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Speaker 1: into the power rankings today with number eleven. The Memphis Grizzlies.

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Speaker 1: So last year, the Memphis Grizzlies were fifty six and

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Speaker 1: And then they had a really interesting Game five, a

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Speaker 1: and we'll get more into him here in a minute,

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Speaker 1: but they weren't actually great at taking away the painted

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Speaker 1: area because they're so aggressive on the perimit to try

432
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Speaker 1: to force turnovers and things like that to try to

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Speaker 1: squeeze out transition possessions. That they did give up a

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Speaker 1: lot of straight line drives and give up a lot

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Speaker 1: of baskets around the paint, but they did lead the

436
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Speaker 1: league and steals and blocks, which is amazing. That's how

437
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Speaker 1: you end up with the sixth best defense in the

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Speaker 1: league despite giving up quite a few points in the paint.

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Speaker 1: They were third in points off of turnovers compared to

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Speaker 1: the rest of the league, and they did defend the

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Speaker 1: three point line pretty well. I think they were eleventh

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Speaker 1: and three pointers made per game, which when you factor

443
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Speaker 1: in pace there, it probably would have been even higher

444
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Speaker 1: than that. Almost everyone outside of John Morant on the

445
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Speaker 1: roster is an above average defensive player. That is what

446
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Speaker 1: allows them to line up consistency throughout the game to

447
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Speaker 1: be an imposing defensive team, and that's why when John

448
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Speaker 1: Morant checked out of that series with the knee injury,

449
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Speaker 1: the Grizzly still were such a problem for Golden State

450
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Speaker 1: because of what they were capable of doing on the

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Speaker 1: defensive end of the four. Jaren Jackson Jr. Is the

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Speaker 1: anchor of this defense. He led the league in total

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Speaker 1: bocks by forty. He had forty more blocks than Rudy Gobert,

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Speaker 1: who was second in total blocks in the league. Their

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Speaker 1: scheme is pretty traditional outside of that they run drop

456
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Speaker 1: coverage with all three of their bigs, although they're more

457
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Speaker 1: willing to switch if things go haywire with Jaren Jackson

458
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Speaker 1: and Brandon Clark than they are with Steven Adams. That's

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Speaker 1: pretty standard across the league at this point. And once again,

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Speaker 1: the biggest problem with their defense is the John Morant problem.

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Speaker 1: So John Morant and what they can do without him

462
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Speaker 1: is the biggest problem on the offensive end of the floor,

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Speaker 1: and John Morand and what they can do with him

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Speaker 1: is their biggest problem on the defensive end of the floor.

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Speaker 1: Grizzlies fans probably remember this with more rose colored glasses

466
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Speaker 1: than everybody else, But the truth of the matter was

467
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Speaker 1: is that in that Minnesota Timberwolves series. Patrick Beverley was

468
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Speaker 1: looking like a primary ball ball handler consistently attacking John Morant,

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Speaker 1: not even in advantage situations a lot of times just

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Speaker 1: off the dribble, a lot of times in isolation, just

471
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Speaker 1: taking John Moran to task and scoring at will. In general,

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Speaker 1: their defense was horrific with him on the floor. They

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Speaker 1: gave up I want to say about a hundred and

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Speaker 1: thirteen points per one hundred possessions in the Golden State

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Speaker 1: series with him on the floor, which is pretty damn bad.

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Speaker 1: That is That's gonna be the biggest one of the

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Speaker 1: bigger indicators of this team's future success is given John

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Speaker 1: Morant's athleticism, and we all see the highlight plays like

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Speaker 1: him getting an insane block in transition, flying above the

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Speaker 1: rim and things along those lines. But at some point,

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Speaker 1: John Moran is going to have to be able to

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Speaker 1: hold his own defensively for this team to reach their

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Speaker 1: ceiling um, which is a great transition into their ceiling.

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Speaker 1: So the ceiling for this Golden State Warriors team is

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Speaker 1: if Jaren Jackson Jr. Comes back quickly Again. Feet are

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Speaker 1: feet are tough um, not just for big men but

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Speaker 1: for everybody. I the one major injury I suffered when

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Speaker 1: I was playing in college was a broken foot. That

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Speaker 1: was between my uh JUCO season in Tucson and my

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Speaker 1: second JUCO season, which was in Utah, and I really

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Speaker 1: struggled with that. The main reason why is there's like

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Speaker 1: a physical healing phase and then there's a mental healing phase.

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Speaker 1: And when I got back on the basketball court, even

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Speaker 1: though I physically could do everything I needed to do,

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Speaker 1: I didn't really trust my foot to hold up, and

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Speaker 1: so I became very passive, especially as a rebounder and

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Speaker 1: on the defensive end of the floor. That was the

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Speaker 1: main part in the early portion of that season where

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Speaker 1: I struggled. I really struggled in nonconference play that season,

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Speaker 1: and then right around January I kind of broke through

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Speaker 1: foot and then I took off from there and actually

503
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Speaker 1: ended up making an All conference team that year. But

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Speaker 1: the first chunk of that season I was pretty bad

505
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Speaker 1: just by struggling with confidence with my foot. And so

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Speaker 1: it'll be really interesting to see one how quickly Jared

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Speaker 1: comes back into how quickly he becomes he was before

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Speaker 1: the injury, and that's gonna be something that needs UH

509
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Speaker 1: that Grizzlies fans could should keep an eye on. But

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Speaker 1: if he comes back quickly, if Desmond Baine takes a

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Speaker 1: leap as a shot creator, if he impludes improves in

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Speaker 1: ball handling to the point where he can create his

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Speaker 1: own shot. I don't think he has a quick enough

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Speaker 1: first step to consistently beat high level defenders off the dribble,

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Speaker 1: But he's so big and strong that if he could

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Speaker 1: learn to understand angles while also having a really tight handle,

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Speaker 1: he might be able to have a little bit more

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Speaker 1: of a Luca esque advantage creation type of deal, where

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Speaker 1: it's not about you know, toasting dudes off the dribble

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Speaker 1: and getting tons of separation, but rather getting a tiny

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Speaker 1: bit of separation and shooting the gap with physicality and

522
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Speaker 1: using your upper body to pin the defender out of

523
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Speaker 1: position so you can methodically work your way into the lane.

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Speaker 1: It's it's a long shot to me because that's the

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Speaker 1: type of thing takes years and years of diligent practice.

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Speaker 1: But that would be a great UH indicator of what

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Speaker 1: this team ceiling could be. If John Muran could make

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Speaker 1: improvements to offensively, if Jo can stay healthy and all

529
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Speaker 1: those things, I just said, if Joa can stay healthy

530
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Speaker 1: because he did break down in this postseason run, and

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Speaker 1: if he gets hot, especially as a jump shooter in

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Speaker 1: the postseason, and I do believe that John Marine will

533
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Speaker 1: one day be a knockdown jump shooter. That's the textbook

534
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Speaker 1: puncher's chance. When we were talking about tears and we

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Speaker 1: had the non contenders, and now we're in the puncher's

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Speaker 1: chance contenders, right, Like the Lakers aren't the most talented

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Speaker 1: team in the league, but if Lebron and n A

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Speaker 1: d get hot, what are you gonna do with him?

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Speaker 1: You know? Same thing Cleveland Cavaliers, like not as talented

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Speaker 1: as best teams in the league, but if Donovan Mitchell

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Speaker 1: gets hot, with how good their defense is, that could

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Speaker 1: be a problem. Same thing goes for this Memphis Grizzlies team.

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Speaker 1: If they are as good defensively as they are capable

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Speaker 1: of being, as long as John Morien, it takes that

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Speaker 1: leap and he gets hot in a postseason run, particularly

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Speaker 1: as a jump shooter, because how gifted he is getting

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Speaker 1: to the basket. This team absolutely has a puncher's chance

548
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Speaker 1: to win the title, But because of their limitations and

549
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Speaker 1: shot creation, I don't think they're in that next tier

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Speaker 1: you know of that second tier contenders are the top

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Speaker 1: tier contenders. The other thing that's interesting here is the

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Speaker 1: Jaw officiating conundrum. I've talked about this three or four

553
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Speaker 1: times on the show, UM, But basically, John Murrain is

554
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Speaker 1: so gifted at beating people off the jubble, and he's

555
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: so thin, and he's so athletic that when he goes

556
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Speaker 1: flying through the lane that even slight bumps can send

557
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Speaker 1: him flying. Even slight bumps that wouldn't be considered a

558
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Speaker 1: foul against the vast majority of ball handlers in the league.

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Speaker 1: And so the bottom line is is that if John

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Speaker 1: Murand catches a Dwyane Wade OH six type of officiating run,

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Speaker 1: that could go a long way towards helping this team

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Speaker 1: reach their ultimate ceiling. The worst case scenario is if

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Speaker 1: Jaren Jackson Jr. Misses most of the season, which can

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Speaker 1: affect their seating. Now they can end up in a five, six, seven,

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Speaker 1: eight seed, which could put them on the road against

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Speaker 1: a very good team in the first round of the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: a team that they very well might be um an

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Speaker 1: underdog against. If Jaw continues to struggle on defense and

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Speaker 1: chakra Asian limitations. If they don't improve as uh in

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Speaker 1: terms of shot creation outside of John Moran, they will

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Speaker 1: continue to struggle in the half court even with jaw,

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Speaker 1: and they will really mightily struggle when John Morant is

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Speaker 1: off the floor, which will eventually get them beat if

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Speaker 1: those things take place, you know, if John doesn't improve defensively,

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Speaker 1: if they don't improve creating shots, if Jaren Jackson's injury

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Speaker 1: cost them in seeding, this is a team that's gonna

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Speaker 1: lose in the first round. So I kind of I

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Speaker 1: view that as the range of outcomes, kind of first

579
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Speaker 1: round loss all the way to championship with anything in

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Speaker 1: between based on how those factors turn out. The biggest

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Speaker 1: X factor on this team is Jaren Jackson Jr. Um.

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Speaker 1: I I think that, like he's such a freak talent

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Speaker 1: with such hot and cold moments that he's a textbook

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Speaker 1: X factor in my opinion, because he could just as

585
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Speaker 1: easily lose you a playoff series with poor decision making

586
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 1: as he can win it with incredibly imposing defensive rim

587
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Speaker 1: protection and physically imposing rim pressure on the offensive end

588
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Speaker 1: of the floor, to go with outstanding perimeter shooting like

589
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Speaker 1: he shot seven threes per game over the last seven

590
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Speaker 1: playoff games and shot him over his last seven playoff games,

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Speaker 1: he averaged nineteen points per game. He was an outstanding

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Speaker 1: defensive player during that stretch. You know, I've compared him

593
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Speaker 1: defensively to Anthony Davis with his combination of length and mobility. Um,

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Speaker 1: obviously he's not that level of defensive player yet, but

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Speaker 1: it's certainly something that he's capable of doing. That's kind

596
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Speaker 1: of the Anthony Davis mold though, right like dominant defensive player,

597
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Speaker 1: hyper versatile, stretch big. He could be a poor man's

598
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Speaker 1: version of Anthony Davis if he could get to that level,

599
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Speaker 1: which again, Anthony Davis I think was eighteen in my

600
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Speaker 1: top twenty five this year because of how much he's regressed.

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Speaker 1: If if Jaren Jackson Jr. Can get up to the

602
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Speaker 1: eighteenth best basketball player in the world this season, which

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Speaker 1: is absolutely doable with how talented he is, that could

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Speaker 1: be a massive swing factor for this team. And if

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Speaker 1: that sort of thing happens, they go from puncher's chance

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Speaker 1: contender to that next here that if things go right contender,

607
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Speaker 1: meaning if they stay healthy and they catch an injury

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Speaker 1: break here there they are absolutely in that mix so

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Speaker 1: very interesting. Memphis Grizzlies team. Grizzlies fans, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: we'll be covering them throughout the season. This is a

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Speaker 1: team that I find to be extremely interesting. We'll learn

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Speaker 1: more about their draft picks as they play along. It'll

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Speaker 1: be interesting to see how they play without Jaren Jackson

614
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Speaker 1: for chunks of the season. This is gonna be one

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Speaker 1: of the most interesting teams in the league over the

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Speaker 1: course of the next half decade, and I'm excited to

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Speaker 1: cover them. So that's all I have on the Memphis Grizzlies.

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Speaker 1: I I did as I promised at the beginning. I

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Speaker 1: uh my set, just to tell you guys a little

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Speaker 1: bit more about myself. So obviously I am a die

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Speaker 1: hard other way diehard Star Wars fan. Um. I grew

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Speaker 1: little kid, and I've been in love with it ever

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Speaker 1: since the beginning. I'm one of those diehard Star Wars

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Speaker 1: fans that like reads all the Expanded Universe novels and

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Speaker 1: like I've seen Clone Wars all the way through twice,

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Speaker 1: We release episodes typically every Wednesday. UM. It's called the

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Speaker 1: Two Sons Podcast. We've been going through the Thrown trilogy. Uh.

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Speaker 1: We just went through the thron trilogy from when he

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Speaker 1: the future as they go with a Soca and some

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Speaker 1: of these other series. Anyway, Star Wars is a huge

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Speaker 1: passion of mine. I wanted this to kind of represent

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Speaker 1: the things that I love, and Star Wars is a

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Speaker 1: something that I invest a lot of time. And if

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Speaker 1: you ever want to hear me talk more about Star Wars,

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Speaker 1: you can find that in my Star Wars podcast. My

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Speaker 1: second favorite thing to do in the entire world is

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Speaker 1: to play guitar, and I it's one thousand percent an

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Speaker 1: amateur thing. At least at this point in my life.

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Speaker 1: You will never hear me play. It's not something that

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Speaker 1: I that I show off. It's something I do strictly

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Speaker 1: for myself. My dad raised me on blues a lot

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Speaker 1: of like The Grateful Dead in the Allmond Brothers band,

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Speaker 1: and from I got my first guitar for my birthday

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Speaker 1: when I was a kid from my grandmother was an

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Speaker 1: Epiphone s G and I played it for years and

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Speaker 1: then when I turned when I started playing basketball in college,

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Speaker 1: into it again. And a big part of why I

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Speaker 1: got back into it is this guy, Mr John Mayer,

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Speaker 1: who you guys all probably know from his mainstream stuff,

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Speaker 1: which I could take it or leave it. I don't

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Speaker 1: dislike it. I find him to be freakishly talented, but

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Speaker 1: with his mainstream stuff, um, I never really thought it

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Speaker 1: captured what he was capable of. And back in two

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Speaker 1: thousand fifteen, he started playing with the other older gentlemen

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Speaker 1: you see there, Mr Bob Weir, who was one of

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Speaker 1: the original guitarists for the Grateful Dead, and ever since

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Speaker 1: two thousand sixteen, they've been touring, going to a bunch

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Speaker 1: of cities around the country and playing old Grateful Dead songs.

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Speaker 1: And Grateful Dead is more of a jam band, you know.

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Speaker 1: The songs are like fifteen minutes long. Drives my wife

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Speaker 1: freaking crazy. I'll never listen to that stuff around her

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Speaker 1: because she doesn't really enjoy it all that much. But

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Speaker 1: it really has exposed what John Mayor is capable of

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Speaker 1: as a guitar player. And I think John Mayor, I

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Speaker 1: personally think John Mayor is the best guitar player of

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Speaker 1: this particular generation. Some people would disagree with me. Some

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Speaker 1: people would say Gary Clark Jr. Some people would say

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Speaker 1: Derek Trucks. I I think technically in terms of his

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Speaker 1: core style as well as his versatility, the different types

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Speaker 1: of music that he can play, not entirely unlike his

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Speaker 1: mainstream stuff that he plays versus this blue stuff all

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Speaker 1: the way to old Texas blues like Stevie ray Van

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Speaker 1: and Jimmy Hendricks and things along those lines. He's just

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Speaker 1: as well rounded as it gets, and I I he's

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Speaker 1: like my personal role model as a guitar player. Um.

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Speaker 1: This right here is the first Dead and Company concert

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Speaker 1: poster that they made. Vote They pay a professional artist

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Speaker 1: really cool, uh kind of like niche thing that they do.

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Speaker 1: These are two of my favorite guitars. This was the

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Speaker 1: one that my wife got me for my thirtieth birthday.

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Speaker 1: This is a PRS CEO. Um. Just an incredible piece

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Speaker 1: of woodworking. Gibson and Fender kind of have run the

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Speaker 1: guitar game forever and PRS has kind of grinded their

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Speaker 1: way up to about third place on that list. They're

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Speaker 1: they're all their core models are American made and there

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Speaker 1: I find their woodworking to be exquisite. One of my

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Speaker 1: one of my dreams is in the future. It costs

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Speaker 1: about twenty dollars, so I don't plan on doing it

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Speaker 1: for a long time, but one of my dreams is

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Speaker 1: to go to their factory in Maryland and build a

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Speaker 1: guitar from scratch. They call it their private stock collection.

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Speaker 1: But you can actually like pick the kinds of wood

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Speaker 1: that you want to use. You can do special designs

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Speaker 1: on the neck and things like that. That's one of

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Speaker 1: my dreams. This is a good old fashioned Fender Stratocaster,

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Speaker 1: a very unique guitar sound that no other guitar can replicate.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, so this just this a little bit about

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Speaker 1: about myself. My number one love is basketball. It always

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Speaker 1: will be. I live and breathe the game every single

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Speaker 1: day of my life, and I will until the day

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Speaker 1: I die. But when it comes to things outside of that,

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Speaker 1: love me some Star Wars and I love me some

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Speaker 1: uh blues guitar. So anyway, I hope that get Uh

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Speaker 1: teaches you, teaches you guys a little bit more about myself.

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Speaker 1: As always, I sincerely appreciate you guys supporting the show

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Speaker 1: and we will be back tomorrow with number ten the

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