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So Lebron James was out. 75 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis did not play well really in any facet 76 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: of the game. Was losing contested, rebounded battle or rebound battles. 77 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: He could not finish around the rim, could not make 78 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: his jump shot, just was having a nightmare game. Aside 79 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: from a handful of big defensive plays down the stretch, 80 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: and the Lakers won a game on the road against 81 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: the team that was twenty one and six at home 82 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: coming into the night. Now, obviously Steph was out, but 83 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: you're not gonna have you're not gonna hear that excuse 84 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: get thrown thrown around in the Warrior's locker room when 85 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: Lebron James missed the game. And this is a Lakers 86 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: team that was what and thirty one coming into the game. 87 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: But you know the theme of this, uh show as 88 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: it pertains to or theme of this game, I should say, 89 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: as it pertains to the Lakers, is margin for air. 90 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: When I covered the Lakers before I worked for the Volume, 91 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: I used to always say on my show, I would 92 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:04,799 Speaker 1: say that if the role players played well alongside Lebron 93 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: James and Anthony Davis, they would beat the ship out 94 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: of you. And then if the role players played okay, 95 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: they'd win by ten fifteen points. And if the role 96 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 1: players played poorly, the game could go either way. But 97 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: that was based on the roster before the Russell Westbrook trade. Now, again, 98 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: I way too much blame has been associated with Russell 99 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,679 Speaker 1: Westbrook as it pertains to the Lakers struggles as opposed 100 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: to the Russell Westbrook trade and the talent that was 101 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: sent out again in that deal, they lost Kyle Kuzma, 102 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: a big forward that was a great two way player. 103 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: Contavious called Pope one of the best role player two 104 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: guards in the league. In the ensuing salary crunch, they 105 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: lost Alex Caruso, one of the best guard defenders in 106 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: the league who had great offensive chemistry with Lebron James 107 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: shadow from three his last year with the Lakers was 108 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,600 Speaker 1: great cutting to the rim, off the ball, lots of 109 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: of synergy that those players had alongside Lebron James and 110 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis. And when those guys went out, that talent 111 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: level dipped below whatever that, you know, absolute minimum they 112 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: needed to be a functional basketball team. And Russell Westbrook 113 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: in his declined phase of his career, was not good 114 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 1: enough to make up for that talent that went out 115 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: the window. And what happened with the trades, and we're 116 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: gonna talk a little bit about the downside of them 117 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: waiting this long here in a little bit, but what 118 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: happened with those trades is you brought back in enough 119 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: talent on the from the role players to bring them 120 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: back above that minimum level, and now they look a 121 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: lot more like a functional basketball team. Now. The role 122 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: players are not always going to play that well. Role 123 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: players are always a little bit more inconsistent than stars are. 124 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: That just kind of comes with the territory. But what 125 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: you saw tonight was with them playing really well, they 126 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: were able to allow Anthony Davis to struggle in all 127 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: of those phases of the game and to allow Lebron 128 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: James to rest his foot hopefully up until the trade deadline, 129 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: if they excuse me, the All Star break. If they 130 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: can rest him to the All Star Break, they can 131 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 1: get him twelve full days off through the Sunday of 132 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: the All Star Game, then ramp him up for a 133 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: few days before the rematch rematch for the with the 134 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: Warriors the following Thursday. But that margin for error did 135 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: not exist before this trade deadline, And and you're seeing 136 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: why I've been preaching so much about that, because as 137 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: a result of not having that margin for air before this, 138 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: you had to run Lebron James into the ground. And 139 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: and we're gonna talk a little bit more about that later, 140 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: but this is why it's so important to have all 141 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: of that talent in the other areas of the roster. 142 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: I always talked about all the different responsibilities that have 143 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: to be filled on a basketball court. Role players are 144 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: monumentally important in those areas, and you saw that tonight 145 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: for the Lakers. Now, um, I want to talk a 146 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: little bit about the game plan that the Lakers used 147 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: and then we'll talk about the specific role players. So tactically, 148 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: in basketball, every coach goes into a game with the 149 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: game plan right, and for this particular game, especially since 150 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: Steph Curry it was out, it opened up some options 151 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: for the Lakers to be particularly aggressive on defense. And 152 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: so what they did in this game is they took 153 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis and Ruey Hachimura and then in the bench 154 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: line of Jared Vanderbilt and when you when you Gabriel, 155 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: and they basically had them completely ignore Kevan Luny and 156 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: Draymond Green when they were on the floor, and also 157 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: to Michael Green and Jonathan Comingo when they were on 158 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: the floor, so they were lingering around the paint. Then 159 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: what they did with all of the guards is they 160 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: denied them the ability to come off of those dribble 161 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: handoffs and wide pin downs. Now in basketball, they call 162 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: it top locking. But basically what that means is is, 163 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: like screens over here, I'm guarding this guy. Rather than 164 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 1: locking and trailing, which would mean I'd get behind him 165 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: and try to stay attached, I'm top locking, which means 166 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: I'm getting between him and the screen and basically giving 167 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: up a back cut at the expense of taking away 168 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: his ability to come off the screen. Now, in theory, 169 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: you think you're gonna get back cut all day long, 170 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: But what's happening behind those back cuts? Anthony Davis is 171 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: waiting there, Ruby Hatchmer's waiting there, Jared Vanderbilt and why 172 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: Gabriel are waiting there. So essentially, the Lakers ignored Draymond 173 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: Green and Kevan Luni and the other Warriors nonshooters to 174 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: allow their guards to overplay every single screening action that 175 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: Golden State used in the game, and it shut down 176 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: most of their motion offense. I thought it was really 177 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: really smart on their end, and it actually led the 178 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: Lakers to holding the Warriors to twenty six or fewer 179 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: points in three of the four quarters. And then they 180 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: made just enough offensive plays down the stretch. Anthony Davis 181 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: made a couple of big defensive plays they ended up 182 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 1: getting the win. Now, I have some specific ideas in 183 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: mind for how to counter that sort of thing. We'll 184 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: get to that when they talk when we talk about 185 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: the Warriors. But I do want to stay on the 186 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 1: Lakers for a little bit. Lots of the older Lakers 187 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: played well, like Dennis Schroder had twenty six points, Austin 188 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: Reeves like completely shut down Clay Thompson down the stretch 189 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 1: of this game. He's always been an underrated defensive player 190 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: in this league. But I want to focus on each 191 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: of the brand new Lakers for just a minute. So 192 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: that D'Angelo Russell was really good. He defended well, started 193 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: the game on Clay, made enough plays offensive to be 194 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: in net positive. Uh. Anthony Davis was not screening well 195 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: for him. Again, we talked about this earlier. Anthony Davis 196 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: struggled in every single phase of the game. UM, so 197 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: he wasn't getting those downhill opportunities that really opened up 198 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: the pick and roll for him. But he still made 199 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: quite a few plays. I was talking with Carson you 200 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: guys have seen him come on the show before, uh, 201 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: in a text message thread during the game, and he 202 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: was just saying how Dangel Russell never looks rushed when 203 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: he's in his screen, and I noticed that two in 204 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: the game because Golden State was pressuring the hell out 205 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 1: of the ball. And and to the credit, you know, 206 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: we talked about Anthony davis is screening. I want to 207 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: credit the Golden State guards as well, because they did 208 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: a really nice job staying attached and fighting over those screens. 209 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,079 Speaker 1: But even with that, D'Angel Russell did a really nice 210 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: job just staying slow, staying under control, and making just 211 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: enough offensive plays to be in that positive. He made 212 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,680 Speaker 1: a huge three down the stretch of this game. He 213 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: had a really nice and one in traffic down the 214 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: stretch of this game. Honestly, it was a breadth of 215 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: fresh air to see a real skill guard in that backcourt. Again, 216 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: D'Angel Russell's not my favorite skill guard in the NBA, 217 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: but it's about fit and it's about need, and just 218 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: seeing that type of offensive skill put into a backcourt 219 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: that completely lacked it was really refreshing tonight. Um Jared 220 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: Vanderbilt I said on I can't remember which episode of 221 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: our our show I set it in, but he was 222 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: my favorite player in that trade deadline deal because he's 223 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,719 Speaker 1: a real athletic forward like Ruby Hotchermer is more of 224 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: an offensively minded big forward. But Jared vanderbilts like a legit, 225 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: like dirty work, just monster of an athlete that plays 226 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: at the power forward position. And you saw him just 227 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: completely wreck that game on both ends of the floor. Um, 228 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,839 Speaker 1: he had four I told you guys coming into the 229 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: uh when we did our first preview of the Lakers 230 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: trade that he was averaging four offensive rebounds per thirty 231 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: six minutes. He grabbed two of them tonight in just 232 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: seventeen minutes and played excellent defense. Finished the game with 233 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: twelve points, eight rebounds, and four assists in just seventeen minutes, 234 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,599 Speaker 1: which is an outrageous box score if I would extrapolate 235 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: that out to a thirty six minute shift seventeen and eight. 236 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: I told you guys right when the trade went down 237 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: that I thought he was a much better version of 238 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: Winning Gabriel, and you guys all got to see what 239 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: that looks like tonight. Lakers fans are going to love him, 240 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: and honestly, Darvin Hamm needs to find more than seventeen 241 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: minutes for him. He just played him two shifts in 242 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: this game, one in the middle of each half. I'd 243 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: like to see them find a way to just kind 244 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: of fit him into the game a little bit longer. 245 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: Uh Ruey also played extremely well. Sixteen points and seven rebounds. 246 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,719 Speaker 1: UM doesn't seem like much in the box score, but 247 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: it was deeply impactful. You know, one of the things 248 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: that I really liked about bringing in Jared Vanderbilt is 249 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: it creates a positional battle. I'll give you an example. 250 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: So like when I signed at Arizona Christian after my 251 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: second year in junior college, I was an All conference 252 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: player in JUCO. They brought me into Arizona Christian and 253 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: I took a starting spot away from a player that 254 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: had an All conference selection the previous year at the 255 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: small forward position UM, and his name was Jordan's very 256 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: good player. He ended up starting a bunch of games 257 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 1: that year. I ended up starting a bunch of games 258 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 1: that year. But we battled every single day in practice 259 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 1: and in the games. We all brought our absolute very 260 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: best because we knew that, like, if I didn't have 261 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: it that night, Jordan was getting the minutes, And if 262 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: Jordan didn't have it that night, I was getting the minutes. 263 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: You know what I mean. It was like a real 264 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: positional battle. Between two really good forwards that had track 265 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: records of success in the past, and so as a result, 266 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: that actually forced us all to be on the top 267 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,559 Speaker 1: of our game at all times. And that's kind of 268 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: the way I looked at it, Like, no, Jared Vanderbilt, 269 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 1: Ruey Hotchmur is really the only forward on the roster. 270 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: He's getting all the minutes, so there's less motivation to 271 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: be dialed in on the glass or or to defend 272 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: at an extremely high level. And I thought this was 273 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: Ruey Hotchmer's best defense and rebounding game of his entire 274 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: Lakers tenure so far. And I think a big part 275 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: of that is that positional battle with Jared. You know, 276 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: if he's not playing well, if he's missing those shots 277 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: and he's not contributing on the defensive end and he's 278 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: not grabbing rebounds, Darvin Ham's gonna pull him and Jared 279 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 1: Vanderbilt is gonna get those minutes. And like, just like 280 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 1: in any industry, competition is good. It actually drives success 281 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: from everybody involved. Another thing that Ruy did really well 282 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: tonight was just rescuing possessions. He had a couple of 283 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: late clock three's, a couple of wonderable pull ups on 284 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 1: possessions that broke apart. I always talk about rescue possessions 285 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: or offensive players in their ability to rescue possessions as 286 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: the difference between good offenses and great offenses. Just squeezing 287 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: an extra four or five points out of game is 288 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: the difference between a one eleven offensive offensive rating in 289 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: a one seventeen offensive read rating, right, And that's the 290 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: difference between a middle of the pack offense and a 291 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: great offense, right. So getting that type of offensive production 292 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: from Ruey is really going to help this team, especially 293 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: when they get in the playoffs and the easy opportunities 294 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: go away. Malik Beasily had a rough shooting night, like 295 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: he's over six from three, but even he made some 296 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: big plays attacking the rim. He had a nice little 297 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: floater push shot in the first half, and then in 298 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: the second half he made a drive driving layup and 299 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: then missed another that occupied the rim protector, allowing Jared 300 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: Vanderbilt to get an easy offensive rebound put act. And 301 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: his shot quality was great uh um, So in the 302 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: long run, I do believe he's gonna make a lot 303 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: of shots and fit really well. So a lot to 304 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: be optimistic about for Laker fans after tonight, obviously winning 305 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: a big game on the road and must win without 306 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: Lebron with Anthony Davis not playing well. Um, but I 307 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: do want to talk really quick about Lebron's foot because 308 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: I think it was Chris Haynes reported that Lebron's foot 309 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 1: has been experienced. He's been experiencing quote unquote unbearable pain. Now, 310 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 1: Rob Polinka did come out and say that the imaging 311 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: that they recently got done was clean, So I think 312 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: it's mainly just soreness. But I do you know this. 313 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: I I want to be clear. Rod Polinka did an 314 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: amazing job at this trade deadline, zooming out to the 315 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: Ruby Hat to mr trade, to what happened at the deadline. 316 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: Rob did a great job. So I want to I 317 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: want to set that as our our initial kind of 318 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: like basement for this conversation. Um. But a couple of things. 319 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: The mo Bamba trade who Mobamba didn't play tonight, But 320 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: the Mobamba trade was unrelated to the summer. That could 321 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: have been made even if they made a deal this summer. 322 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 1: The Ruby Hotch Murray trade was unrelated to this summer. 323 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 1: They could have made that trade at this deadline, even 324 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: if they didn't make it during the summer. So the 325 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: only real differences is like, let's compare you know, Buddy 326 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: Healed and Miles Turner versus D'Angel Russell, Malik Beasley and 327 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: Jared Vanderbilt. Now, Jared Vanderbilt is very good. I think 328 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: Miles Turner is a little bit better. Uh, Malik Beasley 329 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: is very good. I think Buddy Heals is a little 330 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: bit better. So the real swing piece in that trade 331 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: is d'angela Russell and you save one pick. Now, what 332 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: did I say coming into the season, If you guys remember, 333 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: I was clear. I said, I understand the thought process 334 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: behind the Lakers waiting. Maybe you get a better deal. 335 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: But what did I say was the risk? I said, 336 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: the risk was that you were going to dig yourself 337 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 1: a hole in the standings and put yourself in a 338 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: situation where you have to have a bad uphill climb 339 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: to get out of. That situation ended up being even 340 00:16:55,080 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: worse than that. And thirty one Lebron James experiencing foot 341 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: pain and the reason why he is experiencing those foot 342 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: issues is that when Anthony Davis went down, Lebron had 343 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 1: to absolutely hit the Jets to a damn near m 344 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: v P level just to keep the team afloat, and 345 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: he did. To be clear, the Lakers net rating this 346 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 1: year with Lebron James on the floor is I think 347 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: plus two point seven per one possessions. To give you 348 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: some perspective, the Milwaukee Bucks for all teams, are sixth 349 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 1: in net rating at plus two point nine. So that's 350 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 1: the level of play that Lebron has been giving you 351 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: this year, just to float you to six games below 352 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: five hundred. So all I'm saying is like, this might 353 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: all work out. The team looks great, but Lebron and 354 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis have to play at a playoff level now 355 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: from the middle of February all the way until the 356 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: end of the season, and you're asking a thirty eight 357 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: year old to do that in an injury prone center. 358 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: To do that. Again, results tell the story. I say 359 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: this all the time. The winner tells the story. So 360 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: this might all work out and the Lakers might win 361 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: the title this year, in which case Rob Polinka looks 362 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 1: like a genius. But let's say that they Anthony Davis 363 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: breaks down because he has to play at a playoff 364 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: level this whole time, or Lebron James breaks down because 365 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 1: he has to play at a playoff level this whole time, 366 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: while the Celtics can ease their way into the playoffs, 367 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: while the Bucks can ease their way into the playoffs, 368 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: while the Nuggets can ease their way into the playoffs. 369 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 1: Now we have to push things forward to next year. 370 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: And Rob Polinka's deals did a nice job providing future flexibility. 371 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: But I've always said that the urgency is Lebron's late prime. 372 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: And why because if you don't do it this year, 373 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: you gotta do it next year. And if you make 374 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: it to the finals in Lebron is thirty nine and 375 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:55,439 Speaker 1: a half years old, and it's it's very likely that 376 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: at thirty nine and a half he's not quite as 377 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: capable of carrying YouTube Championship ceiling as he was in 378 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: the bubble. In so ro Rod got his wish, he 379 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: got a better package, but he paid dearly in the standings, 380 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: and he paid dearly and where and tear on his 381 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,120 Speaker 1: thirty eight year old SuperStar's body and results will tell 382 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: the story. But if Lebron James and Anthony Davis breakdown, 383 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: I do believe it is associated with the fact that 384 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 1: you did not give them this margin for error throughout 385 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 1: the season. And that's why I disagreed with that strategy. 386 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: That's why I would have gone, uh, made the deal 387 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: this summer, this previous summer, and maybe they're sitting at 388 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: thirty one and instead, and now you're more concerned about 389 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: just getting to the playoffs as opposed to you literally 390 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 1: have to go you know, twenty and six or whatever 391 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,199 Speaker 1: just to have an opportunity to get out of the plane, 392 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,439 Speaker 1: or asking Lebron James and Anthony Davis to win a 393 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: must win game on the road at Golden State potentially 394 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: like that, that's the predicament that they're in that has 395 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,159 Speaker 1: to be factored into your calculus of the way that 396 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: you interpret this trade. But to be clear, having waited, 397 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 1: Rob did some really nice work around the deadline, bringing 398 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:19,600 Speaker 1: good players in on the Golden State front. Now. I 399 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: talked a lot earlier in the show about the Lakers 400 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: top locking and not allowing the shooters to come off 401 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 1: the screen, forcing them to back cut into the rim protection. Um. 402 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: I would have adjusted to that by doing what the 403 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,719 Speaker 1: Warriors did to the Boston Celtics, which is lean heavily 404 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 1: into pick and roll in isolation. Pick and roll was 405 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: their most effective play type in the game by far. 406 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: The Warriors ran thirty three pick and rolls tonight for 407 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: thirty four points. Every other play type was below a 408 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: point per possession. Off screen plays zero points six nine 409 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: points per possession, handoffs zero point four six points per possession, 410 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: post ups zero point six seven points per possession. All 411 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: that data is courtesy of Synergy. By the way, um 412 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 1: I would have leaned into the pick and roll, which 413 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: obviously was what was working, because in that case, when 414 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: you have a live ball dribbler coming down off of 415 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 1: a ball screen, first of all, Anthony Davis isn't drops, 416 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 1: so you're gonna get some good looks potentially for pull 417 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 1: up shooters guys like Lay Thompson and Jordan Pool, right, 418 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: but most importantly all of your off ball players, because 419 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: they're not preparing for coming off the pin downs and stuff. 420 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: They're sucked into traditional help position. So now if they 421 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: ignore Draymond and you make that pitch out to him, 422 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: or if they know Looney and you make that pitch 423 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: out to him, they can quickly flow into those dribble 424 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: handoffs that get those wide open shots because it's not 425 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: like they're locked up to the shooters off the ball 426 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: in pick and roll. That would just give Jordan Pool 427 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: way too much space to operate. They're in traditional help side, 428 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: they're not locked onto their man. That is what opens 429 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: up those dribble handoffs for those opportunities. So I would 430 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: have made that adjustment personally, But to be honest, it's 431 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: a regular season game and you're not always going to 432 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,199 Speaker 1: see those types of adjustments in that setting. And we 433 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: literally saw in the finals last year the Warriors go 434 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 1: heavy into pick and roll to adjust to Boston running 435 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: that drop cover schemes. So it's not a criticism of 436 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: Steve Kerr, it's just the reality of regular season basketball, 437 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: like sometimes you're just gonna lean into a game plan 438 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: because it's not worth diving that far into the wheats. 439 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,040 Speaker 1: And then, honestly, it was also just a poor shooting night. 440 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: Clay Thompson and Jordan Pool combined to go six for 441 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: three from three UM, so you kind of just throw 442 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: it away at that point. And credit to the the Lakers, 443 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: they played really really well tonight. UM. Thoughts on the 444 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: Gary Payton situation super weird. Apparently Golden State thinks Portland 445 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 1: didn't properly disclose the injury. There may or may not 446 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,719 Speaker 1: have been toward all shots being shot into Gary Payton's 447 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: abdomen every single day just so he can play, which 448 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: is obviously a major, major scan. I think it's a major, 449 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: major scandal. But it seems to me that the league 450 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: is basically just saying take it or leave it. I 451 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: I haven't I'm not a percent sure, but I've seen 452 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: some reporting that they're not going to let them adjust 453 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 1: the pit compensation, and so it's a really tough position. 454 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: And it really sucks because the bridge between James Wiseman 455 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 1: and the Warriors was already in pretty rough shape, and 456 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: trading him seems to have, you know, you would think 457 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: theoretically burned that bridge completely. UM. I still think this 458 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: ends up with the Warriors just accepting the deal, but 459 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 1: who knows. We'll see. We we're gonna find out tomorrow. Um. 460 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: And in theory, Gary Payton should be available for a 461 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: postseason run. I've talked a lot about how much I 462 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 1: value him, so I'm not gonna get into that today. 463 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: But the Warriors are going to have to pivot to 464 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 1: the buy out market. Now. What's interesting is the last 465 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: few years, the buyout market has not been very good. Um, 466 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: but this season it actually shapes up to be pretty interesting, 467 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: and I think that's a byproduct of how busy the 468 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: trade market was. Um I'd be keeping on eye on 469 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: guys like Danny Green, who potentially could be healthy for 470 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: a playoff run. Um. I I keep an eye on 471 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: new Lands Noel potentially getting bought out. Patrick Beverley, Although 472 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not a huge fan of his fit 473 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: in Golden State, his name got brought up on the 474 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: national broadcast tonight. I first of all, I think Golden 475 00:23:55,840 --> 00:24:00,280 Speaker 1: States cards are excellent and too He's Patrick Beverley's little 476 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: bit of a ball stopper, which doesn't work super well 477 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: in the Golden State scheme. He doesn't make quick decisions. 478 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: He kind of catches on the wing and hill jab 479 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: step and do that sort of thing. Um. Another guy 480 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: keep an eye on is Dwayne Deadman. The Warriors need 481 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: a big and I'm not a huge Dayne Deadman fan, 482 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 1: but he's kind of one of the only ones that 483 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: could come available this year. UM. So I do think 484 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 1: the Warriors will be active in that market, and that 485 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 1: might have to be the way that they show her 486 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,959 Speaker 1: up their depth before Gary Payton can come back. They 487 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: have a big game at home on on Monday against 488 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: Washington that they have to win. Alright, Moving on to 489 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: Mavericks King, So Dear and Fox really took this game 490 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: over down the stretch, making all sorts of little short 491 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: jump shots in the lane and and made a huge 492 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: defensive play in a trap on Luca where he shot 493 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: the passing lane and got a dunk and made a 494 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: couple of floaters as well. I was pulling some data 495 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: on floaters because it seems like every single Deer and 496 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: Fox floater that he takes goes in. He's shooting fifty 497 00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: four percent on floaters this year. Uh, there are seventy 498 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: four players in the n b A who have taken 499 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 1: at least fifty floaters, and darn Fox's sixth in percentage 500 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: out of seventy four. Again, a little trivia, who do 501 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: you guys think is best in the league at floaters? 502 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: Nicola Yokich just take a wild guess at what the percentages? 503 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: It's seventy. Nikolayoka just shooting sevent on floaters. Every every 504 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: single Nicola Yoka stat is is just is just amazing 505 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,959 Speaker 1: to me. Um. The reason why I bring that up 506 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: is downhill guards, in particular, really fast downhill guards. They 507 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: need something to check up before they get to the 508 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: rim for a couple of different reasons. One, it's about 509 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 1: wear and tear. You don't need to be flying into 510 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: bodies all the time and trying to finish in traffic. 511 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 1: It's gonna get you into some trouble and to your rimp. 512 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: Your rim finishing will go down if the rim protector 513 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 1: can linger around the rim. Um. So having that float 514 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: of the ability to check up short, especially with your 515 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 1: athleticism too then short to take that little short pop 516 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: floater in the lane is a great counter to that 517 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,160 Speaker 1: sort of thing. I see John Murant do this out 518 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 1: as well. UM. But the other big part of it 519 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: is the midrange shooting UM and Darren Foxes shooting on 520 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: two's jump shot twos that are inside the three point 521 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 1: line this year, which is excellent, and the Mavericks just 522 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: couldn't do anything with him down the stretch of this game. 523 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: Another huge element to the U King's late game success 524 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,919 Speaker 1: in this game I thought was Terrence Davis. He did 525 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 1: a really nice job ball pressuring Luca, and I thought 526 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,439 Speaker 1: it was some poor strategy on Dallas's part, which we'll 527 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: get to here in a minute. But just by pressuring 528 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: Luca and having him slowly bring the ball off the 529 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: floor made it really hard for Dallas to get into 530 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: situations where they can actually run something like a specific 531 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: pick and roll or a specific post up or things 532 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: along those lines, because by the time they got the 533 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: ball at the floor, Luca had to do something quickly, 534 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 1: and more often than not he was just trying to 535 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: go downhill on Terrence davis um. But you know, for 536 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: a guy that was giving up a lot of weight 537 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: to Luca, just by keeping a good strong base and 538 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: sliding his feet, well, he did a really nice job 539 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: impact in the game with his ball pressure. What I 540 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: would have done there is I would have just given 541 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: the ball to Kyrie and then and had him bring 542 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: the ball off the floor and worked from there. Specifically, 543 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: I thought the Mavericks best stuff that they were getting 544 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: down the stretch of that game was when Luco was 545 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 1: in the post on that right block, you know, with 546 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: his left hand dribbling getting ready to shoot over his 547 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: right shoulder because the Kings were doubling out of it, 548 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: and the Mavericks did a nice job of putting Kyrie 549 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 1: irving one passed away. And you know, I I noticed 550 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: this a lot when Kyrie was with the nets, where 551 00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 1: they would have, you know, because Kevin Durant was one 552 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: of the best pick and roll ball handlers in the 553 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 1: league with the nets, and what they would do is 554 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,440 Speaker 1: they'd have they'd have Kyrie s at the pick because 555 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: then when the trap comes, Katie's making that quick pass 556 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: to Kyrie on the short roll and it's a four 557 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: on three, but you have one of the best offensive 558 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 1: players in the league making that first decision in the 559 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: four on three and they would just torch teams with that, 560 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: And I thought the Mavericks were getting really good shots 561 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 1: when they would post up Luca have Kyrie one pass away, 562 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 1: so when the double comes, it's that four on threety, 563 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 1: but Kyrie is making that first play and they got 564 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: some really good stuff out of that, and then they 565 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: completely went away from it, which was confusing to me. 566 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: But um, one of the easiest ways to do that 567 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: is have Kyrie bring the ball up the floor so 568 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: that you have time for Luca to just jog down 569 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: to the block and then fight for position against Terrence Davis. 570 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: But credit to Terrence Stavis, he did a really nice 571 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 1: job impact in the game with this ball pressure. He 572 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: also hit a huge three and ot um after the 573 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: Mavericks jumped out to a three point lead. The King's 574 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: defense has now given up a hundred and twenty plus 575 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: points in four straight games. They are twenty three in defense. UM. Again, 576 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 1: the Kings are really fun. I always enjoy watching them 577 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: when I watched them play, but there's a clear ceiling 578 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: here with their inability to get stops, which really comes 579 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: down to the front court in my opinion. UM. One 580 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: note on the MAVs two with their final shot. You know, 581 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 1: there's this debate like who gets the last shot? And 582 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: it's to me, the decision is so simple when you've 583 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: got two really great shot creators like that, it's who's 584 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: got it going, who's in a rhythm? And what I 585 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: didn't like about Luca taking that step back three and 586 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: you know again like for Luca, it's a make a 587 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,479 Speaker 1: ball shot, sure, but like and I saw just an 588 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: inkling of frustration on Kyrie after the game. I don't 589 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: know if you guys noticed that, but uh, Kyrie had 590 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: it going. He had just hit a while three before. 591 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: He's been freaking amazing on the offense events since he 592 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 1: put on the jersey. That's one of those moments where 593 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: it's like you get you put the ball in Kyrie's 594 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: hands to try to tie the game there um, But 595 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: we'll see how that shakes out over the coming months. 596 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: Big picture, what I really like about Kyrie's fit with 597 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: Dallas is he brings real pace and tempo to their offense. 598 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 1: Everything Luca does is slow, and you know, Kyrie is 599 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: a live ball shot creator that does it out of 600 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: ice so and pick and roll similar to Luca does, 601 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: but he's much much quicker with the way that he 602 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: does that. You know, if you throw the ball to 603 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: Luca with eighteen seconds left on the shot clock on 604 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: the left wing, it might take him nine seconds to 605 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: decide what he's gonna do, whether that's a step back 606 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: or beating his man off the a bill or backing 607 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 1: him down into the lane. Because he's gonna use a 608 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: bunch of dribbles, he's gonna turn and pivot a bunch 609 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,800 Speaker 1: of times. He's gonna be very methodical in the way 610 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: that he does it. And one of the nice things 611 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 1: about Kyrie is he does play with real tempo. He's 612 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: very quick with his decision to attack or to shoot, 613 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: and there's a couple of different ways that I've seen 614 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: that help. One. It's kind of like a change of 615 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: pace when lucas off the floor. You saw that a 616 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: little bit tonight, and you saw that a lot in 617 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: the two wins, Like Kyrie just immediately walks into Dallas 618 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: and goes on the road to the Clippers and wins, 619 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: and goes onto the road on the road to the 620 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 1: Kings and wins. That's why you make the superstar trade. 621 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: And what blew my mind about everything surrounding the Kyrie 622 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 1: discussion when his he was when he was available for 623 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: trade is people continually glossed over the fact that the 624 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 1: dude is freaking incredible at basketball, and like, yeah, if 625 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: you want to have a conversation about the off court stuff, 626 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: that's fine, But like, as a basketball player, the dude 627 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 1: is an all world talent and that immediately changes everything 628 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: about the geometry of your basketball team. That's what allows 629 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 1: you to sit Luca to rest an injury and went 630 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: on the road against the Western Conference playoff team and 631 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: then do it again a couple of nights later. Um, 632 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:10,080 Speaker 1: but fundamentally on the basketball court though you could even 633 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: see it when Luca and Kyrie were together, just Luca 634 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: making quicker decisions in the ball, popping around more. And 635 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: you know, one of the things that I said about 636 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: Luca when all this was going down, I said, don't 637 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: just assume that he can't play a different style. Yes, 638 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: Luca is very hellocentric and slow paced when he's been 639 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,480 Speaker 1: running the Mavericks the last few years, but this dude 640 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: grew up playing professional basketball in Europe. This dude is 641 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: accustomed to ball movement and passing screen away and running sets. 642 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:48,239 Speaker 1: He's done all of that ship his entire life. So 643 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 1: I have no idea why people were just assuming that 644 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:55,040 Speaker 1: Luca would be incapable of playing that style. And I 645 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: loved seeing that. A little bit of different tempo and 646 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: pace to the way that the Mavericks play aid with 647 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: Luca and Kyrie on the floor together. One other guy 648 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: I wanted to talk about with the MAVs was Josh Green. 649 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 1: You know, he came into the league is like a 650 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: really great athlete, but that was a good, strong athlete 651 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: that's kind of like the modern day wing that's a 652 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: little bit shorter, but you know, quicker and more stout 653 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: and has a lower center of gravity. But he was 654 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: a real liability in last year's playoffs, and you know, uh, 655 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: Jason Kidd had some tough decisions in that bench guard 656 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: role to go with either Frank Nilikina or Josh Green, 657 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: and neither of them were making the corner threes that 658 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: the Mavericks were generating for them, and it was a 659 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: whole thing. Um. But early in the season, I told 660 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,840 Speaker 1: you guys, you could tell immediately that Josh Green was 661 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: in the lab all dayn summer because he had made 662 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 1: so many improvements as a ball handler and a shooter. 663 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: And you saw it every single time you watched the 664 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: mass watched the Maps play. But I pulled some data 665 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: today to show you, guys just how ridiculous the improvement is. 666 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: So last year, there were two and fifty seven players 667 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: in the league to have at least one spot up opportunities, 668 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 1: and Josh Green ranked two hundred and two out of 669 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: two fifty seven, scoring just zero point nine two points 670 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: per possession and spot up rolls or spot up situations. 671 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 1: This year, he's averaging one point two points per spot 672 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,479 Speaker 1: up possession. There are a hundred and nine players who 673 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: have run at least a hundred and he's twenty four. 674 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: So in one summer, he literally went from being one 675 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: of the very worst spot up players in the league 676 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 1: to one of the very best spot up players in 677 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 1: the league. So tip of the cap to Josh Green, 678 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: because I thats just the sheer thousands and thousands and 679 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 1: thousands of reps that took this summer to make that 680 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 1: type of improvement. I think is really really impressive. As 681 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 1: a team, the Mavericks are still really small, and I 682 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: don't know if they can hold up physically in a 683 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:52,360 Speaker 1: playoff series. But if Maxi Kleiber can get healthy and 684 00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: you look at a lineup of you know, they went 685 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 1: heavy with Reggie Bullocks to night, so theoretically would probably 686 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: be like Maxi Kleiba. They could theoretically go with Powell there, 687 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,480 Speaker 1: but I think they're spacing is better with Cliba. Do 688 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 1: you go kliba um with Josh Green, Reggie Bullock, Luca 689 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: Luca Donche and Kyrie Irving. If they can just keep 690 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: games close, that five is gonna be a pain in 691 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:16,320 Speaker 1: the ass to deal with at the end of games 692 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: and they're gonna get great shots all the time. So again, 693 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,320 Speaker 1: I don't have them as a top tier championship contender 694 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,280 Speaker 1: or anything like that I'm more interested in the Mavericks 695 00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,759 Speaker 1: in the long run, but man, are they gonna be 696 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,279 Speaker 1: fun to watch, and I'm looking forward to watching the 697 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: MAVs the rest of the year. Al Right, guys, we 698 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: are taking the next two days off for Super Bowl, 699 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,160 Speaker 1: but we'll be covering Monday night's games on Tuesday morning, 700 00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 1: and then we'll be doing a show on Tuesday night, 701 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: breaking down. I believe that one is Celtics Bucks that 702 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 1: night that will be live on AMP. The Warriors play 703 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: the Clippers that night, will be breaking that game down 704 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,319 Speaker 1: on Wednesday morning. So that's just kind of a little 705 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 1: look at our first three shows next week. But I 706 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: enjoy the Super Bowl. I'm on the Eagles. I think 707 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna win. We're about a touchdown. Um excited to 708 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 1: hang out with some friends and enjoy I watched the 709 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: game and we've done It's been a busy week. I 710 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: was telling my wife this morning, I think we've done 711 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: eight shows in the last seven days. So I'm looking 712 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,279 Speaker 1: forward to a couple of days off, but I'm also 713 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,040 Speaker 1: very very excited for the stretch run with you guys. 714 00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,919 Speaker 1: As always, I sincerely appreciate the sport and I'll see 715 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: you guys next time. The volume