WEBVTT - How Would Jerry West Utilize LeBron James

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<v Speaker 2>So this question was out of left field, no segue,

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<v Speaker 2>there was no connection to him or the Clippers or anything.

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<v Speaker 2>I just wanted to know it. How do you build

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<v Speaker 2>a roster around Lebron James? If it's you, Jerry West,

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<v Speaker 2>and all you have is Lebron, what do you do?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you best set him up for success? How

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<v Speaker 2>do you build around him in a way that makes

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<v Speaker 2>your team more likely to win a championship but also

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<v Speaker 2>accentuates what makes Lebron's so great? Pretty simple? Awesome stuff

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<v Speaker 2>from Jerry. I'm curious about Lebron and him as a

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<v Speaker 2>style of player, obviously dominant.

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<v Speaker 3>That's been said.

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<v Speaker 4>But if you have Lebron on your team and no

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<v Speaker 4>one else, what do you think is the best way

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<v Speaker 4>to build a roster around someone like him or him specifically.

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<v Speaker 5>Again, yeah, if you look at him, if it makes

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<v Speaker 5>him to even more, he's already missed his game to

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<v Speaker 5>call them he's one of the smartest players have never

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<v Speaker 5>player in that game.

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<v Speaker 3>I think he's better with an open court. I would

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<v Speaker 3>try to have a team that shooting. If you run,

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<v Speaker 3>people can run, and that's flames that you play. It's

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<v Speaker 3>he can attack and.

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<v Speaker 5>Rail and he's going to pick out people.

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<v Speaker 3>On the run. That's beams really dominant.

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<v Speaker 5>And sometimes when you get involved down in a half foot,

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<v Speaker 5>if you have another player playing with him and you know,

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<v Speaker 5>let's say you're because he's so worthily.

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<v Speaker 3>The movie on other players.

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<v Speaker 5>You're playing up front when you win, I think that's

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<v Speaker 5>coach him a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>You think you would be better in the block?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh no, no, yes, right now, heats fates and say

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<v Speaker 5>because the size and he passes ability.

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<v Speaker 3>He's one of the three greatest players in the player.

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<v Speaker 3>He's gonna have frontal figures.

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<v Speaker 5>He's gonna break every record in this layer and he's

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<v Speaker 5>someone that greatly.

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<v Speaker 3>Am pachure I do. Uh, it's hard to do what

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<v Speaker 3>he's done. But he cares about the winning, cares about winning.

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<v Speaker 5>Who's rhythm to take care of himself when you ever

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<v Speaker 5>hear anything bad about him?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, him is a constant.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's guys not necessarily point guards because he plays that,

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<v Speaker 2>but combo guards that can shoot the three and also.

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<v Speaker 4>Handle and pass and kind of kind.

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<v Speaker 2>Of that's that long, versatile defender that you guys like

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<v Speaker 2>that the Toronto likes somebody challenge.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's a challenge because the problem is with the

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<v Speaker 5>team of him, they're usually.

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<v Speaker 3>Drafting very low.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, right, they don't get in an area that they

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<v Speaker 5>can find on him players.

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<v Speaker 3>If it doesn't have to be in the top ten.

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<v Speaker 5>There can be little bit later than the half or

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<v Speaker 5>any second round they might find a player like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh and hopefully that will that will happen because it's

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<v Speaker 3>just a dif roy there. Yeah, it's interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Rosters with him on it look different than other rosters

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<v Speaker 2>that people construct just because of all the unique things

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<v Speaker 2>that he can do.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, you put you know, you put him with players

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<v Speaker 5>that are where he didn't Every night just has it,

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<v Speaker 5>doesn't have it a scoring row.

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<v Speaker 3>He knows a lot better than well. And people don't

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<v Speaker 3>realize how wearing and how dependent the people that come

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<v Speaker 3>and go. They just take him granted. And so he

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<v Speaker 3>does it every night and he's you need but some

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<v Speaker 3>might some heights. How hard you try to screw it

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<v Speaker 3>some nights you just can't. You can't make the shots

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<v Speaker 3>if you normally make. And he's only been to score

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<v Speaker 3>because he's gonna dwell files and get into three fo mine.

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<v Speaker 5>But he's a player that he really breted me and

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<v Speaker 5>he's been brilliant and.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, Christi, he's had he's had to say, he's

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<v Speaker 3>been breaking all the records.

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<v Speaker 5>He's been there for a number of Yeargan, that's amazing

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<v Speaker 5>tribut if to notts played, but.

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<v Speaker 3>You're doing willing.

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<v Speaker 2>The thing about this clip that was so interesting, not

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<v Speaker 2>only in the fact that the Clippers weakness was passing

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<v Speaker 2>last year and that was the admission, is that when

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<v Speaker 2>describing John Wall, Jerry says that John Wall is a

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<v Speaker 2>great guy, but his reputation around those who cover the

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<v Speaker 2>league is not that he has been known to be

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<v Speaker 2>someone that pundits take shots at for being too self

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<v Speaker 2>focused or who knows. So I wanted to get at

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<v Speaker 2>why John Wall was such a polarizing figure. And another

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<v Speaker 2>thing that came out of this process though, was a

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<v Speaker 2>little nugget and what the Clippers vetting process was like

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<v Speaker 2>in acquiring a player like john and how he also

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<v Speaker 2>thinks the Clippers are the deepest team in the league

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<v Speaker 2>and he wouldn't trade it for anybody else. John Wall

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<v Speaker 2>one of the biggest I would say pickups, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most interesting pickups that took forever in the day

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<v Speaker 2>to actually come to fruition. A lot of people, I

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<v Speaker 2>think thought that deal would get done or that move

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<v Speaker 2>would get made last year.

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<v Speaker 4>What does he bring to the team, Well, he.

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<v Speaker 5>Fans another guy that looked like to play basketball. He

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<v Speaker 5>can get into the lane you find our three point shooters.

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<v Speaker 3>It's called the weakness in our team last year.

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<v Speaker 5>Passing he would give us in that grade and being

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<v Speaker 5>able to attack with the basket.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's a good guy.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, he loves to play and we're just hoping that

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<v Speaker 5>he can stay healthy.

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<v Speaker 3>Watching him work out, he looked fantastic. Great Jay he's.

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<v Speaker 5>Bringing who's been looking out out a year. That would

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<v Speaker 5>be a pretty good vacation to make that.

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<v Speaker 3>Kind of money and not get a chance to play.

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<v Speaker 3>I would have liked it much. It would have been

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<v Speaker 3>probably forty four thousand.

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<v Speaker 2>You mentioned great guy, and he's a polarizing figure too.

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<v Speaker 2>There's been people who have said things about him and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that they necessarily know him. Well, why

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<v Speaker 2>do you think there's this, like, I don't know, disparity

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of the opinion on him as a as

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<v Speaker 2>a guy.

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<v Speaker 5>You know what, I don't see it any people the

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<v Speaker 5>same thing and what you got and maybe not been

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<v Speaker 5>clear the rumor from.

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<v Speaker 3>An unknown silists we see all the found it. I

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<v Speaker 3>always they would identify the Solson. Sometimes it just has not.

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<v Speaker 3>That's not who he is. Who we've seen that Slayers

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<v Speaker 3>really like him. A lot of our players know him.

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<v Speaker 5>And so with a player comes somewhere, you know, you

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<v Speaker 5>re checked the players and protect he wanted to know

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<v Speaker 5>him and h.

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<v Speaker 6>While we've heard of the good things and all I

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<v Speaker 6>can go and say, just what your I see that

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<v Speaker 6>that moment is how you know know about and who's

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<v Speaker 6>just and then you're really good.

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<v Speaker 3>For us right now. So it's not the start of

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<v Speaker 3>the season. We will we will see one twenty games

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<v Speaker 3>starts because this is a powerful thing. The flipper is

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<v Speaker 3>a powerful thing. The note from one to threent thing.

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<v Speaker 5>I did not play just it's the team for anything

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<v Speaker 5>that they That doesn't mean we're the best team, but

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<v Speaker 5>I would not play for anything.

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<v Speaker 2>You think they're the deepest team.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why I say one three third thing, Ye, yes, yeah,