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Speaker 1: Mmmm, Welcome to the State of the Lakers Show on

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Speaker 1: Dad's Radio. What's up? Everybody's excited to be back for

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Speaker 1: a postgame show finally at long last. It's been a

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Speaker 1: very long time, ros. What's since game since Game five

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Speaker 1: of the Phoenix series, since that debacle? Yep, yep. Good

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Speaker 1: to be back on over over reaction season, I think

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Speaker 1: is what it is. But we got a lot of

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Speaker 1: I think, actually things we can take from this game

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Speaker 1: so we can get into it. Yeah. Agree, it felt

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Speaker 1: like a UM kind of like a mix of a

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Speaker 1: regular season type of vibe with that little bit of UH,

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Speaker 1: with that little bit of preseason flair, if that sense

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Speaker 1: right right. It definitely felt like they chose, like it's

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Speaker 1: in parts of the game to give a crap, you

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Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like you could totally tell when

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Speaker 1: the gas got off the pedal UM during the game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I tweeted out that link of the UM. I actually

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Speaker 1: really like that that little line graph, just a basic

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Speaker 1: line graph of time and points that ESPN has because

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Speaker 1: it kind of it does a good job of capturing

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Speaker 1: the flow of a game, you know what I mean,

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Speaker 1: and UM, and you could just literally see that there

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Speaker 1: were these stretches where they were engaged and where they cared,

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Speaker 1: and when they did the Kings couldn't score even with

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Speaker 1: their starters, um, but when when they like out of

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Speaker 1: the rope, it was like it looked like a black diamond.

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Speaker 1: If you're a ski if you're a skier, you know

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So it's just it's one of those

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Speaker 1: things where you know, in the preseason, and you and

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Speaker 1: I talked about this a lot over the last couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks, specifically with the preseason, I'm more concerned about

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Speaker 1: process than results. And when you see I'm actually gonna

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Speaker 1: give another shout out to the l A Film Room

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Speaker 1: podcast here. I think it was Mr Darius Oriana who

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Speaker 1: brought this up yesterday, but he was talking about how

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Speaker 1: like when you're trying to test a scheme, when you're

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Speaker 1: trying to test to see if something works, whether it's

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Speaker 1: a lineup or a scheme or an offensive system or

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Speaker 1: defensive kick and roll coverage or whatever it is, in

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Speaker 1: order to really get a read on whether or not

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Speaker 1: it actually works, the guys have to try so so

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Speaker 1: sometimes it's it's hard to even really get a read

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Speaker 1: on what lineups work and what systems work when people

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Speaker 1: are mailing it in, you know what I mean. But

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Speaker 1: I did think that we saw enough bits and pieces

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Speaker 1: in this preseason of stretches where they tried that. I

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Speaker 1: do believe in the core of this group. What about you? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: for sure? I guess we can kind of start with

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Speaker 1: like the Big Three, right, because this is our second game,

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Speaker 1: or is the third I'm losing track, but the start second, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and then DeAndre Jordan's obviously started with them, so I'm

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Speaker 1: kind of eating you on this. DeAndre Jordan is gonna

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Speaker 1: start thing. It feels like that's gonna I'm gonna be

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Speaker 1: correct on that. But I thought the starters at least

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Speaker 1: looked fine. Um, we could start with Russ. This is

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Speaker 1: the best I've seen Russ look and I like him

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Speaker 1: better as this aggressiveness as a score, right, even if

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Speaker 1: it leads some bad shots, even some like layups that

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Speaker 1: he missed, just him attacking the basket as a score,

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Speaker 1: I think it's what that starting lineup needs. Even with

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Speaker 1: DJ clogging the pain, he could still get to the

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Speaker 1: basket like he was bullying Darren Fox, pulling some of

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Speaker 1: the other defenders to the rim, and I thought that's

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Speaker 1: what they need. A D missed everything. I still thought

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Speaker 1: he said a lot. But what do you see from

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Speaker 1: that starting unit, because I thought they were fine defensively

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Speaker 1: as well. You saw what Vogel sees, right, I know

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Jordan gets a lot of flak. And I've said

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Speaker 1: before I don't want DeAndre Jordan playing any minutes that

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Speaker 1: are not next to a D and frankly not next

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Speaker 1: to Lebron either. I just don't think he can cover

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Speaker 1: up when he's not next to those two guys. But

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Speaker 1: when he's next to them, you could see his size

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Speaker 1: actually be a problem. Dn Fox had to second guess

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Speaker 1: himself getting too the rack right, Tyler's how tyres Halibur

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Speaker 1: our second units were got awful. And I'm worried about

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Speaker 1: that going to the season with all our depth injured,

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Speaker 1: all are under thirty guys injured. But what did you

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Speaker 1: so you're absolutely right. We're gonna talk You and I

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Speaker 1: have harpedne this all preseason and we're going to continue

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Speaker 1: kind of like a baseline of what works for defensive

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Speaker 1: gonna look bad. But as long as the as long

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Speaker 1: as the totality of the group works, these players, when

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Speaker 1: you shrink their responsibilities defensively, they can do their job.

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Speaker 1: Like you said, DeAndre Jordan's size looks like a problem

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Speaker 1: alongside Lebron James and Anthony Davis, right, But if you

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Speaker 1: put him out there as a five man with Carmelo

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Jordan on the floor, they defended extremely well. Have

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Speaker 1: to wait for the NBA Advanced Stats to update later tonight,

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Speaker 1: but My guess is when we look at DeAndre Jordan's

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Speaker 1: defensive rating from this game, that it's going to be

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Speaker 1: outstanding because because that's what happened while he was on

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Speaker 1: same thing. It was, you know. It was a great

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Speaker 1: example of what I'm willing to put up with with

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Speaker 1: Russ because there were some defensive breakdowns. There were some

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Speaker 1: poor shots, like there was an early transition pull up

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Speaker 1: like why that. I was like, why in the world

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Speaker 1: another pull up transition three later on that he missed.

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Speaker 1: Those kinds of things in small doses we can handle

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Speaker 1: as long as the totality has that Russ impact. He

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Speaker 1: He had at least three that I counted where he

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Speaker 1: layups that all of that, and then he pushed the

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Speaker 1: ball in transition really well. When when that scale is

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Speaker 1: is gonna work. Yeah, It's just it's just about keeping

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Speaker 1: I like that he makes Lebron be a finisher right

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Speaker 1: he's in transition, he's pushing and he's making the decisions

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Speaker 1: cutting into the basket. I thought that was good. Russy

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Speaker 1: looks like he's a lot more comfortable now as well

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Speaker 1: finding out where guys like the basketball. He found bays

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Speaker 1: So you can see him getting more and more comfortable.

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Speaker 1: And hopefully when we start on Tuesday, UM, he'll be

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Speaker 1: thought this was a good start for him. You could

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Speaker 1: see what he does for the team just pushing it

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Speaker 1: in transition. The pace was insane actually from tonight. Um,

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Speaker 1: it was pretty up and down. The Lakers went down

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Speaker 1: But I just thought that pace, um, and you see

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Speaker 1: a good thing that we saw from tonight. Did you

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Speaker 1: listen to uh? Pete described what he found out when

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Speaker 1: he charted the transition possessions for the Lakers in their

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Speaker 1: last name, Oh oh yeah, where their past half court

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Speaker 1: thought they traded some of that defensive depth for offensive versatility.

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Speaker 1: And all I cared about was would they have lineups

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Speaker 1: They absolutely can do that. But if they're playing against

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Speaker 1: go with lineups with more shooting. I always looked at

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Speaker 1: And that's why I like the defensive rating metric over

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Speaker 1: the course of the regular season, because all NBA teams

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Speaker 1: struggle with effort night in and night out in the

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Speaker 1: what we need to this year. If it's dipping below,

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Speaker 1: I'd like to see a a D with a center

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Speaker 1: and uh and play some more defensive minded players because

433
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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, the offensive i Q

434
00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,240
Speaker 1: just falls off of a cliff at that point, and

435
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Speaker 1: so I'm a little bit more willing for the game

436
00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,959
Speaker 1: to turn into a rock fight in that sense. Um.

437
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Speaker 1: You know, as we see, as we've seen so many

438
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Speaker 1: times over the last couple of years, when you play

439
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:53,159
Speaker 1: a D with a vertical threat center, it just overwhelms

440
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Speaker 1: teams with length to the point where they all get

441
00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:58,640
Speaker 1: super hesitant to drive for the basket even when they

442
00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,679
Speaker 1: get separation from a defense, or they start to have

443
00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,520
Speaker 1: second thoughts about that second that secondary attack, you know,

444
00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,000
Speaker 1: like what am I supposed to do here? I'm just

445
00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,199
Speaker 1: gonna go in there and get blocked and and so

446
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,840
Speaker 1: I would like to see some of that. I'm with you,

447
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:15,000
Speaker 1: like Rondo. Rondo had a really good preseason with his

448
00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:19,119
Speaker 1: energy level pushing the ball in transition, but he's been

449
00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,760
Speaker 1: horrific defensively, which is what he was in the regular

450
00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,359
Speaker 1: season when he was a Laker. So I just have

451
00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,160
Speaker 1: to if I'm looking for a silver lining, something to

452
00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,200
Speaker 1: to make myself feel more comfortable with those lineups, I'm

453
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Speaker 1: gonna trust Frank the idea they're being Frank historically has

454
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Speaker 1: favored defense when the games start mattering and the guys

455
00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,879
Speaker 1: are and you know, some of these guys who are

456
00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,960
Speaker 1: nursing these little nagging injuries are available. I really do

457
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Speaker 1: think Frank is going to prioritize defense in those lineups,

458
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Speaker 1: um specifically when Lebron's off the floor, because he has

459
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Speaker 1: to expect a certain amount of defensive fall or just

460
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Speaker 1: the offensive fall off and and to try to find

461
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Speaker 1: a way to win those minutes. You know, ever since

462
00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:05,520
Speaker 1: lebron came here, they've lost the lebron Off minutes every

463
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Speaker 1: single year, including the first year before a D got there,

464
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Speaker 1: and including the postseasons. And so it'll be really interesting

465
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Speaker 1: to see. Everyone said Russ was going to come in

466
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Speaker 1: and fix that, and I'm not so concerned about Russ

467
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Speaker 1: and what he does offensively in those minutes. It's they've

468
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Speaker 1: got to like you said, you can't have Rondo and

469
00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,399
Speaker 1: and Carmelo Anthony in those lineups are just asking to

470
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Speaker 1: get picked apart, you know, they they need to find

471
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Speaker 1: they need to discover where that baseline is a defensive

472
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Speaker 1: talent and make sure that those lineups have enough of it. Yeah,

473
00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,760
Speaker 1: like you can cover for one bad defender right even

474
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Speaker 1: to when you have three bad defense on the floor,

475
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Speaker 1: it's really tough. And again we always talked about we

476
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Speaker 1: want a D at the five, but like I said,

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Speaker 1: there are detriments to that defensively because even though even

478
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Speaker 1: though how good he is, he can't cover up like

479
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Speaker 1: when he's switching up top, like that's why we get

480
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Speaker 1: killed on offensive rebounds. And I think I think our

481
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Speaker 1: bench I know these are preseasons. Dads for our bench

482
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Speaker 1: got outscored like fifty to twenty two, I think tonight

483
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Speaker 1: or something like that. You just you just can't win

484
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Speaker 1: that way. And that's where I'm worried about. And like

485
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,200
Speaker 1: Bogo has to look for defensive linus, but I don't.

486
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Speaker 1: I don't know if he has them right now, you

487
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,480
Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like you saw the rotation tonight

488
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Speaker 1: unless you see like John d Ndy Brown or you

489
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Speaker 1: know some of the two way guys. And again, this

490
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Speaker 1: is why I pushed Frost and Reves mint is because

491
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Speaker 1: I think he just looks like a glue guy up there.

492
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Speaker 1: I think our guy Bene said it uh today and

493
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Speaker 1: on Twitter he said he has that connective like energy

494
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Speaker 1: where he kind of like puts everything together. Because when

495
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Speaker 1: you're playing with stars, I feel like you just I

496
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Speaker 1: want you to not make mistakes more than I want

497
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Speaker 1: you to make plays, if that makes any sense, Like

498
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,480
Speaker 1: the players on that lineup like, just don't make mistakes,

499
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,440
Speaker 1: don't hurt the team on the floor, even if you're

500
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,239
Speaker 1: missing shots, if you're taking the right shots, I think

501
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,639
Speaker 1: that's fine. And again not to bring up because cru so,

502
00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,600
Speaker 1: but that's where that comps kind of come from when

503
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Speaker 1: you have guys who are good guys who can play

504
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Speaker 1: with stars. Um, what else do you see from tonight?

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Speaker 1: I guess our overall in uh in preseason. Well, let's

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Speaker 1: let's let's touch on Reeves and then let's start getting

507
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Speaker 1: some guests up here. First of all, thank you guys

508
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Speaker 1: so much for listening in. You know how this goes.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about the game for you know, twenty

510
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Speaker 1: thirty minutes or so, and then we're gonna start letting

511
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,639
Speaker 1: you guys come up and complain and give your two

512
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Speaker 1: cents and and then talk some basketball with us. We'll

513
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Speaker 1: touch on Austin Reeves and then we'll start getting you

514
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Speaker 1: guys up here. Um. You know, it's easy to comp

515
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Speaker 1: to Caruso, you know, middle size white guy role player

516
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 1: the Lakers, but they're they're they're actually very different in

517
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,200
Speaker 1: so many different ways. But I liked what you had

518
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Speaker 1: mentioned about the UM, you know, that connective tissue. I

519
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,360
Speaker 1: would equate Austin Reeves two more of like a Wesley

520
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Speaker 1: Matthews type of role in that you're you're giving up

521
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Speaker 1: the offensive ceiling that comes from a player that can

522
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Speaker 1: create more for for himself in favor of someone who's

523
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Speaker 1: going to make very few mistakes and who's going to

524
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Speaker 1: capitalize on the advantages created by better players. And so,

525
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Speaker 1: you know, specifically, you know, it's kind of like the

526
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Speaker 1: opposite of the Westbrook effect. You know, I joked earlier

527
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Speaker 1: about how Westbrook takes some shots sometimes where you're like,

528
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Speaker 1: honest to God, don't know what he's thinking. There's no advantage,

529
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Speaker 1: it's it's a low percentage shot for the best shooters

530
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Speaker 1: in the world, and there's twenty two seconds on the

531
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Speaker 1: shock block. I just don't understand what he's doing. Well,

532
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Speaker 1: austin Us has the opposite effect of that, Like if

533
00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,840
Speaker 1: you kick it to him in the corner and someone's

534
00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,160
Speaker 1: closing out, he just won't take like he'll unless unless

535
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 1: the shock box running down, he won't take it. He'll

536
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,920
Speaker 1: you know, pump fake, maybe do a quick rip through,

537
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,680
Speaker 1: and then he's gonna swing it back out and reset.

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Speaker 1: He understands that he's not out there to be a gunner.

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00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 1: He understands that his job is to when the really

540
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:39,240
Speaker 1: easy opportunities present themselves, to capitalize on them. And then

541
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Speaker 1: he also understands that his only hope of sticking in

542
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Speaker 1: this league is to be the guy that consistently tries

543
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Speaker 1: on the defensive end. And I mean I joked earlier

544
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Speaker 1: on Twitter that he's been the most impressive guard on

545
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Speaker 1: the Lakers this year so far in the preseason. That's

546
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Speaker 1: that comes with a caveat that he's the only one

547
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Speaker 1: who's really trying, so he kind of he kind of

548
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Speaker 1: like wins the award by default. But the truth of

549
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 1: the matter is, is is like for a guy like Frank

550
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Speaker 1: who's trying to fight that that little bit of of

551
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 1: you know, veteran lacks of daisical nature that's going to

552
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Speaker 1: kind of hang over this team. He's going to value that.

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Speaker 1: He's going to value that guy that brings that in.

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Speaker 1: And you know, last year with Wesley Matthews never blew

555
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Speaker 1: the doors off with his shooting, never did, but he

556
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,760
Speaker 1: was the most consistent effort guy other than Crusoe. He

557
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,480
Speaker 1: was the most consistent effort guy from those wings. And

558
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Speaker 1: so he became a really safe option for Frank throughout

559
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 1: various lineups and groups that he needed on the floor.

560
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Speaker 1: And that's what Reeves is going to become because you're

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Speaker 1: gonna see with some of these other guys like Monk,

562
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 1: and with None, you're gonna see some inconsistency. You're gonna

563
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 1: see nights where Monk looks like prime j R. Smith

564
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,000
Speaker 1: and the dudes hitting seven threes and he looks like,

565
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 1: you know, one of the best bench players in the league.

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Speaker 1: And then you're gonna see the same thing out of

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Speaker 1: None from time to time as off the dribble, create

568
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,920
Speaker 1: it or but they're also going to have knights where

569
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 1: they're not making anything and they're getting burned on the

570
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: other end, and for whatever reason, they're just not putting

571
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Speaker 1: it together. And reads is going to be an option four. Frank,

572
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 1: That is like West was last year, just a little

573
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: bit lower ceiling, higher floor. And I thought, I think

574
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 1: he would like to to Lebron's point, he's a real

575
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 1: NBA player, I think he's I think he has has

576
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,920
Speaker 1: found a niche there that he can fit into that's

577
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,120
Speaker 1: going to help him stick in this league. Right, And

578
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: he played four years of college, so he's a rookie,

579
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:34,719
Speaker 1: but he's played a lot of basketball. You can kind

580
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 1: of see that in his game. Um, his his reads

581
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,000
Speaker 1: are instant, right, Like you know that you have to

582
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,439
Speaker 1: like read if you can dribble, pass, or attack right

583
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,600
Speaker 1: and he knows that right away. Um, so he makes

584
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Speaker 1: those reads really well. I guess I'm off the dribble

585
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 1: kind of creation. That's really nice, being like a secondary

586
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Speaker 1: or third kind of playmaker where Russ or Lebron already

587
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Speaker 1: break down the defense. And we talked about this a

588
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,800
Speaker 1: lot with th HD, where we like th HD as

589
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,680
Speaker 1: that like third or secondary playmaker, and th HD is

590
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Speaker 1: obviously Lee more of a highlight maker right he can

591
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: more get to the rim score. But re just does

592
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 1: a nice job. He comes off picking rolls, he makes

593
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 1: passes that are on point. You know, he found a

594
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 1: D and DeAndre I thought nicely tonight. That's all you

595
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 1: need for him. He knows that he doesn't have to

596
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 1: do too many things too complicated. And I think he

597
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 1: still leaves the team in three point attempts for the

598
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,919
Speaker 1: preseason he did before this game. I'm not sure about tonight.

599
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 1: I think he only hit one tonight. But he knows

600
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Speaker 1: where his shots come from and he knows how to

601
00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: get them up. He has a quick release as well.

602
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: He just knows how to play like. It's it's very

603
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,120
Speaker 1: clear that I feel like he'll be in the rotation eventually.

604
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:33,879
Speaker 1: Even if it's not on Opening night, and maybe it

605
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 1: will just do the injuries. But just a guy that

606
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 1: knows what he's doing on the floor, and like I said,

607
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: I need you to not hurt me more than help me,

608
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 1: if that makes sense, just playing next to these these

609
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Speaker 1: star guys. So I thought he looks good. He was

610
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Speaker 1: probably the star of preseason with how much our guys

611
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,160
Speaker 1: kind of sat out and didn't really try for much

612
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,679
Speaker 1: of these games. He feels like the positive story of

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00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,199
Speaker 1: coming out of preseason. So it looks like he'll be

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Speaker 1: in the rotation going forward. You you absolutely, and I'm

615
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 1: gonna follow up on this if Roger, if you want

616
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,680
Speaker 1: to go ahead and get our first guest up here,

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00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,399
Speaker 1: you can. Um. Also, I believe Maples was planning on

618
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,719
Speaker 1: joining us as well. Um. You know, at the at

619
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Speaker 1: the end of the day, when you're a team that's

620
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Speaker 1: cap strapped because you have three guys that are making

621
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,359
Speaker 1: forty million dollars a year, you need to hit on

622
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Speaker 1: some of these And this is where the Lakers scouting

623
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Speaker 1: department has been such a huge value add uh inh

624
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Speaker 1: for this particular franchise, because you know, when you're you've

625
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Speaker 1: got your the star driven franchise that needs to rely

626
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,600
Speaker 1: on these huge contracts, you're always gonna have to work

627
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 1: on the margins and you're gonna have to nail some

628
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 1: of these. And you know, it's interesting about the Austin

629
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Speaker 1: Reeves thing. If you actually look at his college stats,

630
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: he's a really good three point shooter at Which Taught

631
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Speaker 1: State in the mid in the mid forties on like

632
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: I think three attempts per game, and I think he

633
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: was like in his last two seasons at Oklahoma after

634
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 1: he transferred, and that's probably a big part of why

635
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 1: he slipped. And credits credits to the Lakers scouting for

636
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: digging into the film, and they, for the record, I

637
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: have not looked at this film, so I'm not uh,

638
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 1: you know, speaking uh you know, with certainty here, but

639
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Speaker 1: I'd be willing to bet that at Which Toss State

640
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Speaker 1: he was in a role similar to what he's doing

641
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 1: right now, and he looked fantastic as an off ball threat.

642
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: And I'm guessing that he at Oklahoma was forced to

643
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: take a completely different shot profile on and it probably

644
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 1: threw him out through out of his confidence a little

645
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Speaker 1: bit with his jump shot, and you know, his loss,

646
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Speaker 1: so to speak, ended up being his and the Lakers

647
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 1: game because he slipped to to the extent that he

648
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,520
Speaker 1: was able to to follow the Lakers. And you know,

649
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,560
Speaker 1: now he looks at it looks like out there, like

650
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: the kind of player that you know every team is

651
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 1: looking for, that's a contender, a guy that they can

652
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:54,960
Speaker 1: go out and trust to not make mistakes and to

653
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: knock down open shots and not turn the ball over

654
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,240
Speaker 1: and and make simple basic reads off of the attention

655
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 1: that the starters grabbed. Yeah, exactly. And last thing on

656
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: the Lakers scouting department, they've definitely been hitting it how

657
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: the park for the last few years. Um, sad part.

658
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,719
Speaker 1: And I bet they feel this way. They put all

659
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 1: this you know, film work into drafting a guy and

660
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: then you develop him and then you watch him go

661
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 1: flourish elsewhere, right, And that's part of being the Lakers.

662
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: I guess you get Anthony Davidson return, but we also

663
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,360
Speaker 1: watch these guys kind of floors. You see Lonzo Ball,

664
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Speaker 1: Alic Crusoe are the kind of big names you see

665
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 1: Brandon Ingram as well. Um, I know those are high

666
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:28,960
Speaker 1: lottery picks, but still those are really great players that

667
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 1: they've drafted in. Then David Naba as well, another undrafted guy.

668
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 1: But yeah, it looks like they've done in again. We'll

669
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Speaker 1: have to see if Austin can do this in the

670
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 1: regular season. Preseason is what it is. We saw a

671
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 1: PhD have a huge preseason last year, and he had

672
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 1: a good year last year, but not not up to

673
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 1: the hype that it was in freezing So we'll see.

674
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Speaker 1: Rugget first guest up here. Appreciate everyone who's listening here.

675
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,160
Speaker 1: I appreciate everyone listening on dash radio. Um let's let

676
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 1: me see. I think uh Toddy was the first one,

677
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,479
Speaker 1: and I see Maples in here as well. So if

678
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: Maple's you wanna hit a request, I'll get you up

679
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: here too. I forgot how spaces works been a while.

680
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: Rusty this is preseason says it's connecting when you see

681
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: I get your request in. If you want to come

682
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: up and just share anything, share about preseason. Your overall

683
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 1: actions are overrating Rogers, what's your Are you still thinking

684
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: that the Lakers are gonna lose the Golden State on Tuesday?

685
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay with that prediction, and I'm not sure

686
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 1: anything I've seen in preseason kind of changed that. And

687
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: again I had them losing that game, but I still

688
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 1: have them going in like fifteen and three or something

689
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: to start the season. But yeah, Golden State just looks ready,

690
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 1: more ready to me to go. They just like they

691
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 1: have a little bit more continuity as well, and they

692
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: look like they're playing a system that fits curse style,

693
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: especially with Wiseman hurt as well, which is unfortunate, but

694
00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 1: it just feels like they know what they're doing. It

695
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 1: looks like, yeah, it looks it looks to me like

696
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 1: a team that has much better habits right now. And

697
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 1: in addition to that, they're kind of like specifically built

698
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: in a way right now that will lose some problems

699
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: for the Lakers as a matchup because of their their

700
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: guards and what they're capable of. And so I I

701
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: think there's a the Lakers could very easily win because

702
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,720
Speaker 1: they're at home and because they're huge, and they could

703
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: just physically Anthony Davison, Dwight Howard could have you know,

704
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 1: seven offensive rebounds and Lebron could have you know, eight

705
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: made field goals in the paint, and it could be

706
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: it could be a Laker win. But I'm I'm leaning

707
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: that direction as well. I think I think the Lakers

708
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: are gonna lose on opening night just because they've got

709
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 1: a bunch of bad habits that they need to work out,

710
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 1: and then I think they'll hit a little winning streak there.

711
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 1: I think they really want to beat Phoenix. But I

712
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:52,680
Speaker 1: was just curious to get your two cents. We got

713
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Speaker 1: somebody up. I think we do. Uh, what's going on

714
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Speaker 1: in manking? You okar it leaking? Are you okay? I

715
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: had a question? So you know how we h we

716
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Speaker 1: all like are debating a V at the five? Or

717
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: is DeAndre are gonna start all u um under the

718
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 1: scenario that a D starts at the four, which I

719
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: think is most realistic in my opinion. Do you think

720
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: they still trot out more even though he's not the

721
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: best shooter, or do they go with like a monk

722
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: or a linked for that go ahead first rush? Yeah,

723
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,960
Speaker 1: I think base Moore still starts. I think he's the

724
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,320
Speaker 1: best like defender out of that. Like he's our best

725
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 1: point of attack defender. When we were playing Phoenix, he

726
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: was our best guy on Chris Paul like he was

727
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: able to chase around screens. I think we talked about

728
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: this a lot on the pod. But our guards have

729
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: the tendency to die on screens a lot, and it

730
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Speaker 1: leads to our big defending the guard a lot on

731
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 1: drop coverage one on one or got our guard is

732
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Speaker 1: giving no back pressure. And I think Baisemore is the

733
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Speaker 1: best at that is shooting is up and down. I

734
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: think he is a good shooter. He takes some shots

735
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Speaker 1: where like I'm not sure, like those transition corner threes

736
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Speaker 1: where he's running full speed, I'm not sure that are

737
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,200
Speaker 1: great shots. But I think he's the shooter that we

738
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Speaker 1: have to play right now that we don't really have

739
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 1: many options, don't really have that many wings. After Baisemore,

740
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 1: it goes to like Carmelo, and then from Carmelo you

741
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 1: go down to like our two way guys. So I

742
00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 1: still think Baisemore would start. What about you, Jason? Yeah?

743
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: I agree, And it's interesting that you brought the transition

744
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 1: three is up because it feels like on some of

745
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: them he has more time to get set and you know,

746
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: and get more batters and take the shot, but he's

747
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 1: it feels like he's kind of rushing it. Rogers percent right.

748
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: The Lakers runn a drop coverage and they have three

749
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: bigs that are vertical threats that defend in the drop coverage,

750
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: and so the guards that are willing to fight over

751
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 1: the top of the screen and apply back pressure are

752
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: the ones that are going to play the most. So

753
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,319
Speaker 1: I think I think Baysmore is gonna play a ton.

754
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 1: Kendrick nun is gonna play a ton. Uh. You know,

755
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 1: Reeves is another guy who's done a good job of

756
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 1: fighting over the top of screens so far this preseason.

757
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: They're gonna I would imagine that they're not going to

758
00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: have more than one of that Molik monk Ellington type

759
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: of guard on the floor at the same time, the

760
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,919
Speaker 1: type of guard that's going to die on screens because

761
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,719
Speaker 1: then their entire defensive scheme balls apart um. Roger and

762
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:10,920
Speaker 1: I talked about this a lot after the first preseason

763
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,399
Speaker 1: game because they kept having to switch pick and rolls

764
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,320
Speaker 1: against Brooklyn because the guards just kept dying on the screen.

765
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,359
Speaker 1: And so that that that's the thing, like if Frank

766
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 1: has a scheme, and a scheme doesn't work unless the

767
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,840
Speaker 1: guys do their job in baseball right now, regardless of

768
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 1: missing you know, open jump shots, is doing his job

769
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 1: in the defensive scheme better than some of the other options,

770
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Speaker 1: So I think he's gonna have to play. And the

771
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,840
Speaker 1: last thing I'll say is to the eight at the

772
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 1: five thing, Roger is gonna end up winning by default

773
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 1: because of the injuries here, because the injuries, but I

774
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: still think when the Lakers are at full strength, that

775
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,399
Speaker 1: eight is gonna end up starting at the five more

776
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 1: often than not. But we'll see that could be wrong.

777
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,720
Speaker 1: You got your textbook DeAndre Jordans and the JaVale McGee

778
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 1: roll tonight where he played start the first quarter, start

779
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,759
Speaker 1: the third quarter, and that was it. So, I mean

780
00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 1: that looks very to me. Looked at that mark score,

781
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 1: that's that looked really fake. At first, it was like

782
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 1: twelve and eleven for DeAndre and everyone was killing him.

783
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 1: Was like, damn, bro, he did good. He did good

784
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: with the starters. Well, we've talked about that earlier in

785
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: the show. When when when he's on the floor with

786
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: Lebron and a d there's just so much size around

787
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: him that his size becomes imposing. It's just when you

788
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,280
Speaker 1: play him with Carmen Anthony or a bunch of guards

789
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: where he's gonna look limited because you're he's just not

790
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: at a phase in his career where he can be

791
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: a backboint defender with that type of talent. Yeah, do

792
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 1: you see any request on your end? I don't see

793
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 1: anyone else requesting, but just to speak on the DeAndre point,

794
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: like Jason and I become the face of DeAndre Jordan propaganda.

795
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,759
Speaker 1: It has been really strange. But like again, like five

796
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: minutes a game to started, I think he's fine in

797
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,240
Speaker 1: that role. Anymore than that, I think it gets troubling.

798
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: Like him on the bench. There was that first game

799
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 1: I think against Brooklyn he played next to Carmelo, and

800
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,879
Speaker 1: like Carmelo and DJ as the four or five, you're

801
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: just gonna get You're gonna get murdered defensively, and expecting

802
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 1: him to be this like switch out while again going

803
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: back covering the rim, it's just not realistic to me.

804
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: I always thought he could play the Javel role in

805
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: his sense, and Javel might be the best, probably the

806
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: better player, and got paid, just got paid as such.

807
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: So that's all I see with DeAndre. I think he's

808
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: been fine with the stars. As you said, when you

809
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,879
Speaker 1: have Lebron and a d out there covering for him

810
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: with base more as well as our guard defender, I

811
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: think he'll be fine, thanks for coming on, man, we

812
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: appreciate you. We're gonna get our next speaker up here. Hello,

813
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: I can hear you. What's up, Hey, what's up? What's good? Well?

814
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 1: Good good? Yeah? So, um, you know, but watching uh

815
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 1: Lakers playing preseason and we're all in six, which doesn't

816
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:49,320
Speaker 1: bother me too much, but like, um, a few things,

817
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,720
Speaker 1: a few things kind of bothered me. Like a few things,

818
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,400
Speaker 1: Like I like, um, what they were talking about earlier

819
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 1: in terms of shock quality, I feel like, um, I

820
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 1: feel like Lebron's gonna get like a lot of great

821
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: shots this year, considering, um, considering Russ and eighty, I

822
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:07,879
Speaker 1: just feel like he's gonna get a lot of And

823
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: we saw like two, we saw that transition bucket when

824
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: Russ was like, um, he was in, he was in.

825
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 1: I guess he was in a using transition and he

826
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: was attacking the fast break and I know he passed

827
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: it to le Brown and Roger thunk the ball. Um

828
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: yeah and um um. Honestly, I don't want to see

829
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:32,439
Speaker 1: too many more possessions of Mellow at thirty six years old,

830
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,840
Speaker 1: trying to you know, trying to beat someone off the

831
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: dribble and I'm pulling up for a midrain shot like

832
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: we've seen a lot of already seen too many too

833
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: many air balls from them. So um and yeah, honestly, um,

834
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 1: I said, I really don't like the DeAndre Jordan's and

835
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: eighty lineups f like with because it doesn't I don't know,

836
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me

837
00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:01,479
Speaker 1: with with Russ Brown and eighty and having DeAndre Jordan

838
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 1: in terms of like, I feel like it's going to

839
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 1: make um like Lebron shoot Lebron eighty like just to

840
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: the perimedent shoot one. Too many jump shots for me.

841
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 1: But yeah, that's so I'm gonna try to hit all

842
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: three really quick because I think you brought up a

843
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: couple of interesting things. Um, that something that we've already

844
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,920
Speaker 1: touched on, but we can really quick bounce back to.

845
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 1: So on Venet's point about shock quality, You're absolutely right,

846
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: and I actually mentioned earlier in the show, I expect

847
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: Lebron to have one of his more efficient seasons of

848
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 1: his career, um, just by virtue of that shock quality.

849
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,240
Speaker 1: Like Roger and I were talking about this with Russ

850
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: the other day, there are two ways to improve your efficiency.

851
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 1: To take better shots and to get better at making

852
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 1: those shots. And you know, Lebron's, for better or worse,

853
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 1: what he's going to be as a basketball player, but

854
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:53,879
Speaker 1: there's going to be a huge improvement in his shot

855
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: quality this season, and so it will improve his efficiency.

856
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 1: Moving on to the DeAndre jordan thing. You know, it's

857
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Speaker 1: so similar to the JaVale McGee thing from two years

858
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Speaker 1: ago because if you actually look, if you go into

859
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,879
Speaker 1: the NBA dot Com stats website and you look at

860
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: how the Lakers played with JaVale McGee on the floor,

861
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: they played great, but it was because he was with

862
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 1: the starters and with that starting group, because he would

863
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 1: always start the first quarter and then start the third quarter,

864
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Speaker 1: especially in the playoffs. You've got a few more minutes

865
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Speaker 1: in the regular season. But when you put it, when

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Speaker 1: you put a player that has limitations, and Javaal obviously

867
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,399
Speaker 1: has limitations, and so does DeAndre Jordan's, if you put

868
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 1: them next to great basketball players, their job, their role,

869
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: what you're asking them to do, gets very easy, and

870
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 1: suddenly they're one thing that they're really good at. In

871
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: this case, being gigantic becomes a problem for other teams.

872
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: And so the truth is is as ugly as the

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00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,759
Speaker 1: DeAndre Jordan's minutes may have looked tonight the Lakers won

874
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: those minutes. I can't remember exactly off top of my head,

875
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: but I know they were plus eight in the first half. Um.

876
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 1: So the point is, like with DeAndre Jordan on the

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00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: floor with that group of guys, he can work. It's

878
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 1: when you put him out there with you know, limited

879
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 1: line ups where he's gonna struggle. And then lastly with

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00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 1: the Carmelo Anthony thing, the same exact concept. He just

881
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,759
Speaker 1: needs to be in a position where he uh is

882
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 1: turned into more of a spot up shooter who occasionally,

883
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: at the end of a shot clock has to make

884
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 1: something happen at and nothing, or is attacking guard mismatches.

885
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:29,319
Speaker 1: You'll notice tonight he had a really nice, easy one

886
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,840
Speaker 1: leg fade away that he took I think against Davion Mitchell.

887
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: Uh Davion Mitchell that he made all preseason, he's looked

888
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: great posting up little guards, and he's looked bad posting

889
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: up wings because at this phase in his career, he

890
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,520
Speaker 1: just can't get the physical advantage he needs against wings

891
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: to score. But against cards he's gonna be just fine.

892
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:50,319
Speaker 1: So again, for him, it's just about shrinking him down

893
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:53,320
Speaker 1: into a role that makes sense with as much talent

894
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,360
Speaker 1: as he's playing around. But in the preseason, because of injuries,

895
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: the Lakers were asking him to do a ton and

896
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 1: so it was kind of bound to get ugly from

897
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:03,879
Speaker 1: time to time. So I'm not terribly concerned about Melo

898
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,320
Speaker 1: just yet. I think that's the call that we can

899
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,399
Speaker 1: make later on what about you rog, Yeah, I think

900
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 1: I'll just you hit on the DJ stuff, but I'll

901
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,920
Speaker 1: just continue the point on Carmelo Um. Like I think

902
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,120
Speaker 1: I said on our pod, like if you're expecting Carmelo

903
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: to come in and be a defender, that's not what

904
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: he is. But he's also kind of outsized in this role, right,

905
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 1: Like I wanted him to be playing like fifteen minutes,

906
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,719
Speaker 1: and I talked about how basketball is not played on

907
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 1: like a spreadsheet, Right, you can't just tell Carmelo go

908
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,799
Speaker 1: sit in the corner for everyone in here minutes and

909
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: sit through corner three. He's like he's Carmelo freaking Anthony,

910
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:34,319
Speaker 1: Like he's gonna go in the post and once he

911
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,279
Speaker 1: gets to switch, he's gonna try to bully him to

912
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: the basket. And he's done a good job. Like you

913
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 1: talked about getting hitting his fade away jumpers and his

914
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: jab step kind of pull ups. I think he's hit

915
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: him at a pretty good percentage. You just want those

916
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 1: a little bit tweaking down. But like I think he's

917
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: he's been fine. He's gonna be a microwave scorer off

918
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: the bench, that's his role when the team is healthy.

919
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 1: It's just they're relying on right now, Like he's the

920
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 1: only real power forward on the team besides a d really,

921
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 1: so he has to play big minutes right now, which

922
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: is going to hurt the heard the defense. So I

923
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,880
Speaker 1: think a few jobs that jumpers here and they're not

924
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 1: gonna hurt. He's still hitting his shots. He's still been

925
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 1: like he's been really like pushing these momentum for us,

926
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: Like he's been pretty building momentum for us when we're

927
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,840
Speaker 1: down in these games, Like his his threes are and

928
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: he puts like the three to the dome and stuff

929
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 1: like that, like it kind of helps the team. And

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00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: I think he's been fine. Like expecting him to run

931
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 1: off screens and stuff defending is just not It's just

932
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 1: not what he's gonna do. Yep, I agree. Thanks, We

933
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 1: appreciate you coming on man, thank you, thank you, appreciate it.

934
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Speaker 1: I think we have one more else, see if we'll

935
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Speaker 1: do one more and then close this out. Appreciate everyone

936
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Speaker 1: that stayed up with us. He was connecting here. We'll

937
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 1: do another one of these Tuesday after after the first game. Yeah. Uh,

938
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,319
Speaker 1: I think we got enough. We went long enough tonight

939
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,359
Speaker 1: that I'll probably split this into two separate shows, and

940
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,920
Speaker 1: then we'll do a postgame show on Tuesday to hopefully

941
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:03,840
Speaker 1: not a Laker's loss, but something that you and I

942
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 1: are both predicting will be a Laker's loss. A couple

943
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 1: of optimists over here, we gotta speak her up. It

944
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: doesn't look like it's connecting, so I guess we can

945
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 1: kind of po this one out. All right, guys, Hey,

946
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: thank you all so much for supporting us and UH

947
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: and hanging out for the last couple of hours. We

948
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,360
Speaker 1: are very excited. This is going to be the routine

949
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 1: every Laker game, UM, at least unless rog and I

950
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: are out of town. We're planning on doing a postgame

951
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,360
Speaker 1: show just like this. Come armed with questions and complaints

952
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 1: and venting and whatever it is you guys want to do. Uh.

953
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 1: This is gonna air on Dash Radio. Tomorrow morning at

954
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:44,879
Speaker 1: seven a m. Pacific Standard time, and then like I said,

955
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:47,399
Speaker 1: I will post it on our podcast feed as well.

956
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 1: But like we just appreciate you guys a support and

957
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 1: we're looking forward to what's going to be a really

958
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 1: fun season, hopefully with a happy ending. Appreciate everyone that

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00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: stayed up, stay late, and I will see