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Speaker 1: how when Janice managed to get Tatum or Brown on

432
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,240
Speaker 1: a switch, he literally ripped through them like tissue paper.

433
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 1: And these are the best perimeter defenders in the league,

434
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 1: some of the best perimeter defenders in all of basketball

435
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,439
Speaker 1: on the wing and a specific archetype of perimeter defender

436
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,160
Speaker 1: that is considered by most gms to be the most

437
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,919
Speaker 1: valuable defensive position in all of basketball, and he was

438
00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:31,280
Speaker 1: ripping through them like tissue paper. He's too fast for bigs.

439
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,879
Speaker 1: So really, the only type of player that has any

440
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:40,119
Speaker 1: hope of guarding a Janice is the super strong, bulky,

441
00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 1: low center of gravity forwards. And that's why you saw

442
00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,960
Speaker 1: guys like Grant Williams do okay. Al Horford did okay too.

443
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,719
Speaker 1: He's kind of a unique archetype. If I was building

444
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,480
Speaker 1: a defender in a lab to guard Janice, it would

445
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 1: be a Lebron James or Draymond Green, someone who's undersized

446
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,280
Speaker 1: to play the big but is as big and strong

447
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 1: as most of the biggs in the league. I think

448
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,640
Speaker 1: it would be awesome for the league if we got

449
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,720
Speaker 1: a Bucks Warriors Finals this year, and it would be

450
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: an incredible matchup to watch Draymond Green try to guard

451
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,199
Speaker 1: you honest for an entire series. As basketball fans, we

452
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:15,400
Speaker 1: should all be wishing for something like that at some

453
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,400
Speaker 1: point in the future, because I think it'd be really

454
00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:22,159
Speaker 1: fun to watch. Isolation teams that rely on shot making

455
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,320
Speaker 1: can be really inconsistent. So when you hear fourth most ISOs,

456
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,679
Speaker 1: there's an initial kind of recoil over. You're like, Oh,

457
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,880
Speaker 1: that sounds stagnant, sounds like they don't move the ball much.

458
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,639
Speaker 1: That sounds silly, right, But their isolation is different. It

459
00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 1: relies on bullyball. It's a lot of physical uh trying

460
00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,720
Speaker 1: to uh like for enforce your physicality on the opponent.

461
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,800
Speaker 1: Rather than the Kevin Durant Kyrie Irving, we're taking crazy

462
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 1: off the dribble jump shots. Like in isolation, teams that

463
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 1: rely on shot making can be inconsistent. Isolation teams that

464
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,439
Speaker 1: rely on bullyball can make you feel utterly helpless. And

465
00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,560
Speaker 1: that's kind of like the Bucks Lakers dynamic, where it's like,

466
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,920
Speaker 1: sometimes the offense can look uh stagnant. Sometimes it can

467
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,120
Speaker 1: look like things are crowded in the paint, and then

468
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,600
Speaker 1: there's not enough movement. But then it's like a lot

469
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 1: of Lebron James, Anthony Davis, Johannae Antenna, Cumbo, Drew Holiday,

470
00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 1: and Chris Middleton just bullying you to get whatever they want.

471
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: And that's why it works. All three of those guys

472
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 1: give you about one point per possession in ISO, which

473
00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,119
Speaker 1: is above average. That's why they are successful as an

474
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Speaker 1: isolation team. M They were eight in pick and roll

475
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,480
Speaker 1: ball handler efficiency seventh and rollman official efficiency, so they're

476
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,439
Speaker 1: good pick and roll team. Part of that is, like

477
00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,760
Speaker 1: I was talking about the pistol sets running interchanges before

478
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,320
Speaker 1: they flow into pick and roll to make it hard

479
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,600
Speaker 1: for them to guard. That's something I'd love to see

480
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,000
Speaker 1: the Lakers do more of because too often they're just

481
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 1: too brute force and there's not enough Uh, there's not

482
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 1: enough motion flowing into what they like to do. Uh. Janice, Chris,

483
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,160
Speaker 1: and Drew are all in the seventi percentile or better

484
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 1: as pick and roll ball handlers. Janice was seventh in

485
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,160
Speaker 1: pick and roll efficiency as a rollman among those who

486
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 1: registered at least one D role possessions. Bigging that stood

487
00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,959
Speaker 1: out to me on tape this year was just how

488
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,320
Speaker 1: well he's passing out of the short role. Obviously, Janice

489
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,439
Speaker 1: catches the ball in the short roll, he's getting dunks

490
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,200
Speaker 1: and fouls all the time, but he's also passing really

491
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,240
Speaker 1: well out of that role. Right now, they ran the

492
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 1: third most post ups in the entire NBA. Janice was

493
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,679
Speaker 1: really efficient here, Drew and Chris less so. But the

494
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 1: big thing here is less them scoring out of the

495
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 1: post for Drew and Chris, and more than just initiating

496
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,399
Speaker 1: the offense. Like I talked about, to start possessions to

497
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,640
Speaker 1: get that initial rotation, that initial advantage that they can

498
00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 1: expand um spotting up. There were ninth inefficiency and spot

499
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 1: up possessions during the regular season, but I thought this

500
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,879
Speaker 1: was a big part of what got them beat in

501
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,639
Speaker 1: the Celtics series they Boston. By the end of the series,

502
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 1: when they realized they couldn't stop him in single coverage,

503
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 1: We're sending the kitchen sink towards Joannice. You know it'd

504
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:51,159
Speaker 1: be Grant Williams on him, but you'd have two guys

505
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,360
Speaker 1: in both driving lanes just waiting for him to put

506
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 1: the ball on the floor, and the Bucks were just

507
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 1: incapable of capitalizing on that attention. Sent towards Johannice. In

508
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 1: that series, the Bucks were thirty three on catching shoot threes,

509
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,320
Speaker 1: thirty six percent on wide open threes. That's when the

510
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 1: defenders at least six ft away. That's just not good

511
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 1: enough to win a playoff series when you've got a

512
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 1: superstar that teams are going to be throwing the kitchen

513
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,439
Speaker 1: sync at. A couple of things are gonna help a

514
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 1: lot here. One Joe Joe Ingles getting into the rotation.

515
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,639
Speaker 1: I just think he's a much better spot up player

516
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,000
Speaker 1: than most of the guys they have on the roster.

517
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 1: And then to Chris Middleton. Like obviously we think of

518
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,399
Speaker 1: Chris Middleton as this excellent shot creator, a guy that

519
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,360
Speaker 1: fills Janice's specific weakness as a guy who can knock

520
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,480
Speaker 1: down shots over the top of the defense, but it's

521
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,920
Speaker 1: also an off ball thing. It's also when Janice has

522
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: the ball, Chris Middleton is just a deadly spot up player.

523
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 1: So by putting Chris Middleton back into a spot up

524
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,359
Speaker 1: roll back in there to help with spot up possessions,

525
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 1: and by having Joe Ingles is a better option. If

526
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,400
Speaker 1: Grayson Allen or Pat Contatton are just not playing well

527
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,960
Speaker 1: on any particular night. I just think it gets I

528
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,240
Speaker 1: think it just increases their options there. So that's what

529
00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,199
Speaker 1: got them beat last year. But I do think that

530
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,440
Speaker 1: that gets a dress us to when they're healthy and

531
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 1: um and with the Joe Angle signing, Chris Middleton's loss

532
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,640
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, him getting hurt took away just enough

533
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: of that spot up threat and just enough of that

534
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 1: on ball creation and shot making to allow Boston to

535
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: swarm me on us and fatigue him. That's why he

536
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 1: looks so tired in Game seven. Limit his efficiency, and

537
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 1: the guys off the ball weren't able to make enough

538
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,960
Speaker 1: shots and that's what costs in the series. But what's

539
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:29,919
Speaker 1: crazy is they still were right there, you know, with

540
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: a chance to win late in Game six, and they

541
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,480
Speaker 1: just happened to lose that series, uh, you know, by

542
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,640
Speaker 1: a late flurry from Jayson Tatum to win Game six

543
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 1: and then they ran out of gas in Game seven.

544
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,119
Speaker 1: When healthy, this is an offense that is built for

545
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 1: the playoffs, that relies on bullyball with smart role players,

546
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 1: and it allows them to capitalize on the attention that

547
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 1: sent towards the honest it will not be nearly as

548
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 1: easy to knock them out this this year, and it

549
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: wasn't easy last year. That's why they're such a dangerous team.

550
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,440
Speaker 1: Moving to the defensive end of the floor. So there's

551
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Speaker 1: some metrics from last year first, before we go any further.

552
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Speaker 1: Their fourteenth in defensive writing obviously not good, but they

553
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 1: had a lot of good stats. They were third best

554
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,840
Speaker 1: overall in the league at defending the paint. They were

555
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 1: the best transition defense in the league according to Cleaning

556
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,440
Speaker 1: the Glass on a per possession basis, and they were

557
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,439
Speaker 1: the second best defensive rebounding team, and they were the

558
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 1: best at not fouling. They led the league and free

559
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,640
Speaker 1: throw attempts allowed per one possessions. So that's a lot

560
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 1: of good stats that speak very highly of Mike Budenholzer

561
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,440
Speaker 1: and the attention to detail that this team has on

562
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 1: the defensive end of the floor. But they were dead

563
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 1: last and defending the three point line. They gave up

564
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 1: more than twenty wide open threes per game, which was

565
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 1: worst in the league. And they didn't force any turnovers.

566
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 1: They were sent seven and opponent's turnovers per one possessions.

567
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: And the reason why here is this is a classic

568
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 1: over helped team. When you're watching film and I watched

569
00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 1: a bunch of film on them yesterday. They on any

570
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: possession that anybody has the basketball, the other four players

571
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: almost always have a foot in the paint. There By design,

572
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,719
Speaker 1: they're trying to dare you to shoot at the expense

573
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 1: of making everything impossible in the painted area, which is

574
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 1: why they were such a bad matchup for that Chicago

575
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: Bulls team that looked utterly helpless against them. And in general,

576
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: it's it's it's kind of an interesting playoff. Uh, it's

577
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 1: kind of an interesting playoff strategy because role players do

578
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 1: typically get nervous in the playoffs, and role players shooting

579
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 1: is one of the first things that tends to go

580
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, and and so I get it from

581
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 1: a strategy standpoint, But the risk there is that what

582
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 1: if they make shots and what ended up happening in

583
00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: game six in game seven of the Conference semifinals against

584
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: Boston is Boston shot from three and made thirty nine

585
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 1: threes in game six in game seven and you lost.

586
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: So as a strategy, it can burn you, and it

587
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 1: did in this particular case. But then again, if I'm

588
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: Mike Budenholzer, I'm saying, Okay, yeah, that's all great. But

589
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 1: if I have Chris Middleton, we're probably winning that series

590
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: in five or six games. UM. I think the other

591
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: thing too that kind of hurts them guarding the three

592
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:14,640
Speaker 1: point line is they're a little bit slow footed in general. Um.

593
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: Sometimes they have these lineups with like Drew Holiday and

594
00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: Wesley Matthews, who, even though you know Drew's a great athlete,

595
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 1: they're shorter and so their strides are shorter, and so

596
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 1: they don't cover ground as quickly. And then obviously you've

597
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 1: got brook Lopez who's a little bit lumbering. So if

598
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 1: you get Brooklyn, or if you get Milwaukee in rotation,

599
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: they can be a little bit slow to close out

600
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 1: UM two shooters as well. This is a vintage defense.

601
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 1: They play gigantic lineups with tons of size and strength.

602
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: They do the least switching of any team I've seen

603
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 1: on this list so far. Most of the teams are

604
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 1: switching one through four and then just running drop coverages

605
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,400
Speaker 1: from the center position. Some of the more modern thinking

606
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: teams are switching everything. You watch the Milwaukee Bucks game,

607
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,360
Speaker 1: and it's Drue Holiday fighting through off ball screens. It's

608
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: Chris Middleton fighting through off ball screens. They will switch

609
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: when they need too. But there's a whole lot of

610
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: just we're playing old fashioned basketball. Stick your man, and

611
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 1: we're not going to We're not going to make things

612
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: easier on you by switching. You've got your responsibility and

613
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 1: you stay with that guy. They run drop coverage with

614
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 1: crazy help from the weak side corner. They love to

615
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 1: set it up where you know, Brooke is navigating the

616
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 1: ball screen as the screen defender, and then Janice is

617
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 1: just abandoning. You know, whether it's Patrick Williams in the

618
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: in the Bulls series or whoever the hell it is,

619
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 1: Robert Williams, wherever the hell it is he's guarding in

620
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 1: the Celtics series, he'll just abandon that guy as soon

621
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,680
Speaker 1: as the screen action starts and he's waiting under the basket.

622
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 1: It's a very, very vintage defense. They're super physical on

623
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: the perimeter. Wesley Matthews, Pat Connaton and Drew Holiday are

624
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: both all all three of them are stout guards that

625
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: play defense with their hands, and that's allowed in the playoffs.

626
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 1: It's a great way to contain on the perimeter, and

627
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: they rebound super well because they're huge, and they completely

628
00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: shut down the paint at the other expense of letting

629
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: you shoot threes and hoping you'll miss. But it's it's

630
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 1: a very vintage defense, and you know, we can nit

631
00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: pick it all we want, and god knows, I've done

632
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: a lot of that over the course of the last

633
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: six months. But the results are there. They were right

634
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 1: there anyway, even without Chris Middleton, and they won the

635
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: title the year before. So what's the best case scenario

636
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: with this team? Obviously, they win the title one healthy.

637
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: They haven't lost a playoff series since the Bubble. Janice

638
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: is the best player in the world and will likely

639
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: be the best player in any potential playoff series that

640
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 1: he plays. That actually ends up playing a bigger role

641
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: than most people think. And then, even for teams like

642
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: the Celtics, Warriors, and Clippers, even if you managed to

643
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 1: beat this Bucks team, they're going down in six or

644
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 1: seven games. This is not a team that anybody's gonna

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Speaker 1: knock out in four or five. They are too physical,

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Speaker 1: they're too big, they're too talented. They're gonna be royal

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Speaker 1: pain in the ass for everybody. I think they're the

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Speaker 1: third most likely team to win the title. Worst case scenario,

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Speaker 1: even if they lose a star They're still gonna make

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Speaker 1: it to the second round at least as we saw UM,

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Speaker 1: except for Janice if he goes down, But I mean

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Speaker 1: he that dude's invincible. I literally watched his knee invert

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Speaker 1: in conference finals and he was just ready to go

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Speaker 1: and killed everybody in the in the NBA finals, So

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Speaker 1: I mean one of the it feels like the safest

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Speaker 1: bet in sports that Milwaukee is gonna make it to

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Speaker 1: the second round, come hell or high water next year.

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Speaker 1: So they have a pretty decent Uh, they have a

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Speaker 1: pretty good worst case scenario. Biggest X factor for this

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Speaker 1: team I think is Joe Ingles. He was a really

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Speaker 1: solid role player before this injury. Um is competent, like

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Speaker 1: his competent spot up play specifically address as a weakness

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Speaker 1: on this roster, and so I like the fit there.

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Speaker 1: He also gives them more aggregate size. That they play

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Speaker 1: a lot of undersized wings, guys like Wes Matthews, guys

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Speaker 1: like Pat Connatson, guys like Grayson Allen. Sliding in someone

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Speaker 1: that's a little bit taller there will will kind of

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Speaker 1: open things up for them UM in terms of aggregate size,

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Speaker 1: especially when Janice plays center and Buddenholzer Lean's really heavily

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Speaker 1: into Brook Lopez at center. If you looked at the

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Speaker 1: on off numbers from the Celtics series, they were much

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Speaker 1: much better with the honest at center in that series.

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Speaker 1: He just refused to go to it. But again that's

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Speaker 1: his vintage approach to the game. But if they ever

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Speaker 1: do start to go to Honest at the center, more

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Speaker 1: ingles gives them more aggregate size to be able to

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Speaker 1: functionally run those lineups. The bottom line is is if

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Speaker 1: he can get back to what he was or even

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Speaker 1: close and take away some of the weaker minutes that

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Speaker 1: they were given to guys like Grace and Allen, it

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Speaker 1: fills a hole in the roster, it makes them better,

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Speaker 1: and so I think I think he's the biggest X

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Speaker 1: factor for this particular team if he can get back

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Speaker 1: to what he was in his prime years in Utah.

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Speaker 1: Al Right, guys, that is all I have for today.

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Speaker 1: Starting tomorrow, we're going through number two and number one,

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna be covering a ton of the NBA Finals.

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Speaker 1: This last year, I'm rewatching. That's my job for the

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Speaker 1: rest of the day. I'm gonna keep rewatching the two

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Speaker 1: thousand two NBA Finals as always, I sincerely appreciate your

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Speaker 1: guys a support and I'll see tomorrow and the volume