WEBVTT - #thisleague UNCUT: Tyronn Lue 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:04.280 Welcome to this League Uncut in the world. 0:00:04.040 --> 0:00:05.480 Of twenty four hour NBA News. 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:09.200 This's you, Chris Haynes. 0:00:09.480 --> 0:00:17.040 It's so time, Mark Stein, It's so time. 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:19.840 This League Uncut is underway and on fire. 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:27.680 This should be a good one. 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:33.959 Friends, Welcome in to an early September edition of this 0:00:34.080 --> 0:00:38.800 League Uncut. Mark Stein here with Chris Haynes. We kind 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:40.839 of tease this one. We didn't want to give too 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:45.360 much away because I get superstitious sometimes and I don't 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:48.000 want to I don't want to take take a guest 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.640 booking for granted, But we did it. We have secured 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:55.400 a special guest for this edition of this League Uncut. 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:59.960 And it's especially timely because our guest is Day Jae 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:04.040 is coaching the Los Angeles Clippers, but he is a 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:08.119 member of USA Basketball's coaching staff. At the Feeble World Cup. 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:13.120 It is Monday morning, Manila time, the morning after the 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:17.880 United States incurs its first loss at this World Cup 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:22.080 Sunday night in Manila, Sunday daytime in the United States, 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:26.880 Team USA losing one ten, one oh four to Lithuania. 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:30.600 But when Taran Lou makes a date, he keeps the 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:35.800 date and he joins US now again live from Team 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:39.800 USA camp in Manila. Coach, it is so good to 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:40.240 be with you. 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:41.800 Thank you very much. 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:42.920 I am. 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:48.520 I guess what what's the strategy coaching staff wise to 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.840 kind of what's going to be the messaging to the 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:56.040 team today after obviously a result that you guys were 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.760 not expecting, just. 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:02.800 Having a good film session, you know, just seeing the 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.240 the speed and the force that they play with offensively, 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:07.520 which we talked about, you know, going into the game 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.440 and you really can't, you know, simulate until you actually 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:12.400 get on the floor and see how they play. And 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:18.799 so they've been leading the FEBA game offensive rebounds. We 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.480 tell how important that was going to be, but coming 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:23.839 out making their first nine threes, you know, it really 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:24.919 put us behind the eight ball. 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.040 Coach, were also want to ask about those threes you 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:31.960 talked about the offensive rebounding and the three pointers made. 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:33.880 Obviously they will in the tear there. 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:39.200 You know, oftentimes when there's a team that is just 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:44.040 expected to pretty much be the team that's targeted every 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:46.680 now and then there's a setback, or you might call 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:50.000 the setback or whatever, but oftentimes people will say, well 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:53.320 they needed that, you know, is that is that kind 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.120 of the alignment that you kind of think about, you know, 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:58.840 after after that loss, you say, is that something that 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.000 was needed or how do you process that? 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:02.320 I mean, I don't think. 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.640 I think it's better to learn from from winning, you know, 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:07.560 than it is you know, just seeing the second half 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:11.160 how we competed. We made some adjustments and just kind 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:13.000 of seeing like how we had to play them and 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:13.640 what we had to do. 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:15.680 And our guys are a great job of fighting back. 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:18.840 When you get down by so much, you know, any mistake, 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.600 you know, can you know spring the lead back up again. 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:23.480 And so that's what happened because I think for four 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.320 or like five and a half minutes to go in 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.640 the third quarter and we just couldn't get over that hump. 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.399 But you know, our team, like I said, they've been great. 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:32.720 They've been preparing and to put a team together for 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:34.800 three or four weeks, you know, expecting to be great. 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.160 You know right away then you know it's gonna be 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:37.600 tough to do. 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.160 And so our whole mindset coming into our coaching staff 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:43.400 and our players to get better every game. 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:44.960 And so we still have the opportunity. 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:47.120 Yesterday, it was a tough game for it when we 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:48.720 see what we need to do in order to be 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:50.200 successful in fever with basketball. 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.560 I mean, Lithuania had eighteen offensive rebounds, and I think 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:57.040 everybody knew going into this tournament that rebounding would be 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:01.080 an issue for the United States just because you don't 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.880 have a lot of size on the roster. But the 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:07.920 slow starts have kind of also been something that we've 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:10.800 it's it's it's I think it's fair to say it's 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:12.960 become a bit of a pattern at this point. How 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:16.240 concerned have you been and the coaching staff about the 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:17.480 slow starts we've seen. 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:20.560 Yeah, we talked about just you know, getting off the 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:23.360 better starts and not easy into the game. And so, 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:25.839 like I said, we have a target on our back 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:27.520 or on our chest or whatever you want to however 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:29.880 you want to say it, and we just gotta we 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:30.720 got to come in. 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:32.720 With the mindset. We're going to start the game with 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:33.880 a defensive mindset. 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:36.000 We're going to play the right way, and we've been 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.239 getting off to slow starts and against these good teams, 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.000 you can't you know, you can't afford to do that. 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.200 So last night was a good test for us. We 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.600 knew it was going to test our defensive principles and 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:47.520 like they've made a lot of threes. They got to 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:50.200 the paint, the pick and role play was really good. 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.520 So you know, coming into the game tomorrow, you know, 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:55.200 we got to lock in and understand what we got 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:55.880 to get better. 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:59.760 At coach of of all the coaches on the on 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:02.880 your coaching staff right now, I look at this this 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:07.160 roster and how it's constructed, and obviously these are star players. 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.000 Borderline star players are on the cuffs of being star players, 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:14.320 and you have to try to distribute the minutes however 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.080 way you guys see fit. But you know a lot 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.640 of these guys they have they have egos, they want 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:24.320 to play, and you're probably the most equipped of that 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:28.280 coaching staff because you you have to deal with a 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:32.159 pretty deep light up, a pretty deep squad with the Clippers, 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.359 how have you had to what was what has the 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:39.279 conversations been like with some of the players who may 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:41.400 feel like they're not getting enough time or won a 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.120 different role, Like what's the conversation, How how you had 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.200 those conversations and how as your time with the Clippers 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:48.920 helped in having those conversations. 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.919 Well, you know, I think with our players that we 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:55.000 have here, they understand and so just trying to keep 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:55.719 them engaged. 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.760 But they've been great, you know, and all twelve guys 0:05:58.760 --> 0:05:59.479 deserve to play. 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:02.160 Us a tough position to be put in, but they 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.120 understand that we're just trying to do what's best for 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.040 the team. They're gonna have their opportunity that you got 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:09.680 to stay ready and our biggest and main main goals 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.080 to bring home the goal. And so our guys we 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:15.440 have on the team, they understand that. And Grant and 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:17.480 Sean Ford and those guys, and Jim Tilley done a 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:19.960 great job of just selecting guys that we're gonna be 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:22.360 on board with, you know, just winning. And so that's 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:24.320 what we're focused on. That's what our twelve players are 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.800 focused on. And they're gonna get opportunities. You know, you 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:28.680 never know when they're gonna come, but they're gonna come, 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:30.680 and they've been putting in the work, you know, And 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:32.440 like I said, all twelve guys are ever to play, 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:33.839 and all twelve guys are great to play. 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.880 Clippers coach t Roan Lou joining us here on this 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:54.480 league uncut, joining us from Manila because this summer to 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:57.840 Roan Lou is a member of Steve Kerr's coaching staff 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:04.640 alongside Eric Spolstra, alongside Mark Few and that staff as 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:09.520 we speak dealing with Team USA's first dose of adversity 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:14.920 Sunday a loss to Lithuania to complete the preliminary rounds. 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:19.600 The United States now has to rebound Tuesday quarterfinals against Italy. 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:24.440 It is knockout time. There is no more room for 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:28.520 any kind of losing if the United States hopes to 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:31.680 win a gold medal, something it hasn't done in this 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:36.000 competition since twenty fourteen. Ty, how shaken do you think 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:38.200 the guys were by losing a game? From what you've 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:42.000 seen and interacting with the guys after the game and today, 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:44.640 how do you think they cope? They're coping with it. 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:46.720 Oh yeah, I don't think it was shaken any more. 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.760 Pissed off you know about the way we played, how 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:52.640 we didn't establish a defensive presence to start the game, 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.800 and you know, and you should be pissed off. And 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:58.080 so you know, they're not shaking at all, Like their 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:00.960 conference is not shaken. It's just that, you know, we 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.120 knew we could play better. We didn't play our best game, 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.560 and so that the way they took it to us, 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:09.320 they were aggressive. They was a more aggressive team and 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:11.080 then they won. And so our guys know, we got 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.000 to come back and regroup, but we're not shaking it all. 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.559 Coach, Can you take us behind the scenes a little 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.400 bit and share some of the moments after a game 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:23.480 like that that that leaves you to be encouraged The. 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:25.600 Way we played in the second half, you know, I think, 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:27.840 you know, being down seventeen, I think we're down twenty 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.640 one at one point, but being down seventeen a halftime 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:32.920 and cut the lead to you know four in a 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:35.040 matter of you know, five and a half minutes, You know, 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:37.960 that's something to be encouraged by. And like, you know, 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:40.079 be able to make adjustments on the fly, and then 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:41.960 just seeing our teams fight, you know, and our will 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:43.959 to win and so on. The way we played in 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.280 that second half was great. You know, we knew it. 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.600 You know, it was a preliminary game and we still 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:50.640 had a chance to play for the gold and guys 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:53.240 could just meld it in. But that's not our team's mentality, 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.959 that's not our coaching attach mentality. And so they came 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.440 out in the second half and really played hard, played great, 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:00.760 and we just still came up short, we did to 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:01.960 do some good things. 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:06.720 What's it like just being with these coaches? I think 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:12.240 there are seven championship rings among you and Spoe and 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:15.560 Steve and obviously Mark feu has seen it all in 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:21.120 the college game. You guys must have some pretty interesting meetings. 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.920 What kind of glimpse of that can you share with 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.520 us in terms of what it's like for the four 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:27.680 of you guys to get together. 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:30.120 Yeah, I mean it's been great for me, you know, 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.040 being the youngest side of you know, a whole coaching staff, 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.120 and even started back in Vegas when we had Matt Painter, 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:39.679 we had Jim Boyling, we had Jamal Mosley, you know, 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.160 Jeff Van Gundy has been with us the whole way. 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:44.360 And then, like you said, with Mark fugh and and 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.720 Spoe and Steve, just learning and just you know, basketball 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:50.040 minds in the same room and just bouncing ideas off 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:50.480 each other. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:52.880 And you know, I'm just trying to learn every way 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:53.120 I can. 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:54.960 I said, I'm a young coach in the game and 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.600 ath that can pick up here and there to be better. 0:09:57.720 --> 0:09:59.720 I want to be better, And they taught me a lot. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.200 At least four weeks have really, you know, taught me 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.000 a lot and helped me understand a lot of different situations. 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.400 How you know, they handle different situations as well, And 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:10.920 so I just want to keep learning, you know, keep 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:14.040 going as a coach and happening this USA opportunity. You know, 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.440 I want to thank Grant and Steve and shan Ford 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.960 and those guys again forgive me the opportunity because it 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:21.520 really has, you know, enhanced my coaching, and I want 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:22.760 to continue to keep getting better. 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.800 Everyone says that the FEBA game is so much different 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.720 than the NBA game. Can how would you kind of 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.840 describe the difference or quantify the difference just in your 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.880 time this summer with this squad. What what jumps out 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:38.679 to you about what makes it so different? 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.360 Well, one is the physicality, you know, I think the 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:45.000 physicality of you know, being able to push and grab 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:48.920 and you know, get into the ball, and you know, 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.199 that's one thing of physicality. I think the second thing 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:56.000 is in FEEBA, the game is really won by the players, 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.320 you know. I think, you know, you only have two 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:01.679 timeouts per half, we can't really run a lot of atos. 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.960 And then you know the game being shorter. 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:06.800 You know, I think our guys are used to ease 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:08.600 it into the game because it's forty eight minutes. 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:10.720 But you know, with forty minute games. 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:12.480 You know, you got to start the game with, you know, 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.880 a defensive mindset and getting off to good starts. And 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.559 so there's a lot of different rules that our guys 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.080 have to adjust and get used to and doing a 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:22.880 good job of doing that. And so, like I said, 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.199 we have I think we are one of the teams 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:26.920 to have room for the most improvement, and we're going 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:28.840 to continue to keep improving every game. 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:32.840 Because one thing I like what you said about you 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.240 know yourself, is that you're still trying to learn, You're 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.280 still trying to grow become a better coach, because I 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.240 think when you talk to a lot of people about 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.240 the coaching ranks in the NBA, they they will say 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.400 a lot of people will say number one. You know, 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:50.320 from top to bottom, they probably put you number one, 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.920 just as far as coach and acumen, adjustments, you know, 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.600 just everything that a coach has to do on a 0:11:56.679 --> 0:12:00.160 night to night basis. And so when you think about that, 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:04.200 you think about going into the next season, like how 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.880 do you feel like this experience will make you a 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:10.120 better coach going into next season for the Los Angeles Clippers, 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:12.359 just seeing. 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:15.319 What I've seen, learning what I've learned from, Like I said, Spoe, 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:18.920 you know a few and and Steve, and for me, 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.040 I wanted to do things you know, different at times, 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.400 just trying to just see what works and what doesn't work. 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.480 And you know, I think going into this next season, 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:30.120 I think it's gonna be. 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:31.520 It's made me a better coach already. 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:32.920 And you know, I don't want to share a lot 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:35.920 of the things, but you know, if you stop growing 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:37.880 and stop you know, wanting to learn and stop want 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:38.440 to be better that. 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:40.520 You should, you might as well just quit. And so 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:42.080 I'm not at that point. 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.440 And so I think, you know, every year, you got 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:46.920 to continue to keep getting better as a coach. You 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:48.600 got to continue to keep getting better as a player, 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:50.680 and that's how you grow. And so that's what I 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.720 want to do. And so thank you for the compliments, 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.480 you know, and so still have a long way to go. 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.160 You know, I want to bring a championship to the 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:00.920 you know, Los Angeles Clippers, to that organization, to the 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:04.800 fan base, you know, mister O Balmer Gillion, you know, 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:07.240 Lawrence Frank, Mark Hughes, Trent Red and all those guys 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:10.080 have been great, you know to me, and so the 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.000 ultimate goal is to win a championship and that's what 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:12.520 I want to do. 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:14.760 And so this experience has been great. 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.680 You know, I think when you talk about players coming 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:21.400 to camp in shape, I think coming on this the 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:23.720 USA trip has really got my mind in shape to 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:24.599 start camp. 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:25.400 Ready to go, you know. 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.760 So it's it's kind of it's kind of strange, but 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:29.640 like I'm ready to go now. You know, just from 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:33.160 having these four weeks, five weeks together has really you know, 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.360 activated my mind and got my mind in shape and 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:35.840 ready to go. 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:39.400 I got to ask you, I know you're ready to go, 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.840 but a big part of you guys' success is going 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.439 to be on what are your Your two big guys 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.559 are ready to go, Paul, George Kawhi Leonard Any update on. 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:53.400 Their participation level come training camp. 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:57.160 Yeah, they will be one hundred percent come training camp. 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:00.560 You know, they're they're both on track to be one 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:04.280 hundred percent by time training camp starts. And that's that's 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.319 what we need, you know, our best players to be healthy. 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:08.959 That's around the league, you know, our best players to 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.600 be healthy. And we've just been in an unfortunate situation 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.160 where you know, our two best players haven't finished season 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.679 together the last three years and that's been tough on us, 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.760 and so doing what we can do to make sure 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:20.680 our guys are healthy. 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.680 It's not a fluke whereverybody's about load management and stuff like. 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.160 It's not that, you know, it's like, you know, they 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.040 have injuries, and you know, we got to make sure 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:31.760 we do the right thing by putting the player first, 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:33.840 you know, making sure that they're going to be healthy, 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.080 you know, one hundred percent through the way through through 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:39.280 the season, and that's our main goal. But you know, 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:41.320 we have to play more games, you know how We 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.960 got to do it, and we have to, you know, 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.600 like I say, start respecting the regular season and you know, 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:48.600 giving our fans you know what they what they want 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.360 to see, and playing hard every. 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:53.080 Single night, putting our best product on the floor. And 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:55.080 you know, our guys are ready to do that this year. 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.880 This was nice Chris coach lou transition to the Clippers 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:10.680 without us even having to ask him. He did it 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.360 for us, which was good because he I think he 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.360 knew we were we were end up we were gonna 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:15.080 want to go there too. 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:16.520 It's always better that way. 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:21.200 Yeah, I mean, you know, you yourself mentioned how challenging has 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.200 it been for you that each of your three years 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.920 as head coach you haven't had your two main guys 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.840 at the end. I mean, if you if you do 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.480 have them both, theoretically this team can do a lot 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.440 of damage. Like how challenging has it been for you? 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.680 And how receptive have Kawhi Leonard and Paul George been 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:41.760 to your kind of messaging about the regular season. 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:43.680 And yeah, it's been tough for me. It's been tough, 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.280 you know, for the organization. It's been tough for our fans, 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:48.800 but more so, anything's been tough for Kawhi and PG. 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:50.360 You know, they want to be on the floor, they 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:53.960 want to be out there, and so to have those injuries, 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:56.680 you know, it's just, you know, it's just it's part 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:57.200 of the game. 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:59.520 And just you know, you wonder everything every day, like 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:00.960 why is it happen to us so much? 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.640 You know, But it's something that we got to continue 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:06.760 to keep building, you know, continue to keep trying to 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.320 you know, make sure our guys are healthy, especially down 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:11.600 the stretch. You know, we're going to the playoffs, and 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:14.160 that just hasn't been the case, you know as of late. 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:17.360 But I think more frustrated than anybody, I think PG 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.120 and Kawhi because they want to be out there, they 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.840 want to help their team and it's just been some 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:23.280 unfortunate circumstances. 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:28.480 You've been very open about your fondness for Russell Westbrook, 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:32.520 who obviously joined you guys mid season last year. What 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:34.800 is coaching him on a day to day, day to 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:37.960 day basis like, and you know he's going through an 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:41.840 adjustment too, obviously Max contract guy, and that's obviously not 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.960 the situation with the Clippers. Like how much communication has 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.360 to come from you is for him to find his 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:49.160 niche with this team. 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.120 A lot of communication, you know, I think, like I said, 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.520 Russ Hall of Fame a great player, and for him 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:56.760 to you know, take less money to come back to 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:59.360 the Clippers along with you know, Mason Plumbley, that just 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.480 says a lot about the Clippers organization and what we're 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.639 trying to build there. And so they both could have 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.000 went other places for more money, but they like what 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:08.919 we're doing with the Clippers. They like how we're building 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:12.560 and you know, the foundation there is is really good, 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:15.480 you know, And so just talking to him you know, 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:17.200 he's been a brother fresh Air as far as how 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.680 he competes every single day, whether it's practice, whether it's games. 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:23.720 He's gonna play every single night, and he brought that 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:26.760 extra extra line of toughness that we needed. 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.120 Can we trick you into telling us the other options 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:29.480 they had? 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:32.800 I'm not going there, but I'm glad it came back 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:33.160 to us. 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.399 Hey, Coach Lou, I have to ask you this follow 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:41.000 up to you know, you said it on another podcast. 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:43.000 Forgive me, I forgot what podcast it was when you 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:45.919 first said, you know, we got to start respecting the 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:50.640 regular season and going and taking it more seriously. Can 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:53.960 you tell us I don't know if anybody's asked this followed, 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:56.000 can you tell us like, what does that look like? 0:17:56.080 --> 0:17:56.880 What's the difference. 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:58.520 I'm not saying that they don't take it serious, so 0:17:58.600 --> 0:17:59.560 we don't take it serious. 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:05.159 But I think just the overall, just you know, some 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:07.280 some nights you're gonna have you know, a little nick 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.439 little nick knacks, and that we can you know, do 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:13.680 a better job of you know, playing more minutes or whatever, 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.240 you know, and just you know, everybody you know, together 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:19.919 like myself included like just having a different approach, you know, 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:22.120 different mindset. I know we're playing a lot of games. 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:24.359 I know, you know, every other day or you know, 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:26.800 every day back to back. But there are things that 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:28.919 we can do and continue to keep getting better. And 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:31.159 so for me, it starts with the head coach of 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.880 just you know, if we can't practice, you know, more 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:36.960 film sessions, if we can't practice more you know, thirty 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.280 minute walkthroughs, and just cleaning up defensively what we can 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.000 get better at or offensively as well, you know, and 0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:44.640 so not just taking those days off. And so when 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:46.800 I say that, I'm not talking about the players. I'm 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:48.960