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Speaker 1: We're hitting two games from last night, the Kings and

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Speaker 1: winner in that matchup, this time from Klay Thompson. The

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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk some basketball. So no darreon Fox

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Speaker 1: And this has been an issue for the Warriors throughout

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Speaker 1: actually saw the Wolves last year give the Nuggets some

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Speaker 1: trouble without Jaden McDaniels, who had broken his hand in

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Speaker 1: that Lakers game, and without nasried As that backup center

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Speaker 1: option to throw at Jokich, and so like this is

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Speaker 1: as of right now, I would say that they're probably

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Speaker 1: the most well equipped physically to handle the Nuggets offense

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Speaker 1: because of Jaden McDaniels being the best perimeter defender in

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Speaker 1: the NBA, having two big bodied centers that they can

437
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Speaker 1: put on Jokic to keep him from bullying his way

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Speaker 1: to the rim, and having that legitimate backside defensive weapon

439
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,879
Speaker 1: in Ruby Gobert playing that back line causing problems in

440
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Speaker 1: their ability to get down the floor in transition on

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Speaker 1: the Nuggets front, really poor offensive approach early on. I

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Speaker 1: thought Jamal Murray in particular seemed intent on demonstrating that

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Speaker 1: he could score on Jaden McDaniels, and so he took

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Speaker 1: a lot of really tough jump shots over really good

445
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Speaker 1: contests by Jada McDaniels, and almost all of them came

446
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Speaker 1: up short on the rim. They turned the ball over

447
00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:08,920
Speaker 1: way too much. They had eleven turnovers in the first

448
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Speaker 1: half that led to twenty points for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

449
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Speaker 1: And then they just dug themselves into too big of

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Speaker 1: a hole. And then from there, like not enough of

451
00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,480
Speaker 1: their guys played well to try to dig it to

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Speaker 1: dig out of it. Non Jokic starters were eleven for

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Speaker 1: thirty four from the field and had six turnovers. So again, like,

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Speaker 1: I think they're capable of playing a lot better than

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Speaker 1: they did, But credit to the Timberwolves. Like, that's what

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Speaker 1: the Timberwolves are supposed to look like. They're supposed to

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Speaker 1: be just an unbelievably good defensive team. That's why I've

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Speaker 1: been so excited about them. That's why I believed they

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Speaker 1: could be a great regular season team this year. They

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Speaker 1: did not bring that regular season defensive intensity to start.

461
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Speaker 1: Jada McDaniels missed the first couple games as well. Now

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Speaker 1: that he's back, hopefully they can recapture that identity and

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Speaker 1: maintain that throughout the season. The Nuggets ran into their

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Speaker 1: first buzz saw. I think the Nuggets are the best

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Speaker 1: team in the league. But what did I say at

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Speaker 1: the beginning of the year. I said, right now, they're

467
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Speaker 1: way ahead of everybody because they know exactly who they are.

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Speaker 1: Everyone else is kind of figuring things out, right. I

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Speaker 1: still think when we get to the end of this road,

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Speaker 1: the Nuggets are gonna be the best team in the league,

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Speaker 1: but only by a small amount. And what that means

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Speaker 1: is is that I don't think they're gonna run rip

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Speaker 1: off sixty sixty five wins. I think they're gonna rip

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Speaker 1: off fifty three to fifty five wins, right, and which

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Speaker 1: is in the Western Conference. That's amazing, right, And I

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Speaker 1: think they're probably gonna get the one seed. But I mean, like,

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Speaker 1: they're not gonna beat everybody. And this was a good

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Speaker 1: example of the type of talent that you run into

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Speaker 1: in a night in, night out basis in the NBA,

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Speaker 1: and when they play like they're capable of playing, you

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Speaker 1: can lose to anybody in the NBA. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be a consistent theme throughout the season. All right,

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Speaker 1: before we get out of here, we are going to

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Speaker 1: do a deep dive on the Boston Celtics. So they

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Speaker 1: had a fifty one point win over the Indiana Pacers yesterday.

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Speaker 1: As of now for the season, they are first in

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Speaker 1: offensive ratings, scoring, and astonishing one hundred and twenty five

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Speaker 1: points per one hundred possesions. I'm gonna give you guys

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Speaker 1: a shit ton of numbers here in the next ten minutes,

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Speaker 1: and my goal here is just to help you guys

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Speaker 1: understand and statistically how good the Celtics have been, not

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Speaker 1: just within the concept of this particular season and their peers,

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Speaker 1: but even in the all time sense. This is this

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Speaker 1: team is dominating at a crazy level right now. They

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Speaker 1: are seventh in defensive rating, allowing just one hundred and

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Speaker 1: five points per one hundred possessions, and they are first

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Speaker 1: in net rating. They're outscoring teams by twenty points per

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Speaker 1: one hundred possessions twenty point one points, to be exact.

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Speaker 1: So let's talk about both ends of the four. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna start on the offensive end, and for me, everything

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Speaker 1: with the Celtics team starts with getting out in transition

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Speaker 1: off of stops and turnovers. This is why I've been

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Speaker 1: such a big proponent of them getting back to their

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Speaker 1: defensive identity. From the twenty twenty two season, like that's

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Speaker 1: when they're at their best. This team, excuse me, well,

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Speaker 1: they get to great late playoff scenarios. They're not gonna

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Speaker 1: be as good of a half court offense as some

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Speaker 1: of the other teams in the league. So they need

509
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Speaker 1: to have part of their identity being the best defense

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Speaker 1: in the league trying to get out and transition as

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Speaker 1: much as possible. They had thirty six and transition against

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Speaker 1: the Pacers. For the season, they are averaging twenty eight

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Speaker 1: points in transition per game, which is the third most

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Speaker 1: in the league. The Hawks are at number one. That

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Speaker 1: was the team that I begged to run more in

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Speaker 1: transition over the summer and they have been doing so,

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Speaker 1: and then the Thunder at number two. But the Celtics

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Speaker 1: are scoring one point two to three points per transition

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Speaker 1: play as well, so they're third in the league and

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Speaker 1: transition points per game and sixth in transition efficiency. It's

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Speaker 1: a huge part of their offensive success right now. They're

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Speaker 1: running the rim. They're run into the corners as shooters,

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Speaker 1: and then they have trailing three point shooters, and so

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Speaker 1: they just put their heads down and try to get

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Speaker 1: to the rim if they can and then they make

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Speaker 1: really good reads out of that for wide open threes.

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Speaker 1: And then they've been a devastating matchup attacking team. They're

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Speaker 1: scoring twenty six points per game in ISOs and post

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Speaker 1: ups including passes. Thirteen points per game in ISO, that's

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Speaker 1: the fifth most in the league. One point one to

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Speaker 1: three points per possession, sixth best in the league in

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Speaker 1: terms of efficiency. Thirteen point per game out of the post,

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Speaker 1: that's the second most in the league, only to the Nuggets.

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Speaker 1: One point two to one points per possession, which is

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Speaker 1: the fourth most efficient. So they've been really good beating

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Speaker 1: individual matchups in the posts and in ISO, and then

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Speaker 1: they've been really really efficient in pick and roll thirty

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Speaker 1: two points per game and pick and roll that's the

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Speaker 1: fourteenth most, so not a heavy volume, but one point

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Speaker 1: zero six points per posession. That's the fifth highest mark

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Speaker 1: for efficiency in pick and roll this season. Porzingis and

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Speaker 1: Horford as ball screeners, that's adding this other pick and

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Speaker 1: pop element to a higher level than they've had in

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Speaker 1: the past. They're scoring nine points per game out of

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Speaker 1: the role or pop that's the eighth most in the league.

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Speaker 1: One point twenty six points per rollman possession which is

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Speaker 1: the eighth most efficient. Credit to porzingis here, he's been

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Speaker 1: one of the best role men in the league one

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Speaker 1: point one point five points per rollman possession. Think about

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Speaker 1: how I'm saying that is it's good for a point

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Speaker 1: and a half every time they pass him the ball

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Speaker 1: in the roll, shooting seventy five percent in effective field

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Speaker 1: goal percentage, thanks the large part to those picking pop threes.

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Speaker 1: He has scored twenty one points out of the role

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Speaker 1: so far of the season. That's fifth most in the

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Speaker 1: league for a ball screener, behind Shangun Vucevich, Nikole jokicch

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Speaker 1: and Joel Embiid. As a team, the Celtics are shooting

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Speaker 1: forty percent from three over forty percent. That's the fifth

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Speaker 1: highest mark in the league. They're making seventeen to threes

560
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Speaker 1: per one hundred possessions, that's the second most in the league.

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Speaker 1: They are just good at absolutely everything. They're even eighth

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Speaker 1: in the league in offensive rebounds per one hundred possessions.

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Speaker 1: I can't find opportunity there. They're just good at everything.

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Speaker 1: They shoot the ball well, they attack the rim, well,

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Speaker 1: they attack out of the post, well, they attack isolation

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Speaker 1: matchups well, they score and pick and roll well, they

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Speaker 1: run in transition really well. They kill you on the

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Speaker 1: offensive glass. They are good at everything, and it all

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Speaker 1: starts with Jason Tatum at the forefront. If you guys,

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Speaker 1: remember I said before the season, Tatum can win MVP,

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Speaker 1: but he needs to have this crazy statistical season and

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Speaker 1: the Celtics have to win just a shit ton of

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Speaker 1: games because everything's going to be graded on a curve,

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Speaker 1: and Tatum's curves. He has the most talented supporting cast

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Speaker 1: in the league right well, so far in the four

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Speaker 1: to ZH start, he's averaging thirty points, nine rebounds, and

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Speaker 1: four assists, sixty seven percent through shooting, and I want

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00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,440
Speaker 1: to credit three specific things here so far that are

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Speaker 1: monumentally improved over last year. First of all, he's making

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Speaker 1: his pull up jump shot. He's converting them at fifty

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Speaker 1: six percent in effective field goal percentage. He was at

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Speaker 1: forty percent last year, very bad pull up shooting season

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Speaker 1: last season. He's finishing at the rim better than ever.

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Speaker 1: He's shooting seventy five percent at the rim this year

585
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Speaker 1: compared to sixty five percent last year. And he's added

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Speaker 1: a reliable post game. Last year, he generated just two

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Speaker 1: points per game. Out of the post including passes two

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Speaker 1: points per game. This year he's at five point three.

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Speaker 1: And on those possessions, he's got an efficiency of one

590
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Speaker 1: point twenty four points per possession including passes. So more

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Speaker 1: than twice as impactful as a post player this year

592
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Speaker 1: than he was in last season. And he's been the

593
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Speaker 1: eighth most efficient post up player in the league so

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Speaker 1: far to run at least ten post ups. So Jason Tatum,

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Speaker 1: for all intents and purposes, is playing like an MVP,

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Speaker 1: and even within the context of this talented roster. And

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Speaker 1: again like this, there's a very specific reason why that

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Speaker 1: efficiency matters. He averaged thirty points per game last year.

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Speaker 1: This year he's averaging thirty points per game on significantly

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Speaker 1: lower usage. This is his lowest usage rate in three years.

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Speaker 1: It's at thirty point six. That's pretty standard for a star.

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Speaker 1: Last year he's thirty two point seven. The year before

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Speaker 1: that thirty two point one. Why does that matter? This

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Speaker 1: is a large group of players that all need touches.

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Speaker 1: You're fitting in porzingis as a much more aggressive offensive

606
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: option like you've already seen Jalen Brown, for instance, He's

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00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,480
Speaker 1: taken a little bit of a hit in terms of

608
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Speaker 1: like his offensive aggression, He's down to twenty three points

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Speaker 1: per game after averaging twenty seven last year. He's having

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Speaker 1: to do a lot more work as a slasher and

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Speaker 1: as a spot up player, which has helped, Like Jalen

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Speaker 1: Brown's having one of his best spot up seasons ever

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Speaker 1: one point one five points per pose, just because he's

614
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Speaker 1: driving closeouts a lot. He's you know, he's contributing with

615
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 1: pull up three point shooting, particularly in transition. He's six

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Speaker 1: for eleven un pull up three so far. But he's

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Speaker 1: taking some sacrifice in terms of offensive touches. Well, so

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Speaker 1: is Jason Tatum. He's just so damn efficient that he's

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Speaker 1: still averaging thirty points per game, just like he did

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Speaker 1: last year, which was his career high. And so I think,

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Speaker 1: I think, like it's hard to it's hard to overstate

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Speaker 1: how good Jason Tatum's been and how easy it's made

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Speaker 1: things for the Celtics offensively, especially with like again, Porzingis

624
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Speaker 1: is averaging nineteen points per game. You got to fit

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Speaker 1: that into the whole mix of things at a certain point. Now,

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Speaker 1: one thing offensively is the bench guys haven't been shooting

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Speaker 1: super super well, right, Like Peyton Pritchard hasn't shot as

628
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,760
Speaker 1: well as he did in preseason Al Horford has struggled

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Speaker 1: with his transition to the bench, but it hasn't mattered

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Speaker 1: because the starters have been that good the holiday Derek White,

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum, chrisops porzingis lineup so far seventy

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Speaker 1: two minutes, one hundred and twenty six offensive rating, eighty

633
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Speaker 1: nine defensive rating. That's like unbelievably good, outscoring opponents by

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00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 1: thirty seven points per one hundred possessions. That is the

635
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Speaker 1: very best five man lineup in the NBA to play

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Speaker 1: at least fifty five minutes so far this year. Just

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Speaker 1: they're just kicking everyone's ass. And that's why I feel

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00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: pretty strongly that at least within the regular season context,

639
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,400
Speaker 1: they're going to run away in the standings. And again,

640
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Speaker 1: that defense element, that's the part that I want to emphasize.

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Speaker 1: Here's that eighty nine defensive rating. That's the type of

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Speaker 1: number that has me feeling like this group is closer

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Speaker 1: to that twenty twenty two group in terms of their

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Speaker 1: defensive identity. You could see it on the screen. Tatum

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Speaker 1: and Brown in particular, are playing a much better defense

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Speaker 1: than they did last year as a team. Here's some

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Speaker 1: defensive stats for you guys. Seventh in defensive rating, third

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Speaker 1: and a half court defense, according to Cleaning the Glass,

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Speaker 1: allowing just eighty six point two points per one hundred possessions.

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Speaker 1: They've been the very best rebounding team in the league,

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Speaker 1: grabbing fifty five point four percent of available rebounds. They

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Speaker 1: are the third best paint defense, allowing just forty three

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Speaker 1: point seven points per one hundred possessions. In the paint,

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Speaker 1: they're allowing the ninth fewest fast break points per one

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Speaker 1: hundred possessions. The two big areas of opportunity on their

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Speaker 1: defense right now is the three point line. They're allowing

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Speaker 1: twelve point three made threes per one hundred possessions. That's

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Speaker 1: the seventeenth most in the league, or seventeenth least in

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Speaker 1: the league, i should say. And they could also stand

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Speaker 1: to force a lot more turnovers given the amount of

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Speaker 1: the athleticism they have. They're forcing just eleven point five

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Speaker 1: turnovers per one hundred possessions, which is the third worst

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Speaker 1: mark in the league. Again with the transition offense that

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Speaker 1: they already have, supplementing that by forcing more turnovers that

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Speaker 1: could go a long way as well. I think they're

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Speaker 1: capable of being even more disruptive than they have been.

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Speaker 1: But they're hitting several key markers that make me feel

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Speaker 1: a lot better about this team than last year's team.

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Speaker 1: The defense, with at least with the starters, the defense

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Speaker 1: looks more like it did two years ago. Jason Tatum

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Speaker 1: looks like he's made strides as a half court shot creator,

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Speaker 1: improved pull up jump shooting, and a much more dynamic

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Speaker 1: post up attack. And then drewp Holiday and chrisops Sporzingis

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Speaker 1: have been seamless fits on both ends of the floor.

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Speaker 1: This team again, like the same question will be there

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Speaker 1: in terms of their half court execution when we get

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Speaker 1: down the line. The better their defense is, the more

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Speaker 1: margin for error they'll have in that area. But I

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Speaker 1: feel pretty good about my preseason prediction that the Celtics

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Speaker 1: are gonna run away with the regular season. I think

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Speaker 1: they're gonna win the standings by at least five games.

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Speaker 1: I think they're going to be able to comfortably get

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Speaker 1: away with the number one overall seed, and I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see them play some tougher matchups down

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Speaker 1: the line, but they've passed with flying colors so far

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Speaker 1: here early in the season. All right, guys, that is

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Speaker 1: all I have for today. We're gonna be back tomorrow

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Speaker 1: covering some Thursday night games as well as a deep

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Speaker 1: dive on the Milwaukee Bucks, maybe another team as well.

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Speaker 1: We'll see how things go with time, but as always,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys, and I will see that the

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Speaker 1: volume