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Speaker 1: some basketball. So Trey Young, he's dealing with a little

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Speaker 1: you have a move you're working on a step back,

431
00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,200
Speaker 1: for instance, or a fade away out of the post.

432
00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,720
Speaker 1: Step one, work on it in the gym by yourself.

433
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,080
Speaker 1: Step two, work on it in practice. Step three, work

434
00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,440
Speaker 1: on it in games. And all three of those phases

435
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,840
Speaker 1: come with a stretch where you're missing him. And it

436
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,760
Speaker 1: kind of seemed like a d was working on how

437
00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,680
Speaker 1: to build out that high post, low post jump shot

438
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,400
Speaker 1: scoring game and he was just missing them. But then

439
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,080
Speaker 1: it clicked, and when it clicked, he was making everything.

440
00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,080
Speaker 1: After New Year's Day, you shot forty one percent from

441
00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,440
Speaker 1: mid range and from three, and then he destroyed everyone

442
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,480
Speaker 1: in the bubble. These numbers are insane from mid range

443
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,199
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, thirty eight percent from three. He was

444
00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,000
Speaker 1: deadly in ISO and and post up. He ran sixty

445
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,359
Speaker 1: eight ISOs in that playoff run for seventy five points,

446
00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,720
Speaker 1: which was in the nine percentile, and he ran a

447
00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty post ups for a hundred and forty

448
00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,000
Speaker 1: two points, which was in the nine percentile, So top top,

449
00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:07,120
Speaker 1: top tier is SO and post player in that postseason run,

450
00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,000
Speaker 1: and then it was arguably the best defensive playoff run

451
00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,359
Speaker 1: from any player ever, culminating with the utter destruction of

452
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,920
Speaker 1: the Miami Heat in Game six of the finals when

453
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 1: they had no idea what to do with him hanging

454
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,919
Speaker 1: around the rim. I thought he was clearly in the

455
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,399
Speaker 1: conversation for the best player in the best player in

456
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,480
Speaker 1: the world at that point. I ended up ranking him

457
00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,080
Speaker 1: fourth behind Lebron Stephen k D. But then he came

458
00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:35,639
Speaker 1: into camp completely out of shape. You know, It's funny.

459
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,920
Speaker 1: At the time, no one really thought much of it.

460
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,040
Speaker 1: The Lakers had a really quick turnaround. If I remember correctly,

461
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 1: it was something bizarre like a month and a half,

462
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 1: like they had like forty five days between because I

463
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,200
Speaker 1: think they started just before Christmas if I remember correctly,

464
00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,920
Speaker 1: and then it was like early October when they won

465
00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 1: the trophy, So it's like a month and a half. So,

466
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,920
Speaker 1: you know, Lakers quick turnaround. He had a heavy workload

467
00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:59,439
Speaker 1: in the finals or through that whole playoff run. He

468
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,119
Speaker 1: was dealing with have like an ankle thing at that

469
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 1: point during the playoffs, so like it was defensible that

470
00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,359
Speaker 1: he would show up to camp out of shape, but

471
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:08,800
Speaker 1: it hurt him in a lot of different ways. He

472
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,399
Speaker 1: looked heavy, he looked like he had lost a significant

473
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,800
Speaker 1: chunk of mobility, and he completely lost his jump shot.

474
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 1: He shot. He was back down to thirty five percent

475
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,399
Speaker 1: from the mid range for the season, down to twenty

476
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 1: from three, and he kind of just declined into a

477
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 1: defensive anchor that wasn't as good as he was the

478
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: previous year, who could vertically space and do some of

479
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,480
Speaker 1: the usual A D stuff, but you know, he wasn't

480
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 1: even nearly the same player that he was. He was

481
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,359
Speaker 1: also constantly dealing with nagging injuries, including this like weird

482
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 1: to kill these tend to noses thing, which is a

483
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 1: wear and tear injury, not a you know, it's not

484
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,439
Speaker 1: a bad luck type of injury, and that can be

485
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:54,080
Speaker 1: associated with your conditioning. He ended up playing a couple

486
00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,600
Speaker 1: of really good playoff games against Phoenix in game two,

487
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:58,919
Speaker 1: in game three, and then he broke down pulled his

488
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,040
Speaker 1: groin in the l because were eliminated. So his big

489
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:06,639
Speaker 1: follow up season two, securing a top a spot in

490
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Speaker 1: the top tier of the league was a clunky, banged up,

491
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,240
Speaker 1: out of shape, injury plagued season where he lost a

492
00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,040
Speaker 1: huge portion of his offensive skill set and finished the

493
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 1: season averaging two and eight. Not the same player, and

494
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,400
Speaker 1: so how did he follow that? How did he follow

495
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,159
Speaker 1: up that tough campaign? It was widely reported that he

496
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 1: showed up in training camp out of shape again and

497
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: there was no excuse this time. The Lakers had six

498
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,040
Speaker 1: months off and he couldn't shoot again. He had one

499
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,879
Speaker 1: of his worst defensive seasons of his entire career. He

500
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,560
Speaker 1: was plagued with injuries again, finished the year averaging three

501
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: and ten thirty seven percent from mid range from three

502
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,600
Speaker 1: had turned into literally one of the worst jump shooters

503
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:57,439
Speaker 1: in the league at volume compared to what he had

504
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,119
Speaker 1: done in the bubble, which is insane. In the Lakes

505
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 1: were terrible. They got outscored with Anthony Davis on the court.

506
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,240
Speaker 1: The lineups in in the previous season when Lebron James

507
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis were off the floor performed better then

508
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 1: the Lebron and A D together lineups during last season,

509
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,880
Speaker 1: The A D of old felt like a distant memory.

510
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 1: So how did it? How did we go from there

511
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,960
Speaker 1: to what it was two back to what we have now?

512
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: And I attribute it to three things. First of all,

513
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,480
Speaker 1: he's returned to that defensive player of the year for

514
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:33,400
Speaker 1: he showed up in shape to training camp this year

515
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:35,920
Speaker 1: and completely committed on the defensive end of the floor.

516
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:39,199
Speaker 1: He leads the entire league in stocks, which is steals

517
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,480
Speaker 1: plus blocks. You know, one of the most underrated things

518
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:45,199
Speaker 1: about Anthony Davis's defense is what he does with interior passing.

519
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,800
Speaker 1: We always think of drop coverages in like funneling to

520
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 1: the basket and trying to block layups or contest midrange

521
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,879
Speaker 1: pull ups or defend the role man right, and one

522
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 1: of Anthony Davis's biggest gift is the disruption of interior

523
00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 1: passing drop passes, pocket passes, skip passes, swing passes. Anthony

524
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: Davis is just getting deflections and blowing up plays constantly

525
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,440
Speaker 1: that are open for other teams in the league. It's

526
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 1: one of the biggest things that separates him from your

527
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 1: traditional defensive anchors like a Brook Lopez or a Rudy Gobert.

528
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,159
Speaker 1: It's also the same thing that makes Draymond Green so

529
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 1: great despite being less of a of a physical presence

530
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: around the rim is what he does, disrupting interior passing.

531
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,440
Speaker 1: This year, Anthony Davis is anchoring the fourth best half

532
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:33,160
Speaker 1: court defense in the entire NBA, despite having one legit

533
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 1: wing defender Lebron who until recently it was giving really

534
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:42,879
Speaker 1: inconsistent defensive effort. These legit six eight athletic wings with

535
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,159
Speaker 1: long arms that can move and they have good instincts.

536
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: Those guys are arguably the most important defensive weapon in

537
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 1: the NBA these days, and the Lakers have one of

538
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 1: them who's thirty seven years old and on a lot

539
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 1: of nights doesn't care to do it. That's what he's

540
00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 1: been set up with. It's a lot of short guys

541
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,480
Speaker 1: that are scrappy and compete in the aggregate. It's a

542
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 1: blow average defensive set of role players, and he's got

543
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: them at the fourth best half court defense in the NBA.

544
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:14,160
Speaker 1: He's not flanked by Jannis and Drew Holiday, He's doing

545
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: it with some pretty average personnel. He got back to

546
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: what he does best, and I think he's the defensive

547
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 1: player of the year at this point. I think that

548
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 1: was the first catalyst, and then that in a lot

549
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 1: of ways, drives confidence when you're messing up other teams

550
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 1: with what you're doing on defense, you start to feel

551
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 1: good about who you are as a basketball player, which

552
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: fuels your ability to do things on the offensive end

553
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: of the floor. The second biggest thing that catalyzed that

554
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: got this Anthony Davis trained back on the tracks was

555
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 1: the high quality shots that he was able to get

556
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: in pick and roll as a product of Lebron James

557
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: and Russell Westbrook. So Lebron is pretty good last year,

558
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,480
Speaker 1: but a d was never available. Russell Westbrook had an

559
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,280
Speaker 1: atrocious season last year. This year, both Lebron James and

560
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis are available along side Anthony Davis, and both

561
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 1: of them are having much better seasons as pick and

562
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: roll creators. Lebron had a rough start to the season,

563
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: but in the last few games he's been very, very good.

564
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 1: And it's so important because you know, I call this,

565
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: I refer to this as supplementary offense. So you know,

566
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 1: you have your offensive skill set what you do as

567
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: a basketball player. Maybe that's creating shots and pick and roll.

568
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 1: Maybe that's isolation, maybe that's pick and pop. Maybe that's

569
00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,400
Speaker 1: you know, uh, posting up. Whatever that is. You've got

570
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 1: all these different things that are your fundamental basketball abilities,

571
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,080
Speaker 1: but you can supplement that in a bunch of different ways.

572
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 1: Maybe that's getting into the foul line, Maybe that's offensive rebounds.

573
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 1: Maybe that's running the floor and transition for layups in threes.

574
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: For Anthony Davis, the one of his big pieces of

575
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: supplementary offense is finishing as the rollman in pick and roll.

576
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 1: He scored a hundred and fifty one points in a

577
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: hundred and eight rollman possessions this year, which is in

578
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 1: the eight six percentile, and some of it is dunks.

579
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 1: Right eight is probably the best vertical spacer in the league.

580
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 1: He's probably the best lob catcher and dunker in the

581
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: entire league. But it's not just that he's got this

582
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 1: like little like pop shot where he just kind of holds.

583
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 1: It's almost like a floater, but like the big man

584
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 1: version of a floater, where he catches, turns and just

585
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: puts the ball up as high as he can and

586
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: just kind of flips his wrists a little bit and

587
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,520
Speaker 1: puts it in. I always gonna be careful when I'm

588
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: trying to demonstrate my shots and I end u knocking

589
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 1: the microphone. But that that's such a huge thing because

590
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 1: like what will end up happening is Lebron and Russell

591
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 1: Westbrook will get downhill, and that downhill piece is so important.

592
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 1: You've got to engage the screen defender. You've got to

593
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 1: get the big man to step up and help in

594
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: order to drop the ball off to Anthony Davis for

595
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 1: one of those shots. But it's not always a dunk.

596
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: Sometimes they send a little guard or wing out of

597
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,520
Speaker 1: the week side corner to help on Anthony Davis. There.

598
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 1: He's not gonna dunk that. But what he can do

599
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: is he can quick catch it and finish pretty much

600
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: anywhere within five to seven ft from the basket. And

601
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: that's what separates him as a rollman from your usual

602
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 1: um vertical spaces that we have around the league. That's

603
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 1: that supplementary offense that gets you to thirty seven points

604
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: per game or what ever it is um uh that

605
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: that he scores on any given night. And then, last

606
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 1: but not least, he's making his perimeter shot in this

607
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 1: nine game stretch. In this nine game stretch, Anthony Davis

608
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 1: is fifty from mid range from three and it's helping

609
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 1: in two particular ways. Some of it is just spacing

610
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: there was a specific play last night against the Washington

611
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: Wizards in the fourth is third or fourth quarter, I

612
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 1: can't remember. I think it was fourth um, but Kyle

613
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: Kuzman Daniel Gafford were running an ice coverage on Lebron

614
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 1: and a d on the left side of the floor.

615
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 1: So a nice coverage is a typical um pick and

616
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: roll covers that's used in the NBA and at all levels.

617
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 1: That involves usually the sides of the floor. You usually

618
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: don't run it in the middle, you run it on

619
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: the sides. And the idea is the screen is coming

620
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: to try to get the ball handler towards the middle,

621
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: and so that's the on ball defender will essentially force

622
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: the offensive player to reject the screen, so he'll get

623
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 1: way up high, says he's on the left side, He's

624
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 1: gonna get way up on his right shoulder so that

625
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: Lebron has no choice but to go towards the baseline.

626
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: Then Daniel Gafford will drop right in front of the

627
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: block to basically corral that there. And they're basically saying,

628
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: you're not going to use the screen, You're gonna drive

629
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,200
Speaker 1: into Daniel Gafford. We've got all this help to deal

630
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 1: with Anthony Davis in the lane. Good luck. There is

631
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: one thing that beats an ice coverage consistently, and that's

632
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 1: a pick and pop. Because if the ball handler is

633
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: being funneled towards the baseline by the on ball defender

634
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:35,080
Speaker 1: and the screen defender is waiting at the block, nobody

635
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,560
Speaker 1: is there to guard Anthony Davis or the screener if

636
00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: he pops. And there was a play in this game,

637
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 1: and I'm sitting there and I'm like, oh, they're icing it.

638
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: They're icing it, and Lebron and and a D kind

639
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: of looked at each other for a second, but then

640
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 1: A D simply just popped the three point line. Lebron

641
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: took a hard dribble towards the baseline, passed it back

642
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 1: to Anthony Davis, and he nailed the three. You sometimes

643
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 1: need perimeter shooting to beat specific coverages. And then look

644
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 1: at the Look at those base threes that he made

645
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 1: against Milwaukee in the fourth quarter to bade two of him.

646
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 1: I think there was one in the right corner, and

647
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: then I think the other one was on the left wing.

648
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 1: But hey, guess what Brook Lopez is doing. He's sitting

649
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: at the basket. Sometimes just to keep him honest, You've

650
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: got to demonstrate your ability to knock that shot down.

651
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 1: But the second big important part of this shot making

652
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 1: piece is the iso released valve factor. So the best

653
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 1: versions of Lebron James teams ever have had a player

654
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 1: that Lebron can just throw the ball to and he

655
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: can go get a basket. Think Dwyane Wade, Think Kyrie Irving,

656
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: think Anthony Davis. In the Bubble, Lebron controls so much.

657
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: Now he can share some of those responsibilities with Rust,

658
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 1: but he controls so much there's a fatigue element to it.

659
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: And so when you have the ability not just to

660
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: rescue possessions in late shot clock situations or to attack

661
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: the occasional mismatch that might pop up, but also just

662
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: to throw the ball to Anthony Davis and know, hey,

663
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: I'm going to get a point per possession here, because

664
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 1: he's just gonna create his own shot. In order for

665
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: him to do that, he has to be able to

666
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 1: make the jump shot because a lot of teams have

667
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 1: started to put big, strong centers on him knowing that

668
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,840
Speaker 1: he can't bully them towards the basket. This Christaps Porzingis

669
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 1: and Brook Lopez matchups are great examples of that, and

670
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 1: a d lit those guys on fire with step backs

671
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 1: and turnarounds and pull up jump shots. And it was

672
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 1: that release valve. And that's what's the difference between the

673
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,720
Speaker 1: Lakers being an average offense and then being the fourth

674
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 1: best offense in the league over the last ten games.

675
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,400
Speaker 1: Getting some shot making in those isolation situations. So with

676
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: all that coming together, him locking in on the defensive end,

677
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,240
Speaker 1: getting high quality shots and pick and roll from Lebron

678
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: and Russ, and him finally getting his perimeter shot going,

679
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: what do we have as a result in this ten

680
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: game stretch eights played nine of them, he's averaging thirty

681
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 1: five and sixteen on seventy true shooting, and he's been

682
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: the best defensive player in the world. Nobody in the

683
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: world is playing better basketball right now than Anthony Davis

684
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 1: in these last two weeks or three weeks. If you

685
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: combine that guy with a top ten version of Lebron James,

686
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 1: doesn't even have to be what Lebron James was in

687
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 1: If he's just a top ten player and you get

688
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: them quality role players, you can win a championship with

689
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 1: that group. Now, Lonnie Walker has turned out to be

690
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 1: a solid signing. Austin Reeves from last year has been

691
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,799
Speaker 1: a solid role player for this team, and Troy Brown Jr.

692
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: Has been a solid role player for this team. Even

693
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook has won me over this season with what

694
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 1: he's done in that bentroll. I'm my only concern with

695
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: Russ really is the occasional bad night that can be

696
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 1: you know, downright sabotage, but then also crunch time lineups.

697
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: When you put him out there with Lebron James, it's

698
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,719
Speaker 1: just kind of a clunky fit. It's almost better when

699
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,840
Speaker 1: they're staggered. But overall, he's been very good this season,

700
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: and I'm not even sure they can afford to lose him,

701
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: especially with Lebron and some of his injury history. But

702
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: no matter what, they need one more really good role player,

703
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: preferably a wing, because I think you know with what

704
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,280
Speaker 1: you're getting from when you and Gabriel and Thomas Bryant,

705
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 1: and with how well Anthony Davis is playing at the five,

706
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 1: I don't think you need another big necessarily. I think

707
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: it'd be ideal to find they could get Kyle Kuzma.

708
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,439
Speaker 1: Could you imagine that's the type of player that would

709
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: just round out this roster perfectly. But I just need

710
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,840
Speaker 1: one more really good role player. I would say package

711
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 1: Kendrick Nunn, Patrick Beverley and another minimum contractor two with

712
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 1: both picks for a wing and you'll let the chips

713
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 1: fall ward. They may give these guys a chance to

714
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 1: win the title. Alright. The New Orleans Pelicans. Long time

715
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: since we talked about them, but they deserve a good

716
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: shout out here. So they had some early trouble with

717
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,239
Speaker 1: Denver yesterday, but then they completely dominated them in the

718
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: second half. The Pelicans are nine in two in their

719
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,240
Speaker 1: last eleven games. They're tied with Boston for the best

720
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,800
Speaker 1: record in the league during that span. Their sixth and

721
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 1: offense and second in defense over that span. Despite having

722
00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: a lot of guys missed a lot of games. Brandon

723
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 1: Ingram's missed four of those eleven games, Zion's missed three

724
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 1: of them, CJ's miss four of them. They're just so

725
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 1: deep with talent that guys just kind of slot into

726
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 1: the roles that they need to and they just keep winning.

727
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 1: I want to talk about Zion for a second. So

728
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:15,000
Speaker 1: in the span, he's only averaging seven and four, but

729
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: it's very efficient. Six century shooting. And again, even though

730
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: the scoring might seem low, you gotta look at the

731
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: way that this team is actually put together because New

732
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:27,360
Speaker 1: Orleans as a unit has a ton of ball handling.

733
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: There are a lot of guys on this team that

734
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:33,879
Speaker 1: can make decisions like Brandon Ingram, CJ. McCollum and Jose

735
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 1: Albreda are literally or Alvarado are literally three of the

736
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: best pick and rollball handlers in the league on a

737
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: per possession basis this year. So you've got three outstanding

738
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 1: creators and Zion is the one who's primarily featured, so

739
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: those responsibilities are getting shared a lot. So I wouldn't

740
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 1: look so much at volume with any individual player on

741
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 1: this team, like Brandon Ingram's individual stats don't look amazing,

742
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: but he's playing great basketball right now, and so it's

743
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: just it's just one of those things we gotta look.

744
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: You gotta look beyond that. Um Zion, C J. B I,

745
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: and Jose are all averaging between four and six assists.

746
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: Nobody on the team in this span is taking more

747
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 1: than fifteen shots per game. Zion has been one of

748
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,399
Speaker 1: the best is players in the entire league this year.

749
00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:20,879
Speaker 1: He Zion has scored a hundred nineteen points on nine,

750
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 1: which is percentile, and a big part of it is passing,

751
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 1: which we're gonna get to a second um and then

752
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: posting up same type of deal a hundred thirty points

753
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,200
Speaker 1: on a hundred nineteen possessions, which is in the seventy

754
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: three percent time. One of his most impressive offensive traits

755
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 1: right now is passing. You know, you gotta start from

756
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: the foundation piece, which is that he gets to the

757
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 1: rim as much as anybody in the league not named Benas.

758
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: He averages eight restricted area makes per game, which is

759
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: second in the league. TI honest, So teams are treating

760
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: him like Janice when he's bringing the ball up the

761
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 1: floor and when he gets the ball and one of

762
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,240
Speaker 1: his spots gets ready to attack, they're packing the paint

763
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 1: like crazy, even like good shooters like Trey Murphy. They're

764
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: digging four or five ft off of him into the

765
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,760
Speaker 1: lane to try to contain Zion. That's how much trouble

766
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 1: he's causing for teams, causing teams in the paint. You know, specifically,

767
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: what makes Zion a great passer, it's part of it's

768
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 1: the reads, and he makes a lot of high level reads.

769
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: There was a specific play where um, I want to

770
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: say it was against it was either against Denver, it

771
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 1: was against the Spurs, I can't remember. It was last week.

772
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: But Trey Murphy was on the right wing and Zion

773
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: wanted to go to work, but he didn't like the

774
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: space sing there because they were digging off of him,

775
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 1: so he had to relocate to the corner. And then

776
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:40,720
Speaker 1: Larry and Anson ended up sending like a flare screen

777
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 1: and Zion just kind of like took a stutter step

778
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 1: dribble and elevated and throw a rifle pass to the

779
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: corner to Trey Murphy and he knocked down to three.

780
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: And I'm sitting there and I'm like, that's really high

781
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: level passing that we're seeing from this kid. But it's

782
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 1: not just the reads. It's also you know, there's a

783
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 1: cliche in in basketball on time on target. It's not

784
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 1: even just in basketball's in all sports. But you know,

785
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 1: a big part of passing is if there's a read.

786
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: So say, for instance, the paint is packed and you

787
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,360
Speaker 1: have a shooter that's clearly open in the weak side

788
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 1: corner on the right wing or whatever it is, when

789
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:19,320
Speaker 1: you make the pass, the defense will rotate right someone's

790
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 1: gonna close out on the shooter. The entire defense is

791
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: gonna shift because the ball has crossed the midline. New

792
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 1: guys are gonna be in different spots and help. Everything

793
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:29,799
Speaker 1: kind of shifts, right. There is a contingency in the

794
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 1: defense for how to handle that skip pass. So essentially,

795
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 1: there is a a fine line between how much space

796
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: that person has and what his individual skill set is.

797
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 1: You know, certain shooters need more time, you know, because

798
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,880
Speaker 1: they have a slow gather, and then other shooters have

799
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 1: a lightning quick release. You know, some shooters have no

800
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 1: drive threat other shooters, if you chase them off the line,

801
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 1: they'll dunk on your head. You know. So everyone that

802
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 1: that's a delicate balance. But one of the ways that

803
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: you can buy every single one of your role players

804
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: at her opportunity to capitalize on that is to get

805
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 1: the ball to them quickly and in a spot where

806
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: they don't have to waste time gathering the basketball. And

807
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 1: Zion just throws these rifle passes. He's so damned strong,

808
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: and it's not just like you know, because a lot

809
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: of players can throw slingshot pass is hard because it's

810
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 1: like a baseball pass. You can generate a lot of

811
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: power and torque there. But Zion will like throw like

812
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 1: like flip of the wrist over his head, passes on

813
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 1: a dime to somebody on a rope, bounce passes, chest

814
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 1: passes that got like some some pace to them. That

815
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 1: are hitting these shooters in the shooting pocket accurately where

816
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: they can either quickly rise up or they can make

817
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:41,839
Speaker 1: a play, and that kind of opens up so much

818
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 1: more for them, not not just passing at ice or

819
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: passing out of the post. He's also been pretty solid

820
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,640
Speaker 1: passing out of pick and roll this year and the

821
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,800
Speaker 1: last week or so. He's also been much more active

822
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 1: defensively that was the rub on him for a long time.

823
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 1: He's averaging five point five stocks, steals plus blocks per

824
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 1: game in his last four games, which is incredible. A

825
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,680
Speaker 1: couple of the guys that wanted to shout out. Trey Murphy,

826
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: who was one of my favorite rookies in the league

827
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 1: last year, is just classic big long athlete with like

828
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,919
Speaker 1: a really nice jump shot and I love his form.

829
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: He's got one of my favorite jump shot forms that

830
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: I've seen in the league this year, in this last

831
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: few years, there's no wasted movement his body doesn't have

832
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 1: any like weird jankie hitch going on. It's compact, it's quick,

833
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:25,919
Speaker 1: it's high and soft. He shoots the ball with plenty

834
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,720
Speaker 1: of arc. And he's also comfortable out to like thirty

835
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:30,959
Speaker 1: thirty five ft, which I've always said is a huge deal.

836
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,399
Speaker 1: When you're comfortable to shoot a few feet behind the line,

837
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 1: or even five ft behind the line, it extends spacing

838
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 1: further out, and it's like, generally speaking, the further you're

839
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 1: willing to shoot, the less the defender is willing to

840
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,040
Speaker 1: go out there. Excuse me, you get higher shot quality.

841
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,280
Speaker 1: So like, yeah, if you're in a gym by yourself,

842
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,359
Speaker 1: you'll shoot better at twenty three ft than you would

843
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,040
Speaker 1: at twenty seven ft. That's a fact. But in a

844
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 1: game setting, if all the twenty three footers are mildly contested,

845
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:59,800
Speaker 1: in all the twenty seven footers are barely contested, you know,

846
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,719
Speaker 1: might be a shot that you make at a higher rate.

847
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:05,920
Speaker 1: Trays averaging fifteen points per game in this span on

848
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,719
Speaker 1: from the field, from from the line, and in the

849
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 1: last few games, he's been demonstrating a lot of really

850
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:14,399
Speaker 1: high level clothes out attacking. I'm sure you guys saw

851
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: that play in the Denver game where he did that

852
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,239
Speaker 1: like double pump dunk um attacking a close out. But

853
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 1: he had a similar play against San Antonio, the same

854
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,800
Speaker 1: type of thing. Pump fake, drove towards the middle, elevated

855
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: off two ft and just cocked it back with two

856
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,760
Speaker 1: hands and dunked it. That's at like next level stuff

857
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: and spotting up that will get because this spot up.

858
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 1: His actual spot up numbers are not great this year.

859
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: He's in like the sixty percentile or something like that.

860
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: You'll get higher as he gets even better in that

861
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: closing out they're closeout attacking. But he's been demonstrating a

862
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,359
Speaker 1: lot of that too high level during this span. Um.

863
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 1: David Griffin has done an outstanding job of loading this

864
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 1: team up at the wing position, brandon Ingram the unsung

865
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Speaker 1: hero here. You know, it's it's funny because his numbers

866
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:57,879
Speaker 1: don't look as good. He's player that has a lot

867
00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,840
Speaker 1: of um. He's a player that has a lot of

868
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 1: like negative energy surrounding him from like the weird debate

869
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 1: between Pelicans and Lakers fans about the trade that happened

870
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 1: forever go which who cares? And then anybody who's ever

871
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: been a Laker always gets slandered any time to go

872
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: anywhere else. It took forever from people to realize that

873
00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:16,480
Speaker 1: Kyle Kuzmo was a good basketball player. For instance, I

874
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 1: had brand In Ingram up at like twelve in my

875
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: player rankings this year because that's how much I value

876
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 1: what Brandon Ingram does on both ends of the floor.

877
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:27,120
Speaker 1: But he's quietly doing just an outstanding job initiating offense

878
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:30,360
Speaker 1: for them in the lower volume, in this equal opportunity offense.

879
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,319
Speaker 1: He's always been an underrated passer. I think he's he's

880
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 1: above and beyond what you typically see from wings, like

881
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 1: he's among the best wing passers that we have in

882
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 1: the league when he passes out of pick and roll.

883
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,560
Speaker 1: This year, the Pelicans have scored seventy nine points on

884
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:48,359
Speaker 1: sixty nine possessions, which is in thee percentile. He's nine

885
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 1: four percentile overall and pick and roll creation. Brandon Ingram

886
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,359
Speaker 1: is a damn good basketball player. And then see Jim

887
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: McCollum and Jose Alvarado both also been great. The Pelicans

888
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:01,760
Speaker 1: are for real. They have a ton of ball handling.

889
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:05,719
Speaker 1: All of their ball handlers are above average passers. They

890
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:07,400
Speaker 1: have a ton of spot up shooting their seventh in

891
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: the league and three point percentage this year. They completely

892
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,440
Speaker 1: dominate the painted area their fourth and paint points per

893
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 1: one possessions, and they're an elite defensive team with a

894
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,800
Speaker 1: ton of lanky wings that that pressures the ball and

895
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 1: makes you feel uncomfortable all night long. They're up a

896
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 1: third in defensive rating for the season, and then they

897
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 1: have an awesome bench. This is crazy. Listen to this.

898
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:27,920
Speaker 1: Three of the top fifteen lineups in the entire league

899
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: that have played at least twenty minutes are Pelicans bench

900
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:38,440
Speaker 1: groups Larry Nance, Davante, Graham, Zion, uh Zion, Williamson, Naji

901
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 1: Marshall and Jose Alvarado plus seventy net rating and twenty

902
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:45,320
Speaker 1: one minutes c J. McCollum, Larry Na, Zion, Williamson, Trey Murphy,

903
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:49,240
Speaker 1: Jose Alvarado plus fifty nine and twenty six minutes c J. McCollum,

904
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:52,440
Speaker 1: Larry Nance, Devanta, Graham, Nagi Marshall, Trey Murphy plus sixty

905
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:57,360
Speaker 1: eight in twenty minutes overall this year. When Brandon Ingram, Zion, Williamson,

906
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,320
Speaker 1: Jonas Valanciunas and Herb Jones are all off the floor.

907
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:03,840
Speaker 1: The team is plus four point three per one possessions

908
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:08,520
Speaker 1: in a hundred and eighty seven possessions. That's insane. They're

909
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:12,040
Speaker 1: deep and they're good at everything. I trust them more

910
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: than I trust the Clippers. Right now, I put them

911
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 1: right with Phoenix in Denver as the three teams that

912
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:17,799
Speaker 1: are the biggest threat to Golden State to get out

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Speaker 1: of the West. All right, guys, that is all I

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Speaker 1: have for today is always I sincerely appreciate your support.

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Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow breaking down tonight's slate of games,

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Speaker 1: and I will see you guys. Then the volume