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Speaker 1: fell into his legs, which basically inverted him into a

432
00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,959
Speaker 1: horizontal state, like six feet above the ground. Like it

433
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,359
Speaker 1: was horrible luck. But all it really was was two

434
00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,360
Speaker 1: guys crashing. That's all it was. It just one guy

435
00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,840
Speaker 1: crashed a little later and landed a little lower, and

436
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,800
Speaker 1: and it's it's super unfortunate. Again, I'm hopeful that Jimmy's

437
00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,000
Speaker 1: ready to go. My guess is that he's gonna be

438
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Speaker 1: kind of in a staff type situation where he's wearing

439
00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:36,600
Speaker 1: some kind of pad back there and just doing the

440
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,840
Speaker 1: best he can. But I mean, like, that's how it is.

441
00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:43,080
Speaker 1: Like Ruya Chimura had his his face messed up yesterday.

442
00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:44,679
Speaker 1: He might be playing in a mask the rest of

443
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Speaker 1: the series. Like Chris tops porzingis messed up his face today,

444
00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,440
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum's got a messed up wrist, Like everyone's beat

445
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,440
Speaker 1: the shit. This is a war of attrition, guys. That's

446
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:55,200
Speaker 1: how this stuff goes.

447
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Speaker 3: Another question about this game and the officiating, why doesn't

448
00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,560
Speaker 3: Steph Curry get any calls?

449
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:06,640
Speaker 1: So the the I think Steph gets a poor whistle,

450
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:11,359
Speaker 1: I would agree on that. I think that Warriors fans

451
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,440
Speaker 1: are onto something there. I think that it's a little

452
00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,720
Speaker 1: complicated in the sense that the Warriors play an extremely

453
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Speaker 1: physical brand of basketball with their off ball movement and

454
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Speaker 1: cutting and screening, and so for instance, like I think

455
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Speaker 1: where where the ones that to me are egregious are

456
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Speaker 1: like Steph's shooting a three and Fred van Vliet's pulling

457
00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,479
Speaker 1: on his shorts, Like that's a fucking foul. Blow the whistle,

458
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,679
Speaker 1: Like what are we doing, guys? Like, uh, there was

459
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Speaker 1: one in the Rockets game right before the end of

460
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,280
Speaker 1: the regular season where Dylan Brooks like straight up tackled

461
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,679
Speaker 1: Steph on a three and it didn't get called. Like

462
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,560
Speaker 1: there's that. Those are the ones that I think are

463
00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,359
Speaker 1: egregious that need to be addressed. The off ball grabbing

464
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,480
Speaker 1: and holding stuff that is literally that is literally a

465
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Speaker 1: style of play that benefits the Warriors. Steph gets grabbed

466
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Speaker 1: and held a lot, and the war You're set twenty

467
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 1: five illegal screens a game. So that, like the reality

468
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,120
Speaker 1: is is that physical dynamic of the cutting and screening

469
00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,520
Speaker 1: and moving actually favors the Warriors throughout those games. Steph

470
00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 1: just takes a beating, but he's addressed to that by

471
00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 1: dramatically improving his physical strength. He's already one of the

472
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,520
Speaker 1: most conditioned athletes in the league. He wins that battle

473
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Speaker 1: more often than not. That said, I think Steph should

474
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Speaker 1: probably start kicking and flailing and flopping a little bit

475
00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,080
Speaker 1: more in his threes because it's getting pretty outrageous some

476
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Speaker 1: of these calls that are going uncalled against him.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I also think that.

478
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Speaker 3: Right or wrong, probably wrong, but right or wrong, there's

479
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Speaker 3: a sort of there's a difference in the whistle on

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Speaker 3: a play where you are driving to the rim with

481
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Speaker 3: the ball trying to score, and when you're cutting off

482
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,760
Speaker 3: the ball, there's just like the Lakers get a lot

483
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Speaker 3: of calls because Lebron James is putting his head at

484
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Speaker 3: the rim as often as possible, right, Like, that's why

485
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,359
Speaker 3: they get a lot of shooting foul specifically because they

486
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Speaker 3: are downhill attackers. This team, the way their offense runs

487
00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,360
Speaker 3: is much more movement bas as we've all talked about

488
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Speaker 3: a million times, And the whistle is going to be

489
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Speaker 3: different on an off ball cut than when you're at

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Speaker 3: the rim with the ball.

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Speaker 1: Is that right?

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Speaker 3: I don't know, I mean, maybe not, but that's true

493
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Speaker 3: of I think that is true of every team. Just

494
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,919
Speaker 3: the Warriors run the most type of this offensive any team.

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Speaker 2: In the league.

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Speaker 1: I actually disagree in terms of the concept of driving,

497
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Speaker 1: because the Lakers are actually a team that doesn't drive

498
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Speaker 1: to the basket much, or at least they used to

499
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Speaker 1: before Luca. They didn't used to drive too much. This

500
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Speaker 1: is literally it, guys. Foul disparity comes down to two things.

501
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:35,360
Speaker 1: How good are you at defending without fouling and how

502
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,159
Speaker 1: good are you at grifting the other team into fouling? Like,

503
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Speaker 1: you want to know why the Lakers shoot a ton

504
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 1: of free throws because before the trade, it was Anthony Davis,

505
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 1: who flops and flails every single time he catches anything

506
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:49,880
Speaker 1: on the roll. And by the way, it's not from driving.

507
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:55,199
Speaker 1: Anthony draws his fouls through post ups and rolls, like

508
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:58,680
Speaker 1: it's all like catches near the basket that result in

509
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Speaker 1: those fouls. And then Austin ree Eves, who's like incredibly

510
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,960
Speaker 1: quick and shifty, and what he'll do is like what

511
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 1: Austin will do is like he'll drive to a spot

512
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Speaker 1: and shoot like right as the defenders just running into him.

513
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Speaker 1: And basically he's just very good at getting defenders out

514
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Speaker 1: of position and drawing fouls in the mid range. And

515
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Speaker 1: so then what you did is you swapped Anthony Davis

516
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Speaker 1: for Luca, and Luca is one of the most gifted

517
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Speaker 1: foul grifters in the league. And so as a result

518
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:27,199
Speaker 1: of that, Luca ends up Luca ends up bolstering the

519
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,280
Speaker 1: free throw totals. But what's interesting is the Laker free

520
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Speaker 1: throw disparity hasn't been nearly as good since Anthony Davis

521
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Speaker 1: left the team. You want to know why, because they

522
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 1: can't defend without fouling anymore. Because most of their ability

523
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Speaker 1: to defend without fouling was predicated on Anthony Davis's rim protection. Like, guys,

524
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Speaker 1: let's make it perfectly clear. Free throws are not handed

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Speaker 1: out on a fair basis, like before the game, like,

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Speaker 1: all right, here's your twenty and here's your twenty. You

527
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Speaker 1: are going to receive free throws based on the kind

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Speaker 1: of basketball you play on both ends of the floor.

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Speaker 1: That is the only thing that is going to lead

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Speaker 1: to some sort of difference in the in your free

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Speaker 1: throw shooting. And by the way, guess what happened with

532
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Speaker 1: Golden State. They made a trade for a player who

533
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,160
Speaker 1: is a notoriously good foul grifter in Jimmy Butler does

534
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,760
Speaker 1: it in a different way. He does it with a

535
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:17,159
Speaker 1: lot of pump fakes, and he does it with a

536
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 1: lot of weird driving angles and finishing angles. Guess who's

537
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 1: been third in free throw attempts post All Star Break

538
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 1: The Golden State Warriors, even higher than the Los Angeles Lakers.

539
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 1: So literally, you got more free throws, not because Adam

540
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,280
Speaker 1: Silver made a phone call, but because you have a

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Speaker 1: player on your team who's very good at drawing fouls.

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Speaker 1: That like, that is what it is. It's about the

543
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,800
Speaker 1: skill of drawing fouls and the skill of defending without fouling.

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Speaker 1: That is what leads to free throw differential, nothing else. Guys, like,

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Speaker 1: that's just how it works.

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Speaker 3: Let's see one more question from this game, or maybe

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Speaker 3: there's a couple. Actually, Uh, if Jimmy is out for

548
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,560
Speaker 3: Game three on a rest basis, he's you know, paying management,

549
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Speaker 3: he's let's say he's not out for the whole series,

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Speaker 3: but he's out for game three.

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Speaker 2: Would you slot Kaminga and his spot?

552
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 3: When you try something radically different like Draymond at the four,

553
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:04,880
Speaker 3: I potentially post at the five or what's the what's

554
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,600
Speaker 3: the lineup chains that you're making of Jimmy.

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00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: I'm almost certain he'll just start Post.

556
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 2: I would that's I gotta assume.

557
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 1: Especially after how well he shot the ball Tonight Post battled.

558
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: You know, it's so funny. I Quentin Post. I think

559
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 1: he's a good player. That poor kid has no bounce.

560
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:27,880
Speaker 1: It's the craziest get when he gets around the basket,

561
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,439
Speaker 1: like he goes to jump and he doesn't get over

562
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 1: a phone book. It's so funny. He's had a couple

563
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 1: of rim attacks in the last couple of games that

564
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 1: have been hilarious. But I think Quentin Post shooting is

565
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: just an easy solution there to put him in at

566
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Speaker 1: the five. I do think we'll see a heavy dose

567
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 1: of kaminga of Jimmy Butler doesn't play, But my guess

568
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: is that it'll be Quintin post that starts.

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Speaker 2: I agree, and I I think that.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Draymond is obviously the best individual defender option

571
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,959
Speaker 3: on alprin Shngoon, but Draymond has so much value as

572
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:57,200
Speaker 3: a roaming defensive player also and being able to stick

573
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 3: him on Amen Thompson. It's not the same sort of

574
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 3: solution you're looking for when you just guard him one

575
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 3: on one with on Chinkin, but it's gonna create some

576
00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,239
Speaker 3: more different kinds of challenges for the Rockets offense out.

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Speaker 1: I guess I do think that Golden State can beat

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Speaker 1: Houston at home without Jimmy. I think I flat out

579
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 1: think they could. I think they can win both games

580
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 1: without Jimmy if they needed to. Like, they're a real rested,

581
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 1: intense Golden State defensive effort at home can beat anybody

582
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:24,760
Speaker 1: even without Jimmy.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and the game was ugly tonight, but it's a

584
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 3: weird game when a player goes at mid game. And

585
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 3: also they're without Brandon Pajemski. Losing your second and fourth

586
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 3: best player in the first quarter is gonna throw your

587
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,920
Speaker 3: whole game plan completely out the window.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, And like we were talking about connective playmaking with

589
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 1: Aman Thompson, that's literally, that's literally Brandon Pajemski's role with

590
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 1: this team. Both of them, yeah, oh, exactly, exactly, both

591
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 1: of them are the guys that grease the wheels for

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00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: this offense.

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Speaker 2: One more Rockets related question.

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Speaker 3: This is a you know, I think a good self

595
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Speaker 3: aware Rockets fan who doesn't have a collusions of grander

596
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 3: how many years away are the Rockets from being.

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00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 2: Legitimate title contenders. It's a very reasonable question.

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00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: I think shanegun is so good and I think that

599
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 1: their defense is so good that they are one legitimate,

600
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,480
Speaker 1: reliable shot creator from being a legitimate top tier contender.

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00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 1: The Rockets ripped off what I think was probably I'm

602
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: actually gonna pull this up because I want to read

603
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: it because it's so impressive to me. But the Rockets

604
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,200
Speaker 1: pulled off probably the most impressive stretch of regular season

605
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: basketball I've seen in the last few years. Earlier this year,

606
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Speaker 1: in a stretch of wins they beat they literally beat

607
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,479
Speaker 1: they beat Minnesota this isn't starting back in November. They

608
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 1: beat Minnesota, they beat the Thunder, they beat the Clippers,

609
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: they beat the Warriors, they beat the Lakers, they beat

610
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Speaker 1: the Calves twice. Then the Celtics, like they were just

611
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 1: ripping through a good team after good team and the

612
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Speaker 1: only thing that was really missing as I watched them

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00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: this year. Just to take it a step further, like like,

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Speaker 1: what were the Warriors without Jimmy? The Warriors without Jimmy

615
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: this season were a mediocre five hundred ish team that

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Speaker 1: would have been closer to the Sacramento Dallas here right,

617
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler vaulted them into contention. Why because if you

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Speaker 1: looked at their roster, they were extremely deep in all

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Speaker 1: these specific areas. They had the top tier superstar to

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Speaker 1: hold it all together. By the way, Steph continues to

621
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 1: look fantastic. That's shooting run he had there in the

622
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: late first half is really fun to watch. But what

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Speaker 1: do we have as this gaping hole the secondary shot creator.

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Speaker 1: You address that with Jimmy Butler, and you turn a

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Speaker 1: mediocre five hundred dish bottom of the play in type

626
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: of team into a team that I believe is a

627
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Speaker 1: legitimate championship contender, and if you go on DraftKings right now,

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00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 1: they're the fourth championship favorite. It's literally the four, it's

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Speaker 1: the three teams at the top, and it's Golden State.

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00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: So that is what happens when you fill a specific hole.

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Speaker 1: Going back to the Rockets specifically, I like Shangun as

632
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: a screen partner, as a like a high playmaker, a

633
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 1: guy that can attack from the post and just do

634
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: a ton of damage in the middle of the floor.

635
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 1: They are just missing a primary ball handler that can

636
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: consistently set them up with advantages in the half court.

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00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,600
Speaker 1: If they got Kevin Durant, like I think, they would

638
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: literally immediately be one of the top tier contenders in

639
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: this league, as long as they didn't have to offload

640
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: any of their specific, you know, foundational defensive talent. But

641
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 1: they got the draft. They have the draft picks to

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00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 1: do it, to be able to pull that sort of

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Speaker 1: thing off.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree, I think Kevin Durant. I mean, the

645
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 3: West is pretty pretty strong already after the Thunder. I

646
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Speaker 3: don't know if that automatically puts them on the same

647
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Speaker 3: level as the Thunder, but I would not be unhappy

648
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Speaker 3: if someone said that the second best team in the

649
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 3: West with Kevin Durant, Like they're already. I mean, they

650
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 3: have the record. The regular season, they were the second

651
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 3: best team in the West. But I think collectively we

652
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 3: can all agree they're not the second strongest title contender

653
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Speaker 3: in the West. I think there's an argument to be

654
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Speaker 3: made if you add Kevin Durant to this team, you know,

655
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 3: maybe they got to take unload a few guys, but

656
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 3: keeping Shanoon Amen Thompson particulably Fred Van Vliet as well,

657
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 3: then I might that's that's a legitimate title comer without question.

658
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Speaker 1: No, I agree, And like there's certain things that are

659
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,400
Speaker 1: up in the air in the sense that like we

660
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 1: don't know what Golden State's gonna get this summer. We

661
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 1: don't know what the Lakers are gonna get this summer.

662
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: Both both of those teams will be legitimate, like veteran

663
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 1: minimum destinations. I think they'll, like it's funny you go

664
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: back last year they were like poor destinations for that

665
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 1: sort of thing, and then now you go this year

666
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: and they're like legitimately good destinations for that sort of thing. Obviously,

667
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: who knows what's gonna happen with the Spurs there are

668
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: several teams that can move up or move down, but

669
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Speaker 1: like Houston. I mean, I'd have a hard time not

670
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 1: putting Houston second without not knowing what the Lakers and

671
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 1: Warriors are gonna do. I'd have a hard time not

672
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Speaker 1: putting the Rockets second if they got KD for sure.

673
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Speaker 3: All right, let's do a couple more here. Many Knicks

674
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Speaker 3: fans think TIBB is holding the team back schematically. Do

675
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Speaker 3: you do you think this is true? Or are we

676
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 3: overreacting now? I will say they would know. There was

677
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Speaker 3: no specific about what schematic thing there's accusing TIBs of,

678
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 3: but question stands.

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Speaker 1: So, first of all, specifically, I just want to quickly

680
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Speaker 1: go back to really quick follow up on the Rockets

681
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Speaker 1: KD thing. One of the things that's missing from the

682
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Speaker 1: Houston roster's rim protection, like old school super tall rim protection,

683
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Speaker 1: and KD would also be a force multiplier for their

684
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 1: defense in that way that like you can imagine the

685
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 1: ability to deploy Shangoun at the level better because of

686
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 1: KD on the back line as a guy at the rim,

687
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: just a little extra shot there. But on the on

688
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: the Knicks Pistons front. When I'm watching the film there's

689
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: just it really is just they're getting good looks and

690
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: guys are knocking him down. I did think that they

691
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: misused Cat in game two, the putting Tobias Harris on

692
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: him and the way they were guarding him. They just

693
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:44,479
Speaker 1: it caused them to go away from Cat entirely instead

694
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Speaker 1: of like, like the basic stat that I showed after

695
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: our film session was they ran seven ISOs for Cat

696
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,240
Speaker 1: in game one, and then they ran zero ISOs for

697
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 1: Cat in game two. But like, it's really difficult for

698
00:33:56,040 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 1: me to get hyper focused on specific tax things when

699
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: like a couple more guys knock down wide open catch

700
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 1: and shoot threes that have been hitting them all season,

701
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 1: and you're in a really good position to win. And

702
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 1: like I've heard people criticize the minute totals. Who's the

703
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 1: guy on that bench that you like really trust to

704
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 1: like play big minutes. Like this isn't Minnesota's bench. You

705
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: don't have Naseried and Dante DiVincenzo coming off the bench.

706
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,879
Speaker 1: You've got some flawed players in there. Like I'm watching

707
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: Jericho Sims. It's a little touch and go when Jericho

708
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 1: Sims is out there, you know what I mean, Like

709
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 1: it's It's not exactly a situation where Tibbs has a

710
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: lot of options to go to there in terms of

711
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: lineup structure, the I do think that I would lean

712
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,439
Speaker 1: a little bit more into Kat and Og on the ball,

713
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 1: just simply because even though Brunson's been fantastic and he's

714
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: come on strong at the end of games, I think

715
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,800
Speaker 1: there is something to be said about being too heliocentric

716
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: and at disrupting rhythm. That's become a little bit of

717
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 1: a talking point in Lakers Twitter now, centering around Luca

718
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: and his shot selections, specifically early in games, which was

719
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: something that they adjusted in Game two. You just have

720
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,760
Speaker 1: a better opportunity to get you, like, just put it simply,

721
00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: your pathway to victory is not having Caid and Brunson

722
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 1: have a one on one you and I talked about

723
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:10,240
Speaker 1: this after Game two. Caid's out playing him to this point,

724
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 1: so like like Brunson's putting up giant numbers, but Kate

725
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: has been controlling the flow of these games. So like,

726
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 1: your pathway is that you have the aggregate talent, you

727
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 1: have the other guys that you can go to, and

728
00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: so it is on the coaching staff to make sure

729
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 1: that they get cat some of those face up opportunities,

730
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,240
Speaker 1: Like he's so much bigger and stronger than Tobias Harris,

731
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:31,879
Speaker 1: he should be able to do more damage.

732
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Speaker 3: There fully agree, Lakers question, what are your thoughts on

733
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 3: how on how the Lakers are managing Lebron's minutes? Do

734
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 3: you think you're going to get diminishing returns with him

735
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 3: at you know, he's playing forty minutes a game, he's

736
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,839
Speaker 3: having to fly around on defense. Are are we worried

737
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:50,280
Speaker 3: about the minutes logged for Lebron jams as the assuming

738
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Speaker 3: the Lakers keep going.

739
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:51,880
Speaker 2: In the playoffs.

740
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Speaker 1: No, it's the it's the playoffs. It's the Western Conference.

741
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,640
Speaker 1: You don't get to play Miami in the first round,

742
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,280
Speaker 1: like you don't get to play Orlando in the first round.

743
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 1: You have to play these like there's literally seven championship

744
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,759
Speaker 1: contenders in the Western Conference. You know what I mean?

745
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: I mean, if we don't include Houston, call it six

746
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: like you, it's just really really difficult to pull back

747
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 1: on Lebron's minutes when he's the defensive anchor, like he's

748
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 1: the Draymond, he's the communicator, he's the guy that's putting

749
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,439
Speaker 1: everybody in their spots. He's the guy that's flying around.

750
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 1: He's their best defensive rebounder. I don't really see universe

751
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: where you can pinch Lebron's minutes down, And frankly like,

752
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,479
Speaker 1: I don't think Lebron wants to. I think Lebron wants

753
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 1: to scale it up the way that he has to.

754
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: And honestly, like for both of these teams, Golden State

755
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 1: and the Lakers, like, you survive Houston, you survive Minnesota,

756
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,240
Speaker 1: You're probably not going to run into a more physical

757
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 1: team at any other point in the postseason.

758
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Speaker 2: The Grizzlies had a had tough end of their season.

759
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 3: If they decide and or Jaw decides to move on

760
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 3: and part ways, what would be a good destination for Jaw?

761
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 1: That's a good question. Let's take a look at the

762
00:36:53,239 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: standings here. What about Houston's could use him?

763
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 2: I mean, personality wise, he fits I feel like.

764
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,919
Speaker 1: So okay, So he doesn't need a guard. Clevend doesn't

765
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: need a guard, Boston doesn't need a guard. The Knicks

766
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,359
Speaker 1: don't need a guard. The Lakers don't need a guard.

767
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: Uh Denver does a terrible fit, Indiana terrible fit. Clippers

768
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 1: don't need a guard. Minnesota doesn't need a guard. Milwaukee

769
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: is there like an insane job that they don't have

770
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: the assets to pull that off. Orlando would be an

771
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:30,440
Speaker 1: interesting one if Orlando looked at it and they were like, Okay,

772
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 1: this Frondzen Paula thing. It just they neither of them

773
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 1: can shoot the ball well enough. But I mean John

774
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: Morant has similar problems. What about like a Trey Young

775
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: Atlanta type of conversation that would be an interesting one.

776
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 1: Sacramento seems like the kind of team that would throw

777
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: a bunch of assets for John Morant.

778
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 3: I don't see Sacramento playing point guard point guard Spinde exactly.

779
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 1: We already got Wembia guard with the Aaron Fox Brooklyn.

780
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 1: What about Brooklyn.

781
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,439
Speaker 3: Brooklyn's fun I mean, Brooklyn's being going to be linked

782
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 3: to everybody this summer. They're the honest reports are already swirling.

783
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, Brooklyn. I think is is one that makes some

784
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: sense all these all these other teams, I just don't see.

785
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,439
Speaker 1: I don't even see why they would make some sort

786
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 1: of move for jobs. So like, if you're making a

787
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,760
Speaker 1: move for John, you got to feel like you're close

788
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:19,879
Speaker 1: enough that a move like that pushes you over the top.

789
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 1: So like, if you're Brooklyn, you can look at it

790
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,879
Speaker 1: like we have a better rim protector in Nick Claxton. Sorry,

791
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 1: Jared Jackson, you foul too much and you're a terrible rebounder,

792
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: but you have rim protection with Nick Claxton. You've got

793
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: spot up shooting. There's a lot of youthful exuberance and

794
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 1: athleticism there Brooklyn. I think Brooklyn is the team that's

795
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 1: standing out to me from the standings.

796
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 3: What you think, Yeah, I like Brooklyn. I think that's

797
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 3: a good one. I had this this thought and now

798
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 3: I'm kind of a galaxy brain take that. I actually

799
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:51,279
Speaker 3: don't know if it works. But I was wondering if

800
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 3: there's a world where there's a Phoenix, suns move in there,

801
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 3: if there's a Brat because the sun they're making moves.

802
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 3: I'm wondering if there's a KD trade or a Bradley

803
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 3: Beal trade. But ultimately, I don't think you're trained for

804
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 3: Bradley Beale. What do you have Desmond Bay? So probably

805
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 3: doesn't quite work.

806
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:09,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, dude, it looks bleak from emphisis from memphasis because

807
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,800
Speaker 1: it's like Jaws, the one guy. As I've talked so

808
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 1: much this season. He's the one guy that has legitimate

809
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 1: superstar upside, but he hasn't gotten any better in three

810
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: four years. Desmond Bayin is like perfectly fine, Like I

811
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: actually like Desmond Bain's game every time I watch him.

812
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 1: I like he's a He's an intense competitor. He can

813
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 1: he defends a lot better than people give him credit for.

814
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: He is like a awesome off screen player, but he

815
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,760
Speaker 1: just has a certain limitation as things get a little tougher.

816
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: And then Jared Jackson is like I've watched Jaron Jackson

817
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: play games where I'm like, oh my god, no one

818
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 1: can handle this guy. Like I remember the game in

819
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: Boston earlier this year when he was just hitting hook

820
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: after hook after hook, and it's like he is just

821
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: eating these dudes a lot. But he just he's he

822
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,840
Speaker 1: in certain games, just doesn't see the floor well and

823
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,760
Speaker 1: can completely disappear. Offensively, He's super foul prone. He's nowhere

824
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 1: near a good defensively, as his reputation will lead you

825
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: to believe, there's just no And then like Jalen Wells

826
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 1: is a good like Memphis gets a lot of good,

827
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: useful young players like that, but he's not the three

828
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: and D guy that Dylan Brooks was, or D and

829
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Speaker 1: three guy that Dylan Brooks was, I should say, you know,

830
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 1: Brandon Clark, Obviously, that injury forces you to lean on

831
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,359
Speaker 1: Santi al Dama a lot more. But like even when

832
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,919
Speaker 1: they were fully healthy this year, they were consistently bad

833
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 1: against the top teams in the league. So it's like

834
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Speaker 1: I think it's I think. I think you go into

835
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: the summer if you're Memphis, and you quietly shop everybody,

836
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:35,399
Speaker 1: and you just start looking for the best possible deals

837
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,359
Speaker 1: and just kind of blow this thing up incrementally as

838
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 1: the deals come around. There's gonna be a team out

839
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 1: there that could use Esmon Bank.

840
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 2: Oh great, I think Houston is.

841
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 3: That's a fun one if they strike out, if they

842
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,719
Speaker 3: somehow don't get Kevin Durant, which it seems all signs

843
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:48,360
Speaker 3: are pointing to them getting Kevin Durant. But if they

844
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 3: don't get Kevin Durant, I think taking a swing atch

845
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 3: that would be awesome.

846
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:55,320
Speaker 1: He's better than Jalen Green. Jalen Green is like your textbook.

847
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: If the pull up shut jump shots going, he's unbelievable.

848
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: But if it's not going, then it's a complete adventure.

849
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: John Moran brings some real like rim pressure playmaking ability

850
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:06,919
Speaker 1: that that Jalen just doesn't bring.

851
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,239
Speaker 3: And he know he has his deficiencies as a player too,

852
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:14,280
Speaker 3: but he is a legitimately special last possession ISO score.

853
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:17,800
Speaker 1: Oh my god, Yeah, he is so good at that, dude.

854
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 1: If they that's what makes like the Memphis thing so tantalizing,

855
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 1: is if they could figure everything else out like that,

856
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: that ability to get into a close game where Jaw

857
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 1: is just gonna beat someone off the dribble to his

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Speaker 1: left hand and then just pop up off the floor

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Speaker 1: from eight feet and knock down that float or that

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Speaker 1: nobody can guard like it. It's like that upside is there,

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Speaker 1: just it. He hasn't become well rounded enough to be

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Speaker 1: a good floor raiser the way that he used to be,

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Speaker 1: and the team itself is not talented enough in terms

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Speaker 1: of two way talent.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's do one more question. We got a

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Speaker 3: couple questions about this, Jason, what is your hair care?

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Speaker 1: I have no idea because I this is my first

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Speaker 1: time in my life having long hair. I I my

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Speaker 1: wife gets me like a real basic like curl cream

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Speaker 1: thing that I use that she's in charge of My

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Speaker 1: wife also has hair of similar length, so we've been

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Speaker 1: joking around that we have the same hair these days.

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Speaker 1: But frankly, I'm still learning how to do it. Like

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Speaker 1: I finally started using these headbands because it was getting

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Speaker 1: out of control. I got sick and tired of of

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Speaker 1: having it flop around while I was trying to do

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Speaker 1: the show. And then the other thing that's been driving

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Speaker 1: me crazy, Jackson, is I wear this like headband when

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Speaker 1: I'm playing now, like a big headband, and like I

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Speaker 1: like will come off of a screen and like elevate

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Speaker 1: into a jump shot and a little piece of hair

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Speaker 1: will come over and like hit me in the eye,

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, all right, it's time to get a haircut.

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Speaker 1: Like this is driving me crazy. It's not worth it

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Speaker 1: if it's offering additional contests on the pull up jump shot.

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Speaker 3: You know, That's how I know my hair when I

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Speaker 3: That's how I know I need a haircut. Is when

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Speaker 3: my haircut, I'm like, damn, I just got hit. I

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Speaker 3: hit myself in the eye somehow.

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Speaker 1: Yes exactly. I get like viscerally upset about it. But

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Speaker 1: it's like you can't, like I can't. It's not long

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Speaker 1: enough to like put in a ponytail, and I don't

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Speaker 1: let it get that long, so like it's not one

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Speaker 1: of those things where I can just strap it all back.

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Speaker 1: I kind of just have to keep it under control.

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Speaker 1: But good question. That's all we have for tonight, guys.

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Speaker 1: As always, be sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting me

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Speaker 1: and supporting the show. One other bit of news, I

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Speaker 1: did record with my buddy Luke a podcast that covered

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Speaker 1: the first three episodes of and Or, So if you

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Speaker 1: guys are Star Wars fans, head over to Twosun's podcast,

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Speaker 1: and I have a link of it on my Twitter

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Speaker 1: feed as well at underscore JSNLT. But you can get

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Speaker 1: a reaction to the first three episodes of and or otherwise.

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow morning, we're gonna have a brief film session on

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Speaker 1: the Celtics Magic Game, and then right back to it

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Speaker 1: tomorrow night live on YouTube after the final buzzer. I

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Speaker 1: will see you guys then. What's guys? As always, I

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Speaker 1: appreciate you for listening to and supporting OOPS tonight. They

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Speaker 1: would actually be really helpful for us if you guys

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Speaker 1: would take a second and leave a rating and a review.

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Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you guys supporting us, but if

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Speaker 1: you could take a minute to do that, I really

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. The volume