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Well, we have officially. 37 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,559 Speaker 1: Kicked off the NBA season with an absolute ass kicking 38 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: of the New York Knicks by the Boston Celtics and 39 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: then the Los Angeles Lakers, a team that I've been 40 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: higher than the consensus on coming into the season, had 41 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: an impressive first showing versus the new look Minnesota Timberwolves. 42 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: Are gonna be breaking down both games from the perspective 43 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: of both teams, and then we'll get out of here 44 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 1: for the night. You guys have the joe before we 45 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: get started. 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So Anthony Davis was the story 55 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: of the night for the Los Angeles Lakers. Thirty six 56 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: points and sixteen rebounds. Just an absolute monster. And you 57 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: know this is obviously he's been playing like a monster 58 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: for the majority of twenty twenty four. I want to 59 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: get to that here in a minute, like this is 60 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: not some revelation like oh my gosh, ad he's back. 61 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: He's been awesome almost NonStop this entire year. It's been 62 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: a big part of why I've been high on this team. 63 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: But this was a particularly great game from him, and 64 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: I didn't even expect it to be after the way 65 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: the game started. Because one of the most important parts 66 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: of Ad in his you know ceiling, because AD's floor 67 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 1: is so high, because he's such a good defensive rebounder, 68 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: and because he's such a good defensive anchor for everything 69 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: you're trying to do on the defensive end of the floor. 70 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: So like, even AD's bad games sometimes get you know, 71 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: attributed as bad games when they really are just maybe 72 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: not the most impressive box score performances, but he creates 73 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,959 Speaker 1: such a sound foundation for you to build a basketball 74 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: team on that that just gets conveniently looked over. 75 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 2: But one of the important. 76 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: Pieces of unlocking AD's ceiling is his ability to finish 77 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: short range shots, like the little pop shots in the lane, 78 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: the little left shoulder hooks, the finishes when he's driving 79 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: to the basket and through the first like two and 80 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: a half quarters, he was really struggling to make those shots, 81 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: and that usually is an indicator of like, Okay, this 82 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: may not be one of those great Anthony Davis games. 83 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: But he broke out of that slump in the middle 84 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: of the third quarter by virtue of him appsbsolutely needing 85 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: to Lebron checks out of the game early into that 86 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: quarter like he's been doing so far a since JJ 87 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: Redick look over the team. He's checking out like around 88 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: that seven six minute mark in the first and third quarters. 89 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: And then there's this long extended stretch there of like 90 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: five or six minutes a game time where AD's running 91 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: the show without Lebron out there. And this is where 92 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: the matchup becomes fascinating because one of the things I 93 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: talked about going into this matchup is that with Minnesota, 94 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: they are going to give all sorts of problems to 95 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: all the Laker perimeter players, right Like, they just are 96 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: so good and so long, and so athletic and so strong, 97 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: and they play so physical, and you guys probably saw 98 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: a lot of that in the second half, right Like, 99 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: just look at how as d Lo or Austin are 100 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: bringing the ball up the floor. There is physical ball 101 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: pressure from Nikkeiel Alexander Walker, from Dante DiVincenzo, hicking those 102 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: guys up full court, making them turn a bunch of times, 103 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 1: making it so that by the time they make that 104 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: high post entry pass to get started in that offense, 105 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 1: there's already like thirteen fourteen seconds on the shot clock, 106 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 1: you know, And like that's what Minnesota can do. They 107 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: can get really physical with your guards. The especially as 108 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 1: the league has allowed more physicality, players that are not 109 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: particularly big and strong can kind of get contained and 110 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: corrowded by those guys. And so how you beat Minnesota 111 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: is you have to attack their front line with size. 112 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: You have to go through them with strength, through some 113 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: of their thinner players. And so Anthony Davis and Lebron 114 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: are critically important in this particular matchup, And of course 115 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: Lebron had I thought Lebron's game was pretty solid in 116 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 1: terms of how dialed in he was on defense and 117 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: a lot of like passing reads that he made little 118 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: plays here and there. But he didn't have a big 119 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: box score game, and so a lot fell on Anthony 120 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: Davis to kind of carry that load. And you could 121 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 1: tell in that third quarter stretch there were just a 122 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: bunch of possessions that ended with like seven or eight 123 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: seconds on the shot clock, and AD's got the ball 124 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: at the top of the key and it's time for 125 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 1: him to go to work, and you could tell there 126 00:05:58,240 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: was a little it's when he hit that little step 127 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: back shot over Ridy Gobert kind of around the left 128 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: elbow area. That was where you could tell Ad was like, 129 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: I just got to keep shooting through this. I know 130 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: I'm not making shots right now, but I just got 131 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: to keep shooting through this. And then that one fell, 132 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: and then he got to the foul line a couple 133 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: of times, and then he got that and one on 134 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards, and then he hits a three, and then 135 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: he hits. 136 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 2: That little driving fade away along the left block. 137 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: You could just see like the confidence building, and all 138 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: of a sudden you just saw him start shaking his head. 139 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: He's like, all right now, I'm in full groove and 140 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: I got every part of my game going. Dominating the glass, dominating, 141 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: protecting the rim. He was just an absolute monster in 142 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: this game. The exciting part is the jump shot piece 143 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: of it, right, And like again, it's all every time 144 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: we're looking at jump shot results, we want to make 145 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,719 Speaker 1: sure that we wait until we get larger sample sizes, right, 146 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: But it's such an important part of elevating a half 147 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 1: court offense. Like if you're gonna be elite half court offense, 148 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: you gotta have guys that can make shots over the top. 149 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: Like when we talk about offensive ratings, what are the 150 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: best offensive ratings in the league. Usually they're usually around 151 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: like what point one, twenty two on twenty three, around 152 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: that range, right, But the worst offensive ratings in the 153 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: league are they're still like, you know, one, twelve, one eleven, 154 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: and I can't tell off the top of my head, 155 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: but they're right around that area, right, talking about ten 156 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: points over one hundred possessions on average, right, And a 157 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: big part of that is usually like on the possessions 158 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: where he plays great defense and they shut down your 159 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: action and they take away the easy catch and shoot 160 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: threes and the easy driving layup opportunities. It's like, who's 161 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,239 Speaker 1: gonna just kind of turn this possession into something when 162 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: when no one else can. Right, Ad hit three or 163 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: four shots tonight where he turned nothing into something, and 164 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: that's an important elevator for this offense. Remember, as we 165 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: go back through this like kind of progression of the 166 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: last few years of the Lakers offensively, two years ago, 167 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: both Lebron and Ad were abysmal jump shooting and their 168 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: offense was really bad and it became a big problem 169 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: for them. They actually won on their defense as they 170 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: made that Western Conference Finals run. Would go into the 171 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: following season and Lebron James becomes a forty one percent 172 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: pretty high volume three point shooter. Just that fundamentally changed 173 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: the offense for the Lakers. Right If they can get 174 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: to the point where both Lebron and Ad are hitting 175 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: some of these over the top jump shots with so 176 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: much other physical imposition they can put against other teams, 177 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: that would be a huge ceiling raizer for this team. 178 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: But the interesting thing to me, though, is that Lebron 179 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: and Ad have been basically awesome for all of twenty 180 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: twenty four. I expected them to be awesome. Go look 181 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: at their numbers. Just go look for the final forty 182 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: six games the last year's regular season, when the Lakers 183 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: were the fourth best record in the league and the 184 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: third best offense. Lebron and AD were consistently awesome. And 185 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: then they were awesome with Team USA. They were awesome 186 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 1: in the Nugget series. That series was lost on the 187 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: margins and with some issues with some role player matchups. 188 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: Lebron and AD were awesome in that series. Lebron and 189 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: Ad are awesome. It's a huge part of why I'm 190 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: high on this team. What I'm specifically excited about is 191 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: the details that help you win basketball games. I talk 192 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: about this concept all the time on the show. Basketball 193 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: games are one on the margins in many cases, and 194 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,559 Speaker 1: if you do not win or fight in those margins, 195 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: you're setting yourself up to fail. It's like playing with 196 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: an arm tied behind your back. And last year with 197 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: Darvin Ham, there was one margin that the Lakers consistently 198 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: kicked asid in and that was free throw differential, right. 199 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: But aside from that, they were really weak and a 200 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 1: bunch of the other areas of the game. And so 201 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: one of the specific things I was excited about with 202 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: JJ Reddick was he came in talking about that I 203 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: want to find more opportunities for margin attacking the offensive glass. 204 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,839 Speaker 1: JJ Reddick talks about this concept called limbo, right. It's 205 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: this very simple idea between in that kind of transition 206 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 1: between a defense to offense. If you're not sprinting back 207 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: in transition defense or you're not crashing the offensive glass, 208 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: you were accomplishing nothing. And there were way too many 209 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: possessions last year where the Lakers were not crashing the 210 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: offensive glass and not getting back transition defense. There were 211 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: a lot of guys getting caught in limbo there, and 212 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: what you saw tonight is like, oh, actually the Lakers 213 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: are pretty big. Rueyjachimura can get downhill in some of 214 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: these corner crashes and secure some of these rebounds. They 215 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 1: got some athletes out there, why not try to build 216 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: margin there. That was a huge part of the Lakers 217 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: winning the possession battle tonight. They generated fifteen additional possessions 218 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: off of offensive rebounds. Help side defense, the Lakers were 219 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: this weird passive defense last year where it was like, Oh, 220 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 1: we're gonna ignore this guy, we're gonna pack the paint, 221 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna do these kind of basic concepts. And there's 222 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 1: the same type of limbo that occurs in help side defense. 223 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: If you're not taking away a shot on the weak 224 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 1: side or actually helping, you're in limbo. You're not helping anything. 225 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: Look at how much more active the Lakers were in 226 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: passing lanes just by virtue of being in the right spot, 227 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: so that when Minnesota made mistakes, they were making mistakes 228 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: to Laker hands that were in passing lanes as they 229 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: were forcing turnovers and getting out in transition again, won 230 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 1: the offensive glass battle, nine fewer turnovers, ten more fast 231 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: break points. Those little details. There's a possession in the 232 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: second half, Julius Randall tries to take a shot, smokes 233 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: it falls down or no, he actually made it made 234 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: the layup falls down. Lebron and Ad immediately identify it 235 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: inbound to Lebron. Lebron sprints down the floor, throws a 236 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: love to Jackson Hayes for an easy layup on a 237 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: possession while the Minnesota was down a man. Those are 238 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: little details, little things on the margins that help you 239 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: win basketball games. That is what is the potential for 240 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: this particular team taking what you had last year is 241 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 1: a strong foundation, which is Lebron and Ad are two 242 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,719 Speaker 1: of the ten best players in the world, and you've 243 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 1: got a good starting lineup. It's not a perfect starting lineup. 244 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: I don't think it's a starting lineup that could contend 245 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: with the best starting lineups in the league. I don't 246 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: think they have enough two way talent. But it's a 247 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: good starting lineup. That's a good foundation. So if you 248 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: can take the thing thing that you struggled with over 249 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: the course of the season, like actually playing your best 250 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: players as much as possible, which was a huge problem 251 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: with Darvin Ham last year. Didn't start playing his best 252 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: players until the second half of the season, and that 253 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 1: dug them in a hole in the staindings right. Paying 254 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: attention to those details on the margins, like if you're 255 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: just sharp crashing the offensive glass and getting back in 256 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: transition defense and in your help side defense and defensive 257 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: rebounding and all these different situations, you dramatically increase your 258 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: probability of winning basketball games. It's not rocket science. There 259 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: is so much that you can control with your execution. 260 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:39,719 Speaker 1: This was a huge thing I talked about after that 261 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: WNBA Finals game. Everyone's talking about the officiating. The Liberty 262 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: were the sharper basketball team the entire second half of 263 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: that game. It built them an opportunity to steal a 264 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: game that they had no business winning. And so that's 265 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: the part I'm excited about with JJ Redick in the 266 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: long run, it's just those little details. I think there's 267 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 1: a lot that they can get better at. Lebron still 268 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: wasn't great tonight. I think he can be better. The 269 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: Lakers were five for thirty from three. I thought they 270 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: generated a lot of really good looks for good shooters 271 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: that did not go down. There were multiple times tonight 272 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: where I'm watching that game where I'm like, Laker should 273 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: be up twenty twenty five right now, and they're they're 274 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:15,559 Speaker 1: just not making shots. 275 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: I think that the Phoenix. 276 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: Game coming up here on the horizon, a much much 277 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: lighter defensive matchup, could be a game where we see 278 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: the Lakers have a bigger breakout game offensively. One last 279 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: guy I wanted to shout out for the Lakers was 280 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: Ruby Hotcha Mura. I thought, especially in that first half, 281 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: he was just an absolute monster, hitting above the break 282 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: three start the game, multiple offensive rebounds, on corner crashes, 283 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: defensive help rotations. He had a big block on Rudy 284 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: Gobert some other big defensive rebounds. I thought rually looked awesome. 285 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: The Browny stretch, you know, is interesting because I was 286 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: a little nervous because you cram a five minute Brownie 287 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: shift in there or a three minute Brownie shift in there, 288 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,199 Speaker 1: and you go minus eight and you lose a close game. 289 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: It's a really bad look, especially in the Western Conference 290 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: where like the four seed I had home court advantage 291 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 1: in the first round, was two games better than a 292 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: playing team like that's the nature of the Western Conference. 293 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: You can't afford a trick off games. But I thought 294 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:10,719 Speaker 1: JJ found a nice time for it. The time in 295 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: the game when the Lakers were up by double figures 296 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: definitely got a little weird. But it just kind of 297 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: felt like the Lakers were laying around this lebron and 298 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: Bronny concept rather than just kind of playing basketball the 299 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: way they had been. But you know, I thought Bronnie 300 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: was fine. He got isoed twice by Julius Randall by 301 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards, forced them both into tough, contested mid range 302 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: jump shots. Julius Randall made his, Anthony Edwards missed his. 303 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: I thought he held up fine there. I thought the 304 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: shot that he took on the right wing was a 305 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: good look, he just missed it. Had a decent little 306 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: offensive rebound attempt that Rudy Gobert got. But like as 307 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: far as like a really high pressure like whatever you do, 308 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: don't shit the bed type of situation, I thought Bronnie 309 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: held up pretty well. He looked like a basketball player 310 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: out there. And now you got that out of the way, 311 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: and now Bronnie can get his reps when he has 312 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: opportunities in practice or with the State Ready group, get 313 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: his reps with the G League, and just focus on 314 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: becoming a really good basketball player over the next few 315 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: years and see if he can't turn himself into an 316 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: NBA player that has a meaningful spot in a rotation 317 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: on the Wolves front. You know, and this is something 318 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: I want to keep in mind for both the Wolves 319 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: and the Knicks. These are dramatically different basketball teams now 320 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: in terms of their playing style. Dante DiVincenzo is like 321 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: an entirely different weapon that you have to incorporate. By 322 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: the way, I thought Dante was amazing tonight. So many 323 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: big defensive plays, little rotations, deflections here and there. His 324 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: ball pressure on d Lo really changed the pace of 325 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: the game in the second half of this one. His 326 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 1: shooting it's like he's open. It just feels like it's 327 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: going in every single time. He's just going to be 328 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: a monster for this team. That's like that kind of 329 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: guy is just so easy to plug in. It's just 330 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: not an issue. But Julius Randall is just a fundamentally 331 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: different type of basketball player than Karl Anthony Towns. Like 332 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: you could literally feel the dynamic at play where was 333 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: like Ant didn't really know when to be aggressive in 334 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,520 Speaker 1: the second of like once the Lakers went up double 335 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 1: digits and just said, screw it, I'm putting everything up, 336 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: and he started just being super aggressive. But like to 337 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: start the game, he didn't really know when to attack. 338 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: Julius Randall didn't really know when to attack. You could 339 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: tell that Julius in particular didn't know what to do 340 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: when he was off the ball. 341 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: It just looked really clunky. 342 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: But here's the thing, like we're talking about in tonight's matchups, 343 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 1: two different types of teams. Obviously, Boston's way better than 344 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 1: the Lakers, but Boston is an established team that is 345 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 1: bringing back the exact same roster from last year, and 346 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: their core guys, guys like Jaylen Brown, Drew holl excuse me, 347 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: Jaylen Brown, Jason Tatum, and Al Horford have been together 348 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: for many years. Derek White's already been there for two 349 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: full years. That like they've got a lot of continuity. 350 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: Right on the Lakers front, it's literally the same roster 351 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: as last year with a couple of young guys coming 352 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: in for some bench veterans, right, but like it's the 353 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: same group of guys from last year. Yeah, there's some 354 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: new things that JJ Reddick is plugging in, but it's 355 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: a lot of the same. Right, So you've got two 356 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: teams that know exactly how they want to play, that 357 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: are going in and unleashing this kind of known commodity. 358 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: And then you've got two teams that a month before 359 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 1: the start of the regular season fundamentally altered everything about 360 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 1: what they do. And so, like, I don't really want 361 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: to get into the let's have sweeping declarations about the Wolves, like, oh, 362 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: they butchered everything we talked about this this summer. They 363 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: needed to like I shouldn't say they needed They wanted 364 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:30,239 Speaker 1: to build more cat flexibility. By virtue of gaining that 365 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: cat flexibility, they took a risk by bringing in Devincenzo 366 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: and Randall. Everyone knew is a risk. I promise you. 367 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 1: The Wolves knew. I promise you the Wolves front office 368 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,119 Speaker 1: deep down new. There's a version of this where we're worse, 369 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: but there's also a version of this where we're better, 370 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: and it's going to take time to figure out. It's 371 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: going to take a lot of time. Julius in particular, 372 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 1: because he's a little bit of a ball stopper, and 373 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 1: you can tell he's just he's not like that, just 374 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: a super fluid, connective piece alongside other basketball players. It's 375 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: gonna take some time for to include incorporate Julius Randall. 376 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if the Wolves don't really hit 377 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: the gas in terms of like hitting their ceiling as 378 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: a team until the second half of the year. It's 379 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: possible that they're middling in that four or five six 380 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: range by the time we get to mid December. It's very, 381 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 1: very possible that that's the case. And that's to me, 382 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: is not some sort of, you know, a tombstone for 383 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Timberwolves. There's a lot of time for us 384 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: to figure out what this team is capable of. They 385 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,919 Speaker 1: also just for kind of sloppy tonight, Like this was 386 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: a team that was a top ten rebounding team last year. 387 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: Julius Randall is a better rebounder than Karl Anthony Towns. 388 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 1: They just didn't rebound well tonight. Those corner crashes like 389 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: there's a battle that takes place there. It's like as 390 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 1: the dudes crashing out of the corner, the guy who's 391 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: guarding him has to box them out coming from the corner. 392 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 2: Or those guys. 393 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: A lot of teams will just have those guys hard 394 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: crash instead of boxing out themselves and just go high 395 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 1: point the basketball somewhere. They didn't do a very good 396 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: job right, and a lot of turnovers, like one of 397 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: the classic signs that you see of a team that 398 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: is still learning how to play together as turnovers, because 399 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: they are making passing raids that are not second nature. 400 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: They're making passing raids that aren't just like something they've 401 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 1: been doing for years with that particular unit, and it 402 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: can lead to some sloppiness. So again, I don't want 403 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 1: to overreact to that sort of thing. I think the 404 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: Dante DiVincenzo fit is perfect. You still saw what we 405 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: know the Wolves can do there. This is a very 406 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: good Laker offense. Mind you, they didn't shoot the ball well, 407 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: but like in that second half, you saw what the 408 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: Wolves do to everybody when they really tighten the screws 409 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: on the perimeter. It's like, ah shit, like we can 410 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,359 Speaker 1: barely get the ball up the floor, and we can 411 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 1: barely get into our sets. When the Wolves were throwing 412 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: that punch, it was Ad who saved the day by 413 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: just kind of squeezing points out of there with his greatness, 414 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: but like the ceiling is still in there. The team 415 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 1: is going to be very good. It's just going to 416 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: take some time for them to figure things out. And 417 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 1: on the upside, I've on Aunt looked for the most 418 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: part great again. He got in the second half, we 419 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 1: started forcing the issue a lot, and so obviously the 420 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,400 Speaker 1: shooting percentages aren't gonna look great, but i mean hit 421 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:07,880 Speaker 1: a lot of jump shots tonight. Again, that's a big 422 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: thing I'm gonna be keeping an eye on as we're 423 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: tracking him throughout the rest of the season, is just 424 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: if this jump shooting, you know, improvement from him is real. 425 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: It's such an exciting thing for the potential of this 426 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: team in the long run because it's one of the 427 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 1: most dynamic downhill athletes that we have in this league. 428 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: There's play in the second half tonight where he just 429 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: cleanly toasted Anthony Davis off the dribble for a layup. 430 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: He's just still such a dynamic downhill athlete. But yeah, 431 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 1: let's not overreact to anything with the Wolves. Want to 432 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: see a lot more opportunity for them to kind of 433 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: just learn how to play with each other. It's gonna 434 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 1: take a few months for us to really see what 435 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: they're capable of New York and Boston. Boston is perfected 436 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: modern basketball. It was a very simple concept that they 437 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 1: were unleashing tonight in order to generate all these quality threes. 438 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: They generated twenty threes that were catching shoot threes that 439 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: Synergy logged as uncontested, and they got over one point 440 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: six points per attempt on those shots. It all stems 441 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 1: from a very basic concept. They want to create a 442 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: weak side two on one, meaning like where you have 443 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,479 Speaker 1: a shooter on the wing, shooter on the corner with 444 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: one defender that's kind of splitting the difference between those two. 445 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: And they do that with a bunch of different ways. 446 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: They usually find a matchup that they can hunt or 447 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: an action that they can run that either brings two 448 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 1: to the ball or brings the low man over from there. 449 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: It's very basic, and they just play their driving kick. 450 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 1: In this particular game, it was two actions that they 451 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: were consistently running. And this is something that we talked 452 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: about in when we talked about the Knicks and what 453 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: they could potentially look like this year. The two things 454 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: that concerned me were Brunson and kat in the starting lineup. Yeah, 455 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: they use some really dynamic defensive talent between those guys. 456 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: But those two guys, Brunson's gonna hedge and recover. That 457 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: means put two on the ball for a second, and 458 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: Karl Anthony Towns is gonna run some variation of a 459 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 1: drop coverage and so consistently in this game, they'd bring 460 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: Brunson's man over to set a screen and they'd have 461 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: I think it was Derek White, Derek Whiter, Drew Holliday, 462 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 1: whoever's on him slip out of it, because again the hedge. 463 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: The idea with the hedge is like, Okay, Tatum's got 464 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,639 Speaker 1: the ball, we have Derek White come set the screen. 465 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: If Jalen Brunson just runs up with him, Tatum's going 466 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: right downhill to the rim, probably dunkin on somebody, especially 467 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: with your five out spacing, and there's nobody underneath the rim, right, 468 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: so Brunson has to cut off the driving lane. If 469 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: he hedges out to cut off the driving lane, then 470 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: Derek White can slip out of it. Tatum throws that 471 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: little pass over the top. Now we're in our week 472 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: side two on one right, Carl Anthony Towns. This is 473 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: a big part in the early part of the game, 474 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: Tatum's first three really really deep drop coverage from Karl 475 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: Anthony Towns. Tatum comes right off and hits the shot. 476 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 1: There were like four baskets that Boston got in the 477 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 1: opening minutes on plays where Kat was sagging really far back. 478 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 1: And then in the later portions of the game, Kat 479 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: started to come out to the level, but once again 480 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: they were doing it as a drop coverage, so he'd 481 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: show at the level, but the guard would still be 482 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: chasing over the top two on the ball. Now that 483 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: there's two on the ball, we have our week side 484 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: two on one right, and from that week side two 485 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 1: on one, Boston is just the best team in the 486 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:37,879 Speaker 1: league of getting the ball to the guy that can 487 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,600 Speaker 1: be the decision maker who can then make that kickout 488 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: pass to the shooter on the weak side. There's three 489 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: major elements to it. There's the driver as the decision maker, 490 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: off ball spacing like making sure you're always in a 491 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 1: spot that make help defenders make a decision. Way too 492 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 1: often in the NBA, you will see teams when they 493 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: get sloppy as the driving kick gets going, guys will 494 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 1: stand too close to each other, they'll end up in 495 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: the same spot and like all of a sudden, you 496 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: make yourself easy to guard. Those spacing principles are critical. 497 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 1: It's not just five out either. Boston will have guards 498 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: and bigs cut along the baseline. It's kind of like 499 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: this a constantly churning machine where guys always know like, Okay, 500 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,199 Speaker 1: this guy's driving and he's gonna be coming out to 501 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 1: the corner. That means I need to relocate up here 502 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: to the wing, and this guy might need to cut through. 503 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 1: Like there's all these different, like little spacing dynamics that 504 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: they're great at. Right, So the driver is the decision 505 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: maker off ball spacing and then elite shot making ability. 506 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 1: Eighteen of the Celtics catch and shoot threes in this 507 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: game in this game were guarded, and they still got 508 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 1: one point seven points per attempt on those shots. Because 509 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: elite shooters, it doesn't matter if the hand comes in late. 510 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 1: As soon as they catch and they get their rhythm, 511 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: they don't even see that hand. The only way you're 512 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,719 Speaker 1: really bothering them is if you can bother the shooting 513 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,800 Speaker 1: pocket or bother their base. And what's interesting to me 514 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: is all those concepts feed into each other and it 515 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: just kind of goes off the rails right, like elite 516 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:12,719 Speaker 1: shooting creates hard closeouts. Hard closeouts make for easier drives. 517 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: Drives to the rim, create those week side two on 518 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: ones in proper spacing and good decision making gets the 519 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: ball to the open man. That's where the elite shooting 520 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: comes back game as these guys are knocking these shots down, 521 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: Like it's so interesting, because like there's a conversation to have. 522 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 2: I've been talking. 523 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 1: There were fifteen teams in preseason, fifteen teams that attempted 524 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 1: over forty threes per game. There's a conversation to have 525 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: about three point shooting in the NBA and if it's 526 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: a good television product to just drive up the ball 527 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: and take threes. But it's not about Boston. Boston plays 528 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: beautiful team basketball that generates lots of quality three point shots, 529 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: and it honestly is fun to watch. It's the teams 530 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 1: that just take threes for the sake of taking threes 531 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: that's when it turns into ugly basketball. We're gonna see 532 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: a lot of teams this year try to mimic Boston. 533 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: In the coming years, it'll probably get worse and worse. 534 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: And if you don't do it the right way, you 535 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 1: won't get the results and it will look ugly. And 536 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: so I think it's interesting to me because everyone talks 537 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: about Boston and them being this like high volume three 538 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: point shooting team, but it goes so much deeper than 539 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: that to the process. They have such a beautiful process 540 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: for generating elite catch and shoot opportunities for elite shooters, 541 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: and they just that is what makes this team so 542 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: difficult to guard. Tatum was absolutely amazing. One of my 543 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: big predictions for this year, if you guys remember, is 544 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: like his shooting slump was real, the real shooting slump 545 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: that lasted the entire postseason and the Team USA experience. 546 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: But I consistently said, it's just a slump. There's a 547 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: lot of talk about go to Tatum, get too buff. No, 548 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: he didn't get too buff. 549 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:48,720 Speaker 2: Buff. 550 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,679 Speaker 1: Dudes have been making jump shots forever. That that's ridiculous, 551 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: Like it's not about putting on muscle, it's about like 552 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: sometimes you can enter it, like that jump shooting is hard. 553 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: You can shoot thousands and thousands and thousands of reps 554 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: over months and months and months and then go three 555 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: for seventeen in your first three games, Like it is 556 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: a mind fuck and so it is possible to enter 557 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: into slumps where you start to overthink your shot and 558 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 1: it just kind of expands on itself and it becomes 559 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 1: worse and worse and worse, And like Tatum has just 560 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: been too good of a jump shooter for too long 561 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: for it to be any more than just an actual slump. Well, 562 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: how about eight for eleven from three tonight. How about 563 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 1: ten for thirteen on jump shots overall? He had one 564 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: game all year last year where he made eight threes. 565 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: He hit eight jump shots just off the dribble. He 566 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 1: was eight for ten on off the dribble jump shots. 567 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: That's about as resounding of a you bet your ass 568 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,719 Speaker 1: I can shoot the basketball type of statement from Tatum 569 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,399 Speaker 1: that you could see. Again, super small sample size, but 570 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,400 Speaker 1: that's some of the best jump shooting we've ever seen 571 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 1: from Jason Tatum. One of the most common mail bag 572 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 1: questions I got this summer was like, Okay, so Jason 573 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 1: Tatum is not considered one of the top tier superstars. 574 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 2: In the league. 575 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 1: What does he need to do? What can he do 576 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:19,200 Speaker 1: to enter into that tier? This is certainly one way 577 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: to do it. If he can become a guy who 578 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: is truly deadly with the jump shot, both off the 579 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 1: catch and off the dribble and off of movement off 580 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: the catch, then he enters into that tier. So let's 581 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: keep an eye on it over the course of the 582 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 1: beginning of the season and see just how much of 583 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: a leap he can take there. This is a guy 584 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: that has never been able to go in recent years. 585 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 1: He's he's like three or four years in a row 586 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: where he's been below a point per possession on pull 587 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: up jump shots. If he gets set up to like 588 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: one point zero five one point one points per attempt 589 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: on volume and he's hitting threes off the move and 590 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 1: that sort of thing like that would be a massive 591 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: ceiling razer for him because he's just so damn tall, 592 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: and especially in this system. I mean, you saw there 593 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: was a play in the first half where he had 594 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 1: like a drive against Josh Hart, just easy, breezy, little 595 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: left handed drive for Lea. This team creates so much space, 596 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna see teams go like, Okay, we need to 597 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: stay home off the ball, and that's where those opportunities 598 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: for him to drive to the basket will be there. 599 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: But the better he is as a pull up shooter, 600 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: the more those guys have to be on their toes 601 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: to contest, which creates easier opportunities to blow by them 602 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 1: off the dribble. Just a resounding statement from Jason Tatum. 603 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: Super super excited to see how much of this is real. 604 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: Over the course of this season, every starter was awesome 605 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 1: for Boston. They were combined twenty six for forty one 606 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: from three. We talked about margins for the Lakers. The 607 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,719 Speaker 1: Celtics dominated the margins in this game. Did a really 608 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: good job of chasing the Knicks off the three point line. 609 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: Like we talked so much about three point volume, that's 610 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: two sides of the floor. If you take a million threes, 611 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 1: that's great, but if you give up a million threes, 612 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: you're gonna lose. And they just did a really nice 613 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: job of chasing the Knicks off the line. They held 614 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,000 Speaker 1: him to only thirty three point attempts. Like the Knicks 615 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: actually shot fifty five percent from the field in this game, 616 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 1: but because they chased him off the three point line, 617 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: they kept him off the offensive glass only five offensive rebounds. 618 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: They Boston took care of the basketball so which prevented 619 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: any sort of live ball turnover situations. They had just 620 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: four turnovers. They allowed only four fast break points for 621 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: the Knicks. They dominated the margins. It was like a 622 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: complete and total outclassing of the Knicks that we saw 623 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: from Boston tonight. Again, above and beyond anything having to 624 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: do with shot making, the Celtics just looked like a 625 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,239 Speaker 1: sharper basketball team tonight. And that's the scary part on 626 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: the Knicks front. Again, similar to what I talked about 627 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: with the Wolves. I don't care about the offensive end. 628 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: It's basically a brand new basketball team. There's no Devincenzo, 629 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 1: there's no Randall, there's no Mitchell Robinson. Think about how 630 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 1: much Isaiah Hartenstein was a cog for them in their 631 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 1: five out attack last year. Isaiah Hartenstein, like you're gonna 632 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: see him with the thunder this year when his hand heels, 633 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: that dude is a He just greases the wheels for 634 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: those five out offenses and not having in there as 635 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: a change. Adding McHale Bridges, adding Karl Anthony Towns, you 636 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: can tell, especially the Karl Anthony Towns, oh Gannnobi and 637 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: mchal Bridges, all of them don't really know when to 638 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,120 Speaker 1: be aggressive or when to keep the ball moving. Like 639 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: you can tell they're still feeling out like their order 640 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: of operations on offense, that's guaranteed to lead to super 641 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: inconsistent and sloppy play over the first few months. Same 642 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: goes for Minnesota. So I don't really want to have 643 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 1: any sort of sweeping declarations about either of these teams 644 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: until we get out a minimum like twenty games into this. 645 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: It's gonna take some time for them to figure it out. 646 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: McKale Bridges made some bizarre tweak to his shooting form 647 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: and he hasn't shot the ball well at all since 648 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 1: it started training camp. He is two for sixteen on 649 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: catching choot jump shots in preseason, two for seven from 650 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: three to night. Again, I think they'll be fine, but 651 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 1: just give them time. I was really disappointed in their 652 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,480 Speaker 1: defensive effort though. They did a terrible job of containing 653 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: the ball, which is like a death sentence against I 654 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: talked about it earlier. Karl Anthony Towns was way too 655 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: passive and his help and drop situations to start the 656 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 1: game just sitting back in the paint. That won't work 657 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: against Boston either. I thought their rotations were slow, they 658 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 1: got killed on the glass, and it was disappointing because, 659 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: like you built this team to contend with Boston. So like, 660 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,239 Speaker 1: even with you adding all this talent, you're still at 661 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: a talent disadvantage. What did I say in the season preview? 662 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,640 Speaker 1: If you guys remember I said to me the Knicks 663 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: are basically a lesser version of the Celtics. Yes, Jalen 664 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: Brunson is better than any of their guards, but Brunson, 665 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: Josh Hart or Brunsonduce McBride is not that much better 666 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 1: than Derek White and Drew Holliday. And when you factor 667 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: in their defensive contributions, you could argue it's close to 668 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 1: even ognnob Michal Bridge is really damn good basketball players, 669 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: They're not as good as Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum. 670 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,680 Speaker 1: Like I personally think, even though kat If I was 671 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 1: starting a franchise with, he's a better basketball player than 672 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: Christaps Porzingis, but within these roles on these teams, because 673 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: Porzingis has better rimp protector, because Porzingis is nearly as 674 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: good as an above the breakshooter, because Porzingis can post 675 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 1: mismatches and score so well, Porzingis is every bit as 676 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,040 Speaker 1: good as as Cat, if not even better, in his 677 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: specific role on these teams. So like I was having 678 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,959 Speaker 1: a hard time conceptualizing anyway for the Knicks to beat 679 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,600 Speaker 1: Boston anyway. But you're already at a disadvantage. You can't 680 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: afford to also be the sloppier team. And that's the 681 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: disappointing part is it's not like you went in there 682 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: and Boston shot your face off and you lost by fifteen. 683 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 1: But you played a great game. You played an awful 684 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: basketball game. But it is very early. I'd just like 685 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: to see when teams are locked in to start the year, 686 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: because to me, that's an indicator of how serious you are. 687 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: But it's definitely a disappointing start to the season for 688 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 1: the Knicks. I will be covering both of these games 689 00:33:56,960 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: in more detailed tomorrow in an episode of TIMPs tape 690 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,160 Speaker 1: that probably won't be on the podcast feed, that will 691 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 1: probably just be on YouTube. But I'm gonna wake up 692 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 1: tomorrow morning, I'm gonna rewatch both games, and I'm gonna 693 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,600 Speaker 1: put together a bunch of film and we're gonna get 694 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: into more detail on these concepts. So make sure you 695 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,520 Speaker 1: guys check out the YouTube feed. That's all I have 696 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: for tonight. 697 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 2: Oops. 698 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:18,280 Speaker 1: Tonight Live was brought to you by Chase Freedom Unlimited unlimited. 699 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,720 Speaker 1: One point five percent cash back is just the beginning 700 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:25,000 Speaker 1: cashback three percent on dining including takeout, three percent at 701 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,280 Speaker 1: drug stores, five percent on Chase travel in one point 702 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,399 Speaker 1: five percent on everything else. How do you hash back? 703 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: All right, guys, That's all I have for tonight. 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