WEBVTT - Klay Thompson is Slumping Hard

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<v Speaker 1>They're tuned into Heat Check.

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<v Speaker 2>But just a quick on this episode of the Heat Check,

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<v Speaker 2>we answer a very important question, what is happening with

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<v Speaker 2>our dubs? Our dubs are in pre fall right now,

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<v Speaker 2>and I need to know what is going on folks.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, it's a Golden State episode. We break down everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only do we get into my opinions, but we

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<v Speaker 2>also are joined by two special guests, The light Years Boys,

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<v Speaker 2>two of the hottest podcasters on these blue wire streets.

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're honestly probably the best follow on Twitter

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<v Speaker 2>for a team duo, like somebody that covers an NBA team.

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<v Speaker 2>Their engagements through the roof. They're funny as fuck. They're

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<v Speaker 2>not afraid to say what truth it is, and so we.

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<v Speaker 3>Get to the truth. What's happening with our dubs?

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<v Speaker 2>So much to get into Nick drop that beat by

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<v Speaker 2>now you probably know you probably know the truth about

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<v Speaker 2>what's going on with the Golden State Warriors. But if

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<v Speaker 2>you're living under a rock right now, Warriors as we

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<v Speaker 2>sit are six and nine. It's bad and oh and

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<v Speaker 2>eight on the road, oh and eight on the road,

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<v Speaker 2>losing to teams like the Detroit Pistons, like the Orlando

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<v Speaker 2>Magic like the Charlotte Hornets without LaMelo, the worst start

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<v Speaker 2>ever in history for any defending champion ever, that's a stat.

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<v Speaker 3>So what's going on?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, well, things are not going as well as they thought.

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<v Speaker 2>Things started about as bad as possible before the season

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<v Speaker 2>even began.

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<v Speaker 3>As we all know.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know this, I don't know, you must

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<v Speaker 2>not be following the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>The Warriors got involved with what Steve Kerr called the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest crisis in his time with the team, The punch

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<v Speaker 2>heart around the world. Draymond Green cold cocked Jordan Poole

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<v Speaker 2>and knocked him smooth a fuck out, and then the

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<v Speaker 2>video was leaked, and then that was even worse. The

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<v Speaker 2>Warriors had to go into full crisis mode. Draymond is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be suspended. They're finding in somebody who's they're

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<v Speaker 2>running an investigation, who's the one who leaked the video

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<v Speaker 2>and sold it to DMZ? And you know what, nothing's

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<v Speaker 2>really ever been good since. Like Jordan Poole, the guy

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<v Speaker 2>who got cold cocked, he hasn't been the same. He's

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<v Speaker 2>not starting. He was six Man of the Year of Canada.

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<v Speaker 2>He hasn't been good. The whole season has been one

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<v Speaker 2>long crisis after crisis. But it all comes to a

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<v Speaker 2>head last night, two nights ago, because you're probably listening

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<v Speaker 2>to this on Friday, absolute ass whooping by the Phoenix

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<v Speaker 2>Suns one thirty to one nineteen, and what's stepf do

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<v Speaker 2>on that night? Check's notes had fifty.

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<v Speaker 3>Put up fifty points a fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>Nugget piece, and you know what, he didn't seem happy.

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<v Speaker 2>Think of that a historic night for Steph and the

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<v Speaker 2>team basically still.

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<v Speaker 3>Got blown out.

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<v Speaker 2>Before last night, Steph had fifty or more ten times

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<v Speaker 2>in his career. Think about that, actually, for just one second.

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<v Speaker 2>Steph Curry has had fifty points or more ten.

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<v Speaker 3>Times or more. That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>They've only lost twice in those ten times. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom line about this loss. If Steph Curry puts

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<v Speaker 2>up thirty a normal thirty point night, which is what

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<v Speaker 2>he's averaging right now, this team loses by thirty one points.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty much how the game felt not close. Mikal Bridges

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely sunned Klay Thompson on the bench, splashing a three

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<v Speaker 2>and then throwing the three fingers in Clay's face to

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<v Speaker 2>essentially Clay for throwing up four for four rings just

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<v Speaker 2>like three more points and you guys face.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd say it's rock.

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<v Speaker 2>Bottom right now for our dubs. Right now, our dubs

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<v Speaker 2>are in peril. We need to support them, and we

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<v Speaker 2>need to identify what's going wrong, and we need to

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<v Speaker 2>really sort of analyze and diagnose how it gets better.

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<v Speaker 2>The Light Years boys called it the worst loss of

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<v Speaker 2>the year by far. So what is wrong in Golden State?

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<v Speaker 2>I have five things that I think are wrong. One,

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<v Speaker 2>no depth or veteran role players. Two claim is booboo

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Three they have a bottom three defense in

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<v Speaker 2>the league. Trash defense the thing that the Warriors do

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<v Speaker 2>really well, they suck at. Four young guys that are

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to step up not performing in some ways regressing.

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<v Speaker 3>And five the vibes are bad. It's bad vibe.

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<v Speaker 2>All the things you think of when you think of

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<v Speaker 2>the Warriors, the shimmying the night night, the pretending to

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<v Speaker 2>boo boo on the court, None of those things, yeah

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<v Speaker 2>he does that. None of those things are happening right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing not the three turn around look at the crowd.

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<v Speaker 2>Not a smile, not a wink, not a laugh. So

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<v Speaker 2>first and foremost, let's talk about the no depth, none

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<v Speaker 2>for a team that was rolling twelve deep last year.

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<v Speaker 2>The guys off the bench this season have largely been

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<v Speaker 2>on milk cartons.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's be honest.

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<v Speaker 2>Here are the players off the championship team who are

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<v Speaker 2>no longer with the Warriors. Naman be A Lecha. I

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<v Speaker 2>think Damian Lee, Gary Payton is Second, Otto Porter, Juan Toscano,

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<v Speaker 2>Anderson Jta, Quinn Weatherspoon, and Chris Chiosa. Like, maybe you

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<v Speaker 2>don't think this is like a good role player. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>this like this doesn't move you. But if this doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>move you, let me introduce you to the role players now,

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<v Speaker 2>because it's really bad. None of those guys, with the

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<v Speaker 2>exception of Gary Payton the second is really known to

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<v Speaker 2>any non Warriors fan. But you take him as a whole,

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<v Speaker 2>and they all play well. They all know their role.

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<v Speaker 2>Damian Lee was really really good. Anno Porter was a

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<v Speaker 2>plus fourteen in the nineteen playoff games last year and

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<v Speaker 2>a plus one ten overall for the playoffs. That's pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good for a guy off the bench. Gary Payton was

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<v Speaker 2>a combined plus thirty five in his final five games

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<v Speaker 2>against the Celtics. Damian Lee spent four years in the

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<v Speaker 2>Warriors system. Toscano Anderson three those guys knew the ropes,

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<v Speaker 2>they knew what Warriors basketball look like. They replaced those

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<v Speaker 2>vets with Jamichael Green and Dante DiVincenzo, two players with

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<v Speaker 2>zero experience playing in the Golden State system. So is

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<v Speaker 2>it a shock that the Warriors are falling apart when

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<v Speaker 2>the second unit is on the floor. And now you've

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<v Speaker 2>got Jordan Poole that has to be the floor general.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, they don't call.

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<v Speaker 2>It a pool pool regiment.

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<v Speaker 3>They call it the pool party. You know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>They call it the pool party. Pool Jordan Pool wants

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<v Speaker 2>to come in and get buckets. It's not, uh, the

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<v Speaker 2>pool orchestra, you know, it's the pool party. We're getting

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<v Speaker 2>fucking lit, you know what I'm saying. And now Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>Poole has to be the guy that runs this ship.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't They don't call it the pool pilot. No.

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<v Speaker 3>Number two. Clay Clay top is just terrible. Just said bad.

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<v Speaker 3>It's booboo right now. And I hate to say.

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<v Speaker 2>I love Clay Thompson. Clay Thompson grew up in Portland.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a special love for Portland guys. John Hollinger

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<v Speaker 2>said this, and I was like, damn, damn, it's so true,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's such a shot, it's like a it's like

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<v Speaker 2>a knife to the heart. John Hollinger said, quote, I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't think I'd have Klay Thompson turning into Russell Westbrook

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<v Speaker 2>on my bingo card. But here we are. Problem is

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<v Speaker 2>that savage statements kind of true. Is not Clay is

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<v Speaker 2>He is in a slump. He's in a terrible shooting slump.

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<v Speaker 3>He is not himself.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is, let's be honest, it's hurting the Warriors,

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<v Speaker 2>hurting the Warriors in every single facet of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's one of the best shooters of our generation.

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<v Speaker 2>And what his shooters do when they're in a slump,

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<v Speaker 2>they fucking keep shooting.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what they do. Have you seen Russell Westbrook, That's

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<v Speaker 3>what he's doing. And he's not even a shooter. And

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<v Speaker 3>the Warriors.

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<v Speaker 2>Problem with that little mentality is the Warriors are losing

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<v Speaker 2>games because he's chucking from the logo and he's bricking

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<v Speaker 2>and everyone knows, his teammates included, no, that's shit's not

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<v Speaker 2>going in soon.

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<v Speaker 3>As as soon as he lets it fly, everyone starts.

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<v Speaker 2>To look the other way, to go back on defense,

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<v Speaker 2>and not because he's gonna make it, not because he's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna make it.

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<v Speaker 3>He's had exactly one.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty point scoring game this year. He has had eight

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<v Speaker 2>games with five or more mysteries. He is shooting an

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<v Speaker 2>atrocious thirty five percent from the field, not from three

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<v Speaker 2>from the field this year, and worse, everything is drawing

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<v Speaker 2>the front of the rim. He's got no lift in

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<v Speaker 2>his legs. We'll get into that. But it all came

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<v Speaker 2>to a head last night because not only was Klay

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<v Speaker 2>Thompson two nights ago, not only was he terrible six

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<v Speaker 2>for seventeen from the field, three for nine from three,

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<v Speaker 2>but it was just the teammates looking at him like, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>what the fuck are you doing? Steph just looking resigned,

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<v Speaker 2>like like, Steph, if you look back at the tape,

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<v Speaker 2>because I did this afternoon. He's Steph's just like he's

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<v Speaker 2>got his hands in the air. As soon as Clay

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<v Speaker 2>lets it fy Jordan Poole, he puts his.

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<v Speaker 3>Hand on his head.

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<v Speaker 2>Who does that. He's like, oh no, yes, Draymond shaking

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<v Speaker 2>his head, just ugh, yuck. Three seconds into the shot clock.

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<v Speaker 2>Two seconds into the shot clock, chuck, chuck. Very crucial

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<v Speaker 2>point in time too, in the third quarter, when is

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<v Speaker 2>the last ask mean, riddle, mean this, when is the

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<v Speaker 2>last time you have ever seen Steph Curry look absolutely

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<v Speaker 2>exasperated by Klay Thompson like this fucking guy?

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<v Speaker 3>Never never? Now?

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<v Speaker 2>The answer is now only. So this is and Clay

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<v Speaker 2>Clay wasn't bad in the finals or in the playoffs

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<v Speaker 2>because a lot of people are like, oh, he's never

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be the same again. He's not at full strength.

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<v Speaker 2>That injury really fucked him up. And to that, I say, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not gonna be twenty nineteen Clay again. However, he

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<v Speaker 2>averaged nineteen four.

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<v Speaker 3>And two in the playoffs. It's pretty good.

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<v Speaker 2>He averaged seventeen three and two in the finals. That

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<v Speaker 2>was five months ago. So why is he so bad

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<v Speaker 2>right now? This is what I think happened. I've been

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<v Speaker 2>doing some thinking. I put my thinking cap on and

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get into the Claye Thompson soul. One. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he played great, and then you go into an off

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<v Speaker 2>season and you've been partying and celebrating and now you

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<v Speaker 2>need to get back into it. But what happened the

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<v Speaker 2>last time you were in an off season where you

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<v Speaker 2>weren't just rehabbing or rehabbing and rehabbing, because let's be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>Clay Thompson wasn't able to play pickup games last summer.

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<v Speaker 3>No, he wasn't.

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<v Speaker 2>He was in a pt room, stretching out his acl

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<v Speaker 2>doing work on his achilles, doing mobility stuff, doing strength work.

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<v Speaker 2>He wasn't up and down at Lifetime Fitness with Devin Booker. No,

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<v Speaker 2>so this is the first year he was able to

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<v Speaker 2>really do those off season runs that they talk about,

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<v Speaker 2>five on five drills all that stuff. So what does

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<v Speaker 2>he do. He's like, no, I'm good, I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do that because that's where I pop my achilles last time.

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<v Speaker 3>So he stays away.

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<v Speaker 2>There's articles written about Klay Thompson is not doing pickups,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not doing scrimmages, none of that. His training camp

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<v Speaker 2>he comes in late and he's out of shape. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean not out of shape for you and me, but

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<v Speaker 2>out of shape for an NBA player, and his conditioning

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<v Speaker 2>has declined. And thus, when he starts playing games, when

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<v Speaker 2>your conditioning isn't right and your legs don't have lyft

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<v Speaker 2>because you're not strong or you know, endurance, which only

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<v Speaker 2>comes from playing basketball, not from doing anything else, you

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<v Speaker 2>can only do it by playing basketball when that conditioning

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<v Speaker 2>is not up to par and you're playing thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 2>a game. Now you're hitting the front of the room

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<v Speaker 2>in your threes. Now you don't have lyft. Now you're

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<v Speaker 2>not able to sustain a full game and play at

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<v Speaker 2>that level. So now your performance is declining. And now

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<v Speaker 2>what happens me Shannon Sharp, Skit Bayless, Steve all these.

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<v Speaker 3>Pundits are who else?

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<v Speaker 2>Charles Barkley, Clay's not the same, Clay's washed. Something's wrong

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<v Speaker 2>with Clay. I don't know, man, he shouldn't be on

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<v Speaker 2>this team. He's never gonna return back to where he was.

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<v Speaker 2>And Clay's like, dude, I'm still getting back to where

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<v Speaker 2>I'm supposed to be. I didn't play any basketball this offseason.

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<v Speaker 2>You're bad, Clay. But also I get it. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>trauma does, that's how mental anguish works.

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<v Speaker 3>He's got his.

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<v Speaker 2>Own stuff to work out, and then what happens when

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<v Speaker 2>the world comes after him emotionally. It's the first time

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<v Speaker 2>that Clay physically isn't able to do what he wants

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<v Speaker 2>and everyone has expectations that he will, and emotionally that

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<v Speaker 2>shit has a toll. And now he's fighting with Ronnie

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<v Speaker 2>two qu over his rating and he's calling him a clown,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's popping off at Devin Booker getting ejected from games.

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<v Speaker 2>And now he's doing articles with Ramona Shelbourne on his sailboat,

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<v Speaker 2>and now he's doing one on ones with Chris Haynes.

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<v Speaker 2>And now you're like, I think Clay's in his feelings.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Clay. Now he's saying, listen, just remember I

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<v Speaker 2>was a part of those four championships. Never forget that shit.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still that guy. And it's like, Yo, Clay, nobody

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<v Speaker 2>ever said you weren't a part of those four championships.

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<v Speaker 2>We're just saying you're boo boo right now.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think that.

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<v Speaker 2>Steve Kurz comments show that this theory has some truth

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<v Speaker 2>to it.

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<v Speaker 1>It took a lot of quick shots.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>Clay continues to come down and try to shoot his

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<v Speaker 1>way out of an early season slump every night, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's he's pressing, and he's pressing tonight. And the guy's

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<v Speaker 1>got a lot of weight on his shoulders with the

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<v Speaker 1>injuries and where he feels like he is right now

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<v Speaker 1>where he wants to be, you know, So we have

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<v Speaker 1>to help Clay, help him get out of his own way.

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<v Speaker 3>And when he get out of his own way, get.

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<v Speaker 1>Through his frustration, the game will come to him and

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<v Speaker 1>he'll be He'll be fine, and he's going to play

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<v Speaker 1>at a really high level because he's still got it.

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<v Speaker 1>Clay still got it. But right now he's he's playing

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<v Speaker 1>in a frustrated manner. It's leading to a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>quick shots and he knows that, and we've got to

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<v Speaker 1>help him through that. And we know how much Clay

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<v Speaker 1>has done for this franchise and and our city, the

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Area, So we're going to help him, help him

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<v Speaker 1>through it, and he's going to get there.

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<v Speaker 2>Support Clay, support him. So I don't think that this

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<v Speaker 2>is a long term problem. I think he just needs

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<v Speaker 2>to get back in a condition he eventually will be himself.

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<v Speaker 2>He's never gonna be twenty nineteen Clay again. But that

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<v Speaker 2>pure shot doesn't go away. But in the present, like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, he's had not one but two interviews dropped

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<v Speaker 2>this week, one from Chris Haynes, one from Ramona Shelburne,

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<v Speaker 2>and they feel very email. Honestly, he's trending right now

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<v Speaker 2>on Twitter at this very moment, and Clay returning to

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<v Speaker 2>some version of at least where he was in the

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<v Speaker 2>playoffs last year is absolutely critical, and if he doesn't,

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<v Speaker 2>it's night Night's sleep mask for them.