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Happy Monday, everybody. 31 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 1: I hope all of you guys had an incredible weekend. 32 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: Got a lot of basketball to get into because we 33 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: haven't talked since Friday. During the day, we're gonna break 34 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: down six different games from the weekend today. The Warriors 35 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: getting back on track with a couple of wins, including 36 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: a road win for the first time this season in Houston. 37 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: Denver won a big game on the road in Dallas 38 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: without Nickel Yoki or Jamal Murray's We're gonna get into 39 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: that one. Uh. Kyrie Irving came back for the Brooklyn 40 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: Nets yesterday who gotta win against the Memphis Grizzlies. Toronto 41 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: and Atlanta had a wild overtime game that have one 42 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: of the craziest final sequences that I've seen in a 43 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 1: long time. So we're gonna talk about that one. Uh 44 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: Joel em beat in Jana Santenna, Cumpo had a hell 45 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: of a battle that Joel em beat ended up way ing. 46 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: And the last, but not least, the Los Angeles Lakers 47 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: on a three game winning streak. Yes, I cannot believe it, 48 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: but that is the case. They beat the San Antonio 49 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: s first, beat the crap out of the San Antonio 50 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: Spurs last night, and I can't remember the last time 51 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: they had to blowout victory like that. So we're gonna 52 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: get into some Lakers as well. You guys know the 53 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: drill before we get started. Subscribe to the Volumes YouTube 54 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: channel so you don't miss any more of our videos. 55 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 1: Follow me on Twitter at underscore Jason Lts. 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Tomorrow 83 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: morning early League in the day, I'm gonna hit on 84 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: a couple of games from tonight because tonight's slate is 85 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: very interesting, and then we have one last show this 86 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: week Tuesday night. We're still deciding whether or not we're 87 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: gonna go after the Sixers NETS game with Ben Simmons 88 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: returning to Philly or the Lakers um playing in Phoenix, 89 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: I believe against the Suns with hopefully Lebron James returning. 90 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 1: So I'm not sure which of those two games will 91 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: go after. But we'll do a YouTube live tomorrow night 92 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: as well. So two additional shows this week, and then 93 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: we're taking the rest of the holiday off, so no 94 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: show Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday before we get 95 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: into next week. Alright, on that note, let's talk some 96 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 1: basketball So Clay finally got going against the Rockets last 97 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: night forty one points and coincidental, not a coincidence, because 98 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: he got some good looks to start the game. He 99 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: got a wide open layup in transition for his first 100 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 1: shot attempt, and then his second shot attempt, he was 101 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: on the right wing and Kevin Porter Jr. Gambled into 102 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: a passing lane and missed the ball, so he had 103 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: a wide open three, which he ended up making. Then 104 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: on the left side of the floor, he curled over 105 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: the top of the screen and cut back door and 106 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: got a left handed layup, and then he got another 107 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: wide open corner three and transition because he was running 108 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: the floor and there was some attention thrown towards Steph 109 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: Once he saw those go through the basket, everything was 110 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: going for him and he had a really like vintage 111 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: Clay Thompson type of game, finishing at the rim and 112 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 1: then aggressively making the tougher shots as the game went along. 113 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: Because what was you know, what should be especially encouraging 114 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: to Warriors fans in this game is even though Clay 115 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: came out made a bunch of shots at the beginning 116 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: of the game, he also went cold for a little while, 117 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: missed a couple of layups around the rim, got blocked once, 118 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: missed one of those like patented wonder well pull ups 119 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: early second half, or he got right to that you know, 120 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: right elbow and was wide open and left it long. 121 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: But when that little cold spell came, he kept shooting. 122 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: He was still confident, and he ended up making a 123 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: bunch of big shots at the end of the game, 124 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: including two huge threes that I thought ice the game. 125 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 1: His lift has been good all year, and we talked 126 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: about how his shot quality was pretty good in terms 127 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: of the types of looks that he was getting over 128 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: the course of the game that he was just missing. Yes, 129 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: he had some stretches of bad shots selection, but he's 130 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: Clay Thompson and he's accustomed to playing a certain way, 131 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: and the good version of Clay Thompson, the one all 132 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: you Warriors fans are accustomed to, also has bad shot selection. 133 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: They just go in because he's Clay Thompson. It's the 134 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: audacity and the confidence that he has in his shots. 135 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: So it was always a delicate balance. You wanted him 136 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: to get on track with some easier shots, but you 137 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: also have to understand that that's his shot Diet just 138 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: inherently has a lot of difficult shots kind of mixed 139 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: in there. So I have I have a feeling this 140 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: will be the kind of game that kind of gets 141 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: him going from a confident standpoint and we should be 142 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: seeing some more consistent clay production moving forward. Steph current 143 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: career high is sixteen and assists, and he had fifteen 144 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: last night. The last time he had sixteen assists in 145 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: a game was back in two thousand and fourteen when 146 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: Mark Jackson had him basically running everything with the ball 147 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: in his hands. And you can kind of tell last 148 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: night he had the ball in his hands a lot, 149 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: a lot of ball screens, a lot of being aggressive 150 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: in semi transition. Those are the situations where Steph ends 151 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: up having the ball in his hands. That's why, like 152 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: remember when I would talk about, you know, the top 153 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: tier playmakers, and I'd say, like, it's Luca, it's Lebron, 154 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: it's Yokich, and it's Chris Paul. Those are like your 155 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: top tier on ball playmakers. But I always put Steph 156 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: up in that group, not because of what he does 157 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: on the ball in but in and of itself, but 158 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: the combination of the two. He is a very good 159 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: on ball playmaker, but he also is a off ball 160 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: playmaker who cares if it's me driving into three bodies 161 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: and kicking out to an open shooter, versus if I'm 162 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,319 Speaker 1: running off of a couple of screens and dragging multiple 163 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: defenders while somebody else makes a pass to somebody else 164 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: for a layup. It's the same type of playmaker, or 165 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: it's a different type, but it's the same effect of playmaking. 166 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: And we we kind of get distracted from what Steph 167 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: can do with the ball sometimes because we get so 168 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: hyper focused on what he does without the ball. But 169 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: he's also very good passing the basketball when he has 170 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,439 Speaker 1: it in his hands, and in this particular game is 171 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: a lot of hunting clay, which is part of being 172 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 1: a great playmaker, knowing what guys in a rhythm, what 173 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: guys not feeding guys to help them get into rhythm, 174 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 1: and then continuing to feed them when they're in a 175 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: rhythm because they have the hot hand and they can 176 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,680 Speaker 1: carry you through stretches of the game. The Warriors are 177 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: quietly getting back on track. So since that winless road trip, 178 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: which was a complete disaster, they go own five. Since 179 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: that trip, there five and two in their next seven games. 180 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: Seventh in offense, seventh in defense, third and net rating. 181 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: That's really good. Clay Thompson is twenty points per game 182 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: on from three in this seven game stretch. That's really good. 183 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins twenty points per game on from three, Jordan 184 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: Pool fourteen points per game on from three, and then 185 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: obviously Steph Curry playing some of the best basketball of 186 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: his career this seven game span, thirty four points per 187 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 1: game on from the field, from three and from the 188 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: free throw line. Quick shout out for the Rockets. Jabari 189 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 1: Smith Jr. I watched him play in Summer League, and 190 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: it was kind of a struggle for him there because 191 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: he can't dribble, and that inevitably when you get to 192 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: the NBA level, when when you're playing against athletes that 193 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: can get up into your airspace and that are gonna 194 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: be able to bother your jump shot a little bit more, 195 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: you need to create more separation than you did at 196 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: the college level. And he doesn't dribble very well, so 197 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: I anticipated kind of a slower initial phase of his career. 198 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: But he's got so much good that he can lean 199 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: on right now that already makes him a productive NBA 200 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: player that it's not gonna be as much of a 201 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: growing pain as you might anticipate, and it's helping Houston 202 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways. I love his quick high release, 203 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 1: shoots it above his head confidently, elevates quickly, doesn't need 204 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: a ton of space when he's spotting up to get 205 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: a good look. He also had a couple of mid 206 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: range pull ups in this game. One against a zone defense. 207 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: He caught the ball in the middle floor, kind of 208 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: fumbled it, but then he caught it and just rose 209 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 1: up over his left shoulder knocked a shot down. It's 210 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: so important against the zone to have a guy that's 211 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: in the middle of the floor that can knock down 212 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: a jump shot. And then he had another one coming 213 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: off the right wing where Steph was on him and 214 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: he attacked the clothes out towards the middle and hit 215 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 1: a too dribble pull up, which is a nice little 216 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: bit of growth in his game. Inside his seventeen feet 217 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: is where his jumper has been most accurate this year. 218 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 1: He's shooting fift on those short range jump shots out 219 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: to seventeen feet. He's struggling when he gets out of there, 220 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: but he's already a great defensive player. He kind of 221 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: his ultimate ceiling reminds me a lot of Richard Lewis. 222 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 1: Just a huge wing with a high release that can 223 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: aggressively shoot, shoot over the top of smaller defenders. And 224 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: he's a much better defender than Richard Lewis. Will be 225 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: a much better defender than Richard Lewis ever was. So 226 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:47,319 Speaker 1: that's kind of the ceiling that we're looking at there. 227 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,599 Speaker 1: He just needs to keep working on that handle and 228 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: that jumper. So Denver beats Dallas last night. Really bad 229 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: loss for Dallas. They have a bunch of bad losses 230 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: this year, but that was the thing for them last 231 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: year too. They have a tendency to play down into 232 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: the competition. I think it stems from Luca and just 233 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: his overall personality. Um, there was no Jamal Murray or 234 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: Nicola Yo Kitchen this game for Denver, which is what 235 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: makes it such a bad loss. Bones Highland absolutely torch them. 236 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,720 Speaker 1: I I love that in this particular game he made 237 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 1: an attempt to get to the basket first to find 238 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: his rhythm before started going to his pull up jump shot, 239 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,319 Speaker 1: because like so many guys that have a great pull 240 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: up jump shot, it's it's it's kind of like a 241 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: it's a blessing and a curse because when you're tall 242 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 1: and you can shoot a pull up jump shot, either 243 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: off of the step back or off of rhythm dribbles 244 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: and things like that, you have a tendency to feel 245 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: like in any situation that you can get to it. 246 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: So you're dribbling the ball, you're looking at a defensive 247 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: player and you're thinking, I can hit this dribble combo 248 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: and go to a step back and I can make 249 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: it thirty of the time, right, And so you end 250 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: up settling for it because it's the easy way out 251 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: when the reality is that you need to show some 252 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: willingness to beat people to the basket to buy that defender, 253 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 1: you know, to lead that defender into being a little 254 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: bit more on their heels, which gives you a little 255 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: bit more space so that when you go to those 256 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 1: step back moves you have more separation. They're higher quality shots, 257 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 1: and then all your percentages skyrocket. And there were a 258 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: couple of light clock possessions where the ball ended up 259 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: in bones Highland's hands in the first quarter of this game, 260 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: where you know you're waiting for him just to go 261 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: to his patented step back, and instead he just made 262 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: a hard dribble move and went to the rim and 263 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: got it, got himself going there. Then he got to 264 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: his pull up jumper later in the game. He's sneaky 265 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: having a very good pick and roll season after a 266 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,959 Speaker 1: rough start. Bones Island has run a hundred and seventy 267 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: one pick and rolls this year that have led to 268 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: a hundred and eighty one points including passes, which is 269 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: in the seventy four percentile. I think bones Highlands pick 270 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: and roll success is built on three factors. Everything's built 271 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: out of that high hesitation dribble where he's kind of 272 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: like sitting up high, and then he can always go 273 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: into his next dribble or he can rise up into 274 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: the shot. It's like a daisy chains all the moves together, 275 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: which makes him unpredictable. He's also very good at using 276 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 1: retreat dribbles right after coming over the screen, so a 277 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: lot of guys will just go downhill every single time. 278 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 1: Bones usually will use the screen, make a little bit 279 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: of a downhill move, but then retreat dribble like a 280 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: step back dribble, and then he sits in that high 281 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: hesitation and he waits for the defender to make a move. 282 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,599 Speaker 1: If the defender keeps going over the screen and he 283 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: gets tons of separation, he'll go up into the shot. 284 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: If the defender lunges out at him, he'll come back 285 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: further to the basket, or he'll uh, you know, he'll 286 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: come out of the high hesitation, push ahead and go 287 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: towards the basket. If the screen defender is too high, 288 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: he'll come out of the high hesitation and throw the 289 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: pocket pass. Everything is built out of coming off that screen, 290 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: quick retreat, dribble, wait to see what the defense does, 291 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: and then make a play. And then he can shoot 292 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: the ball extremely well off the dribble, which is the 293 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: foundational skill that forces that defender to lunge out at him, 294 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 1: opening everything else up, or to bring the screen defender 295 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: up higher. He's shooting forty six on pull up threes 296 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 1: this year. Obviously it sounds great on the surface, but 297 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: it's even better than that because he's shooting on many 298 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: of those way behind the line. And what's nice about 299 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: bones Island's ability to shoot way behind the line is 300 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: it just spaces the floor in those actions way further out, 301 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: buying you more room to make decisions and to get 302 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: ahead of steam going towards the basket. I'll give an example. 303 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: There's a game against the Spurs a few games ago 304 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: where Bones Highland is working on the left wing and 305 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: I can't remember who it was. He was guarding the 306 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: action for the Spurs, but their screen defender came all 307 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: the way up. So Bones has got a guy on 308 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: his right hand who's trying to funnel him to the left, 309 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: and the Spurs screen defenders already out towards almost the 310 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: three point line. And what he did is he just 311 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: backed up further away from the basket's almost like thirty 312 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: five ft, which suddenly, at that point the Spurs screen 313 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: descent defenders stayed back towards the three point line. That 314 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: way Bones could get ahead of steam coming off of 315 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: the ball screen. He turned the corner around the screen 316 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: defender and he end up working around the base line 317 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: through a lefty hook pass, got the Spurs into rotation 318 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: and they ended up getting a basket out of it. 319 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: But I was sitting there thinking like for most guys, 320 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: if they dribbled it further away from the basket, that 321 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: the defenders would just sit back. The actual on ball 322 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: defender would just sit back and he wouldn't be able 323 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: to get an advantage. But Bones Island is so damn 324 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: good at making like seven thirty ft thirty like even 325 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: sometimes thirty two three ft pull up jump shots that 326 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: the guys always just coming out on him, which is 327 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: giving him that ability to get downhill again picking rolls 328 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: really impressive for a young guard in this league. Um 329 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: on the other end of the floor, in this particular 330 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: game with Denver winning on the road against Dallas, it 331 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: was a clinic in how to blitz ball screens and recover. 332 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: So if you look at the but if you look 333 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: at the box score, Luca only took only took sixteen shots, 334 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: only scored twenty two points. But if you watch the game, 335 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: he got blitzed on almost every single ball screen. And 336 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 1: then Denver was doing a really nice job of taking 337 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: away the easy passes. So they'd come up to guard 338 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 1: the role man, the guy in the roll out of 339 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 1: the corner, and then they take away that first pass. 340 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: And so basically there were only two options that were open. 341 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: He could make the skip pass if he could get 342 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: if you can actually get the ball there, but most 343 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: cases they actually apply ball pressure. And when they'd apply 344 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: ball pressure, Luca would not be able to make the 345 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: skip pass, and the guy at the top of the 346 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 1: key would have to like retreat out like v cut 347 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: out to forty ft from the rim for Luca just 348 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: to get an escape pass away. Now your advantage is 349 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: gone and it's a successful double team. All game long, 350 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: Dallas was struggling. There were plays in there. Or Luca 351 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: would like use a nice escape dribble to you know, 352 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: as he's coming off the screen cover like ten ft aground, 353 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:42,360 Speaker 1: So even though the screen defenders on him, he's got 354 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: a couple of seconds before the on ball defender recovers 355 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 1: to his backside and he could actually elevate and throw 356 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: that skip pass across the court or in that process 357 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: forced another defender to find another opening. He did hit 358 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: the role man a few times. He did make some 359 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:59,399 Speaker 1: plays out of that, but for the most part, Denver 360 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: rendered that Luca high pick and roll useless because of 361 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: them just being able to trap apply enough ball pressure 362 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,120 Speaker 1: to take away the skip pass. In all the passes 363 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 1: that Luca was making were more just getting rid of 364 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: the basketball rather than making the defense pay. And you know, honestly, 365 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: like to lucas credit, I thought he played it pretty 366 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: well in this game. The role players just missed a 367 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 1: lot of shots and a lot of reads in there 368 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: four on three actions. It's tough to handle the scheme 369 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: like that in general in the regular season because you 370 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: have to be so sharp on the back side. But 371 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: they have personnel to be better than they have been 372 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: as of late, and Dallas is having a lot of 373 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: offensive issues right now. They're twenty one in offensive rating 374 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: in their last ten games Memphis Brooklyn, So Brooklyn wins 375 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: one fifteen. Jared Jackson, Junior John Moran, and Desmond Bain 376 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: were all out. But I still thought this was a 377 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: pretty significant challenge for Brooklyn because Memphis is so physically 378 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: strong down the roster, and for all the length and 379 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: athleticism Brooklyn has, they're very thin and they can be 380 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: pushed around. So I thought this would be a tough 381 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 1: game and it wasn't a lot of ways. They gave 382 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: up thirteen offensive rebounds, they got bullied in the paint, 383 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: but they still want and just like with the Warriors, sneaky, 384 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: you know, we look at the schedule, you can think 385 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: you can become become pessimistic pretty quickly, but if you 386 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: look at their recent schedule, they're six and nine in 387 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: their last nine games, or excuse me, six and three 388 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: in their last nine games. They have the fourth best 389 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 1: defense in the league during that span. Remember how bad 390 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: they were to start the year. They were the worst 391 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: defense in the league for the first half of this 392 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 1: chunk of games, and then all of a sudden, they're 393 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,320 Speaker 1: the fourth best defense in the league. That's not on 394 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 1: Steve Nash. I I just I never bought that as 395 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: an excuse. Those dudes just weren't playing hard to start 396 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: the season. Now they are now Again, Like I said, 397 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: not Steve Nash's fault, but players tune coaches out. You 398 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: get a different voice in there. Suddenly they're listening, Suddenly 399 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: they're bought in. It works. That's why, even though sometimes 400 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 1: the coaches can be a scapegoat, firing, sometimes it's just 401 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: the best way to shuffle things up and get a 402 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 1: new voice in there, get guys to play hard. Like 403 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: like it or not. Even though it was not Steve 404 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,120 Speaker 1: Nash's fault, the firing triggered the team playing hard. As 405 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: messed up as that is, it's just the reality of 406 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: the situation. They're also twelfth in offense in their last 407 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,320 Speaker 1: nine games, which is pretty solid, especially since Kyrie has 408 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: been out for most of that. UM third and net 409 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: rating overall twenty three and rebounding, which is not good, 410 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: but it's a hell of a lot better than it 411 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,239 Speaker 1: was to start the season. If you remember, I think 412 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:24,840 Speaker 1: they were second to last in the league in the 413 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 1: first couple of weeks. Kyrie looked out of shape, but 414 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: he made a lot of good moves that like that. 415 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,440 Speaker 1: That's the dead giveaway for guys out of shape. When 416 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 1: you're making the nice moves, you're seeing the floor and 417 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: you're hitting the gaps and you're getting to your spots, 418 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: but you're just not getting the lift to knock down shots. 419 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 1: There are several plays where he made the right reads, 420 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 1: made the right dribble combination to get through the traffic, 421 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: and then just like left a layup short on the 422 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: rim or missed a pull up jump shot. Things along 423 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: those lines. That's to be expected. Overall, I thought he 424 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: looked fine though physically. Um Kadi another quiet great night, 425 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: seven and seven on six teen shots. He's having a 426 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: quiet great season. Check out some of these numbers. Um 427 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: A hundred forty eight points on a hundred five pick 428 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 1: and rolls, which is in the ninety one percentile, a 429 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: hundred forty one points one ISOs which is in the 430 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: eighty five percentile, and eight eight points on seventy seven 431 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: post ups which is in percentI all that includes passing 432 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 1: with with the access, with the data that I have 433 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 1: access to him. Always gonna be looking at with passing 434 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: because that's just the way the game actually works, U 435 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons. He makes his return to Philly tomorrow, we 436 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 1: will be covering that game either after the Lakers game 437 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: or immediately after that game. Another big game twenty two 438 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: points last night. He's averaging sixteen points, nine rebounds, and 439 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: five assists on eighty five percent shooting in his last 440 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 1: three games. So a little bit of a sign of 441 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: life on the Ben Simmons front. Good variety to some 442 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: self created stuff. In this game. He had two straight 443 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: up post ups in the first half where he went 444 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: to right handed hook shots that he made. He had 445 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: a fake dribble handoff where he went to the basket 446 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: and finished with his left hand um attacking the Raymond transition. 447 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: That the that self created stuff as like gold for 448 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: the nets, you know, especially with what they're what they 449 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: were hoping for from Ben Simmons when they first made 450 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: the trade, and then he was really effective again in 451 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: the short role and in the dunker spot, just quick 452 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: finishing around the rim off of the attention that Kyrie 453 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: Irving and Kevin Durant dictate. Interestingly enough, again in this game, 454 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons finished just about every shot with his right hand. 455 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: Uh koc Kevin. Kevin O'Connor works for the Ringer has 456 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: this theory that he's been going with for a couple 457 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 1: of years now that Ben Simmons is actually right handed 458 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 1: and that he just shoots left handed for some stupid 459 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 1: reason and that he has no business doing that. And 460 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: I'll admit at first I was super skeptical, and I've 461 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: been super skeptical of that just because, like it just 462 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 1: defies you know, it just defies logic that he wouldn't 463 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 1: have made that switch if he actually was right hand dominant. 464 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 1: But I'm starting to drink the kool aid a little bit. 465 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: Chaos might be onto something. This dude shoots everything with 466 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: his right hand, and his form is so much more 467 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: natural with his right hand. His left handed crossfires across 468 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: his face, but with his right hand he's in line 469 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: the way that you're supposed to be um. So yeah, 470 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: maybe maybe that is what it is. But Ben Simmons 471 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 1: a little sign of life, some good basketball from him 472 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: and the Nets overall it playing some good basketball. We'll 473 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,200 Speaker 1: see if it lasts. I'm skeptical about this team once 474 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: some you know, controversy or some adversity hits them. But 475 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: we will see what happens. Toronto Atlanta. I'm not gonna 476 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,199 Speaker 1: talk about this total game because I just turned it 477 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: on at the very end when it was live. Uh 478 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: tough loss for Toronto. Scotti barn smoked an easy lay 479 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,239 Speaker 1: up out of the dunker spot right before the end 480 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,400 Speaker 1: of regulation. Should have dunked it, instead went to the 481 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 1: backboard and slapped the backboard and tried to make a 482 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,719 Speaker 1: lay up and shot it over the rim and then 483 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 1: they ended up losing in ot. The reason why I 484 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 1: added this game to the list because it's it's hard 485 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: to evaluate Toronto Toronto right now. They're super banged up 486 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 1: there that they've had guys in and out of the 487 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: lineup and uh um, and it's just hard to learn 488 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 1: about teams when they're playing like that. But like, this 489 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: was a classic Nick Nurse game because it's twenty o 490 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: Ganna Nobi gets valid, he goes to the line, he 491 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: makes both free throws. After he makes the free throw, 492 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: there's just under four seconds left. This is a set 493 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,640 Speaker 1: play type of situation. So in this situation at two, 494 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: coming off of a made free throw, you can bet 495 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: that Atlanta has called a set that they have prepped for. 496 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: All these coaches have end of game scenarios. This is 497 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: a play we run with you know, less than twenty 498 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: four seconds left, you know, in a full court situation. 499 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:23,520 Speaker 1: This is a play we run with less than ten 500 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: seconds left in the full court situation. This is a 501 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 1: play that we run with less than five seconds left 502 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: in a full court situation. This is a play we 503 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: run when there's one second left and we have to 504 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,800 Speaker 1: heave it up the court and quit, catch and shoot 505 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: like they have like time in time and situation uh 506 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: time and score, like situational plays. For all these situations, 507 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: Atlanta has a call in same thing goes for the 508 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: defensive end of the floor. Nick Nurse has a call in, Okay, 509 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: this is the way we'regarding. Typically in a situation like that, 510 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: you're staying back past half court. No one fouls, and 511 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,640 Speaker 1: your job is to contain the basketball and just force 512 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 1: them to take a shot over the top, and you 513 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 1: live with the results because you don't want to give 514 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: up something easy. If they're gonna beat you, you want 515 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: them to beat you with them making a tough shot 516 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: over a contest. Instead, what happens, Nick Nurse has four 517 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: Raptors in the back court pressing the basketball and Lanta 518 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: gets the ball in past pass. All of a sudden, 519 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: Trey Young is breaking along the right side of the 520 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: floor in a two on one situation. The one raptor 521 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: in the back court has to step up easy love 522 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: and A J. Griffin catches and lays the ball in 523 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: the basket to win the game. I was I was 524 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: completely stunned watching the players showed my wife. My wife 525 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: actually has a basketball background as well as she played 526 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: in college and and her and I were just dying 527 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,080 Speaker 1: that this that was what the head coach of the 528 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: Toronto Raptors asked them to do in a situation tie 529 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 1: game with less than four seconds left. Any other coach 530 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,239 Speaker 1: in the NBA, and you might you might apply a 531 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 1: little bit of ball pressure, but it's usually not gonna 532 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 1: be until after they crossed half court. Everything you're supposed 533 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: to contain in front. The one thing you can't do 534 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: is give up a wide open layup at the basket. 535 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: It was truly baffling, And this is kind of a 536 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: Nick Nurse thing. He over coaches. He always wants to 537 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,120 Speaker 1: over help, he always wants to overdig, he always wants 538 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 1: to over gamble. And I get it to a certain 539 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,959 Speaker 1: extent because Toronto can't score in the half court according 540 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 1: to Cleaning the Glass, their twenty ninth and half court offense, 541 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 1: so he wants to get out and transition as much 542 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: as possible. But the reality is is it's hurting their 543 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 1: half court defense too because of that aggression. They're giving 544 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 1: up a lot of open shots. Like they have the 545 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: longest and most athletic roster in the NBA, they should 546 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,160 Speaker 1: be able to leave guys in an island and one 547 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 1: on one and do well with teams trying to shoot 548 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: over the top of them. But what will happen is 549 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: some guy will drive to the basket. Scotty Barnes will 550 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 1: be with him, sliding along, and he might have an 551 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: opportunity to go to the rim. But Scott He's gonna 552 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: challenge him. It's gonna be something incredibly diff cold, finish 553 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: and instead, like another Raptor will help out of the 554 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: strong side. It's an easy kickout to wide open three. 555 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 1: That's why they're twenty six. And half court defense despite 556 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: being the longest and most excuse me, and half court 557 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: defense despite being the longest and most athletic roster in 558 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: the NBA. I get it, Like, you should try to 559 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: manufacture as much transition basketball as you can because you 560 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: struggle is going to half court. So push the ball 561 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 1: with pace, makes or misses, push the ball up the wings, 562 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: try to attack the rim with your size and athleticism, 563 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: even if there is some congestion in transition. I support 564 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:37,719 Speaker 1: all of that. In hell, like dig into the passing 565 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,120 Speaker 1: lanes and trust your trust, your athleticism to be able 566 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 1: to close out. But the overhelping and the over digging 567 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: has to stop because it's hurting this team in a 568 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: lot of different ways. And there again, like that's just 569 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:54,199 Speaker 1: in the flow of the game Situationally, I literally cannot 570 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,880 Speaker 1: fathom why Nick Nurse had four Raptors in the back 571 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: court with less than four seconds left of a tie game. 572 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: You know, it was one of the more puzzling things 573 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: that I've seen in a long time. Nick Nurse is 574 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: an amazing basketball coach. He just has his quirks and 575 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 1: his cork right now is he's an overhelped guy. He's 576 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: overly aggressive, all right, Milwaukee Philly, this was a fun game, 577 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: I believe, on Friday night, and beating Janice from the start. 578 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 1: We're just trying to send messages to each other, just 579 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: you know. Janice has been kind of floating through the 580 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: early parts of games a lot this year, just doing 581 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: dribble handoffs and trying to get his teammates open looks. 582 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: He was putting his head down and trying to score 583 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 1: every damn time to start the game. So was Joe 584 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: l Embiid. You know. Joel Embiad ended up having this 585 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 1: like crazy block on Janice where he like threw the 586 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: ball into the ground. Had this like really intense vive 587 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: but the game was very back and forth. Tyres Maxie 588 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 1: ended up hurting his foot and going down, and it 589 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: was a really impressive win for Philly without James Harden 590 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 1: with Tyres Maxie going down to close this game out, 591 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: and it was a lot of just amazing Joel Embiid 592 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: and some puzzling decision making from Drew Holiday in Jhannae. 593 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 1: So it was tied at and from there it was 594 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,040 Speaker 1: all decision making and shot making that to term in 595 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: the outcome. So at Um and Bead catches on the 596 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: short roll and Drew Holiday's guarding Shake Milton. Shake Milton's 597 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: on the left wing, and Drew Holiday just leaves Shake 598 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: Milton and just lunges kind of halfheartedly to try to 599 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,040 Speaker 1: take the ball away from mb doesn't even come close. 600 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: Now he's way out of the play. Drew Holidays like 601 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: at the right wing. Now Shake Milton relocates to the 602 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 1: left corner. This is how wide open he was, and 603 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: Bead had time multiple seconds to identify that Shake Milton 604 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: was open, then throw him a pass that was a 605 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: terrible pass way too high. Shake Milton had to jump 606 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: up and high point it, and Shake had so much 607 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: time that he was able to high point it, come down, 608 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: get his feet set, and then patiently rise up and 609 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: knocked down the shot. So a really bad gamble from 610 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: from Drew Holiday ended up getting a wide open shot 611 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: for Shake Milton that he made very next possession, Janice 612 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: goes down and post up. P J. Tucker knocks him over. 613 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: Joel Embiad has to come down. As a result, the 614 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: ball gets worked around in rotation and like three or 615 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: four closeouts later, Drew Holiday gets a wide open shot 616 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: on the left wing. He misses it. Okay, Maker miss league. 617 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 1: It's a one possession game. Still. They go down the 618 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: other end. They get a stop on Shake Milton and 619 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 1: pick and roll and then Janice comes down and just 620 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: Jack's up at three. He was sixteen seconds left and 621 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: he had just checked into the game like two possessions prior, 622 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: and he left it way short, which is a typical 623 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: thing that happens when you come in and shoot cold 624 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: and the Sixers uh can't secure the rebound. They go uh, 625 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: they get an offensive rebound, they get it back and 626 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 1: Grayson Allen has to take There's only like seven seconds 627 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: on the shot. Like Grayson Allen takes like a tough 628 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: pull back three and misses it. And then from there 629 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,120 Speaker 1: and Be just took the game over the shot making. 630 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:41,400 Speaker 1: So it's still one tw one on nine, excuse me one. 631 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: And it was on the short roll and Be catching 632 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: Brook Lopez is back pedaling and he does that patented 633 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: hesitation pull up jump shot right before the right below 634 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,959 Speaker 1: the free throw line knocks it down. They go down, 635 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: Drew Holiday gets called for an illegal screen, and then 636 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: uh and be just a ridiculous step back jumps over 637 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: Brook Lopez at the left elbow in the game's over. 638 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 1: So basically, yeah, there's a little bit of shot making 639 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: in there. Shake Milton makes the open three, Drew Holiday 640 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,600 Speaker 1: misses the open three. But then from there it was 641 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: a combination of Joel embiad playing like an m VP, 642 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: making too tough off the dribble jump shots, and Janis 643 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: and Drew Holiday making three mistakes. Drew Holiday bad gamble 644 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,480 Speaker 1: to try to take away that Joe or to try 645 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: to double team Joel Embiat leads to a wide open three. 646 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 1: Drew Holiday sets an illegal screen and on the play 647 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 1: he wasn't really even helping you, Honese. He was like 648 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: kind of moving in like trying to uh to just 649 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: uh to mess up p J Tucker at the foul 650 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: and get called for an illegal screen and then uh 651 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 1: and then Johanna Santana Coopo taking the three was sixteen 652 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: seconds on the shot clock. It's just bad decision making, 653 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: So kudos them. Beat. That's how you win a game 654 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: against a really damn good Bucks team. Down your two 655 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: best guards just execution at the end of the game, 656 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: not doing stupid stuff, and your best player doing what 657 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,720 Speaker 1: best players have to do, which is knocked down big 658 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 1: shots at the end of the game. Joel Embiat his 659 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 1: perimeter shooting continues to be really impressive inside of seventeen 660 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: feet on jump shots. This year, he's thirty two for sixty, 661 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 1: which is great in between seventeen feet in the three 662 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: point line, so long twos, he's nine for fourteen. Can't 663 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: make anything outside the three point line really, but he's 664 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: making everything inside of the three point line, which is 665 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: making up for some of his passing limitations and where 666 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: he's getting a lot of his scoring right now. And 667 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: again the ability to go to that at the end 668 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: of games, to shoot over the top of the defense 669 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: the way he did over Brook Lopez is a big weapon. 670 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: He's got a midfoot sprain right now though, that's gonna 671 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: keep him out for the next two games, so hopefully 672 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: he gets well soon. Alright, last, but not least before 673 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: we get out of here today, Spurs Lakers eighties wrecking 674 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 1: ball tour continues. His last three games yeah thirty again 675 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: last night. His last three games thirty five, seventeen and 676 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:49,320 Speaker 1: two sixty two field goals on the foul line at 677 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: eleven attempts. That's a big indicator for a D when 678 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: he's starting to get his shooting touchback, because he shoots 679 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: well from the foul line, and he made a couple 680 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: of pull up jump shots in this game as well, 681 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 1: three stocks per game. Remember that's blocks and steals come mind. 682 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: And he's twenty three for twenty nine in the restricted area, 683 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 1: which is to be expected, but similar to Joel Embid 684 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: with a D, it's so important for him to be 685 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: able to make that perimeter jump shot because if you 686 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,200 Speaker 1: can't pass over a congested defense, you need to be 687 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 1: able to shoot over a congested defense. And in this 688 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 1: three game stretch, he's fourteen for between the restricted area 689 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: and the three point line. So in all that short 690 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: the midrange stuff, he's making about half of his shots 691 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: right now, which is really solid. And then obviously he's 692 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 1: been Defensive Player of the Year type of impact on 693 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: the defensive end of the floor. Lebron I think, is 694 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 1: going to come back on Tuesday against the Suns, and 695 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 1: you know, I I've been I've been hard on those 696 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: two all season. I used to say about Lebron and 697 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: a d before this year, before the rust here, I 698 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 1: used to say, like, if you get a good game 699 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: out of your role players, you're beating the crap out 700 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: of the other team. If you get an okay game 701 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: out of your role players, you're winning by ten fifteen points. 702 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: If you get a bad game out of your role players, 703 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: the Lakers might still barely win. That's how good the 704 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: Lebron James Anthony Davis pairing used to be. But it 705 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:10,280 Speaker 1: was because Anthony Davison Lebron were two of the top 706 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,799 Speaker 1: five players in the world, and they played like it 707 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,440 Speaker 1: almost every night, and as a result, regardless of what 708 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 1: they got from the role players, they were able to 709 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:25,880 Speaker 1: win a lot of games. Anthony Davis playing well, playing 710 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,840 Speaker 1: up to his potential, fixes a whole lot of problems 711 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 1: for the Lakers. Like guess what, this is his first 712 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 1: time getting three thirty point games in a row since 713 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,280 Speaker 1: guests when since the season when he won the title 714 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: and was a top five player in the world. They 715 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 1: went three and oh against bad teams. Yes, but they 716 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,040 Speaker 1: were losing to bad teams last year with Anthony Davis 717 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,320 Speaker 1: and Russell Westbrook. Now they've beat three of them in 718 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 1: a row because Anthony Davis is playing like a top five, 719 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: top ten player. They like. We can talk about the 720 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 1: proofery all we want, and we will, and they're legit problems. 721 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: The Lakers still need to make a trade and we'll 722 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 1: get into that, I'm sure plenty over the course of 723 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,240 Speaker 1: the rest of the season if they continue to play well. 724 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: But so many of their problems we would be fixed 725 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,400 Speaker 1: by Anthony Davis playing like top ten, top five player 726 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,920 Speaker 1: in Lebron James playing like the top five player. Anthony 727 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 1: Davis has played like a top five player three nights 728 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,879 Speaker 1: in a row and the Lakers are three and oh, 729 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,919 Speaker 1: now that works against the bad teams. You're gonna play 730 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,360 Speaker 1: Phoenix on Tuesday. In order to beat the great teams, 731 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: you will need Anthony Davis and Lebron at that level. 732 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: So a d is holding up his end of the bargain, 733 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: and it's time for Lebron to do the same on 734 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,279 Speaker 1: both ends of the floor. And he needs to do 735 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,360 Speaker 1: it by continuing to feed Anthony Davis, keeping him featured 736 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:46,400 Speaker 1: in the offense. Now, some of that is a little 737 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,880 Speaker 1: like like a lot of I've seen, of course, the 738 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,839 Speaker 1: usual you know, kind of nefarious characters on Twitter, saying 739 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,359 Speaker 1: things like, oh, they're three notes since you know, if 740 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 1: they've won three games in a row without Lebron, it's 741 00:35:56,120 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: because Anthony Davis is getting the basketball. That's just um. 742 00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 1: Lebron is not to blame for the Lakers struggles in 743 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 1: the sense that you know, a a D finally is 744 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,520 Speaker 1: getting a going now when he's out, a D is 745 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: just playing better. It's really that simple. Lebron James consistently 746 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,919 Speaker 1: looks for a D. He has gone away from him 747 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 1: when a D has not had his head in the game, 748 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: and when a D has struggled. Now, does Lebron need 749 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,839 Speaker 1: to feed him more to continue this going? Absolutely, But 750 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,359 Speaker 1: I don't see those two I don't see those two 751 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,440 Speaker 1: priorities cross wise with each other. I don't think Lebron 752 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:32,359 Speaker 1: coming back affects Anthony Davis's ability to get thirty five 753 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 1: and seventeen. He's absolutely capable of doing that. We saw 754 00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: him do it in We know he can. What happened 755 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:42,160 Speaker 1: is is Anthony Davis massively regressed for two damn seasons, 756 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: and Lebron James lost some of his confidence in him 757 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,279 Speaker 1: and went away from him a little bit. If a 758 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: D is playing like this, Lebron is going to continue 759 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:55,240 Speaker 1: to feed him. Now what do I expect. The reality 760 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:57,520 Speaker 1: is a Lebron's a rhythm player, and he's old, and 761 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:58,840 Speaker 1: he's out of shape, and he hasn't been able to 762 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,320 Speaker 1: stay on the court consistently this season. So as a result, 763 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,840 Speaker 1: I expect him to go into Phoenix and struggle. Michail 764 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 1: Bridges is one of the best perimeter defenders in the 765 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 1: entire league, and Lebron is going to be out of 766 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 1: rhythm and out of shape. So I wouldn't expect much 767 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,800 Speaker 1: from Lebron for about a week. But if Anthony Davis 768 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,560 Speaker 1: can continue to play this way, and Lebron can stay 769 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: on the floor and get in shape and he can 770 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,440 Speaker 1: meet Anthony Davis on that level, you'll see the Lakers 771 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:26,919 Speaker 1: start to cook a little bit. Austin Reeves season high 772 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: twenty one points. He's getting a lot of pick and 773 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,720 Speaker 1: roll touches now that Lebron's out, and he's been great, 774 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,360 Speaker 1: and it's a couple of different things. He's one of 775 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,760 Speaker 1: the best pastors on the team, and then he's improved 776 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,160 Speaker 1: mightily as a shooter. He's having a season right now. 777 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,120 Speaker 1: He's running fifty pick and rolls this year that have 778 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,840 Speaker 1: led to forty five points, which is in the sixty percentile, 779 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,800 Speaker 1: so a little bit above average, which is not bad 780 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:49,960 Speaker 1: for his first real volume with that type of action 781 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,359 Speaker 1: at the NBA level. And then last laker I wanted 782 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,919 Speaker 1: to shout out was Lonnie Walker at fourteen points again 783 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,640 Speaker 1: again last night. He's averaging sixteen and a half points 784 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,840 Speaker 1: on fifty eight percent TRU shooting, which is re league good. 785 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,400 Speaker 1: He's running forty four pick and rolls this year for 786 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,400 Speaker 1: forty eight points, which is in the which is in 787 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 1: the eight second percentile. I did a whole video on 788 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,480 Speaker 1: this on Twitter, a breakdown with annotations and voiceovers you 789 00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:15,200 Speaker 1: can find on my Twitter feed Underscore Jason lt. Yeah. 790 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:16,920 Speaker 1: In it, I went over all the different ways that 791 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 1: he's succeeding in pick and roll. He's willing to get 792 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: downhill and he's got the athleticism to succeed when he 793 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,600 Speaker 1: does that. Because he does that, he engages the screen defender, 794 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,319 Speaker 1: actually gets him involved in the play, which is what 795 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 1: opens up the playmaking. And then from there he makes 796 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,880 Speaker 1: the right reads and he has a good amount of 797 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,240 Speaker 1: shot making. He's making enough little pull up fifteen footers 798 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,760 Speaker 1: and pull up threes like that to generate some points 799 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 1: eighty second percentile again on not terrible volume for a 800 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,800 Speaker 1: pick and roll player. Good. You know, I was critical 801 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,520 Speaker 1: of the Lonnie Walker signing. Now I this disaster has 802 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:50,040 Speaker 1: been a complete This summer has been a complete disaster 803 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 1: for Rob Polinka. But there have been a couple of 804 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 1: small wins in there. Lonnie Walker on the mid level exception, 805 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: that was a solid signing. I think Troy Brown Jr. 806 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 1: Has been pretty good out overall. The vision of the 807 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,120 Speaker 1: Roster family to make a rush trade that all I 808 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 1: think undercuts a great deal of that success. But the 809 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:08,840 Speaker 1: Lonnie Walker signing I was wrong about, and I have 810 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,640 Speaker 1: to I have to eat some crow. I thought that 811 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,400 Speaker 1: he was a little too undersized to use the mid 812 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,880 Speaker 1: level exception on. But he's been better defensively than he 813 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,200 Speaker 1: was in San Antonio and better offensively than he was 814 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,759 Speaker 1: in San Antonio. So Rob Blincoln made a bet on 815 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: a young former lottery player too to exceed expectations when 816 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,360 Speaker 1: he came in the door, and he did, and we 817 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,480 Speaker 1: have to give him credit for that. All Right, That's 818 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: all I have for today. You guys know the drill. 819 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:35,880 Speaker 1: Tomorrow morning we'll have a quick short breakdown on tonight's games, 820 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,799 Speaker 1: and then tomorrow night we'll have one last live show, 821 00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:39,960 Speaker 1: and then we're off through the holiday. As always, I 822 00:39:40,000 --> 00:40:03,400 Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate your support and I will see you next time. 823 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:46,960 Speaker 1: The volume