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Speaker 1: the volume heavy Thursday, everybody of ball. If you guys

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Speaker 1: today talking about all the different ways that Dallas may

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Speaker 1: just what we expect to happen in Game four. But

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Speaker 1: that's not what happened. This series has been pretty consistent

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Speaker 1: throughout the same themes. On both ends of the floor,

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Speaker 1: been able to score, and that dynamic has not changed

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Speaker 1: at any point throughout the series, and so this thing

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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk some basketball. For first question, is

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Speaker 1: So like, even as we just look at Dallas, they

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Speaker 1: Luca's defensive performance with that of Steph in twenty sixteen.

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Speaker 1: What Luca did is an entirely different type of destructive

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Speaker 1: There are dozens and dozens of examples over the course

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Speaker 1: twenty one Bucks. I think that Giannis in that twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one season was a lesser superstar than some of

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Speaker 1: the other superstars that we've seen, like like Lebron in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty or Yokic and twenty twenty three, Steph in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, and Kawhi in twenty nineteen. I think

433
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Speaker 1: he was behind all of those guys in terms of

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Speaker 1: where the level he was playing at in that particular

435
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,240
Speaker 1: postseason run that team, also in terms of just top

436
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,959
Speaker 1: to bottom talent, in terms of the quality of teams

437
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,720
Speaker 1: they beat along the way like you beat the Trey

438
00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,160
Speaker 1: Young Hawks in the conference final and the Devin Booker

439
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,400
Speaker 1: Chris Paul Suns in the NBA Finals. So I put

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Speaker 1: the Bucks at the bottom of that list. Number five.

441
00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 1: I put the twenty nineteen Raptors similar to the honest thing.

442
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Speaker 1: I think Kawhi is beneath Steph Jokich and Lebron in

443
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Speaker 1: terms of like that top tier superstar power. That team

444
00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,600
Speaker 1: was amazing defensively at a big look and a small look,

445
00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,919
Speaker 1: an awesome home court advantage, really really good team, but

446
00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,639
Speaker 1: I don't think they're better than any of the teams

447
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Speaker 1: above them. Twenty twenty two Warriors I put in at fourth.

448
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,919
Speaker 1: The main reason why I have that team down further

449
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,960
Speaker 1: is like their second best player and third best player

450
00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 1: were basically like Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins in some order.

451
00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,680
Speaker 1: Probably I go Andrew Wiggins too, and then like you know,

452
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,399
Speaker 1: Jordan Poole, then Draymond Green obviously was amazing defensively in

453
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:57,840
Speaker 1: that postseason run. Klay Thompson had a huge fingerprint on

454
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Speaker 1: the NBA Finals with his defense on Jalen Like. It

455
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,879
Speaker 1: was an excellent team that overachieved and won a title

456
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Speaker 1: with one of the all time great players in NBA

457
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,320
Speaker 1: history in Steph Curry leading the way. But in terms

458
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Speaker 1: of just sheer force of talent that that was not

459
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Speaker 1: something that that Golden State team brought to the table.

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Speaker 1: So I have them a little bit lower at three.

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Speaker 1: I have the twenty twenty four Celtics, and the main case,

462
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:26,159
Speaker 1: there is just overwhelming force of talent. Right you have

463
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Speaker 1: five players in the open market that would fetch thirty

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Speaker 1: plus million Al Horford if he was a free agent

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Speaker 1: tomorrow and would probably be in that like fifteen to

466
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Speaker 1: twenty million range. Like, they just have an absurdity of talent.

467
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Speaker 1: They have an excellent coach in Joe Mizzulu, who really

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Speaker 1: won me over in a big way in this postseason run.

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Speaker 1: It's been really fascinating just to get a better exposure

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Speaker 1: to the attempts that he's made this year to try

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Speaker 1: to shape the Celtics into a team oriented offense that

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Speaker 1: trusts each other. In Hunt's quality looks, they this is

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Speaker 1: a Celtics team that I didn't really enjoy watching that

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Speaker 1: much during the regular season because of their reticence to

475
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Speaker 1: really buy into Missoula Ball and what he was asking

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Speaker 1: them to do. And I actually genuinely enjoy watching the

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Speaker 1: Celtics now in a way that I didn't earlier because

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Speaker 1: they're playing a brand of basketball that I believe is

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Speaker 1: championship worthy. They've won me over at a big way.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brown, I think has ascended into that second tier

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Speaker 1: of superstars. Awesome team one limitations, they just don't have

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Speaker 1: an apex star. Number two. I put the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: three Denver Nuggets. I think that Nikola Jokic was and

484
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Speaker 1: still is the best player in the world. We'll get

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Speaker 1: into some of those specifics here. I think there's some

486
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Speaker 1: of it in this mail bag, but definitely over the offseason.

487
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Speaker 1: But the one limitation there why I have them below

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Speaker 1: the Lakers is their second best player, obviously was Jamal Murray,

489
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Speaker 1: who in my opinion is in that like fifteen to

490
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Speaker 1: twenty range. A lot of like really well fitting players,

491
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Speaker 1: but most of that team came down to Nikola jokicch

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Speaker 1: and what he could do in his unbelievable level of dominance.

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Speaker 1: He's why I have twenty one the twenty twenty Lakers

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Speaker 1: at one. And look, I get it, I'm biased. I'm

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Speaker 1: a Lakers fan. I'm a Lebron James fan. And by

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Speaker 1: the way, if you guys disagree, I just want to

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Speaker 1: see your rankings. Drop your rankings in the comments. You

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Speaker 1: guys know I go through and read the comments, So

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Speaker 1: drop your individual rankings on the teams and put your

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Speaker 1: reasoning and I'll read through it. And I want to

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Speaker 1: hear your guys take. My take is simple. The twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty Lakers were the only team in that group that

503
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Speaker 1: had two top tier superstars. Anthony Davis. Say what you

504
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,560
Speaker 1: want about him, say what you want about what he's become,

505
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 1: say what you want about what he used to be.

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Speaker 1: But in that twenty twenty season, he was unquestionably one

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Speaker 1: of the five best players in the league. He had

508
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:42,639
Speaker 1: this like deadly mid range ISO pull up jump shot attack.

509
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,280
Speaker 1: He legitimately could space the four from the three point

510
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Speaker 1: line and hit a game winning three point shot in

511
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Speaker 1: that playoff series. He was a dominant low post force,

512
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Speaker 1: and he's the best defensive player in the world who

513
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Speaker 1: had one of the best defensive playoff runs that we've

514
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Speaker 1: ever seen. In Lebron James in twenty twenty was the

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Speaker 1: best player in the world. My opinion, should have one

516
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: MVP that was the year everyone bought into Giannis's advanced

517
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,880
Speaker 1: metrics just because they kicked the shit out of everybody

518
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: in a bad Eastern conference. That team had, in my opinion,

519
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Speaker 1: the best player in the world in Lebron and the

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Speaker 1: fourth best player in the world in Anthony Davis, while

521
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,960
Speaker 1: also being a elite defensive team down the roster. There

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Speaker 1: is no other team in that list. Denver did not

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Speaker 1: have two top five players. This Boston team does not

524
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Speaker 1: have two top five players. That Warriors team did not

525
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Speaker 1: have two top five players. Neither did the Rafters, neither

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Speaker 1: did the Bucks. And so that's my case. And so

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Speaker 1: what I want you guys to do. If you're arguing

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Speaker 1: with me and you're saying, Jason, you're an idiot, you're

529
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 1: a biased Lakers fan, why do you have the Lakers

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Speaker 1: at one? Tell me what of those other teams conquers

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Speaker 1: the fact that the Lakers had two of the top

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Speaker 1: five players in the world during that span. That's where

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Speaker 1: I think is a good spot to kind of start

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00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,879
Speaker 1: that debate. But we can get into that more in

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Speaker 1: some mail bags down the line. Next question, even though

536
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: the NBA has a lot of young, talented players, why

537
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 1: does it not feel as exciting. I thought this was

538
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,159
Speaker 1: pretty simple. The one. The Eastern Conference playoff picture was

539
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,280
Speaker 1: just really bad. This year two we have had back

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Speaker 1: to back seasons. This is crazy. I had to go

541
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Speaker 1: back and look at it. Back to back seasons where

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00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 1: in the conference finals the team jumped up three to

543
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 1: zero in both conferences. Miami went up three to ohero

544
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Speaker 1: on Boston. Last year, Denver went up three to oho

545
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,160
Speaker 1: on the Lakers. Dallas went up three zero in Minnesota.

546
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,320
Speaker 1: This year, Boston went up three to zero on the Pacers.

547
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 1: Then we go into the NBA Finals. Denver kicked the

548
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 1: shit out of Miami last year in Boston's kicking the

549
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 1: shit out of Dallas. So for back to back seasons,

550
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 1: the second half of the playoff picture has just been garbage,

551
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,159
Speaker 1: and so I think that that has kind of taken

552
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 1: some of the excitement out of it. But I think

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Speaker 1: a lot of that has to do with matchups, A

554
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: lot of that has to do with health. So with

555
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,239
Speaker 1: the team the league getting deeper and more and more

556
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,360
Speaker 1: good teams entering the picture, I do think that we'll

557
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,240
Speaker 1: have more exciting playoff runs down the line. Do you

558
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 1: think the finals MVP is locked in for Jaln Brown

559
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 1: or depending on if it's a sweep in how each

560
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 1: JT and him perform, could it defer to Jason Tatum

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Speaker 1: love the show, keep it up. So I think Jalen

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00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,640
Speaker 1: Brown is the clear Finals MVP to this point. He's

563
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: been better statistically. He has the two most iconic plays

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00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,679
Speaker 1: of the series, those two one handed dunks that he

565
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 1: had even on the block of PJ. Washington in transition

566
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 1: at the end of Game two was Derek White was

567
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 1: in there, but so was Jalen Brown. He hit three

568
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,160
Speaker 1: of the biggest shots in the series, that driving left

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Speaker 1: handed layup on maxic Cleiba, as well as the pull

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00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,159
Speaker 1: up jump shots that he hit last night. I think

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00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown is clearly the Finals MVP to this point. Obviously,

572
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 1: if JB goes for twelve in Game four and Tatum

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00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,200
Speaker 1: goes for forty and it's a super close game, you

574
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 1: could see potentially as swinging the other way. But to me,

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00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown's clearly the Finals MVP at this point. As

576
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Speaker 1: far as the other element to it, which is like

577
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum's responsibilities, which are he could double team more. Obviously,

578
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Speaker 1: him being on the center is the primary defensive function

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00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,600
Speaker 1: that has caused Dallas' offense to fall apart. I do

580
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,680
Speaker 1: think Tatum's impact in this series is underrated. He's been

581
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Speaker 1: better than what you would think look at the box score.

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00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 1: That said, Jalen Brown also has done a lot of

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Speaker 1: stuff in the details. He's been one of the main

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00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 1: guys getting them in rotation Defensively, he's been the guy

585
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 1: that's been picking up Luca full court and applying all

586
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 1: that ball pressure and doing all that work. Like to me,

587
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 1: even though Jason Tatum has a lot beneath the box

588
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 1: score that he's been doing well, it's not enough to

589
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: make up for the gap. And I think Jalen Brown

590
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 1: deserves to win finals. MVP. Do you think the Celtics

591
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 1: can continue to win championships if Tatum isn't playing at

592
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: a top five level, because it's pretty clear that he

593
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: won't reach that top tier as long as those five

594
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 1: guys are together, even just Horford and with those four guys, yeah,

595
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:37,640
Speaker 1: forget about it. Let's just take the center position and

596
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 1: position out of it. As long as Eric White, Jalen Brown,

597
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 1: Jason Tatum, and Drew Holliday are together, I think that

598
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: they're going to have a really good chance to win.

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00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 1: I agree with Colin last night he said he said

600
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 1: that the Celtics team is too weird to like win

601
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: three or four in a row. I agree with that,

602
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: But they're too talented to not win at least one

603
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: and to be in the picture every year. And if

604
00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: they're in the picture every year, all takes is an

605
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: injury here, favorable matchup there to get a win. And

606
00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 1: so I think if someone asked me, is it more

607
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 1: likely than not that Boston wins another one in the

608
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 1: next two seasons, I'd say yes, I think it's more

609
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: likely than not that Boston wins another one at some

610
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Speaker 1: point in the next two seasons. They're durable, they're young,

611
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,440
Speaker 1: they're athletic, they just they check so many boxes. They're

612
00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 1: just gonna be in the picture. That said every team

613
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Speaker 1: that won the championship over the last six years. Do

614
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: you guys remember Nuggets fans last year all summer long,

615
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,920
Speaker 1: how confident and arrogant they were. Remember Warriors fans the

616
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 1: year before, Remember Bucks fans the year before that, Remember

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Speaker 1: Lakers fans. I mean, we're still arrogant, you know what

618
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,239
Speaker 1: I mean? So like we like you got to remember that,

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Speaker 1: like every team that hoists the trophy thinks they're the

620
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Speaker 1: team that figured it out. They're about to go on

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Speaker 1: a run. Boston, Actually I do think has a chance

622
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Speaker 1: to win multiple so does Denver. But we found out

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Speaker 1: pretty quickly that it was kind of a flash and

624
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: a pan thing with that Warriors team and with that

625
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Speaker 1: Bucks team. Right, so something to keep in mind. Let's see,

626
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Speaker 1: we'll do one more and then we'll get out of here. Hey, Jason,

627
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 1: love the work you've been doing. You've really made me

628
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 1: fall in love with the game again. My question is

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Speaker 1: did this year's playoffs affect how you look at future

630
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 1: playoff series? And if it did, how so? So this

631
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: has been and we're going to do a deeper version

632
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 1: of this right after the NBA Finals end. It'll probably

633
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: be one of the early videos we do next week

634
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: every year. If those are guys who followed the show,

635
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 1: I do like a five biggest lessons I learned. But

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Speaker 1: if I had to give like a quick elevator pitch

637
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 1: on it, it's pretty simple to me. I do think

638
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: it's important to run five out offense. You guys who

639
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,400
Speaker 1: have followed the show for a while know that I

640
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 1: used to be a huge proponent, not a huge proponent,

641
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: but a defender of that four out kind of brute

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Speaker 1: force type of attack. But when you have the four

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Speaker 1: out brute force kind of attack, I think you need

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Speaker 1: multiple physically imposing players for that to work. And I

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Speaker 1: think that one of the things that's happened is Dallas

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Speaker 1: has been reliant a lot on pull up jump shooting

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Speaker 1: because of this adjustment that Boston's made, and it's kind

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Speaker 1: of stagnated things. It's made the role players play poorly.

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Speaker 1: Kyrie and Luca haven't been able to hit enough of

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Speaker 1: them right. And so I think teams that have more

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Speaker 1: ball in player movement that keep all five players involved

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Speaker 1: just have some more resilience when they get to the

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Speaker 1: later levels of the playoffs. So, like to me, ideally

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Speaker 1: you want to run a five out offense with five

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Speaker 1: offensive threats. They don't all have to be shooters, but

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Speaker 1: they all need to be offensive threats in some way,

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Speaker 1: shape or form, even if it's just like a screener

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Speaker 1: and cutter. Right. But I think that that's an important

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Speaker 1: piece that I'd look at, Like, I think that that's

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Speaker 1: an important lesson to learn, is that teams that run

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Speaker 1: five out multiple players of multiple threats, lots of ball

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Speaker 1: and player movement on the other end of the floor. Again,

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Speaker 1: this is something that I've always believed but I think

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Speaker 1: has been hammered home in a big way in this postseason.

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Speaker 1: Defensive versatility. You have to be able to guard multiple ways.

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Speaker 1: If you can load up on a team to guard,

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Speaker 1: that's great, But you better be able to guard a

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Speaker 1: team that spreads you out as well, a team that

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Speaker 1: can test your perimeter defense and test your ability to

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Speaker 1: contain in rotation. So next year, when we see a

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Speaker 1: team that has a great defensive rating that loads up

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Speaker 1: the paint and drop coverage and uses the low man

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Speaker 1: and loads up the strong side, but they have multiple

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Speaker 1: weak perimeter defensive points, just something to keep in mind

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Speaker 1: as we go into the postseason. We'll get into way

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Speaker 1: more detail about that when we get into this summer.

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Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you guys for participating in the

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Speaker 1: mail bag and for supporting the show. We're gonna be

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Speaker 1: back tomorrow night, no calling tomorrow, just me live. After

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Speaker 1: the final buzzer of Game four. I will see you

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Speaker 1: guys though the volume