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Speaker 1: the State of the Lakers postgame show. Um, we're not

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Speaker 1: of Draymond, I mean he's gonna make it work. Like

431
00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,439
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be easy. It's not gonna look like

432
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,480
Speaker 1: what it did against the Sun's where a D is

433
00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:17,800
Speaker 1: just getting everything he wants and like the people on

434
00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,240
Speaker 1: the couch watching at home or like this is violence,

435
00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:22,960
Speaker 1: what's happening here, That's not what's gonna happen with Draymond.

436
00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,119
Speaker 1: Like it's gonna be worked like a d might make

437
00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,919
Speaker 1: some shots, but it's not gonna be easy. And so

438
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,840
Speaker 1: if Wiggins can hold his own and that matchup against

439
00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,159
Speaker 1: Lebron and just not get completely, you know, destroyed to

440
00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,080
Speaker 1: the point where they have to send reckless double teams

441
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,200
Speaker 1: and Lebron can pick them apart, I think things could stagnate.

442
00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,840
Speaker 1: And if they do, that would be the recipe where

443
00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,800
Speaker 1: the pressure creeps in a little bit, all the role

444
00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,920
Speaker 1: players get sweaty poems and things start to get a

445
00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,320
Speaker 1: little bit tougher, and then it just becomes one of

446
00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,920
Speaker 1: those games where all of a sudden, you're middle of

447
00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:53,640
Speaker 1: the second quarter and you're like, oh, this is gonna

448
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,360
Speaker 1: be a close one, you know what I mean? And

449
00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,320
Speaker 1: and so I think it all starts for the Warriors

450
00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,360
Speaker 1: on the defensive end. Yeah, and I think our guys

451
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,200
Speaker 1: are gonna have to hit open shots, right, Guys like

452
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,000
Speaker 1: k ZP Dennis Shrewder who hit a few threes tonight,

453
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,840
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to hit their open looks. Especially if

454
00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,879
Speaker 1: we start Andre Drummond um, that lane is going to

455
00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,919
Speaker 1: be clogged. But I guess my only question with that

456
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,080
Speaker 1: is that um if Kevon Looney and Draymond Green. They're

457
00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,320
Speaker 1: gonna do a nice job, I guess, um in isolation

458
00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,640
Speaker 1: against them. But can they stop like Lebron James from

459
00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,520
Speaker 1: attacking the room? Can they stop Dennish Shrewder into the basket?

460
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,880
Speaker 1: Can they stopped Andrew Drummond Anthony Davis from attacking offense rebounds?

461
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:25,800
Speaker 1: I guess that's like my question there. Now, like the

462
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,439
Speaker 1: Lakers go cold and like Steff is going going crazy

463
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,560
Speaker 1: from three, that really opens everything else up for them.

464
00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,439
Speaker 1: But I just think the Lakers have really good guards

465
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,960
Speaker 1: KCP Alex Cruce, So they're gonna try to try to

466
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,640
Speaker 1: make it really tough on Steff. Right, You're not gonna

467
00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,920
Speaker 1: stop him, just make him work. Um now, I think

468
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,920
Speaker 1: make him shoot like forty times. I think that is

469
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000
Speaker 1: kind of making him work a little bit. But they're

470
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,640
Speaker 1: gonna try to take those away, trap them a little

471
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,720
Speaker 1: bit harder, make Draymond kind of make that four on

472
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 1: three passes to base Moore and guys like that. But yeah,

473
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,320
Speaker 1: I guess that's the way that the Warriors could could

474
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,720
Speaker 1: could steal one right again, this game I believe is

475
00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,560
Speaker 1: in is in l a But still, um, that's the

476
00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,520
Speaker 1: way they can steal if STEP's going hot and then

477
00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,000
Speaker 1: they're they're shooters are making shots. As more guys like that,

478
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,520
Speaker 1: UM can can stop them. But I think the only

479
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,399
Speaker 1: thing with as they have to take away the rim

480
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,400
Speaker 1: because Lebron's gonna try to attack the roim, Anthony Davis

481
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:08,919
Speaker 1: is gonna try to get to the rim. Um, that's

482
00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,920
Speaker 1: the only way that they'll win this game. If they're

483
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,440
Speaker 1: able to take away that, then they have a chance.

484
00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,520
Speaker 1: The Lakers shooters can go cold. Um, they don't have

485
00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,000
Speaker 1: any awesome, great shooters on the team, but those dudes

486
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,720
Speaker 1: can go cold. Because do you see that as well?

487
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:20,719
Speaker 1: That's kind of the way this goes. The Lakers kind

488
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,639
Speaker 1: of go cold again in a one game sample. That's

489
00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,919
Speaker 1: why I wanted to stay out this playing thing, not

490
00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,280
Speaker 1: being scared of the Warriors, but just just putting this

491
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,440
Speaker 1: up to one game. It's just it's just really tough.

492
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:31,240
Speaker 1: But is that kind of what you see as well?

493
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,879
Speaker 1: Just them kind of going cold, and that's that'll be

494
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,080
Speaker 1: the way the Warriors can win this one. Yeah, So

495
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,879
Speaker 1: let's let's shift to that same matchup and focus kind

496
00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,000
Speaker 1: of on on the Lakers here for a second, because

497
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,280
Speaker 1: the role players hitting shots is definitely an important part

498
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,520
Speaker 1: of it, agree with you, And it's definitely gonna be

499
00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:48,280
Speaker 1: Let's put it this way, if the role players are

500
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,040
Speaker 1: making shots for the Lakers, I think they take care

501
00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:55,000
Speaker 1: of comfortably um the end of the day. Well, I

502
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 1: when I say Wiggins holds his own against Lebron, I

503
00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,479
Speaker 1: just mean like he's physically capable of at least not

504
00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,359
Speaker 1: getting entirely destroyed, because we all know Lebron is gonna

505
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,920
Speaker 1: get by. It's just a matter of what else is

506
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 1: open there. And so what I think, what I think

507
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 1: is gonna be really key to watch is, especially in

508
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,360
Speaker 1: a play in format, is how quickly is Frank willing

509
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:21,120
Speaker 1: to pull on a center if it looks like it's

510
00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,160
Speaker 1: going to be one of the That's gonna be the

511
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,840
Speaker 1: the kill of this game, because if it is a

512
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,040
Speaker 1: game where the Warriors have a lead in the first

513
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,000
Speaker 1: half and the scoring numbers are very low, it's gonna

514
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:37,399
Speaker 1: hit the under that kind of game, and it's clearly

515
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,159
Speaker 1: for all of us watching because of a stagnant, you know,

516
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,880
Speaker 1: lack of space to operate for their two best players

517
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,280
Speaker 1: and and and they continue to play. That's a huge

518
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: concern for me in that play in type of format.

519
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,600
Speaker 1: I think it's so important that Frank reads the writing

520
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,960
Speaker 1: on the wall. Middle of the second quarter, warriors are

521
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,680
Speaker 1: really hanging around or even have a lead. You know,

522
00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,240
Speaker 1: Dan is kind of clogging things up because all treads

523
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 1: they're clogging things up or whatever it is. I really

524
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 1: really hope that that that Frank is not down episode

525
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,639
Speaker 1: to speak, and that he understands the threat of what

526
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: could happen with against the really good defense, because with

527
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,119
Speaker 1: the Pacers the other night, even for an average defense,

528
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:21,920
Speaker 1: when they lock in at the end of a game

529
00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,240
Speaker 1: and Drummonds on the floor, it's like, here come a

530
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 1: bunch of ab shots because there's just nothing open and

531
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:30,800
Speaker 1: pick and roll because there's always the third defender involved,

532
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,119
Speaker 1: and because there's no opportunity for lebronore A d to

533
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,679
Speaker 1: bully their way to the rim on account of the

534
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:44,320
Speaker 1: lack of space to operate. So I Frank is aware

535
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,399
Speaker 1: of the fact that in a one game setting, have

536
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,919
Speaker 1: to be weaker with that plug than he would in

537
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:57,600
Speaker 1: the playoffs world, right, I think he's going to treat

538
00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,840
Speaker 1: this as like do or die game, Like I don't

539
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 1: think they want to go and and lose this game

540
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,760
Speaker 1: and then go play that that one game for your

541
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,360
Speaker 1: season against Whereons, against Memphids and Santonio, and then it's

542
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:09,719
Speaker 1: stuff that we've talked about all um this whole season.

543
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,080
Speaker 1: I guess this whole second half the season, at least

544
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 1: I can't bring it back. I guess to tonight, Um.

545
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 1: I thought the rotations tonight were very much playoff, playoff

546
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,160
Speaker 1: level rotations. We saw no treads tonight. UM, I think

547
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 1: trends and kind of play against the Warriors. Actually, I

548
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 1: think that's the team maybe you can play play against.

549
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,639
Speaker 1: They don't have that many centers. But again, I think

550
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:28,359
Speaker 1: drummer will get a quick pool, um if if they're down,

551
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,360
Speaker 1: marcusol will probably get minutes against the Words, and Gon'll

552
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 1: be a nice team for him to play. And then

553
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,160
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis at the five. We'll probably see a lot

554
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,719
Speaker 1: more of that right um on on Wednesday, especially if

555
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,119
Speaker 1: it's a winning time. I think they'll still start with

556
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 1: drumming and see how the game goes, see how the

557
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 1: flow is going. But I think it'll be a quick

558
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,119
Speaker 1: pool for sure. We'll see a lot of k c P,

559
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 1: a lot of cru So, a lot of kuzma Um,

560
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:49,560
Speaker 1: a little bit of Wes Matthews. But from there, I

561
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,600
Speaker 1: think the rotation will be pretty much kind of what

562
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:53,800
Speaker 1: it was tonight. Write a few th h team minutes,

563
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 1: maybe not too much, and just stick with that eight

564
00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 1: nine month rotation. You can't mess around with this. I

565
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 1: think they want to get that, at least get that

566
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 1: game and then get the rest till till round one.

567
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:04,359
Speaker 1: But you would you see that as well. A lot

568
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,160
Speaker 1: of a d at the five probably. I mean, that's

569
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 1: really what Bobo can go to, right, and then he

570
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,439
Speaker 1: has all those centers to kind of rotate around. I

571
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,359
Speaker 1: just think that that's what he'll he'll go to if

572
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,360
Speaker 1: if they're down they won't really keep with Drummond or

573
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 1: if Drummond can't stay up. But I actually think, like

574
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,119
Speaker 1: against the Warriors, he kind of that's kind of his

575
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,320
Speaker 1: skill set, being able to switch up top. That's what

576
00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 1: Drummond kind of does, right, He's not really a big

577
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,960
Speaker 1: lob taking away center. But against Steph, I think that

578
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 1: obviously step kills everybody, but that's kind of the type

579
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 1: of archetype of player that he can play against. But

580
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,520
Speaker 1: we'll see, um, we'll see, but I'm pretty sure Voge

581
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: will have a pretty quick pool on on Wednesday. Yeah,

582
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:39,320
Speaker 1: he needs to again like bast basketball games have a

583
00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,120
Speaker 1: tendency to slip away rather quickly, like you can fall

584
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,399
Speaker 1: apart quick and you can put yourself in and just

585
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 1: like against Denver last year in Game three, where yeah,

586
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,360
Speaker 1: you start trying to come back and you get back

587
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,879
Speaker 1: into the game, but then you have no way and

588
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 1: that's pressure who let the foot off the gas and

589
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,200
Speaker 1: put you away, Like you have to grab him by

590
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: the throat from the start, and if you sense it

591
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,439
Speaker 1: slipping away at all, you've got to go to your

592
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: ace in the hole because there is no second change.

593
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,639
Speaker 1: And we as we've discussed that length already. It is

594
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: so important that they get seven eight, not only by

595
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,399
Speaker 1: the chaotic single elimination game on Friday, but just because

596
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 1: of the opponents based along the way with Lebron and Dad.

597
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,679
Speaker 1: This is such an camp. So there's no point in

598
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: pulling any punches in any way whatsoever. But lets let's

599
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,720
Speaker 1: to the defensive end. And so this uh the the

600
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 1: what the Warriors do extremely well, basically what they've done

601
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:43,640
Speaker 1: give given Steph the ultimate flight, or at least they've

602
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 1: gotten him to mentally ex smit green light the way

603
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 1: that he didn't earlier in the season. He's shooting considerably

604
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 1: more now than he did in the first and it's

605
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: been a big part of the reason successful. They're basically

606
00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: just living and dying on high volume. Even double and

607
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 1: triple teams. He just you can have a double team

608
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 1: on Stephy seconds of a possession, but you let him

609
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 1: slip and you get beat. It literally happened to the

610
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,400
Speaker 1: Jazz the other night. The phenomenal job guarding him offensive rebounds,

611
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: someone got detached from Steph. Step got a three and

612
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 1: to beat them. You know that that's the way they're operating.

613
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 1: They're just waiting for you to slip. So it's gonna

614
00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 1: be important for to not have the mistakes that have

615
00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:30,320
Speaker 1: plagued them at even in the postseason one, because it's

616
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,719
Speaker 1: just sip ups where steps gonna be ready because he's

617
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: an elitely he's an elite conditioned athlete. He's not gonna

618
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: get tired if you leave him open. He's gonna strong

619
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 1: and confident in the shot, and he's gonna make you

620
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: pay um and then and then you know, at the

621
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: end of the day, like we've always said, there's such

622
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,960
Speaker 1: a good tame. You do manage to get Step to

623
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,560
Speaker 1: give up the You just have to be really sharp

624
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: on the back end and make sure that you know

625
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 1: you end up with somebody that's an inferior player, making

626
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 1: a like a Michael Molder, someone like a J. T

627
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: A and stay glued the ball doesn't circle around back

628
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: to him all and he can make you pay. Again.

629
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a really interesting match up

630
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 1: to see whether or not there's of taking out of

631
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: this ridiculous that he's been in for over a month now. Yeah,

632
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: he's gonna He's gonna try to shoot them into a win, right,

633
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 1: Like that's really their chance here. Um, I don't think

634
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: there's enough like talent there where they can win without

635
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 1: him kind of scoring thirty five forty five points. But

636
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 1: you were able to watch that full game today right

637
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: against Memphis, Um, Step versus Memphis. I don't watch the

638
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 1: entire thing, but I watched, Okay, so like watching watching

639
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 1: against Memphis, just seeing how they depended him. Now, the

640
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 1: Lakers gonna have a few days to kind of scout this,

641
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: I guess, And again I don't know how much they need.

642
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: They played him three or four times or three or

643
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,040
Speaker 1: four times this year, but just watching them trying to defend,

644
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 1: try to trap him and just like relax after giving

645
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 1: up the ball, right Like I saw Janey Jackson New Jr.

646
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 1: Do that a lot. They really picked on him. I

647
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 1: thought at the top of the key, Um, I just

648
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,239
Speaker 1: don't see that happening. I guess with the look, if

649
00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: STEP's going hot, you got it trapping. You have to

650
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: get the ball out of his hands. And I think

651
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 1: that's what they're gonna try to do. And the k

652
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 1: CP I was CRUs like we touched on before. They're

653
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,320
Speaker 1: probably one of the best guys being able to chase

654
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 1: over screens. Right, Stef's not gonna stop moving. He's gonna

655
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: keep firing, um, even if he starts off slow. But

656
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: I guess that's that's the way you gotta do it.

657
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: You gotta get the ball off his hands to make

658
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,280
Speaker 1: make Hans Kanna understand, make Andrew Wiggins, make all those

659
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 1: dudes make shots now. Wiggins made shots tonight. Jordan Poole

660
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,280
Speaker 1: had a really nice game for them. But I guess

661
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:24,920
Speaker 1: that's the key there is try to get them to

662
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: slow down. STEP's gonna do what he does. I think

663
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,800
Speaker 1: he's still gonna get his thirty I'm just trying to

664
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: make him work for it, I guess, And that's how

665
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 1: you have to defend him. That you're gonna have to

666
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: defend step. He doesn't have clay tops in next to him, right,

667
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: so this is where you have to try to trap

668
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 1: him part get the ball of his hands make I

669
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 1: don't know how much you're gonna try to switch with

670
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 1: a d at the top with him, but I guess

671
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 1: that's that's the only way to defend him. Is there

672
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 1: anything else you see from them on the officive band

673
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: that the Lakers might have trouble trouble stopping I guess

674
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 1: for them, I'm not even sure that I would do

675
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 1: any switching with a D involved. First of all, I

676
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: want to say that you know, you know it he's

677
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,360
Speaker 1: barbecue chicken or anything like that match up in that matchup,

678
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,080
Speaker 1: because he's not that he can hold his own in

679
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 1: that matchup. But I just think it's inviting a risk

680
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: that's not necessary. It's like it's like not filing at

681
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 1: the end of a game when there's when you're down

682
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 1: three or when you're up three, it's like, yeah, like

683
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 1: you we're going to get a stop. It's like, why

684
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: you can chance. If you feel like you've got guys

685
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 1: that can knock down free throws, just commit the foul,

686
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: then go home and winner, you know what I mean.

687
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: And that's kind of the way I see it with

688
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 1: the with the with the steps stuff. Wrap the living

689
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 1: out of him, and I would literally say, we're going

690
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: to go down. If we lose, it's gonna because Michael

691
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 1: Mulder made a ton of shots. Now, First of all,

692
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: as you and I have talked about, the Lakers are

693
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,120
Speaker 1: the best trap and recover team in the league. They

694
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 1: haven't always shown it a large part because of the

695
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: inc um defense that can show up every once in

696
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 1: a while, or they just mail it in. But that's

697
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: that's always been their calling card. And the only difference

698
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: is that it's not like it is with Harden, where

699
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 1: you can trap him, he gives up the all and

700
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: he backs away to half court. You have to remember that, deaf,

701
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 1: you are not safe until literally you have secured the rebound.

702
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: That is when you can finally relax on Steph Curry. Defensively,

703
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: you can you can you can fake like he's out

704
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: of the play for twenty seconds and then just break

705
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 1: open at the right moment and make you pay, and

706
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: so that will be the key different the way they've

707
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:25,239
Speaker 1: guarded you know, Dame and and James Harden, guys who

708
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: were less. You know they're less. You know that the

709
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 1: making making you pay for trapping them. You know, because

710
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,719
Speaker 1: step has been getting trapped basically ever since the two

711
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: thousands finals. Uh, you know, even prior to that. Excuse me,

712
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 1: in two thousand fifteen against the men, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

713
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: Like he's just been seeing nothing but traps NonStop. Now

714
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 1: he's playing with inferior teammates. But at the end of

715
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 1: the day, like, you know, these guys are pros and

716
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: if you don't, if you're not sharp on the back

717
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: end there, you will get beat. But I think it's

718
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 1: gonna be really interesting to see how committed they are

719
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: to the trapping and if they're consistent they are sloppy

720
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: with it, or if they go which is with a D,

721
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: I think you run the risk of Staff getting hot,

722
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: at which point anything can happen. You know, I have

723
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,320
Speaker 1: the utmost respect for Staff. I think he's the second

724
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: best player in the league. I've been unbelievably impressed by

725
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: the way he's played this season. I think the Lakers

726
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: need to approach this game this day as if they're

727
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: going against appear and not against someone that's beneath them,

728
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: because I think they are very very capable of losing

729
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 1: this game. That's how much I respect Steff, And that's

730
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,480
Speaker 1: how much I respect Steve cur and this Warrior's defense

731
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 1: Green and and I really, I really hope, I really

732
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 1: hope the Lakers come at it with a sense of urgency,

733
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 1: and I hope they don't come in kind of lacks

734
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 1: some days ago. Yeah, for sure, I don't think they're

735
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: going to treat this as some like walk walkover when

736
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: right that they know who said people people one knows

737
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 1: who step is Draymond. They know their body of work.

738
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 1: And again, look we can talk like excelling those and

739
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: everything and like what they do defensively, but we talked

740
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: about all the time. Basketball is not played don't like

741
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: a spreadsheet or on like coach's boards. Right, It's played

742
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: on the floor. And like you know, one game sample,

743
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 1: anything can happen. Stef can go crazy, you can have

744
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 1: forty five and they can win like that that could

745
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 1: legitimately happened. Like Steff is that good where he can

746
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: win you the game. I just don't. I just think

747
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 1: the Lakers would be pretty heavily favored, um in this one.

748
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 1: But definitely that that can happen in a one game

749
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:23,920
Speaker 1: playing sample. That's why you want to stay out of this.

750
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 1: I was hoping Denver could could win tonight, but then

751
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: it happened, so yeah, Steph can definitely win. I think

752
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 1: they'll go into it serious. Um. Lebron looks ready right,

753
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: like not piggybacking off tonight, but he just looks ready

754
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 1: to go. I thought he was very serious. Um. He

755
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 1: was talking to Shrewder and all those guys about kind

756
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: of defensive kind of rotations and stuff like that. The

757
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,200
Speaker 1: team is ready to go. I think they'll treat this

758
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 1: as a playoff game, as they should. It is a

759
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 1: playoff game, because you don't want to go into that

760
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 1: nine tin winner matchup. UM, So I think they'll take

761
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,840
Speaker 1: it serious again, like there's not I don't know what

762
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 1: else you can kind of go go into there. Because

763
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:54,880
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a one game sample. They're gonna have

764
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: to defend step and kind of make those other guys shoot,

765
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 1: and I think if they do that, they'll win. Um.

766
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,240
Speaker 1: I feel like they went pretty comfortably in my opinion.

767
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:03,759
Speaker 1: I just think Lebron and a D will be ready

768
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 1: to go by that time, by Wednesday, ready to ready

769
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:09,439
Speaker 1: to ramp it up again into A games and playoffs. Yeah,

770
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: so I think we can you know, inflammation. Just say,

771
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: the two things that were keeping an eye on the

772
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 1: most will be how successful the Lakers are with their

773
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 1: trap and recover, whether they can get Steph quote unquote

774
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 1: out of the game or at least as close as

775
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: you can, or if it ends up burning them, or

776
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: if they're sloppy and they let Steff get off anyway.

777
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 1: And then on the defensive or on the offensive end,

778
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 1: I think the thing we're gonna be watching is is

779
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:39,719
Speaker 1: that the Warriors are a top tier defensive team, and

780
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: the and the Lakers play without a ton of spacing,

781
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 1: and so I think those will be the things that

782
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 1: that we have to keep an eye on. Um. But

783
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:48,319
Speaker 1: I agree with you, it's a one game sample. You

784
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: know that there's a hundred different ways this game can go,

785
00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:53,839
Speaker 1: and it's not gonna be like series where you have

786
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: the X game and the Y game and the Z

787
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: game and the A game in the B game, in

788
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 1: the C game, and you look back on the series

789
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: and you're like, wow, every game was like different than

790
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,879
Speaker 1: the others. You know, like like we've seen so often

791
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: in the past watching NBA playoffs, so you know this

792
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,799
Speaker 1: is just gonna be you know, God knows what's gonna happen,

793
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: and and and and the Lakers are just gonna have

794
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 1: to be on their toes now, thankfully in terms of

795
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: their preparation and effort. You know, you know who has

796
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 1: a great deal of respect for Steph Curry too is

797
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 1: Lebron James. You know, this is a guy that who

798
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,760
Speaker 1: I mean, it's not as simple as losing to Steph,

799
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: but he has lost the staff three times in the

800
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: playoffs and and and been sent and been sent home

801
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 1: by him and his teammates. But the point is is,

802
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,760
Speaker 1: you know, Lebron has a great deal of respect for staff,

803
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: and I I think that he's gonna have have those

804
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 1: guys ready to go. Um. But yeah, dude, that's all

805
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: I got in terms of of prep for this game.

806
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: If you want to get some guests on here and

807
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,279
Speaker 1: we can take some questions. Yeah, people want to get

808
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 1: through a question, We'll get get a few people up here.

809
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: I guess my last thing on this, like my biggest

810
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: concern with this team just all year. I think today

811
00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 1: was like the twenty six game that's Shooter Lebron any

812
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,359
Speaker 1: Da played together, right, And today it was like the

813
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: third third game with with Drummond and then all those starters.

814
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 1: So I guess that's my biggest worry go into a

815
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,359
Speaker 1: one game playoff that Warrior's team, even though they're really shorthanded,

816
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,440
Speaker 1: they've kind of been playing together for a little while, right,

817
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,399
Speaker 1: They've built a little good chemistry together. Um and Steve

818
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: Kerr I think is short in the rotation. Um. I

819
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 1: think I was talking to some Warrior fans and they said,

820
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 1: seemque short in the rotation for like a few months now.

821
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:23,799
Speaker 1: They've been playing like eight nine guys, um, And they

822
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: might get Ubery back as well, but by that playing game,

823
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: I'm not really sure. But that's my biggest worry here

824
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 1: is just that that chemistry is not there yet. The

825
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 1: Lakers have the town level to win this game pretty comfortably,

826
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 1: in my opinion, is just that chemistry knowing where everyone is,

827
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 1: especially like if they get down where the rotation should be,

828
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 1: kind of being locked in in that respect, I think

829
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 1: they'll be locked in mentally. It's just locked in as

830
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:46,319
Speaker 1: a team together, right, that's a little different. Um, So

831
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 1: that that's my only I guess the biggest concern with

832
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: this like one game playoff, right, when you get a

833
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 1: series to kind of set it down, it's a little different.

834
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 1: You can not relax in game one, but you know

835
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 1: you can kind of feel things out, experiment lineups. You

836
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: can't do this with this kind of game. It's a

837
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: game seven to me because you don't want to go

838
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,680
Speaker 1: into that last game. So I guess that's my final concern,

839
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 1: and then yeah, I should Do you have anything else

840
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 1: from from this series? Yeah? Yeah. The last thing I

841
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 1: was just gonna say it was just to just to

842
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:12,439
Speaker 1: follow up on what you were saying, is just like

843
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: the Lakers have a talent advantage, a clear talent advantage,

844
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 1: but the Warriors have been playing better basketball for for

845
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 1: the last month, and a lot of that has to

846
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 1: do with injuries. Like I'm not glossing over the obvious

847
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: reasons why the way things are that they are, um,

848
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 1: but let's let's call it what it is. The for

849
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: the last month there, you know, the last twenty games,

850
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 1: they have been a bona fide, you know, championship contender

851
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 1: type of team in the way that they've played on

852
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: both ends of the floor. Now you could call that

853
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:47,280
Speaker 1: strength schedule, you could call that then capitalizing on injured

854
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:49,720
Speaker 1: teams that aren't playing all their guys. There's a bunch

855
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 1: of of you know, underlying context there. However, you can't

856
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: argue with the results. And the point is is that

857
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: the advantage the Warriors have coming into this game is

858
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: that they're playing damn good basketball right now. You know,

859
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 1: the Lakers have won five in a row as well,

860
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: but they've they've had three cake walks in that in

861
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 1: that stretch. And so what you hope is that the

862
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: Lakers talent in this recent stretch of winning, even though

863
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: it's been a little sloppy on the defensive end, you

864
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: hope that that can overcome the month or so of

865
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: quality basketball that this inferior team has been playing. But

866
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: you know what, dude, I cannot wait for that game.

867
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: That is going to be one of the more entertaining

868
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: NBA games of this last decade. I'm I'm very much

869
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:34,439
Speaker 1: looking forward to it. But yeah, let's get some people

870
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 1: on Yeah, it's probably not to talk about ratings. Will

871
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,240
Speaker 1: probably be one of the most rated playoff playoff games

872
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 1: in total, right, just Lebron step um going at it

873
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,439
Speaker 1: in a in a one game off kind of game

874
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 1: seven feel Um, So I guess we can start with

875
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 1: Pedro here and and get your request and only we

876
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 1: can get to you tonight, um, which just kind of

877
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 1: it's all nine is not too late, but probably twenty minutes. Yeah,

878
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: you know, it's up Goods. So we kind of talked

879
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: a lot about the Warriors, but I was kind of wondering,

880
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: do you guys know what seed we would be playing

881
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 1: in the second round if we win Wednesday? So if

882
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 1: we would Wednesday, it's really simple. We play the Suns

883
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:18,919
Speaker 1: in the first round, and if we beat the Suns,

884
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: we play the winner of of Portland and Denver. So,

885
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,800
Speaker 1: like I said, that's the other angle of this Wednesday

886
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 1: game that makes it so important is it's the difference

887
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 1: between going through what would probably be the ideal path

888
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 1: through the playoffs, you know, facing the Clippers in the

889
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: finals or Western Conference finals, I should say, and then

890
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 1: facing two inferior teams in the in the second round,

891
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: and then the first and then the first round opponent

892
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 1: that is a really, really bad matchup. The Lakers are

893
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:46,759
Speaker 1: a bad matchup for them in the sense that they

894
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,239
Speaker 1: can't they really can't guard Anthony Davis. You know, if

895
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,279
Speaker 1: they lose on Wednesday and they have to beat you know,

896
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,279
Speaker 1: Memphis or San Antonio on Friday, then you're looking at

897
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 1: Utah in the first round, who has been the best

898
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 1: record in the league this year, and someone that is

899
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,760
Speaker 1: probably matches up with the Lakers a little bit better

900
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,800
Speaker 1: um than the Suns do. And then you have to

901
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 1: play the Clippers in the second round. So all all around,

902
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,719
Speaker 1: all around, this Wednesday game carries up the utmost importance

903
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 1: for the Lakers pathway through all of this. Yeah, that

904
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, then, because that would really make the

905
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:26,239
Speaker 1: pathway a lot easier. Nuggets and Sons, Right, I feel

906
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 1: like both of the Clippers and Lakers kind of got

907
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: what they wanted, I guess other than the playing game,

908
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:31,879
Speaker 1: I don't think the Lakers wanted to be in there.

909
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,920
Speaker 1: But going from Phoenix to like Denver and Portland, who

910
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 1: are you know, respectable good teams. It's just in the

911
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 1: second round, like that's that's a pretty good choice. And

912
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: then from there you play the Clippers in the conference finals,

913
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 1: and Lebron and e d should be in rhythm, right

914
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: going the team should be in a really good flow

915
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,800
Speaker 1: by then. It's over a month from now. Yeah, yeah,

916
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:50,719
Speaker 1: that looks like what both teams can. Well, at least

917
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,399
Speaker 1: the Clippers wanted because they kind of force that to happen, right,

918
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 1: and Denver can also helped out in there. So but

919
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 1: it looks like they got what they wanted. Both teams

920
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 1: are gonna play in the conference finals, which I think

921
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: is right, which is which should have happened, right, That

922
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,800
Speaker 1: was the correcting everyone would have predicted before the season.

923
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 1: So it looks like we got it. Yeah, the Clippers.

924
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: The Clippers are sneaked in this is here, you know,

925
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 1: geniuses who tank. So there's they're they're playing with fate.

926
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 1: But Utah Donovan Mitchell has not played since his ankle injury.

927
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell has not played, and Mike Conley's barely played. Uh,

928
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:29,240
Speaker 1: and so there there's the Utah is not exactly sitting

929
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 1: in a super confident position. If they have to play

930
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: Golden State in the first that is a much more

931
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 1: dangerous series for them on account of their lack of

932
00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,279
Speaker 1: health from the backcourt. And so there's a chance the

933
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:43,439
Speaker 1: Clippers could end up going you know, Dallas and then

934
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,320
Speaker 1: Golden State, a team that I think they man handle,

935
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: or Dallas and then Utah you know, with a like

936
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: a relatively rusty backcourt, so that the first, you know,

937
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:57,360
Speaker 1: say what you want about the Clippers and the Nuggets

938
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 1: that you know they were smart to do what they

939
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:03,280
Speaker 1: did to them, just as it rolled them and and mhm,

940
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:09,959
Speaker 1: supule of intentionally losing basketball games. Yeah, the basketball gods

941
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 1: are watching right as they see in the other and

942
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 1: Laker from the podcast as well, So they're they're testing

943
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 1: fate here, testing karma. So we'll see, let's see what's

944
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:24,359
Speaker 1: what happens. All right, Thanks God. Question that I really

945
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: had was wondering him about. Appreciate it man, Thank you

946
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: all right, thanks Jordans. Are you there, hy? Sorry? Can

947
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:53,399
Speaker 1: you hear me? I can hear you. What's hey? What's on? Man? Um?

948
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,960
Speaker 1: I was just wondering, how confident are you guys and

949
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 1: the like us and the playoffs if we go, if

950
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 1: we beat the side and awfully beat the Warriors. I'll

951
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: just put a flat, uh, really simple. If they beat

952
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:09,319
Speaker 1: the Warriors on Wednesday, I think the Lakers, I think

953
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:14,320
Speaker 1: they have a very clear path through the first sounds

954
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 1: based sheerly on what they are right now, and then

955
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:22,600
Speaker 1: as soon as Lebron gets back in shape, which again,

956
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 1: like I was telling Rodgers just a second ago, that

957
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:29,399
Speaker 1: Western Conference Finals series is probably five weeks away at

958
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,839
Speaker 1: this point. So that's a lot of time to really

959
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 1: get your legs back underneath you and playing not in

960
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:39,920
Speaker 1: a regular season schedule where you're you know, bare barely

961
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: even motivated to to sweat on any given night. He's

962
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 1: gonna be playing real, high leverage basketball games for five

963
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 1: weeks going into that stretch. So I think if they

964
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 1: can get through the Warriors on Wednesday, which I do

965
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 1: not think is a guarantee, I think I think they're

966
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: sitting really pretty to go on and run here and

967
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:58,400
Speaker 1: win this thing. And I think it would be the

968
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 1: Vegas favorite if they win on Wednesday. Oh cool man, sure,

969
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,239
Speaker 1: sweet Yeah, I feel the same way. As long as

970
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:08,359
Speaker 1: they're healthy. We've been talking about that all year. Um

971
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 1: they like to me, I think the Western Conference is

972
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 1: a little tougher than a lot of people make it

973
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: seem like. I still think Denver and Poorland are respectable teams.

974
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 1: But the Lakers that they have, uh, if they have

975
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 1: health on their side, they have the talent on their

976
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 1: side as well. And I mean Jason talked about a

977
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 1: lot the Clippers are the main team right that worries us,

978
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 1: and I think we still kind of feel that way.

979
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 1: And especially if the Clippers. The Clippers get to the

980
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 1: Western Conference finals, that means they're rolling to right. Like

981
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 1: they played well, they were able to knock two teams

982
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: out of the playoffs, I think that's gonna be a

983
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 1: health iight like I would still pick the Lakers by

984
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 1: a margin, but I think I think that would be

985
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:40,360
Speaker 1: a really tough series. But I'm so confident that they

986
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 1: can get there. I think can at least get there.

987
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: They have that means they have a shot. Cool n

988
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,360
Speaker 1: my question, Yeah, it was pretty short, but thanks for

989
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: thanks for answering it. Thank you for happing on Jordan.

990
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Cool you man. I think I think

991
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 1: it'll be interesting. You know, when when we speak confidently

992
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: about the Lakers, you have to remember that these other

993
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:04,279
Speaker 1: teams all have flaws too, you know, and you know

994
00:46:04,320 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: the Lakers flaw, the one that everyone is pointing to

995
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 1: all season was, well, what about Lebron's ankle? Well what

996
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:12,479
Speaker 1: about a d you know in his achilles? And both

997
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 1: of those seemed to be non issues at this point.

998
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,440
Speaker 1: So you're diving into a Clippers team that you know,

999
00:46:17,480 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 1: they've been a little bit better at pressuring the rim lately,

1000
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: but they're not a great rim pressure team, and they

1001
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 1: tend to really stagnate in the clutch, and they rely

1002
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,840
Speaker 1: too heavily in isolation, and and there are a lot

1003
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,160
Speaker 1: of reasons that they could fall apart. Defensively, they haven't

1004
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 1: been nearly as sharp as some of the other contenders.

1005
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,239
Speaker 1: You know, we've talked a lot about Brooklyn and their

1006
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:35,000
Speaker 1: flaws and Milwaukee in their flaws. Like all these teams

1007
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,719
Speaker 1: have have just a laundry list of items that could

1008
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: get them beat, and the Lakers have some items on

1009
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 1: that list too, but they have less the fewer of

1010
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,160
Speaker 1: those items, and their stars look healthy, and there there's

1011
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:49,440
Speaker 1: there's reason to be optimistic because all I'm trying to say, yep,

1012
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 1: I agree, let me get our um here. Yeah, all

1013
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 1: that other stuff is gravy. Right, Lebron looking like himself

1014
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 1: and a d looking like themselves is pretty much what

1015
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:07,320
Speaker 1: we needed the last few games. It's like it's connecting.

1016
00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: See if I can get jailing up here, Well, the

1017
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:27,759
Speaker 1: other one connects can you hear a sailor? Yep? Can

1018
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,920
Speaker 1: you hear me? Yeah? What's up? Man? Yeah? So I

1019
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,719
Speaker 1: just had one quick question or just one quick question

1020
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:39,840
Speaker 1: that guys might for your perspective, um, for the gamma

1021
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 1: Wednesday against the Lakers. I mean, I'm sorry against the

1022
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 1: Warriors for you personally, what would your ideal rotaste and

1023
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:50,279
Speaker 1: look like? So Roger and I talked about this a lot.

1024
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 1: I think we'd both like to see a lot of

1025
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: a d at the five. But my guess is that

1026
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,879
Speaker 1: they'll start big. Because the Warriors start big, they start

1027
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,560
Speaker 1: keep on Looney at center. Um. And so my guess

1028
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:04,359
Speaker 1: is that the Lakers will attempt to physically dominate them. Um.

1029
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 1: I just hope that if they are unsuccessful and physically done,

1030
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,280
Speaker 1: and that they quickly audible as far as that. Outside

1031
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,880
Speaker 1: of that, I think Roj you can dive into a

1032
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:15,360
Speaker 1: little bit that I think it'll look a lot like

1033
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 1: it did tonight in terms of the guys who got

1034
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,960
Speaker 1: dnp s. What do you think? Yeah, absolutely, I think

1035
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,920
Speaker 1: that it will be like a shorter rotation like we

1036
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:24,319
Speaker 1: thought tonight. We didn't see Tress tonight and he might

1037
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,239
Speaker 1: play against the Warriors, But I kind of expect him

1038
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 1: to not play either either then and no bad maxim

1039
00:48:29,160 --> 00:48:31,320
Speaker 1: or either tonight. We got some Wes Matthews minutes, but

1040
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,120
Speaker 1: I think we'll pretty much stick to the core of

1041
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 1: a Crusoe, k cp um, Kuzma and all, just like

1042
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:39,319
Speaker 1: the main core guys. And then I think Drummond will

1043
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 1: still start. I think you'll get a quick pull, but

1044
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 1: I expect Marcusol to play a lot and just go

1045
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:46,359
Speaker 1: with that eight nine mine rotation and treat that as

1046
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:48,239
Speaker 1: like the game seven. And I feel like they will.

1047
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:50,160
Speaker 1: Um so I think we'll see a short rotation. They'll

1048
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,120
Speaker 1: see if that starting lineup works. If not, I think

1049
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:53,600
Speaker 1: Bogle will get a quick pull, but I would like

1050
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:56,200
Speaker 1: to see Marcosol, Andre, Drummond and then a d at

1051
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:58,600
Speaker 1: the five. And I think we know like what the wings,

1052
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,600
Speaker 1: who the wings are and and of course Lebron that's

1053
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:06,200
Speaker 1: that's what I would he has a rotation. Mhm. Okay,

1054
00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:14,439
Speaker 1: thanks guys, thank you do see if we can get

1055
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:19,839
Speaker 1: our showan back up here. Thank god it's going good

1056
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:24,920
Speaker 1: doing well. Thanks. I just wanted to get your guys

1057
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: thoughts on what you see as Montrez Harrold's role moving forward.

1058
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:32,440
Speaker 1: UM I think at the beginning of the season, we

1059
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,400
Speaker 1: all had some ambitions for him, and we knew that

1060
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:40,080
Speaker 1: he was limited defensively, But how are we gonna incorporate him?

1061
00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:42,080
Speaker 1: Do you think it's important to do so? Do you

1062
00:49:42,120 --> 00:49:45,359
Speaker 1: think that if he doesn't get time, he's gonna kind

1063
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:47,799
Speaker 1: of act up on the bench. I just wanted to

1064
00:49:47,800 --> 00:49:51,439
Speaker 1: get your idea on that. Well, for starters, I think

1065
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,240
Speaker 1: I think we all got to give much his roses

1066
00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:58,759
Speaker 1: for really, you know, uh, doing what we all hoped

1067
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:01,719
Speaker 1: he would do this year, which was eat innings in

1068
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: a short turn round season where we expected some lebron

1069
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:08,520
Speaker 1: a d health issues. I don't think we expected this,

1070
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:12,279
Speaker 1: but we expected some issues in that department, and in

1071
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:16,080
Speaker 1: Montrez did an amazing job. But at this point in

1072
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 1: the season, I think Roger and I talked about this

1073
00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:20,319
Speaker 1: a lot. I think it's all about matchups. I think

1074
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 1: he plays a lot against Phoenix. I think there's an

1075
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:25,840
Speaker 1: opportunity to play him against Golden State anybody that doesn't

1076
00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:28,600
Speaker 1: use a big, bruising center. I like the option. But

1077
00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:31,759
Speaker 1: if he's going against you know, Nurkics or or or

1078
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:34,200
Speaker 1: Yokich in the second round, I don't think you can

1079
00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:38,040
Speaker 1: play Montrez. You know, any if it's like going against

1080
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,560
Speaker 1: Gobert and Gobert is just getting offensive rebounds over the

1081
00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:42,080
Speaker 1: top of him because he's not a great, you know,

1082
00:50:42,160 --> 00:50:44,719
Speaker 1: box out big, They're gonna be matchups where I think

1083
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:47,520
Speaker 1: he just can't play him. As far as his attitude,

1084
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:51,759
Speaker 1: I think I he got I think he's had some

1085
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:53,640
Speaker 1: d MPs this year already, and I think he kind

1086
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:58,799
Speaker 1: of understands how that works. Also, Frank Vogel deserves a

1087
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:02,560
Speaker 1: ton of credit for just being extremely professional and straightforward

1088
00:51:02,560 --> 00:51:05,279
Speaker 1: with his players as it pertains of the rotation. He'll

1089
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:06,840
Speaker 1: go up to him, he'll say, hey, Tries, you're not

1090
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:10,239
Speaker 1: playing him, like it won't be something that surprises him,

1091
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:12,279
Speaker 1: or where he sits on the bench just hoping he

1092
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:14,480
Speaker 1: gets his number called. Like he's gonna have a very

1093
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,200
Speaker 1: transparent coach who will then turn around in the next

1094
00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:19,680
Speaker 1: series and go, hey, guess what you're playing with the

1095
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:21,600
Speaker 1: second unit in this series. You're gonna play twenty five

1096
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:23,440
Speaker 1: minutes a game, probably, like you know, he's gonna be

1097
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:25,359
Speaker 1: all in the loops. I think his attitude will be fine.

1098
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:28,239
Speaker 1: What do you think, Roger, Yeah, this is like this

1099
00:51:28,320 --> 00:51:30,400
Speaker 1: is not the team where people really can pout right

1100
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:33,040
Speaker 1: about minutes and things like that. You're in a championship team,

1101
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:35,120
Speaker 1: like the minutes get allocated how they are UM. And

1102
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:36,920
Speaker 1: we saw last year as well, Vocal was able to

1103
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,440
Speaker 1: kind of choose who he wants to play in each series.

1104
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 1: I mean, JaVale started every single game UM in the

1105
00:51:42,239 --> 00:51:44,160
Speaker 1: in the regular season, and he was benched for a

1106
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 1: lot of series in the playoffs. I'm not like, Tres

1107
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:49,240
Speaker 1: is another guy, Like I defend Andre Drummond and Montres

1108
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,000
Speaker 1: is another guy. Like it's really easy to see what

1109
00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:53,120
Speaker 1: he doesn't do right, Like it's a really easy thing

1110
00:51:53,120 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 1: to do is just be like he's not this big

1111
00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:57,640
Speaker 1: defending he's not this big paint defender. He's not this

1112
00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,920
Speaker 1: really great pastor you know, out of the post, or

1113
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:02,000
Speaker 1: he's not this great switchboard defender. But he's a really

1114
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 1: nice finisher down low. He's a guy that punishes small

1115
00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:07,279
Speaker 1: guy when teams try to go small small ball five.

1116
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 1: And I think that is useful in the playoffs series,

1117
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:11,200
Speaker 1: Like that's just another weapon you can kind of throw

1118
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 1: out there. And is it more situational than a lot

1119
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 1: of other players, Yeah, for sure, But he still has

1120
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 1: like a really nice use on this team. I think

1121
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:19,640
Speaker 1: against the team like Phoenix, who goes with Dario starch

1122
00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:22,000
Speaker 1: As at the five, that's a nice, nice team to

1123
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:24,080
Speaker 1: kind of play him with. Right, Let's say we can't

1124
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,200
Speaker 1: get any offense going, we just throw treads in there,

1125
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:28,000
Speaker 1: trying to muck things up down low, get to the

1126
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,279
Speaker 1: free throw line, get finishes at the paint if they're

1127
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,560
Speaker 1: trapping really hard. Like I think he's gonna play in

1128
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:34,360
Speaker 1: the playoffs, I'm not as much as he did in

1129
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:36,480
Speaker 1: the regular season, Jason. I think you put it perfectly.

1130
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 1: He's an inning seeder right in the regular season, and

1131
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 1: I think he did his job right, like he Lakers

1132
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:44,200
Speaker 1: are in the playoffs, not the best seed, but they're

1133
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,960
Speaker 1: the seventh seed. And he really carried a lot of

1134
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:50,000
Speaker 1: the offense when Lebron was out. Um, even when Shrewder

1135
00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:51,839
Speaker 1: was out and and we only had like a few

1136
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:54,440
Speaker 1: guards able to run the offense, he really got points

1137
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:56,320
Speaker 1: for us and when we needed it, kept us alive,

1138
00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:58,480
Speaker 1: kept us a float. Um kept our energy and a

1139
00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:00,320
Speaker 1: lot of games when we didn't have it. So he

1140
00:53:00,520 --> 00:53:02,440
Speaker 1: deserves credit for them. I think there are places to

1141
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:04,319
Speaker 1: play him, and I think he'll play Um. We saw

1142
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:07,160
Speaker 1: him play lot the other night yesterday. I forgot who

1143
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:09,680
Speaker 1: it was already, but he got minute to get against him,

1144
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:11,400
Speaker 1: So he'll he'll get minutes in the playoffs, will be

1145
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:13,719
Speaker 1: it'll be situational. I just think there's there's things he

1146
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:17,640
Speaker 1: does well that people just do not see sometimes. And again, yeah,

1147
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:20,720
Speaker 1: doesn't play another minute at all because and he deserves

1148
00:53:21,040 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 1: what he did for us in the regular season, and

1149
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:25,240
Speaker 1: he was a big part of the floating the boat

1150
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:31,759
Speaker 1: here and the reason intendency right now, I just to

1151
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: fall up on that really quick. I do I agree

1152
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:36,840
Speaker 1: with you. I think with this team it's it's tough

1153
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:38,919
Speaker 1: to kind of say that you deserve a certain role

1154
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:40,839
Speaker 1: or that you should be playing all the time. But

1155
00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:43,640
Speaker 1: we do see that. I feel like a little bit

1156
00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:46,040
Speaker 1: more of this season than we have in other seasons

1157
00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:48,560
Speaker 1: because we do have at the beginning of the season

1158
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:51,800
Speaker 1: we wanted Shrewder to start, when maybe a more Avery

1159
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:55,480
Speaker 1: Bradley type defensive guard would have been better next to

1160
00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 1: Lebron playing point guard. We've had Drummond come in and

1161
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:02,040
Speaker 1: have some disappointing games and still and keep that starting spot,

1162
00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 1: and then Tras obviously coming off the six man year

1163
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:07,480
Speaker 1: and and being one of the better finishers in the

1164
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:09,880
Speaker 1: league around the rim. So I do think it's been

1165
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:12,759
Speaker 1: a little bit tougher to manage that rotation this year

1166
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:15,160
Speaker 1: than it was last year, just because it seemed like

1167
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:17,400
Speaker 1: last year everyone kind of accepted their role and was

1168
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:20,640
Speaker 1: good with what they were doing. So I wonder if

1169
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:22,879
Speaker 1: you think that's any different. I mean, I understand there

1170
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:25,879
Speaker 1: is this championship culture, but do you think that's any

1171
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 1: different this year? Yeah? Absolutely. I mean, for starters, last year,

1172
00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 1: the Lakers were picking up j R. Smith and Dion

1173
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:36,480
Speaker 1: Waiters off off of the waiver wire. At the end

1174
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:40,960
Speaker 1: of the season, you had Kyle Kuzma. Wasn't Kyle Kuzma is.

1175
00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:43,360
Speaker 1: I know, it probably won't manifest in the numbers, although

1176
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:46,160
Speaker 1: his three point percentages up, But Kyle Kuzma is a

1177
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,560
Speaker 1: significantly better basketball player this year than he was last

1178
00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:52,840
Speaker 1: year because he's become so solid at doing all of

1179
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:55,160
Speaker 1: the little things you need a role player to do

1180
00:54:55,640 --> 00:54:58,920
Speaker 1: to be impactful, and so that that has complicated things

1181
00:54:58,960 --> 00:55:00,600
Speaker 1: like last year there were a lot games where they

1182
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:02,680
Speaker 1: just went away from Couz and went to Markeeve Morris,

1183
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:06,719
Speaker 1: you know, uh in in those lineups because Markip was

1184
00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:09,239
Speaker 1: a little bit more dependable as a veteran and was

1185
00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:11,879
Speaker 1: knocking down threes. And so the point is is like

1186
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 1: just in general, this year, the Lakers have more options

1187
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,600
Speaker 1: that they didn't have last year, so that complicates things.

1188
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:22,279
Speaker 1: But again, I think encounter that with professionalism. I think

1189
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:25,319
Speaker 1: I think if you're Ben McLemore and you sign a

1190
00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 1: minimum contract to come play for the Los Angeles le

1191
00:55:29,080 --> 00:55:32,680
Speaker 1: who are contending for the championship and already have five

1192
00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:35,359
Speaker 1: guards that they're playing in their rotation, like, you knew

1193
00:55:35,360 --> 00:55:37,960
Speaker 1: what you signed up for. You signed up for. Inconsistent

1194
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:40,759
Speaker 1: minutes you signed up for. If I'm having a bad game,

1195
00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:42,600
Speaker 1: I might not see the floor. Again, that's kind of

1196
00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:44,560
Speaker 1: part of the deal. All these guys knew what they

1197
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:48,520
Speaker 1: were signing. If there's anybody that could could complain at all,

1198
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:52,120
Speaker 1: it's Marcosol, you know, because he was getting pursued by

1199
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:55,279
Speaker 1: some other teams and the Lakers really really wanted him

1200
00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:58,400
Speaker 1: signed into a two year deal. And then they're all

1201
00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:00,239
Speaker 1: all the buzz around the trade dead and was the

1202
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:02,640
Speaker 1: Lakers need another center. The Lakers need another center, And

1203
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:04,600
Speaker 1: then they go and signed Andre Drummond. So that was

1204
00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 1: that to me, would be the one guy if you were,

1205
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:09,680
Speaker 1: and he just has been such a pro about it.

1206
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:13,960
Speaker 1: He's just been a pro. So I've been really impressed

1207
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:16,239
Speaker 1: with just the way the whole organization has behaved. And

1208
00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:19,480
Speaker 1: what is a complicated situation, Like you said, it's hard

1209
00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:22,280
Speaker 1: to make these decisions right and then like really quickly,

1210
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:24,480
Speaker 1: like a championship kind of hides a lot of things,

1211
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:26,319
Speaker 1: Like we forget a lot of things because of the

1212
00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:28,880
Speaker 1: end result, right, Like the championship was there, so it

1213
00:56:28,880 --> 00:56:31,440
Speaker 1: feels like everything else would just soft and roses up

1214
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 1: to them. And the last year's team was special. I'm

1215
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:35,279
Speaker 1: not doubting that they were great. I think they had

1216
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:37,319
Speaker 1: the one seed locked up by like five games. But

1217
00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:39,319
Speaker 1: like we forget, like we were playing Rondo a lot

1218
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:41,560
Speaker 1: of minutes, like I thought, when he wasn't playing well right,

1219
00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:44,360
Speaker 1: still getting like experimental minutes with him. We played a

1220
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:46,759
Speaker 1: lot of Dion Waiters um in the seeding games, and

1221
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:49,000
Speaker 1: Dion Waiters really never touched the floor that much in

1222
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:51,040
Speaker 1: the playoffs, play a lot j R. Smith as well,

1223
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:53,080
Speaker 1: So you know there were players that we saw play

1224
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:55,240
Speaker 1: that just did not play again in the playoffs. Dutube

1225
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,799
Speaker 1: situation and all that. Jabl McGee another guy as well,

1226
00:56:57,840 --> 00:57:00,640
Speaker 1: So I think it is last year. Maybe it wasn't

1227
00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:02,319
Speaker 1: as as much as this year, but still I think

1228
00:57:02,320 --> 00:57:05,000
Speaker 1: they both had players that Again, like in the playoffs,

1229
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:07,960
Speaker 1: every series is is different, let alone like the whole

1230
00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:10,759
Speaker 1: playoffs compared to the regular season. Each series has its

1231
00:57:10,800 --> 00:57:13,560
Speaker 1: own things that's gonna need. So that's where I think

1232
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 1: the similarity is there from from last year. It's it's

1233
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:20,240
Speaker 1: not too off for me. All Right, thanks a lot, guys,

1234
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:23,080
Speaker 1: have a good night, and let's get this wink Man.

1235
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:28,120
Speaker 1: We'll see you on Wednesday hopefully. All right, let's see

1236
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:52,439
Speaker 1: God m sailary, are you there. Let's try to get

1237
00:57:54,240 --> 00:58:02,160
Speaker 1: but sheer here is as the other guy's connecting. Yeah,

1238
00:58:02,120 --> 00:58:06,240
Speaker 1: it's like key left, no worries we meet someone else

1239
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:18,280
Speaker 1: out here, Christmas? Christmas there? Do you ever to hear me? Yes?

1240
00:58:18,320 --> 00:58:22,920
Speaker 1: How's it going? Yeah, Like I just wanted to know

1241
00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:25,560
Speaker 1: your like your open on a roll of shooders. I

1242
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 1: think it's better if it comes off the bench. What

1243
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:30,000
Speaker 1: do you guys think about it? And like I'm not

1244
00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:33,320
Speaker 1: a big chatsman, but like he has passed the eye

1245
00:58:33,320 --> 00:58:36,320
Speaker 1: tests on the difference. But I think from where I

1246
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:38,760
Speaker 1: saw like start like off way through the season where

1247
00:58:39,120 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 1: we have like better differensive things with him on the bench. Then,

1248
00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:46,720
Speaker 1: um so if you could get check it under about

1249
00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:49,760
Speaker 1: a three point shooting things, and especially if you're going

1250
00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:53,280
Speaker 1: to play Drummond with the spacing thing, you see, it's

1251
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:55,280
Speaker 1: like if it's better if he comes off the bench

1252
00:58:55,360 --> 00:59:01,480
Speaker 1: or something. So with Shrewder, the defensive numbers are a

1253
00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:06,400
Speaker 1: little bit tricky when you evaluate on off because of

1254
00:59:06,640 --> 00:59:11,000
Speaker 1: going against the team's starters versus going against their bench lineups. So,

1255
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:15,360
Speaker 1: for instance, Dennis Shooter starts and he primarily plays against

1256
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:18,400
Speaker 1: the other teams starters, so naturally it's gonna be harder

1257
00:59:18,440 --> 00:59:21,040
Speaker 1: to get stops against that group than it would be

1258
00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:24,400
Speaker 1: against bench lineups. I mean, that's why defensive metrics are

1259
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:27,800
Speaker 1: so convoluted and why it's so difficult to use the

1260
00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:31,040
Speaker 1: defensive metrics to to draw a line between different players.

1261
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:34,160
Speaker 1: And uh, as far as Dennis Shooter goes, we have

1262
00:59:34,200 --> 00:59:36,680
Speaker 1: to kind of trust our eyes. He's extremely good at

1263
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:39,320
Speaker 1: the point of attack here, he pressures the ball all

1264
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:42,560
Speaker 1: game long. He's got an extremely good motor. He plays

1265
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:46,000
Speaker 1: hard the entire game, and he's good with his hands

1266
00:59:46,040 --> 00:59:49,560
Speaker 1: without fouling he's you know, we've seen him frustrate guys

1267
00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:52,640
Speaker 1: like Kyrie Irving like we saw earlier this year, Dennis

1268
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:56,280
Speaker 1: Shrutter is an absolute plus defender. The only weakness he

1269
00:59:56,320 --> 00:59:58,960
Speaker 1: has on the defensive end is going to be against

1270
00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:01,920
Speaker 1: bigger wings that try to attack him and switches. As

1271
01:00:01,920 --> 01:00:04,040
Speaker 1: far as him coming up the bench, We've talked about this,

1272
01:00:04,520 --> 01:00:07,040
Speaker 1: you know, dozens of times on this podcast. But the

1273
01:00:07,080 --> 01:00:09,120
Speaker 1: truth of the matter is is he deserves to start

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01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:12,600
Speaker 1: because of how good he is defense, and it's very

1275
01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 1: important to him, obviously, with his the way he has

1276
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:18,200
Speaker 1: behaved in interviews and stuff during the season, it's very

1277
01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:20,640
Speaker 1: important to him that he starts. It's it's part of

1278
01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:23,560
Speaker 1: his ego, which is fine. He's he's Dennis Shrewter. He's

1279
01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:25,880
Speaker 1: a very very good basketball player. He should have an ego.

1280
01:00:26,200 --> 01:00:28,040
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, like I think

1281
01:00:28,080 --> 01:00:30,200
Speaker 1: we can be I think we can be confident in

1282
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:32,240
Speaker 1: one thing with this group, and it's that Dennis Shooter

1283
01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:34,560
Speaker 1: is going to start. That's just that's just the way

1284
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:37,720
Speaker 1: it is. Uh, they may go to a quick hook,

1285
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:40,400
Speaker 1: they may not use him in key lineups, but he's

1286
01:00:40,440 --> 01:00:43,400
Speaker 1: gonna start. And as longest teams aren't attacking him and

1287
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:45,880
Speaker 1: switches with bigger offensive players. I think he'll be on

1288
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:48,000
Speaker 1: the court for all their most important lineups. What do

1289
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:50,440
Speaker 1: you think, Roage? Yeah, I agree with that, and I

1290
01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 1: also think like it gives them another shot creator, right, Like,

1291
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:54,880
Speaker 1: I think that's important. But his team, especially if you

1292
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:57,560
Speaker 1: start Andre Drummond, Anthony Davis, other guys that really just

1293
01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:00,680
Speaker 1: don't don't have the ball like that aren't creating shot um.

1294
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:02,760
Speaker 1: And like touching on his three point shooting, I think

1295
01:01:02,760 --> 01:01:05,640
Speaker 1: it's more streaky right, Like he can hit open threes. Um,

1296
01:01:05,680 --> 01:01:07,040
Speaker 1: he doesn't hit him out of a huge rape, but

1297
01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:08,960
Speaker 1: he started hitting the three is a little bit more tonight.

1298
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:10,600
Speaker 1: But I just think that ball handling and then you

1299
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:13,120
Speaker 1: touched on his defense. His defense has been too good

1300
01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:16,120
Speaker 1: just to bench so um, just putting that together, you

1301
01:01:16,120 --> 01:01:18,360
Speaker 1: get all that defense, plus you get that shock creation,

1302
01:01:18,440 --> 01:01:20,240
Speaker 1: be able to be able to hit shots from mid range,

1303
01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:22,120
Speaker 1: be able to play in the pick and roll. Lebron

1304
01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:25,160
Speaker 1: doesn't have to run the offense the full time, um

1305
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:26,800
Speaker 1: all game, and I think that's really important. I think

1306
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:28,880
Speaker 1: that's why he'll continue to start. If you start a

1307
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:30,920
Speaker 1: guy like Casey like Caruso, you can close with him,

1308
01:01:31,040 --> 01:01:32,480
Speaker 1: but if you start with him, you really just have

1309
01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:35,400
Speaker 1: the ball in Lebron's hands. Um the whole time. Um

1310
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:37,760
Speaker 1: that he's that the starting lineup is playing, I think

1311
01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:39,440
Speaker 1: that's just a huge wear and tear on him. So

1312
01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:41,360
Speaker 1: that's why I like Sho just starting. And we've touched

1313
01:01:41,400 --> 01:01:43,560
Speaker 1: on this many times. He's earned that line, that starting

1314
01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:46,440
Speaker 1: line up, like you said, yeah, And then as far

1315
01:01:46,440 --> 01:01:49,160
Speaker 1: as Drummond goes, we talked about him a lot earlier

1316
01:01:49,200 --> 01:01:53,080
Speaker 1: in this spot, so when we uh uh, if you

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01:01:53,240 --> 01:01:55,720
Speaker 1: hang out about an hour after this, if you look

1318
01:01:55,760 --> 01:01:57,479
Speaker 1: at one of our Twitter feeds, you'll see a link

1319
01:01:57,560 --> 01:01:59,640
Speaker 1: to the to the podcast. You can kind of listen

1320
01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:02,120
Speaker 1: to the in depth of version. But the short version

1321
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:04,800
Speaker 1: is is that it kind of similar to the Shrewder thing.

1322
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:07,720
Speaker 1: We expect Drummond to start kind of perve some sort

1323
01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:11,240
Speaker 1: of agreement when he signed UM, and we just kind

1324
01:02:11,240 --> 01:02:15,600
Speaker 1: of hope that that Vogel, if he identifies that he's hurting,

1325
01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:18,480
Speaker 1: spacing and that he's not being a dominant physical presence,

1326
01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:21,360
Speaker 1: that he'll just take him out of the game quick uh,

1327
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:23,760
Speaker 1: not entirely, unlike he used to do with JaVale McGee

1328
01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:26,760
Speaker 1: last year. Who would play basically the first few minutes

1329
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:27,920
Speaker 1: of the game, in the first few minutes of the

1330
01:02:27,960 --> 01:02:29,600
Speaker 1: second half, and then not see the floor of the

1331
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:32,600
Speaker 1: rest of the game. Um, so I'm not terribly worried

1332
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:35,920
Speaker 1: about where he fits in the rotation. It's really easy

1333
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:39,360
Speaker 1: to kind of manipulate rotations to get your best players

1334
01:02:39,360 --> 01:02:41,960
Speaker 1: on the floor, you know, like we saw last year

1335
01:02:42,080 --> 01:02:44,880
Speaker 1: just when when push came to shove, it just ended

1336
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:48,440
Speaker 1: up being Alex Crusoe contagious called a pope, you know,

1337
01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:51,720
Speaker 1: Lebron Mark, Keith Morris, and Anthony Davis like it. Just

1338
01:02:51,800 --> 01:02:53,800
Speaker 1: regardless of who started, that just kind of ended up

1339
01:02:53,840 --> 01:02:55,880
Speaker 1: being who was on the floor when it mattered. You know.

1340
01:02:55,960 --> 01:03:00,080
Speaker 1: That's that's that's where Frank's power really comes into play.

1341
01:03:01,400 --> 01:03:08,000
Speaker 1: Yep uh anything else for the president, Yeah, that's just

1342
01:03:08,040 --> 01:03:13,280
Speaker 1: thank you, Thank you appreciate it. I think we have

1343
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:17,560
Speaker 1: I think we have one more here. Cool, let's see

1344
01:03:17,600 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 1: one more and then we'll see you guys on Wednesday night. George,

1345
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:31,320
Speaker 1: are you there? Can you hear me? We can hear you.

1346
01:03:33,360 --> 01:03:36,200
Speaker 1: So yeah, this is a very interesting season that we

1347
01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:40,320
Speaker 1: had here. So absolutely we just need to really just

1348
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:45,480
Speaker 1: enjoy this moment. It's very much, very Dicey. Yes, we

1349
01:03:45,600 --> 01:03:47,640
Speaker 1: just have we we just know that we do have

1350
01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:51,880
Speaker 1: Lebron James. So just going to my question, I'm just curious,

1351
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:55,400
Speaker 1: what's the who will guard Stephcer here? Because I think

1352
01:03:55,440 --> 01:04:00,000
Speaker 1: maybe Shooter would be we'll be starting, or because I'm

1353
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:02,640
Speaker 1: he saw just the game earlier that Dylan Brooks was

1354
01:04:02,680 --> 01:04:07,120
Speaker 1: the one guarding step He's a bigger dude. So do

1355
01:04:07,120 --> 01:04:10,400
Speaker 1: do the makers consider Wes Matthews? And of course KCP

1356
01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:14,040
Speaker 1: would be there, of course, yeah, that's it. So I

1357
01:04:14,080 --> 01:04:16,040
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be KCP for the most part. He's

1358
01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:18,320
Speaker 1: the lakers best lock and trail defender. It's his best

1359
01:04:18,320 --> 01:04:22,880
Speaker 1: skilled defensively. Um, I would be. I wouldn't be surprised

1360
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:25,920
Speaker 1: if Shrewder, you know, kind of advocated for himself in

1361
01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:28,680
Speaker 1: the in the planning for this game to try to

1362
01:04:28,680 --> 01:04:30,800
Speaker 1: be the one to guards stuff. But I think that

1363
01:04:30,840 --> 01:04:32,560
Speaker 1: would be a mistake. I don't. I think he's a

1364
01:04:32,560 --> 01:04:34,840
Speaker 1: little bit slender, and I think it's a little bit

1365
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:37,240
Speaker 1: easy to pick him off with screens. So I think

1366
01:04:37,240 --> 01:04:38,760
Speaker 1: the guy, I think the guy they're going to try

1367
01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:40,480
Speaker 1: to throw at him his KCP. But at the end

1368
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:43,360
Speaker 1: of the day, like if Steph plays you know, forty

1369
01:04:43,360 --> 01:04:45,960
Speaker 1: two minutes, which you probably will in that game. Uh,

1370
01:04:46,080 --> 01:04:48,480
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to probably put multiple bodies on him.

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01:04:49,560 --> 01:04:52,320
Speaker 1: I like Wesley Matthews. He's a little bit bigger and

1372
01:04:52,320 --> 01:04:54,760
Speaker 1: he's a little bit more susceptible to getting caught on screens,

1373
01:04:54,760 --> 01:04:57,880
Speaker 1: but he's definitely an option. Caruso would be another guy.

1374
01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:00,000
Speaker 1: I think that would be great to throw at him.

1375
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,360
Speaker 1: What about you, Russ, Yeah, I think they're gonna pretty

1376
01:05:02,440 --> 01:05:06,000
Speaker 1: much try to mirror KCP with Steps minutes similar how

1377
01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:08,280
Speaker 1: they did. I think when he was guarding Devin Booker,

1378
01:05:08,560 --> 01:05:10,880
Speaker 1: Steps not the same defense, the same player as Steven Booker,

1379
01:05:10,920 --> 01:05:13,160
Speaker 1: but just keeping them on, just keeping that same kind

1380
01:05:13,160 --> 01:05:15,240
Speaker 1: of matchup with them. Other guys will obviously get a

1381
01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:17,280
Speaker 1: turn to him, but I think KCP is like our

1382
01:05:17,320 --> 01:05:20,040
Speaker 1: best guy that chases dudes around screens, and that's how

1383
01:05:20,040 --> 01:05:21,880
Speaker 1: step kind of gets a lot of his shots, um

1384
01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:24,880
Speaker 1: coming around screen actions coming uh through picks and all that.

1385
01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:26,640
Speaker 1: So I think I think he'll get most most of

1386
01:05:26,640 --> 01:05:28,360
Speaker 1: the minutes. West is another guy. You can throw him

1387
01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:30,840
Speaker 1: and throw him as well. Um, but yeah, I think

1388
01:05:31,120 --> 01:05:33,240
Speaker 1: you want speed on Staff and try to get as

1389
01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:35,280
Speaker 1: much size on him as well. And I think KCP

1390
01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:37,720
Speaker 1: is probably the best blend of that. Alice Crusoe as well,

1391
01:05:37,880 --> 01:05:40,160
Speaker 1: another guy in it. And like basically you also have

1392
01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:41,800
Speaker 1: to have your bigs going up right, and this is

1393
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:43,280
Speaker 1: not no, this is not a one on one kind

1394
01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:45,400
Speaker 1: of match up here, Like then they're not playing mono

1395
01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:47,560
Speaker 1: mono here. Like you need your bigs to be able

1396
01:05:47,560 --> 01:05:49,520
Speaker 1: to come up and help and recover. That's that's who

1397
01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:52,160
Speaker 1: you need really playing well. You need like Andre Drum

1398
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:54,760
Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis, everyone to be in sync on what

1399
01:05:54,880 --> 01:05:57,400
Speaker 1: the coverages are against Steff or else he'll burn you.

1400
01:05:57,800 --> 01:06:00,560
Speaker 1: Um like he definitely can. So I think KCP will

1401
01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:02,560
Speaker 1: get the main assignment, but you'll have your bigs and

1402
01:06:02,600 --> 01:06:05,680
Speaker 1: all that be a huge part of the equation. The

1403
01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:08,040
Speaker 1: Lakers have done a good job on Steff this season.

1404
01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:12,360
Speaker 1: In their three matchups. He's shooting. Let's see, he's shooting.

1405
01:06:12,880 --> 01:06:15,360
Speaker 1: He's averaging twenty three points per game in the three matchups,

1406
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:18,600
Speaker 1: he's shooting forty two point three from the field and

1407
01:06:18,760 --> 01:06:23,400
Speaker 1: thirty four point six from three with three rebounds and

1408
01:06:23,440 --> 01:06:26,240
Speaker 1: five assists. He add that to me, mostly comes down

1409
01:06:26,280 --> 01:06:29,480
Speaker 1: to two KCP k CP. If if I will, I

1410
01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:31,200
Speaker 1: think Roger and I are both going to dive into

1411
01:06:31,240 --> 01:06:33,040
Speaker 1: a lot of film over the next few days of

1412
01:06:33,080 --> 01:06:37,200
Speaker 1: this particular matchup. But from what my brain, what I

1413
01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:40,640
Speaker 1: remember from those games is KCP doing a really nice

1414
01:06:40,720 --> 01:06:43,640
Speaker 1: job on staff and I'm really interested to see what

1415
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:45,280
Speaker 1: you and I find as we dive into the film

1416
01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:52,680
Speaker 1: a little bit this week. Yep, I agree. So, yeah,

1417
01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:56,880
Speaker 1: do have four guards have to face and maybe if

1418
01:06:56,960 --> 01:07:00,200
Speaker 1: really this is really closely, maybe Lebron with yeah take

1419
01:07:00,240 --> 01:07:03,480
Speaker 1: the challenge as usually doesn't beat the schemes. Yeah, So

1420
01:07:04,400 --> 01:07:07,360
Speaker 1: basically that's it. So yeah, I appreciate everything to you guys.

1421
01:07:08,440 --> 01:07:11,600
Speaker 1: Thank thank you man, We appreciate That's actually an interesting

1422
01:07:12,160 --> 01:07:14,680
Speaker 1: little wrinkle. There is the idea of Lebron and we

1423
01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:17,520
Speaker 1: talked about that earlier. The Lakers could start to switch

1424
01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:20,200
Speaker 1: some of these screens. But at the end of the day,

1425
01:07:20,200 --> 01:07:23,160
Speaker 1: I think anytime you leave Stephan isolation, even though it

1426
01:07:23,240 --> 01:07:25,440
Speaker 1: may not be a high percentage shot on a possession

1427
01:07:25,480 --> 01:07:28,320
Speaker 1: by possession basis, you run the risk of him getting

1428
01:07:28,360 --> 01:07:30,600
Speaker 1: crazy hot, which can beat you in a one game setting.

1429
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:34,520
Speaker 1: That's why I would I would primarily trap him, um,

1430
01:07:35,040 --> 01:07:37,200
Speaker 1: but having a guy like KCP that can stay attached

1431
01:07:37,240 --> 01:07:39,200
Speaker 1: to him so that that second defender that it gets

1432
01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:42,480
Speaker 1: involved in the trap can can be a pest, and

1433
01:07:42,560 --> 01:07:45,200
Speaker 1: the two of them together can hopefully force him into

1434
01:07:45,240 --> 01:07:48,080
Speaker 1: some turnovers and just make him in general be uncomfortable.

1435
01:07:48,120 --> 01:07:50,280
Speaker 1: I think I think that's all part of the uh,

1436
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,360
Speaker 1: the operation there. It's gonna be a five man effort.

1437
01:07:52,360 --> 01:07:54,160
Speaker 1: There's no one man that's gonna stop step cry. I

1438
01:07:54,240 --> 01:07:57,720
Speaker 1: promise you that, Yep, exact. Jason, do you have time

1439
01:07:57,760 --> 01:07:59,120
Speaker 1: for a few more? We just got a couple more

1440
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:01,640
Speaker 1: in year. Give it time to a few more? Yeah,

1441
01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:07,280
Speaker 1: go ahead, man, all right, we gotta Vne up here,

1442
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:13,440
Speaker 1: our friend Vane and there Rod there Jason, a longtime listener,

1443
01:08:13,480 --> 01:08:16,760
Speaker 1: first time caller. I just wanted to jump in here.

1444
01:08:16,800 --> 01:08:18,880
Speaker 1: I know, I know, I haven't been here in a while.

1445
01:08:18,880 --> 01:08:21,160
Speaker 1: I've been listening to you guys in the background, jumping

1446
01:08:21,160 --> 01:08:24,040
Speaker 1: around into different spaces than listening to people talk. I

1447
01:08:24,080 --> 01:08:25,800
Speaker 1: don't know if you guys covered this, because I may

1448
01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:30,280
Speaker 1: have been elsewhere. UM, but I'm curious, uh do you

1449
01:08:30,439 --> 01:08:33,600
Speaker 1: think the word I have my opinion, but do you

1450
01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:36,519
Speaker 1: guys think that the Warriors come out playing um A

1451
01:08:36,720 --> 01:08:39,120
Speaker 1: D against Draymond and solo coverage? Or do you think

1452
01:08:39,120 --> 01:08:42,360
Speaker 1: they're going to bring the double early. I think they'll

1453
01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:45,080
Speaker 1: start in solo coverage. I think Draymond I think I

1454
01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:48,840
Speaker 1: think Draymond, as an individual defender against a D will

1455
01:08:48,960 --> 01:08:50,880
Speaker 1: make him work and settle for a lot of jump

1456
01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:53,280
Speaker 1: shot jump shots. I really believe you will. I think

1457
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:55,640
Speaker 1: I think that that is actually going to be a

1458
01:08:55,720 --> 01:08:58,799
Speaker 1: matchup that the Lakers would be smart not to overly

1459
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:02,040
Speaker 1: rely on, because I just think I think Draymond in

1460
01:09:02,160 --> 01:09:05,840
Speaker 1: general has defended a D pretty well. What about you rush, Yeah,

1461
01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:07,000
Speaker 1: I agree with that. I think the guy that the

1462
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:09,439
Speaker 1: doubles Lebron right away in the post. But I think

1463
01:09:09,439 --> 01:09:11,599
Speaker 1: they'll try to at least see now if eighties cooking them,

1464
01:09:11,640 --> 01:09:13,599
Speaker 1: they'll send the double. But I just think for the post,

1465
01:09:13,760 --> 01:09:15,880
Speaker 1: for the most part, they're gonna let Draymond try just

1466
01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:18,720
Speaker 1: bump him. Draymond has every heat, every trick in the book, right,

1467
01:09:18,760 --> 01:09:20,280
Speaker 1: and he's like the small, tough guy. It's hard to

1468
01:09:20,320 --> 01:09:23,240
Speaker 1: kind of just bully him and uh try and try

1469
01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:24,600
Speaker 1: to over the top of him and all that. But

1470
01:09:25,040 --> 01:09:27,080
Speaker 1: I think they're just gonna let that single single coverage

1471
01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:29,280
Speaker 1: um and try just double Lebron and see if that

1472
01:09:29,439 --> 01:09:30,680
Speaker 1: if that works out, for them. What do you what

1473
01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:34,160
Speaker 1: do you think? So, I think I'm in the same

1474
01:09:34,200 --> 01:09:36,519
Speaker 1: boat with you two guys. I think they'll try single

1475
01:09:36,600 --> 01:09:40,280
Speaker 1: coverage on Anthony Davis. But if the game, you know,

1476
01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:41,760
Speaker 1: if he starts drawing, like if he draws like a

1477
01:09:41,840 --> 01:09:44,720
Speaker 1: quick early foul on Draymond, or if he gets like

1478
01:09:44,840 --> 01:09:47,160
Speaker 1: maybe one or two buckets, even if they're tough buckets.

1479
01:09:47,479 --> 01:09:49,800
Speaker 1: But if he gets to the rim, it's like how

1480
01:09:49,960 --> 01:09:52,080
Speaker 1: he gets to it, which is gonna be probably the

1481
01:09:52,160 --> 01:09:54,920
Speaker 1: biggest concern for the Warriors. Um, if he gets to

1482
01:09:55,000 --> 01:09:57,760
Speaker 1: it really easy, they're probably gonna bring that double early. Um.

1483
01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:00,679
Speaker 1: If if it's a little tough, it makes bring in anyway,

1484
01:10:00,680 --> 01:10:01,960
Speaker 1: it's just to get the ball out of his hand

1485
01:10:02,479 --> 01:10:04,920
Speaker 1: because they may they may think did drumming playing that

1486
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:07,120
Speaker 1: last matchup that we had against We didn't. We didn't

1487
01:10:07,120 --> 01:10:10,920
Speaker 1: have him on the team, right, So yeah, yeah yeah,

1488
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:12,960
Speaker 1: So so one of the things, um, not to take

1489
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:14,920
Speaker 1: time away from anybody. One of the things I've noticed

1490
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:19,680
Speaker 1: is like, uh Adie likes the passage rum like with enthusiasm,

1491
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:22,599
Speaker 1: like more than he likes to pass two more than

1492
01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:25,120
Speaker 1: he liked the passage of vail and passed and passed too.

1493
01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:28,479
Speaker 1: Uh who am I thinking of Dwight? And that's been

1494
01:10:28,560 --> 01:10:32,120
Speaker 1: like a wrinkle to his passing, like the enthusiasm behind

1495
01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:34,160
Speaker 1: it and like he's like high fiving him on the

1496
01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:36,160
Speaker 1: way back, and like, you know, they're acting like these

1497
01:10:36,520 --> 01:10:39,000
Speaker 1: the Bash Brothers or something like that, you know, just enjoying,

1498
01:10:39,160 --> 01:10:42,639
Speaker 1: enjoying doing what they're doing. So I always I'm curious

1499
01:10:42,840 --> 01:10:47,160
Speaker 1: that I wonder if Aidies sort of passing acumen has

1500
01:10:47,200 --> 01:10:50,599
Speaker 1: improved because he's he's passing to somebody he likes, and uh,

1501
01:10:50,720 --> 01:10:52,360
Speaker 1: I wonder if he'll try and take advantage of that

1502
01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:54,280
Speaker 1: a little bit more. I thought I saw it in

1503
01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:56,160
Speaker 1: the Pacers game. I felt like I saw it a

1504
01:10:56,160 --> 01:10:57,960
Speaker 1: little bit in the Pelicans game too as well today.

1505
01:10:58,280 --> 01:11:00,560
Speaker 1: So I'd be curious if that's a new wrinkle that

1506
01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:03,200
Speaker 1: that people aren't ready for when it comes to him,

1507
01:11:03,200 --> 01:11:05,439
Speaker 1: because that's that's a big part of unlocking, Like you know,

1508
01:11:05,560 --> 01:11:08,479
Speaker 1: he's complete package repertoire and that we that we want

1509
01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:11,240
Speaker 1: to see at him. Yeah, we talked a little bit

1510
01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:14,439
Speaker 1: earlier about how Drummond getting a little bit more of

1511
01:11:14,479 --> 01:11:16,479
Speaker 1: a running start out of the dunker spot. It's kind

1512
01:11:16,479 --> 01:11:18,160
Speaker 1: of unlocked a little bit of is above the rim

1513
01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:22,840
Speaker 1: stuff because he's so sloppy when he's coming from a

1514
01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:26,760
Speaker 1: standstill position, it just doesn't tend to get any lift.

1515
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:28,760
Speaker 1: But I agree with you. I think I think I

1516
01:11:28,800 --> 01:11:30,759
Speaker 1: think we're all lying to ourselves if we don't pretend

1517
01:11:30,920 --> 01:11:34,760
Speaker 1: that really likes playing with Drummond U. The thing that's

1518
01:11:34,760 --> 01:11:37,560
Speaker 1: tricky is the like we mentioned at the beginning of

1519
01:11:37,600 --> 01:11:40,720
Speaker 1: the pod, the Warriors in this twenty game stretch where

1520
01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:43,599
Speaker 1: they've been fifteen and five, they're most used line up

1521
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:48,320
Speaker 1: by a mile, has been with Keevan Looney at the five, uh,

1522
01:11:48,920 --> 01:11:50,920
Speaker 1: like over a hundred fifty more minutes than any other

1523
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:53,840
Speaker 1: lineup that they've played. And so you know, it's very

1524
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:56,479
Speaker 1: clear that the Lakers actually, for excuse me, the Warriors

1525
01:11:56,560 --> 01:11:58,439
Speaker 1: for being a team that we always think of as

1526
01:11:58,479 --> 01:12:01,840
Speaker 1: playing small. They've really played big with Luney a lot.

1527
01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:03,720
Speaker 1: But they like Looney on switches, they like him as

1528
01:12:03,720 --> 01:12:06,160
Speaker 1: a defender. Um. But I think I think that's an

1529
01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:09,640
Speaker 1: easy way to kind of throw matchups. If Draymond d

1530
01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:17,080
Speaker 1: is in the position where Looney ms on Lebron or

1531
01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:19,080
Speaker 1: where that it forces them to go to lineups that

1532
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:21,760
Speaker 1: they don't like using with Draymond at the five where

1533
01:12:22,040 --> 01:12:25,439
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Lebron's physical presence, He's physical presence,

1534
01:12:25,560 --> 01:12:28,800
Speaker 1: just as big bodies around the rim, becomes something that

1535
01:12:28,840 --> 01:12:31,479
Speaker 1: can really punish the Warriors because they don't have a center.

1536
01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:33,600
Speaker 1: So I think I think so much comes down to

1537
01:12:34,120 --> 01:12:36,200
Speaker 1: what they end up doing with Drummond in the rotation.

1538
01:12:36,320 --> 01:12:38,280
Speaker 1: But I mean, yeah, like a D loves playing with him,

1539
01:12:38,320 --> 01:12:41,080
Speaker 1: so I wouldn't be surprised if Drummonds heavily involved in

1540
01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:45,280
Speaker 1: plays thirty five minutes. Yeah, and Drummond is like really

1541
01:12:45,320 --> 01:12:48,479
Speaker 1: good at like making himself available download right, he doesn't

1542
01:12:48,520 --> 01:12:50,200
Speaker 1: finish at a high enough rade that I would like,

1543
01:12:50,479 --> 01:12:52,559
Speaker 1: but he does make himself available. He's a big body,

1544
01:12:52,640 --> 01:12:54,080
Speaker 1: and I don't think that he saw this as well

1545
01:12:54,120 --> 01:12:56,000
Speaker 1: be name, Like I talked about this earlier, like his

1546
01:12:56,120 --> 01:12:59,040
Speaker 1: speed and his size, it really looks it looks really

1547
01:12:59,080 --> 01:13:01,000
Speaker 1: good next to Lebron and a D. Right, Like it

1548
01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:04,160
Speaker 1: seems to like like just make his attributes look a

1549
01:13:04,200 --> 01:13:06,960
Speaker 1: lot better. I didn't look as well without paying not

1550
01:13:07,040 --> 01:13:09,120
Speaker 1: playing with them. Obviously, everyone looks better next to Lebron

1551
01:13:09,160 --> 01:13:11,040
Speaker 1: and a D. But just his kind of skills and

1552
01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:13,479
Speaker 1: his talent, I feel like just gets better playing next

1553
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:16,240
Speaker 1: to them like his rebounding, his force down low. And yeah,

1554
01:13:16,280 --> 01:13:18,719
Speaker 1: it's pretty clear a D and a D and Lebron

1555
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:20,760
Speaker 1: recruited him here, right, and a D I think maybe

1556
01:13:20,800 --> 01:13:22,680
Speaker 1: even a little bit more. Um, it's pretty clear they

1557
01:13:22,680 --> 01:13:25,080
Speaker 1: wanted to play together, and I think they they're playing

1558
01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:26,600
Speaker 1: a little bit better. I thought the spacing was a

1559
01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:29,320
Speaker 1: little bit better tonight. Drummond got like poor dunks. The

1560
01:13:29,400 --> 01:13:31,400
Speaker 1: Pelicans aren't like the best defense. But just seeing him

1561
01:13:31,439 --> 01:13:34,000
Speaker 1: like go up strong, actually dunk was good. I think

1562
01:13:34,040 --> 01:13:35,880
Speaker 1: you're right, he is looking for him more. I don't

1563
01:13:35,880 --> 01:13:37,280
Speaker 1: know if that change is going to the playoffs, but

1564
01:13:37,360 --> 01:13:40,920
Speaker 1: it's definitely what's happening now. That's that's a good point. Yeah, yeah,

1565
01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:43,439
Speaker 1: it's just a it's just a small observation. But we

1566
01:13:43,479 --> 01:13:45,439
Speaker 1: haven't gotten a chance to see too much of Lebron,

1567
01:13:45,520 --> 01:13:47,920
Speaker 1: A D and Drummond together, So yeah, it's been very

1568
01:13:47,960 --> 01:13:50,479
Speaker 1: interesting to see how much more of A like a

1569
01:13:51,520 --> 01:13:53,479
Speaker 1: let me attack the rim, draw the extra guy and

1570
01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:56,080
Speaker 1: set up drumming, as opposed to him trying to score

1571
01:13:56,160 --> 01:13:58,080
Speaker 1: over two people, which is something that A D was

1572
01:13:58,080 --> 01:14:00,280
Speaker 1: trying to do a lot last season. So right, um,

1573
01:14:00,640 --> 01:14:03,960
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's addition and then simplifying Drummons role

1574
01:14:04,040 --> 01:14:06,479
Speaker 1: even further. So yeah, that's all I had. Guys, Thanks

1575
01:14:06,520 --> 01:14:14,080
Speaker 1: for taking my questions. Thanks for appreciate you mine. Thank you. Alright,

1576
01:14:14,160 --> 01:14:25,160
Speaker 1: we got one more, alright, my guy Michael are you there? Hey?

1577
01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:29,000
Speaker 1: Y'all hear yeah, we can hear you. What it's going on? Man,

1578
01:14:29,040 --> 01:14:33,680
Speaker 1: how's how y'all doing? We're doing good? Well? Um, you know,

1579
01:14:33,720 --> 01:14:35,720
Speaker 1: I don't have anything deep or it's not even really

1580
01:14:35,840 --> 01:14:38,680
Speaker 1: Laker specific, but as I was watching the game to night,

1581
01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:41,240
Speaker 1: you know, I was really when I was sitting there

1582
01:14:41,320 --> 01:14:43,839
Speaker 1: watching at the end of it, I just I couldn't

1583
01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:46,400
Speaker 1: really believe like how happy I was to see the

1584
01:14:46,439 --> 01:14:51,920
Speaker 1: clock hit zero. And um, I just wanted to get

1585
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:55,280
Speaker 1: y'all's thoughts on just this season in general, or how

1586
01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:57,320
Speaker 1: y'all are gonna remember it? Like you know how they

1587
01:14:57,840 --> 01:15:00,640
Speaker 1: say the season is a marathon, not sprint, but it

1588
01:15:00,720 --> 01:15:03,400
Speaker 1: felt like a marathon where he had to pull tires

1589
01:15:04,120 --> 01:15:08,400
Speaker 1: after a football practice and you know there was some

1590
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:13,800
Speaker 1: outside of like the playing tournament, Steph season obviously Randall season. Um,

1591
01:15:14,200 --> 01:15:17,360
Speaker 1: it just I'm just so relieved. It feels like we're

1592
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:20,720
Speaker 1: finally at like the starting line, and so I just

1593
01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:23,320
Speaker 1: wanted to get y'all's opinion on how y'all are gonna

1594
01:15:24,240 --> 01:15:29,360
Speaker 1: view this season, you know, regardless of the playoff outcome. Well,

1595
01:15:29,439 --> 01:15:31,880
Speaker 1: I mean you said it best man, like it's been

1596
01:15:32,360 --> 01:15:35,280
Speaker 1: it's just been one hell of a season. Uh and

1597
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:39,400
Speaker 1: and from that standpoint, like you know, uh, for them

1598
01:15:39,520 --> 01:15:43,479
Speaker 1: to be whole at this point after everything that's happened

1599
01:15:43,800 --> 01:15:47,160
Speaker 1: kind of feels like a miracle. You know, like like

1600
01:15:47,280 --> 01:15:49,000
Speaker 1: we talked about how two weeks ago it was like

1601
01:15:49,560 --> 01:15:52,880
Speaker 1: absolute doomsday scenario Lebron came back too quick from his angle.

1602
01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:55,880
Speaker 1: A d looks completely watched, you know, Dennis Shoter just

1603
01:15:55,960 --> 01:15:58,679
Speaker 1: got Covid Like it was like all hell was breaking loose.

1604
01:15:59,240 --> 01:16:01,240
Speaker 1: And for them to actually kind of feel like their

1605
01:16:01,320 --> 01:16:04,120
Speaker 1: whole right now, it just it just feels like an

1606
01:16:04,320 --> 01:16:07,400
Speaker 1: absolute victory. But I still think it's been a fun season.

1607
01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:10,120
Speaker 1: And I mean, Roge you can speak to this too,

1608
01:16:10,240 --> 01:16:11,960
Speaker 1: just because you and I have kind of been going

1609
01:16:12,040 --> 01:16:14,360
Speaker 1: down this path together. But like you know, I'm a

1610
01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:17,000
Speaker 1: I'm a Lebron fan. Everybody knows. I'm from Tucson, Arizona.

1611
01:16:17,080 --> 01:16:19,439
Speaker 1: I don't I think grow up in an NBA city.

1612
01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:21,760
Speaker 1: I'm just a huge I'm just a huge basketball fan.

1613
01:16:22,200 --> 01:16:23,880
Speaker 1: Lebron is the one who got me interested in the game,

1614
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:26,479
Speaker 1: and that's how I became a fan of the Lakers.

1615
01:16:26,680 --> 01:16:29,479
Speaker 1: But you know now that I with Raj have been

1616
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:32,960
Speaker 1: covering the Lakers, like I've fallen in love with this team.

1617
01:16:33,680 --> 01:16:36,280
Speaker 1: And what's been really cool is with Lebron being out,

1618
01:16:37,080 --> 01:16:40,000
Speaker 1: you know, like you really get to spend a good

1619
01:16:40,040 --> 01:16:43,040
Speaker 1: amount of time getting to know all of the other

1620
01:16:43,160 --> 01:16:46,600
Speaker 1: players in bigger roles and seeing what they're capable of

1621
01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:49,479
Speaker 1: and and seeing that there's you know, Lebron is the

1622
01:16:49,520 --> 01:16:51,719
Speaker 1: one who came in and kind of turned things around,

1623
01:16:51,800 --> 01:16:54,080
Speaker 1: as we all know, but the Lakers are kind of

1624
01:16:54,160 --> 01:16:57,720
Speaker 1: formed a pretty awesome identity that starts with Rob and

1625
01:16:57,800 --> 01:17:00,320
Speaker 1: extends down to Frank and the rest of the guys

1626
01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:03,560
Speaker 1: on the coaching staff, and extends into professionalism throughout the

1627
01:17:03,680 --> 01:17:08,240
Speaker 1: roster that permeates through to Crusoe and into Kuzma has

1628
01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:11,600
Speaker 1: become such a savvy vet and and to you know,

1629
01:17:12,439 --> 01:17:15,599
Speaker 1: to Dudley, you know, and and everything that he brings

1630
01:17:15,720 --> 01:17:19,240
Speaker 1: as the as just the lead by example type of guy.

1631
01:17:19,400 --> 01:17:21,439
Speaker 1: And and I think it's been honestly one of the

1632
01:17:21,520 --> 01:17:24,760
Speaker 1: more fun seasons because there's been a ton of adversity,

1633
01:17:24,960 --> 01:17:27,760
Speaker 1: Like how much more boring? Now, obviously we probably prefer

1634
01:17:27,960 --> 01:17:30,880
Speaker 1: this for the the actual prospect of winning a title,

1635
01:17:31,120 --> 01:17:33,200
Speaker 1: but how much more boring would this season have been

1636
01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:36,640
Speaker 1: if the Lakers just rolled? You know like this? This

1637
01:17:36,920 --> 01:17:39,599
Speaker 1: this season has been more interesting, to say the leadst

1638
01:17:39,720 --> 01:17:42,160
Speaker 1: I think you would agree with me, right, Roger, Yeah,

1639
01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:44,160
Speaker 1: for sure. And I love that that you asked this

1640
01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:46,240
Speaker 1: because it's so interesting. Like what I was just thinking

1641
01:17:46,240 --> 01:17:48,920
Speaker 1: about is like you take this sacrifice every time, but

1642
01:17:49,000 --> 01:17:51,599
Speaker 1: it feels like that that this regular season is kind

1643
01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:54,439
Speaker 1: of the sacrifice for the championship last year, right, like

1644
01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:56,880
Speaker 1: there was no um, there's no off season. They jump

1645
01:17:56,960 --> 01:17:58,880
Speaker 1: right back into it, so you were going to give up,

1646
01:17:59,000 --> 01:18:01,280
Speaker 1: like what the season could have been? Like we talked

1647
01:18:01,320 --> 01:18:02,880
Speaker 1: about it before the season started. I thought this was

1648
01:18:02,960 --> 01:18:05,280
Speaker 1: this is the most talented Laker team that I've kind

1649
01:18:05,320 --> 01:18:07,439
Speaker 1: of seen. Um, I'm really good to watch the two

1650
01:18:07,479 --> 01:18:09,679
Speaker 1: thousand Lakers. So this is the most talented team I've seen,

1651
01:18:09,960 --> 01:18:12,000
Speaker 1: just top to bottom. And it feels like it was

1652
01:18:12,080 --> 01:18:15,400
Speaker 1: separated into like three separate parts. Like right, we had

1653
01:18:15,479 --> 01:18:17,599
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season. They started like twenty one

1654
01:18:17,640 --> 01:18:20,240
Speaker 1: and six and then um, A D goes down and

1655
01:18:20,320 --> 01:18:23,160
Speaker 1: then we get like a Lebron MVP season, Like I

1656
01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:25,240
Speaker 1: just that's not what I was expecting at all, And

1657
01:18:25,320 --> 01:18:27,559
Speaker 1: we got a Lebron MVP season and he goes down

1658
01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:30,880
Speaker 1: and then we get this like amazing like developmental kind

1659
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:32,720
Speaker 1: of season where we get to like throw th ht

1660
01:18:33,280 --> 01:18:35,360
Speaker 1: and just let him kind of make mistakes and grow.

1661
01:18:35,479 --> 01:18:37,400
Speaker 1: And I thought that was really fun and just see

1662
01:18:37,439 --> 01:18:39,000
Speaker 1: him kind of growing to the player he is now.

1663
01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:41,320
Speaker 1: And you don't really get that as like your friends.

1664
01:18:41,360 --> 01:18:43,600
Speaker 1: We watched a lot of developmental years. We're watching like

1665
01:18:43,640 --> 01:18:45,759
Speaker 1: Brandon ingram Loams the ball and it kind of reminded

1666
01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:48,280
Speaker 1: me of that, just seeing his potential kind of um

1667
01:18:48,360 --> 01:18:50,240
Speaker 1: get to where it is now and now like it's

1668
01:18:50,240 --> 01:18:51,960
Speaker 1: all coming together. I don't know if we'll be able

1669
01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:53,720
Speaker 1: to see the full force of it. That's kind of

1670
01:18:53,760 --> 01:18:56,000
Speaker 1: how I'll remember this season is like three separate parts.

1671
01:18:56,240 --> 01:18:57,960
Speaker 1: Now that they kept a good defense for the whole

1672
01:18:58,000 --> 01:19:01,479
Speaker 1: thing memoraculously somehow, but like just getting like a Lebron

1673
01:19:01,640 --> 01:19:04,720
Speaker 1: MVP season, that great start to it, and now this

1674
01:19:04,920 --> 01:19:07,400
Speaker 1: is like the final trimester of it where you get

1675
01:19:07,439 --> 01:19:10,080
Speaker 1: like that complete and look, look, most some teams don't

1676
01:19:10,120 --> 01:19:12,479
Speaker 1: get a chance to get going the playoffs healthy. Right,

1677
01:19:12,720 --> 01:19:15,280
Speaker 1: Sometimes you just get injury rid old seasons like that happens,

1678
01:19:15,600 --> 01:19:18,599
Speaker 1: so we're lucky to even like get up healthy season.

1679
01:19:18,640 --> 01:19:20,360
Speaker 1: So that's how I kind of remember this into like

1680
01:19:20,360 --> 01:19:23,080
Speaker 1: a few separate kind of parts. And it's been fun. Um,

1681
01:19:23,160 --> 01:19:25,920
Speaker 1: even though we didn't get the full kind of superstars

1682
01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:28,280
Speaker 1: playing every game kind of thing. Um, I think it's

1683
01:19:28,320 --> 01:19:30,160
Speaker 1: been fun. And I think you've seen that impact throughout

1684
01:19:30,160 --> 01:19:33,639
Speaker 1: the league. You saw Miami start off slow, right, Boston

1685
01:19:33,960 --> 01:19:36,280
Speaker 1: had a season from hell, they went late in the playoffs.

1686
01:19:36,360 --> 01:19:38,599
Speaker 1: All those teams kind of really started slow. Denver as

1687
01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:40,840
Speaker 1: well started really slow, and you saw the impact of that.

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01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:45,880
Speaker 1: So that's how I remember this season. Oh well, y'all

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01:19:45,920 --> 01:19:48,320
Speaker 1: sound y'all sound like y'all enjoyed it more than I did,

1690
01:19:48,479 --> 01:19:55,519
Speaker 1: which which you know, hell, hell is the is the

1691
01:19:55,560 --> 01:19:58,439
Speaker 1: biggest thing. So that's the only win, some only w

1692
01:19:58,640 --> 01:20:02,400
Speaker 1: that we need. So I appreciate it, y'all. Thank you, Michael.

1693
01:20:02,439 --> 01:20:05,840
Speaker 1: We appreciate you. Man. Probably had some frustrations, for sure.

1694
01:20:05,960 --> 01:20:10,320
Speaker 1: It's probably picture of it, yeah for sure. Yeah, we're

1695
01:20:10,320 --> 01:20:14,240
Speaker 1: just trying to be positive here, man. You'll take care

1696
01:20:14,880 --> 01:20:18,880
Speaker 1: than all right, Everybody thank you so much for hanging

1697
01:20:18,920 --> 01:20:22,000
Speaker 1: out with us tonight. UM, I'm going to take my

1698
01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:26,599
Speaker 1: almost thirty year old asked to bed. UM. I will

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01:20:26,680 --> 01:20:31,479
Speaker 1: have this posted on our podcast feed either here shortly

1700
01:20:31,640 --> 01:20:33,240
Speaker 1: or first thing in the morning for those of you

1701
01:20:33,280 --> 01:20:35,840
Speaker 1: who missed out. UM, and then Roger and I will

1702
01:20:35,960 --> 01:20:41,000
Speaker 1: hopefully be doing another preview podcast on Wednesday night, hopefully

1703
01:20:41,120 --> 01:20:44,600
Speaker 1: for the Phoenix Suns and hopefully not some sort of

1704
01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:48,760
Speaker 1: chaotic event sets where everybody's freaking out and we're trying

1705
01:20:48,800 --> 01:20:50,479
Speaker 1: to call him everybody down. But we'll see how it goes.

1706
01:20:51,240 --> 01:20:52,840
Speaker 1: But thank you guys so much for hanging out with us.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Thank you, Thank you guys,