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Speaker 1: the Bucks went down by double digits, but they made

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Speaker 1: plan was to ignore brook Lopez, right. So what's interesting

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Speaker 1: basically Malcolm Brogden just completely ignores brook Lopez in double

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Speaker 1: and so Portland immediately fouls. Be honest, he goes down

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Speaker 1: In twenty fourteen, they defended extremely well while having some

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Speaker 1: limited defensive personnel on the floor. The twenty sixteen calves

433
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Speaker 1: like they were not a team that had incredible defensive

434
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Speaker 1: personnel with Kevin Love at center and with j R.

435
00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,239
Speaker 1: Smith on the floor in Kyrie Irving, but they just

436
00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:12,080
Speaker 1: defended well within their roles and did their jobs and

437
00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,399
Speaker 1: they were I think they finished that regular season as

438
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Speaker 1: number ten in defensive rating. It was the one time

439
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Speaker 1: in that four year span that they were top ten

440
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Speaker 1: in defensive rating, And it just goes to show you

441
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Speaker 1: that it was the same group of personnel that they

442
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Speaker 1: had most of those years, but they were just more

443
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Speaker 1: locked in on the details and so they were able

444
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Speaker 1: to defend well enough to get to the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

445
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,520
Speaker 1: So again, I think that a bad defensive team is

446
00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,040
Speaker 1: usually a combination of both. It's usually a weak personnel

447
00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,520
Speaker 1: and weak execution. But I think you can have average

448
00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,959
Speaker 1: personnel an excellent execution and be a good defense and

449
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,800
Speaker 1: have your offensive skill pull you over the top to

450
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Speaker 1: win the title. Next question, do you see Lebron asking

451
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Speaker 1: out if they don't fire Darvin ham and or make

452
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:59,360
Speaker 1: a run this season? A couple of things I think

453
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Speaker 1: that it's on the table that if this season ends

454
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Speaker 1: in extremely ugly fashion, that Lebron opts out and looks

455
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Speaker 1: to sign somewhere else this summer to try to have

456
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Speaker 1: a better chance to contend for a title. The biggest

457
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Speaker 1: thing working against that happening would be the simple fact

458
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Speaker 1: that he's gonna be in his twenty second season and

459
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Speaker 1: his kids are in LA, and so there's going to

460
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Speaker 1: be moments where he's gonna sit down and he's gonna

461
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 1: be like, man, this organization is a shit show. I

462
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,400
Speaker 1: could get out and I could go play for them

463
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Speaker 1: and have a chance to win the title.

464
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Speaker 2: But I'm old.

465
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Speaker 1: I've been doing this for a long time. I have

466
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Speaker 1: four titles, I've been to the finals ten times. I've

467
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Speaker 1: already kind of solidified myself as at worst the second

468
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Speaker 1: best basketball player to ever touch the floor, Like, do

469
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Speaker 1: I really want to leave my family and go do this?

470
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Speaker 1: And I just think when he gets to that point,

471
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Speaker 1: I think it's I think he's gonna have a really

472
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Speaker 1: hard time saying yes, So more likely than not, I

473
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Speaker 1: think he just stays in LA. But I do think

474
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Speaker 1: it's on the table, especially if things get really bad

475
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Speaker 1: for the Lakers this year.

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Speaker 2: Next question, what do.

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Speaker 1: You think about the different ways the Warriors and Lakers

478
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Speaker 1: are handling the trade deadline. The Dubs are trying to

479
00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 1: go on a run and the Lakers are tanking like

480
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,879
Speaker 1: tonight against the Celtics to make a point, different strategies,

481
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,720
Speaker 1: and both stuck fighting for the plan. So I think

482
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Speaker 1: both teams are really trying to make a run. I

483
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Speaker 1: think the Warriors are dealing with real talent issues, and

484
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Speaker 1: I think the Lakers are dealing with real connectivity and

485
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Speaker 1: belief issues. That said, like, their deadline strategies are different

486
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Speaker 1: as well, because the Lakers are willing to give up

487
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Speaker 1: D'Angelo Russell, They're willing to give up a first round

488
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 1: pick to improve, they're willing to put guys in. For

489
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Speaker 1: the Warriors, it's tough because their best trade asset is

490
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Speaker 1: Jonathan Kaminga, and he is on a star trajectory and

491
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Speaker 1: so they probably won't move him, and so for the Warriors,

492
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Speaker 1: it's looking more like a move on the margins, and

493
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Speaker 1: so like it's one of those things where I think

494
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Speaker 1: both of them are kind of destined for that play

495
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Speaker 1: in tournament. I think that's like almost a certainty at

496
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Speaker 1: this point. All you have to do is take a

497
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Speaker 1: peek at the standings. But I think they both want

498
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Speaker 1: to do it. I just think they're different. Like the

499
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,960
Speaker 1: Warriors to me, have good basketball character. They play hard

500
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Speaker 1: all the time. They just have some limitations. The Lakers

501
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 1: to me, have lots of talent, but they have really

502
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,960
Speaker 1: bad basketball character. And that's what makes them very different

503
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Speaker 1: from each other. That's why I say the Warriors actually

504
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,440
Speaker 1: run me a lot of last year's Lakers. Last year's

505
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 1: Lakers in December and January, they were fighting, they were

506
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Speaker 1: trying to get back into a position where they could

507
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Speaker 1: do something. Then the trade deadline gave them the talent

508
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Speaker 1: they needed to make a move. That's why I look

509
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Speaker 1: at that as kind of a corollary for Golden State.

510
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Speaker 1: Bring in some more talent at the deadline. These guys

511
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Speaker 1: really do believe. These guys really do play hard. That's

512
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Speaker 1: where you could have a run post deadline. Next question,

513
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Speaker 1: is Jalen Green worth moving on from if you can

514
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Speaker 1: get an all Star caliber player like Levigne.

515
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Speaker 2: Or him for him? I should say so.

516
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Speaker 1: I think trading a guy like Jalen Green for Zack

517
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Speaker 1: Lvine would be a huge problem, a huge mistake. First

518
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Speaker 1: of all, Zach Lavine is not some sort of franchise

519
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Speaker 1: altering talent. To me, the changes that Houston made are

520
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 1: really smart in the sense that, like Ime Udoka is

521
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,960
Speaker 1: a good coach that's great at like getting the toughness

522
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Speaker 1: out of his young players, they brought in veteran players

523
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Speaker 1: to kind of like increase the competence in the room. Now,

524
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Speaker 1: I will say that like it is a mediocre basketball team,

525
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Speaker 1: which is what we predicted before the season, But there's

526
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Speaker 1: one giant exciting part in all of that, and that's

527
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Speaker 1: that Jabari Smith Junior and Alpern Shangun are just really

528
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Speaker 1: freaking good. So like Jabari Smith and Alpern Shangun are

529
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Speaker 1: really freaking good. So like you can have like you've

530
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Speaker 1: already got like a decent foundation there. Now the question

531
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Speaker 1: is do you bail on Jalen Green to go bring

532
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Speaker 1: back another player? And yeah, if you can get a

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Speaker 1: really good player, like if you can get a legitimate star, sure,

534
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Speaker 1: but I don't think you trade Jabari Smith or excuse me,

535
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Speaker 1: Jalen Green for a flawed star someone like Zach Lavine.

536
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Speaker 1: Not only that, Jalen Green's playing a little bit better

537
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Speaker 1: and to Jalen Green's credit. When you go and you

538
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Speaker 1: bring in a Dylan Brooks and you go and bring

539
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Speaker 1: in a Fred van Vliet, you make the situation in

540
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 1: Houston more complicated with ball handling, and for a young guard,

541
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Speaker 1: that changes his role fundamentally. Now, I would argue it's

542
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Speaker 1: better than what he was doing before, where you're Houstin's

543
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Speaker 1: just deliberately being bad. And in that sequence, you know,

544
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Speaker 1: Jalen Green has the ball a lot, but he's just

545
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Speaker 1: learning how to be bad. Like that's not good either,

546
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 1: but like it is a little bit different for me.

547
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Speaker 1: He's learning how to share the basketball more in a

548
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Speaker 1: team with a lot more ball handling. And my thing is,

549
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Speaker 1: like it kind of like what I've said in a

550
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Speaker 1: lot of cases, Jalen Green's potential upside in the long

551
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,520
Speaker 1: run with him just kind of figuring things out and

552
00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,200
Speaker 1: getting better is probably higher than what you can get

553
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Speaker 1: back for a trade. So be happy with the fact

554
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Speaker 1: that Jabari Smith and Alprin Shangun are so damn good.

555
00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 1: Give Jalen Green some time to find out what he

556
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Speaker 1: can be as an NBA player.

557
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Speaker 2: Next question.

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Speaker 1: In baseball, they say a good versus bad manager is

559
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,439
Speaker 1: worth plus or minus three wins ish Where do you

560
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,280
Speaker 1: think that number is in basketball? Where do you think

561
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,880
Speaker 1: the current Laker team would be with Spolstra or lou

562
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: coaching as compared to Ham, who who most would agree

563
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: has done a poor job this season. So I think

564
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Speaker 1: that coaching has a huge impact in the regular season,

565
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Speaker 1: and I think it has some impact in the postseason.

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Speaker 1: But I do still think that the coach doesn't have

567
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Speaker 1: nearly as much impact as the star. Best example is

568
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Speaker 1: the Lakers like Darvin Ham. Like I've said this Pore

569
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Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk about it more in a little bit,

570
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,960
Speaker 1: but to me, like Darvin Ham's main role on this

571
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 1: team is just getting the rotation right, Like I'm not

572
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Speaker 1: like Lebron will figure out the offensive adjustments. Lebron and

573
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis together will figure out the defensive adjustments. In

574
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Speaker 1: terms of the way they need to organize themselves on

575
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Speaker 1: the floor. And even when they first hired Darvin Haam,

576
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Speaker 1: I didn't view him as like a tactician. I was like,

577
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Speaker 1: this is the classic former player coach type, archetype that

578
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,160
Speaker 1: can look eye to eye with these guys and get

579
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Speaker 1: them to play hard, just like Ema Udoka did for

580
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Speaker 1: the Celtics. The problem is is Darvinham is not motivating

581
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,919
Speaker 1: these guys, and so when you combine that with his

582
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 1: rotation decisions which have been so confusing, it has been

583
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: downright damaging. Belief plays a huge role over the course

584
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Speaker 1: of the regular season, which is why I've said the

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00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,719
Speaker 1: regular season has a bigger coaching impact than the postseason.

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00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,280
Speaker 1: If Eric spolschra was the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers,

587
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,199
Speaker 1: you can bet your ass that there's going to be

588
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,919
Speaker 1: more down the roster belief in the day to day product,

589
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 1: which will get them to play harder, more consistently. The

590
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,880
Speaker 1: rotation will be right, and schematically they will be assisted

591
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Speaker 1: from the sideline. That would absolutely make them a better team.

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00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: I think this Laker roster would probably win between forty

593
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 1: five and fifty games if Eric Spolser was the coach.

594
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 1: I still think they'd have some issues with Lebron kind

595
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: of coasting from time to time. I still think they'd

596
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: have some issues with some of the roster organization. Before

597
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Speaker 1: the deadline, like we all knew the Lakers were going

598
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Speaker 1: to be a deadline a team that was active at

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Speaker 1: the deadline, but like, because all of that, because all

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Speaker 1: that hasn't happened. You've gotten really poor effort, you've had

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Speaker 1: misalignment of the rotation, you haven't had schematic support from

602
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,479
Speaker 1: the sideline. As a result, they've underachieved. And you know,

603
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: Tyler's kind of an interesting example because let's not forget

604
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,240
Speaker 1: Tyleru agreed to terms to become the Lakers coach before

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00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 1: Frank Vogel got hired. But what happened was is Genie

606
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 1: Buss disrespected him. Tyleru was a championship coach, wanted to

607
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 1: be paid like a championship coach, and Genie Bus said,

608
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Speaker 1: I'm not going to pay you like a championship coach,

609
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 1: which was downright disrespectful. And there's a real case to

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Speaker 1: be made that it was one of the bigger turning

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Speaker 1: points of the lebron ad era that instead of Tylu

612
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: getting what he deserved and where he'd still be the

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Speaker 1: coach the Lakers and they would they would have just

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00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: better support from the sideline over the course of the

615
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,479
Speaker 1: eighty two and said they don't have that. And so

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Speaker 1: it's an interesting thing to kind of look back at.

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Speaker 1: Next question, what's your biggest pet peeves sports narrative for me?

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Speaker 1: And this is from the questioner. For me, it's when

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Speaker 1: teams have constant success get disregarded with quote they haven't

620
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Speaker 1: won anything, end quote, simply because they don't win a title.

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Speaker 1: Think these recent Celtics teams, Michigan Football for the Natty

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Speaker 1: or Harden's Rockets. So with your specific pet peeve, I

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Speaker 1: do think there's some truth to that, where like it

624
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: can be kind of like no fun to act like

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00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: winning the title is all that matters. But that's exactly

626
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Speaker 1: what makes champions so special. And that's why you know,

627
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Speaker 1: Logan are head of content here at the volume calls

628
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: me a loyalist to the banner. That's why I look

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00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: so much at the championship. That's why I told Jokic

630
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Speaker 1: fans like, once he gets it done, I'll defend him

631
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Speaker 1: to the bitter end. Like to me, it is so

632
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 1: incredibly hard to do. That goes to show you with

633
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Speaker 1: these Celtics teams, for instance, how they've consistently come up short,

634
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: like it is difficult to do, and so when it

635
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 1: is done, we need to apply the appropriate respect to it.

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Speaker 1: My pet peeves, I've got two of them that I'll

637
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 1: throw you, or three of them that I'll throw you

638
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 1: guys one old heads thinking the game used to be better.

639
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 1: That always blows my mind, like basketball players are just

640
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 1: better now than they used to be, big shock. That's

641
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: why I say, when it comes to ranking guys all

642
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 1: the time, you have to rank them relative to their

643
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 1: era and not against each other, because basketball players are

644
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 1: just better now. Second One, catch all metrics. I just

645
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: think it is a fundamental misunderstanding in the way the

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00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: game of basketball works, and so trying to quantify a

647
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Speaker 1: player's impact into one number, I think is just a

648
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 1: fool's errand. And I always think it's funny when I

649
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 1: see people kind of put a catch all metrics in

650
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: player comparisons as like the end all be all, when

651
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 1: that just simply is not the case.

652
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Speaker 2: And then lastly.

653
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Speaker 1: Referring to shooting luck as gospel rather than one of

654
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 1: the many small factors in a basketball game. Again, to

655
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Speaker 1: be clear, I think shooting luck is a thing that

656
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 1: does impact basketball games. But we've reached a point now

657
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: where we basically it's like the first and only thing

658
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: we talk about, and that I think becomes a problem.

659
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: I think that were when we start to view the

660
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: game of basketball as a slot machine. I think we've

661
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: all lost the plot and so those are just three

662
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Speaker 1: of my bigger pet peeves as of right now covering

663
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Speaker 1: the game. Next question, can you do a deep dive

664
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Speaker 1: on the Celtics. What should they do at the trade

665
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 1: deadline to shore up their bench? Why doesn't Tatum go

666
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,800
Speaker 1: to the rim Layton games, Why do they sit Jalen

667
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 1: Brown in the corner lade, What would they look like

668
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: with Smart instead of Drew, etc. So we're not going

669
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Speaker 1: to do a full deep dive obviously, just because we've

670
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Speaker 1: got so many mail back questions to get to. But

671
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Speaker 1: a couple of things, like we talked about the trade

672
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 1: deadline earlier, like I'm sure they will be looking for

673
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Speaker 1: a bench wing. I'm sure they will be looking for

674
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Speaker 1: a backup big But I think with the Celtics in general,

675
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 1: I just don't think they'll put any sort of real

676
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Speaker 1: asset on the table for something like that. Not to mention,

677
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 1: they don't really have a ton to offer, and at

678
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: this point they have their core five down, which is key.

679
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 1: This is something I talk about all the time on

680
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: the show. If you have your core five, if you

681
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 1: know who your five guys are, that you're going down

682
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,360
Speaker 1: with any sort of upgrade below that point probably should

683
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: not involve significant assets spending, just simply because there's a

684
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: diminishing return with those guys as everyone's rotation minutes go

685
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:58,480
Speaker 1: up when you get to the postseason. Why doesn't Tatum

686
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 1: go to the rim Layton games. I think he's just

687
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: a young basketball players still learning how to impact winning

688
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: at the highest level. I think that he's made a decision,

689
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: a conscious decision to lean on his pull up jump

690
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: shot to kind of carry him in a lot of cases.

691
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Speaker 1: And I think it'll just take more losing for him

692
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: to learn that lesson properly, but hopefully he learns it

693
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Speaker 1: sooner than later. Why do they sit Jalen Brown in

694
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: the corner late? It's really simple. It's a decision making

695
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: kind of a configuration. They viewed Derek White and Jason

696
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 1: Tatum as their best decision makers, and so when they

697
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: run two man game at the end of games, Jason

698
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: Tatum and Derek White are usually involved. From there, you know,

699
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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown has to space the floor somewhere, and so

700
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 1: whether it's in the corner on the wing, it doesn't

701
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: really matter. He's out of the action, if that makes sense. Lastly,

702
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Speaker 1: what would they look like and smart with Smart instead

703
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 1: of Drew, etc. I think with Marcus Smart there obviously

704
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 1: was a lot of continuity there that goes without saying right,

705
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:54,960
Speaker 1: but you needed Marcus Smart to get Chris hops perzingis.

706
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 1: Drew Holiday impacts winning, especially in the postseason, in his

707
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: own way with his physicality. I have a feeling that

708
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: Drew Holliday is going to have a lot of big

709
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 1: moments when we get to the postseason this year. We

710
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Speaker 1: have more Celtics questions coming later on in the show.

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Speaker 1: Do you think Sga is better than Tatum? Even though

712
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,400
Speaker 1: Sga doesn't have the playoff resume, he has won truly

713
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 1: elite skill set with his mid range and has been

714
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 1: a consistent thirty plus point per game score. Wele Tatum's

715
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,400
Speaker 1: issues always have always been inconsistency in his pull up

716
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: jump shot being unreliable. So I tend to think that

717
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,360
Speaker 1: the playoffs are an adjustment for every player, and Shay

718
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: has not yet played a playoff series where he was

719
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 1: the number one option. The reason why I say that

720
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 1: is like, there's extensive film study not just on your history,

721
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: but also within the series to find out which matchups

722
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: you struggle against, which struggle coverages, you struggle against, which

723
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: off ball configurations you struggle against, and with that, teams

724
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:43,600
Speaker 1: are going to find a way to make you feel

725
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 1: uncomfortable one way or another. That's why most stars are

726
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: inconsistent in the postseason. It's just really difficult to be

727
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Speaker 1: a good playoff player, and so even though Tatum has

728
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,799
Speaker 1: his limitations, he's just a lot more experienced there. So

729
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Speaker 1: whether or not SGA can become a better playoff player

730
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 1: than Tatum remains to be seen. But I would take

731
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: Tatum in the short term because I do think SGA

732
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 1: has some lumps that he's gonna have to get through

733
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Speaker 1: before he can really break through. That said, I do

734
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: think SGA projects to be an outstanding playoff player simply

735
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 1: because of that diversity of his shot creation. The one

736
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: thing that kind of that worries me a little bit

737
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 1: with him is he's very thin, and so I do

738
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: wonder in just really really physical playoff environments of his

739
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: efficiency will tank, but we can't find out until we

740
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Speaker 1: actually watch him play. Next question, there seems to be

741
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:30,560
Speaker 1: a role in the NBA since the end of the

742
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 1: n season tournament and waiting for the All Star break.

743
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Speaker 1: Do you think the NBA should add something else to

744
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,399
Speaker 1: keep fans engaged, or is reducing the number of games

745
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: the only way to increase the value of games. So

746
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Speaker 1: I've noticed this loll as well. It's actually funny. So

747
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,480
Speaker 1: today is my two year anniversary since I started with

748
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Speaker 1: the volume, and we were looking through my wife and

749
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,239
Speaker 1: I actually were looking through some numbers, just zooming out

750
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Speaker 1: for the entire two years, and it's just been really

751
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 1: cool to see the growth. And so I just want

752
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,840
Speaker 1: to take a second to thank you guys for supporting

753
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Speaker 1: the show, because it just is mind blowing to me

754
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,439
Speaker 1: to see the support that we've had over the course

755
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: of the two years. But as we've looked at the

756
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,720
Speaker 1: two years, it's interesting that there's been a consistent dip

757
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,360
Speaker 1: in our numbers each year in that like end of

758
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:17,320
Speaker 1: December January stretch, and then once we get to February,

759
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: we get the trade the deadline, things kind of pick

760
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 1: up right where they left off. It's happening a little

761
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: bit this year, and it's happened it happened last year

762
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 1: at this time, and so there is some truth to

763
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Speaker 1: the fact that, like you've played, every team's played over

764
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: forty games, right, every team has over forty games left. Basically,

765
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 1: if you factor in the postseason, we are like firmly

766
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Speaker 1: in the middle of this grind. We're seeing young teams

767
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:44,360
Speaker 1: like the Utah Jazz and the Cleveland Cavaliers have a

768
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 1: lot of success, which is something that happens when you

769
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Speaker 1: get into January when some of the veteran teams start

770
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: to lose steam. We're seeing a lot of teams, like

771
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 1: a lot of the veteran teams have little drop offs

772
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: in their play as they struggle a little bit with

773
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: just kind of malaise in the middle of the season.

774
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Speaker 1: And that's what happens when you play eighty two games.

775
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 1: I've put myself out there and said this several times.

776
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,760
Speaker 1: I think they should shorten the season to sixty six games.

777
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: Keep the same length of the season, but do sixty

778
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,320
Speaker 1: six games instead of eighty two, because that twenty percent

779
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: reduction would get rid of back to backs, make it

780
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: so that no team plays more than three times a week,

781
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: which means you have a guaranteed two days off in

782
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 1: a row at some point every single week. It would

783
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 1: just make it so much easier for your stars to

784
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 1: be available. And so even though there'd be a twenty

785
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 1: percent decrease in the total volume of games. I think

786
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 1: in the long run, there would be a twenty percent

787
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:35,000
Speaker 1: increase in revenue driven from each game, simply because the

788
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: product would be better, more urgency, better star participation. Like,

789
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: once again, we have a nationally televised game today where

790
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: stars are sitting out. It's a consistent problem in the NBA. So, like,

791
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Speaker 1: you mean to tell me that if the stars didn't

792
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 1: play in all these games or there wouldn't just be

793
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 1: more TV revenue. Of course there would be. And so

794
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,759
Speaker 1: I look, that's what my personal belief system is. But

795
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 1: we both know that we all know that that's never

796
00:37:56,719 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: going to change, all right, Next question, do you think

797
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 1: the rest have an attitude problem in the NBA? I

798
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 1: don't mean like they're bad people, but they have a

799
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 1: short fuse. I think there's a consistency problem. Each ref

800
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: has a different standard, and that to me is a

801
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: problem because players can't adjust. So a couple of things.

802
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 1: I think there are two significant problems with the NBA officiating. One,

803
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,359
Speaker 1: not enough refs that actually have a basketball background, who

804
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: actually understand what basketball games are like. I think that's

805
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: the primary driving force behind the fact that we have

806
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,240
Speaker 1: so many non basketball plays that get rewarded with free throws.

807
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: The rest don't know any better. They're so by the

808
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,919
Speaker 1: book that they can't realize when something that's not really

809
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: a basketball play is taking places in front of them.

810
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 2: All you have to do is.

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Speaker 1: Look out there on the floor, and you can tell

812
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,359
Speaker 1: that there's a lot of officials that probably haven't touched

813
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 1: a basketball in any sort of meaningful way in their

814
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: life beyond the officiating circuit, right, So, like that would

815
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Speaker 1: be my thing.

816
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Speaker 2: I would.

817
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 1: I think if they just were like, hey, let's target

818
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:56,360
Speaker 1: former college basketball players and maybe some former pros that

819
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 1: played overseas and stuff and try to find like real

820
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,439
Speaker 1: basketball player to officiate games, they'll just have a better

821
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: understanding of how basketball games are supposed to flow. They'll

822
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,959
Speaker 1: have a better understanding of what is minimal contact versus

823
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,360
Speaker 1: what is meaningful contact. I think that would go a

824
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Speaker 1: long way. And then ego is definitely a part of it.

825
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 1: It's just I think anytime you give authority to people,

826
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: you're gonna have issues with certain personality types that struggle

827
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Speaker 1: to handle authority. And yeah, there's no doubt that there

828
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: are officials out there that think the show is about them,

829
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Speaker 1: But I don't know how you really deal with that.

830
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's something you can coach out

831
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 1: of them. I don't know if that's something that you

832
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: can evaluate out of them. I don't know if that's

833
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 1: something you can find out during the hiring process. But

834
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Speaker 1: that would be the other piece of it is trying

835
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Speaker 1: to find out a way to just have referees understand

836
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Speaker 1: their role in NBA games, which is not anything to

837
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: do with them. It's everything to do with the basketball game.

838
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 1: Next question, if you were the Lakers coach from the

839
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,359
Speaker 1: start of the season, what would you do for them

840
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,399
Speaker 1: to win more games in the regular season. So, first

841
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: of all, we talked a lot about Darvinham. I want

842
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 1: to be clear some of this is on the players,

843
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: especially after the nca Tournament. This was a big fear

844
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Speaker 1: of mine that I was actually text logan or head

845
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,320
Speaker 1: of content. Here's a huge Lakers fan, and him and

846
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,400
Speaker 1: I were talking about this the night they won the

847
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: Ncason Tournament. We were like, like, this team has some

848
00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:15,720
Speaker 1: potential to really let go of the rope here because

849
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,520
Speaker 1: it's a sense of accomplishment for a group that struggled

850
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 1: with regular season motivation. And they promptly turned around and

851
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,239
Speaker 1: like lost to the MAVs, a game they had no

852
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:27,320
Speaker 1: business losing. They went and lost to that that Spurs

853
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,840
Speaker 1: team that hadn't won in like a month or whatever before,

854
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,440
Speaker 1: like like it. They just immediately tanked after that. So

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Speaker 1: I want to I want to make sure that the

856
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 1: players get some of the blame here, because they certainly

857
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,280
Speaker 1: have not played to their own capability on the floor.

858
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,359
Speaker 1: But Darvin Ham has made two critical mistakes this year,

859
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 1: in my opinion, One his over belief in Torrian prints

860
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Speaker 1: Regardless of what the configurations of the starting lineup have

861
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: looked like. When Torrian Prince has been healthy, he has started,

862
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: and like he's the one guy that hasn't been held

863
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: to the standard of like Anthony Davis and Lebron obviously

864
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,840
Speaker 1: have that leeway, but outside of that, Torrian Prince is

865
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 1: the only other guy in the roster where it's like,

866
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 1: no matter how you play, you just you're gonna get

867
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 1: your thirty minutes. You're gonna start. And it's confusing to

868
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 1: me because Toryan Prince has already started more games this

869
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: year than he did in the previous three years combined.

870
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: Torrian Prince has always been a off the bench kind

871
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:19,280
Speaker 1: of mid minutes type of guy, going against bench players,

872
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 1: and Darvin Hamm has just miscast him, and that misreid

873
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 1: on the roster has led to the Lakers playing a

874
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:29,320
Speaker 1: starting lineup with Torriyan Prince at the three, Austin Dilo,

875
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 1: Torrian Lebron ad It's one of only twenty two lineups

876
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 1: this year that have play at least two hundred minutes.

877
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: It's the second worst in the group. Not easy to

878
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 1: do with how well Lebron, James and Anthony Davis have played, huge, huge,

879
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: huge indictment on Darvin ham and his rotation decisions, and

880
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:47,560
Speaker 1: then secondly over tinkering with the rotation mixed in with

881
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: all of this, he's been trying all kinds of shit

882
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,879
Speaker 1: and as a result, there's been no consistency for young

883
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 1: players in their minutes, and young players really really struggle

884
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: to play well consistently when they don't know when their

885
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 1: minutes are coming from, when they don't like they have

886
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: a spot locked down in the rotation, and so over

887
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 1: tinkering and an over belief in Torrian prints I think

888
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: are the major things that disrupted this season and for

889
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: the records.

890
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 2: Schematics.

891
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: We're never gonna be Darbnhams strength. That's not what they

892
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: hired him for. Next question, in your opinion, what should

893
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 1: the Hawks do? They're currently twenty and twenty seven and

894
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 1: have looked bad for the majority of the year, yet

895
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: still have one of the best offensive engines in the

896
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,439
Speaker 1: game and Trey Jung. Should they completely reset the roster

897
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: or continue to try and build around Trey? So a

898
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,960
Speaker 1: couple things. Really big silver lining out of this year

899
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 1: has been the rise of Jalen Johnson. You don't know

900
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:33,759
Speaker 1: how good he's gonna be yet, but you know he's

901
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: going to be really good. Specifically, the exciting stuff has

902
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,439
Speaker 1: been the on ball creation. He's at one point one

903
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,719
Speaker 1: points per possession in pick and roll including passes, He's

904
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,920
Speaker 1: had thirteen points on thirteen ISOs. He's getting one point

905
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,440
Speaker 1: twenty five points per post up this season. He's been

906
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 1: good in spot up situations, knocking down threes in attacking

907
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 1: closeouts one point one points for spot up possession. So

908
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,240
Speaker 1: he's got real potential there. That's a big silver lining.

909
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 1: It's a little bit of a redundancy with DeAndre Hunt

910
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 1: and that's gonna be something they'll have to figure out.

911
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: So the question is when you zoom out, if we

912
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,800
Speaker 1: agree that this core is broken and this particular structure

913
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,520
Speaker 1: of the team is not working, and you want to

914
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 1: keep Tray and you want to keep Jalen Johnson, you

915
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: kind of have to go down the roster because.

916
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,920
Speaker 2: You're already so bad that like there's no.

917
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 1: Point in you having quality role players on your roster

918
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 1: that are worth more to other people than they are

919
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,040
Speaker 1: to you. And so it's like, we know they're trying

920
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: to trade to Jonte Murray, but it's like, are you

921
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 1: gonna trade Clinck Capella? Are you planning on resigning Cidik Bay?

922
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:28,320
Speaker 1: Because if you're not planning on resigning Cidik Bay, you

923
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: probably trade him so you don't lose him for nothing

924
00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 1: this summer. What about DeAndre Hunter? He plays the same

925
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:35,799
Speaker 1: position as Jalen Johnson. What are you gonna do with that?

926
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 1: Are you going to are you gonna consider moving DeAndre Hunter?

927
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:43,080
Speaker 1: Like how does he fit into your to your plans?

928
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:44,880
Speaker 1: He's twenty six years old, He kind of more or

929
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 1: less is what he is in the NBA at this point,

930
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,359
Speaker 1: but he plays that big forward position, right who can

931
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 1: kind of help on as a Lowman. I don't really

932
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:55,879
Speaker 1: look at him as a three very much.

933
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 2: I don't.

934
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: I don't think he's good enough as like a screen

935
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,800
Speaker 1: navigator and with perimeters speed to really be a three.

936
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 1: So that's the question, what are you gonna do with

937
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:06,760
Speaker 1: the rest of these guys in the long run?

938
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 2: Now?

939
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: As I've said, the Utah Jazz, to me, are are

940
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 1: a good example of like what you want to be

941
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 1: while you're rebuilding. You want to be young and you

942
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: want to be fun. Go get trade them for other

943
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: young players that are in their early twenties that have

944
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 1: some big picture potential, potential and draft compensation. If you're

945
00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:28,280
Speaker 1: gonna be bad, at least be young and fun. Don't

946
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: be bad while having a bunch of veterans on the roster.

947
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,759
Speaker 1: That to me is super counterproductive to a rebuild. And

948
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: so we'll see what they end up deciding to do

949
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:37,319
Speaker 1: at this deadline, but I wouldn't be surprised if they

950
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 1: moved several of their role players between this deadline and

951
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:44,239
Speaker 1: this offseason. Next question, how do you think the KD

952
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,080
Speaker 1: Warriors would be doing up to now if they stayed

953
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:49,279
Speaker 1: together post twenty nineteen finals loss. Is there a world

954
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 1: where you could see them losing down the line to

955
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: a Denver or another team that rows up, or do

956
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:55,040
Speaker 1: you think they would be on the verge of winning

957
00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 1: five straight. So it's tough because the twenty twenty.

958
00:44:58,400 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 2: Lakers were really good.

959
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 1: They were out, they were like an outstanding defensive team,

960
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: and Lebron and Anthony Davis were playing really well on offense,

961
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,200
Speaker 1: So that would have been a fun battle to see.

962
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 1: I probably still would pick the KD Warriors to win

963
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: that series just because that was the most talented lineup

964
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: that I've seen in my time watching the NBA. But

965
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: that would have been a fun one. The twenty twenty

966
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 1: one and twenty twenty two seasons were wide open. I mean,

967
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 1: the Warriors actually won one of those titles, So like,

968
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,800
Speaker 1: I think the Warriors win both of those relatively easily

969
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 1: if KD stays so like certainly two additional ones, maybe three,

970
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 1: although that twenty twenty season would have been tough. Twenty

971
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:36,400
Speaker 1: twenty three, when Denver comes up, that's where like Denver,

972
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 1: I think is a truly special team of Golden Stak's

973
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:44,000
Speaker 1: ilk and Golden State has experienced some decline since then,

974
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 1: So starting twenty twenty three is I think where it

975
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 1: would have faded out, but I would have been let's

976
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 1: just put it this way, like they got one more

977
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 1: without KD. If KD stays, they get at least one

978
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: additional one and then maybe one more after that. Next question,

979
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 1: given the strength and ten across the league, should the

980
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,319
Speaker 1: Lakers realistically have a discussion about trading Lebron and Ad

981
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:07,359
Speaker 1: to fully start a rebuild? So I don't think they

982
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 1: should trade Ad. I think that that's a guy that

983
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: they should look to build around. But like, yeah, if

984
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:15,040
Speaker 1: they're not interested in contending anymore, trading Lebron is an option.

985
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 1: I just think there's a negative connotation that comes with

986
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: being the team that traded Lebron James, and I think

987
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:23,320
Speaker 1: Lebron personally would like to retire in Los Angeles, and

988
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,839
Speaker 1: so that's gonna be the delicate balance as like, how

989
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 1: do you weigh, you know, Lebron's desire to stay in

990
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: LA with your long term goals of a rebuild. That said,

991
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 1: there is some encouraging stuff. Everybody on the roster beyond

992
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:36,719
Speaker 1: Lebron and Ad is in their twenties, so they have

993
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:38,319
Speaker 1: a lot of young players. There are guys that are

994
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:40,080
Speaker 1: still on the rise, like Austin Reeze is going to

995
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:41,920
Speaker 1: get better, you know, ruy hat Chimura is going to

996
00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:44,799
Speaker 1: get better. Like, they have some potential there. I think

997
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:47,280
Speaker 1: that always the Lakers are going to be a potential

998
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 1: free agent destination. And so my thing is like, I

999
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 1: wouldn't trade Lebron because I don't think you're going to

1000
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 1: get anything back that makes you a contender, and there's

1001
00:46:54,640 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 1: a lot of negative connotations there unless Lebron specifically asks

1002
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:00,520
Speaker 1: you to trade him. And it's very possible that he

1003
00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:03,640
Speaker 1: turns around and leaves this offseason anyway. But I've seen

1004
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: a lot of talk about Lebron getting traded and the Lakers,

1005
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:08,759
Speaker 1: you know, looking to fully start a rebuild. But I

1006
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 1: think it's more likely than not that the Lakers look

1007
00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:13,279
Speaker 1: to go all in, either at this deadline or over

1008
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:17,560
Speaker 1: the summer, using all three draft picks. Next question, in

1009
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 1: your opinion, what is Cam Whitmore's ceiling. First of all,

1010
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 1: he's shooting the ball insanely well, especially off the catch,

1011
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,959
Speaker 1: and I think he's one of those, like truly transcendently

1012
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:30,040
Speaker 1: great athletes. He's also an excellent defensive rebounder for his position,

1013
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:32,239
Speaker 1: so he's got all of the potential in the world,

1014
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,960
Speaker 1: but his on ball stuff has been really inconsistent. He

1015
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,800
Speaker 1: struggles to see the floor, has more turnovers than assists

1016
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:39,840
Speaker 1: this season. So like, if you can take steps on

1017
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:42,280
Speaker 1: the defensive end and then with his on ball reps,

1018
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: I think that's where his real potential is. But like,

1019
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:47,600
Speaker 1: man like, can't be upset about getting a player like

1020
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:50,879
Speaker 1: that later in the first round the way that they did.

1021
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 1: Next question, who should start at the three for the Grizzlies,

1022
00:47:56,160 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 1: Vince or Smart? So I was looking at Vinceilliams this morning,

1023
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:03,440
Speaker 1: and like, really, it's this simple to me. The digging

1024
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:05,320
Speaker 1: that I've done behind the scenes says that the Grizzlies

1025
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,120
Speaker 1: really would like to run it back with Marcus Smart

1026
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:10,520
Speaker 1: next season. And you know, Vince is an interesting young player,

1027
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:12,440
Speaker 1: but I don't view him as some sort of transcendently

1028
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:15,120
Speaker 1: great option. So I think you keep starting Marcus Smart

1029
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,400
Speaker 1: at the three because next year you're probably gonna go

1030
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: job Bane Smart to start the year, and so it's

1031
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 1: more just a matter of continuity at that point. Next question,

1032
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 1: do you think the Kauhi comp Do you like the

1033
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 1: Kauhi comp for what Kuminga's ceiling can be? Not particularly

1034
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,040
Speaker 1: First of all, Kamina is a much higher center of

1035
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 1: gravity and is much much faster. Kawhi is more of

1036
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:39,359
Speaker 1: like a methodical power player, and so I don't really

1037
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,960
Speaker 1: see much similarity between them. Kawhi is also just a

1038
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,240
Speaker 1: lot sharper in terms of some of his skill set stuff.

1039
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 2: That's it.

1040
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:51,480
Speaker 1: Like Jonathan, Kaminga just has unbelievable like like downhill speed

1041
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:54,279
Speaker 1: and quickness and ability to change direction. Like, I think

1042
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:56,680
Speaker 1: he has the potential to be that level of star.

1043
00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 1: I just don't think it would look like Kawhi. I

1044
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:01,840
Speaker 1: think though. I think like top twenty player in the

1045
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 1: NBA is now officially like the basement for Kaminga. I

1046
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 1: just would be I would be shocked if he wasn't

1047
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: like as good as like a Jalen Brown is in

1048
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:13,080
Speaker 1: this NBA, who's pretty resoundingly, you know, kind of revered

1049
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 1: as around you know, eighteen nineteen twentieth best player in

1050
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:19,600
Speaker 1: the NBA. So yeah, I think I don't think Kaminga

1051
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 1: is Kawhi, but I do think that he can be

1052
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:26,360
Speaker 1: that level of player. Next question a little bit of

1053
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:28,200
Speaker 1: a Celtics mail bag to make up for the show.

1054
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,520
Speaker 1: What's your impression on Jalen Brown? What has your impression

1055
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: of Jalen Brown been this season his ranking slash performance

1056
00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:37,000
Speaker 1: improved slash diminished from the offseason to your to this

1057
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:39,399
Speaker 1: point in your opinion, what's his potential with the team

1058
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: and how close is he to it. So, first of all,

1059
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 1: the self creation numbers are way up, which is typical

1060
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 1: for a young player as he continues to learn how

1061
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,880
Speaker 1: to play at the highest level, particularly in pick and

1062
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,879
Speaker 1: roll in ISO, his efficiency is way way way up

1063
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 1: from last year. But it's concerning when you look at

1064
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:59,040
Speaker 1: some of these bigger games We've talked about the Celtics recently.

1065
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:02,000
Speaker 1: They've won all these, but their last three losses have

1066
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:05,279
Speaker 1: all been against teams that are my top four contenders.

1067
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: When they lost to the Clippers, Jalen Brown three for

1068
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,439
Speaker 1: thirteen eight points. When they lost to Denver Jalen Brown

1069
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:15,360
Speaker 1: six for nineteen thirteen points, lost to Milwaukee five for

1070
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 1: fourteen ten points. For those counting, that's what thirty three

1071
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: forty six, so forty six shots leading to thirty one

1072
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:26,959
Speaker 1: points in their three biggest games in the last month.

1073
00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:28,799
Speaker 1: So I think it's hard not to be at least

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00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:31,719
Speaker 1: a little bit discouraged by that. Like it's not about

1075
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,960
Speaker 1: what Jalen Brown can do against Billy or against anybody else.

1076
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 1: It's about what he can do against the biggest names

1077
00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:41,719
Speaker 1: in the sport on the biggest stages. Next question, I

1078
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:44,520
Speaker 1: hear you talk about you believe once Tatum matures that

1079
00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: he will be able to be a reliable shot maker

1080
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 1: and a go to player in the clutch. But as

1081
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,759
Speaker 1: a Celtics fan, I've seen no signs pointing to that.

1082
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:54,040
Speaker 1: Tatum has also been a rhythm player, and he did

1083
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:58,040
Speaker 1: just almost and he just almost never seems to rise

1084
00:50:58,120 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 1: in the clutch. So here's the thing. I still tend

1085
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:06,880
Speaker 1: to think Tatum's on the younger side of this, and

1086
00:51:06,920 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 1: there's just enough encouraging stuff over the years to not

1087
00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:12,800
Speaker 1: be done. Between some of his big playoff games and

1088
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 1: that twenty twenty two playoff run before he got to

1089
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:18,400
Speaker 1: the finals, between like even last year at the end

1090
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:20,759
Speaker 1: of that Heat series, like he was really good up

1091
00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:23,239
Speaker 1: until when he turned his ankle in Game seven. In

1092
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:25,440
Speaker 1: games like five and six, he was really starting to

1093
00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:28,600
Speaker 1: figure out some of the methodical playoff half court kind

1094
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:31,440
Speaker 1: of surgery stuff. And so again I understand that it

1095
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:33,279
Speaker 1: can be discouraging, but I think most of that comes

1096
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 1: from the fact that he's already been in the league

1097
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 1: for a long time, but he is relatively young, so

1098
00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:39,759
Speaker 1: I just think it's way too soon to be off

1099
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:44,919
Speaker 1: of the Tatum train. Next question, if the Suns won

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00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:46,920
Speaker 1: fifteen in a row, would you mention them in a

1101
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,359
Speaker 1: show or wait until they lose a game to talk

1102
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:52,040
Speaker 1: about how terrible they are? This one was actually funny

1103
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 1: to me because I literally just ignored a couple of

1104
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:57,439
Speaker 1: their losses in a row, and then we reacted to

1105
00:51:56,960 --> 00:52:00,280
Speaker 1: their death lineup like what literally the week before last.

1106
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:03,239
Speaker 1: So it's actually just not true. But this is a

1107
00:52:03,280 --> 00:52:05,839
Speaker 1: consistent theme I get from a bunch, especially Celtics fans.

1108
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:09,239
Speaker 1: They are on this all the time. Like, here's the deal.

1109
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:13,200
Speaker 1: I don't specifically target games, teams, wins or losses. I

1110
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: just don't. I don't know what else to tell you.

1111
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:18,319
Speaker 1: I wake up in the morning and I, uh, well,

1112
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:20,279
Speaker 1: first of all, we play the schedule in advance, but

1113
00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:21,640
Speaker 1: I wake up in the morning and I cover the

1114
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,000
Speaker 1: games we scheduled to record or to cover, and I

1115
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:28,319
Speaker 1: will schedule specific games that are marquee matchups, and so like, yeah,

1116
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 1: it's like with Celtics fans, you didn't think I was

1117
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:33,160
Speaker 1: gonna cover the Clippers game. You didn't think I was

1118
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:35,200
Speaker 1: gonna cover the Nuggets game. You didn't think I was

1119
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:37,200
Speaker 1: gonna cover the Bucks game. Like those are games we

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00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: marked like a month in advance.

1121
00:52:38,680 --> 00:52:39,440
Speaker 2: That we were gonna cover.

1122
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:41,400
Speaker 1: Of course I'm gonna cover those games, right, you know,

1123
00:52:41,560 --> 00:52:43,719
Speaker 1: like and like as a matter of fact, I want

1124
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:45,880
Speaker 1: Then what I'll do is when I see a significant

1125
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,239
Speaker 1: outcome kind of like Blazer's Bucks, and when I see

1126
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:50,759
Speaker 1: something interesting after the fact, then we'll choose to cover it.

1127
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:53,160
Speaker 1: So like, for instance, when the Suns had that wild

1128
00:52:53,200 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 1: comeback with Kevin Duran at center, which is something they

1129
00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:58,200
Speaker 1: hadn't done all season, we changed our schedule to get

1130
00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:00,279
Speaker 1: the Suns on the show because it was time to

1131
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:02,640
Speaker 1: talk about something new and interesting that took place with

1132
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:05,120
Speaker 1: that team. So like, for the record, I get this

1133
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:07,960
Speaker 1: from every single team. I have Laker fans that don't

1134
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:09,520
Speaker 1: like the way I cover the team. I have Warriors

1135
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:11,040
Speaker 1: fans I don't like the way I cover the team.

1136
00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:12,880
Speaker 1: Like this is part of just kind of the job.

1137
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:14,880
Speaker 1: Like there's just people that don't like the way I

1138
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:16,759
Speaker 1: cover the game, and it is what it is. But

1139
00:53:16,880 --> 00:53:20,120
Speaker 1: like I promise you guys, that I'm not targeting any

1140
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:22,399
Speaker 1: specific thing. Like it's so funny with the Celtics, they've

1141
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 1: been They've been on the top of my power rankings

1142
00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:28,400
Speaker 1: most of the season. They've been my second best championship

1143
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: contender all season. I moved them up this year. They

1144
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:33,960
Speaker 1: started at three behind Milwaukee, and I moved them up

1145
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:38,360
Speaker 1: to number two over Milwaukee. Like I'm not anti Celtics,

1146
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,400
Speaker 1: anti Suns, anti any of that stuff. Like I'm a

1147
00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:43,960
Speaker 1: big Lakers fan, and I do not think they're a

1148
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:47,440
Speaker 1: contender unless they can rip off a stretch where they

1149
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,320
Speaker 1: look great, Like my belief in them as a contender

1150
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:53,760
Speaker 1: is solely based on Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Austin Reeves

1151
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:56,920
Speaker 1: and their capability of making a trade. Like I don't

1152
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 1: really overreact to any sort of like regular season outcomings,

1153
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 1: just kind of the way that the show lays is

1154
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:04,279
Speaker 1: laid out. But I have a lot of fans that

1155
00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:07,760
Speaker 1: get discouraged about how and when I talk about their teams.

1156
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: But I promise it's not anything that's happening on purpose.

1157
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 1: It's just kind of the way things shake out. Next question,

1158
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:16,480
Speaker 1: what is Donovan Mitchell ceiling if he continues to improve

1159
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 1: as a good point of attack, close out and playmaking defender.

1160
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:22,319
Speaker 1: Love your show always, thanks for the sport. I thought

1161
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:25,239
Speaker 1: this has been Donovan's best defensive season as a pro.

1162
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 1: He's at the point of attack, he can get a

1163
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:31,480
Speaker 1: little over aggressive and have some issues there, but especially

1164
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 1: in help and recover situations, he's been amazing because it's

1165
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:36,080
Speaker 1: just so fast that he can really dig down and

1166
00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:38,000
Speaker 1: then get out to shooters and chase them off the

1167
00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: line and make defensive plays as a help defender. But

1168
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:43,440
Speaker 1: even above and beyond that, his defensive playmaking has been

1169
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:46,200
Speaker 1: huge as you mentioned, like his ability to jump passing

1170
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:48,840
Speaker 1: lanes and read things before they happen using his basketball

1171
00:54:48,840 --> 00:54:51,839
Speaker 1: i Q to his advantage has been super helpful. That end,

1172
00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:55,360
Speaker 1: his playmaking on offense I think are the two biggest

1173
00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:58,399
Speaker 1: swing factors for his potential. But I view him as

1174
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,680
Speaker 1: like in that like I think he's in that like

1175
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:05,440
Speaker 1: fifteen to twenty range pretty like consistently. As like his upside, like,

1176
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:08,080
Speaker 1: I don't necessarily think he can ever crack into like

1177
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:10,520
Speaker 1: the superstar tier, but I think he can be in

1178
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:13,640
Speaker 1: that tier right below those guys if he stays committed

1179
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,280
Speaker 1: to the defensive end and he continues to make strides

1180
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:19,760
Speaker 1: as a playmaker. Next question, Kamina is getting real minutes

1181
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 1: and already looks like a top twenty five to thirty

1182
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:24,080
Speaker 1: player in the league. What's to say he can't be

1183
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:27,279
Speaker 1: a top fifteen player by next year? And then do

1184
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:28,800
Speaker 1: you think he can improve enough by the time the

1185
00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:31,400
Speaker 1: playoffs roll around to make the Warriors or championship contender.

1186
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,160
Speaker 1: So I think he has top fifteen potential. I do

1187
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:36,080
Speaker 1: think we're a couple of years away from that. I

1188
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:38,440
Speaker 1: think that this kind of thing does take time, and

1189
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:39,800
Speaker 1: you got to remember how good the top of the

1190
00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 1: league is. Like if you looked at I can't remember

1191
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:44,359
Speaker 1: exactly who I had in my fifteen to eleven last year,

1192
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 1: but it was like Jamal Murray, Anthony Edwards, I want

1193
00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:51,359
Speaker 1: to say, it was like Damian Lillard.

1194
00:55:52,480 --> 00:55:52,880
Speaker 2: I want to.

1195
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:56,279
Speaker 1: Say, Shake Gilds as Alexander was in that group. I

1196
00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,080
Speaker 1: can't remember all the guys off the top of my head,

1197
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:00,600
Speaker 1: but like, those are all really good players. Fifteen players

1198
00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:02,719
Speaker 1: in the league are really good. So for Kaminga to

1199
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:05,280
Speaker 1: pass those guys, it's it's gonna take a long time,

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00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:06,640
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And I think a big

1201
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:10,000
Speaker 1: part of it will be Steph kd and and Lebron

1202
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:12,080
Speaker 1: kind of like phasing out of that list right like

1203
00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:15,760
Speaker 1: in even Anthony Davis if he continues to have injury issues.

1204
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,839
Speaker 1: So I think he will make into crack his way

1205
00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:19,520
Speaker 1: into that list. I just think we're probably a few

1206
00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:21,680
Speaker 1: years away from that. And then as far as whether

1207
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:23,040
Speaker 1: or not he can improve enough by the time the

1208
00:56:23,080 --> 00:56:25,320
Speaker 1: playoffs roll around to make the championship the Warriors a

1209
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,759
Speaker 1: championship contender, that one hundred percent comes down to the

1210
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:29,759
Speaker 1: deadline and what they can get back do I think

1211
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:32,439
Speaker 1: Jonathan Kminga is gonna be a deeply impactful playoff player

1212
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,360
Speaker 1: right away. No, because he has weaknesses and the playoffs

1213
00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:38,560
Speaker 1: expose weaknesses. They will double team him in the post.

1214
00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:40,720
Speaker 1: He's getting a ton of single coverage in the post.

1215
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:43,239
Speaker 1: They will double team in the post and test his

1216
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:46,239
Speaker 1: floor vision and his ability to handle ball pressure. And

1217
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:48,399
Speaker 1: then in addition to that, he's been shooting the ball

1218
00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 1: really well lately, but teams are going to dare him

1219
00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:52,800
Speaker 1: to shoot in the postseason, which will test his confidence

1220
00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:57,040
Speaker 1: and his trust in his shot, so he might play well.

1221
00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:58,719
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to say it's off the table, but

1222
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,240
Speaker 1: like I would be really, really surprised if a player

1223
00:57:01,239 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 1: of his age just walked into the postseason and elevated

1224
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:07,759
Speaker 1: the Warriors as a secondary star into championship contention. I

1225
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:09,239
Speaker 1: think it's gonna come down to what they can get

1226
00:57:09,239 --> 00:57:11,520
Speaker 1: back at the deadline. All right, we have three more

1227
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:12,879
Speaker 1: questions and then we're out of here for the night.

1228
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:17,920
Speaker 1: If the Nuggets don't win the finals, excluding injury, what

1229
00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 1: do you think would be the primary reason for it.

1230
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:22,840
Speaker 1: I think it all comes down to Jamal Murray and

1231
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:27,800
Speaker 1: Nikola Jokic shot making. Nikola Jokic's jump shot has been

1232
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:30,280
Speaker 1: down a level from where it was last year. I

1233
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:32,520
Speaker 1: know Nuggets fans have been like, his field goal percentage

1234
00:57:32,560 --> 00:57:34,960
Speaker 1: is so good. No, no, no, a Nikola Jokic jump

1235
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:38,240
Speaker 1: shot is worth like fifteen percent less than it was

1236
00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:40,640
Speaker 1: worth last year. That's just a fact. That's what the

1237
00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:43,400
Speaker 1: numbers say. That's just what has happened when he's taken

1238
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:46,720
Speaker 1: jump shots. So like, I'm not I think Jokic is

1239
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:48,480
Speaker 1: the best player in the world. I would be surprised

1240
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:50,560
Speaker 1: if the Nuggets didn't win the championship. This is not

1241
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:54,000
Speaker 1: a criticism of the Nuggets. This is just a statement

1242
00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: of a fact. When Nikol Yokich has taken a jump

1243
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:58,760
Speaker 1: shot this year, it has been worth fifteen percent less.

1244
00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:01,520
Speaker 1: That is what the results say been. Now, whether or

1245
00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:03,360
Speaker 1: not that becomes an issue, we will see. I think

1246
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:05,240
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of other upside with the Nuggets.

1247
00:58:05,240 --> 00:58:07,320
Speaker 1: I think they've defended better as a regular season team.

1248
00:58:07,560 --> 00:58:10,760
Speaker 1: I think in general, everybody, all the other four role

1249
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:13,080
Speaker 1: players on the team are a little bit better, a

1250
00:58:13,120 --> 00:58:15,479
Speaker 1: little bit sharper. I think the Nuggets are a better

1251
00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:17,880
Speaker 1: version of last year's team. But if they were to lose,

1252
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:20,560
Speaker 1: I think it would be Jamal Murray, Nicole Yoak. It's

1253
00:58:20,560 --> 00:58:22,280
Speaker 1: missing a bunch of jump shots. I think that would

1254
00:58:22,280 --> 00:58:25,960
Speaker 1: be how they would lose. And you said excluding injury

1255
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:29,360
Speaker 1: for the record. Last two questions, Hey, Jason, where do

1256
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:31,240
Speaker 1: you get some of these advanced, really helpful and cool

1257
00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:33,320
Speaker 1: statistics you use in your takes? Is there a website?

1258
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:35,240
Speaker 1: Some of them are very specific, and I was wondering

1259
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,160
Speaker 1: if there's a place online where you can input a

1260
00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:39,560
Speaker 1: certain stat that you use and it just gives it.

1261
00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:46,440
Speaker 1: So I think that for free stuff, NBA dot COM's

1262
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:48,880
Speaker 1: website is really useful. You can actually get some play

1263
00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:52,080
Speaker 1: type data in there. Two shot dashboard is really useful. Like,

1264
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:54,680
Speaker 1: go to the NBA dot com website and just kind

1265
00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:56,600
Speaker 1: of go through all the drop down menus and just

1266
00:58:56,640 --> 00:59:00,000
Speaker 1: look at all the stats and just see what is there.

1267
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:02,600
Speaker 1: There's a lot that you can get to for free. Now,

1268
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:05,680
Speaker 1: my higher end stuff, I use a website called Synergy,

1269
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:10,120
Speaker 1: and they're an analytics platform in a film sorting platform,

1270
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:12,560
Speaker 1: actually the same platform I used to use when I

1271
00:59:12,560 --> 00:59:15,160
Speaker 1: played basketball in college. For scouting. I would like they'd

1272
00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:17,360
Speaker 1: be like, hey, Jason, you're guarding this player tomorrow night.

1273
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:19,240
Speaker 1: I'd go on Synergy and I'd watch every single one

1274
00:59:19,280 --> 00:59:21,080
Speaker 1: of his clips and I'd see a breakdown. Okay, he

1275
00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:24,080
Speaker 1: drives left seventy seven percent of the time, he drives

1276
00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:25,960
Speaker 1: right twenty three percent of the time. When he goes left,

1277
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:28,800
Speaker 1: he spins back to his right, you know, fifty six

1278
00:59:28,800 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 1: percent of the time or whatever. And it like would

1279
00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:33,720
Speaker 1: help me build a scouting report for my defensive assignment

1280
00:59:33,720 --> 00:59:35,840
Speaker 1: and like, so I have some familiarity with the platform,

1281
00:59:36,520 --> 00:59:38,960
Speaker 1: but it's a very very expensive platform, and I'm very

1282
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:41,480
Speaker 1: very lucky to have access to it. And so again,

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Speaker 1: like for a basketball fan, I think the most useful

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00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:48,440
Speaker 1: website actually is the NBA dot com website. They have

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00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:50,800
Speaker 1: a ton of data on there that you can get

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Speaker 1: for free. You just have to familiarize yourself with it

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Speaker 1: and learn how to use it. Last question, I'm a

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Speaker 1: guitarist and I can't help but notice your prs and

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00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:01,760
Speaker 1: strap behind you in your videos. Your favorite player band

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Speaker 1: and what kind of music do you play? And are

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Speaker 1: you in one? So I am not in a band.

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Speaker 1: Guitar is just a hobby of mine. My favorite guitar

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Speaker 1: player is John Mayer. My favorite band is Dead in Company.

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Speaker 1: Also shout out Dead in Company. I went to their

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Speaker 1: final show in San Francisco last year, and now they're

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Speaker 1: doing a like a residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna do like fourteen shows there, which I'm super

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Speaker 1: excited about because, like, first of all, Vegas is relatively

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Speaker 1: close to me, so I'll be able to get up

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Speaker 1: and see one, but I'll get fourteen more shows where

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Speaker 1: Dead in Company is really interesting because they are a

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Speaker 1: they're a jam band, so every version of their song

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Speaker 1: is different. So like if you like Scarlett Bigonia's, every

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01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:44,880
Speaker 1: time you hear Scarlett Pigonia's, it's like a different version

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Speaker 1: of Scarlet Pigoonia's because the all of the instrumental over

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Speaker 1: it is different than the last time you've heard. And

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Speaker 1: so when I get fourteen more shows and there are

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Speaker 1: all three hour sets, like, I'm just getting a ton

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Speaker 1: more grateful Dead music in my life, which I'm very,

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Speaker 1: very excited about. We'll definitely try to get up there

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Speaker 1: for one of those shows at this sphere. I did

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Speaker 1: just buy a new guitar. This is my third PRS.

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Speaker 1: This is a This is a PRS silver sky maple neck.

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Speaker 1: This is one that I've really wanted for a really

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Speaker 1: long time. I have a Mexican Strata Caster. It's the

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Speaker 1: one hanging right behind me, and it's a nice guitar,

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Speaker 1: but it's got kind of like this like nitrosalulose coating

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Speaker 1: on the fretboard that I don't particularly like. And then

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Speaker 1: any of the non American made guitars kind of have

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Speaker 1: some like some quality stuff that's not quite up to par,

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Speaker 1: like this one. In particular, the frets are not really

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Speaker 1: sanded down very well on the fretboard, so like when

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Speaker 1: I play for a while, that one actually really hurts

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Speaker 1: my hand. I've had this one for about a month now,

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Speaker 1: and I absolutely love it. This is my favorite guitar

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Speaker 1: that I've ever had. It's super versatile because it's got

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Speaker 1: a three pickup setup, so you can actually get to

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Speaker 1: five different pickup combinations. Any of you guys who've played

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Speaker 1: a triple single coil will know what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 1: The Mabel fretboard is a little treble heavy, so I'm

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Speaker 1: always rolling the tone knobs down on this one, But

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Speaker 1: of like that as an upside because it's it's a

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Speaker 1: flexibility thing because then when I want the trouble, I

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Speaker 1: can just roll the tone knobs up. The fretboard on

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Speaker 1: this one is a seven inch radius, so it's more

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Speaker 1: curved than others. You can kind of see it if

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Speaker 1: I like point it towards the camera. But this is

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Speaker 1: this one has been really fun. I've really enjoyed this one,

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Speaker 1: and it's one I've wanted for a really long time

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Speaker 1: because it's actually the John Mayer signature guitar from Paul

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Speaker 1: Reids Smith and it's their one triple single coil that

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Speaker 1: they make. But that's my third PRS guitar that I have.

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Speaker 1: They're my favorite brand. They have like to me, the

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Speaker 1: best combination of like looks and like playability, and you know,

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Speaker 1: they don't have some of the history that Gibson and

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Speaker 1: Fender have, but I just I just think they're really

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Speaker 1: great guitars, So that's why I play them. I have

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Speaker 1: plans when I'm older. I want to be one of

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Speaker 1: those weirdos who like plays when I'm in my fifties

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Speaker 1: with some cover band. I have plans to do that

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Speaker 1: in the long run, but I am not good enough yet,

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Speaker 1: and so I have to My plan is is basically,

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Speaker 1: like I lean into basketball pretty heavy. I still practice

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Speaker 1: guitar when I have time, and I'll play like I'll

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Speaker 1: play like an hour and a sit down and I'll

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Speaker 1: do that like three or four times a week. And

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Speaker 1: that's obviously just not enough to get really good at it.

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Speaker 1: But I've been doing it for like ten fifteen years,

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Speaker 1: so like I have become a decent player for fun,

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Speaker 1: but like I'm not good enough to play on a stage.

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Speaker 1: But my game plan is is like when my body

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Speaker 1: fails me and I can no longer pour my heart

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Speaker 1: and soul into the game of basketball as a player,

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Speaker 1: That's when I'll shift all my energy in terms of practicing,

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Speaker 1: into the guitar side of things. Just because I love it.

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Speaker 1: It's like skiing, guitar and basketball. Those are like my

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Speaker 1: three favorite things to do in terms of hobbies. And

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Speaker 1: when basketball's gone, there will just be more time for

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Speaker 1: the other stuff. All right, guys, that is all I

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Speaker 1: have for today. We're gonna be back with the nerd

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Speaker 1: SESSH guys tomorrow. As always, I appreciate you, guys, and

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Speaker 1: I'll see you that The volume