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Speaker 1: some basketball. First question, Hey, Jason, love to show it.
Speaker 1: I think any questions about the Lakers offense are misguided. However,
Speaker 1: with the defense, I think the uniqueness of it with
Speaker 1: no real big in the middle poses a problem. That
Speaker 1: being said, I can't recall a modern team winning the
Speaker 1: title with a defense where there isn't a center. Sure,
Speaker 1: we've seen lineups such as the twenty seventeen Warriors with
Speaker 1: their death lineup. That team always started either JaVale McGee
Speaker 1: or Zaza. I'd also argue Draymond Green functionally as a
Speaker 1: center on defense. Do you think a team can win
Speaker 1: a title in the NBA without a true starting caliber
Speaker 1: defensive center. Thanks and please keep doing this show. We
Speaker 1: have no intentions of stopping. Thank you for the thank
Speaker 1: you for the support over the years. A couple things, so,
Speaker 1: you know, focusing on the idea of like that this
Speaker 1: has never been done before thing. There's just so many
Speaker 1: examples in recent NBA history of new trends kind of
Speaker 1: taking a foothold and having real success. So a recent example,
Speaker 1: for instance, I talked a lot before the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: three title, the Denver Nuggets title. I talked a lot
Speaker 1: about how in NBA history there's never been a team
Speaker 1: that's had a not in recent NBA history, there had
Speaker 1: not been a team that had a weak defensive front
Speaker 1: court that won the time. If you go back before
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, every year I will list them all now,
Speaker 1: but every team had either a dominant defensive four and
Speaker 1: a dominant defensive five, or at least a dominant defensive five,
Speaker 1: and so in a weird way, like Denver bucked those
Speaker 1: trends and set a new standard for a way to
Speaker 1: succeed in the NBA through, you know, just doing the
Speaker 1: best you can defensively and being an excellent defensive rebounding team,
Speaker 1: and then just being this surgical offensive team in the
Speaker 1: half court. They proved it was possible a lot of
Speaker 1: going further back, a lot of you guys might remember
Speaker 1: Charles Barkley and many others talking about how the Warriors
Speaker 1: rely too much on jump shooting, and a lot of
Speaker 1: people there conveniently glossed over the fact that they were
Speaker 1: the best defense in the league for most of that
Speaker 1: early phase of that era. And you know, what Steph
Speaker 1: does offensively opens up so many things in the paint,
Speaker 1: as we saw in the twenty fifteen finals when Steph
Speaker 1: got robbed of his Finals MVP because no one understood
Speaker 1: what a blitz was or what was happening to the defense.
Speaker 1: So the thing is is that there's a certain amount
Speaker 1: of reticence I have involving the Lakers simply because of
Speaker 1: the fact that they are a kind of a prototypical
Speaker 1: type of team that has never had success in the
Speaker 1: NBA before real big picture Larry O'Brien type of success.
Speaker 1: That doesn't mean it's impossible, though. One of the things
Speaker 1: that I've been keeping an eye on is, you know,
Speaker 1: what do you worry about without a center? Defense and
Speaker 1: rebounding right and defensively, they've demonstrated extensively since Anthony Davis
Speaker 1: was traded away, or since he got hurt, I should say,
Speaker 1: since he heard his groin, they've demonstrated extensively in a
Speaker 1: very large sample that they can still play good defense
Speaker 1: without Anthony Davis. Can they play you know, top three
Speaker 1: OKC style of defense, No, but they can get into
Speaker 1: the top ten as a defense without a real center.
Speaker 1: They've demonstrated that. And then I've been really key in
Speaker 1: on the rebounding and I've continually gone to check the numbers,
Speaker 1: and they've just in the Luca Era consistently been in
Speaker 1: that like ten to fifteen range, which is fine. And
Speaker 1: then I watched them against like a matchup like Houston
Speaker 1: last night that's bringing a bunch of giant centers, a
Speaker 1: guy like Steven Adams that is so just physically imposing
Speaker 1: underneath the basket, who has the highest offensive rebound rate
Speaker 1: in the history of basketball, like there's a huge mismatch
Speaker 1: that they presented there, and the Lakers held up well
Speaker 1: on the glass. One of the reasons why they rebound
Speaker 1: pretty well despite not having a center is that aggregate
Speaker 1: size on the perimeter that we talk about. So like
Speaker 1: all these six' eight sixty nine, guys and where that
Speaker 1: helps you in rebounding is like crackdown. Rebounding so for,
Speaker 1: instance if you're trying to box Out Steven adams and
Speaker 1: your groundbound and you're sitting in a, squat you got
Speaker 1: your arms. Out you're making it so That Steven adams can't.
Speaker 1: Jump that's the important part about a box. Out it
Speaker 1: basically removes jumping from the. Equation Because Steven adams jumps
Speaker 1: as you're trying to box him, out he could get
Speaker 1: like his legs taken out from under. Him it's just
Speaker 1: too dangerous of a. Play so you keep the big
Speaker 1: groundbound from. There though he has a huge size. Advantage
Speaker 1: he's gonna reach over the top and he's gonna grab it.
Speaker 1: Right that's where you need those other six to nine
Speaker 1: guys to come flying in from the perimeter and tap
Speaker 1: the ball. Out you guys might remember a few examples
Speaker 1: from last Night Ruy hatchamura come and flying in at
Speaker 1: A Steven adams or An Alburn shangun and knocking the
Speaker 1: ball away when someone else was battling those guys on the.
Speaker 1: Ground and, so, honestly, like The lakers do not have
Speaker 1: an elite defensive rebounding type of, look but they have
Speaker 1: a decent defensive rebounding type of, look and they have
Speaker 1: a good defensive look even though they don't have a.
Speaker 1: Center so that to me kind of falls into the
Speaker 1: category of like what we saw With, denver where if
Speaker 1: they can reach a point of being truly surgical in
Speaker 1: the half court, offensively then they absolutely can get this thing. Done,
Speaker 1: now the question, is and this is one of the
Speaker 1: big reasons Why i'm not as high on The lakers
Speaker 1: right now compared to what their potential is next year
Speaker 1: after making tweaks to the roster and bringing in a
Speaker 1: better center look and getting more continuity a full training,
Speaker 1: camp and like next Year's lakers TEAM i think is
Speaker 1: going to be a top tier contender right out the.
Speaker 1: Gates but this year there's a certain amount OF i,
Speaker 1: like like you said in your, QUESTION i Think. Lakers
Speaker 1: questions about The lakers' offense are. MISGUIDED i agree in
Speaker 1: the big, picture like there's just no way That, Austin
Speaker 1: lebron And luca with all of that play finishing talent
Speaker 1: don't figure out how to score a million. Points, LIKE
Speaker 1: i know those guys are going to eventually figure it.
Speaker 1: Out it's been a little clunky, though because it's, new
Speaker 1: because all of the geometry on the court is just
Speaker 1: presenting all these like different situations For lebron And, austin
Speaker 1: and so they're kind of acclimating themselves to. It and
Speaker 1: all these guys are getting more catch and shoot looks than.
Speaker 1: Ever The lakers got thirty eight catch and shoot looks last.
Speaker 1: Night that was their second highest total of this entire.
Speaker 1: Season so like there's a certain amount of adjustment around the,
Speaker 1: board and so so much of whether or not The
Speaker 1: lakers can actually get it done this year comes down
Speaker 1: to can they get their offense into peak form in
Speaker 1: time for a Late april Early may series with one
Speaker 1: of the better teams in The Western. Conference AND i
Speaker 1: think that that's a question mark at this. Point that
Speaker 1: doesn't MEAN i don't believe that this time next year
Speaker 1: The lakers won't be a well oiled. MACHINE i believe they,
Speaker 1: will but these things take. Time basketball chemistry takes time
Speaker 1: to build, out AND i just think there's a little
Speaker 1: bit of like a risk in the short term this
Speaker 1: year that they won't have it ready in. Time next.
Speaker 1: Question in The, west seeds two through four are separated
Speaker 1: by two, losses and five through eight are all separated
Speaker 1: by one, loss so matchups are very up in the air.
Speaker 1: Currently what's the best case scenario first round matchup for
Speaker 1: The clippers and how far do you think they could
Speaker 1: go with How kawhi And zoo are playing at the.
Speaker 1: Moment IF i was The, Clippers i'd Want. Houston there's
Speaker 1: a couple of specific reasons why Shang goun kicks ass
Speaker 1: against the opposing centers in the league at, large for
Speaker 1: the same reason That jokic kicks ass against the centers
Speaker 1: of the league at, large except For shangun is not
Speaker 1: as big As. Jokic so every TIME i See shangoun
Speaker 1: run into other really big centers that can hold up
Speaker 1: in the ground battle Against shangoun as long as they're
Speaker 1: not so damn slow that they have no chance to guard.
Speaker 1: Him And zubach is much more mobile and a much
Speaker 1: better rim protector than people give him credit FOR i
Speaker 1: Think zubach can Guard shangun and hold up better in
Speaker 1: a playoff series there than a lot of the centers
Speaker 1: in The Western. Conference and Then houston has a certain
Speaker 1: amount of physical size on the. Perimeter we're gonna talk
Speaker 1: about this in juxtaposed With okay see soon in another,
Speaker 1: question but they have so much perimeter size that having
Speaker 1: a guy Like, kawhi who is kind of a unique
Speaker 1: case in the MODERN, nba is a guy who kind
Speaker 1: of holds up super well in those sorts of. SITUATIONS
Speaker 1: i think they just match up pretty. Well they're zer
Speaker 1: and three Against houston this, year But quiet didn't play
Speaker 1: in any of the, games so obviously that fundamentally changes.
Speaker 1: IT i just look at it as as a type
Speaker 1: of matchup where they hold up well, physically AND i
Speaker 1: Think houston in general is a high risk for an
Speaker 1: upset in the first, round regardless of who they, play
Speaker 1: just because of how playoff basketball. Changes houston Is we're
Speaker 1: going to dominate The margins type of. Team it's all, defense, transition, offensive,
Speaker 1: rebounding physical, dominance and The clippers should be able to
Speaker 1: hold up under. That and every team in THE nba
Speaker 1: holds up better under that when they get into the,
Speaker 1: postseason as they start to leverage their athletic tools more,
Speaker 1: SO i would Want houston IF i was The. Clippers
Speaker 1: why do you think the media coverage of THE nba
Speaker 1: has changed so much over the last forty? Years looking
Speaker 1: at old Nineties bulls, broadcasts they're almost always speaking glowingly
Speaker 1: about the players and coaches and x'es and. O's now
Speaker 1: it teams way more negative, driven way more narrative driven and.
Speaker 1: Negative thanks love your, show the BEST nba comment tur
Speaker 1: in the. Media thank you so much for the kind
Speaker 1: words since for supporting the. Show SO i think it's
Speaker 1: a combination of a couple. THINGS i think a big
Speaker 1: part of it IS i would say like the vast
Speaker 1: majority of it comes down to. Jealousy it's really easy
Speaker 1: to be supportive and appreciative when you look at the
Speaker 1: the people that you're praising as experiencing more or less
Speaker 1: the same thing that you. Experienced but if you were
Speaker 1: a professional player and you had a certain experience as
Speaker 1: AN nba, player you've made some good, money you had
Speaker 1: some cool, experiences but nothing. Extravagant and then you see
Speaker 1: guys Like Jalen brown signing a seventy million dollar year
Speaker 1: a year. Deal there's a certain amount, of, LIKE i
Speaker 1: think these guys look at the younger generation and they
Speaker 1: just get jealous and they're, like these guys don't work
Speaker 1: as hard as. Us AND i think there's a certain
Speaker 1: amount of that, like get off my lawn type of
Speaker 1: attitude that we all have from every generation towards the younger.
Speaker 1: GENERATION i think that's just a fundamental part of the human.
Speaker 1: Experience but, LIKE i think they look at those guys
Speaker 1: and they, go they're not doing as much as we,
Speaker 1: did and they're flying fancy and getting all this high
Speaker 1: tech equipment and care and making all this, money and
Speaker 1: we didn't get any of those. Opportunities AND i think
Speaker 1: it just breeds, bitterness AND i think it just manifests
Speaker 1: in the way that they talk about the. GAME i
Speaker 1: think the second part of it is is that like in,
Speaker 1: general our players are just so much better now and
Speaker 1: the skill development is so much. BETTER i was talking
Speaker 1: about this With colin the other. Day but like you
Speaker 1: notice when you go back and you look like at
Speaker 1: a nineteen sixties or nineteen SEVENTIES nba, game even into the,
Speaker 1: eighties all the jump shots looked. Weird and part of
Speaker 1: the reason for that is is, that like everyone kind
Speaker 1: of had to teach themselves at a shooter jump shot based,
Speaker 1: on you, know whatever they perceived at the time to
Speaker 1: be the best way to get the ball in the.
Speaker 1: Hoop we've optimized. That now you can go on YouTube
Speaker 1: and watch footage of you, know five of the greatest
Speaker 1: shooters IN nba, history and everybody's jump shot looks more
Speaker 1: or less the same now because of the fact that
Speaker 1: we just have, better you, know sample data to look
Speaker 1: at and sample, information sample examples of jump, shots and
Speaker 1: we're able to convert that into a pretty well proven.
Speaker 1: Form you, know where you put your guide hand and
Speaker 1: how you follow, through and how to limit motion and
Speaker 1: unnecessary motion and all that kind of. Stuff it's all
Speaker 1: kind of streamlined at this. Point and SO i think
Speaker 1: there's a certain amount of when they watch guys shooting
Speaker 1: lots of threes and the skill development, PIECE i think
Speaker 1: there's just a general amount of jealousy that we see
Speaker 1: from the older. GENERATION i also think it's worth mentioning
Speaker 1: this is a weird industry in the sense that you
Speaker 1: are incentivized to generate, traction AND i don't ever judge
Speaker 1: for that because at the end of the, day we're
Speaker 1: paying our, bills like it's a, job and SO i
Speaker 1: think there's a certain amount of like if you're not
Speaker 1: playing the game a little, bit then you're you, know
Speaker 1: doing a disservice to your, family who you're financially responsible.
Speaker 1: For but at the same, time like there's a certain
Speaker 1: amount of negativity cells and negativity gets, clicks AND i
Speaker 1: think that there's some of that that you'll see from
Speaker 1: parts of media that lean exclusively into, that and it's
Speaker 1: a bad product in my. Opinion but at the same,
Speaker 1: time like that's just a pathway towards some amount of
Speaker 1: success in the. Media SO i think all of that
Speaker 1: comes together into making a UNEVEN nba media. Experience that,
Speaker 1: SAID i don't get anywhere near as negative about it
Speaker 1: as everyone else, does BECAUSE i think the reality is
Speaker 1: is if you go back ten fifteen years and you
Speaker 1: look at the amount OF nba coverage that was out,
Speaker 1: there there's a there was very little in the form
Speaker 1: of like detailed quality, analysis and what has happened is
Speaker 1: the sheer amount of content has skyrocketed and now there's
Speaker 1: thousands of, options and, yeah that means there's a lot
Speaker 1: more dog shit out, there but that also means there's
Speaker 1: a lot more quality content out. There and the truth
Speaker 1: is is that there's half dozen dozen guys nationally who
Speaker 1: do a great job covering the league and focus on
Speaker 1: the basketball and stay away from the junk and just
Speaker 1: do an excellent. Job there are probably somewhere between sixty
Speaker 1: and ninety team specific pods of guys that focus on
Speaker 1: their FAVORITE nba team and do incredible work covering the,
Speaker 1: league getting in the, weeds helping educate their fans on
Speaker 1: what their team does on both ends of the. Floor
Speaker 1: and SO i look at it as like there's never
Speaker 1: been a better time to be AN nba, fan and
Speaker 1: there's never been a better time for you to FIND
Speaker 1: nba content for your team or for the league at.
Speaker 1: Large there's more of it than. Ever it's better than,
Speaker 1: ever that we're all smarter about it than. Ever the
Speaker 1: video elements of it are better than. Ever i'm generally
Speaker 1: bullish on THE nba media who would be the perfect
Speaker 1: starting for The lakers in the off, season as well
Speaker 1: as how much Would Nikkeil Alexander walker improve The lakers
Speaker 1: this summer if they were able to get him on
Speaker 1: a tax payer mid level. Exception Nikkeile Alexander walker would
Speaker 1: be an amazing get at THE mL because he can,
Speaker 1: Guard he's specifically good at guarding, guards and he's really
Speaker 1: turned himself into a good spot up, shooter which is
Speaker 1: obviously very valuable in the context Of Luka. DANCIC i
Speaker 1: think he's a decent driving kick player. TOO i think
Speaker 1: thinkil would be. Perfect it's just kind of a pipe
Speaker 1: dream at this. Point there's also the question of whether
Speaker 1: or not they should use that mly on a, center
Speaker 1: or if they should target it through the trade. Market
Speaker 1: the guys That i've looked at is starting caliber. Centers
Speaker 1: What i'm looking at there is like reasonably. Affordable you
Speaker 1: don't want to have to give up depth on a
Speaker 1: team that doesn't have a ton of, depth but also
Speaker 1: needs to have some scheme, versatility need to have the
Speaker 1: size and athleticism. Piece BUT Jj redick likes to, switch
Speaker 1: so there's a certain amount of, like this has got
Speaker 1: to be a guy who can guard on the perimeter
Speaker 1: a little. BIT i really like the idea of like
Speaker 1: A Nick. CLAXTON i think he would be just a
Speaker 1: dream fit lob threat guy that can be that vertical
Speaker 1: spacer next To Luca, scheme, versatility can switch and can
Speaker 1: run drop. Coverage not the best rebounder at his, position but,
Speaker 1: again he's a. Center he gives you some more athletic
Speaker 1: in position at that. Spot Nick clackson would be a
Speaker 1: Dream yakapertle is a guy That i've always liked a good,
Speaker 1: amount ALTHOUGH i don't think he's as good of a
Speaker 1: fit As Nick. Claxton there's also a version of this
Speaker 1: where like if The lakers look at it and they're, like,
Speaker 1: man would we rather have a mediocre center at an
Speaker 1: mL e or in the trade, market or do we
Speaker 1: really lean into player development and bet on a guy
Speaker 1: Like Christian coloco Alongside Jackson hayes and use THE mle
Speaker 1: or a trade to bring in a higher level perimeter,
Speaker 1: option like just a really good three AND d? Player
Speaker 1: what would be better a really good three AND d
Speaker 1: player or a mediocre. Center that's where it gets, tricky
Speaker 1: and so like a lot of it is Like i'd
Speaker 1: almost come down to it where it's, like IF i
Speaker 1: could Get Nick claxton at a reasonable, price like let's do.
Speaker 1: It but if it's expensive or if it's a lesser,
Speaker 1: PLAYER i think you can make a strong case that
Speaker 1: The lakers would be better off making a talent play
Speaker 1: versus a position specific. PLAY a lot of it will
Speaker 1: depend on you, Know Christian cloco has a lot of
Speaker 1: room to, improve and he had THAT i think it
Speaker 1: was a blood cloud issue IF i remember, correctly but
Speaker 1: he you, know has been away from basketball for a.
Speaker 1: While it's The Brownie james. Thing so, like even what
Speaker 1: you've seen From christian this year is not close to
Speaker 1: what his ultimate potential, is and so there is some
Speaker 1: player development opportunity. THERE i couldn't help but watch that
Speaker 1: game Against houston and feel like The lakers have zero
Speaker 1: chance Against. Okac imagine that level of defense against The
Speaker 1: lakers with a top three player in a high level.
Speaker 1: Offense first of, ALL i said last night that The
Speaker 1: lakers would have to play better if they were to
Speaker 1: be able to handle this type of matchup in the.
Speaker 1: Postseason AND i specifically called The rockets a better version Of,
Speaker 1: houston or excuse, me The thunder a better version Of.
Speaker 1: Houston there is a big. Difference Though houston is bigger
Speaker 1: on the, perimeter they have a lot more of, that
Speaker 1: like strength and size Guarding luca And lebron Than okase
Speaker 1: can put on them With. Oka, see there's Lou dort
Speaker 1: who is shorter than A Dylan brooks and has Caused
Speaker 1: lucas some, problems AND i think there's some reality. There
Speaker 1: but once you get Past, dort like your next biggest
Speaker 1: guy Is jada as a perimeter athlete type of, player
Speaker 1: or An Aaron, wiggins AND i just there's a lot
Speaker 1: of Like Casson wallace And Alex cruso is like six'
Speaker 1: six has, some size but like there's considerable size advantages
Speaker 1: down the board on the perimeter For. The lakers there's
Speaker 1: gonna be Like A lebron Luca and ruey are, out
Speaker 1: there and you're gonna Put a Adort on luca and
Speaker 1: you're gonna put a J dub On. Onto lebron but,
Speaker 1: after that, It's, like Okay is Chet guarding rui because
Speaker 1: now We're pulling chet out of. Rim, protection Okay Is
Speaker 1: isaiah Hartenstein guarding Ruey because ruey can put the ball
Speaker 1: on the floor a. Little bit there's a certain amount
Speaker 1: OF like i Think the lakers have some advantages on
Speaker 1: the perimeter in. THAT matchup i want to be clear
Speaker 1: about THIS because I had i had someone say something
Speaker 1: to Me on twitter about it. THIS morning i don't
Speaker 1: Know who i'm gonna pick In A thunder. LAKERS series
Speaker 1: i am inclined as an older veteran team against a
Speaker 1: very young team and a team that has some you
Speaker 1: know some there's some concern, with them and they're young
Speaker 1: players knocking down open catch and shoot jump shots in.
Speaker 1: The postseason we saw that last year versus this older
Speaker 1: team and those specific, SIZE advantages I haven't i am
Speaker 1: tempted to Pick the lakers To, beat okay see if
Speaker 1: they should play in a series, THAT said i have
Speaker 1: a very healthy Fear. Of. OKA see i am firmly
Speaker 1: aware of what they are, capable OF and i absolutely
Speaker 1: think they can beat everybody and potentially hoist. The trophy
Speaker 1: so we'll SEE how i feel when we get closer to.
Speaker 1: The Postseason the lakers are still a work in progress
Speaker 1: in a lot. Of ways they've what if they played
Speaker 1: four Games with lebron back in, the lineup or, five
Speaker 1: games whatever, it is They the lakers could potentially be
Speaker 1: much Better on may first than they Are on, April
Speaker 1: first And so i'm not gonna make a pick Between
Speaker 1: the lakers And the thunder until we get to a
Speaker 1: series Between the lakers And, the thunder and we'll SEE
Speaker 1: how i feel at. That point if we get There
Speaker 1: and lebron still doesn't trust his jump shot and the
Speaker 1: defense has been bad for a month and they just
Speaker 1: haven't looked, as Imposing then i'm gonna Probably. Pick. Oka
Speaker 1: see but if it comes together and they're defending really
Speaker 1: Well and Lebron and Luca and austin are all clicking
Speaker 1: at the, same time and they kick the shit out
Speaker 1: of somebody in the first round and it turns into
Speaker 1: an Okay see lakers second round or third, round SERIES
Speaker 1: like i might be more tempted to Pick. The lakers
Speaker 1: and so a lot of it depends on like here's
Speaker 1: Where the, thunder, are now here's Where the. Lakers are
Speaker 1: there's a theoretical range For the lakers that potentially extends
Speaker 1: Above the thunder depending on how this goes over the
Speaker 1: course of the next, Couple weeks and we'll see how we
Speaker 1: feel when we. Get there love, the Show but houston
Speaker 1: not playing their second Best Player, jalen green at the
Speaker 1: end Of The lakers rockets game. Is inexcusable how can
Speaker 1: you agree to that saying that's the. Right move that's
Speaker 1: Like the lakers Not playing Austin or luca at the end.
Speaker 1: Of GAMES so i just disagree. With this there's a
Speaker 1: certain Thing With jalen green where there's a higher upside
Speaker 1: in terms of, you know like he was able to
Speaker 1: get to the rim in a way last Night that
Speaker 1: Fred van. Vliek couldn't he was able to hit some
Speaker 1: pull up jump shots last night in a Way that
Speaker 1: Fred van. Vliek COULDN'T but i thought it really came
Speaker 1: down To emy udoka Didn't Trust jalen green to take
Speaker 1: good shots down. The stretch there were a couple of
Speaker 1: ugly possessions towards the end of that game before he,
Speaker 1: got benched including that one where he randomly tried To
Speaker 1: iso austin and. Got STRIPPED and i think the way
Speaker 1: He may udoka looked at it was. Pretty simple Gotta
Speaker 1: have shanegun. Out there he's the biggest. Matchup problem he's
Speaker 1: the guy who's consistently bringing two to. The, ball okay
Speaker 1: Gotta Have dylan brooks. Out there he's the guy Who's
Speaker 1: making Lebron and. Luca Uncomfortable jabari smith was hitting threes
Speaker 1: in playing defense functionally in the in the in the
Speaker 1: offense and, on defense he's, playing well he's rebound he's getting.
Speaker 1: Offensive Rebounds jabar smith was playing. Super well hit a
Speaker 1: huge shot in, the lane that little elbow jumper on the,
Speaker 1: left elbow that three along the Right Wing jabar smith.
Speaker 1: WAS playing I Think javarr smith was the right. Call
Speaker 1: there and then you're looking at It As, aman thompson
Speaker 1: who's Torching the lakers all over, the floor on the
Speaker 1: glass and along, the baseline and so then you need.
Speaker 1: One guard AND so i think the way that He
Speaker 1: may udoka looked at it was we're gonna be Playing Through,
Speaker 1: shane GOON and I trust Fred van vliet to make
Speaker 1: the right reads in. These Situations and Fred van vliet
Speaker 1: is a better defensive Player Than, jalen green AND so
Speaker 1: i think the way He may udoka looked at it,
Speaker 1: was LIKE if I put jalen, out, there yeah he
Speaker 1: might take a bunch of stupid shots and they might.
Speaker 1: Go in but if he goes, out there he could
Speaker 1: also co opt, the offense shoot us out of the
Speaker 1: game and not be as. Good defensively AND so i
Speaker 1: think he just made a call right there in. THAT
Speaker 1: moment i Think If jabari smith wasn't having as good of.
Speaker 1: A game He Sits jabari Smith And jalen green ends
Speaker 1: up getting. Those minutes but in, that situation with the
Speaker 1: Way That jabari smith was playing with How Good dylan brooks,
Speaker 1: was defensively With How amen thompson was wrecking them on
Speaker 1: both ends of, the Floor And shane gun consistently bringing
Speaker 1: two to, THE ball i think he just Looked at
Speaker 1: Fred van vliet as the higher floor option for him
Speaker 1: on Both For emi udoka on both ends of the
Speaker 1: floor to give them the best chance to win. That,
Speaker 1: Game Hey, jason love the show has always been following
Speaker 1: for years and the interests of spreading more positivity IN the.
Speaker 1: Nba media what do you think would be the most
Speaker 1: fun finals? To watch, for me it would be Either
Speaker 1: the Warriors versus Warriors or lakers versus Either the calves Or.
Speaker 1: THE celtics i think the storylines would be. Really fun
Speaker 1: lebron Facing the caves and the finals would. Be crazy
Speaker 1: lakers Versus the celtics is an. OBVIOUS One A warriors
Speaker 1: celtics rematch Or A calvest warriors finals for old. Time,
Speaker 1: Sakes yeah lebron Versus the calves would be. REALLY Fun
Speaker 1: A warrior celtics rematch would be. Really fun it would
Speaker 1: kind of remind me of the dynamic Between the Lakers
Speaker 1: and nuggets Of When anthony davis was. There where it's
Speaker 1: Like when lebron, was younger, you know he was best
Speaker 1: player in. The world he Beats, the nuggets But then lebron.
Speaker 1: Ages out Here comes Jokic and murray. Getting revenge similar
Speaker 1: kind of thing could happen. There where It's like steph
Speaker 1: Is The elder statesman at peak of his powers in twenty,
Speaker 1: twenty two Beats some tatum's not quite, ready yet but
Speaker 1: Then suddenly tatum shows that. HE'S ready i would be
Speaker 1: really really excited To see Okac. Versus boston i've talked
Speaker 1: a lot ABOUT how i Think the lakers Can Beat
Speaker 1: okay see that based. ON matchups i have a equal
Speaker 1: and opposite Fear of boston as a terrible matchup For.
Speaker 1: The Lakers So oka see, to me is the TEAM
Speaker 1: that i think has the real potential To make boston
Speaker 1: uncomfortable on offense for the entirety of. The series and
Speaker 1: so THERE'S a i think there's a certain element like
Speaker 1: basketball fans at large should be very excited about A
Speaker 1: potential Okc versus boston series just because there'd be an
Speaker 1: absurd amount of talent on the floor and it'd be
Speaker 1: a really really. INTERESTING matchup i would like To see
Speaker 1: Lakers versus boston As a. Lakers, FAN also i think
Speaker 1: there are some fun storylines There with lebron playing in
Speaker 1: the finals again at age forty that you can't beat something,
Speaker 1: Like that luca getting a redemption opportunity after he was
Speaker 1: kind of Embarrassed by boston, last year, You know boston
Speaker 1: having an opportunity to get another like win Against the
Speaker 1: lakers in this. HISTORIC rivalry i think that'd. Be fun
Speaker 1: BUT ultimately I think Okc versus boston would be the
Speaker 1: most COMPETITIVE finals i think Right now i'm still Leaning
Speaker 1: towards boston would Beat the lakers if they faced them in.
Speaker 1: A series love the show and thank you for the
Speaker 1: time you put. INTO it i have a fun hypothetical.
Speaker 1: For you if you could pick one team to replace
Speaker 1: any starting player, with yourself which team from this year would?
Speaker 1: You pick and? Why so on a really, basic LEVEL
Speaker 1: if i wanted for any, of us if we wanted
Speaker 1: our best opportunity to have any success IN, THE nba
Speaker 1: i think it would be playing alongside Like a luca Or,
Speaker 1: a jokich because there's A certain i talked about the
Speaker 1: concept of king of the court and like offensive success
Speaker 1: when a defender sprinting at you versus when you have
Speaker 1: a defender squared up in front. OF you i like
Speaker 1: my chances to score AT the nba level playing with
Speaker 1: a huge advantage MORE than i view any sort of
Speaker 1: potential without that sort. Of Advantage. Like luca, LAST night
Speaker 1: i was watching, him BECAUSE like, i like the pick
Speaker 1: and pop is a basically an unguardable action if you
Speaker 1: have a big that stays on the ball and there's
Speaker 1: a certain amount of like you can just dribble off
Speaker 1: the screen and just throw behind the back pass and
Speaker 1: the guy's gonna be open every. Single time but one
Speaker 1: of the Things that luca does that's so insane, is
Speaker 1: like and it's a thing that we as coaches literally
Speaker 1: coach every kid to, not do is he, Over penetrates
Speaker 1: like the guy will, be open but instead of throwing
Speaker 1: the pass, right away he'll like take two or three
Speaker 1: extra dribbles into the lane and like really collapse the
Speaker 1: defense before he somehow finds some absurd passing angle that's
Speaker 1: why you. Don't overpenetrate the passing angles are, so difficult
Speaker 1: that's where guys turn the. Ball Over but luca just
Speaker 1: has this superpower where he can find these bizarre passing
Speaker 1: angles and all this traffic and throw these. Kickout passes
Speaker 1: and he'll do that specifically so that Instead Of Dorian
Speaker 1: phinney smith having to hit a shot against a ten foot,
Speaker 1: close Out Now Dorian phinney smith is hitting a sh
Speaker 1: against like a seventeen or eighteen foot. Close out he's
Speaker 1: buying him an extra second to really stare down. The
Speaker 1: shot and, SO like i like my chances to hit
Speaker 1: wide open catch and shoot threes Playing Alongside. Luka DODCI
Speaker 1: so I think i think that that would be the
Speaker 1: type of role THAT if i had to put myself INTO,
Speaker 1: the nba THAT'S where i. Would, go obviously though. The
Speaker 1: obligatory i'm NOT an. NBA player i have too much
Speaker 1: RESPECT for. Nba players we don't get to just say
Speaker 1: that we'd go in the league and. HAVE success i
Speaker 1: was wondering what your thoughts are On beam atabio To
Speaker 1: The chicago bulls. This offseason vouch needs to go and
Speaker 1: we need to Capitalize In kobe Madas And josh gitty
Speaker 1: seemingly clicking. AND cooking i think he'd be the clear
Speaker 1: cut top dog and would anchor the defense. As well
Speaker 1: he's not a player that needs the ball in, his
Speaker 1: hands so he won't hinder our young. Players, development however
Speaker 1: you can get his and brings, winning experience or is
Speaker 1: a better space or slash shooter. Needed instead thanks for
Speaker 1: all the hard work you guys. Put in it's the bet.
Speaker 1: Show around thanks for. Supporting us so there's. A LET'S
Speaker 1: as i said, last night we should be allowed to have, some.
Speaker 1: Fun right SO do I think miami is just going
Speaker 1: to dump A bam At a bio without taking back
Speaker 1: Someone like Manas Or. Kobe, WHITE no i don't think.
Speaker 1: They would but let's set that aside for a second
Speaker 1: and just Imagine bam At a bio as a option
Speaker 1: alongside those. Three Guys as JACKSON and i were talking
Speaker 1: about In The late show mail, bag yesterday the ultimate
Speaker 1: defensive floor for your team is a guy that can
Speaker 1: both protect the reymen to, drop coverage but also can
Speaker 1: defend in a. Switching scheme that scheme versatility is what
Speaker 1: gives you the best opportunity to win from matchup, to
Speaker 1: matchup and so that type of player would be, the
Speaker 1: dream especially a Guy like bam who's demonstrated a little
Speaker 1: bit more of ability to shoot from the perimeter as,
Speaker 1: of LATE and i do think that he'll continue to
Speaker 1: trend towards being a little bit better as a shooter.
Speaker 1: Each year, that said it's like one of, those things
Speaker 1: where's that type? Of player acquiring that type of player
Speaker 1: given the type of talent on the roster, right now
Speaker 1: and keeping all of that talent just seems like a
Speaker 1: little bit of a. Pipe DREAM so i think it's
Speaker 1: worth at least acknowledging, that part. All right three, More
Speaker 1: one since you always talk about energy transfer in, jump
Speaker 1: shots does the type of jump? Shot matter, For Example
Speaker 1: Karl anthony twents has a quick set shot versus Someone,
Speaker 1: Like tatum and is there a type of jump shot
Speaker 1: that's more immune? To disruption so set shots have less
Speaker 1: motion in the first two phases of. The shots so
Speaker 1: like as we always, talk about there's the, the base there's,
Speaker 1: the gather and then there's. The release a set shot
Speaker 1: takes less off the base in the gather and puts
Speaker 1: most of the power of the shot on. The release
Speaker 1: and what that does is it makes it so that
Speaker 1: the energy transfer process is. Very simple and a lot
Speaker 1: of the set shooters in the league are very good
Speaker 1: when they're. Wide open not Just Kat tyrese halliburton's an
Speaker 1: example of a guy, like that where when, he's open
Speaker 1: it just feels like it's going in every. Single time
Speaker 1: but those are the types of jump shots that are
Speaker 1: easiest to disu because there is so much on the
Speaker 1: upper part of. The shot and that Means that so
Speaker 1: think of it, Like THIS if i jump into a three,
Speaker 1: point shot get a, good lift the top of the
Speaker 1: shot is very light flip of, the wrist VERSUS if
Speaker 1: i shoot a, set shot there's much more Power that
Speaker 1: i'm trying to drive out of that out of that
Speaker 1: follow through at the very top of, the, Shot right
Speaker 1: So if i'm Disrupted and i'm, leaning fading my base,
Speaker 1: is off whatever, it is there's just so much on
Speaker 1: the top of the shot that all of, a sudden
Speaker 1: there's just so much more likelihood, for air, you know
Speaker 1: one of your fingers being in the, wrong spot your
Speaker 1: follow through not being, as crisp just so much opportunity
Speaker 1: for that to get. Messed up when you're a shooter
Speaker 1: that shoots with a lot of work from. Your base
Speaker 1: that's what allows you to shoot on, the move shoot,
Speaker 1: in traffic shoot on, step backs shoot, on spins whatever,
Speaker 1: it is because you're doing so much work with your
Speaker 1: lower body that the top of the shot is just
Speaker 1: this light, and easy breezy flip of. The wrist so
Speaker 1: what's so amazing when you watch like a when you
Speaker 1: watch Like Old michael jordan fadeaway jump shots over his
Speaker 1: left and. Right shoulder any of you guys who have
Speaker 1: ever played and have relied on a turnaround fade away
Speaker 1: from about fifteen feet knows that that's a tough shot
Speaker 1: to get to. The rim you need to get a lot,
Speaker 1: of lyft and it feels like you're shooting a twenty
Speaker 1: five footer when you're fading away from the basket from,
Speaker 1: you know sixteen. Seventeen feet and that was what was
Speaker 1: so amazing About Watching MJ's he was just so incredibly
Speaker 1: like spry off the ground when he would make those
Speaker 1: turnaround fade moves that he'd just get fantastic lift and
Speaker 1: you just see, this, light easy breezy flip of the
Speaker 1: wrist at the top and it would go in what's
Speaker 1: going On? In memphis why would they fire their coach
Speaker 1: with two weeks left in the season when they could
Speaker 1: have waited to. THE offseason i get that it could
Speaker 1: be a locker room issue or a, rotation issue but
Speaker 1: they are the five seed in A tough. WESTERN conference
Speaker 1: i do not see a championship in, this team probably
Speaker 1: a first or second. Round exit so why not just
Speaker 1: fire him at the end of. The season love, the
Speaker 1: show keep up the, Good. WORK jason i did some
Speaker 1: digging behind, the scenes couldn't get any. Real answers nobody
Speaker 1: really understands why specifically it happened when. IT happened, i
Speaker 1: mean there. IS truth i talked about This With frank
Speaker 1: vogel when he got fired From. The lakers there's truth
Speaker 1: to the idea that like sometimes the team just tunes the,
Speaker 1: guy out and when he when the team tuns the,
Speaker 1: guy out you got to make, A change like it's
Speaker 1: just what you have, to do even if the guy's a.
Speaker 1: Good coach and all indications Are That taylor jenkins is
Speaker 1: going to get. Another opportunity i've never been A Big
Speaker 1: taylor jenkins GUY because i think his defensive strategy, is
Speaker 1: foolish like is way too aggressive on, the ball way
Speaker 1: too aggressive packing. THE paint i just don't think it
Speaker 1: works in THE. Modern nba, that, said like they're under
Speaker 1: no circumstances for a team that's above the plane In The.
Speaker 1: Western conference should you be making this dramatic of a
Speaker 1: coaching change this close to the end of. The SEASON
Speaker 1: so i don't know what's going on behind, the scenes
Speaker 1: but it doesn't make a ton of sense to me
Speaker 1: as far as the team and the way. THEY'RE spiraling
Speaker 1: i think injuries have played. A role their defense and
Speaker 1: them conceding all these open shots has. Burned them their
Speaker 1: defense is falling apart in the seven. GAME span i
Speaker 1: think there is a little bit of a lack. Of
Speaker 1: belief some of this. Is schedule they've run into a
Speaker 1: bunch of really tough teams in. A row, It's, like
Speaker 1: okay you gotta Play. The, lakers okay you Gotta. Play
Speaker 1: boston Here Comes golden state to. Town NEXT the nba
Speaker 1: schedule is brutal and it can beat the shit out
Speaker 1: of you and wipe away. Your CONFIDENCE and i think
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways that's. What's happened memphis does
Speaker 1: not seem to, Have that just like attitude that they used.
Speaker 1: To have, last question there's a lot of Rumors about
Speaker 1: booker To the, pistons recently and this has quietly been
Speaker 1: a Thing On piston's twitter for like three or four.
Speaker 1: Years now my first question would be do you think
Speaker 1: the trade? Is possible and how would he fit Next? To,
Speaker 1: kaid second if that, isn't possible what superstar do you
Speaker 1: think fits Best with kid to maximize his skills? Moving,
Speaker 1: forward Look the pistons have plenty of. Draft compensation they
Speaker 1: could include a Guy like Jade and ivy and that type.
Speaker 1: Of deal And If i'm Phoenix and I'm getting Jade
Speaker 1: and ivy in a bunch of, Draft picks i'm going
Speaker 1: to seriously consider that type of Deal For. Devin booker
Speaker 1: so that's absolutely. A POSSIBILITY do i think he's a
Speaker 1: good fit Next? To kid you bet. Your ass he's
Speaker 1: like perfect fit Next, to kate a decent point of attack,
Speaker 1: defender who next To, sar thompson can guard the second
Speaker 1: best perimeter players, just, basically like Imagine What malik beasley's done,
Speaker 1: this year which is not just aggressive spot, up shooting
Speaker 1: but really. Aggressive Scoring malik beasley's been a bucket getter
Speaker 1: For the pistons. This Year devin booker brings all of
Speaker 1: that at, a higher more resilient rate while also being.
Speaker 1: A guy Although the devin struggled to shoot the three,
Speaker 1: This YEAR but i think there's a little bit of
Speaker 1: an aberration there and all of that alongside the ability
Speaker 1: as well to bring two to the ball and be,
Speaker 1: a playmaker like a real second side, shot creator a
Speaker 1: guy who can take a load Off. Of, kate, SO
Speaker 1: like i think that'd be an. AMAZING fit i think
Speaker 1: it's also fits that concept we talked About, with wemby
Speaker 1: where it's like the timeline and whether or not it
Speaker 1: actually makes sense to Wait for Jade and ivy's development
Speaker 1: or Wait For stefan Cassel Or devin vessel's development to
Speaker 1: match With a wemby Or, A kaid like there's a
Speaker 1: certain amount Of like, caid's, ready Now the pistons. Are
Speaker 1: ready now you got to. Do something the question is
Speaker 1: do you feel like cashing. That in do you feel
Speaker 1: like cashing that in all those draft picks on a Guy,
Speaker 1: like booker or do you want to take it as
Speaker 1: a more. Patient APPROACH and I think i think this
Speaker 1: year's playoff run will give us some data on just
Speaker 1: how far or close they are to where they want
Speaker 1: to get and if, they're close you can Advocate. For
Speaker 1: booker if they're, not close you can advocate. For patients, all,
Speaker 1: right guys it's all had. For today, as always a
Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting me and suporting. The
Speaker 1: show we'll be back tomorrow morning breaking down The packed wednesday.
Speaker 1: Night slate i'll see you. Guys then, what, So guys,
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