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Speaker 2: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 1: What is up Straight firefam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight

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Speaker 1: Fire for Tuesday, May sixteenth. It was a bizarre night

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Speaker 1: in sports where there was no NBA. I did not

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Speaker 1: have to watch any basketball. I did watch Aaron Judge

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Speaker 1: Go Deep, I did not watch hockey, and I finally

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Speaker 1: dug into Ted Lasso. I'm way behind on the season,

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Speaker 1: you know, Listen, it's tough during NFL NBA to really

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Speaker 1: watch these shows on streaming. It's just tough. And now

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Speaker 1: starting tonight with Lakers Nuggets, I think we go two

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Speaker 1: straight weeks with NBA every night and obviously, like I'm

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Speaker 1: into the games, do you guys know that probably, I

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Speaker 1: mean there's a chance of Celtics quoted three nothing on

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Speaker 1: fans that there's a chance, small chance that I will

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Speaker 1: as we get down final four in the NBA. We

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Speaker 1: have tonight the NBA Draft lottery. Somebody's gonna win the

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Speaker 1: Victor Wembiniama sweepstakes. I will give you shortly the leaders

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Speaker 1: in the clubhouse for the French superstar who I think

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Speaker 1: just insane. We have a great guest today, I've had

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Speaker 1: him on before, Jovon Buja covers the Lakers for the Athletic.

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Speaker 1: He's in Denver. We break down all the nerdy, nitty

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Speaker 1: gritty matchups, which guard may be left out of the

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Speaker 1: Lakers rotation. You know Lonnie Walker's cracked it now. You

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Speaker 1: know he's out there on the wing. What are they

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Speaker 1: gonna do is bigs against Yokis where we see Lebron

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Speaker 1: Ruey Hajimor. It's good stuff and he has a good,

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Speaker 1: interesting X factor for the series. Potential gambling winnings could

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Speaker 1: be had based on what Jovann has to say. But

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Speaker 1: before we get to that, I just will do two

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Speaker 1: things and I'll give my pick at the end of

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Speaker 1: the podcast. Number one, so the ringer had a big story.

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Speaker 1: That's a Bill Simmons website. Had a big story on

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Speaker 1: the Warriors foundation cracking after Draymond Green punched out Jordan

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Speaker 1: Poole and things were never patched up. And this writer,

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Speaker 1: I guess, got as close to Jordan Pool as possible

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Speaker 1: and said, even though after the punch at the beginning

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Speaker 1: It wasn't like they made up and became friends. And

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Speaker 1: of course not you got sucker punched in practice, and

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Speaker 1: yes it was a sucker punch. And so this writer

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Speaker 1: asked Jordan Poole about the divide between the team. Remember

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Speaker 1: there's some young guys that COAMINGA Wiseman was there at

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Speaker 1: they were ready, and the Warriors determined they were not,

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Speaker 1: led by Draymond Green, and Pool's response on relationships being

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Speaker 1: than that we was just on the court and teammates.

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Speaker 1: We was out there trying to win games. It's just

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Speaker 1: been business. It's been basketball, and that's like what it is.

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Speaker 1: They're not hanging You expect these guys to hang out afterward.

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Speaker 1: Tell me the last guy that punched you in the face,

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Speaker 1: with after that, Like, think about it. I've never experienced

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Speaker 1: that in my life. Now, listen, friends scrapping in high school. Fine,

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Speaker 1: and then the video goes out, But listen, regardless of

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Speaker 1: what happened this season for the Warriors, that was gonna

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Speaker 1: be brought up like the punch. Can it be repaired?

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Speaker 1: What do they have to do in the offseason to

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Speaker 1: got essentially two months to go, a little less than

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Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of haggling. Because Cary got paid,

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Speaker 1: Well that that's what they call coaches, but essentially without

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Speaker 1: this team, and it's not as easy as trade Jordan Poole.

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Speaker 1: It does not work like that, guys. You know that.

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Speaker 1: So in the NBA salaries have to come kind of

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Speaker 1: It's like six percent or the ESPN trade machine has it.

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Speaker 1: It's definitely not that easy. First of all, everyone around

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Speaker 1: Jordan Poole's stock is way down. Why am I going

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Speaker 1: Hard choice is easy life. Easy choice is hard life.

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Speaker 1: And it's easy for me to say, is an armchair GM,

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Speaker 1: really you think he's gonna help or hurt Kate Cunningham's growth.

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Speaker 1: I mean, in essence, Jordan Poole is kind of like

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Speaker 1: If you tell me Kay Thompson is on the market,

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Speaker 1: heck yeah, we'll take culture. Check. Winning, attitude check, great

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Speaker 1: have him as a culture guy helping young dudes learn

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Speaker 1: a guy like Klay Thompson. I'm sure the Clippers would

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Speaker 1: want to see Clay in the playoffs. And these tough decisions.

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Speaker 1: I mean, listen, man, Draymond Green has a ton of value. However,

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Speaker 1: think most people will land all Jay, you just trade

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Speaker 1: Jordan Poole. You get whatever you can you get off

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Speaker 1: And it's a good defender. But you're ripping apart your

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Speaker 1: Without further ado, let's get to our guests, the athletics.

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Speaker 1: Jovann Buja.

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Speaker 2: You know a guy Jason likes to think he knows

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Speaker 2: everything when it comes to sports.

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Speaker 1: I know what sports fans want.

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Speaker 2: But for everything he doesn't. He knows a guy who does.

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Speaker 3: Let's just say I know a guy who knows the

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Speaker 1: Let's welcome into straight Fire. A guy. He's been on

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Speaker 1: the podcast before it covers the Lakers. He has had

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Speaker 3: I'm doing well, man, Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you are now in Denver for the Western Conference Finals.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna imagine that when the Lakers are two and ten,

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Speaker 3: I was not. I was not as recently as the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it feels like and I don't want to try

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Speaker 1: the three big headed that then the three big stars

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Speaker 1: that used to be in vogue. Would you agree with

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Speaker 3: Are Yeah, No, I totally agree with you. I think

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so weird. I mean, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: This is insane Because you said that Beasley's making sixteen million.

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Speaker 1: It's crazy. Austin Reeves one point five million, Dennis Shooter

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Speaker 3: Six that Austin's going to go up a lot more.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll get to all that. But

427
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Speaker 1: so one of the big changes, and I was banging

428
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,200
Speaker 1: on Darvin Ham. I didn't like the rotations when he

429
00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 1: was playing Troy Brown heavy minutes in the play in

430
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,520
Speaker 1: the regular season, and he makes a couple of good

431
00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,280
Speaker 1: moves in the series against Golden State, specifically shrewder two

432
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:59,560
Speaker 1: point guard or shooter to the starting lineup and putting

433
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Speaker 1: Vanderbilt out. I am curious do you think he goes

434
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,200
Speaker 1: back to that to start against Denver? And if not, like,

435
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,640
Speaker 1: where does Vanderbilt fit in? Yeah?

436
00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,920
Speaker 3: From what I've been told that they're still debating whether

437
00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,680
Speaker 3: they want to go back to Vanderbilt or not. Kind

438
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,880
Speaker 3: of the pros and cons. I think the pros are,

439
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,800
Speaker 3: you know, defensively, I think he makes a lot of

440
00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,240
Speaker 3: sense against either an Aaron Gordon or Michael Porter Junior.

441
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,200
Speaker 3: And if you start with a Dennis, I mean just

442
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:31,639
Speaker 3: looking at Denver's frontline, you know, Jokich is six ' eleven,

443
00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,200
Speaker 3: Aaron Gordon's six ' nine, Michael Porter Junior six ten. Like,

444
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,760
Speaker 3: if you're going with three guards in Austin, Dilo, and Dennis,

445
00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,000
Speaker 3: that is a tiny lineup that you're throwing out there.

446
00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,480
Speaker 3: One of those guys has to guard MPG. I suspect

447
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,680
Speaker 3: Lebron will be on Aaron Gordon, Ad will be on Jokic,

448
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,200
Speaker 3: and then which one of those guys is guarding MPG?

449
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,520
Speaker 3: And maybe you want Denver. It's almost like a tactic

450
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,440
Speaker 3: to get Denver to run more of their offense through

451
00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:01,440
Speaker 3: him versus Jamal Murray or Nikolay. But I don't really

452
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,119
Speaker 3: love the thought of Austin Reeves giving up five or

453
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,879
Speaker 3: six inches against the Michael Porter Junior and kind of

454
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,119
Speaker 3: the ways that Denver can exploit that matchup. So I

455
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,119
Speaker 3: do think either Ruy Hachimora or Jared Vanderbilt plays a

456
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 3: big role in this series defensively against Gordon and MPJ.

457
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 1: So wait, wait, hold on, hold on, hold on. You're

458
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,960
Speaker 1: saying you can see a d Lebron and Ruey on

459
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:24,800
Speaker 1: the floor at the same time.

460
00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they've done that before that, it's not

461
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,920
Speaker 3: something that they've done as much recently that they have

462
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:33,920
Speaker 3: tried to, you know, have more spacing and shooting out there.

463
00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,520
Speaker 3: I think Rui's actually, you know, I have a preview

464
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,680
Speaker 3: going up tomorrow. He's gonna be my X factor for

465
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 3: the Lakers, just because he's actually defended well in the

466
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 3: post against bigger guys Karl Anthony Towns during the regular season,

467
00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,440
Speaker 3: in the playing game Jared Jackson Junior in that first

468
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,400
Speaker 3: round series. So I think the Lakers are actually gonna

469
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 3: put Ruey on Jokic at times and have Ad as

470
00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,240
Speaker 3: that roamer that helped defender, kind of simil or to

471
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 3: the way Memphis played a D where they would often

472
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 3: put Xavier Tillman or a smaller guy on AD and

473
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 3: then have Jared Jackson Junior roaming the paint to try

474
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 3: and block shots altar shots because it's usually easier to

475
00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,720
Speaker 3: block shots as a help defender rather than on the ball.

476
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,359
Speaker 3: So I think what we'll see some of that really

477
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 3: kind of trying to body Jokic. It's a big body,

478
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,120
Speaker 3: you know, we'll see if that works. Maybe Tristan Thompson

479
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:31,080
Speaker 3: gets gets I'm serious, like, you're gonna probably you're probably

480
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,480
Speaker 3: gonna need another big and ideally it's Mobamba. But he's

481
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:35,480
Speaker 3: doubtful for Game one.

482
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:37,680
Speaker 1: Was his injury. He hasn't played forever.

483
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,440
Speaker 3: He's had an ankle injury that that he's been dealing

484
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,679
Speaker 3: with for for for several weeks now, so he had

485
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 3: he decided to get a p RP injection. The Lakers

486
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,040
Speaker 3: announced he's back in LA will be joining the team tomorrow,

487
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 3: but doubtful for Game one. We'll see if he can

488
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,119
Speaker 3: play in Game two or three, but I think the

489
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,199
Speaker 3: Lakers are gonna need one more big Like one thing

490
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 3: Anthony Davis talked about was Dwight Howard was essential for them.

491
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:00,480
Speaker 1: That's right.

492
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,919
Speaker 3: Twenty matchup against Jokich. If you remember, he dubbed himself

493
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 3: the Batman because of Jokic's joker nickname, and he really

494
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,280
Speaker 3: disrupted Yo. I mean, you know, did as good of

495
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,399
Speaker 3: a job as you can reasonably do against Jokic. Now

496
00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 3: Jokic is much better since then, yes, but I don't

497
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:16,680
Speaker 3: know if you want to put ad on him for

498
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,280
Speaker 3: forty minutes a night and risk the potential foul trouble

499
00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 3: because you know that that's I think inevitably going to

500
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,119
Speaker 3: come with that. So, whether it's Ruey, whether it Tristan Thompson,

501
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,200
Speaker 3: when you and Gabriel like, Lakers are going to have

502
00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 3: to find another guy who could defend Jokic, I think

503
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 3: for ten, twelve, fifteen minutes a night and have you know,

504
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,560
Speaker 3: give Ady a little bit of arrest defensively where you

505
00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 3: can got to protect the rim.

506
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Speaker 1: Okay, you mentioned a lot of guys. You did not

507
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:42,440
Speaker 1: mention Lebron James. Do you see Lebron getting frustrated enough

508
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:44,879
Speaker 1: with the way everybody's defending Kic on his team that

509
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 1: he says, bleep this, let me, let me get in there.

510
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:48,040
Speaker 1: I want to crack at Jokic.

511
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,480
Speaker 3: It's always it's always, uh, you know, a possibility. But

512
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,439
Speaker 3: I do think you know, we saw Lebron defend jer

513
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 3: And Jackson Junior in the first round and it did

514
00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,639
Speaker 3: not particularly go well. In that Game one, he defended

515
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,200
Speaker 3: him a lot, and Jared Jackson Junior had thirty one points.

516
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 3: So I think for Lebron likes to be that roamer

517
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,440
Speaker 3: as well. He's someone who likes to go for the

518
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,959
Speaker 3: weak side blocks and you know, kind of that ignite

519
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,640
Speaker 3: fast breaks that way. So I suspect he'll be on Gordon,

520
00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,399
Speaker 3: he'll be on Jeff Green, He'll be on kind of

521
00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,800
Speaker 3: the lesser front court options and then help off those guys.

522
00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 3: So you know, potentially, if it's not getting done or

523
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,639
Speaker 3: eighties in foul trouble, maybe the Lakers go small with

524
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 3: Ruey and Lebron, and Lebron gets eighty, I mean, gets Jokich,

525
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 3: But I think they're probably going to look for other guys,

526
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,560
Speaker 3: you know, try those out first and then go to

527
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 3: Lebron more as the last resort.

528
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 1: So Lakers have way better depth than Denver. But a name,

529
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,679
Speaker 1: and again I hadn't heard his name this postseason at all,

530
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,720
Speaker 1: but he has given the Lakers major problems when he

531
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,200
Speaker 1: was with the Clippers. Is Reggie Jackson? He played a

532
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: grand total of ten minutes against the Suns. Now, I

533
00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,160
Speaker 1: don't know, you know, what's going on with him there

534
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: in Denver, but historically I believe Yovan He's destroyed the

535
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: Lakers and the Clippers have owned them. Do you think

536
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 1: we see some Reggie Jackson in this series? Because again Denver,

537
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,119
Speaker 1: you know, they basically their backup guard is like Bruce Brown, right,

538
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,159
Speaker 1: that's it. Christian Brawn, I think is more of like

539
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 1: a small forward. Do you think we see some Reggie Jackson?

540
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 1: Could that be an X factor?

541
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 3: You know, potentially, you never know. I think there's just

542
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 3: something with those someone putting on a Clippers jersey where

543
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 3: they get superpowers against the Lakers and they just can't

544
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,480
Speaker 3: miss shots. You know, I used to cover the Clippers,

545
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,120
Speaker 3: and I was on the other side of it where

546
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,200
Speaker 3: it's just guys just shoot so much better against the

547
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,880
Speaker 3: Lakers for whatever reason. So I think, you know, maybe

548
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 3: he puts on a Clippers jersey under his Nuggets jersey

549
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 3: and gets that mojo back. But I feel it feels

550
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 3: like Denver's condensed their rotation to like seven and a

551
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,399
Speaker 3: half eight at most. He's not in that. So I

552
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 3: suspect they'll they'll stick with that, but you never know,

553
00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 3: you know, maybe they need an offensive, you know, punch

554
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 3: off the bench, someone gets injured, someone gets in foul

555
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,879
Speaker 3: trouble that they mix things up. But based on the

556
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 3: way you know Michael Malone has used his rotation, I

557
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:09,200
Speaker 3: would guess.

558
00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: Not is former Laker teammate or form Lebron teammates currently

559
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 1: on the Nuggets, Jeff Green, KCP, anyone else.

560
00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:21,520
Speaker 3: I believe that's it.

561
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:26,120
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm just curious what you think if that's anything

562
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,680
Speaker 1: a factor in this series, especially KCP, who was on

563
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: the Lakers team that beat Denver a couple of years ago.

564
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it's some some KCP revenge. He after

565
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 3: joining Denver, said that he felt or that he was

566
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 3: speaking on the Lakers' behalf, saying that the Lakers felt

567
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 3: Denver was the better team and would have won that

568
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 3: series had Anthony Davis not made that shot that game

569
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,680
Speaker 3: winning three in Game two. So I don't think the

570
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 3: Lakers love those comments. He also had a comment a

571
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 3: couple of years ago saying he no longer saw the

572
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 3: spot and the joy in Lebron. So CACP, despite being

573
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 3: a clutch client, despite having ties to Lebron in ad,

574
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 3: has had some interesting comments over the past couple of years,

575
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 3: kind of against Lebron and the Lakers. But you know,

576
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 3: Lebron spoke highly of him today at practice, and I

577
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 3: think he is kind of an X factor with just

578
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,959
Speaker 3: his energy, his ability to get out and transition, make threes,

579
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 3: defend multiple positions. I wouldn't be surprised if he defends

580
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 3: Lebron at times. I think, yeah, Eron Gordon will be

581
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 3: the primary matchup, and I think Eron Gordon's actually done

582
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 3: a pretty good job against Lebron the past couple of

583
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 3: years in La Denver matchups. But CACP will will probably

584
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 3: get a crack at times. I suspect he'll be more

585
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 3: of an Austin Reeves guy and and his job will

586
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 3: just be you're living in Austin Reeves, Jersey. You're you're

587
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 3: trying to shut him down this series. But yeah, I

588
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 3: mean with with him. Jeff Green of course played with

589
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 3: Lebron in Cleveland and you know it was part of

590
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 3: some of those finals runs there.

591
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: So yeah, oh, I forgot Thomas bro Is. He's on

592
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 1: the Nuggets card Thomas Bryant, Yes, correct, So he was

593
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 1: on the Lakers earlier this season, but he did with

594
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 1: him he.

595
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 3: Wanted a bigger role and asked the Lakers to trade him.

596
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 3: He ends up getting traded to Denver and now at

597
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 3: times has been their third string center and just not

598
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 3: really playing. So he went from you know, being the

599
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 3: backup center, getting a starting role with the Lakers when

600
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 3: eighty was out playing well, and then being upset with

601
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,160
Speaker 3: his role after eighty came back, asking out, and then

602
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:32,480
Speaker 3: now just doesn't play at all. So you know, it's

603
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 3: like a couple of guys actually because DeAndre Jordan's also

604
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 3: on this team, so oh that's right, Yeah, it is.

605
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 3: It's adding up that there's multiple former Lakers on this Denver. Yeah.

606
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 1: Interesting, it's crazy. I was at a Laker game, I

607
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 1: think around Christmas. They might have played Charlotte, and I

608
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,560
Speaker 1: thought Thomas Bryant, Yeah, eight points and thirteen boards. He

609
00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 1: had like a good game. He was like a factor,

610
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:53,480
Speaker 1: played thirty three minutes.

611
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,040
Speaker 3: He was balling when eighty was out, that's right.

612
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, and twenty one in a game, twenty one and

613
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: ten and he's not getting off the bench. And I

614
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: know Denver's good, but I mean they're young, they're they're

615
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 1: problem something guys. They have one guy who's over thirty

616
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 1: years old, Jeff Green.

617
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 3: That's it. The problem with Thomas Bryant is his defense.

618
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 3: I mean, that's just it. And that was the reason

619
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 3: why the Lakers were willing to move on from him.

620
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 3: It's just, you know, I think he's statistically one of

621
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 3: the worst defensive bigs in the league. He's a bit

622
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,080
Speaker 3: of a sieve. He can be taken advantage of in

623
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 3: the pick and roll. So I think if he if

624
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 3: they dust off the cobwebs with him for whatever reason

625
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 3: and Lakers play some small backup units again, we'll see

626
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 3: if they change the lineup to get Tristan or oneion

627
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 3: in there. More. If Thomas Bryan's out there, Lakers are

628
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 3: going to go at him in the pick and roll

629
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 3: and target him for sure.

630
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, I think if lebron SI's Christian brawn

631
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: on the court, he's going to go right at him

632
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 1: every single time. I would assume he's going to go

633
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 1: after Michael Porter Junior too.

634
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 3: Even Jokic. I think, like that's really one of the

635
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 3: interesting things is that LA has played teams that have

636
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 3: been able to switch the Lebron AD pick and roll

637
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 3: pretty well, Dylan like Memphis, Dylan Brooks and Jared Jackson Junior.

638
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 3: You know, even like Tillman did a good job against Lebron.

639
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 3: He was a Lebron funder at times. Obviously Lebron got

640
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 3: the best of him and the end of that game four,

641
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 3: But in Golden State Draymon and Andrew Wiggins were able

642
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 3: to switch those actions. But Denver can't necessarily do that,

643
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 3: you know, unless they go Aaron Gordon on AD and

644
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 3: like KCP on Lebron, Like maybe you know, even then

645
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 3: though now kcp's on AD, like they don't really have

646
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 3: great options. Maybe again, Bruce Brown maybe in there, but

647
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 3: he's not starting so like, but if Jokic is in

648
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 3: the the action, like Lebron is gonna target him. And

649
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 3: I'm interested to see what Denver does, uh when when

650
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 3: the Lebron AD pick and roll happens and Jokic either

651
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 3: has to show and hedge and Lebron's trying to go

652
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 3: past him, or he's switching on a Lebron on Like,

653
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 3: I'm not really sure what Denver.

654
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Speaker 1: Does with those actions. So you mentioned CACP probably trying

655
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 1: to be in Austin Reeves's jersey. I'm just you know,

656
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 1: I see all these people on social media put saying

657
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 1: Austin Reeves is going to get ninety million, eighty million,

658
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: whatever the number is, and I just think back to

659
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: Alex Caruso, who is not as good of a player

660
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: as Reeve's obviously really really good defender, but Reeves has

661
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: a larger skill set. You've been around Reeves all year.

662
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 1: Does this guy strike you as the dude who's just

663
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 1: looking at Chase paper or does he love being in La,

664
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 1: love being with Lebron and would take not a hometown discount.

665
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: But given the choice of hey, if the Lakers are

666
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: offered me ten million less, I'll take the Lakers. But

667
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: if it's like twenty million, I mean, come on, I

668
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 1: gotta go to you know, Charlotte or whatever. Well.

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Speaker 3: So, so one factor here that I think is an

670
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 3: important context is Austin's going to be a restricted free agent,

671
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 3: so any contract he signs the Lakers can match.

672
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: Ah, well, that's awesome.

673
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 3: So even if it gets up to you know, I

674
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 3: think ninety eight point seven or you know, around ninety

675
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 3: nine is the most he can get if he gets

676
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 3: that contract, the Lakers can match that. Now, of course

677
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 3: that's a very high number, and I think they would

678
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 3: think hard about whether they'd want to pay him that

679
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,320
Speaker 3: much money. I think they probably would match that. But

680
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,800
Speaker 3: you know, so the Lakers have I think that that

681
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 3: kind of gets lost in some of this is people

682
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 3: act like Austin's just going to leave for X amount

683
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,399
Speaker 3: of money. Now, the most the Lakers can offer him

684
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 3: is fifty point eight million over forty years. From what

685
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 3: I've been told, the Lakers are going to offer that.

686
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 3: And now there's different versions of you know, maybe Austin

687
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 3: signs a smaller deal so he can hit freegency again

688
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 3: and earn a bigger contract in a year or two.

689
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 3: But you know, whatever Austin wants, whether it's a one

690
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 3: year deal, two year deal, four year deal, Lakers are

691
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,720
Speaker 3: going to offer that to him, you know, the second

692
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 3: they're eligible to. And now it's on Austin and his

693
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,800
Speaker 3: representation of you know, do you accept that? Do you

694
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 3: field offers from other teams?

695
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 2: Now?

696
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 3: Again, so four years, fifty point eight million. If he

697
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 3: gets a four year seventy million, four year eighty million,

698
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 3: four year ninety million, that's hard to turn down. But

699
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,879
Speaker 3: the Lakers, it doesn't mean in the Lakers can match though.

700
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 3: That's the thing. So even if he like, there's a

701
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 3: way where you know, that's kind of the loophole here

702
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 3: is like he can get a bigger offer with when

703
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 3: basically tell the Lakers, I'm going to take this. You know,

704
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 3: I really want you guys to match. You know, ideally

705
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 3: you guys do match. And you know, now I'd sign

706
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 3: this four year, seventy million dollars deal, and now the

707
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,399
Speaker 3: Lakers can actually pay him more than the fifty point

708
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 3: eight which is the max they can offer him. So

709
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 3: that's kind of the thing here. I suspect Austin will

710
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 3: be back, you know, but it's it's gonna start at

711
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 3: fifty point eight. Like he's not going to make less

712
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 3: than that, unless again he's signing a short term deal.

713
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Speaker 1: But even if, like again I think we need some context, right, Like,

714
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Speaker 1: it's one thing to look amazing playing with ad and Lebron,

715
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 1: two of the top twelve fifteen players in the league, Right,

716
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: I mean, like Detroit isn't going to say that's our

717
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,920
Speaker 1: guy seventy mil we need Austin Reeves in the back

718
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,879
Speaker 1: court with cave cutting it like, that's not gonna happen,

719
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 1: I would think, right, I mean, I think so.

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Speaker 3: The one thing here is I think if you really

721
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 3: look at the free agent market, it's pretty bad this summer,

722
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 3: and there are some things with the new CBA that

723
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 3: that are going to be kicking in the following summer,

724
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 3: where like some of the luxury tax stuff isn't as

725
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 3: punitive and just some of the penalties and the cat flexibility.

726
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,800
Speaker 3: So I do think there are some incentives for teams

727
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 3: to spend money this summer versus when things start to

728
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,760
Speaker 3: kind of change the following summer. So I think looking

729
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 3: at it, like it's really not that crazy to be

730
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:34,400
Speaker 3: like among the younger wing options, like Austin Reeves is

731
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 3: near the top of that list, potentially at the top

732
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 3: of that list. Like if you really look at who's

733
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 3: out there, there aren't many great young guys out there.

734
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 3: And Austin since becoming a starter, you know, seventeen points

735
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 3: a game. Lakers are sixteen and six with him in

736
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 3: the starting lineup. Over that stretch, Like he's shooting around

737
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 3: fifty percent from the floor, forty percent from three, so

738
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,840
Speaker 3: like he's been really at that number three level. And

739
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 3: I said this towards the end of the regular season,

740
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 3: and like I stand by it, Like I think he's

741
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 3: really making a case to be the third best player,

742
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 3: you know, not only on this roster right now, but

743
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 3: of the Lebron eight era. Like I don't really like

744
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 3: right now, you could put Casey p in there, you

745
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 3: can put Kuzma in there. I mean russ I guess

746
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 3: gets to mention all those disasters after that, you know,

747
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 3: like the Angela Russell to me, has just been too

748
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 3: inconsistent compared with like Austin gives you kind of a

749
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 3: baseline of like twelve points, four or five assists, four

750
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,800
Speaker 3: or five rebounds every night up off. Yeah yeah, and

751
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 3: he hasn't been paid yet, so you know. And and

752
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 3: to your point about like the Cruso, I think it's

753
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 3: like they are kind of the spiritual successors that they're

754
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 3: you know, white guys, they're undrafted. Their fight so hard,

755
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 3: they hard, they hustle. But I think Austin's way more

756
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 3: skilled offensively than Cruso. And again to kind of have

757
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 3: some of these moments that he's had. He's had four

758
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 3: twenty point games across the Lakers twelve playoff games, and

759
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,399
Speaker 3: like that's not something Cruso is no, And I think

760
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 3: he's showing like even now, Lakers have a lot of

761
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 3: mouths to feed, of course Lebron and Ad, but d Lo, Ruie, Dennis,

762
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 3: Like there's a lot of kind of guys that they

763
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 3: almost have an egalitarian offense. Yeah, I think if Austin

764
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 3: was featured more, he could easily be a guy averaging

765
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 3: eighteen to twenty two. And so I think the contract

766
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 3: he's gonna get he deserves. And it really is a

767
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 3: hell of a story of just this guy coming out

768
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 3: of nowhere, being undrafted, not even you know, being a

769
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,959
Speaker 3: two way guy, not even having a roster spot until

770
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 3: a couple of days before training camp, and then to

771
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 3: go from that to a year later being a full

772
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 3: time starter about to get paid, having several big moments

773
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Speaker 3: in these playoffs with the Lakers.

774
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Speaker 1: It's just some remarkable one right last one, Yovan real Quick,

775
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,399
Speaker 1: who do you believe will be the odd man out

776
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 1: of the backcourt in this series? Reeves unlikely shooter or Russell.

777
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:58,680
Speaker 3: If you're giving me those three, I'm gonna say, Russell, Yeah,

778
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,879
Speaker 3: that was my guest too. I think it just really

779
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 3: like with D'Angelo, it just comes down to is he

780
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 3: making his shot or not because he doesn't provide the

781
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 3: defense that Austin and Dennis provide. He's not providing the

782
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:17,839
Speaker 3: rebounding that Austin provides at that position, and just kind

783
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 3: of that energy and that spark that those guys can have.

784
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,319
Speaker 3: He is a really good playmaker, and I think that's

785
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 3: been even with some of his bad offensive performances, he'll

786
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 3: still get you five, six, seven assists, and I think

787
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 3: that's kind of flown under the radar with him, where

788
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 3: he's still been really good in the pick and roll,

789
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 3: still been good in transition finding guys. So I think

790
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,400
Speaker 3: D'Angelo has probably been a little underrated at times. But

791
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 3: if you're asking me between those three, you know, I

792
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,160
Speaker 3: think Austin is the lock where if you just look

793
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,280
Speaker 3: at his game log, like he's constantly thirty plus minutes

794
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 3: a night, you know, no matter what Lebron, Lebron loves him,

795
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 3: Dennis Darvin loves and you know, no matter he's had

796
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 3: some bad offensive performances, but even when he's you know,

797
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 3: the ball poorly. Darvin loves his defense and he's gonna

798
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,560
Speaker 3: hound Murray up and down. He's gonna hound Murray and

799
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:07,880
Speaker 3: did a really good job against stuff. So I think

800
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 3: those two guys are locks, and it comes down to

801
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 3: to d Low. Is he shooting the ball well? Is

802
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 3: he engaged? You know, what's his disposition? And if not,

803
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 3: you know, maybe they do go a Lottie Walker or

804
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,360
Speaker 3: they just play a little bit of a bigger lineup.

805
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Jovan Booja The Athletic enjoy Denver, enjoy

806
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 1: the series. I can't wait. Very exciting out here in

807
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:28,879
Speaker 1: La Man. Thank thanks for taking the time.

808
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 3: Appreciate you.

809
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 2: The only thing better than sitting on your couch watching

810
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:38,880
Speaker 2: the game. He's making money while you do it. Here's

811
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Speaker 2: your best bet.

812
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: Great stuff from jovann Ooja of the Athletic. I really

813
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: like some of his insights onto Ruey Hatchimra possibly defending Jokic.

814
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 1: That was something I had not considered at all in

815
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: this series, and I will be again. I don't think

816
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 1: you can come in guns blazing in game one and

817
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: drop a ton of bets, but I will look to

818
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: see what the matchups are what kind of adjustments could

819
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 1: be made for Game two. I think there's probably more

820
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: value in game two.

821
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Speaker 3: Now.

822
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: Something interesting happened to this line. When I mentioned it

823
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:18,760
Speaker 1: Sunday night, the line was five and a half for Denver.

824
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:23,799
Speaker 1: It went up in Monday afternoon to six circa hit

825
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: six and a half. As I'm recording this late Monday night,

826
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:32,160
Speaker 1: six and a half. Somebody, I guess, knows something for

827
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Speaker 1: it to go up an entire point in a day,

828
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: and NBA A point an NBA line is not as

829
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: significant as NFL obviously, but the Lakers arrived early. I

830
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,439
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't see there's it why this would

831
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,920
Speaker 1: be moving. So something's going on here. Some of the

832
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:51,920
Speaker 1: player prop totals Lebron twenty five and a half, Anthony

833
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 1: Davis twenty two and a half, D'Angelo Russell fifteen and

834
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 1: a half. That feels a little high, but then again,

835
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 1: you don't know which Russell is showing up, the guy

836
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:00,919
Speaker 1: who's gonna shoot one of ten, or the guy's gonna

837
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:04,320
Speaker 1: go for nineteen points and a nice win. Austin Reeves

838
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,239
Speaker 1: fourteen and a half, Jokics twenty seven and a half,

839
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:11,439
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray twenty four and a half. Like it's again,

840
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: this is not that different from the early rounds of

841
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,440
Speaker 1: a boxing match, right. You feel each other out, Like,

842
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 1: I don't know who's gonna guard Murray. Is Vanderbilt gonna

843
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,680
Speaker 1: start on Murray? Does Vanderbilt startup Porter? Does Vanderbilt even

844
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: start Dennis Shrewder perhaps gets the start. Does he chase

845
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: Murray up and down the court? Remember he hounded Curry,

846
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: just like the Kings put Davion Mitchell. I thought it

847
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,399
Speaker 1: was a catastrophic error. You want to go back two

848
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,800
Speaker 1: weeks from two weeks ago and listen to it like

849
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,480
Speaker 1: Game seven, pulling Davey on Mitchell and fair of Terrence

850
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:44,279
Speaker 1: Davis for offense like that was insanely stupid by Mike Brown,

851
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:49,080
Speaker 1: the coach of the year KCP over nine and a half. Again,

852
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 1: this has been a theme for years now. Role players

853
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 1: at home usually step up. I let me see if

854
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: I can see a number for Bruce Brown. Bruce bown

855
00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,840
Speaker 1: is eleven and a half coming off the bench, shoter

856
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 1: eight and a half. Uncle Jeff Green four and a half.

857
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 1: No number for Christian Brown. These are at FanDuel. But

858
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:08,439
Speaker 1: Bruce Brown is the kind of guy like how many minutes.

859
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 3: Is he gonna play?

860
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: Does Denver need to go big? Will they have to

861
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:14,840
Speaker 1: go small? Is there foul trouble to someone? KCP is

862
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,000
Speaker 1: the kind of guy you know he's gonna come out

863
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: seeking revenge on the Lakers, right he played for the Lakers.

864
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,279
Speaker 1: As Booja said, he had some comments. Nine and a

865
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,799
Speaker 1: half for KCP is very light. This is a guy.

866
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,280
Speaker 1: Nine and a half basically means you hit three threes

867
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: and boom. All you need is like a free throw

868
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: or a two pointer at some point. Now, if you

869
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 1: look my computer's also if you look at kcp's numbers,

870
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,919
Speaker 1: he had his moments against the Suns, and he also

871
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,840
Speaker 1: kind of did not show up. Game six in Phoenix

872
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:46,839
Speaker 1: twenty one points, Game one at home ten, Game two

873
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,240
Speaker 1: at home fourteen. Now that was the game where Murray

874
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 1: was putrid and KCP kind of went off with the

875
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,399
Speaker 1: threes in the third and fourth quarter. Then he goes

876
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 1: to Phoenix two points, he goes to Phoenix ten points,

877
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 1: comes home seven. So he's really and miss. But he

878
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: did shoot forty one percent from three against Minnesota, same

879
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 1: deal fifteen eight, fourteen five, ten, Like he's basically a

880
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 1: ten point a game guy. So I guess the question becomes,

881
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 1: the Lakers have a better defensive Minnesota, the Lakers have

882
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,800
Speaker 1: a better defensive Phoenix. If this game is gonna be

883
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: Lakers showing up playing tough defense, why would you take

884
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:24,080
Speaker 1: Porter over? I'm sorry, why would you take KCP over?

885
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:26,880
Speaker 1: Porter's a guy I would look at at home. I

886
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 1: would bet his overs on the road. I would lean

887
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: under in Game one just because he's my guy. You know,

888
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,640
Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan. I will look at Jamal Murray

889
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 1: over twenty four and a half. Another is slight juice

890
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: to the over. Listen, somebody's gonna have to cook. This

891
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,400
Speaker 1: is not gonna be a game in the nineties. Nuggets arrested,

892
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 1: they're at home. They want to push tempo. Lakers coming

893
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:50,920
Speaker 1: off a huge win taking down the Warriors on SAT.

894
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 1: Friday Night, both teams kind of rested. I don't see

895
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 1: a lot of sluggishness here. These teams are familiar with

896
00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:59,560
Speaker 1: one another. They play in the West, they faced off

897
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 1: in the BAB I don't see the Jazz like being

898
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:06,279
Speaker 1: a slow down attack despite the Lakers defense being very

899
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,320
Speaker 1: very good. I mean, in Game one against the Warriors,

900
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 1: Warriors scored like and they were coming off the seven

901
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: game series. Let me see the Warriors. I think they

902
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,320
Speaker 1: had one hundred and thirteen points in Game one or

903
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 1: was the final? Or was I thinking about the Memphis Yeah?

904
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: Uh game one, Yeah, one seventeen to one twelve, and

905
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:27,280
Speaker 1: that was what the Warriors getting no rest, So Lakers

906
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:29,759
Speaker 1: gave up one hundred and twelve one hundred twenty seven

907
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 1: ninety seven, one oh one, one twenty one, one oh one.

908
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 1: This idea that the Nuggets are going to be held

909
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,360
Speaker 1: in check at home in Game one is kind of

910
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 1: very ridiculous. I would look at my I guess my

911
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: top three overs would be Jamal Murray, Michael Jamal Murray

912
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 1: twenty four and a half, Michael Porter Junior fourteen and

913
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: a half. And I'm gonna get a little crazy and

914
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:54,240
Speaker 1: go KCP over nine and a half, which is risky

915
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: because his he might get like seven shots and if

916
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,359
Speaker 1: he if he's not hitting three or four, it's over.

917
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 1: So yeah, that one's not for the faint of heart. Yeah,

918
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 1: I'm very excited for this series. I'm my official pick.

919
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 1: You guys know, I have two futures bets on the

920
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 1: Lakers to win the title. From February, I posted them

921
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:16,040
Speaker 1: on the Gram. I think the Nuggets win this series.

922
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 1: Nuggets haven't lost at home in the series in the playoffs.

923
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: Lakers haven't lost at home in the playoffs. Which one breaks.

924
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously in that scenario, you're like, oh, well,

925
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 1: Lebrono come through. Because it's lebron.

926
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 3: I don't know.

927
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: I'll go Nuggets in seven. I'm rooting Lakers obviously. And

928
00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:36,800
Speaker 1: in the player points pool, by the way, because I

929
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: know you care. I have surged up to second and

930
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: the guy sent that, my buddy Josh sent the text

931
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:49,120
Speaker 1: of how many players have left for each competitor as

932
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 1: of now. Your boy is in second place. I am

933
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:57,439
Speaker 1: like seventy points behind the leader. He has one guy left.

934
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,560
Speaker 1: I have three. The guy in third place had four,

935
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:04,800
Speaker 1: but he has shrewder Reeves lebron a stroke of genius,

936
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 1: or you could say, look whichever one. So I'm I'm

937
00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:13,000
Speaker 1: in a great spot with Gordon Murray and Malcolm Brogden.

938
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:14,800
Speaker 1: I think Brogden gets by and goes to the finals,

939
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:16,879
Speaker 1: which is gonna be key for me. Obviously, you need somebody.

940
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:18,400
Speaker 1: You're not gonna have any chance to win this thing

941
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:21,320
Speaker 1: if you have nobody left. So player point. I know

942
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:25,080
Speaker 1: you guys care. It's like several may be low four figures.

943
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: I don't even know the total at any rate. That's

944
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:30,879
Speaker 1: a long Tuesday podcast. Enjoy the game. We'll record right after.

945
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 1: Talk to you tomorrow.