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Speaker 1: The volume. All right, here we go, Jason Timpf hoops tonight.

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Speaker 1: We got a lot to talk about. Is the NBA

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Speaker 1: playoffs start all the odds provided by DraftKings Sports Book,

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Speaker 1: by the way, when we mention them. So I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: pick it up set. I'm gonna go Houston Rockets over

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Speaker 1: the Warriors. And I don't want to do confirmation bias

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Speaker 1: or recency bias because I watched them struggle against Memphis

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Speaker 1: and need an inbounds gaff by the Grizzlies to save it.

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Speaker 1: But the Jonathan Kaminga piece is really a problem. So

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Speaker 1: we've talked about this. It's a highly sophisticated offense. Veterans work,

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Speaker 1: Iguidala kd Andrew Bogan, they work, Steph Clay, Draymond they work.

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Speaker 1: You can be a quirky player like Draymond Green and

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Speaker 1: still be a catalyst. What doesn't work is Wiseman, Jordan Poole,

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Speaker 1: DiAngelo Russell, who's a bit squarely when he was younger

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Speaker 1: and Cominga's productive, But you can't put them on the

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Speaker 1: floor of this unit. Kerr is it's do not play

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Speaker 1: coaches decision and they're dying for length. I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: watching last night and Zach Eadie is a huge problem.

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Speaker 1: They don't have any length and here comes Houston. They

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Speaker 1: defend the three mon Thompson gave Steph Fitz last time

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Speaker 1: they played length. Now, Curr's the best coach, Curry's the

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Speaker 1: best player. I am not denying that. But and if

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Speaker 1: the games are close, Jason, you'll take the Warriors. Their

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Speaker 1: clutch points are great. They're gonna win these one point

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Speaker 1: games like last night's just a great example of how

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Speaker 1: the Warriors can manipulate the clock possessions and get better

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Speaker 1: defensively when they have to. I don't like this matchup.

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Speaker 1: I was looking at the odds. I don't like this

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Speaker 1: matchup for the Warriors. Right now, the Rockets are plus

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Speaker 1: one sixty five again, odds provided by DraftKings. I'm calling

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Speaker 1: the upset. You think I'm crazy, size, lack of depth,

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Speaker 1: Corey dependent, what say you?

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Speaker 2: I don't want to see you're crazy. I think this

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Speaker 2: is let's just put it this way. I think that

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Speaker 2: a defensive minded Rockets team is more capable of beating

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Speaker 2: Golden State than say, a defensive minded Magic team is

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Speaker 2: capable of beating Boston. That said, I think that the

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Speaker 2: other side of the floor is where it's going to

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Speaker 2: become a problem. I have no doubts that Houston is

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Speaker 2: going to cause problems for Golden States offense. In their

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Speaker 2: last four games, they've held them to one hundred and

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Speaker 2: five or viewer and all four of them they've held

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Speaker 2: them below one hundred three times.

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Speaker 1: Yea.

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Speaker 2: They have a bunch of different things that they do

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Speaker 2: which is really smart because it allows them to put

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Speaker 2: all of their three best perimeter defenders on Draymond, Jimmy

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Speaker 2: and Steph and just switch any action that involves those three.

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Speaker 2: Aman Thompson is one of the most gifted athletes in

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Speaker 2: terms of foot speed in the league.

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Speaker 1: Maybe the best in the series. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and the the Rockets have a zone look that

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Speaker 2: I have no doubts that the Rockets will be able

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Speaker 2: the problem. I think the war I think the Warriors

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Speaker 2: think that they are more capable of doing more damage

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Speaker 2: to a Shanngoon, Jalen Green, Fred Van Vliet led offense

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Speaker 2: But I just have a really hard time believing that

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Speaker 1: They have shot better in the second half of the season.

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Speaker 1: They have they have, So there was here's the thing,

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Speaker 1: very careful about the last twenty games of this season.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna see teams with winning streaks. Half the league's tanking,

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Speaker 1: and I said, oh wait till Kaminga comes back. It

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Speaker 2: move on from Kminga. That said, you made a very

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Speaker 2: Specifically for this matchup with Houston, they are so big

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Speaker 2: I was Kerr, I would definitely give kaminga some burn

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Speaker 1: And the Rockets are first of all, they defend the three,

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Speaker 1: last night they had a great game plan, jump out

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Speaker 2: they got a couple of impressive wins. You beat a

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Speaker 2: But then after that it's like, they lose to Houston,

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Speaker 2: they lose to the Clippers at home in a must

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Speaker 1: All Right, Lakers, all odds provided by DraftKings are minus

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Speaker 1: one ninety five against the t Wolves. I think this

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Speaker 1: pretty obvious the Timberwolves, outside of Aunt Edwards, he's going

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Speaker 1: Julius Randall has historically kind of the classic, plays hard,

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Speaker 1: everybody in the postseason plays with energy. And he comes

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Speaker 1: right back here. The regressions clear. He's a B player

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Speaker 2: tried to post up Zu bots six times this, season

427
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,320
Speaker 2: went one for six from the. Field, NOW i think

428
00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,399
Speaker 2: he'll do a little. Better he's too good to not

429
00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,960
Speaker 2: figure that. Out but him posting Up zoo is not

430
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,399
Speaker 2: the same as him posting up these other skinny centers

431
00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,000
Speaker 2: that he posts around the. League it's a little bit

432
00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,000
Speaker 2: harder for him to win the ground battle. There really

433
00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,520
Speaker 2: what caused me to pick The clippers in this matchup

434
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,800
Speaker 2: was the defense For, denver right, Right The denver's defense

435
00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,320
Speaker 2: is so far, Gone. Colin it's like so far. Gone

436
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,320
Speaker 2: it's like off the reservation. Gone doesn't even slightly resemble

437
00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,720
Speaker 2: the defense they won the championship with you And.

438
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,919
Speaker 1: Jason they're just not close part of. It AND i

439
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:59,480
Speaker 1: really believe defense's effort not to interrupt you. Offense offense is.

440
00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,760
Speaker 1: Fun defense is. Not you could Tell malone was in

441
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,879
Speaker 1: trouble to me WHEN i watched their, DEFENSE i, Thought,

442
00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,879
Speaker 1: okay they they're not playing hard for the. Coach like

443
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,840
Speaker 1: if a team's playing great defense and they're just limited.

444
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,960
Speaker 1: Offensively some of that's just lack of talent when a,

445
00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 1: team And denver's not a great defensive, Team gordon's very

446
00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:27,040
Speaker 1: long and. Athletic but when they stopped playing defense this,

447
00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,239
Speaker 1: year AND i don't know what the analytics, said but

448
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,439
Speaker 1: WHEN i watched, THEM i, mean teams scored. Easily remember

449
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,800
Speaker 1: The lakers went down there and just got great looks

450
00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,199
Speaker 1: for two. Hours i'm, Like, Okay malone's in big trouble

451
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,879
Speaker 1: because the great defensive, TEAMS i Mean, boston for as

452
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,080
Speaker 1: good as they, are can play. Defense that means they're

453
00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,840
Speaker 1: in tune With. Missoula defense is coaching an, effort and

454
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:52,399
Speaker 1: SO i think a lot of AND i think the

455
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,560
Speaker 1: problem For denver and A, memphis by the, way is

456
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,000
Speaker 1: when you lose your coach and now you've got kind

457
00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,880
Speaker 1: of the substitute teacher who's not as good as the head.

458
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:05,640
Speaker 1: Coach that's the. Difference that's WHY i Think houston they

459
00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 1: like their, coach they can hang With Golden state is

460
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,800
Speaker 1: they'll just give you an incredible effort every. Night AND

461
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,200
Speaker 1: i Think denver's biggest problem is they quit on their.

462
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,240
Speaker 1: Coach and when you qut on your, coach you quit

463
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: on defense because it's a lot of fricking work in

464
00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,639
Speaker 1: this league to stop marginal. Players forget the, Stars.

465
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:26,199
Speaker 2: No, absolutely and it's all about like. Habits and this

466
00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,119
Speaker 2: is the Thing denver is starting from a position of

467
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:32,840
Speaker 2: disadvantage on. Defense jokic is not a good, Defender Jamal

468
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 2: murray is not a good. Defender Michael Porter junior is

469
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,680
Speaker 2: not a good. Defender so when they were at their best,

470
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,760
Speaker 2: defensively it was a, combination to your, point of strong

471
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:44,080
Speaker 2: game planning that fit their personnel in a commitment every

472
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,960
Speaker 2: day to be, like we're going to be so sharp

473
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,280
Speaker 2: in these habits that even though we have these weak,

474
00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 2: points we're going to find a way to get enough

475
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 2: stops that our offense can carry us over the. Top

476
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,920
Speaker 2: the problem this year is they've let go of those.

477
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,399
Speaker 2: Habits and what gets scary is calling like It's april.

478
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,120
Speaker 2: Sixteenth too many examples IN nba history of a team

479
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 2: who played bad defense all year who was, like all,

480
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,480
Speaker 2: right we got the coach we, want now let's go

481
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,640
Speaker 2: figure this. Out LIKE i just have a hard time

482
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 2: believing that they're just gonna snap their fingers and look

483
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,640
Speaker 2: like the twenty twenty Three. Nuggets and again they're. Capable

484
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,600
Speaker 2: i've Watched Michael porter junior And jamal And jokic play

485
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 2: much better defense than they've played this. Season it's just

486
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,439
Speaker 2: hard to just start that engine from. Scratch and so

487
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,480
Speaker 2: here's the. Thing maybe they figure it out AND i

488
00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 2: can't write them. Off this was the hardest series for

489
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 2: me to Pick colin by, far and right now In,

490
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 2: DraftKings If i'm not, mistaken it's a pick. Them it's

491
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,760
Speaker 2: minus one to ten both. Ways, yeah so like it

492
00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,120
Speaker 2: is as close as it can. Get but the reason

493
00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,879
Speaker 2: WHY i ended up taking The clippers IS i just

494
00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:43,719
Speaker 2: think they're substantially better defensively and closer To denver offensively

495
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,199
Speaker 2: Than denver is to them on the other end of the.

496
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,679
Speaker 1: Well And tyleru is probably worth a game in the.

497
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,000
Speaker 1: Series let's be, honest if you have a coaching, advantage

498
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,040
Speaker 1: it's a game in the. Series you make an adjustment

499
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,600
Speaker 1: and the other coaching staff. DOESN'T i think football coaching

500
00:24:56,680 --> 00:25:00,080
Speaker 1: is more valuable than basketball. Coaching BUT i can go

501
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: back to a couple of those That warrior series when

502
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 1: they beat The celtics in the finals and they went

503
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 1: back To. Boston, boy that was a lot of. Coaching

504
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,840
Speaker 1: that was great coaching By Steve. Kerr SO i. THINK

505
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 1: i Think tyleru is one of the more. Understated you,

506
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,480
Speaker 1: know he's not a guy that needs a lot of.

507
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,879
Speaker 1: Publicity he was a grinder as a. Player he's a

508
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,800
Speaker 1: grinder as a. Coach but he'll be worth a game

509
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:23,040
Speaker 1: against you, know against the substitute. Teacher he's going to

510
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:24,600
Speaker 1: be worth a game in the. Series SO i. AGREE

511
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,399
Speaker 1: i think The clippers are going to win. Too but

512
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 1: it is hard BECAUSE i said this the other. DAY

513
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,399
Speaker 1: i had actually somebody come up to me on the

514
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:35,120
Speaker 1: street and he was a Former. Laker it Was sasha

515
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,399
Speaker 1: AND i, SAID i, SAID i, said the best Center

516
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 1: i've ever. Seen complete Players kareem AND i grew up with.

517
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 1: Him he was a fourteen to fifteen Time All Defensive

518
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,720
Speaker 1: team ran the floor when he was, young, rebound, unstoppable offensive, force,

519
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:55,920
Speaker 1: cerebral prickly but could throw on. Elbow you, know Ask Kent.

520
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,920
Speaker 1: BENSON i think the player he went, after he could

521
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 1: give you. Everything he was, wiry but even could be.

522
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 1: PHYSICAL i think because of that defensive, prowess he is

523
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: better Than. JOKIC i Think jokic is the second most

524
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:11,000
Speaker 1: gifted center of all. Time now people would Say, wilt

525
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,720
Speaker 1: But wilt was. Flaky you didn't know what the effort you.

526
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 1: Got he wasn't easy to play. With you got different

527
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 1: variations Of wilt depending on the night, before And wilt

528
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,440
Speaker 1: was kind of Into wilt WHERE i Think jokic is

529
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 1: actually a really good team. PLAYER i just think he's

530
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: not engaged defensively all the. Time BUT i outside Of,

531
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,760
Speaker 1: KAREEM i mean generally with a, CENTER i can say shack,

532
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:42,439
Speaker 1: power russell, defense a team, FOOTWORK i can say. SOMETHING

533
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,000
Speaker 1: i look At jokic And i'm.

534
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 4: Like, like If, KAREEM i mean If kareem Or Vetas

535
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,919
Speaker 4: Sabonis Bill walton had a, Baby it's, like you, KNOW

536
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,360
Speaker 4: i Think Bill walton is the one, player very, briefly

537
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:00,880
Speaker 4: not the Old walton with A celtics who was, great

538
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 4: but he wasn't as good as THE ucla or The Portland.

539
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 1: Walton there was a time When Bill walton was like

540
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 1: the best passing big, ever the best mid range jumper

541
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,199
Speaker 1: ran the, floor could be super, physical kind of. Weird

542
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,880
Speaker 1: BUT i Think jokic IS i just don't Think i've

543
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,680
Speaker 1: ever quite seen anything like. Him that's my. DAD i

544
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,280
Speaker 1: don't know If i've ever seen anything like.

545
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 2: Him he's the best offensive Player i've ever Seen Colin

546
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:32,959
Speaker 2: wow AND i have watched and rooted for two of

547
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 2: the greats that have ever done that or rooted for.

548
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,399
Speaker 2: AGAINST i should SAY i Think lebron is on the

549
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 2: short list of guys who are in that. CONVERSATION i

550
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,639
Speaker 2: Think steph is on the shortlist of guys who are

551
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,200
Speaker 2: in that. Conversation having rooted For lebron and then being

552
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 2: terrified Of steph and rooting against him over the, YEARS

553
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,320
Speaker 2: i know what it's like to be on the other

554
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 2: end of a player who like legitimately creates a great

555
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,199
Speaker 2: shot almost every time down the. Floor jokic makes it

556
00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 2: look even easier than those guys. Do it's the top

557
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 2: tier playmaking piece that you get From, lebron the inverted

558
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,040
Speaker 2: spacing that you get From steph that creates all the

559
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,159
Speaker 2: dunks and layups right underneath the, basket but mixed in

560
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,359
Speaker 2: with the lack of variants because Like, steph Like steph

561
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 2: will have games where he just can't make a shot.

562
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 2: Right you know that doesn't happen With. Jokic like if

563
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,400
Speaker 2: he gets into the five to ten foot, range it's

564
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 2: going in two out of three, times like. Clockwork he's

565
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,679
Speaker 2: gonna make it and so there's a lack of, variance

566
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 2: there's a power element to. It he can kind of

567
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 2: audible into different, players like it's, Like, Okay i'm playing The,

568
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,359
Speaker 2: Spurs i'm just gonna post up every single time down the.

569
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 2: Floor watching This clippers, series we won't see as Much

570
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,560
Speaker 2: jokics post. Ups it's not his. Advantage but guess. What

571
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 2: he can run inverted ball screens and like literally play

572
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,920
Speaker 2: pick and roll as the handler out on the. Perimeter

573
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 2: he can run two man game With Jamal. Murray his

574
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 2: versatility and dependability night, tonight mixed with all the inverted

575
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 2: stuff he does with the, SPACING i have never seen

576
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 2: a player make it look easier on offense Than Nikola jokic.

577
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,680
Speaker 2: Did like it's it's rooting against him is absolute. Hell

578
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 2: having had to do that over the last couple of.

579
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 2: Years he deserves a good amount of criticism for what

580
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,480
Speaker 2: happened to their defense this, year especially in the second

581
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 2: half of the. YEAR i thought he just straight up

582
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 2: mailed it, in and you made some good points about

583
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 2: how that might have had something to do With Mike.

584
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 2: MALONE i agree with. You but even if you just

585
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 2: take that and set it, aside he still had one

586
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 2: of the greatest seasons in the history of the league

587
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 2: because he's the greatest offensive player to ever touch the.

588
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: Floor, yeah it. Is you, know it's funny Because luca

589
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 1: and him have kind of similar body types where they're

590
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: in great, shape probably you, know relative for the type

591
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 1: for the, type But luca's got a lot of hurk

592
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: and jerk and start and stop to his game that gets.

593
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,840
Speaker 1: Open he's very good At he's just keeps you constantly

594
00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,200
Speaker 1: on his hip and off. Balance you're never quite sure

595
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 1: he's not, fast but he is kind of quick for his,

596
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: size and he's always bouncing off you never loses kind

597
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: of composure or the. Ball why there's, contact but it's

598
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 1: a start stop game that's hard to you, know that's

599
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: hard to. Defend jokis just sort of rolls into, you

600
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: AND i think a lot of players they're Like draymond

601
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 1: has said, this there's no real book on him because

602
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: it's it's you, know in THE, nfl there's always that

603
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: they always talk about that bad. Body offensive Lineman Donald

604
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 1: penn was known as this for The. Raiders bad body so,

605
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 1: effective like there was No week's body was weirdly long

606
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: and he had a weird ass and his shoulders were,

607
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: huge and it was like a bad body offensive lineman

608
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 1: where it's, like, yeah it's just defensive players couldn't quite

609
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 1: figure out a weak. SPOT i think there's nobody else

610
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 1: kind of quite built like, him that plays like, Him

611
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: so you, KNOW i, mean there are certain guys in this.

612
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: LEAGUE i mean just think about. It if you do the,

613
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: silhouette nobody else had a, Skyhook nobody quite moves cardio

614
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: wise Like. STEPH i think part of what he does

615
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: is no other Big when you play, him it's just,

616
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: okay this is there's no warm. Up this is the

617
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 1: only guy that plays like. This And i'm not saying

618
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: the league is, similar but there are a lot of, twitchy,

619
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: long athletic guys who have similar moves that they learn

620
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: from camps and, coaches right and certain step. MOVES i

621
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: Think jokic is a disaster to defend the. BODY i

622
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 1: mean a lot of times he just leans in and

623
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,479
Speaker 1: you get trapped under him around the. BACK i ever

624
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: see this when these big guys get trapped and he

625
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 1: gets like three looks and you just Can't you can't

626
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: get your hips aligned to box him.

627
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 2: Out you can't jump when you're connected with. Him that's the.

628
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 2: Thing this is why boxing out is so. Important when

629
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 2: you box a player, out it keeps him groundbound so

630
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 2: that you can come in from behind to get the

631
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 2: rebound elsewhere on the. Floor, Similarly yokic does the same

632
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 2: thing to defensive. Players he's constantly dislodging you and putting

633
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 2: you in these situations where you are are not athletic

634
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 2: because he's disrupted your base so you can't, Jump and

635
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 2: then that, way he just finds these little angles for

636
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 2: these little release. POINTS i love the point you made

637
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 2: about how the league has, changed BECAUSE i foud this

638
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 2: to be really. Fascinating so part Of Michael jordan's dominance

639
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 2: was that the league was so big and, slow and

640
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 2: so he was this lightning quick guard that could just

641
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 2: cut through everyone like. Butter, similarly With, jokic the league

642
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,800
Speaker 2: is so thin and, fast yes that he's just a

643
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 2: bowling ball that's just knocking everybody over on his way

644
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 2: to the rim in a weird, way like part of

645
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 2: it is just the timing of the. Era but to his,

646
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 2: credit because this is the, thing there are a lot

647
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 2: of big centers that can't play in THE nba today

648
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 2: because they can't do this or they can't do. That

649
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 2: they struggle with, this they struggle with. That jokic because

650
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 2: he's good enough in all of these other areas to

651
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 2: be a USEFUL nba, player can weaponize his, size and

652
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 2: all of a, sudden it's, like, oh, man there's four

653
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty players in this, league And Joel embiid

654
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 2: might be the only guy big enough to actually deal with.

655
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,479
Speaker 2: Him and he's not even healthy all the, time so

656
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 2: he just has a mismatch every single night because of

657
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:03,680
Speaker 2: the era that he plays.

658
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: In, well it's Like Derrick, henry the running back for The.

659
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: Ravens as linebackers and safeties have gotten smaller because the

660
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: game is. Faster linebackers are two twenty. Five Dereck henry's two,

661
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 1: Fifty so you, know twenty years ago linebackers were as

662
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: big As Derrick, henry and now guys can't they Just

663
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 1: derek is a physical mismatch and he gets a running.

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00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: Start AND i do think That i've said. It the

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00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: league over the last twelve years has become kind of

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00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,239
Speaker 1: the skinny jeans Euro, League like it's a lot of

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00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:36,200
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Speaker 1: Chris bruceard about this. Today so if you look at

677
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: the point, DIFFERENTIAL i think THE okc thunder set AN

678
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 1: nba record historically for point differential at the end of the.

679
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,360
Speaker 1: Season they ran a lot of teams out of the,

680
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: gym so they have the advantage of they got a dominant,

681
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 1: score so they always know at the end of a,

682
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 1: clock they always know who to go. To they've got,

683
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 1: size they've got, Depth they're well, coached and because they

684
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,839
Speaker 1: don't have a trophy, yet they play their ass. Off

685
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: this is a team that wants home court. Advantage they're

686
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 1: young enough where they know if there is any disadvantage

687
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: in the. Playoffs it's young guys playing road games at

688
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 1: The Chase, center you, know At crypto like. That that's

689
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: when they play a veteran team on the. Road that's

690
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 1: where things get. Dicey you don't get those. Calls role

691
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 1: players in the playoffs don't play well in the. Road

692
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 1: they're often very good at, home so they want home court.

693
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: Advantage so part of me, Thinks, okay they're a little

694
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:59,879
Speaker 1: overvalued as a team because they really remember That Derek rose.

695
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: Teams those teams played so hard they wanted home court.

696
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: Advantage they were. Young boston's like sometimes plays better on

697
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,879
Speaker 1: the road than at. Home you, know it doesn't really

698
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 1: matter for. THEM i look At okay see AND i, Think,

699
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 1: okay if you take the regular, season they should sort

700
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: of roll through. This BUT i watched them about six

701
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: times this year in a big game when they played you,

702
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 1: know The lakers or The celtics or The calves or The,

703
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: bucks and you're, like when everybody brings the. ENERGY i

704
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,439
Speaker 1: don't think they're sweeping. SERIES i THINK i think they'll

705
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 1: struggle a little bit on the. ROAD i, mean they

706
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 1: can get REALLY sga. RELIANT i mean he is And,

707
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,879
Speaker 1: ALSO i don't think he'll quite get the. Whistle we've

708
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: seen this With, harden we saw it With Karl. MALONE i,

709
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: mean they're not getting bounced, early BUT i think it'll

710
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: look a little different in the.

711
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 2: POSTSEASON i agree THE i think THEY'LL i think they'll

712
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 2: kick the shit out of whoever gets the eight, seed

713
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 2: Like sacramento Or memphis or whatever like. That those TEAMS

714
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,759
Speaker 2: i think they'll deal. With memphis has been down the

715
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,839
Speaker 2: turning down for a long. Time there's actually a long

716
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 2: conversation we could have on another day about How memphis

717
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 2: should probably totally reconsider who they build their team around

718
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 2: because it just looks it just doesn't look even remotely good.

719
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 2: Enough But sacramento doesn't have the horses, Defensively dallas because

720
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 2: of the injury To Kyrie, irving doesn't have the ball.

721
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,919
Speaker 2: Handling they're gonna beat whoever they get in that first round,

722
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,439
Speaker 2: series but from there it's like they're gonna get either

723
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:38,520
Speaker 2: that Awesome clippers team Or, Nakoliokich and then on the

724
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,839
Speaker 2: other side of the bracket they're gonna get most likely

725
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 2: either The lakers or The warriors waiting for them on

726
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 2: the other side there and The warriors have beat The

727
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 2: thunder this. Year, yeah The lakers have beat The thunder this.

728
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 2: YEAR i watched that they have their advantages in that.

729
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 2: Matchup as a matter of, Fact i'd probably picked The

730
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 2: lakers to beat them if they ran into him in a.

731
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 2: Series and so it's one of those things WHERE i

732
00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 2: THINK i look back to several of these big games

733
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 2: and the same thing has happened in every single one of,

734
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 2: them which is all of the younger. Stars AND i

735
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 2: like Chet is chet is going to be a PERENNIAL rnba.

736
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 1: Game really good.

737
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,439
Speaker 2: PLAYER j dub is going to be a Perennial All.

738
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 2: Star i'm a huge believer in that roster in the big.

739
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 2: Picture but those are some young, Dudes colin and they

740
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 2: there is something to be said about, Basketball, Aura and

741
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 2: you end up on a court with a bunch of

742
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 2: guys who are more comfortable and more confident and more

743
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 2: experienced than. You and let's say The thunder make it

744
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,440
Speaker 2: to the. Finals let's say they get to the finals

745
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 2: and they run Into. Boston how many times IN nba

746
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 2: history it just happened To boston in twenty twenty. Two

747
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 2: you end up there and it's like all of a,

748
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 2: Sudden tatum is just like scared and not playing anything

749
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 2: like he normally, does and they're just succumbing to the

750
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 2: aura of The. Warriors over the course that, series even

751
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 2: the all time Greats Colin steph was pretty rough in

752
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,440
Speaker 2: his FIRST nba. Finals lebron was brutal in his FIRST Nba.

753
00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 2: Finals it is totally normal when you get to that

754
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 2: stage to be, LIKE, whoa this is. Different there's way more,

755
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 2: media the games feel. Weird there's like it's just a

756
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 2: very different type of. Vibe and SO i think my

757
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 2: concern is that they have two reliable. THINGS i think

758
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 2: their defense is, reliable AND i Think shay is. Reliable

759
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 2: BUT i do think there's absolutely a great deal of

760
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 2: variance in their supporting offensive. Talent and if you have

761
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 2: that kind of, variance you absolutely can lose to The,

762
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 2: clippers you absolutely can lose to The, nuggets you absolutely

763
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 2: can lose to The lakers Or.

764
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: Warriors, WELL i mean we saw it in college. BASKETBALL

765
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,799
Speaker 1: i didn't Pick duke to win. It why too many young?

766
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 1: Players you get into these close, games you get into

767
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:36,920
Speaker 1: against more physical, teams and, like if you've never made

768
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: a long playoff run and you're really. Talented you can't

769
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 1: believe how fricking physical the conference finals. GET i mean

770
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: it is, Noticeable. Jason the referees change the way they

771
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 1: officiate for the conference. FINALS i mean they swallow the,

772
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,800
Speaker 1: whistle and you'll notice it a little bit early in the.

773
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 1: Playoffs but a lot of. TIMES i can remember THAT

774
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: okc team that Had harden And westbrook And Kevin. Durant

775
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 1: they were really good and they just didn't like they

776
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 1: just quite didn't didn't quite you, know in the regular,

777
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 1: season they fly into, town they blitz. You you look at a

778
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 1: little bit of, film they had too much, offenses, like

779
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 1: what the hell is? This and everybody just kind of you,

780
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: know at that, point we didn't know exactly What harden

781
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: was going to. BE I i think they're going to

782
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,720
Speaker 1: find out in the conference. Final by the second, series

783
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: they're going to find out on the. Road it's a

784
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 1: totally different.

785
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 2: SPORT nba history tells us that this team's like this

786
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:42,240
Speaker 2: thunder team usually win like next year or the year.

787
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: After cleveland two years. Ago we thought was.

788
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 2: Ready it's, like it's just what usually happens is you

789
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:52,240
Speaker 2: take a couple of hard losses in late playoff rounds

790
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 2: and a couple of key players take those losses to

791
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 2: heart and make important improvements in specific parts of their,

792
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 2: game and then they end up in a series where

793
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 2: they're like a two seed instead of the runaway one,

794
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 2: seed and they're there and they're, like we're not losing this,

795
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 2: year and then they rise to the occasion and they

796
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,719
Speaker 2: get it. Done it's kind of like what happened with The.

797
00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 2: Celtics you have the disappointment of what happened in twenty twenty,

798
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,799
Speaker 2: two then it gets even worse in the conference finals next,

799
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,360
Speaker 2: year and it's, like, Whoa Jalen brown really needs to

800
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 2: improve as a ball, handler and then all of it

801
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 2: just comes together in twenty twenty, four all of a,

802
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 2: Sudden Jalen brown's Winning FINALS, Mvp like it usually is,

803
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 2: incremental not immediate when it comes to the success of

804
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 2: these younger, Teams and, yeah they'll have, breakthroughs they met upset.

805
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 2: SOMEBODY i wouldn't be surprised if The thunder made it

806
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 2: to the finals this. Year as a matter of, FACT

807
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:40,880
Speaker 2: i still think they should be favored to win The.

808
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 2: West but it's JUST i have a really hard time

809
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 2: believing that if they made it to the, finals they

810
00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,280
Speaker 2: would be the more comfortable and more confident team Against.

811
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,799
Speaker 2: Boston AND i still Think boston has more talent than,

812
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 2: them SO i just would have a really hard time

813
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 2: picking against.

814
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: Them, YEAH i think The celtics ARE i think if

815
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 1: you look at the history of THE, nba because aesthetics

816
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 1: matter so much that we love The Shaq kobe, dynasty

817
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 1: The michael, dynasty The katie. Dynasty we didn't love The

818
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: spurs dynasty and it was as good as any of

819
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,759
Speaker 1: them because it wasn't as much. Fun AND i think

820
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,760
Speaker 1: Because boston doesn't have a ton of. Personality Joe mizzoola

821
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: is very, quiet Very, christian very much about team and.

822
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 1: Defense he's a wonderful, coach no flash from the. Coach

823
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 1: Tatum is can say he wants to be the face

824
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: of the, league but he just doesn't have that. Aura

825
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 1: Jalen brown's probably the voice of the locker, room but you,

826
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 1: know he's almost like, academic and you know he feels

827
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 1: sort of almost respectful when he speaks with. Confidence, Right

828
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: porzingis isn't that. Guy Drew holliday is one of the

829
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 1: league's most respected. Players there's not a lot of it's

830
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 1: not a, yeah it's not a dynamic. TEAM i Think

831
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,840
Speaker 1: boston's really, good AND i think That's San. Antonio you

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00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 1: had man who's the best six man. Ever duncan's one

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00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,360
Speaker 1: of the ten best players. Ever Tony parker was AN.

834
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 1: Mvp they had Excellent Bruce, bowen all sorts of different

835
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: players that came in and played great. Roles popovich's top five.

836
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 1: Coach we never mentioned them because esthetically it just wasn't

837
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: that much. FUN i went to Ten spurs games BECAUSE

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00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,799
Speaker 1: i was In portland at the, time And i've been

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00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,400
Speaker 1: TO i went to ten of their, games The spurs

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00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,359
Speaker 1: games when they were in The. Dynasty, jesus it was so.

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00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:28,920
Speaker 1: Clinical it was a great surgeon walking, in you, know

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00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 1: winning one oh one ninety, three and it was like

843
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 1: did they break a? Sweat it was just every game

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Speaker 1: looked the exact. Same and Now boston has very variation

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Speaker 1: because of their three point. Shooting they have knights when

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00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: they're just unbelievable and nights when they missed forty two.

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Speaker 1: Threes so there's great variables on how they. PLAY i

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Speaker 1: think THERE'S i, mean they have nine, guys ten guys

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Speaker 1: who could handle the, ball pass and shoot a.

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Speaker 2: Three the only Thing i'll say About boston that's concerning

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Speaker 2: me just a tiny, bit and it's just something we

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Speaker 2: should keep on our, radar call in because we could

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Speaker 2: be having a very different conversation in a week or.

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Speaker 2: Two Jalen brown got a pain relieving injection and his.

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Speaker 2: Knee i'm not sure if you saw. That he's been

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Speaker 2: dealing with knee issues throughout the year and he got

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Speaker 2: a pain relieving injection when this was about a week.

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Speaker 2: Ago and So jalen's, Knee let's say that becomes an

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Speaker 2: issue and then like one Of horford Or porzingis goes.

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Speaker 2: Down that's where it could end up in a situation

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Speaker 2: where you're trying to close games with A Sam houser

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Speaker 2: on the, floor or you're trying to close games with

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Speaker 2: A Payton pritcher on the, floor and suddenly they become

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Speaker 2: a little bit easier to, attack a little bit less

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Speaker 2: dynamic on. Offense i'm just my ears are just a

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Speaker 2: little pricked, up And i'm a Little i'm paying attention

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Speaker 2: to their. Health that is one thing to keep an eye,

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Speaker 2: on just Because Jalen. BROWN i, THINK i think if

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Speaker 2: you lose one Of tatum Or, brown it just gets

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Speaker 2: really hard in terms of shot, creation, because as you

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Speaker 2: saw in The maverick, series it's Just jalen's apex athleticism

872
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,920
Speaker 2: is still an important part of the ceiling of This celtics,

873
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Speaker 2: team even though he can be a frustrating, player you,

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Speaker 2: know relative To tatum in terms of his. Consistency so

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Speaker 2: just something to keep an eye on. There BUT i

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Speaker 2: do agree with. YOU i just every TIME i talk through,

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Speaker 2: IT i just have such an easier time discussing flaws

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Speaker 2: and finding flaws with other teams THAN i do with.

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Speaker 2: Last that's really that.

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Speaker 1: Simple jason timp oops. Tonight good talking to, You, bud

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Speaker 1: can't wait for.

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Speaker 2: It good to see you two. Man i'll see next.

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