1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: The volume. All right, welcome to Hoopsinight. You're at the 2 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: volume heavy Wednesday. Everybody. Hope all you guys are having 3 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: an incredible week. Well, the nd season tournament lived up 4 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: to expectations. The Spurs had a great showing, took an 5 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: eleven point lead with a couple of minutes left in 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: the third quarter, but a run from the Knicks bench 7 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: flips the script, and then a methodical half court offense 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: from the Knicks in the fourth quarter ends up closing 9 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 1: the deal. We're gonna be breaking that game down from 10 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: the perspective of both teams. 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So 20 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: the Nicks win one twenty four to one thirteen, a 21 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: game that the Spurs looked like they were in control 22 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: of for about three quarters until a huge Knicks run 23 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: starting in the late third quarter flipped that script, and 24 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: then again the Knicks offense was able to take them home. 25 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: So Victor wiman Yama hits a three with about two 26 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: minutes left in the third quarter that puts the Spurs 27 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: up by eleven, and at that point they had a 28 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: lot of the momentum. They were playing with a lot 29 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: of energy. Looked like they were gonna leave Vegas with 30 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: the money right. But I thought the two biggest shots 31 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,919 Speaker 1: of the game were those two threes on the immediate 32 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: following possessions from Jordan Clarkson and Tyler Kolek that ended 33 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: up cutting that lead down to five and kind of 34 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: changed the complexion of the game. And they were tough 35 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 1: shots too, Like Jordan Clarkson's was a heavily contested three 36 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: on the right wing where he just caught and step 37 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: Castle's right there. He just rose up right over the 38 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: top and just made a really tough contested three. And 39 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: then Tyler Kolex was a pull up in transition. He 40 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: had Wemby in front of him. He just kind of 41 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: used a head fake looking off to the right to 42 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: cause the defense to react, found a little opening for 43 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: him to rise up. They were pretty high level bits 44 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: of shot making, and again they just cut that lead 45 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: from eleven to five, completely wiped out any of that 46 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: momentum that san Antonio had changed the complexion of the 47 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 1: game in thirty seconds, and it kind of went from 48 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: that feeling of the Spurs and Wemby show the coronation 49 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: will begin, they'll kind of stiff arm you and put 50 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: up a bunch of highlights in the fourth quarter to like, 51 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: oh shit, we have ourselves a close game again, and 52 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: then again from there during that run, the Knicks also 53 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: just completely dominated the game on the offensive glass. I 54 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: thought Carl Anthony Towns and Mitchell Robinson both played really 55 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: well against Victor women Yama in different ways in this game. So, 56 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: for instance, like I thought, Carl guarded Wemby super well. 57 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: He was super physical with him. He was beating him 58 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: to spots, was not letting him get close to the rim, 59 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,359 Speaker 1: and he was so physical on his base. I've talked 60 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: about this before. When you're playing a bigger player that 61 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: wants to shoot over the top, you can do more 62 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: to up to them offensively by disrupting their base than 63 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: you can by trying to contest them up top. They're 64 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 1: tall guys. They're gonna shoot over the top of you. 65 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: They're not gonna worry about a contest. But if you 66 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: can disrupt their base, that's the lift. There's an energy 67 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: transfer that happens from your feet all the way up 68 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: through the top of your shot. That is that like 69 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: muscle memory that you work on when you're in the 70 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: gym by yourself. If you can disrupt the power at 71 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: the bottom of the shot, it makes the top of 72 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: the shot look very different than the shots that they 73 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: take when they're practicing. It's the best way to disrupt 74 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: a guy. Again, I thought he was just physical with 75 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: Wemby all night, forced him into tougher off balanced jump shots. 76 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: Really nice game defensively from Carltown's on Victor wemin Yama 77 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: and then Mitchell Robinson just dominated Wenby on the glass. 78 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: He has size there, he's famous for his activity and 79 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: was just physically able to hold him off to get 80 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: to the ball. I also thought Wenby had a rough 81 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 1: game with his rim decisions on defense, but we'll get 82 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: more to that in a minute. But he just kept 83 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: beating Wenby to the ball around the rim again. The 84 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: Knicks had thirty two second chance points in this game. 85 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: The big stories of the game, and it was especially 86 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: a factor in New York's favor in the fourth quarter. 87 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: They had an eleven to two offensive rebound advantage in 88 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. And then once the Knicks had a 89 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: little lead in the fourth quarter, it kind of devolved 90 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: into that classic half court style slugfest, which favors the 91 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: Knicks heavily. Brunson was able to keep working for his 92 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 1: really efficient twos closer to the basket, short jump shots 93 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: and floaters, and then the Spurs cooled off in a 94 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: big way. They missed a few good looks. Harrison Barnes 95 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: looks like like really for both of the games in Vegas, 96 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: looked like he was having flashbacks to the twenty sixteen finals. 97 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: He missed another wide open corner three in that stretch, 98 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: Julian Chimpani missed a wide open wing three on the 99 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: left wing. And all those short twos that Jalen Brunson 100 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: was making, guys like Darren Fox were missing or getting 101 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: blocked by Josh Hard or Steph Castle was missing, or 102 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: Devin Vissel was missing some of his short little mid 103 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: rangers coming off of screens and so the Knicks. Basically 104 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,559 Speaker 1: he just methodically out executed the Spurs as they headed 105 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: to the finish line. I thought there were a couple 106 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: of huge sequences late that helped blow it open. Josh 107 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: Hart the two way sequence that play where he blocks 108 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: deer and Fox on that ISO in the middle of 109 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 1: the floor. Deeren gets his own rebound, then he strips him, 110 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 1: then they go down to the other end. The clock's 111 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: running out. Brunson's kind of tired. He's sitting at the 112 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: top of the key. He just kind of puts his 113 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: hands on his hips and goes like, you got it, Josh, 114 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 1: and Josh just goes to a pull up three over 115 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: deeron Fox and just nails it. He's had a great summer, 116 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: clearly because a bunch of his like kind of polished 117 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: parts of his game are just so much more refined 118 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: than they were in years past. Massive, massive sequence to 119 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: stop a deeron Fox ISO in the middle of the 120 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 1: floor and then just just basically dot his eye with 121 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 1: the jumper right in his face from three on the 122 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: other end. That was a big shot. That kind of 123 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: ice the game. Put him up eight with just under 124 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: three minutes left. And then og Ananobi, who was awesome 125 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: again last night twenty eight points and zero turnover, some 126 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: big attacks right at the basket and match up attacking situations. 127 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 1: He hit a couple of threes in the fourth quarter 128 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: off of kickouts that really helped blow this thing open. 129 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: One off of an offensive rebound of Mitch kind of 130 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: missed a lot pass from Tyler Cole that got his 131 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:15,599 Speaker 1: own rebound and og was just wide open on the 132 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: left wing knocked it down. The Knicks have done a 133 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: lot of damage the season on offensive rebound kickout threes. 134 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: And then another one where where Tyler Cole like they 135 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 1: were running. There's this action the teams have been running 136 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,600 Speaker 1: all around the NBA in the last couple of years, 137 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: where you basically it basically is a version of a 138 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: ball screen by every measure in terms of the way 139 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: the reids work, but you're doing it against a shifted defense, 140 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 1: and the way they pull it off is by running 141 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 1: a weak side flare screen, so you'll have a guard 142 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: at the top of the key and they can get 143 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: to it in a bunch of different ways. I've seen 144 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,279 Speaker 1: teams run it off of double drag where they just 145 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: have the guard the second guard in the second ball 146 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: screen where the guard comes off and then he'll come 147 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: off the flare. But it's basically the guard coming off 148 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: of a flare screen from the big at the top 149 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: of the key. Again, you'll see it in a bunch 150 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: of different ways. You'll see it a lot in transition. 151 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: The Spurs do this all the time with Luke Cornett 152 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: just setting those flare screens at the top. But essentially 153 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: when the guard runs over the top of the flare screen, 154 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: his man is usually chasing him right and then it 155 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: forms that same kind of series of drop coverage reads 156 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: where the guard immediately will try to drive and if 157 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: he drives, the big man who's guarding the screener is 158 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: going to sit back in some variation of a drop 159 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: coverage and his on ball guy is going to try 160 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: to chase him over the top. The difference is because 161 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: it's happening on a skip pass off the flare going 162 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: across the floor. It basically accomplishes the goal of setting 163 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: up that pick and roll sequence while also having the 164 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: defense suddenly have to shift from one side of the 165 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: floor to the other. It's a way to loosen up 166 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: the defense before you get into a ball screen. A 167 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: lot of NBA teams are doing it. It's a copycat league. 168 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: They're getting a lot of good looks out of this. 169 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: So Tyler Kolek comes off of one of those flares, 170 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: immediately rips, and when he rips, Victor Weminyamua, who's guarding 171 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: Ogananobi in the left corner, makes a decision to slide 172 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: over again. The defense is shifting because of that flare screen, 173 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: and because of that skip pass, Victor women Yama ends 174 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: up stepping over to help on collect collect rifles a 175 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: perfect pass to og and Andobi, and he nails that 176 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: corner three. Another like kind of interesting rim decision from 177 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: Victor women Yama. Again, we'll talk about that when we 178 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: get a little bit later in the show. But that 179 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: was really the story of the game. Like I thought, 180 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: the Knicks just showed a lot of poise over the 181 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: course of this game one by just weathering a lot 182 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: of good punches from a very talented young Spurs team 183 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: that played really well and shot the ball really well 184 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,319 Speaker 1: for the first three quarters, and they just made enough 185 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: plays to stay in the game. A couple of quick 186 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: little burst runs here there. Every time the Spurs pushed 187 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 1: it to eight or pushed it to ten or pushed 188 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: it to eleven. They quickly get five or six points 189 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 1: back and just keep it close. Right then their bench 190 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: guys end up flipping the script, and that late third, 191 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 1: early fourth stretch turned it into this close, slow down game. 192 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: And then in that close game, the Knicks looked like 193 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: the far more mature and polished half court offense. Not 194 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: only did the Knicks get nine extra possessions in the 195 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: fourth quarter thanks to a eleven to two offensive rebound 196 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: advantage just in the fourth quarter, but in their half 197 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: court possessions, the Knicks logged a one hundred offensive rating 198 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: in that half court offense against the Spurs, compared to 199 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: just a sixty eight offensive rating for the San Antonio 200 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: Spurs in the half court on the other end of 201 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: the floor versus the Knicks. And you know that really again, 202 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: like that's that level of comfort that you can expect 203 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: from an older team that's been in a lot of 204 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: big games together. And I want to dig into that 205 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: concept for a minute. Lots of subplots I want to 206 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: get into here with both teams. First of all, again, 207 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: just how poised and mature this Knicks offense is stretches 208 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: like that fourth quarter where the younger team looks kind 209 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: of uncomfortable running offense. But the Knicks know exactly what 210 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 1: they want to do and they know exactly how they 211 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 1: want to play. That's a big part of why I've 212 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: been saying over the last week or so that the 213 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: Knicks are my pick to win the Eastern Conference if 214 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: the season ended. At this point, their core has been 215 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: together for a while now. Jalen Brunson og Andnobi Josh 216 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: Hart and Mitchell Robinson, those dudes have been in a 217 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: lot of big games together over the last three years. 218 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: Add In Towns and Bridges now too. Those guys have 219 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: been in a lot of big games over the last 220 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: two years with the Knicks, and both played in a 221 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: lot of big games in their previous stops. Like Kat 222 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 1: had a Western Conference Finals run with the Timberwolves back 223 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four, McKale Bridges came within two wins 224 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: of winning a championship with the Phoenix Suns played in 225 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: a couple other big playoff series over the course of 226 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: the following seasons. McHale Bridges and Karl Anthony Towns have 227 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: been in a lot of big games and the Knicks Corps. 228 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: The guys that have been around for the last three years, 229 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: They've been in a lot of games, a lot of 230 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: big playoff moments, right, So they had that combination of 231 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: continuity and big game experience that I think gives it, 232 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm a real advantage over some of the younger teams 233 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: in the league. And there's some younger teams in that East. 234 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: Orlando's younger, Detroit is younger. There's an experience advantage there 235 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: that the Knicks have that I think is real, especially 236 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 1: in a relatively weak Eastern Conference. And now with the 237 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: help of Mike Brown, they're squeezing more out of the 238 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: sponge in every detail of their offense, so many more 239 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: interesting wrinkles. In this game, we saw another one of 240 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: those sequences I talked about this in the semi final 241 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: game against Orlando. We saw another one of those sequences 242 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: where Og and McHale kind of crossed under the basket 243 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: while Brunson was dribbling. 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In Indiana, if you were 272 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, 273 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 1: call one eight hundred and nine with it. Gambling problem 274 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: called one eight hundred gambler. In Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, 275 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:09,319 Speaker 1: New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, or Virginia. We saw guards in 276 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: the dunker spot. Tyler Coolly got a really easy layup 277 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter just by cutting along the baseline 278 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: once again, while Brunson's dribbling with the basketball. These are 279 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: all important elements of maximizing your offense. Jalen Brunson is 280 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: the type of player that draws a lot of eyeballs 281 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 1: from help defenders. If you just stay in and play 282 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: finishing positions. If you stand in the corners, and you 283 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: stand on opposite wing, and you stand in the dunker spot, 284 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,600 Speaker 1: you certainly are still a threat there if Jalen Brunson 285 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: can work his way to a spot where he finds 286 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: a passing angle to hit you. But if you move 287 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: around without the basketball, that's going to create some of 288 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: the really easy opportunities, the wide open threes, the easy 289 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:51,199 Speaker 1: layups when a guy's out of rotation position because he 290 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 1: lost sight of you for a second and you moved right. 291 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: Really impressive showing from the Knicks in this tournament. They 292 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: ran through some really tough physical defenses between Toronto, Orlando 293 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 1: and San Antonio to get this done again. San Antonio 294 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: statistically hasn't been an elite defense this year, but when 295 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: Wemby's on the floor, they have been, and they have 296 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: a lot of really big athletic guards that can be 297 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: a problem. They hung one hundred and thirty two points 298 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: on Orlando one hundred and twenty four on the Spurs 299 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: with Wemby. That's a couple of big time offensive nights 300 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: and single elimination games against really high caliber defenses. Their 301 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: defense continues to look really good with the Wings flying 302 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: around once again. Down the stretch, you've got ogn Andobi 303 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: rotating and blocking a dude at the rim, Josh Hart 304 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: getting a big block on deeron Fox like that Josh 305 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: Hart Ognobi Michael Bridges trio has just been fantastic on 306 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: defense this year and has turned them into a more 307 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: formidable unit on that end of the floor. I just 308 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: think the Knicks are on the right track. They're hitting 309 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: all those checkpoints that you want to hit if you're 310 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: going to have a shot to win the East this year. Again, 311 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: I don't view them as a runaway favorite. I don't 312 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: view them as a team that's like a serious threat 313 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: to like a Denver, to like a Oka See. But 314 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 1: I think if the season ended right now, there might 315 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: pick to win the Eastern Conference among a field full 316 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: of flawed teams. I just trust their continuity, I trust 317 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: their experience. They've got a lot of guys that have 318 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: been in a lot of really big games, and I 319 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: think that's a big advantage for them in this particular 320 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: Eastern Conference field. The biggest thing Knicks fans got to 321 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: watch out for now is complacency. The nd season tournament 322 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: provides this kind of strange psychological phenomena. Essentially, what's happening 323 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: is you have a early December mid December stretch of 324 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: these like super intense games and then you just go 325 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: back to a regular kind of like regular season flow 326 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: with late December being you know, from December to January 327 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: to March to April, you've got you You're literally four 328 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: months away from playing like serious, serious basketball again, right, 329 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 1: So that can actually be kind of like a massive, 330 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: like uh, just drop off in intensity and adrenaline, right, 331 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: And so it can be really sketchy for a team 332 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: when you go back to playing really low leverage games. 333 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: You can start to build some bad habits if you're 334 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: not careful. And that has happened to each of the 335 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: last two N Season Tournament champions. So like two years 336 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: ago when the Lakers won, they dropped ten of their 337 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: next thirteen games after that point. The Bucks last year 338 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: they were three and five, and they're following eight games 339 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: after winning the N Season Tournament. So that'll be the 340 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: challenge for the Knicks to try to buck that trend, 341 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: like stay focused, stay disciplined, don't start establishing bad habits 342 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: now after you get a massive win like this again, 343 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: especially for a Knixt team, where I would argue their 344 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: best chance to win is to be super sharp on 345 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: the details. Because of how good their offense is, you 346 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: want to put them in a position to where they 347 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: can use that as a trait to push them over 348 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 1: the top, and if they lose too much ground on 349 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: the details, they won't be able to. So keep an 350 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: eye next ten games or so on this next team 351 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: to see how focused they stay after such a switch 352 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 1: from high leverage basketball to low leverage basketball on the 353 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: Spurs front. In many ways, I thought this tournament was 354 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: an announcement. Beating the Nuggets to get into the tournament 355 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 1: the way they did, then dominating a seventeen and six 356 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: Lakers team, then beating a seemingly unbeatable Oklahoma City thunder team, 357 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: and being in position up eleven late in the third 358 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: quarter to potentially take down the Knicks before things fell 359 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: apart from there, I thought they flashed a clear upside, 360 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: a potential on both ends of the floor that's gonna 361 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: be a huge problem, not just this year but for 362 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 1: years to come in this Western Conference. I think the 363 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: main thing standing in the way of them becoming a 364 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 1: true top tier contender of the ILK of OKC in 365 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 1: Denver Houston is becoming a more reliable half court team 366 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: that won't run into the doldrums of offense that they 367 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: ran into in that fourth quarter when things slow down 368 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: in big games. These are all very important reps for them. 369 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: In time, they will look as comfortable as Okac has 370 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: looked in the half court over the course of this season, 371 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: or like the Knicks in that fourth quarter. But there's 372 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 1: a process. There's a lot of losses, a lot of 373 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: tough games, a lot of failures between now and becoming 374 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: that version of yourself. And again, that doesn't mean they 375 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: can't win this year or that they don't have championship 376 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: upside within the season. They still do. It just always 377 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: ends up being way tougher than you think it will be. 378 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 1: Each round of the playoffs is like another level in 379 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: the game. Like take the Timberwolves for example. Sometimes you 380 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: look super impressive for a few rounds and you upset 381 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: a really good team and then you run into an 382 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: elite offense or excuse me, an elite defense that can 383 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: protect the rim and is led by one of the 384 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: top two players in the league on offense, and you 385 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: just get exposed as being not quite ready yet. But 386 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: that said, I am now fully convinced that the Spurs 387 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: will eventually reach that level. I'm betting heavy on these guys. 388 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: They're gonna be insanely good these steph Castle high ball 389 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: screens and ISOs. They're getting great shots every time. He's 390 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,679 Speaker 1: consistently getting two feet in the paint. He's playing off 391 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: of two feet and scoring there consistently. He's throwing amazing 392 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: kickouts and generating high quality threes or advantaged situations there. 393 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: He's just barely scratching the surface of his potential. I 394 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: was talking about this with the nerd Sash guys yesterday, 395 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 1: Carson and Logan, But I think he's like kind of 396 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 1: this evolutionary hybrid guard version of Jimmy Butler in the making, 397 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 1: Like a devastating two way player who can do a 398 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: ton of damage on defense, but also is like on 399 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: the other end, a matchup problem because he's too big 400 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: and strong for guards. He can just easily get to 401 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: his spots just powering through guards and then way too 402 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: fast for any of these bigger fowards that might be 403 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: physically capable of handling it. And then he's always on 404 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,959 Speaker 1: two feet. That's a Jimmy Butler kind of staple. He 405 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,120 Speaker 1: can get a good shot for himself whenever he wants, 406 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:07,199 Speaker 1: and then he has super high level playmaking chops. So 407 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: I actually think he has the potential to be even 408 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: better than Jimmy was at his peak, And I mean 409 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: that is a compliment like this is Jimmy was a 410 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: guy who, like was a consistent top ten player in 411 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 1: his prime in many situations outplayed some of the best 412 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,160 Speaker 1: players in the league in playoff series. Like I think 413 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: Steph Castle has unbelievable potential in this league to be 414 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 1: a two way superstar victor woman. Yamo is pretty bad 415 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 1: last night by his standards, but he still had a few, 416 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: you know, like a half dozen jaw dropping highlights. I 417 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: just think there's a lot of obvious areas for improvement 418 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: that he will eventually figure out. Like again, I talked 419 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: about his rim decisions defensively, like going after shots he 420 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: probably shouldn't have staying home when he probably should have 421 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: gone after the shot, Like I went over that one 422 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: where he made it, Like the Tyler Coolek kicked out 423 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: to og and Andobi in the left corner. Tyler Kolek 424 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 1: was not in scoring position, he didn't have an angle, 425 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: and Wemby just abandoned one of the most dead eye 426 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: three point shooters in the league to help on a 427 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: drive that he didn't need to help on. These are 428 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: the kinds of decisions that he will eventually be surgical with. 429 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: He's too smart of a guy. He just needs the reps. 430 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: He needs big game reps. He needs the reps against 431 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,640 Speaker 1: different types of offenses. He's going to figure it out. 432 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,920 Speaker 1: And then he kind of in both of these games, 433 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: the next game and the Thunder game kind of struggled 434 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: with physicality on his drives in ISOs. He'll eventually figure 435 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: that stuff out too. You know, I was thinking about 436 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 1: this as I was watching the game. I don't think 437 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: he's going to be a dude who's going to drive 438 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: the basketball to the rim a ton. He's not overly quick, 439 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: you know, compared to the best athletes in the world, 440 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: and his center of gravity is so high that if 441 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,159 Speaker 1: a dude beats him to his spot, he can just 442 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: kind of physically run him off of his line. That 443 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: doesn't mean he can't be a dominant paint scorer. I 444 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 1: just think his I think it's going to be timely drives, 445 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: kind of like the way Kevin Durant was in his prime, 446 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,919 Speaker 1: where it was like a really efficient ris attacker, but 447 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,199 Speaker 1: just you know, two or three times a game he 448 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: just hits a gap and he gets a big drive 449 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: because similarly with Kevin Durant, he's faster than seven footers, 450 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: but he's not like faster than most forwards that are 451 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: guarding him. And he's kind of thin and upright, so 452 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: defenders can get up underneath him. So he's not gonna 453 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 1: slash to the basket the way prime Lebron James is. 454 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: That's not how this is going to work for Victor 455 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 1: women Yama. I think a lot of his pain attempts 456 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: in the big picture are going to be like really 457 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: efficient short range shot making, like actions that get him 458 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: deep post catches to where he doesn't have to beat 459 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: the dude off the dribble, but he can just turn 460 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: over his left shoulder and shoot little hooks or over 461 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: his right shoulder and little hooks or those like easy 462 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: little quick step through is where he goes to the rim. 463 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: A lot of it is going to be getting him 464 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: good deep post position. Those are going to be things 465 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: that he eventually figures out. I think he's going to 466 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: be a deadly short range over the top guy like 467 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: we see it. We saw that in the OKC game, 468 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 1: those little short right shoulder fades over Alex Caruso. He 469 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: hit a couple of those in this game off of 470 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: movement like those are the kinds of things that I 471 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: think are going to turn into super reliable shots for 472 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: him in the long run. He's eventually going to figure 473 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: out how to become a very dynamic, very consistent offensive player. 474 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: It's only a matter of time. Dylan Harper was incredible 475 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: last night, especially with the spot up shooting. That's a 476 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: big encouraging trend for him as we look forward, and 477 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in his talent driving the basketball. 478 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: I think he's going to be yet another element to 479 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 1: this team. With three guards that can just get into 480 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: the paint whenever they want. And then between now and 481 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: when these younger guards are more mature and more consistent, 482 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: Darren Fox is the perfect stop gap solution. This team 483 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: will go toe to toe with Oklahoma City in the 484 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: coming years, probably more dangerous than we think in the 485 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: short term too, But I'm betting big on this team 486 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: being the victor. Was talking about how he doesn't view 487 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: any team as Okac's rival yet, and he's right about that. 488 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City's on a different level. They're on a tier 489 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: on their own. But I do think in the big picture, 490 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 1: this will be the team that can physically contend with 491 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City and cause problems for them. I am just 492 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: as a basketball fan, really excited to see their development 493 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: because on the one hand, they're super fun to watch, 494 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,199 Speaker 1: but on the other hand, they are the team that 495 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,440 Speaker 1: will keep things interesting with a very, very talented Oklahoma 496 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 1: City roster that's gonna be really difficult for any GM 497 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: in the league to compete with on paper. Really enjoyed 498 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: the N Season Tournament. I'm a big fan of the 499 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: N Season Tournament in general. I just love the high 500 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 1: leverage basketball at this point in the season. Every year 501 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,360 Speaker 1: it kind of turns into an opportunity for us to see, 502 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 1: you know, big games for some of our you know, 503 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: some of our more interesting teams in the league, like 504 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: last year Oklahoma City getting to where they got and 505 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: then like getting another big game rep against Milwaukee, which 506 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: helped shape them into the team they were in the 507 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,480 Speaker 1: postseason when they ended up poisting the trophy. Like getting 508 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: to see Giannis play really high leverage basketball and getting 509 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: a win on a team that's been you know, deficient 510 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 1: and talent over the last few years and keeps breaking 511 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 1: down physically in the postseason. You know, two years ago 512 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: the Lakers kind of capitalizing and continuing their momentum from 513 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: their Western Conference Finals run and hitting a special level 514 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 1: there and playing some really high level basketball the Indiana Pacers. 515 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: That was kind of like the first moment where the 516 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: Indiana Pacers looked like a team that was going to 517 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: be a super dangerous big game team in this league. 518 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: That was that was very prescient as it pertains to 519 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:26,360 Speaker 1: what Indiana did in the following two postseason runs this year, 520 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: getting to see the Spurs blossom into what will be 521 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: a perennial contender in this league, like the N Season 522 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: Tournament to me has been a place where we've gotten 523 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: to see a showcase in big games for some of 524 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: the highest level talent in the league. I just love it. 525 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: And frankly, like I think people who complain about the 526 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: N Season Tournament, like I just want to be like 527 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: like why are you? Like why are you? Why is 528 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 1: your attitude like that? Like don't you love basketball? Don't 529 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: you love big games? Like how could you not like 530 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: the opportunity to watch a couple of big, high leverage, 531 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: meaningful games in December, Like I just I'm a big 532 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 1: fan of it. I love that the league did this, 533 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: I want to see them. I would even like to 534 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 1: see it extended a little bit, like I'd love to 535 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 1: see a sixteen team single elimination tournament instead of an 536 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 1: eight team single elimination tournament. I just think these games 537 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: produce some really high level basketball that's really fun to 538 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 1: watch on television. I really enjoyed the n Season Tournament 539 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:26,120 Speaker 1: again this year. And you know, the NBA regular season 540 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: will slow down here a little bit, but you guys 541 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: know the drill. I always look at the NBA regular 542 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: season as like tent poles. You have your tent pole 543 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,360 Speaker 1: that is the n Season Tournament. You have your tent 544 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: pole that is like the trade deadline. You have your 545 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: tent pole that is like the end of the postseason. 546 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: The n Season Tournament, and that trade deadline just kind 547 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 1: of boost the regular season from syncing into too much 548 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: of a monotonous process through that eighty two games, and 549 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: I'm just a big fan of it. All right, guys, 550 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 1: this is all I have for today is always sincerely 551 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys for supporting us and supporting the show. 552 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,199 Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow morning with a break down 553 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 1: of a couple of games from the Wednesday Night Slate. 554 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,439 Speaker 1: Don't forget if you want to get mail bag questions. 555 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,920 Speaker 1: And I'll be recording that mail bag tomorrow, so this 556 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: video will be your last opportunity to drop mailbag questions 557 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: into the YouTube comments. Alright, guys, I will see you 558 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: tomorrow morning.