1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: The volume. All right, well, good to you tonight here 2 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: at the volume. Happy Tuesday, everybody hopeful, if you guys 3 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: are having a great beginning to your week. Got a 4 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: quick show for you guys today we're gonna be hitting. 5 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: One game from last night is we had a showdown 6 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: between two of the best young teams in the league. 7 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: As the San Antonio Spurs roll up into Detroit pretty 8 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 1: much control them in a big road wind. There got 9 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: a lot to dig into from that game. 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So, as we said, a very 19 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: fun showdown between two of the best young teams in 20 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: the league, the Pistons. They've been both the best team 21 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: in the league by record and by number of impressive wins. 22 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: Going into the game, they had been by far and 23 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: away the best team in the NBA this season against 24 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: the upper level teams and going into the night having 25 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: the best record. Just very simply, the Pistons had been 26 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: the most impressive NBA team so far the season. Meanwhile, 27 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: San Antonio has been fantastic as well. They came in 28 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: on an eight game winning streak. Last night was their 29 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: ninth in a row. They've consistently held down the two 30 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: seed in a very competitive West, and so it was 31 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: just an awesome showdown, little measuring stick game for both 32 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: of these teams, and the half court dynamic became problematic 33 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 1: for Detroit right away. Predictably, Victor Womanyamo was shutting off 34 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: the rim on basically every kind of attack that Detroit 35 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: was trying to unleash towards the basket, deep drop, on 36 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: any of the pick and roll looks when he was 37 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 1: guarding their center, someone who was guarding Jalen Duran or 38 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: Paul Reid just shutting off the guy driving at him 39 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: and the roller in those particular sequences. He guarded Ron 40 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: Holland some on some sequences when Detroit had their lesser 41 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: shooters on the floor, they tuck him away on Ron 42 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: Holland and just have him hang out at the rim. 43 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: And there are just so many different ways that Wemby 44 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: can break an offense. He can pretty easily shut off 45 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: pick and roll, but again kind of splitting the difference 46 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: between the ball handler and the roller. He shut down 47 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: when Detroit tried to go more towards a matchup attacking 48 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: type of style, like we saw Kaide searching for answers 49 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: all night long, and we're gonna talk about that in 50 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: a minute, But especially in that fourth quarter, he started 51 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: to try to look at a few more ISO looks, 52 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 1: a few more post ups, try to find different ways 53 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: to attack Wemby, and Wemby was just still swatting those 54 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: attempts away at the rim, even just interior passing. In 55 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: the first half, jav bickerstaff r in this like kind 56 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: of nifty play, just a little cross screen for Jalen 57 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: during to try to get him a post catch on 58 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 1: the right block, and Wemby ended up because there was 59 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: a third screen involved. Wenby ended up stepping out for 60 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: a second to show on a different guard screen, and 61 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: so he got caught off guard and durned broke free 62 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: wide open under the basket post entry pass gets made, 63 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: Wemby just recovers and then reaches over the top. It 64 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: pokes it away and it leads to a turnover. And 65 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh my god, you literally ran a play 66 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: to perfection and got Jalen Duran, one of the best 67 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: under the basket presences in the league, a wide open 68 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 1: catch and Wemby, just because he's got arms that go 69 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: on for days, just poked it away anyway. It's just 70 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,959 Speaker 1: he does so much to break offense with his presence 71 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: around the rim, and that was a problem for Detroit 72 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: all night. I also want to shout out Stephan Castle here, Like, 73 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: Steph was phenomenal in this game in so many facets, 74 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: especially on offense, and we're going to talk about that 75 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: in a minute, but his on ball defense on Kate 76 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: was a real factor in this game. He's big, he's 77 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: got a high motor, he moves laterally super well. He's 78 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: very good at disrupting rhythm. Again, that dynamic with Wemby 79 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: at the rim was basically turning Kate into a jump shooter. 80 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: And so Steph's job at that point is to like, 81 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: because he had forced a bunch of stuff at the rim, 82 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: and you know, Kate ended up getting blocked six times 83 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: like that just wasn't working right. So essentially Caid becomes 84 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: a jump shooter. Steph's job there is to try to 85 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: disrupt his base, disrupt his rhythm, and get good contests 86 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: on the jump shots, and I just thought he did 87 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: a phenomenal job there all game long. And then in 88 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: the half court, Detroit managed just a sixty seven offensive 89 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: rating last night, and again that was with them doing 90 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: quite a bit of damage on the offensive glass. They 91 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: had I think over twenty points in this game just 92 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: on putback, so like a lot of damage on the 93 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: offensive glass, and yet still only a sixty seven offensive 94 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: rating in the half court. Just a very impressive defensive 95 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: performance in the half court for that young San Antonio's 96 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: first team. I want to switch gears here and talk 97 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: about Cad for a minute, because there was a lot 98 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: of discourse about him after last night's game that I 99 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: didn't necessarily agree with. And look, it was a bad game. 100 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: He went five for twenty six from the field. Like 101 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: we mentioned, he got blocked six times in this game. 102 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: There were definitely some low lights in there, some bad 103 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: forced early jump shots and the shot clocks some bad 104 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: forces at the rim, especially in that fourth quarter stretch, 105 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 1: a couple of ugly turnovers. Like I'm not gonna sit 106 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: here and make the case that Cade was good last night, 107 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: because he just wasn't. That's not what I'm trying to 108 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: say here. But there are two points that I want 109 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: to make about his approach in this game that I 110 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: think are worth considering. One, this Victor wemen Yama problem 111 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: is still a relatively new and unique problem around the league, 112 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: like believe it or not, because Wenby missed both Pistons 113 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: games last year, and then they each were never on 114 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: the floor together in Wemby's rookie season. There is yet 115 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: to be an opportunity for Kate to go against Victor Wenmenyama. 116 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: This was his very first time trying to solve the 117 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: Wemby problem, and that's kind of how this stuff manifests. 118 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: Like all of the great defenses in the league like 119 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: look different, right, Like Minnesota's is more based on length, 120 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: and you know, Oklahoma Citi's is more based on quickness 121 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: on the ground. San Antonio's obviously a combination of both 122 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: because they've got some bigger perimeter players, but they also 123 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: have Wemby at the rim. Each of the great defenses 124 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:10,159 Speaker 1: around the league present a unique puzzle for all of 125 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: our great shot creators around the NBA to solve. And 126 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: Kay did not solve the Spurs last night by any means, 127 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: but he did come away with a lot of information 128 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: about what works and what doesn't. He's gonna have a 129 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: lot to learn when he goes to look at the film. 130 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: And so the Pistons played the Spurs again here in 131 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,239 Speaker 1: less than two weeks, and I do think Kay down 132 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: when they go to San Antonio will at least play 133 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 1: a little bit better as he gets a little bit 134 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: more familiar with what this defensive look looks like like. 135 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: To put it simply, Kate isn't the first guy to 136 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 1: run into Victor women Yama and have an oh shit 137 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: kind of moment where he realizes that this is very 138 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: different than everything else that he's dealt with. Two. This 139 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: Pistons offense is kind of a nightmare matchup with San 140 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,919 Speaker 1: Antonio because they don't have close to enough shooting to 141 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: space the floor, and then when they tried to skew 142 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: their lineups towards shooting ended up causing other problems for 143 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: them on the defensive end. Of the floor. There were 144 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: so many possessions in this game where I saw Kaid 145 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: probing in pick and roll and there would be like 146 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 1: two guys in the dunker spot, like Jalen jurn or 147 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: Paul Reid would be there, but then Asar Thompson or 148 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: Ron Holland would be under the basket as well, and 149 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: like whoever. You know, when you look at those kind 150 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: of spacing situations, you you pause this, Like I did 151 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: this a lot during my film session this morning, Like 152 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: when Caid would kind of get into the decision zone 153 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: underneath the basket, I'd like pause it and I'd look 154 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 1: and there would be, you know, the two guys that 155 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: could shoot on the floor, Like they would be kind 156 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: of up on Duncan Robinson or up on you know, 157 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: on Tobias Harris, whoever it was that was the other 158 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: kind of more offensive threat that was on the floor. 159 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: Cad would be kind of in the middle, Steph Cassel 160 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: would be on his side or on his back, and 161 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: then there would just be like six bodies in the 162 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: paint and one of them's Victor Woman Yama, and like, yeah, 163 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: Caid would force something bad and blocked or takes some 164 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: really tough shot around the basket that he'd miss, but 165 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: I'd be like, there's not really an obvious reed to 166 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: be made there. There was like one late in the 167 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: game where Ron Holland is actually standing wide open in 168 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: the left corner and Caid's kind of driving along that 169 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: right side and he ended up forcing it up at 170 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: the rim and getting blocked by Victor women Yama, And 171 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, yeah, Ron Holland's the read. But Ron, 172 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: after making his first three, went zero for five on 173 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: his next five threes, and several of them were bricks, 174 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: including a bad air ball out of the left corner. 175 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: So like, Ron Holland didn't have any confidence in his 176 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: jump shot, and I'm looking at Kaid processing there and 177 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: he's thinking like, well, shit, if I get it up 178 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,560 Speaker 1: on the glass, maybe we'll get an offensive rebound or something. 179 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: If I throw it out to Ron Holland, he's just 180 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: gonna miss, right. And so like there's a certain amount 181 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 1: of I'm not saying that he made the right decision 182 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: every single time, but I'm just saying it was a 183 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: lot easier said than done. It was a very new 184 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: challenge for Cad and this Pistons team doesn't come equipped 185 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: with the type of guys that you need to really 186 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: put san Antonio into some tough predicaments on defense, and 187 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: again they struggled with it, but it's a lot of 188 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: new additional information in some realities as it pertains to 189 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: Detroit's roster construct. And then when they went to their 190 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: more shooting focused lineups, you know, there were several times 191 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: where you'd look out there and it would be like 192 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 1: Kris Lavert and Dannis Shenkins as the two guys that 193 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,959 Speaker 1: they would try to provide for for kid to give 194 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: a little bit more space to the actions they're trying 195 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: to run. And then right there on the other end 196 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: of the floor, Steph Castle and Darren Fox are going 197 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: right at Danish Jenkins in one on one because he's 198 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: not close to the defender that Aron holland Rosar Thompson 199 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: is and he's a target one on one, and those 200 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: guys were going right through him and getting all the 201 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: way to the rim. Daron Fox got him a couple 202 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: of times. Steph Castle was just powering through him at 203 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 1: the basket, and so it was a predicament. It was 204 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 1: like you could try to space the floor a little 205 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: bit better, but those guys weren't even making threes anyways, 206 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 1: Like the entire bench lineup for Detroit was broke from 207 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: three in this particular game. It's not like Karrislavert and 208 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: Shenkins were out there, you know, uh, creating a ton 209 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: of space. So like, again, I don't Kate had a 210 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: rough night. I just think when you look at the 211 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: fact that this Wenby problem is relatively new and it's 212 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: kind of a bad matchup for Detroit anyway, I'm just 213 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: not overreacting to it. So the question is how can 214 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: Kate become more successful against this type of look. It 215 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: really comes down to surgical over the top scoring, Like 216 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: if you can do that specific thing well enough, tight 217 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: space scoring, close range scoring, manufacturing points at the foul line, 218 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: that sort of thing that allows you to keep your 219 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: more defensive minded players on the floor. When you have 220 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: your more defensive player minded players on the floor, you 221 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: can get more stops and turnovers that allow you to 222 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: get out in transition more like Detroit actually had a 223 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: ton of success in transition in this game up there, 224 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: one hundred and three points thirty eight of them or 225 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: in transition like that. That's that's a huge chunk that's 226 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: over a thirty year offense right there, Ron Holland himself 227 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: at a' crazy run in the first half or read 228 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: back to back freaky athletic drives in transitions. So like, 229 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: if Caid can become more successful as a mid to 230 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: short range scorer, he can make JB. Bickerstaff's lineup decisions easier. 231 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: Just play the defensive players, We'll get out and transition 232 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 1: when we can. This is the whole Oklahoma City approach, 233 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: right But it only works because Shae is arguably the 234 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,719 Speaker 1: most surgical tight space scorer that we have in the 235 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: league right now. Caid's just extremely mediocre at it. On 236 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: short pull up twos, floaters and hooks, he makes about 237 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: two per game and he shoots about forty seven percent. 238 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 1: You compare that with Shay, He's at fifty six percent 239 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: on almost double the volume, and he gets to the 240 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: foul line a ton. To even further reinforce that idea, 241 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: That's not to say Kaid needs to become Shae. That's absurd. 242 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: Shae is a completely different archetype of player. I'm just 243 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 1: saying that by adding more of that to his game, 244 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: he'll open things up not just for himself on offense, 245 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: but also in the lineup flexibility that can stop JB. 246 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: Bickerstaff from having to leave his best defenders off the 247 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 1: floor for much of that second half, at least within 248 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: this construct of the team until there is some internal 249 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: improvement with these guys in their jump shots, or until 250 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: some roster changes are made. I think that's the biggest 251 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: area of opportunity for Kate when they run into this look. 252 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: Because maybe it won't be as dramatic as Wemby, but 253 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 1: you're gonna see versions of this throughout the Eastern Conference 254 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 1: playoffs where it's nothing's open except for a bad shooter 255 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: or a clusterfuck around the basket, and Caid's gonna have 256 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 1: to try to find a way to generate some offense. So, 257 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: bottom line, like, it's not Kaid's best moment for sure, 258 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: but I don't think last night was a referendum on 259 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: who he is as a basketball player. 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They had their ups and downs, 297 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: like Detroit was similarly packing the paint like crazy against 298 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: San Antonio's ball ball screen attacks and their drives, and 299 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: there were stretches where like Steph Castle or Deer and 300 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: Fox were forcing the issue around the basket or Fox 301 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: in the short range area, and that was usually what 302 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: would spark Detroit's runouts. That was when they would get 303 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: going in transition, and that was especially what drove Detroit's 304 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: early success. They had some leads there in that first half, 305 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: and a lot of that came from their transition attack. 306 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: But overall, I was really impressed with San Antonio's offensive process. 307 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: Like on their drives for the most part, they took 308 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: advantage of their kickout reads and their roster is much 309 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: more well set up for that. For the spacing idea, 310 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: there the ability to make the defense pay when they 311 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: pack the paint like that. Both Julian Champagne and Devin 312 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: vessel were amazing in this game spacing the four. Those 313 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: dudes ended up going twelve for nineteen from three. A 314 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: really really impressive shooting performance from those guys. And there's 315 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: some like very specific. There's a specific detail with Julian 316 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: Champagne and Devin Vesselle's shooting that I want to highlight 317 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: here for a second, because both Julian Champagne and Devin 318 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: vessel like to take contested catch and shoot threes, both 319 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: of them A larger a substantially larger portion of the 320 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: catch and shoot threes that they take are contested. Now 321 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: this drives down their percentages. Both of those guys are 322 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: in the mid forties on unguarded catch and shoot threes 323 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: when they're wide open, but on contested threes they're in 324 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: the like mid tofies, both of them, So both of them, 325 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: by taking those, they actually do drive their percentages down, 326 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: but it is far more valuable within the team context 327 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: because in the team context, having a guy that you 328 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: know will shoot it if he gets any breathing room 329 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: will lead to the kind of space that allowed Steph 330 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: Cassele to attack, you know, Dannis Jenkins one on one, 331 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: that allowed Darren Fox to attack Danis Jenkins one on one. 332 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: If they're only shooting when they're wide open, and I 333 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: run into this as a Laker fan, there's two shoot 334 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: The two good shooters that the Lakers have are Luke 335 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: Cannard and Ruey Hachimura, and it's the exact opposite dynamic. 336 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,520 Speaker 1: The vast majority of the shots they take are unguarded. 337 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: If you throw a close out at them, they're probably 338 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: not gonna shoot it, They'll end up driving it. And 339 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: by the way, both of them have outstanding three point percentages, 340 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: But it doesn't bring anywhere near as much value in 341 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: the team content concept because those guys know the guys 342 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: that are guarding. Those guys know that they can dig 343 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: down and get into the lane and disrupt things and 344 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: just throw a hard close out and that dude's probably 345 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: gonna put the ball on the floor, which gives your 346 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: defense a chance to recover. So, like, there is a 347 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: level of aggressiveness off of contested catch and shoot looks 348 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: with Julian Champagne and Devin Vessel that bring an insane 349 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: amount of value to this particular team. And I mean again, 350 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,800 Speaker 1: they're like those threes that Devin Vesseil hit early in 351 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: the game. It's like they run that little backscreen for 352 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: Victor women Yamakid comes over, chucks Victor, Devin slips out 353 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: to the top of the key, kid gets out there 354 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 1: with the contest, but Visseille's like, I'm firing tonight. Like 355 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: there is an aggressiveness that is very important with those 356 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: two guys, And it's an important detail when we look 357 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 1: at jump shooting around the NBA. If a guy's a 358 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: really high percented shooter, but he only wants to shoot 359 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: it when he's standing completely by himself, well guess what 360 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: when you're playing the Detroit Pistons or the Oklahoma City 361 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: Thunder or the San Antonio Spurs, or really any of 362 00:17:56,480 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: these great defenses around the league. There's not really a 363 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 1: lot of wide open threes to come by. Maybe won 364 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: a game for a good shooter, Like, you're not gonna 365 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: be able to get to the volume that you need 366 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 1: unless you're ready, willing, and able to take those threes. 367 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: And one of the things that helps, Julian Champagne has 368 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 1: good size. Devin Vessell gets a lot of lift on 369 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 1: his above the break three point shots in particular, Like 370 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: there is a certain amount of talent to it as well, 371 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: but the willingness is a huge part of this. You 372 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,920 Speaker 1: have to be willing to take some of those contested threes, 373 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: and those guys did a wonderful job last night. Julian 374 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: Champagne lightning quick release from the corner. He was sitting 375 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: that one throughout the game. Besell more above the break. 376 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: I think Devin Vessell's above the break three point shooting 377 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: aggressively off the catch has just been a massive value 378 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: add to this Spurs team this season. Then, I've also 379 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: all season been so impressed by San Antonio's offensive organization 380 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: and their execution. They run very crisp off ball action 381 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: throughout the game, usually some sort of screening action that 382 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: involves a big and a guard. This is one of 383 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 1: the biggest things that you'll see with Wemby on the 384 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: floor is just actions that involve guards screening for Wemby, 385 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: because what ends up happening is no one wants to 386 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: leave Wemby open. If you backscreen for Wemby, like that 387 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: first play of the game, if you backscreen for Wemby 388 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: and Kay just stays attached to Devin Vassell, Durren gets 389 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: hit by that screen and you know, Steph Castle is 390 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: just gonna float that thing right up to the front 391 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: of the rim and Victor, wem Minyama's gonna dunk it, right, 392 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 1: And so what ends up happening is Kate has no 393 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:28,400 Speaker 1: choice but to step over and chuck Victor because if 394 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: he doesn't, Victor is gonna roll for a dunk. So 395 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: Kate takes away the dunk. But in order to take 396 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,959 Speaker 1: away the dunk, you essentially have to give up that 397 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 1: Devin Vessel above the break three or you have to switch, 398 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: which now is going to leave a massive size advantage 399 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: for Victor, Women and Yama to attack in some other 400 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: way elsewhere on the floor. Whether it just be on 401 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: the offensive glass or in some sort of post seal 402 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,479 Speaker 1: or quick iso or something like that. But the Spurs 403 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,120 Speaker 1: run a ton of that kind of action. They'll even 404 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: run it in their bench groups with Luke Cornett. They 405 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,199 Speaker 1: even had a centerless small ball group last night that 406 00:19:58,200 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: we saw that was kind of a unique look that 407 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,360 Speaker 1: we haven't seen a ton from the Spurs this year. 408 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: But like when you run those actions with a guard 409 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: and a big put, it creates that indecision, that marginal 410 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: indecision where the players don't necessarily want to switch because 411 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: it creates a mismatch, and that creates these little bits 412 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,959 Speaker 1: of openings. Devin Vessel hit a little mid range jumper 413 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: in if I remember CREG it was like mid third 414 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: quarter where similar kind of thing off ball action, just 415 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: a little bit of a hesitation that catches him a 416 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: little bit of a close out opportunity at the top 417 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: of the key pump, fake won dribble, pull up little 418 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: mid range jumper that goes in the other part of 419 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: it too. Like there's clearly a very a very useful 420 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: attention to detail on how they run those off ball actions, 421 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: Like they're sprinting in and out of cuts. They set 422 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: really good physical screens. Their guards set really good screens, 423 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 1: which is a big part of how these guys get open. 424 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: And the Spurs have been the seventh best half court 425 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,680 Speaker 1: offense in the league this year, and I think those 426 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: two things, the aggressive catch and shoot shooting from their 427 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: two starting wings and the crisp execution of their sets, 428 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: is a huge part of what drives that success. I 429 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: continue to be super impressed by Steph Castle's passing ability. 430 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: There were two things that stood out to me with 431 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: Steph early in the season that had me view him 432 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: as a better prospect than a Men Thompson. The consistent 433 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: playoff of two feet with a strong bass again last 434 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: night multiple times in ISO Power dribbles off at two feet, 435 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 1: bumps the dude off and gets an easy layup versus 436 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: a physically overmatched guard. The natural playmaking feel and pick 437 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: and roll. He is so gifted at reading the lowman 438 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: as he gets downhill, making that should I throw the 439 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 1: lob or the skip pass or are they staying on 440 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: the like There were a couple plays in the first 441 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 1: half where Steph got easy layups because Jalen Deer and 442 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: or Paul Reed are basically hugging Victor wembin Yama on 443 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 1: the roll and whoever's guarding Steph is in trail position. 444 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,280 Speaker 1: He just goes right downhill into the lane and gets 445 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: a wide open layup. But like if the big steps up, 446 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,639 Speaker 1: he's reading that lowman. Am I throwing the lob to 447 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 1: Cornett or the lob to Victor? Or am I throwing 448 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,360 Speaker 1: the skip pass to that opposite corner like he did 449 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: to Devin Vessel in the corner on that second three, 450 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: that Devin Vessel hitting the game cade sagging into the lane, boom, 451 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: skip past to the corner, wide open three. He's just 452 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: a natural whippit. He plays at his own pace. He 453 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: knows all of the reads, his passing feel in terms 454 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: of touch on lobs like lobs are hard passes to throw, 455 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: and he's just very very good at it. The accuracy 456 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: of his skips is off the charts, and he's only 457 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: going to continue to get better. You'll like occasionally make 458 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,679 Speaker 1: a wrong read or force something at the basket, and 459 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: obviously the perimeter shot making piece is still in its 460 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: flight fledgling stages. But I just I continue to be 461 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: unbelievably impressed by Steph Castle, like I thought his shot 462 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: creation last night game high eleven assists. I thought his 463 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: shot creation last night was huge. And then with Victor 464 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: on offense, you know, he got shoved around a little bit. 465 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: This wasn't a very good on ball game from him. 466 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 1: I thought Jalen Duran just did a good job of 467 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: just constantly getting away with pushing him off his base. 468 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 1: It was a very physical game going both ways. I 469 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: don't think anybody was getting away with anything, but Jalen Duran, 470 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: if the game is gonna be super physical, is going 471 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: to have an on ball like strength advantage against Victor 472 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: women Yama. But he still gets twenty one. And why 473 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:09,439 Speaker 1: is that? It's because of his twenty one. Fifteen of 474 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: them came through sheer, vertical plane athleticism, just him being 475 00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 1: able to outreach and out jump. Everybody gets like a 476 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:23,479 Speaker 1: couple of fouls on just like box outs and like entries, 477 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 1: Like there's a offensive rebound foul in the first half 478 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 1: where he's just standing there in the guard's like trying 479 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: to box him out of the lane. He gets a 480 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 1: foul because he's switched onto a guard and the guard 481 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: is has to foul and to keep him off the 482 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: glass boom he goes to the foul line late in 483 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,120 Speaker 1: the game, just over a minute left. They're just trying 484 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: to inbound the ball. No one's open, Well there's victor. 485 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: Just throw it up, hide a victor. They all hack him. 486 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: He ends up drawing another foul, Like there's a There 487 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: is so much value that he gets just by being big. 488 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: He had a dunk on a pick and roll just 489 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: slipping to the basket. He got another foul on a 490 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: pick and roll just rolling to the basket. He had 491 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: four points on offensive rebound putbacks. He had one where 492 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 1: he made it and another one where he through a foul, 493 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: like fifteen of his twenty one points literally just by 494 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: being in the vertical plane in a way that no 495 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: one else on the team can match. And when you 496 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: can get fifteen points without having to do any sort 497 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: of self creation, just by being way too big for 498 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 1: everyone else, then all you have to do is hit 499 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: a couple threes and you have twenty one points. And 500 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 1: that's what he did last night, on a night where 501 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: he was otherwise not great, like offensively, like really a 502 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: mediocre offensive game from him, and he finishes with twenty 503 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: one points, seventeen rebounds, and seven stocks. Six blocks in 504 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: that poke away from from Jalen Durham that I told 505 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 1: you guys about, just a completely outrageous performance from Victor, Like, 506 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: It's one of those things that I'm having a hard 507 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: time wrapping my brain around with this team. To put 508 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: it very simply, the reason I've had this team as 509 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: a second tier contender all year in terms of you know, like, 510 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:50,959 Speaker 1: do I see think they're on the same level as 511 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 1: like Oklahoma City or Denver Minnesota. One of the reasons 512 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: why I've had them on the second tier is just 513 00:24:55,880 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: what NBA history tells us. We've never seen it team 514 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: this young compete for a championship ever. In the playoffs 515 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: are typically a place where weaknesses get exposed, like and 516 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: it takes time for young teams to identify those weaknesses 517 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: and to address those weaknesses, like will teams guard Steph 518 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: Castle with centers or just go under everything comically low 519 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: below the screens just dare him to shoot, or like, 520 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: will teams just physically bully Victor women Yama that all 521 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, Like what will happen when we 522 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: get to the postseason. But while we've never seen a 523 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: team this young contend, we've also never seen a young 524 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: player like Wemby, and if in a game like this 525 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: where a lot of Wemby's weaknesses were on display in 526 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: terms of physicality, like in him struggling to create his 527 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: own shot, and yet he's still the best player on 528 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: the floor by a country mile, because he can get 529 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: to twenty points just by being big, and because he's 530 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: the most gifted defensive player ever in the history of 531 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 1: the league by by a wide margin. Like he dominated 532 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 1: that game last night, and he won good offensively in 533 00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: the half court like that. That is the type of 534 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: value that this guy brings. And so honestly, like when 535 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: I'm looking at San Antonio, I might have to recalibrate 536 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 1: how I view them as a championship contender, just strictly 537 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: because of the wild card that is a player in 538 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,439 Speaker 1: Victor women Yama that we've just simply never seen before. 539 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: Some quick pistons notes before we get out of here. 540 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: I thought Jalen Duran was fantastic. His bully ball around 541 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: the basket was as impressive, was as impressive as you 542 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: would hope to see in this type of matchup. Twenty 543 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: five and fourteen last night had some big highlights at 544 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,400 Speaker 1: Wemby's expense, had a big power finished through him early 545 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: in the game, dunked all over his face in that 546 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 1: fourth quarter run. The only other note I had on 547 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: the Pistons Duncan Robinson and this is you know, he 548 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: was three for eleven from three last night. I missed 549 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,400 Speaker 1: a lot of good looks. And this is a dynamic 550 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot over the years, Like a lot 551 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: of times the strict jump shooting type of players will 552 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 1: get a little physically overwhelmed in games like this and 553 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 1: then they won't get the lift that they need, and 554 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 1: then they'll miss a lot of good looks. And that 555 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: freaks me out just a little bit for Detroit, Like, 556 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: of all the guys that you needed to shoot well, 557 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: Duncan was the guy that you would have expected to 558 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: prefer and better in this game given the types of 559 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 1: looks that he was getting, and he just wasn't hitting. 560 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: So it was a little bit of a concern there. 561 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: All right, guys, That is all I have for today 562 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: is always as sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting us 563 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,120 Speaker 1: and supporting the show. We got another jam pack slate tonight, 564 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,199 Speaker 1: some really fun ones to get into Oklahoma City, on 565 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: the road in Toronto against the Raptors. We're gonna be 566 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: covering dat a couple other games tomorrow morning. I will 567 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,000 Speaker 1: see you guys then