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Everybody. 29 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: Hope all you guys are having a great night so 30 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: far that you got some big plans for the weekend. 31 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: I've taken the weekend off, but not before hitting this 32 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 1: jam packed Friday night slate as we start the NBA 33 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: midseason tournament, which I'm coming around on in a bunch 34 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: of different ways. We'll talk about in this second, but 35 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about Golden State Warriors. Another game winner, 36 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: this time from Steph Curry, a scoop shot over Chet 37 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: Holmger in a nasty one, a very very entertaining game 38 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: as the thunder without shake Gills of Alexander pushed the 39 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: Warriors to the brink, but Steph puts them over the top. 40 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: We had the Bucks improved a three and two with 41 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: a much improved defensive effort against the New York Knicks. 42 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,679 Speaker 1: We're going to talk about that game from the perspective 43 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: of both teams. And the last, but not least, the 44 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets man handle the Dallas Mavericks. And I say 45 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: that because physically it was a complete mismatch on both 46 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: ends of the floor, and there's a lot going on 47 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: with the Denver Nuggets defense that I find to be 48 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: very interesting. So we got three games that were hitting 49 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: tonight from the perspective of all six teams. You guys 50 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: know the joke before we get started. Subscribe to our 51 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,119 Speaker 1: brand new YouTube channel in case you haven't done so already. 52 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: It would mean a lot to me if you guys 53 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: scroll down and just hit that subscribe button as we 54 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: try to launch this YouTube channel. 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So drop those in the YouTube comments 65 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: and we'll get to them next week. All right, let's 66 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: talk some basketball. So Draymond Green talks about after Klay 67 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: Thompson's game winner that it's just a lot more fun 68 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: to go to work for the Golden State Warriors this year. 69 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: It's interesting because, like, there are specific markers that I 70 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: always look for for truly great teams, right, And like, 71 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: you know, the ability to win on the road is 72 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: a huge marker there, right, The ability to win in 73 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: clutch situations is a huge marker there. Right. I agree 74 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: with Draymond. The chemistry, the likability of a team is 75 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: a big deal. Why because you will face adversity along 76 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: the way, and if you don't know how to get along, 77 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: that's gonna get in the way in a lot of 78 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: different ways. This Warriors team is not perfect. They are 79 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: still really struggling to get stops and crunch time. We're 80 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: going to talk about that here in a minute. But 81 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: they are definitely in a much better place here through 82 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: five or six games than they were last year, a 83 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: lot closer to the vibe that you got in that 84 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two season. It's just a couple of smart 85 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: role player signings, right, Like, just look at how much 86 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 1: Chris Paul and Dario Sariz just as the basic entry 87 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: point of the bench defense has vastly improved this team. 88 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: Now that Jonathan Kaminga and Moses Moody are consistently attacking 89 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: with advantages in those situations, how much more successful those 90 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: two guys have been, and how much more consistent they've 91 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: been offensively, right, And then just in general, that overall 92 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: vibe and the way that's allowing the group to stay 93 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: committed to the details when they go on the road. 94 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: That group was not playing any defense or grabbing any 95 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: re when they went on the road. And like obviously 96 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: in an eighty two game sample, you're gonna have games 97 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: where you don't defend super well, and the Thunder sure 98 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: as hell gave the Warriors some issues tonight, but for 99 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: the most part, they're hitting a lot of those little 100 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: checkboxes that I look at for teams that have a 101 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: legitimate chance to win a title. And like again, I 102 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: think a lot of people were down on the Warriors 103 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: coming into this season based on what happened last year, 104 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: but I think people were overthinking it a little bit. 105 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: They had the same top six guys that they won 106 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:31,119 Speaker 1: the title with two years ago. That's why, in spite 107 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 1: of all that, I kept them in my list of 108 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: top tier contenders, and I think it's even possible that 109 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: they're better than I expected them to be going into 110 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: this season. But it's a fun game. So Thunder without Shake, 111 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 1: Gildas Alexander they're leaning on again. This is a team 112 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: that has a ton of shot creation down the board. Obviously, 113 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: chet Holmgren is like we think of him as as 114 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: someone that's helping them so much in rim protection and 115 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: giving like a little higher level offensive weapon out of 116 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: the five spot than what they were getting out of 117 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: jay Lynn Williams last year, right, But also he can 118 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: do a lot of stuff with the ball in his hands. 119 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: They were in a ghost screen with him in the 120 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 1: fourth quarter with him and Isaiah Joe where he was 121 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,799 Speaker 1: the ball handler. Imagine that taking your center and setting 122 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: a ball screen on him with your one and having 123 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: him pop to the three point line. Again, that's not 124 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: something that's completely uncommon in the NBA right now. We're 125 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 1: seeing it from guys like Jokich and Simonis, and you know, 126 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: a bam At a Bio does it from time to time. 127 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis does it as well. But for a rookie, 128 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: it's pretty high level stuff. Draymond Green waxed eloquent after 129 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: the game about just how impressed he was by chet 130 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: Holmgren's overall poise as a rookie, right, and like shake 131 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: Yil just Alexander kind of takes over this offense in 132 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: a lot of ways, almost like in a heliocentric manner, 133 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: and so they kind of like went into a little 134 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: bit more of an equal opportunity driving kick type of game, right, 135 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: And it turned out that Jalen Williams in particular, could 136 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: just beat anybody off the dribble and get into the paint. 137 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: Lou Dort was just constantly finding himself wide open as 138 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: the Warriors would lose him on the perimeter, really good 139 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: at using the pump fake to relocate and generate high 140 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: quality shots from and then Josh Giitty is a really 141 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: high level shot creator, did a nice job leveraging angles 142 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: and ball screens to get downhill and hit those little 143 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: short shots over the top of the shorter Warriors defenders. 144 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: Right and like again, like the Warriors, this is a 145 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: classic trap game, right, you know, you just want a 146 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: tough game off of a game winner. You're going on 147 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: a road trip, gonna be on the road for a 148 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: little while. You end up in Oklahoma City, a tough game, 149 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: and the young kids are playing hard and shay Gil 150 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: just Alexander's out right, so like, you're not taking the 151 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: game as seriously as you might normally do, and they 152 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: give you a bunch of trouble, but you just have 153 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: to execute down the stretch to win the game. And 154 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: there were three possessions down the stretch that the Warriors 155 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: executed perfectly on the offensive end to pull out the win. 156 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: There's a stepf split in pick and roll and he 157 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: went down the lane probably could have got a and 158 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: one with this little up and under layup the classic 159 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: Draymond fake handoff where he fakes the hand off to Steph, 160 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: it goes Downhill, draws that rim protector, throws the lob 161 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: pass to Gary Payton at the rim for the layup, 162 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: and then on the final possession, don't mess around. Don't 163 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: bring a ball screen, because that allows the defense to 164 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: double team you more easily. Even though loud Dort's an 165 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: excellent perimeter defender, Steph has a better chance of beating 166 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: lou Dort one on one than he does any other 167 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: combination of two players because inevitably they're gonna end up 168 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: trapping or blitzing in that situation anyway. And so Steve 169 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: Kerr leaves Steph on an island and just beats lou 170 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: Dort with a basic isolation move to his right, gets downhill, 171 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: sees Chet coming and there's I screened. I didn't screen 172 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: somebody else screenshot. I retweeted it. But there's a picture 173 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: on my Twitter feed of the ball at the top 174 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: of its arc as Chet Holmgren is fully extended up 175 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: to block the shot and it's literally just barely over 176 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: his fingertips. And I can't get over how insane it 177 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: is to be able to have the touch while also 178 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: making the adjustment to the arc to deal with the 179 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: shot blocker like he's as he's going downhill in this 180 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 1: hectic last possession situation. He's making a calculation about how 181 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: high he needs to shoot this scoop shot while also 182 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: making sure he has the touch on it to get 183 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: it into the basket. Just an unbelievable play from Steph Curry, 184 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: who continues to just be playing at, in my opinion, 185 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: the highest level I've ever seen Steph Curry play at, 186 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: at least on the offensive end. Maybe he, you know, 187 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,559 Speaker 1: isn't as quick as he used to be or something 188 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: like that, but I haven't seen any sort of tangible 189 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: difference in his speed, and if anything, he's stronger, which 190 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 1: has made him a more impactful defensive player, and the 191 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: offensive command of the game is at a level that 192 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: I've never seen from Steph Curry. I think he's peaking 193 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: right now, and that's good news for an exciting Warriors 194 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: team that's suddenly getting really big production out of a 195 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: bunch of places that you wouldn't expect it. Right, Like 196 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: Jonathan Kaminga and Moses Moody are both playing really good 197 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: basketball this year. Chris Paul can't make a three point 198 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: shot to save his damn life and is still doing 199 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,599 Speaker 1: a great job running that bench unit. Dario Sarz is 200 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: going to struggle with rihim protection and that bench unit 201 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: did not defend as well as they normally do in 202 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: tonight's game. But again, the whole team didn't defend super 203 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: well in tonight's game. But outside of like a couple 204 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: of handful nitpicky things, a lot of things have gone 205 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: really well in terms of the offseason tweaks that they've made. 206 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: The golten call, I thought it was ridiculous that anybody 207 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: thought that the basket should have been overturned. To put 208 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: it simply, like, it's just a matter of what you 209 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: would do in any sort of normal basketball game. Right, 210 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: did Steph make the layup? Yes, unquestionably. I saw a 211 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: lot of people on Twitter saying like, oh, like, you 212 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: never know what could have happened if the rim wasn't, 213 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: you know, vibrating differently because Draymond hit it, and it's like, 214 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: cut the shit man. Steph made the layup that was 215 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: going in. Like the Warriors had the ball and the 216 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: thunder could not get a stop, and so the Warriors 217 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 1: deserve to win if anything. Josh Gitty also pulled on 218 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: the bottom of the net, which is the same type 219 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: of offensive goaltending type of situation. I thought the refs 220 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: did what the rest should do in that situation, which 221 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: is like, hey, who deserves to win the basketball game 222 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: based on what happened on this basketball play? And it's 223 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: like the Warriors, So don't get super nitpicky in the 224 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: rule book to take away what was a made basket 225 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: for the player on the floor, that is the best 226 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: player on the Warriors, who picked on a match up 227 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: he liked, got to his spot, took and made a shot. 228 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: You know, if they deserve to win, that's simple. The 229 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 1: one thing I will say with the Warriors right now 230 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: that's of significant concern is their clutch defense. We talked 231 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: about this after the Klay Thompson game winner, but they're 232 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: consistently giving up baskets when the game's within five with 233 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: less than five minutes left. That's something that they're going 234 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: to have to figure out. A lot of it's execution related, 235 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: Like Steve Kerr went with an offense defense sub situation 236 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: at the end of the game, bas could bring in 237 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: Chris Paul, and I think it was it was either 238 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: Chris and Klay or Christ and Staff. I can't remember, 239 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 1: but I think it was Chris and Clay, and then 240 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: he would bring in Kamena and Wiggins for those two 241 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: and just kind of sub him in and out for 242 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 1: offense defense subs, right, And there was a play out 243 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: of a time out where they bring Mark Dagenell sets 244 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,439 Speaker 1: up just a basic backscreen action for lou Dort and Wiggins, 245 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: and Kaminga just botched the switch, and you're like, I mean, like, 246 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: what's the point of doing offense defense subs if your 247 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: best perimeter defenders are gonna come in and just not 248 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: do their jobs right, you know, Like I thought Draymond 249 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: Green had a mistake that he made on the defensive 250 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: possession against Chet, like the one at the top of 251 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: the key where Check kind of sort of ran him over. 252 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: Like Chet catches the ball on the perimeter and Draymond's 253 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: being super physical with him and they're not calling it 254 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,679 Speaker 1: because in general, Draymond gets away with a lot of 255 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: physical contact and like in that situation, in a late 256 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: game situation, they're probably not gonna call it, which is smart, right, 257 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: Like be physical there. You want to play physical defense 258 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 1: in crunch time because you're more likely to get away 259 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: with it there. And you know, in most cases, like 260 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:52,559 Speaker 1: I said, most cases, the refs are gonna be hesitant 261 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: to blow their whistle. Right, Well, Check kind of makes 262 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: a move downhill, and again Draymond just holds your ground, 263 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: hold your ground, and keep playing that physical defense. As 264 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: soon as you flop, you make the ref make a call, right, 265 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: And like, so Draymond flops, which then forces the ref 266 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: to blow the whistle. It's like a fifty to fifty call. 267 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 1: He decides to give the blocking foul, right, and then 268 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: when you go to the monitor, there's definitely not enough 269 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: to overturn it because like it's a fifty to fifty call, right, 270 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: And so you put yourself in that predicament, and then 271 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: Check gets two free throws. Like, just hold your ground, 272 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: play solid defense, keep being physical. Check probably turns it 273 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,599 Speaker 1: over there or misses because you're playing physical defense on 274 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 1: a player who's really thin. Right. So, like again, the 275 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: defensive execution down the stretch of these games for the 276 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: Warriors is something they're gonna have to figure out because 277 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: they've had to play damn near perfect basketball to get 278 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: out of these last couple of games. And again, like 279 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: there's a version of this where Clay misses that shot, 280 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 1: where Steph misses that shot, and things look a little 281 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: bit differently, and win is a win is a win. 282 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to undercut it. But there's always areas 283 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: for opportunity. And for the Warriors right now, their crunch 284 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: time defense is a problem. It comes down for the 285 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: most part to perimeter defense, and that kind of was 286 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: an issue throughout the game. They're just really struggling right 287 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: now to contain slashers, you know, and like Jaylen Williams 288 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 1: is a big, strong athlete who can beat people off 289 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: the dribble, right, and that that's the kind of matchup 290 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: that will give the Warriors problems from time to time, 291 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 1: and they obviously struggle. They struggled at the end of 292 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: the Kings game with that, right, Like Malik Monk just 293 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: a hard rip through on Gary Payton to get all 294 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: the way to the rim for a layup, and you know, again, 295 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: like a lot of that's execution. That's scary. Payton, that's 296 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: one of your best permitter defenders just has to do 297 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: a better job, right. That's you know Kamina and Wiggins 298 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: on that box switch, those are two of your better 299 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: perimeter defenders. They just got to do a better job. 300 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: That's Draymond Green flopping on chet Holmger and that's the 301 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: best defender on your team. He's got to do a 302 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: better job. And so as a team, that's the exciting part. 303 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: Is there in a really good spot and they still 304 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: have a lot of things that they can get better 305 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: at at this point. I thought it was interesting too 306 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: that Draymond talked about the two way guys, or the 307 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: guys that went down to play with these Santa Clara Warriors, 308 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: Trace Jackson Davis and Brandon Pizemski and not have and 309 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: those guys in the locker room, he said, was kind 310 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: of something that sapped the team of energy. And I 311 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: thought that was really interesting because I would agree, you know, 312 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: young guys, young athletes are a great way to counter 313 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: when an older team is struggling to deal with a 314 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: younger team on the road on the thunderfront. I thought 315 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: that was a great example of just how exciting this 316 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: team can be. Draymond talked a lot about how impressed 317 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,479 Speaker 1: he was by chet Holmgren just not making rookie mistakes 318 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: and specifically referred to him as a problem. Jalen Williams 319 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: is kind of in the weirdest spot on this team 320 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: from the standpoint of usage, because Chet's involved in most 321 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: of the screening actions. Shake Gil just Alexander's getting all 322 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: the shots. Josh Gitty's basically your second side creator, right 323 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: And so like a lot of times, Jalen Williams is 324 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: kind of an ancillary piece, and you got to see 325 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: tonight what he can do when he has the ball 326 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: in his hands for a larger portion of the game, 327 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: and that is he's a great athlete who can beat 328 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: people off the dribble and create his own shot. And 329 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 1: Jalen Williams is a very very good passer for a 330 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: young wing. It's funny. I've always referred to him as 331 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: like Jalen Brown with the ability to pass at a 332 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: higher level. That's kind of the ceiling that I see 333 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: Jaylen Williams being able to reach. That was a fun game. Again, 334 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: like a tough, tough matchup with the Warriors without Shake 335 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: Gilders Alexander. The Warriors are a great schematic half court 336 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: defense that are going to try to take away the 337 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 1: things that make you comfortable. But you were able to 338 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: win with brute force advantages. You know, Josh Giddy is 339 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: truly gifted at scoring over the top of shorter defenders, 340 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: and that little pop shot and hook shot that he 341 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: has in the lane is a real weapon for them 342 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: right now, all right, moving on to Knicks Bucks. So 343 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: it's funny because the Bucks have a much better defensive 344 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: effort and they win, and all the talks surrounding after 345 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: the game, it's like, oh, they sat Brook Lopez in 346 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: a deeper drop coverage. And for those of you guys 347 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: who haven't seen it yet, I did a huge deep 348 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: dive on the Bucks and their defensive struggles coming into 349 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: tonight's game. You can find that on our YouTube feed 350 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: just a little bit further back. Actually it should be 351 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: the video right before this one. But like, I kind 352 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: of feel bad for Adrian Griffin in a lot of 353 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: ways because he's the latest victim in a long line 354 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: of people that I've seen fall into this trap where 355 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 1: it's like, as soon as your team starts playing poorly, 356 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: you blame the coach. It's like, it's the most you know, 357 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: recurring theme from fans that I see covering the NBA. 358 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 1: Like I saw it with Frank Vogel when he was 359 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: with the Lakers. I saw it with I've seen Warriors 360 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: fans do it with Steve Kerr. I still, to this 361 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: day see Warriors fans complain about Steve Kerr on Twitter NonStop, 362 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: as if he's not one of the two or three 363 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 1: best coaches in the NBA. Like Lakers fans are still 364 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: doing it to Darvin Ham even though he's doing an 365 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: amazing job with the Lakers. Like it's a consistent theme 366 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: that I see. It's an easy target. It's easy to 367 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: blame the coach when the players you see are not 368 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: playing as well as they could be. And too often 369 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: we don't, you know, apply the requisite amount of blame 370 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: to the players for not doing their jobs. And so 371 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,639 Speaker 1: Adrian Griffin has gotten a lot of criticism for running 372 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: a too aggressive pick and roll scheme, basically keeping his 373 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 1: rim protectors too far away from the basket, which is 374 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: hurting their ability to protect on the back line. And 375 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: so I was excited to kind of dive into the 376 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: film today and really look into it and try to 377 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: see what specifically was happening on that front. And like, 378 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, like there were some issues there. 379 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: There were several possessions that I saw where Brooke Lopez 380 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: or Bobby portis in particular, were too far away from 381 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: the basket in pick and roll coverages and not in 382 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 1: a position to protect the rim. Giannis as well, not 383 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: often enough in his lowman position where he can be 384 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: a really impactful help defender. But at the same time, 385 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: that was like maybe a fourth of the issues that 386 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: I saw. The vast majority of the issues that I 387 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: saw were guys were just doing a bad job. They 388 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 1: were just playing bad basketball. And like there's video of this. 389 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: I did a whole thread on my Twitter feed, So 390 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: at Underscore Jason LT you're gonna find a full Twitter 391 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,159 Speaker 1: feed of all the clips that I put together of 392 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: the Bucks defense. But like the point of attack, guys 393 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: were dying on screens too often, competing on the glass. 394 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: In particular, the the screen defenders Brook Lopez and Bobby 395 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: Ports were they positioned poorly. Yeah, but they also were 396 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: doing a bad job. Like they also were just straight 397 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: up not doing a very good job. The help and 398 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,880 Speaker 1: recover backside guys not doing a good job in terms 399 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: of making the right decisions for when to commit to 400 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: helping on a drive versus staying home with a shooter, 401 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: either helping too far off of a good shooter or 402 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: staying home off the ball when they should be helping. 403 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: They were leaving their small guards on islands in post 404 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: up situations instead of helping. Like nobody was competing on 405 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: the defensive glass, Like it was a travesty down the 406 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: line in terms of execution, and like a lot of 407 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: people don't realize, like scheme is only half the battle. 408 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: The scheme can get you so far, but if the 409 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: execution isn't there to match it, it doesn't matter. And a 410 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 1: lot of times it's kind of unfair to properly evaluate 411 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: a defensive scheme until you actually see it executed properly. Right. 412 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: I talk about this all the time with drop coverage. 413 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: A lot of times people will say, like, oh, drop 414 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 1: cut is flawed, and don't get me wrong, drop coverage 415 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: has its flaws, but in theory, when it's executed properly, 416 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: it works. If the guy navigates the screen and applies 417 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: back pressure, the pull up jump shots not there, the 418 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 1: pull up jump shots not there, not there, the guard 419 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: has to work downhill. If the guard has to work downhill, 420 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: the rim protector's waiting for him, and he can sit 421 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: there and stay behind the roller and the ball handler. Again, 422 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: like execution is the majority of the battle. And like, 423 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 1: did Adrian Griffin make some adjustments today? Yeah, he did. 424 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: Lopez was sitting further back around the rim, and what 425 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: do you have five blocks in this game? Like, definitely 426 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: a smarter defensive strategy for this particular team, right, especially 427 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: against a New York Knicks team that doesn't have a 428 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: lot of pull up shooting outside of Jalen Brunson. Right, So, 429 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: like I get it. But at the end of the day, also, 430 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: everyone just did a better job. Dame's been getting cooked 431 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 1: all over the floor all season long, but he finally 432 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: sat in a damn defensive stance at the end of 433 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: the game and slid his feet and got a stop 434 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: on Jalen Brunson. He got a huge steal on Jalen 435 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 1: Brunson on a dribble handoff too, Like Dame is capable 436 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: of being a much better defensive player than he's shown 437 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,679 Speaker 1: to this point in the season. Right, Just in general, 438 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: it was a much better effort from the Bucks. And 439 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: so again, like the Adrian Griffin is just a coach 440 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,199 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what works for his team. Is 441 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:23,199 Speaker 1: there will there potentially be a time thirty forty games 442 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: in or maybe you have to take a look at 443 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 1: a coach and see if he is potentially a bad fit. Yeah, 444 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: but we're certainly not there after five games. We're not 445 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: there after five games, especially when it's clear on tape 446 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: that the players just aren't doing their job. But they 447 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: did a much better job in this nixt game. There's 448 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,600 Speaker 1: still a lot of room for improvement, by the way, 449 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: right like, you won by five and you had to 450 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: make twenty out of thirty nine threes to win the game, 451 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: Right Like, you still gave up a million offensive rebounds. 452 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: This is a Bucks team that was second in defensive 453 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: rebound percentage last year. Coming into the night they were fourteenth, 454 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: and they gave up a million offensive rebounds. Again, right 455 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: the crunch time offense. If it wasn't Dame getting to 456 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: the foul line, there wasn't a whole lot else there. Right, 457 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: Dame got a bucket on a back cut, and he 458 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: had a really nice three on a catch and shoot 459 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: coming off of a screen. But for the most part 460 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: they looked a little stuck in the mud. Offensively, There's 461 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 1: still some issues with the Dame Giannis pick and roll, 462 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: where like Giannis, for whatever reason, is like picking and 463 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 1: popping to the top of the key. They're not running 464 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 1: it enough. When they run it, they're not spacing it properly, 465 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: and Giannis isn't rolling hard. So like that, there's a 466 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: lot of area for opportunity here. Dame is still, you know, 467 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: not quite in full rhythm where it feels like his 468 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: because Dame is like really in full rhythm when he's hitting. 469 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 1: You know, when he's consistently getting seven to eight threes 470 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: in a game, you know, two or three times a week, right, 471 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: like that that's the Dame. When you know Dame Lillard 472 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: is really there's he kind of has been closing these 473 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: games with savvy in a lot of ways, right, Like 474 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: he identified that the Knicks were in the penalty early 475 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter and just started putting a lot 476 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: of downhill pressure to try to draw fouls and kept 477 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: getting to the free throw line. Like he's a heady 478 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: basketball player, really good half court basketball player, is gonna 479 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: find ways to impact winning. But like he's actually capable 480 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: of going an entire level above that. This team can 481 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: rebound better, this team can score in the half court 482 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 1: a lot better. They still can defend better. I don't 483 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: think they'll ever be an elite defensive team with this personnel, 484 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 1: there's a debate to be had about whether or not 485 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: they're gonna have to upgrade the two guard position. I 486 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: don't think they're getting enough out of either of Conton 487 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: or Malik Beasley right now. So like there's a chance 488 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: down the line that you have to do something at 489 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: the deadline to try to shore up your perimeter defense 490 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 1: next to Dame right But in the meantime, you're three 491 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,199 Speaker 1: and two, and there's a lot of things that you 492 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: can get better with with just this particular group, and 493 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: tonight I thought was a good step in that direction. Remember, 494 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: nothing happens overnight with this stuff. You don't just go 495 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: from playing shitty basketball to playing good basketball. It's baby 496 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: steps along the way, and I thought tonight was a 497 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: good positive step for the Bucks in the right direction. 498 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: And I think it's ridiculous that we are sitting at 499 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: three and two in the story at the Bucks are 500 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: sitting at three and two, and the story all day 501 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,959 Speaker 1: is whether or not the Bucks should fire Adrian Griffin, 502 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: which is just completely ridiculous. On the nixt front, I 503 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: have not watched this team particularly closely this year. I 504 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 1: have a plan too, in the next week. As you 505 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 1: guys know, we're tweaking our format. We're doing less instant 506 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: reactions and more deep dives. And obviously there are clear 507 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 1: things popping off the screen right Like Jalen Brunson looks 508 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: a lot better now than he did in preseason in 509 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 1: the first couple games of the season, looks like he's 510 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: finally in rhythm and starting to get the right amount 511 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: of lift on his shot. Julius Randall is off to 512 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 1: just a horrid start to the season. And again, like 513 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: everything with the Knicks is always about like Julius and 514 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: Jalen and them playing like superstars. When they play like superstars, 515 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 1: they're really hard to beat because they're so good defensively 516 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: in rebounding, or I shouldn't say, they're capable of being 517 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: really good defensively, and they're very physical defense and they 518 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: rebound extremely well. Long as they can do that stuff, 519 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: they're capable of being a really dangerous team. They overpack 520 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: the paint, give up too many wide open threes. That 521 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: was a huge problem in this Bucks game tonight. And 522 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,880 Speaker 1: then Julius Randall is really really inconsistent. Obviously, not having RJ. 523 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: Barrett hurt the offense in this game as well. I 524 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:17,360 Speaker 1: don't want to talk too much more about the Knicks 525 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: because I'd rather do a deep dive on them, So 526 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: we'll probably end up hitting him next week. So Knicks 527 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: fans keep an eye on the feed at some point 528 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: next week, and we'll do a deep dive on everything 529 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: that they are struggling with and succeeding with on both 530 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: ends of the floor at this point. All right, Nuggets MAVs, 531 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 1: you know, there's this. I was watching the game today 532 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: and the MAVs definitely got a little a little bit 533 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: more loose with their offense in the fourth quarter as 534 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: they started to kind of sort of make it close. 535 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 1: Kind of one of those classic like fake comeback vibes, 536 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, where a team is clearly 537 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: winning by twenty ish and then suddenly they let up 538 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: defensively and the other team kind of makes a little 539 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: bit of a run and then the starters come back 540 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: in and they kind of regain control of the game. Right. So, 541 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 1: I like, I'm watching in the early third quarter as 542 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: the Nuggets are pushing it to twenty, and I'm looking 543 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: down and I'm like, I'm like, this Dallas team is 544 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: having a hell of a time scoring, and we did 545 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:13,640 Speaker 1: a lot of deep dives. So for those of guys 546 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,680 Speaker 1: who didn't see the deep dives last week or this week, 547 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: we did Dallas, we did Memphis, we did Boston for 548 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: deep dives, and then I think we might have done 549 00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: one or two more if I remember correctly, But we 550 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 1: did a deep dive on Dallas in their offense, and 551 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: at the time of the video, they were the very 552 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: best offense in the league, and Luca was playing arguably 553 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: better than anybody in the league. And Kyrie Irving was 554 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: out during that stretch and he's back now, right, And 555 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 1: so like, you're bringing an incredibly high powered offense into Denver. 556 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 1: Not only that, a specifically high powered offense that should 557 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:48,959 Speaker 1: give Denver issues, right, because it's a pull up shooting team, 558 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: pull up shooting guard in Kyrie Irving that will pull 559 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: your pick and roll coverage as far out, and Luka 560 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: Donci a matchup attacker who can pick on guys like 561 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,119 Speaker 1: Michael Porter Junior and Jamal Murray or Nicole Yokich if 562 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: he chooses to right. So in theory, they should give 563 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: them a lot of problems. And I'm watching the game 564 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: and I'm like, holy shit, Like Michael Porter juniors holding 565 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: up on switches against Luca really well. They are causing 566 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: major frustrations for this Mavericks team on the offensive end 567 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: of the floor. Like then, I sat down and I 568 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,199 Speaker 1: looked at the numbers again, and I knew they were 569 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,199 Speaker 1: pretty good defensively in the first few games. I think 570 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: I had him at like seventh after three or four games. 571 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,119 Speaker 1: But go at the time, in the middle of the 572 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: third quarter, I pull up the defensive ratings and Denver's 573 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: popped up to fifth in defensive rating. They are they 574 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 1: are playing some really high level defense right now, which 575 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,360 Speaker 1: is something that I don't think they ever did last year, 576 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 1: aside from a few stretches in the playoffs. So like again, 577 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 1: like this is some really really exciting stuff for seeing 578 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 1: out of Denver reminds me of like I saw this 579 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 1: with the Warriors in that like twenty fifteen twenty sixteen 580 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: stretch where it kind of seemed like they were almost 581 00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: addicted to winning, where like, even though they've already won 582 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,679 Speaker 1: a title, even though they're already in commanding position in 583 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: the standings, even though there's no real importance to the 584 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: night to night games, they just kind of seemed like 585 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 1: they were addicted to winning basketball games, and so they 586 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:18,120 Speaker 1: kept out playing teams that were more desperate than them, 587 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 1: and it kind of became a cultural thing that is 588 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: still stuck around in Golden State to this day. And like, 589 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: I'm kind of starting to get that vibe from this 590 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets team. Like every individual player, regardless of their role, 591 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 1: is like super bought in. Like Michael Porter Junior is 592 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: a super skilled offensive player who is operating in a 593 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: smaller role, right, but this is a dude that is 594 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: sliding his feet and bothering Luka Doncic. He's kind of 595 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: become a really good help and recover guy. There were 596 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: several possessions today where he was able to get into 597 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 1: the lane and dig down and bother a ball handler 598 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 1: and then close out. And because he's got such great length, 599 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: he can really bother a three point shooter on a closeout. 600 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: He had a couple on Grant Williams that he really 601 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: bothered him. And so like, yeah, Aaron Gordon, who's like 602 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: totally embraced this perimeter stopper role mixed with like post 603 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: mismatch attacking, mixed with like running the floor in transition 604 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 1: and operating on that back line. Jamal Murray has played 605 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: like an All Star to start this season. Peyton Watson 606 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: has been a revelation on both ends of the floor 607 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 1: as a switch defender. He's knocking down his three point shot. 608 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: He's a devastating transition weapon. He's like like this, this 609 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: team is clicking at a level that doesn't actually make 610 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: sense given their level of urgency. And again, like, I 611 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,840 Speaker 1: know they had, you know, a random couple of weeks 612 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: here or there last season where they defend well, but 613 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 1: for the most part, it wasn't a cultural thing for 614 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: that team. They came out the gates defending poorly, and 615 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 1: they finished the season defending poorly. This year, from day one, 616 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: they seem to be so much more locked in and 617 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: engaged in those specific details. And when you combine that 618 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: with them being the most unguardable offense in the NBA, 619 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: it makes them terrifying. And like they look clearly like 620 00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: the championship favorite at this point. I think they're gonna 621 00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: win this mid season tournament. You know, like Nikola Jokic 622 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: can get twenty five to thirty points without ever really 623 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: having to take a shot that's difficult for him. The 624 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: toughest shot he took tonight was a catch and shoot 625 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,480 Speaker 1: three at the end a halftime or right before the 626 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: end of the first half where he had to like 627 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: kind of pivot into a three on the move, and 628 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: Jolkic was fired up. It was like one of the 629 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: more you know, you don't see him be very demonstrative 630 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: from time to time, but he was super demonstrative in 631 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: this particular after this shot, you know, screaming to himself. 632 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: It was like a moment for himself that he was 633 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: stoked that he made the shot. But it's like, aside 634 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: from that, which was a bailout shot at the end 635 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: of the clock, like it's all easy stuff that he's 636 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 1: gonna make a lot of the time. You know that 637 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: That's how we like the ability to get twenty five 638 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: to thirty points without ever really having to go off 639 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: script on offense and just basically be the folkrum. But 640 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: all the shots you get in the offense or are 641 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: shots he can make at a sixty five seventy percent clip. 642 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: So you keep looking up and it's like, oh, once again, Jokic, 643 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 1: you know, twelve for fourteen from the field, and you're like, 644 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: what the hell are we doing here? Man? You know, 645 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: like it's this team is just clicking at a higher 646 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: level than anybody else in the league right now. I 647 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,720 Speaker 1: know Boston's winning and winning by a lot, but I 648 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 1: just can never trust that team until I see them 649 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: execute in the half court in the late phases of 650 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: the playoffs, and they just feel like the safest bet 651 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 1: right now. On the Dallas front, it really is this 652 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: simple to me. Your transition defense was trash. That's ridiculous. 653 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,080 Speaker 1: You're too fast to get out run up and down 654 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: the floor by that Nuggets team. That a lot of 655 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: it was Luca. Luca kept making bad plays on offense 656 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: and then bitch into the refs instead of running back. 657 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,240 Speaker 1: And you got to be great offensively to ever even 658 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: have a chance against this Denver team, Like for two 659 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 1: and a half quarters, they pretty much held you in check. 660 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 1: And you're not good enough defensively or on the glass 661 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 1: to be able to hang with a team like Denver 662 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: if you can't score at the rate you're capable of scoring. 663 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: It was a problem that Luca was picking on Michael 664 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: Porter Junior and couldn't get the defense into rotation. It 665 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: was a significant problem throughout the game. Kyrie played pretty well, 666 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 1: just couldn't hit a three point shot. Again, Like, the 667 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: one of the consistent themes in this game is like 668 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 1: they have some dirty work guys that compete. They have 669 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:17,360 Speaker 1: guys that are trying their best to hold down the 670 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 1: defense and rebounding areas of the game. Guys like Josh Green, 671 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: guys like Grant Williams, guys like Derek Lively. But like still, 672 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 1: it just felt like every time Denver missed a shot, 673 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 1: there was Michael Porter Junior for an offensive rebound. There 674 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 1: was Aaron Gordon for an offensive rebound. When they were 675 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: making their run there in the early fourth quarter, it 676 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: was like back to back plays where like they just 677 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: couldn't keep Aaron Gordon off the glass. And like that's 678 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: the thing, is like that there's levels to this shit, right, 679 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: And like Dallas looks pretty good. They look like a 680 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: great offense, they look like they've improved rebounding. They're better 681 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: on defense than you would have expected them to be, 682 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: and certainly a lot better than they were last year. 683 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: But like the problem is is like Denver also has 684 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: an unguardable offense, except for they're also an outstanding rebounding 685 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: team and this seas and have been an outstanding defensive team, 686 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,680 Speaker 1: and and that that that just goes to show you that, 687 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,200 Speaker 1: like as good of a job as they've done to 688 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: try to kind of reconfigure this roster around Luca and Kyrie, like, 689 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,160 Speaker 1: there's still a whole other level they need to get 690 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 1: to to be able to compete with the top teams 691 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: in the league. But again, they've been awesome through four games. 692 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: I don't want to overreact to one game. Was a 693 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: little disappointed in Luka Doncic tonight though, I thought that 694 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: I thought that he would have done a better job 695 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: picking apart that Denver Nuggets offense. All Right, guys, that 696 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: is all I have for today. Is always I sincerely 697 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys for supporting the show. We are going 698 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: to take the weekend off and be back on Monday 699 00:33:35,720 --> 00:34:07,920 Speaker 1: to break down several games from the weekend. The volume