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There are three 30 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: Golden State Warriors topics that I'd like to get into, 31 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: two of which have to do with my teammate here 32 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: at the volume, Draymond Green's podcast. He had Steph Curry 33 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: on today. You have to check that out if you 34 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: haven't done so yet. They go for about an hour 35 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: and a half. They get into a ton of basketball stuff, 36 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: they get into some stuff off the floor as well. 37 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: If you haven't checked it out yet, please do. It's 38 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: on the volumes YouTube page, as well as on drey 39 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: On Green's podcast feed. They had a debate in their 40 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: interview about whether or not the two thousand sixteen Warriors 41 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: were actually the best team ever even though they didn't 42 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: win the championship, which I want to get into that 43 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: a little bit. Then Draymond in an earlier podcast had 44 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: an interesting point about media criticism and holding the media accountable, 45 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: and he actually brought that up again with Steph Curry 46 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: in that interview. I wanted to get into that a 47 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: little bit. And then at the end, for those of 48 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: you stick around, I'm gonna do a preview of the 49 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: first round series between the Denver Nuggets and the Golden 50 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 1: State Warriors. Not a lot to go on from this 51 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: season because of injuries, but we have a general idea 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: of what the series is gonna look like. I want 53 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: to get into the weeds on that a little bit, 54 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: but let's start with this bit between Steph and Draymond 55 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: about the two thousand sixteen Warriors. First of all, let 56 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: me show you what Draymond said that essentially puts you 57 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: in a place, uh, undoubtedly the best team ever. Um, 58 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: if if we were to complete it, no good to 59 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: be in a conversation. To be quite frank with you, 60 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: I still think we have the best team ever. Although 61 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: we didn't finish it and win a championship, I still 62 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 1: think that was the best team ever. So, first of all, 63 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: I understand the sentiment for both of them surrounding that team. 64 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,119 Speaker 1: In a lot of ways, that was the most organic 65 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: version of the Warriors, and it was an extremely popular 66 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: team around the league for a lot of ways. They 67 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: played a brand of basketball that just was so likable 68 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: that everyone seemed to kind of get behind that bandwagon. 69 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: For good reason. I'm a big believer in supporting good basketball. 70 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: I think it's good for the health of the league, 71 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: and I understand why they would think they were the 72 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: best team ever, that's how dominant they were in that 73 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: regular season. However, there is a little bit of a 74 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: context there that I've brought up on many occasions over 75 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: the years on my podcast, having to do with why 76 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: I think that team was so particularly dominant. So, to 77 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: be clear, before we even get into this conversation, that 78 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 1: team was amazing. They were better than the team the 79 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: year before that won the championship. So they are a 80 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: bona fide championship level team. I'm not trying to undercut 81 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: that by any stretch of the imagination. I just don't 82 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: consider them to be in the running for the best 83 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: team ever. And there are some very specific reasons why 84 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: I don't want to get into that, so so much 85 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: of it had to do with catching the league off guard. 86 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: So what Steph Curry brought to the table as a 87 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: shooter that was not just a threat further away from 88 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: the rim, but straight up deadly basically inside of half court, 89 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: not just and when he's wide open, but with a 90 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: quick release and a willingness to shoot. This was the 91 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: key difference. Steph Curry would attempt shot that defenses wouldn't 92 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: even dream that step or any guard around the league 93 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 1: would attempt. And so during that regular season, and remember 94 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: Steph was really good the year before he was the 95 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: m v P, but he only averaged twenty three points 96 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: per game the year before. There was a difference in 97 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: in his level of aggression offensively between that season and 98 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: his unanimous MVP season. But defenses around the league were 99 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: incredibly ill equipped to handle what Steph Curry did on 100 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: a night in a night out basis that was always 101 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: because of how unique his approach to the game was. 102 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: It was always going to be a team that would 103 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: struggle more in a postseason series when teams had enough 104 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: time and enough reps to really try to find some 105 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: way to counter what Steph was doing because of how 106 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: unique it was, there was there weren't baked in pick 107 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: and roll coverages are baked in, you know, defensive schemes 108 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: to stop a guy like Steph because no one likes 109 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: Steph existed. Like look at the peak of the two 110 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: thousand sixteen unanimous m v P run was Steph drip 111 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: across half court in a pivotal possession, literally the game 112 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 1: winning possession against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and nobody picked 113 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,919 Speaker 1: him up. He walked into it was a long shot. 114 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: It was like a thirty eight foot or whatever it was. 115 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: It was a very long shot, but no one picked 116 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 1: him up. That's not how Steph gets guarded anymore. Ever 117 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: since then, in two thousand forward, the way step has 118 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: been guarded is completely different. Now the credit to step 119 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: and this is why I think steps better now or 120 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: maybe before this recent slump, but like last year's Steph 121 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: two one step. The reason why I said that guy 122 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: was better than two thousand sixteen Steph is because defenses 123 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: now know how to make things harder on Steph Curry. 124 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,119 Speaker 1: They pick him up the second a crosses half court 125 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: all game long, the error on the side of sending 126 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: two guys to him all the time. They rough him 127 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: up off the ball. That was something you didn't really 128 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: see until Oklahoma City in Cleveland did it in the 129 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: two thousand sixteen playoff runt. So many things about the 130 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: way defenses guard Steph Curry now is so different and 131 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: so much more catered to him, and he still was 132 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: amazing last year. That's why I think he was better. 133 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: He's elevated as a player so much that as the 134 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: league has adapted to how to guard him, he stayed 135 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: one step ahead of them the whole way. That's a 136 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: credit to step That's why I've always been such a 137 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: big fan of his. But getting back to two thousand sixteen, 138 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: he was catching everybody off guard. They had no idea 139 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: how to guard him. It's like in the two thousand 140 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: thirteen playoffs when he was playing against the Spurs and 141 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: they were going underneath ball screens against him with no 142 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: big at the top, and he was just literally walking 143 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: into three point shots against them. There's just a huge 144 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: difference in the way teams guard staff now compared to 145 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: the way they do they compared to the way they 146 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: did back then. So that seventy three win team, I think, 147 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: in terms of talent wasn't quite as good as what 148 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: their record demonstrated. Still probably a sixties something win team, 149 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: still very much a championship caliber team, held they literally 150 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: won the championship the year before, not undercutting that at all. 151 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: I'm just saying that their talent wasn't quite as good 152 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: as what their record showed, and I think you saw 153 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: that in the postseason. That's why they struggled so much 154 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: with Oklahoma City and that's why they lost to Cleveland. 155 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: In the regular season, you would have thought both of 156 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: those teams were significantly below where the Warriors were. Then 157 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: they get into a playoff setting and they're kind of 158 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: like all the same. I all three of those teams 159 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: are right around the same level when they got into 160 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 1: the postseason. So I leaned towards the two thousand seventeen 161 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: Warriors as obviously far and away the best team that 162 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 1: I've ever seen, because it was like the two thousand 163 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: sixteen Warriors with everything that they brought to the table 164 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: and that gigantic wing score obviously one of the best scores, 165 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: in my opinion, the best score of all time. That 166 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: was what pushed them talent wise into that conversation with 167 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: the best teams in the league. Then you get sixty 168 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 1: seven wins. Then you get, uh, just an unbelievably dominant 169 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: playoff run. They didn't even lose a playoff game until 170 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: they were up three oh in the finals. That to me, 171 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: is a much more traditional best team of all time 172 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: type of candidate. It's it's not just regular season dominance, 173 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: it's playoff dominance. And the reason why the two thousand 174 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: sixteen Warriors weren't dominant was because they were catching the 175 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: league off guard in a lot of ways, and the 176 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: league just wasn't prepared to handle them until they could 177 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: see them in a seven game series. So again, I 178 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: understand their sentiment. I just disagree. I didn't see the 179 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 1: two thousand sixteen Warriors is really one of those types 180 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: of truly dominant teams in NBA history. One of the 181 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: things with Draymond Green that I wanted to talk about. 182 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: So again, so before we even get into this, let 183 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: me just show you what Draymond said. So this is 184 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: a clip from Draymond Green on his podcast talking about 185 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: holding the media accountable for the predictions that they make. 186 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: Take a listen. I mean there are were people that 187 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: said the Los Angeles Lakers was going to win the championship. 188 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: If this is what you do and you say you're 189 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: great and your expert analysts and you paid the Los 190 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: Angeles Lakers too winning championship, you kind of gotta be 191 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: fired and as somebody got to start holding people account 192 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: of Like you're so far off from being right. You 193 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: gotta think about it. There's ten teams that's currently still 194 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: alive in each conference teams total, there's thirty teams in 195 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: the NBA. You picked that they'd be the number one team, 196 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: they're not even one or twenty. You're like, you're so 197 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: far off in any other job. If you're that far off, 198 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: could you imagine being an analyst for a venture firm 199 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:29,599 Speaker 1: or an analyst like on and on Wall Street or 200 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: something and you're that far off, like you lose your job. 201 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: Like somebody gotta at start holding people accountable for these 202 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: hot takes. Okay, So I think this topic is super interesting. 203 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: You know, like I have never interviewed an NBA player, 204 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: but I hope to very soon. I already have something 205 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: lined up for this offseason, and I hope to interview 206 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: several NBA players this offseason, and this specific topic is 207 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 1: something I plan on bringing up with every one of them, 208 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: because I think it's such an interesting dynamic. The media 209 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: is in such a weird position where your job is 210 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: to criticize people, right Like, it's a weird dynamic, and 211 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: I'm curious to hear an NBA player's perspective. I actually 212 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: agree with Draymond that the media should be held accountable. 213 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: I just disagree specifically with the method with which he 214 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: would do so. So for starters, understand where he's coming from. 215 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: You know, everybody knows who's been following my show for 216 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: the last couple of years, knows that I have a 217 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: basketball background. I it's nowhere near as impressive as any 218 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 1: NBA player out there. But I played in college like 219 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: a half dozen games where he scored twenty plus points. 220 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 1: My career high was in the thirties. Like I made 221 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: an All conference team. I was a good college basketball player. 222 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: Tried to play pro and I just wasn't good enough. 223 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: And for the record, when I share those videos and 224 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: I have you guys comment underneath them like, oh, like 225 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,839 Speaker 1: you should get a training camp invit or oh, the 226 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: Lakers have an open roster spot, like, no, let's cut 227 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: that ship out. I have way too much respect for 228 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: these guys that have made it. I would never, in 229 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 1: a million years ever compare myself to an NBA player 230 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,679 Speaker 1: unless I had an NBA jersey on, and I don't, 231 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: So let's just dead that right away here. I'm a 232 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: decent basketball player. It's just it's for my own benefit. 233 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: Has nothing to do with me trying to put myself 234 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: in the shoes of the NBA player. But had I 235 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: made it to the n b A, I would have 236 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,559 Speaker 1: thought exactly like Draymond. I'd be sitting there like, who 237 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: the hell is this guy in his room? Was stuff 238 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 1: hanging on his wall talking into a camera telling me 239 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: how to play the game of basketball? Like I get that. 240 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: I totally get that sentiment, and I would probably be 241 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: the exact same way. But it's just the reality of 242 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 1: the circumstance here. The NBA needs the fans in the 243 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: NBA needs the media, and the media and the media 244 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: needs the fans, and the fans need a media. It's 245 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: like a it's a very it's a very symbiotic relationship. 246 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: You can even throw the organizations like the owners in there. Like, 247 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: if one group disappeared, the whole system would fall apart. 248 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: If we didn't have players, there being no league. We 249 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: didn't have fans, there be no league. If we didn't 250 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:05,559 Speaker 1: have owners, there'd be no league. And if we didn't 251 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 1: have the media, there would be no league. It's a 252 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: very symbiotic relationship. But we have a very specific job. 253 00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: So like, if I never criticized anybody, if all I 254 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: did ever was come on here and say positive things, 255 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: you would hate the show. No one would listen. Why 256 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 1: Because one it's not authentic, I'd be lying to you, 257 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 1: and two that's just boring. It's boring to sit there 258 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 1: and listen to propaganda all day long. It's something that 259 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: frustrates me when I've been dealing with some of the 260 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: segments of the Lebron fan base. I want to be like, 261 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: what's the point of this man, Like, you can't actually 262 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: just wake up every day and spend every single minute 263 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: just shedding positivity on on on one specific person that 264 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: you don't even know personally. It's just a weird it's 265 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: a weird dynamic. But the reality of this job is 266 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: we have to criticize people when they play poorly, and 267 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: we have to heat praise on people when they play well. 268 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: And so from that standpoint, like it is a very 269 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: weird dynamic. And I totally understand why people like drey 270 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 1: On want the media to be held accountable. 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But I just disagree 315 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: with picks, like with the Lakers, like all of us. No, no, 316 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: he thought they were gonna miss the playoffs. Nobody did, not, 317 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: even you, Draymond, Like that's just the reality of the situation. 318 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: It was a shocking outcome. Like if basketball games were 319 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: easy to predict, if NBA playoff series were easy to predict, 320 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: we'd all be rich from gambling on them. It's the 321 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: parody and the up in the air nature of all 322 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: of this that makes it so exciting. It's why we 323 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: like it so much. I just things like making picks 324 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: I disagree with. Where I think you have to hold 325 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: the media accountable is in the nuts and the nuts 326 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: and bolts of their analysis. So for instance, like I'll 327 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: give you an example, like I've been critical of of 328 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: Joel embid handling double teams. I did a whole thing 329 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: about that today with the Raptors. I have watched a 330 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: ton of Sixers games this year because I cover the 331 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: whole league and that's my job. But there are Sixers 332 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: fans that have watched every single game this year, and 333 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: some of them twice. And so from that standpoint, like, 334 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: if you guys are watching then and and I'm wrong 335 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: about Joel embiad handling double teams, if I'm flat out wrong, 336 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: you need to tell me. That's why I keep my 337 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: d M s open on Twitter. If I'm doing something wrong, 338 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: if I'm wrong in my analysis, I hope I get 339 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: called out for it. It's something I've been used to it, 340 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: especially surrounding the game of basketball. Like any of you 341 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: guys who have played basketball in college, you're used to 342 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 1: getting called dirty words, you know, when you're not playing well. 343 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: You're used to getting yelled at. You're used to getting 344 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: criticized for making mistakes. Like I'm used to that sort 345 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: of thing. I hope that over time we develop a 346 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: healthy balance to where players can be critical of NBA 347 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,959 Speaker 1: media members. I just don't I just disagree with Draymond 348 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 1: in the sense that I wouldn't say, like, oh, I 349 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 1: picked the Sixers too up to lose to the Raptors, 350 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 1: and if I'm wrong about that, that that means I'm 351 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: bad at my job. Not necessarily picking series and games 352 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: is really really difficult. Remember that thing for a while 353 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: where Stephen A. Smith picked the NBA Finals wrong, like 354 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: nine years in a row or whatever. It was, like, 355 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: it's just a really really difficult thing to do. But please, 356 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: by all means, like especially NBA players, Like, if you're 357 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: listening to my show and you happen to hear me 358 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: say something about a coverage or a scheme or something 359 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: where I'm just flat out wrong, then I need to 360 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: be told and I need to be held accountable for that, 361 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: And I hope that that happens more frequently. It's it's 362 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 1: super interesting dynamic. I hope to to ask that to 363 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: certain players because I'm really curious to see what what 364 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: is it like to go to work and then when 365 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 1: you're done, to come home and to have like the 366 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: media telling you that you suck on one night, or 367 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: that you're really good on one night, Like it's a 368 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: it's a really really difficult balance to strike. But at 369 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: the same time, it's just the reality of the way 370 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: this whole system works, and it has to work that 371 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: way because that's because people like authentic and people are 372 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 1: going to naturally gravitate towards things that they find likable. 373 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: It's why I like Draymond so much. That's why so 374 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: many people like Draymond so much. He's authentic. He's gonna 375 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: get up in front of the camera and he's gonna 376 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: shoot it straight to you, and that's a super likable quality. 377 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: And I kind of feel like I have to do 378 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: the same thing in my job. And I'm really glad 379 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: Draymond has been shining a light on that because I 380 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: think it's such an interesting and important topic. I just 381 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: don't I just don't think we should start holding people 382 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: accountable for picks, because then we're all in trouble, if 383 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: that makes sense. So let's move on to this nug 384 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 1: Gets Warriors series. I think it's going to be a 385 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: super interesting one, even though we don't know much because 386 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: the Warriors have been utterly decimated by injuries this year, 387 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: let's get into it a little bit with the basketball, Okay, 388 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: So first of all, most of the data from this 389 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,479 Speaker 1: season is useless for this particular matchup. Yes, the Nuggets 390 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: went three and one in this matchup this season, but 391 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: Steph Curry and Draymond Green logged zero minutes together in 392 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 1: those four games, so one of them was missing from 393 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: every single game. Those are two like in terms of 394 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: basketball teams, those two players are arguably the most irreplaceable 395 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: players in the league for their specific roles on that 396 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: specific team. So that kind of skews all of that data, right, 397 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: So we have to kind of try to piece together 398 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: what we know about the Warriors and when their full 399 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: strength with what we saw from those individual matchups. In 400 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:48,680 Speaker 1: those individual matchups, we saw Yo Gets struggle a little 401 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,639 Speaker 1: bit with the Warriors length and athleticism. We saw Kievan 402 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: Looney do a pretty nice job defending him in isolation. 403 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,400 Speaker 1: Those are two good signs for the Warriors, But other 404 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: than that, not a whole lot we can take from it, right, 405 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: So we've got to kind of try to piece this 406 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: together based on what we know. First of all, Steph Curry, 407 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: Draymond Green, Clay Thompson, they've barely played together at all 408 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: since two thousand nineteen, So from that standpoint, you're counting 409 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,680 Speaker 1: on them falling back into rhythm that they've built over 410 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: the decade. Right, You're hopeful that even though they haven't 411 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: played together much, that they'll be able to quickly recapture 412 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: that because of how many reps they've had in the past. 413 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: Obviously a lot is gonna be on Jordan's Pool in creation. 414 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: One of the most interesting dynamics of this series is 415 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: the fact that Nicola Yoki has turned himself into a 416 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: decent defensive player as a drop coverage bick strictly outside 417 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: of that specific scenario, not great. Okay, So in that 418 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 1: scenario that the Warriors, in particular with Jordan's Pool and 419 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: Steph Curry are going to pull Yokas out of drops, 420 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: he's either going to have to be way up at 421 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: the level of the screen all all series long and 422 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,600 Speaker 1: those with those two particular guys in ball screen actions, 423 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,360 Speaker 1: or they're gonna have to do a lot of switching. 424 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,359 Speaker 1: And either way, Yokis is gonna have to over a 425 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: ton of ground on the perimeter, which is just not 426 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: a strength of his. So in that specific situation, I 427 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: think you're gonna have a lot of free rolls to 428 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 1: the rim with not a lot of size and athleticism 429 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: on the back line because Yokich is going to be 430 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,160 Speaker 1: out on the perimeter. So let's move on to Denver 431 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 1: on offense, because I think this is gonna be a 432 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: really interesting part of this series. First of all, we 433 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: know that they're going to send a ton of help 434 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 1: to Nicola Yokich and their individual matchups this year, it 435 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,640 Speaker 1: primarily was loony on the ball, and what they did. 436 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: Yoki does a lot of spin moves in the post. 437 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: That's how he protects the basketball from people reaching. What 438 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: they did is they tried to as he was spinning 439 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: was when they would send the double and it actually 440 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 1: caused Yoki a lot of problems. So we know how 441 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: they're gonna handle Yokich in his post up situations, doubling 442 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: while he's in the middle of moves and rotating on 443 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: the back end, which they do a great job of 444 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: because they have so many athletic wings. So the other 445 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 1: there's two other aspects I wanted to look at with 446 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: the Nuggets offense. First of all, a huge part of 447 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: the Nuggets offense is transition Yokich is such a good 448 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: passer off the rebound. He can get the rebound immediately 449 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: go into a dribble or two, and make any pass 450 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: up the floor, whether it's a full court bounced pass, 451 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: a lob over the top, anything hitting a guy running 452 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: the floor and transition. That's a huge part of Denver's offense. 453 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: So a lots a lot of pressure is gonna be 454 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: on Golden State to get back, but they have the 455 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 1: requisite athleticism and speed to do so I think they'll 456 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 1: be fine. So the last thing we got to look 457 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: at is the dribble handoff stuff. A huge part of 458 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: yokich Is game within this offense when he's not posting 459 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: up is catching the ball at the elbow and guards 460 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: coming off of him. In dribble handoff situations, it's really 461 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: really difficult because all of those guards can shoot, so 462 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: you have to chase them over the top, so almost 463 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: always they have an advantage getting into the lane, or 464 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: if they do go under the dribble handoff, they're getting 465 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: wide open jump shots all game long. So once again 466 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a lot of pressure on the Golden 467 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: State guards and wings to cover a lot of ground. 468 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: But this is a very very deep team. You guys 469 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 1: heard if you haven't gotten to it yet again, got 470 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: to check out that Steph Curry Draymond Green interview as 471 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 1: they talked about they are a deep team. A lot 472 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: of playoff teams around the league right now kind of 473 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 1: have their seven or eight guys that they know for 474 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: the rotation. As Steph and Draymond we're talking about today, 475 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: they are deep. They've got four or five guys that 476 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: will be in and out of the rotation on any 477 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: given night. The idea there is they have so much 478 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: speed and athleticism in depth to go to that they 479 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 1: should be able to cover all the ground they need 480 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 1: to to make up for that. The way that those 481 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: actions work, again, these are actions that are not being 482 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: run by superstar players. You're not dealing with, you know, 483 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant coming off of a dribble handoff. You're not 484 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 1: dealing with, you know, Damian Lillard coming off dribble handoff. 485 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: These are pretty average guards and wings that are coming 486 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: off these dribble handoffs. So it's the action that compromises you. 487 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: You can make up for that with a commitment on 488 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 1: the defensive end to help and rotate and recover around 489 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: with each other. That's something I think the Warriors are 490 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: absolutely going to be capable of doing. I think the 491 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: Warriors are gonna win this series in five games. I 492 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: do think Yogis will get one at home. He causes 493 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: enough pro bloms with his size and the and the 494 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: Warriors in particular are not a big front court team. 495 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: That's that's been their biggest weakness. That's why they're so 496 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,080 Speaker 1: paranoid about James Wiseman and the fact that he hasn't 497 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 1: been able to play it all this year. They need 498 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: interior size, that's there. That's Denver's big advantage. I think 499 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: they'll be able to weaponize that to get one win. 500 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: But I think this is gonna be a relatively easy 501 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: series for Golden State, which is the perfect situation for 502 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 1: them to get reps and to get their continuity back. 503 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 1: All right, guys, that is all I have for tonight. 504 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys as always. We are off tomorrow, 505 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: but we will be back on Saturday for Day one 506 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: of the NBA Playoffs, and I can't wait. I'll see 507 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: you guys in a couple of days.