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Speaker 1: Happy Thursday. Everybody, you've almost made it to the weekend.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep things really simple in terms of the

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Speaker 1: And on that note, let's talk some basketball, So nets Bucks,

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Speaker 1: down around the basket. All three of those possessions are

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Speaker 1: probably stops. Hey, this was an eight point game at halftime.

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Speaker 1: That's the difference between you being down one or up

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Speaker 1: by eight. Right, is a NASA red coming out and

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Speaker 1: knocking down shots. Um looking forward to the Lakers, So

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Speaker 1: shooting obviously was the big reason why they lost this

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Speaker 1: particular game. I think they I think they missed at

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Speaker 1: one point sixteen consecutive. The reason might even have been

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Speaker 1: more than that. Some of it's just ad luck. Like

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Speaker 1: three of their very best shooters, which is Patrick Beverley,

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Speaker 1: who's a good catching shoot three point shooter, Kendrick Nunn

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Speaker 1: who's a good catching shoot three point shooter, and Matt

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Speaker 1: Ryan is a good shooter. Those three guys went one

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Speaker 1: for fourteen from three. I'm pretty good looks. There are

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Speaker 1: a couple of tough ones in there, particularly from Pat Beverly,

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Speaker 1: that were more contested than usual, but most of the

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Speaker 1: shots that they got were pretty good looks, and they

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Speaker 1: went one for one for fourteen. So some of that's

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Speaker 1: just bad shooting, but a lot of it is the

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Speaker 1: fact that this is a Lakers team that's one of

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Speaker 1: the worst shooting teams in the league. Like Russ went

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Speaker 1: over two from three, I expect us to go over

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Speaker 1: two from three, and I expect that to happen a lot.

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Speaker 1: Lonnie Lonnie Walker went one for three from three. I

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Speaker 1: expect that to happen a lot. He's kind of right

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Speaker 1: around that range as a shooter. A d went over two,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna happen a lot of nights. Dennis Shooter went

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Speaker 1: over for one. That's gonna happen a lot of nights.

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Speaker 1: It's it's a legitimate weakness on the roster, and there

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Speaker 1: are going to be nights for the Lakers generate a

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Speaker 1: lot of quality three point shots and they just don't

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Speaker 1: knock them down because they're not a good shooting team.

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Speaker 1: That is the biggest need on this roster. And it

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Speaker 1: needs to be addressed. That and probably wing size, but

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Speaker 1: more more than anything, that shooting has to be addressed,

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Speaker 1: which brings me to Russ. And again, I'm gonna try

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Speaker 1: to be quick because I always try to be quick

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Speaker 1: with Russ. He didn't really look mentally present in this game.

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Speaker 1: He was disengaged from the beginning. There's a weird moment

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Speaker 1: where he skipped the pregame huddle. God knows what that

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Speaker 1: was about. Patrick Beverley at one point tried to start

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Speaker 1: a defensive huddle. They completely ignored him there. He made

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Speaker 1: several defensive mistakes. He had several silly turnovers. He's straight

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Speaker 1: up just stepped out of bounds in front of the

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Speaker 1: Lakers bench twice. He took a couple of quick above

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Speaker 1: the break threes, which above the break threes are literally

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Speaker 1: his lowest percentage shot right now. He's actually a decent

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Speaker 1: corner three point shooter, but he can't make anything above

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Speaker 1: the break. But he he just can't get out of

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Speaker 1: that like that, like that character trade, his basketball character

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Speaker 1: trade of wanting to be aggressive as a pull up

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Speaker 1: jump shooter even though we can't make them. So it

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Speaker 1: was just a really rough game from Russ, and so

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Speaker 1: then I just want to ask why, like, why are

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Speaker 1: you subjecting your team to this? Yeah, we're gonna already

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Speaker 1: record did the the The Redeem Team show that's gonna

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Speaker 1: air tomorrow, and I'm gonna talk a lot about the

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Speaker 1: concept of redundancy essentially, like you can't just quantify a

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Speaker 1: basketball lineup by total talent. You have to look at

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Speaker 1: the roles that a lineup has to fill on both

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Speaker 1: ends of the floor and whether or not the players

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Speaker 1: you have can cross those boxes. And right now, like

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Speaker 1: I I, Russ is just a redundancy on this roster.

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Speaker 1: They don't need the things that he does well, and

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Speaker 1: he really struggles with the things that they actually need

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Speaker 1: from him. And so with that redundancy, you've got this

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Speaker 1: player that's tying up a spot in your rotation, tying

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Speaker 1: up a bunch of minutes, and he's just not helping

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Speaker 1: you win. And and that's that's going to be a

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Speaker 1: problem as we get into this season. I think Russ

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Speaker 1: would be happier elsewhere. I think the Lakers would be better.

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Speaker 1: And if you combined him with picks, he can actually

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Speaker 1: fetch you a couple of pieces that fix your flaws.

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Speaker 1: Specifically shooting and wing size. And again, even if you're

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Speaker 1: waiting for a better deal because you think Victor women

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Speaker 1: Yama is gonna lead to taking and there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: something out there, then you've got to find something. It's

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Speaker 1: not either find find a small role for him or

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Speaker 1: something where at least he won't do much to damage

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Speaker 1: you in the meantime. To me, that's bring him off

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Speaker 1: the bench, let him play two three shifts a game,

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Speaker 1: you know, let let him just focus his energy on

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Speaker 1: the dirty work in those possessions. But just like keeping

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Speaker 1: him on the floor for thirty two minutes a night,

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Speaker 1: with all of the things that he does that can

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Speaker 1: hurt of basketball team, I think it's problematic. Um, the

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Speaker 1: Lakers defense was pretty solid in the half court. They

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Speaker 1: mainly got torched in transition just not running back on defense,

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Speaker 1: which is fixable. I'm sure Darvin Hamm is screaming at

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Speaker 1: them about that today. And then again, nas Reid is

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Speaker 1: like the type of guy that's gonna punish this Lakers

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Speaker 1: defensive scheme. Like we're gonna talk about it in a minute,

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Speaker 1: but this Lakers scheme is really geared towards devoting attention

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Speaker 1: to ball handlers and packing to paint, lots of strong

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Speaker 1: side help. So if Anthony Davis is gonna camp by

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Speaker 1: the rim and you're playing against a stretch big, he's

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Speaker 1: gonna kill you. And as read killed him in this game.

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Speaker 1: So this is the last time we're gonna talk about

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Speaker 1: the Lakers before the regular season starts on Tuesday. So

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Speaker 1: I just wanted to kind of like enco absolute what

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Speaker 1: I've seen from them so far. I think Darvin Ham

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Speaker 1: has done a really nice job getting the Stars to

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Speaker 1: buy back into the defensive end, particularly Lebron. I thought

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Speaker 1: he had was rough in the first preseason game that

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Speaker 1: but then he's been better since. He's also established a

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Speaker 1: scheme that's worked for them. This is not going to

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Speaker 1: be a great, uh you know, perimeter defense team that

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Speaker 1: can do some switching and guard isolation. This is a

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Speaker 1: team that's going to need to devote extra attention to

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Speaker 1: the ball handler and extra attention to the paint. And

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Speaker 1: that's what they've done at the expense of giving away

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Speaker 1: wide open three point shots. But what they can do

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Speaker 1: in that case is they can take away the easy

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Speaker 1: shots at the rim that get guys going, and by

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Speaker 1: pressuring ball handlers and offering lots of help at ball handlers.

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Speaker 1: They have a good chance to get the other team's

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Speaker 1: stars to have bad nights and just make them feel

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Speaker 1: less than confident, less than comfortable on the basketball court.

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Speaker 1: That will go a long way towards helping you, even

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Speaker 1: if role players are sticking threes on the week side. Again,

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Speaker 1: in order for them to be a top five defense,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna take a lot from Lebron James and Anthony

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Speaker 1: Davis on the back line, and a lot of health

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Speaker 1: and a lot of Atrick Beverly, a lot of Dennis Schroeder,

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Speaker 1: maybe even a trade in there for them to get

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Speaker 1: to that point. It is on the table though, with

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Speaker 1: how well they'll defend the three point or excuse me,

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Speaker 1: how well they'll defend the ball handler and the paint um.

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Speaker 1: Lebron and Anthony Davis both look completely outstanding. I think

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Speaker 1: this is the best they've both looked since the bubble.

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Speaker 1: Lebron more or less looks like Lebron. Anthony Davis hasn't

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Speaker 1: been himself at all one or the year BEFO, so

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Speaker 1: this is the best I've seen him look since the bubble.

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Speaker 1: So that's a lot to get exciting about. But the

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Speaker 1: problem is is this team is two solid role players

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Speaker 1: away from being a legitimate title contender. So it's so

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Speaker 1: much of the Lakers season comes down to can they

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Speaker 1: find a legitimate rush trade, get it done, and get

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Speaker 1: it done in time for them to build some continuity

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Speaker 1: and figure out how to win with that particular group.

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Speaker 1: But overall, if you're a Lakers fan, if you had

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Speaker 1: a range of potential outcomes this preseason, this is about

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Speaker 1: as good as you could have expected to this point.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, that's all I have for today. As always,

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Speaker 1: I sincerely appreciate your support. Remember tomorrow we have the

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Speaker 1: Redeemed Team episode coming out, and then I'll see you

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Speaker 1: guys on Monday for our final season preview. The volume