,280 Speaker 1: is they beat people off the dribble, draw, help, kick, drive, kick, drive, 720 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,759 Speaker 1: wide open three. That's what they do. That's what they 721 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,600 Speaker 1: do best and what the majority of the blame for 722 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:23,280 Speaker 1: this season, and you could see it on tape. Reggie Jackson, 723 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:29,640 Speaker 1: Paul George. They're not doing their job of drawing that 724 00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,960 Speaker 1: initial help and drawing and starting the driving kick, and 725 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,040 Speaker 1: instead they're hunting, as is a players kind of similar 726 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,560 Speaker 1: to the Tatum Brown thing in the finals, where when 727 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,879 Speaker 1: they're driving and kicking the offenses fluid, but when they're 728 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,960 Speaker 1: driving to ISO things kind of tend to fall apart, 729 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,040 Speaker 1: and you can see it in the metrics. It's actually 730 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:52,439 Speaker 1: pretty wild. Um only twenty two point three attempts per 731 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,480 Speaker 1: game in the restricted area for the Clippers, which is 732 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:59,320 Speaker 1: twenty nine in the NBA. They aren't putting any pressure 733 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: on the rim, so as a result, they aren't generating 734 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,920 Speaker 1: any wide open threes. The Clippers are generating eight point 735 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,600 Speaker 1: one wide open threes per game. Remember, wide open is 736 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,439 Speaker 1: defender at least six ft away. They're only generating eight 737 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:15,160 Speaker 1: point one, which is dead last in the NBA. Instead, 738 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,600 Speaker 1: they're taking twenty five pull up jumpers per game, which 739 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,359 Speaker 1: is top ten in the NBA. Their assists are down 740 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:24,080 Speaker 1: in one that season I'm referencing, they were thirteen in 741 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 1: the league, and assists this year there seven. So instead 742 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,240 Speaker 1: of being the driving kick team that generates high quality 743 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,279 Speaker 1: three point shots, that they were high quality three point 744 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,360 Speaker 1: shots and layups at the rim that they were in 745 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,400 Speaker 1: This same group is basically turning into your turn. My 746 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 1: turn is a team that's not generating high quality shots. 747 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 1: Their offense is tanking as a result, and as a result, 748 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 1: they're not achieving at the level you'd expect given the 749 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:53,839 Speaker 1: softness of their early schedule. You know, any Driving Kicks system, 750 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,719 Speaker 1: as the initial initiator, you have to understand your role 751 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,560 Speaker 1: and it's hard because these got you know, you're primary 752 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,720 Speaker 1: perimeter initiators are usually super skilled. So they're usually guys 753 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: that you know when they're taking step back three is 754 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,120 Speaker 1: they feel good about that shot because they've worked on 755 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,759 Speaker 1: it all summer for the last ten years and they're 756 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,799 Speaker 1: damn good at it. And so for them when they're 757 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,479 Speaker 1: taking those shots, they're like, man, I like the shot. 758 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,279 Speaker 1: I like my chances. This is probably gonna go in. 759 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,440 Speaker 1: If they get a post mismatch against a player on 760 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,160 Speaker 1: the left wing, they're like, I like my chances here. 761 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,200 Speaker 1: This is a good matchup for me. But when you're 762 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,719 Speaker 1: in that perimeter initiator role on a driving Kick team, 763 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:35,480 Speaker 1: that's not your job. You pull that stuff out of 764 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,040 Speaker 1: the bag in late clock situations or every once in 765 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,879 Speaker 1: a while when you get a fantastic matchup. But when 766 00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,160 Speaker 1: you actively hunt those possessions, you're undercutting your own offense. 767 00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:48,440 Speaker 1: The job of that perimeter initiator Paul George bringing the 768 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:51,560 Speaker 1: ball up the right wing Clippers possession seventeen on the 769 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,279 Speaker 1: shot clock, his job is to beat someone off the 770 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: dribble and kick it. That's it. That's all you need 771 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,080 Speaker 1: to do. Now if it, if it kicks, and then 772 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,360 Speaker 1: that guy drives, and it kicks, and that guy drives 773 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,839 Speaker 1: and there's no advantage, and Paul George has the ball 774 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,520 Speaker 1: with six on the shot clock, then yeah, go to work. 775 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,280 Speaker 1: Hunt your pull up jump shot to salvage the possession. 776 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,439 Speaker 1: But this team is not getting into their driving kicked 777 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,600 Speaker 1: the way they're supposed to, and as a result, their 778 00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,919 Speaker 1: offense is suffering. As soon as they do that, as 779 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,120 Speaker 1: soon as they start attacking the rim again, things will 780 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:27,399 Speaker 1: turn around for them. Things will click immediately for them. 781 00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,839 Speaker 1: They are fourth and defense. So like the Lakers, when 782 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,239 Speaker 1: you're that good on defense, all you gotta do is 783 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 1: get your offense going a little bit and the winds 784 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,040 Speaker 1: will follow. So I still believe in the Clippers in 785 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:39,719 Speaker 1: the long run, but right now they've kind of lost 786 00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:44,400 Speaker 1: their identity a little bit offensively. Alright. Number one, the 787 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:48,560 Speaker 1: most disappointing team in the NBA to start the season, 788 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:51,719 Speaker 1: the team that I had a tenth in my power 789 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,440 Speaker 1: rankings yesterday based on how good their starters have been. 790 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 1: Obviously paying respect as the defending champions, the Golden State Warriors. 791 00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:02,440 Speaker 1: So they lost again last night in embarrassing fashion to 792 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,879 Speaker 1: the Magic I just caught crunch time of this one, 793 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,440 Speaker 1: but I did see on the box score that the 794 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 1: bench was a problem again. Um shout out to Jalen Suggs. 795 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:12,239 Speaker 1: By the way, he was the one who was the 796 00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:13,719 Speaker 1: big made all the big plays at the end of 797 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:15,440 Speaker 1: this game. I talked a lot about his pull up 798 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:17,759 Speaker 1: jump shooting in the opening week of the season. If 799 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,359 Speaker 1: you guys remember, well, he's fifty on pull up threes 800 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,120 Speaker 1: to start this season, and he hit two more massive 801 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,480 Speaker 1: pull up threes in crunch time last night, one where 802 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:26,880 Speaker 1: he kind of came off of a ball screen to 803 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,480 Speaker 1: the left and the Warriors botch to switch and he 804 00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:33,480 Speaker 1: was completely unguarded on the left wing, and then he 805 00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,359 Speaker 1: had a disgusting step back like kind of pound through 806 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,080 Speaker 1: the legs step back on the right wing that was 807 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,360 Speaker 1: a deep one is like twenty seven ft two. And 808 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:42,320 Speaker 1: then he had two huge steals on Steph Curry a 809 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:43,880 Speaker 1: ball pressure steel at the top of the key and 810 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,960 Speaker 1: then a play where he made a defensive rotation sprinting 811 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,399 Speaker 1: back into the play um to get his steal off 812 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: of his Steph Curry pass. Big time plays from him, 813 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 1: weird up and down crunch time from Steph Curry. It 814 00:41:54,960 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 1: was like gigantic shot, big turnover, gigantic shot, big turn over, 815 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,000 Speaker 1: gigantic show. Like it was just so up and down. 816 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:05,880 Speaker 1: It was like he wasn't missing anything, but he tossed 817 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:07,480 Speaker 1: away a couple of possessions at the end of the game, 818 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,399 Speaker 1: being sloppy with the basketball, and it costs him the game. 819 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,480 Speaker 1: And look again, like the bench struggled again. You could 820 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,440 Speaker 1: see it in the box score. And it's still a 821 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,560 Speaker 1: huge problem. But we've talked that to death and I'm 822 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,000 Speaker 1: not going to get into that right now. And quite frankly, 823 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:25,680 Speaker 1: we can't keep making excuses for the starters. Let's look 824 00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 1: at the reality of this losing streak real quick. So 825 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,080 Speaker 1: every single team that the Warriors lost to in this 826 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,240 Speaker 1: four game losing streak. As a losing record, their combined 827 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,399 Speaker 1: record is eleven and twenty four. Each of the four 828 00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,279 Speaker 1: teams the Warriors lost to our bottom ten offenses in 829 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,480 Speaker 1: the league. In this four game stretch, the Warriors are 830 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,760 Speaker 1: allowing a hundred and twenty one points per one hundred 831 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,239 Speaker 1: possessions to these four terrible offenses. If you just took 832 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:54,280 Speaker 1: every team's last four games, that's dead last. So nobody 833 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,640 Speaker 1: in the league is defending worse than the Warriors over 834 00:42:56,680 --> 00:43:01,400 Speaker 1: this last week, and the starters are blameless. During this 835 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:04,880 Speaker 1: four game stretch, the Curry, Thompson, Wiggins Green Looney lineup 836 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:07,800 Speaker 1: has played forty two minutes. They have a one fifteen 837 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,000 Speaker 1: point four offensive rating, which is good, in a one 838 00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,600 Speaker 1: eleven point four defensive rating, which is bad. They're only 839 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:18,040 Speaker 1: plus four net against this type of competition. Your starters, 840 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,760 Speaker 1: who have been destroying everybody, should be destroying these teams, 841 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:26,160 Speaker 1: especially when you know your bench is struggling and you 842 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,640 Speaker 1: need to buy them more margin for error. Instead, they're 843 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:32,160 Speaker 1: only slightly positive and they're struggling at the end of games. 844 00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:34,759 Speaker 1: Do the Warriors need to figure their bench out, Yes, 845 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,919 Speaker 1: but the starters are also not nearly playing well enough. 846 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,839 Speaker 1: Here's why I'm disappointed in the Warriors. This is why 847 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,320 Speaker 1: I have him as my most disappointing team. They aren't 848 00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,399 Speaker 1: like the other teams on this list. This is not 849 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:51,280 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Timberwolves who are undergoing a massive identity change 850 00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,319 Speaker 1: after a trade. These are not the Brooklyn Nets, who 851 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,640 Speaker 1: even coming into the season, we knew were could be 852 00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,640 Speaker 1: a title contender or could completely employ ode, like we 853 00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:04,960 Speaker 1: knew that was a potential outcome. The Sixers same thing, Like, yeah, 854 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,240 Speaker 1: I had some optimism around James Harden in their roster, 855 00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 1: but like, would you be stunned if Joel and beat 856 00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:11,920 Speaker 1: and James Harden came out and didn't play any transition defense, 857 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,919 Speaker 1: or if James already got hurt, or if the team 858 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:15,839 Speaker 1: didn't want to compete for Doc Rivers. No, you're not 859 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,880 Speaker 1: overly stunned, right, And then the Clippers have had a 860 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,200 Speaker 1: ton of health issues. We knew they'd have a ton 861 00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:24,440 Speaker 1: of health issues, like Kawhi Leonard's injury history is kind 862 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:27,960 Speaker 1: of speaks for itself. And then none of those teams 863 00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:33,080 Speaker 1: recently won an NBA championship. What did I say about 864 00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:34,920 Speaker 1: the Warriors coming into the season when I picked them 865 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,839 Speaker 1: as my championship favorite. I said they were the best 866 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:43,839 Speaker 1: combination of talent, coaching, management, experienced continuity. They don't have 867 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:48,080 Speaker 1: an excuse to be this bad, especially against the type 868 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:51,000 Speaker 1: of competition that they've played in the last week. So 869 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:54,560 Speaker 1: they just like guys, the Lakers have a better net 870 00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:58,480 Speaker 1: rating right now than the Golden State Warriors. It's embarrassing 871 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:02,200 Speaker 1: for them, and I'm sure they're in barrassed. I still 872 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:05,640 Speaker 1: have them as my championship favorite. I believe they will 873 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,920 Speaker 1: figure this out. If you're a betting man, betting on 874 00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,120 Speaker 1: Steph Curry, Clay Thompson and Draymond Green is just a 875 00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:14,680 Speaker 1: smart bet, they'll figure it out. But without a doubt, 876 00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:18,680 Speaker 1: sitting at three and six, with the soft schedule they've played, 877 00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,719 Speaker 1: you have to be disappointed in the Warriors, and I 878 00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:23,840 Speaker 1: would hope if you're a Warriors fan that you're disappointed 879 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,640 Speaker 1: as well. Do they need to figure out their bench, Yes, 880 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,200 Speaker 1: but they also should not be going oh in four 881 00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:31,799 Speaker 1: against this type of competition. I don't care if it's 882 00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:33,920 Speaker 1: me out there playing on the bench. It's just it's 883 00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:37,359 Speaker 1: just inexcusable at this point. All right, that is all 884 00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:41,279 Speaker 1: I have for this week. We're taking Saturday and Sunday off, 885 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,160 Speaker 1: we will be back on Monday night. The game plan 886 00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:48,320 Speaker 1: for this week coming week is on Monday night on AMP, 887 00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:52,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna be covering the early slate from Monday. Then 888 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:54,520 Speaker 1: on Tuesday, Election Day, there's no NBA games, but on 889 00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:58,439 Speaker 1: AMP that evening will be covering the later slate from 890 00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:02,640 Speaker 1: Monday night, and then on Wednesday it's Lakers Clippers, so 891 00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,560 Speaker 1: we'll be covering the early slate on AMP and then 892 00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:09,360 Speaker 1: YouTube live at the end of the night after Lakers Clippers, 893 00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:12,640 Speaker 1: and then we'll have two normal film breakdowns on Thursday 894 00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:15,560 Speaker 1: and Friday next week, including our first player rankings of 895 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,680 Speaker 1: the season. As always, I sincerely appreciate your guys support 896 00:46:18,800 --> 00:47:19,680 Speaker 1: and I will see you next week. The volume