1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: The volume td Tuddy taking it to the house in 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: for six. Whatever you call a touchdown. One thing's for sure, 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: touchdowns matter more. Draft Kings Sportsbook an official sportsbook partner 4 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: of the NFL. On the ground, in the air, from 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: the special teams or defense, we don't care how they 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: score them. We want to bet on touchdowns, and Draft 7 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: Kings Sportsbook is delivering. Ready to place your first bet. 8 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: Try betting on something simple like picking a player to 9 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: score a touchdown or how many tds will be in 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: a game. Go to DraftKings Sportsbook app and make your pick. 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: The game I have in my eye on this week 12 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: is Ravens Cowboys. I think both teams need that game badly. 13 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,879 Speaker 1: I'm a Cowboys fan. To very predictable start to the 14 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: season for the Cowboys, but I'm really really excited for 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: this weekend. Ready to do a touchdown dance of your own. 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: New Draft Kings customers bet five dollars to get two 17 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: hundred dollars in bonus bets. Instantly score big with Draft 18 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: Kings Sportsbook, the number one place to bet touchdowns. Down 19 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: the DraftKings Sportsbook app and use code hoops. That's h oops, 20 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: that's code hoops. For new customers to get two hundred 21 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: dollars in bonus bets when you bet just five bucks 22 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: only on DraftKings. The Crown is yours. Gambling problem called 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: one eight hundred gambler. In New York, call eight seven 24 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: seven eight hope en why or text hope n why 25 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: to four six seven three six nine. In Connecticut, help 26 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: is available for problem gambling. Call eight eight eight seven 27 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: eight nine seven seven seven seven or visit CCPG dot org. 28 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,839 Speaker 1: Please play responsibly on behalf of Boothill Casino and Resort 29 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: in Kansas twenty one plus. Age and eligibility varies by jurisdiction. 30 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 1: Void in Ontario. Bonus bets expire one hundred and sixty 31 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: eight hours after issuance. For additional terms and responsible gaming resources, 32 00:01:47,840 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: see DKNNG dot co slash ft ball. All right, WELLcom 33 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: hoops tonight. You're at the volume heavy Friday, everybody. If 34 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: all of you guys have had a great week so far, well, 35 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: we have real life NBA basketball today, a preseason game 36 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: between the Boston Celtics and the Denver Nuggets and Abu Dabi. 37 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna be having an instant reaction to that game today, 38 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: covering it from both teams, got a bunch of clips 39 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna show you guys as well, and then we're 40 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: gonna debut a brand new segment of the show that 41 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,960 Speaker 1: we're going to start with this particular episode, but we're 42 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: gonna start doing regularly throughout this season. I want to 43 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: try to incorporate more tape, and one of the ways 44 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna do that is I'm going to grab a 45 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: small handful somewhere between like three to five of the 46 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: most interesting plays that I saw in the previous night's games, 47 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: and we're going to break them down. It's not gonna 48 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: be like top plays like ESPN like highlights kind of thing. 49 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: It's gonna be more like plays that I find interesting 50 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: where we can break down specific concepts. We're kind of 51 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: work shopping some different names. We'll see you might be 52 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: called something like Timp's Tape or Him's Top five, something 53 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: like that, if you guys have any ideas dropping into comments. 54 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: But we're going to be debuting that segment at the 55 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: tail end of this show is like a little test front. 56 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: We'll want you guys to let me know what you 57 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,239 Speaker 1: think of it as well. You guys know the drill 58 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: before we get started. Subscribed to the Hoops Tonight YouTube channels. 59 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: You don't miss any more of our videos. Follow me 60 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 1: on Twitter at underscore JCNLT so you guys don't miss 61 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: show announcements. Don't forget about our podcast speed where you 62 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: get your podcast on our Hoops Tonight. Don't forget it's 63 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: helpful fe Levia rating and a review on that front. 64 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: The last, but not least, keep dropping mailback questions in 65 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: the YouTube comments so we can keep hitting them throughout 66 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: the rest of the season. All right, let's talk some basketball. 67 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: So first of all, kind of big picture about the preseason. 68 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: What can we take away from preseason games? First of all, 69 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: you got to know what to expect in preseason. It's 70 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: gonna be sloppy. A lot of teams have new players. 71 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: A lot of teams are implementing new schemes or new 72 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: players are picking up existing schemes on a new team. 73 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: They've been away from each other for a while. A 74 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: lot of these guys either playing in different situations for 75 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: FIBA or just taking a break from basketball. There's also 76 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: going to be some inconsistent effort. Right, It's impossible to 77 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: fake urgency. And this is the least urgent kind of 78 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 1: basketball for the starters. Yeah, there are guys at the 79 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: tail end that are fighting for an opportunity to make 80 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: the roster, but in terms of the starting units, you're 81 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: going to see a little bit of a lack of urgency. Also, 82 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: conditioning is it where it's supposed to be yet by 83 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: the time you get to late October, So guys aren't 84 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: going to play as hard. That's something that we should 85 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: kind of expect, But there are things to look out for. 86 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: If a team is playing super hard, to me, that's 87 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: a strong indicator of an overall level of focus and 88 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: just a level of urgency that the team has to 89 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: try to develop good habits that will carry them through 90 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: the regular season. That's a strong indicator. Serious basketball teams 91 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,599 Speaker 1: make a habit out of playing hard even when the 92 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: stakes aren't there. So obviously that's an upside if you 93 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: do see it. It's not the end of the world 94 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:52,919 Speaker 1: if you don't see it, but it is definitely an upside. 95 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: You also can start to see some signs of the 96 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: natural fit between players on some of these teams that 97 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: have new guys, You're going to to see some guys 98 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: that kind of naturally fit super well. You're gonna see 99 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 1: some guys that kind of seem clunky. Right, Clunky's not 100 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: a death sentence. It just means it takes a lot 101 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: of repetition and time for it to work out. Right. 102 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: Natural fit, though, is a positive sign. When you see 103 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: things naturally make sense, that is usually a good indicator 104 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: that it's going to continue to make sense. I'm a 105 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: big believer in natural basketball fit, right. So in short, 106 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: when it comes to preseason, I'm more kind of focused 107 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: on the good that I'm focused on the bad, because 108 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: bad things can get fixed. But good stuff that shows 109 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: up good early in the season I tend to think 110 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: is replicable. So again we're looking more for good and 111 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: uh and just kind of being realistic about some of 112 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: the bad you're gonna see in sloppy preseason basketball. So 113 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 1: let's talk about this game. Both of these teams are established. 114 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: Boston is more or less the same team from last year. 115 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 1: Basically gonna have the same top eight guys, right, Like, 116 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Tatum and Brown, it's gonna be White 117 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: and Holiday, it's gonna be Porzingis, it's gonna be Horford, 118 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: it's gonna be Pritchard, it's gonna be Hawserd. Those are 119 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: like your core eight guys. Right, We're gonna see a 120 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: lot of different kinds of guys playing more minutes in 121 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: the early part of the season. With Porzingis being out, 122 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: You're gonna see more Luke Cornett. You're gonna se some 123 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: more nemus quota guys like that. Like, there's gonna be 124 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: guys who end up playing more, But their core eight 125 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 1: is the exact same team from last year. Denver has 126 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: made one change to the starting lineup. Right, Christian Brown 127 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: is in with the starters for con Davious Cabbo Pope, 128 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: and then they've got a lot of turnover on their 129 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: bench unit. The bench point guard is going from Reggie 130 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: Jackson to Russell Westbrook. Right, Julian Strauther is the guy 131 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: that's gonna hopefully kind of slide into that Christian Brown 132 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,720 Speaker 1: role as the backup too. Right, Dario Sarch getting the 133 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: backup center minutes. I thought those looked pretty good too. 134 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: Showed some of that like physical size in his ability 135 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: to bully smaller players today. And then Peyton Watson is 136 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: dealing with some hamstring discomfort, so Vlatco Contar ended up 137 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,279 Speaker 1: getting those minutes. So the bench unit looked kind of different, 138 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: but overall, the Denver Nuggets are going to be at 139 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: least playing the same style in the core lineup. The 140 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 1: starting lineup is going to be playing the same style. 141 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: So not a lot of like new quote unquote to 142 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: get into for either of these teams. But I still 143 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: want to talk about some of the stuff we saw 144 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: so on the bus Boston front, it's just such a 145 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: simple and effective brand of basketball. They play such easy offense, right, 146 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: It's like, get initial advantage for somebody, which all that 147 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: means is a close out. Right, defenders sprinting out at 148 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: somebody at the three point line. From there, drive the 149 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: close out from there, make a read, and then repeat 150 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: that until you get a good look from three. They 151 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: attempted thirty five threes in the first half. They didn't 152 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: shoot particularly well, but it isn't hard for them to 153 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: generate quality shots. And again, thirty five threes and a half, 154 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 1: that's insane, and obviously, in terms of shot value per attempt, 155 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: you're not going to do a whole lot better than 156 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: generating that many threes. They do a lot of little 157 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: things that make life easy for them. They ran a 158 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,559 Speaker 1: lot of three man action today, especially with the bench unit. 159 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: A lot of stack pick and roll or Spain pick 160 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: and roll with Peyton, Pritchard and Sam Hauser. All that 161 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: is is just Pritchard's running the ball screen with Krne, 162 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: but as Cornett is rolling, Howser comes up and sets 163 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: a backscreen for him and then pops to the top 164 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: of the keeps just really difficult to guard. I actually 165 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 1: that there's an example of that play that made it 166 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: into the Tim's tape segment at the tail end of 167 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: the show that you guys will see. But a lot 168 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: of like one of the things I saw today that 169 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: was kind of interesting too is they ran more post 170 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: split split action, meaning like they would post up usually 171 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: one of the j's around the elbow, and then instead 172 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: of like looking to just quick turn an ISO, they'd 173 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: run action out of it. It's really easy for a 174 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 1: post up player to be a passing folkrum because they're 175 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: closer to the basket, they can kind of survey the floor, 176 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: especially with their back to the basket, they can survey 177 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: all of the perimeter movement and then you can run 178 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: that sort of action, and it's difficult for the guys 179 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 1: guarding those off ball action because as they're trying to 180 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: see man and ball. They're looking in closer to the 181 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: basket while trying to track people, and they got good 182 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: looks off of split action, which is basically just imagine 183 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: there's a guy who makes the post entry on the 184 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: wing and then there's another guy that's one pass away 185 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 1: further along above the break on the other side of 186 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: the floor. After he makes the post entry, he'll screen 187 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,959 Speaker 1: for that guy, and that guy'll come over if if 188 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: it's an opportunity to slip, he'll slip that action. It 189 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: might be the opposite where like he'll the guy that's 190 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: further away will screen for the guy who made the 191 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: entry pass. And they got some good looks just out 192 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: of running like split action, which I think is a 193 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: nice little wrinkle for them to generate quality shots. Again, 194 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: they just do a lot of little stuff to make 195 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: things easier for them. On offense, another thing that I 196 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: thought they did really well today they're corner crashes. They're 197 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: really deliberate and consistent with when the shot goes up, 198 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: the two guys that are in the corner sprinting in 199 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: to get try to get an offensive rebound before getting back. 200 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: In transition defense, especially the bench guys like Jaden Springer 201 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: and Jordan Walsh did an amazing job of this. We 202 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 1: talked earlier in the week when we did our Lakers 203 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: video because JJ Redick has been specifically talking about this. 204 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: But you can use corner crashes to generate extra possessions 205 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: but still get back in transition as long as you 206 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: have floor balance. So again, like, as long as you 207 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: still have your two guys above break that can stop 208 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: the ball and protect the basket, the two guys that 209 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: are coming out of the corner can still get to 210 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: the offensive glass before getting back in transition. There's actually 211 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: an upside in the sense that a lot of times 212 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: when guys stand still in the corner and the shot 213 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 1: goes up, they take their first couple of steps like 214 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: walking back or kind of drifting, and then finally when 215 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: the transition possession starts, then they'll try to get ahead 216 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: of steam and start sprinting back. When the shot goes up. 217 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: If you crash out of the corner, I meaning both 218 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: guys shots in the air, both guys are sprinting towards 219 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: the kind of middle of the floor area. Again, you 220 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: don't sprint towards the rim necessarily, you sprint into like 221 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 1: between the semi circle and the restricted area and that 222 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,199 Speaker 1: little area about ten feet from the basket where when 223 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: you get in there a long rebound coming off the rim, 224 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: you have a chance to get right. But one of 225 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,320 Speaker 1: the upsides is you're already sprinting, so like as the 226 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: shots up, you're sprinting. If the ball doesn't come to you, 227 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: you just veer off and then sprint back. In transition defense, 228 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: it's just a little way to generate margin, right, to 229 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: get an advantage in the part of the game that 230 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: is not the basic half court offense defense battle. It's 231 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: like special teams in football. Right, It's like an area 232 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: where you can generate margin, and getting offensive rebounds is 233 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: a way to do that. Seventeen offensive rebounds for Boston today. 234 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: Tatum's jump shot looks great. I'm gonna show you guys 235 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: some clips here in a second. It looks super fluid, 236 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: very smoothie at three out of seven. One of the 237 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: things I talked about, Actually, let's just go look at 238 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: the clip before we actually talk a little bit more 239 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: about it. Here's an example of off of an offensive 240 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: rebound off of Jaylen Brown. Miss. I'm gonna fast forward 241 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: a little bit. Ball gets worked back around. Watch how 242 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 1: smooth and quick the release is smooth, quick, confident, nothing 243 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: but the bottom. Here's another one off of a transition 244 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 1: drop off, I think from Pritchard if I remember correctly, 245 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: Watch how quickly and smooth he transitions from catch into shot. Again, 246 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: there was, like I went back and watched earlier today, 247 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: a bunch of examples of Tatum shooting in the playoffs, 248 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: and there was just a little bit of like it 249 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: was weird to hitch wasn't so much in the as 250 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: he got into his shot. The hitch was at the beginning, 251 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: like as he would catch, he would catch, and then 252 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 1: he'd like kind of tuck the ball almost like down 253 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: on his left side, and then he would like jab 254 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: that elbow way in before he'd get up into his shot. 255 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: There was just a little bit of a delay or 256 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: a hitch in the very very beginning part of his 257 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: shot that he seems to be a seems to have 258 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: knocked out. And again, as I talked about last year, 259 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: like my focus on Tatum's poor shooting was more in 260 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: the moment in the sense that, yeah, it was kind 261 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: of weird. During the postseason run, it was a problem 262 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: with Team USA. There's The main reason why Tatum wasn't 263 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: getting minutes with Team USA is Kerr, even though he 264 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: knew he could bring so much defensively, he didn't trust 265 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: his ability to confidently step in two shots right Like 266 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: that was the issue? Is the jump shot? That was 267 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: the issue. Now, as I said throughout that tournament, I 268 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: still would have played Tatum. I mean, yeah, you don't 269 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 1: close the game with him obviously if he's not shooting, 270 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: but he does so much else positive for a basketball 271 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: team that I still would have played him more than 272 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 1: Steve Kerr did. But that was the main reason why 273 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: Steve Kerr didn't play him. But one of the things 274 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: I said after that, if you guys remember is I 275 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: think this is just a slump. I don't think there's 276 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: some sort of dramatic dip in Tatum's ability to shoot 277 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: the basketball. Yeah. Do I think him putting on some 278 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: muscles made him a little more stiff. Sure, But I 279 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,960 Speaker 1: think you can be built and still shoot the basketball well. 280 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: And I still think Jason Tatum will shoot the basketball. 281 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, I'll just put it out 282 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: there right now. My bet is that by the time 283 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,719 Speaker 1: we get twenty games into the season that Tatum's high 284 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: volume probably about thirty eight thirty nine percent from three. 285 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna shoot the ball just fine this year, 286 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: and like looked really confident in his minutes today. Pritchard 287 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: shot the ball really well again. He had six threes. 288 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: Boston is just a well oiled machine on the Denver front. 289 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: They have real advantages in this matchup. Boston was doubling 290 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: Nikola Jokic in post ups and Denver was getting wide 291 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: open threes out of it every single time. Let's go 292 00:13:58,679 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: back over to the film. I want to show you 293 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: guys a couple of quick examples. I'm gonna go to 294 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: our next clip. So here's one of the first the 295 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,720 Speaker 1: first Denver offensive possession of the game. We get the floor. 296 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: We they just run a little brush screen in transition 297 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: that leads to a switch. So now we have Jokic 298 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: being guarded by Tatum and Cornett is guarding Jamal Murray 299 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: in space. They make the post entry to Jokic, hard 300 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: double team right away, wide open three for a great shooter, 301 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior. Here's one more example from another early 302 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: first quarter possession. We're gonna get a Jokics post up 303 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: of Jalen Brown, immediate double team from Cornette, swing pass 304 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: to Gordon Tatum, rotates. You could see the kind of 305 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: play developing, rotate, rotate, Jamal Murray ends up getting an 306 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: open three out of the corner. That was a kind 307 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: of a one of the main reasons why I was 308 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: talking about the importance of matchups in the postseason in 309 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: the in a weird way, like a team like Dallas 310 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: was set up to had Minnesota who was set up 311 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: to handle Denver, right, But Denver is like this unique 312 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: team that really can punish interior size, right, or a 313 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: lack of interior size, right. And like, one of the 314 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: things that Dallas could not do with Boston is consistently 315 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: get them in rotation. They couldn't get to the point 316 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: where they were consistently getting two on the ball and 317 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: getting easy opportunities for drive and kick offense or catch 318 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 1: and shoot threes for quality shooters. Right. That's one of 319 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: the advantages that Denver has and it's the reason they 320 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 1: were the only team I said had any chance to 321 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: compete with Boston last year. And again, I don't know 322 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: who would have won in a playoff series between Denver 323 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: and Boston last year. I would have picked Denver, probably, 324 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: but it would have been really close. I'm not over 325 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: here trying to act like Denver's the Boston beater, and 326 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure as hell don't think a preseason game proves that. However, 327 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: in terms of a simple basketball concept a concept, Denver 328 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: has the ability to get Boston into rotation via double 329 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: teams of Jokic in a way that a lot of 330 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: teams around the league can't, because Boston has such quality 331 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: perimeter personnel and they could switch so easily that a 332 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: lot of the best perimeter players in the league can't 333 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: compromise Boston's defense the same way that a guy like 334 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: Nikola Jokic cat can. Boston tried leaving him in single 335 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: coverage a little bit more in the late second quarter, 336 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: and then he started scoring. He had a little hook 337 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: shot over Xavier Tillman. He had an and one through 338 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown that made our tape list that you guys 339 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: will see later today. Denver's a well oiled machine too, 340 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: just in a different way. Boston attempted more threes in 341 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: the first half than Denver did in the entire game, 342 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: but Denver dominated the points in the paint matchup. That's 343 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: what makes this matchup so interesting, Right, it's like Denver 344 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: two's versus Boston threes, and it's like an efficiency battle 345 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: that kind of oscillates back and forth based on how 346 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: well Boston's shooting at any point in time. Right, Jamal 347 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: Murray still looked somewhat out of shape. He airballed wide 348 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: open three in the first half and then barely grazed 349 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: the rim on another. That to me is a sign 350 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: that he doesn't have his legs underneath him yet. But 351 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: that's kind of his reputation. He has a tendency to 352 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: show into camp a little bit out of shape, so 353 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: not overly surprised there. Christian Brown looks like a massive 354 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 1: defensive upgrade over Contavious Coldwell Pope, specifically because of his 355 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: size and strength. He's able to guard forwards in a 356 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: way that CACP can't. Right, and Brown spent some time 357 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: on Tatum and did a pretty good job. And one 358 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: of the things that I think is fascinating about that 359 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: is one of the problems that Denver runs into from 360 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: a matchup standpoint in the postseason is when they run 361 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: into really good forwards, they typically have to put Aaron 362 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 1: Gordon on them and so now you have Aaron Gordon 363 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: guarding the ball, and if that player can get downhill 364 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,439 Speaker 1: on Aaron Gordon in ball screens against Jokic, now you 365 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: don't have as much size on the back line that's 366 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: in the help right. By Christian Brown's ability to guard forwards, 367 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: you can keep Aaron Gordon in the lowman position, in 368 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: the help side position, so that now when that forward 369 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: gets downhill and Jokic is sitting in his drop coverage 370 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: but trying to meet him a little bit higher, or 371 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: whoever that forward is gets by Jokic, the help on 372 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: the backside is now anchored by Aaron Gordon instead of 373 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon having to be on the ball. So like 374 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: for all to talk about the defense or the offensive 375 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: difference between KCP and Christian Brown, and KCP is a 376 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: very good defender of guards, but Christian Brown is just 377 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: a little bit more versati, a little bigger and stronger, 378 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 1: and I think he does create a little bit more 379 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: matchup versatility for Denver on the defensive end of the floor. 380 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: I thought Sarch was a nice fit too. Like I 381 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,879 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier showcase, some of his ability to bold these 382 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: smaller players. He had a play where he just buried 383 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown under the basket and got an easy layup. 384 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: That'll be a kind of an interesting fit for them 385 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: on the offensive end of the floor. The Westbrook experience 386 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: was exactly what I thought it would be and what 387 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: I expected to be all season. Lots of good and 388 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: lots of bad. Right Like, he generated a ton of 389 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: rim pressure. He had eight assists in nineteen minutes, a 390 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: couple of really nice drop offs to bigs, several of 391 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: his classic like driving corner kicks where like he just 392 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: gets ahead his team. And there's I talk about rim 393 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: pressure as a positive all the time, and that is 394 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: by far the biggest positive that Russell Westbrook brings his 395 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: rim pressure. But like guys just have like a natural 396 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 1: tendency to sync in the guy is pressuring the rim 397 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 1: even when the game plan doesn't dictate that. It's just 398 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: like human nature when you see a guy barreling towards 399 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 1: the rim, you just kind of gravitate towards the rim 400 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: as an attempt to try to slow that down. Right, Like, 401 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: a lot of that is going to be the upside 402 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: that comes with the Russell Westbrook experience. I thought he 403 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: did some nice work on the ball on defense, he 404 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: guarded tat him a little bit. He had a possession 405 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: in a ball screen where he chased hat him over 406 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: the top and got back in front of him on 407 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: the other side of the screen. That's like some of 408 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 1: that like really high level on ball defense that Russ 409 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,120 Speaker 1: is capable of. He hit three threes and all three 410 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: of them were above the break, which, again I wouldn't 411 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 1: get used to that if I were you. Russ has 412 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: been a mid twenties above the break three point shooter 413 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: basically his entire career. He shot twenty six point seven 414 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,959 Speaker 1: percent on above the breakthrees last year, so I wouldn't 415 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 1: get used to that necessarily. But like, he's gonna have 416 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: nights where he hits him right, but then it was 417 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: just the classic bad right. Like I talked about those 418 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:58,120 Speaker 1: corner crashes for Boston, multiple possessions where Russ just fell 419 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 1: asleep and let a guy just sprint right back buy 420 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: him and get an offensive rebound. He lost track of 421 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: Peyton Pritchard as an off ball shooter. A couple of 422 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 1: times he got back cut by Jalen Brown for a 423 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:09,959 Speaker 1: dunk and then the missed layups. Right. He went zero 424 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: for three on layups, but that's kind of what you 425 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: can expect. He shot fifty one percent on layups last year. 426 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: It's just something he's bad at. He was seven for 427 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: twenty two on layups in the first round series against Dallas, 428 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: so literally less than one out of three on layups, right, 429 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: random out of control possessions. I'll show you an example 430 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 1: in the film. But like that's going to be the 431 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: rough experience leading the bench unit. It's going to be 432 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: just a whirlwind of good and bad. Like in any 433 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: given night, whether or not it's a positive experience, is 434 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 1: going to be whether or not there were more good 435 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 1: plays than bad. Guess what. That's what it's going to be. Like, 436 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: there are going to be nights where he makes a 437 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: lot more good plays than bad plays, and you're like, man, 438 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: this guy's incredible. He's doing such a good job leading 439 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: this bench unit. And then there are gonna be other 440 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: games where like he just makes a ton of mistakes 441 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 1: and very few of the good plays and you're like, 442 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: holy shit, what are we doing here? Right? So like 443 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: that's kind of the Westbrook experience. And again, like Denver fans, 444 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: I had a lot of Denver fans get like really 445 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: combative with me in the comments. I'm not here trying 446 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 1: to like say that you guys don't have a great system. 447 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 1: I agree that Jokic is an amazing leader. I agree 448 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: that Jokic makes basketball easier for his teammates. I agree 449 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: that Mike Malone is one of the best coaches in 450 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: the league and that he sets guys up for success 451 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: in roles. I agree all that stuff, But guess what, 452 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: like the same as similar levels of that have been 453 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: the case at previous destinations. The Clippers are a very 454 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: good organization. The Clippers are an organization that is well coached. 455 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: The Clippers are an organization that set him up to succeed. 456 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: And these are all just parts that are inherent in 457 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook's basketball personality that are going to be things 458 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: that you see this here. Let's show some examples, because 459 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: again I'm not I'm a big believer in like operating 460 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: within reality, operating within the facts. I want to show 461 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: you guys exactly what I'm talking about. So let's go 462 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: look at the the film for a second. So here's 463 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 1: an example of like rush it just kind of struggling 464 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: to finish around the rim. I really like this action, 465 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: Like Russ makes a post entry to Jokic, so he's 466 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: gonna drive down to this little corner spot post entry, 467 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: he sees Tatum's step out of his stance and lift up, 468 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: promptly cuts back door, but then he smokes the layup. 469 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: Here's an example of like Russ just being super aggressive 470 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: off the ball for no reason and just gets back 471 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: cut by Jaylen Brown for an easy dunk. Like that's 472 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: a mistake that just gives two points to the other team. 473 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 1: Like that has the same negative impact as the positive 474 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 1: impact of Russ making a drop off pass to Sarage 475 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: for a layup. See what I mean. Like it's it's 476 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: the constant undoing of the good that he brings to 477 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 1: the table. Really nice move on a switch, gets a 478 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: switch on Xavier Tillman toasts him off the dribble, but 479 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: he's just a bad finisher and he smokes the layup. 480 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,439 Speaker 1: Another one here in transition, gets a nice head of steam, 481 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: gets downhill a little brush screen, goes right at Cornet, 482 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: just smokes the layup. This one is like the kind 483 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: of thing that you'll see everyone once in a while 484 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: with Russ and you're like, dude, just slow down, Like 485 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,480 Speaker 1: there's no advantage here, but he just puts his head 486 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 1: down and tries to force his way down the floor 487 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: and throws up some bs that has no chance of 488 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,719 Speaker 1: going in. And now you're going the other way and 489 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 1: Russ is in camera row. Here's an example of one 490 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: of those corner crashes that I'm talking about. I said 491 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: this to you guys in the Media day interview. I said, 492 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: you will watch dozens and dozens and dozens eclipse this 493 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: year where Russ is just standing with his hands on 494 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: his knees and not boxing out. Here it is shot 495 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: goes up, Sarage has recovered to box out Cornett. Russ 496 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,920 Speaker 1: has one job. Box out Jaden Springer coming out of 497 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,239 Speaker 1: the left corner. Watch what he does stands there and 498 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: watches him go right around him and get an offensive 499 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: rebound Like that is the Russell Westbrook experience. I'm not 500 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: talking shit to be an asshole. I'm being realistic about 501 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: the basketball that's taking place. And when you sign up 502 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: for the Russell Westbrook experience, this is what you sign 503 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: up for. It's a lot of up and a lot 504 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 1: of down, and it just whether or not he he's 505 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: a positive impact that night is entirely based on how 506 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: many mistakes he makes, But I do want to show 507 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: some of the positives, just an example of just the 508 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: brim pressure. So like, look at this example of Russ 509 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: just getting ahead of Steam driving the basketball and creates 510 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: a wide open corner. Three. Also, you're not supposed to 511 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: help out of the strong side corner, but this is 512 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: what I was talking about in terms of I guess 513 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: it's not actually the strong side. So this is solid 514 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 1: help from Tatum. But again Tatum's in helpside, just gets 515 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: ahead of Steam on Derek White, Tatum steps in boom, 516 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: wide open corner three. That's the kind of stuff that like, 517 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: the more of that and the less of the mistakes, 518 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: that's more for a positive Russell Westbrook experience. Here's another 519 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: one in a ball screen. Jade Springer a nice job navigating, 520 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 1: by the way, Celtics fans. We'll see if Jaden Springer 521 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: gets much opportunity this year. But that dude can guard, 522 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: but Russ goes right around him. Here draws help from Cornette, 523 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: easy layout. So again with Russ, it's all about just 524 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: that scale and just trying to limit mistakes as much 525 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: as possible so that the good stuff can actually shine through. 526 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: All Right, before we get out of here for today, 527 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 1: I want to have our first ever edition of Timp's tape. 528 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 1: We don't again, we don't know what we're gonna call it. 529 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna kind of workshop some different names. If you 530 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 1: guys have ideas, you can drop them in the comments. Also, 531 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: this is a segment we're going to be recurring throughout 532 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,239 Speaker 1: the year, so if you guys have any feedback, make 533 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 1: sure you drop it in the comments. But again, I 534 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 1: have five plays today. Some days it'll be less, some 535 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: days it might be more. But I'm just going to 536 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: give specific examples of plays that reflect concepts that we 537 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 1: talked about in the show so that we can learn 538 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: more about the league over the course of this season. 539 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 1: So our first play is going to be an example 540 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: of stack pick and roll or spain pick and roll. 541 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: This was This is an action we see all over 542 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,880 Speaker 1: the place around the league and it's a very simple concept. 543 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: You can see as the ball screen starts to set up. 544 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: As you can see the play setting up, Cornett is 545 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: setting the ball screen right, Sarrich is getting ready to 546 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: show at the level of the screen. Look at Howser 547 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: though Houser is now getting ready to backscreen Sarage. What 548 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: I want to do is I want to play it 549 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 1: in full speed first, and then I'm gonna throw show 550 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: it in slow motion so we can talk about some 551 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: of the specific concepts. Pritchard's gonna come off the screen. 552 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: Howser is going to break wide open above the at 553 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: the top of the key, and he misses this three 554 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: but it's a wide open look generated by the action. 555 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: There's some PTSD if you guys missed the corner crash there, 556 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,400 Speaker 1: all right, So let's slow this down a little bit 557 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: and talk about the specific concept that's taking place. So 558 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: this any sort of three man action makes defensive players 559 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,880 Speaker 1: make decisions that are infinitely more complicated than any sort 560 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: of two man action. So in this case, as we 561 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: see as Pritchard comes off the screen, Sorrich feels the 562 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: need to show is chasing. So we have two on 563 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:07,199 Speaker 1: the ball, right, But now Howser's gonna backscreen Sarich. And 564 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,719 Speaker 1: now I think this is BLACKO conchar if I can, 565 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: I can't tell one hundred percent. But now because Hawser 566 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 1: is setting contar feels the need to show because again 567 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: if he doesn't, if he screens here, Pritcher can just 568 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 1: turn the corner and get downhill into the lane. So 569 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: now Sarrich is showing. Now all of a sudden, we 570 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 1: have three on the ball. Notice two, we have two 571 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: openings here because as Cornette slips to the rim, Russ 572 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 1: has to tag him from the weak side. At this 573 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: point in the play, we now have three on the ball. 574 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: The only reason Sarrich was there is because he felt 575 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: the need to show. The only reason Conchar was there 576 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: is he felt the need to show because there was 577 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: a second screen. Now Sarrig sprints and recovers back to Cornette. 578 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: Look at him sprinting to Cornett. But we still have 579 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 1: two on the ball. And now Howser pops wide open, 580 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: and you can kind of see if there was a 581 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: version of this where you don't show. So let's say 582 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: Conchar is like, shit, I don't want to leave the 583 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: Howser wide open. I'm just gonna stay home. Then in 584 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: this case, Howser lays the wood on. Sorry, it's Pritchard's 585 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: turning the corner, and if he's not there as he's 586 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 1: driving downhill, it's gonna be an easy passing read because 587 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: Russ is going to step up to help, and it's 588 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: going to be a drop off to Cornett, or if 589 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: he doesn't and he stays, he can go all the 590 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,160 Speaker 1: way to the rim. Or if he doesn't like any 591 00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: of his options around the basket, he can make this 592 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: kick pass to Jaden Springer. So again it's a simple 593 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: example of three man action just making things confusing for 594 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: the defense. Sarge sprints back, Russ recovers, but Howser's wide 595 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,400 Speaker 1: open because of the three man action at the top 596 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: of the key. This these next two clips, I'm gonna 597 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: show a rapid fire style. So this first one, these 598 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: are both examples of Christian Brown just doing a good 599 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: job holding up on Jason Tatum on defense. And again 600 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: it's just his ability to be able to guard bigger forwards. 601 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: So Brown's on Tatum. We're going straight to Tatum. He 602 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,719 Speaker 1: tries to drive at him and try to bully him 603 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: a little bit, holds his ground, gets a block. Really 604 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: nice individual defense on Tatum. And then here's an example 605 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,200 Speaker 1: in transition. So this is again an example of Christian 606 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: Brown's athleticism. He's on his heels with Tatum, one of 607 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: the biggest athlete forwards in the league, coming downhill at him, 608 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: and he's able to absorb contact and force him into 609 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:18,640 Speaker 1: a really tough shot and force him into a miss. 610 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: So really nice work there from Christian Brown. All right, 611 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: two more clips and then we're out of here. This 612 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: is an example of classic Boston Celtics advantage basketball. So, 613 00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: as we talked about in our intro, Boston just plays 614 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: a really simple and easy brand of basketball. Run a 615 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: basic action to get an initial advantage. From that initial advantage, 616 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: you drive the close out. When you drive the close out, 617 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: you make a read, and you repeat that process until 618 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 1: somebody ends up getting a wide open layup or a 619 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: wide open three point shot. Right, So we run a 620 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: little bit of a little transition push, there's a little 621 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: bit of weak side action. It's defended well. So we 622 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: turn into this two man game. Right. So, now the 623 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: principle of this two man game is very simple. We're 624 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: gonna make Denver make a decision on how they're going 625 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: to guard this ball screen. Okay, So as Michael Porter 626 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: Junior is chasing over the top, Cornette sets the screen, 627 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: Yokic is going to come up to the level, Okay. 628 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: So when Yokic comes up to the level, that makes 629 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: it so that Cornett can slip behind Yokic, right, because 630 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 1: if Yokic is going to be at the level, he 631 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: can't also account for Cornett rolling to the basket. Watch 632 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray as he sees this develop point for Conchard 633 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: to make the rotation over points over Boom or as 634 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 1: Christian Brown, So he points over. Christian Brown is now 635 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: the low man that is coming over to help guard 636 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: this action. So we have Yokic up at the level, 637 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: Christian Brown low man. Right, Prichard engages Jokic, Cornette gets 638 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: behind Jokic. Cornette's behind Jokic. That's where Christian Brown's job 639 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 1: comes into play. Right, But now as Pritchard starts to 640 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: drive in the ball screen, here's our advantage. Our advantage 641 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: is a two to one one one on the weak 642 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,640 Speaker 1: side with Jamal Murray guarding Derek White and Jason Tatum, 643 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: two excellent shooters. Right, That's how we got our advantage. 644 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: We ran a ball screen forced Denver to run a 645 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: pick and roll coverage. Each pick and roll coverage has 646 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: a strength and a weakness. The strength of bringing the 647 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: big up to the level is it makes it harder 648 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: on the ball handler to get an easy shot for him. 649 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: But the weakness is it lets the role man get behind, 650 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: which forces you to tag from the weak side. That 651 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: creates the two on one. Pritchard makes the first read. 652 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: The first reid is this kick to Derek White right 653 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: now Dallas or excuse me, Denver's in rotation. Right, Jamal 654 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: is gonna rotate to Derek White. But now Christian Brown 655 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: because he had tagged all the way over, let me 656 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: rewind a little bit. Now, Christian Brown, because he tagged 657 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: all the way over on Cornett, he has to close 658 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: out from the opposite block on Tatum. Here in the corner. 659 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: Derek White throws the extra pass. This is our second advantage, right, 660 00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 1: So the first read was Pritchard to Jamal Murray. Derek 661 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,000 Speaker 1: White didn't even need to drive that close out. There 662 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: was already an easy read for him to make to 663 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 1: the corner. Now Tatum is playing advantage basketball, right, Tatum 664 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: is going to drive the close out on Christian Brown 665 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: with a little ball fake boom. Now he's past Christian Brown. 666 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 1: Now Christian Brown is compromised. This forces Michael Porter Junior 667 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 1: to come over and help. Michael Porter Junior comes over 668 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: and help. Pritchard quickly identifies it creates a passing angle. 669 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: They don't even have great spacing here because they're a 670 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: little bunched up. But Pritchard is the guy that's wide open. 671 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: Now that's the next read. We get our read. Pritchard 672 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: really good shooter, he made six threes in this game. 673 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 1: Steps into an easy catch and shoot three there on 674 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: the left wing. That is textbook Boston Celtics advantage basketball. 675 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: Beautiful work from the seas. All right, let's look at 676 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,959 Speaker 1: let's look at one last example, an example of what 677 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 1: makes the Denver two man game super hard to guard. 678 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: This is going to be Jamal Murray and Nicole Yokich. 679 00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,719 Speaker 1: So we get a little action. Jamal Murray is guarding 680 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: as being guarded by Jalen Brown. Xavier Tillman is on Jokic. 681 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: Run some action. Notice two, there's the earlier action is 682 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: designed to get Jalen Brown into a trail position. Although 683 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 1: the Boston broadcast that's a big thing in the way. Okay, 684 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: so I want you to notice too. Instead of just 685 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: running a two man game, just a regular ball screen, 686 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: they're running early possession action for Jamal Murray. There's a 687 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: very specific reason why you do this. You do this 688 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 1: so that Jalen Brown gets separated from Jamal Murray so 689 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 1: that when Jamal comes off the last action, Jokic's man 690 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: has to show, right. So look at how glued up 691 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: Jalen Brown is on Jamal Murray. We want to create separation. 692 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,000 Speaker 1: There there's our first screen. Get a little bit of separation, now, Tillman, 693 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 1: these are our little gamesmanship things you'll see in NBA games. 694 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 1: Watch how Tillman grabs Jamal Murray. This is technically a foul, 695 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,920 Speaker 1: but it goes uncalled all the time. A little bit 696 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 1: of a grab on Jamal Murray to try to slow 697 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: him down. This is all the little chess match that 698 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 1: takes place as you're trying to win that separation battle 699 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: on the ball, right or for your uh the guy 700 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 1: who's gonna run the action. So Yokic lays the wood 701 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: a little bit, Get a little bit of separation. Now 702 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: we get another screen from Aaron Gordon. We have even 703 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,759 Speaker 1: more separation. It just forces Jalen Brown to take this 704 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 1: kind of funky step. Right now we're in our two 705 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,320 Speaker 1: man game. Our two man game. Now technically it's a 706 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,319 Speaker 1: three man game because Aaron Gordon's in it. But now 707 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,480 Speaker 1: we're getting to the portion of the action with the 708 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,879 Speaker 1: Murray Jokic two man game. Jokic sets another screen now 709 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 1: because of this separation, this forces Xavier Tillman to come 710 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:41,840 Speaker 1: out and show is Xavier Tillman stays glued up to Jokic. 711 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: Jamal is curling this and he's getting right down into 712 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: the lane for one of his floaters that he shoots 713 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: at a high percentage. Right, This forces Tilman to come out. 714 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 1: Now that Tilman's coming out, it's basically turning into a switch. 715 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,759 Speaker 1: Notice what Jokic is doing now. He knows this is 716 00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 1: going to end in a switch because of the the 717 00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: pre action. This probably isn't a switch if you just 718 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 1: run a dribble handoff, but because you ran two screening 719 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: actions for Murray before this, Jalen Brown's trailing the play. 720 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 1: Now it turns into a switch. Notice how Jokic is 721 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:18,640 Speaker 1: trapping Jaylen Brown on his top side using his strength. 722 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,760 Speaker 1: He's going to now slowly roll. Look at he's almost 723 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 1: like posting up reverse. Typically you'd see Jokich post up 724 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 1: for a basket that's right here with the player right, 725 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: but he's trapping Jalen Brown on his backside so that 726 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: he can roll to the basket. Now he's got created 727 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 1: the passing angle. He's created a nice wide passing angle. 728 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray makes the pass. Now Jokic knows he's got 729 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: Jaylen Brown trap behind him. Watch how he just kind 730 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: of slowly and rumbles to the basket and makes the 731 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: easy shot for the and one is Jalen Brown's crawling 732 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 1: all over his back. Great example of what makes Denver's 733 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 1: five out offense so difficult to attack, the action that 734 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 1: flows into the action, and then the advantage ability of 735 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray to punish teams for having 736 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:11,399 Speaker 1: a size mismatch on Jokic. All right, that's our first 737 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,279 Speaker 1: version of Timp's tape. Ever, let me know what you 738 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 1: guys think in the comments. Let me know if you 739 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,440 Speaker 1: got any ideas for names. As always, I sincerely appreciate 740 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,840 Speaker 1: you supporting the show. We will be back later today. 741 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,240 Speaker 1: Right after I'm done with this, I'm recording our season 742 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,880 Speaker 1: preview for the Philadelphia seventy six ers, as well as 743 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 1: a little mail bag. I'll see you guys then the volume. 744 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,400 Speaker 1: What's up guys? As always, I appreciate you for listening 745 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,240 Speaker 1: to and supporting OOPS tonight. It would actually be really 746 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,160 Speaker 1: helpful for us if you guys would take a second 747 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,920 Speaker 1: and leave a rating and a review. As always, I 748 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys supporting us, but if you could take 749 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 1: a minute to do that, I'd really appreciate it.