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Speaker 1: Hope all of you guys are having a great week

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Speaker 2: Jampack Show for you today. We're gonna go throw back style.

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Speaker 2: We're just gonna do instant reaction videos. We're gonna hit

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Speaker 2: on four games from the perspective of all eight teams,

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Speaker 2: a very very exciting early season. Monday Night in the

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Speaker 2: NBA Last night, we're gonna hit Clippers, Nicks and James

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Speaker 2: Harden's debut alongside Russell Westbrook with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George,

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Speaker 2: which did not go particularly well. The Minnesota Timberwolves handed

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Speaker 2: the Boston Celtics their first loss of the season, and

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Speaker 2: what was a highly entertaining game capped off by an

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Speaker 2: We got the Lakers going on the road and losing

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Speaker 2: back to back games last night to the Miami Heat,

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Speaker 2: and then the Golden State Warriors notching a win on

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Speaker 2: let's talk some basketball. So Clippers Nicks close game for

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Speaker 2: the fourth quarter that put it away. Dante DiVincenzo in

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Speaker 2: Their defense has been excellent this season. Their second in

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Speaker 2: I was talking with Sam Vessini from The Athletic about

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Speaker 2: roll with centers. I think there's a couple of specific

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Speaker 2: from Jada McDaniels and with everything he does defensively, that's

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Speaker 2: really really exciting on the Celtics front. Again, a little

433
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Speaker 2: bit of an example of what they can deal with

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Speaker 2: in terms of a lack of depth when one of

435
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Speaker 2: their five core guys gets hurt. Not that Horford's not

436
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Speaker 2: a good depth piece there, but he's certainly a drop

437
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Speaker 2: in terms of overall athleticism, right, And like, no matter

438
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Speaker 2: who they put in that fifth spot when guys are out,

439
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Speaker 2: it's going to be someone who's either a really good

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Speaker 2: offensive player with defensive limitations or a guy who's a

441
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Speaker 2: decent athlete that has offensive limitations. And it ended up

442
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Speaker 2: being the entry point for Anthony Edwards to target. So

443
00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:39,560
Speaker 2: it just goes to show you how health is going

444
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Speaker 2: to be an important factor for the Celtics this year.

445
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Speaker 2: Really really encouraged by Jason Tatum's play overall, just continuing

446
00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:47,760
Speaker 2: to play like an MVP.

447
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Speaker 1: They use him as.

448
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Speaker 2: A screener a lot down the stretch of this game,

449
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Speaker 2: which I thought was interesting. With Drew Holliday, there was

450
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Speaker 2: a play where he got the ball in a short

451
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Speaker 2: roll and threw the ball out of bounds, and instead

452
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Speaker 2: of going away from that action, they just went right

453
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Speaker 2: back to it. The second time they ran it, Anthony

454
00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:08,520
Speaker 2: Edwards tagged Tatum as the roller, which left Jalen Brown

455
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Speaker 2: wide open in the corner for the three that actually

456
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Speaker 2: put the Celtics up by three late, the one that

457
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Speaker 2: before Jada McDaniels tied it. It's actually a great example of, like,

458
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Speaker 2: you know, just how easy offense can be for the

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Speaker 2: Celtics when Tatum's involved, and how they don't necessarily have

460
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Speaker 2: to generate rim pressure through the ball.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 2: So, like we think about Tatum beating people off the dribble,

463
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Speaker 2: drawing multiple defenders and kicking, but one of the best ways,

464
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Speaker 2: and we talked about this a lot last year too,

465
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Speaker 2: but one of the best ways for the Celtics to

466
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Speaker 2: start their offense is Tatum's slipping ball screens because he's

467
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Speaker 2: just such a good passer out of that short role.

468
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Speaker 2: He didn't even make a pass on this play, but

469
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Speaker 2: the defense reacted to him, which is what generated the

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Speaker 2: opening for Jalen Brown out of the week side corner.

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Speaker 2: So again, like no one's going undefeated this year, it's

472
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Speaker 2: a tough road game against the best defense in the

473
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Speaker 2: league and one of the best young players in the league.

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Speaker 2: Celtics dropped this one, but I thought they impressed in

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Speaker 2: A couple quick hitters on Warriors Pistons and Lakers heat.

496
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Speaker 2: So a classic kind of Warriors physical dominance game in

497
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Speaker 2: Detroit against the Pistons. Again, seventeen offensive rebounds leading to

498
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,440
Speaker 2: twenty six second chance points allowed them to overcome a

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Speaker 2: kind of a pedestrian offensive game from Klay Thompson and

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Speaker 2: Andrew Wiggins. Those two guys combined for just twenty one points.

501
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Speaker 2: Andrew Wiggins is in a little bit of slump. He's

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Speaker 2: averaging eleven points per game after averaging seventeen the previous

503
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Speaker 2: two years for Golden State, shooting just eighteen percent from three.

504
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Speaker 2: I went on with Steiny and Guru in San Francisco

505
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Speaker 2: this morning and we were talking about it, and they

506
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Speaker 2: asked me what they think is going on with Andrew

507
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Speaker 2: or what I think is going on with Andrew Wiggins,

508
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Speaker 2: And I don't really see too much schematically. It's just

509
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Speaker 2: to me the kind of convoluted nature of the rotation,

510
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Speaker 2: as Moses Moody, and Andrew and Jonathan Kaminga have been

511
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Speaker 2: getting more minutes, even Gary Payton kind of getting a

512
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Speaker 2: lot of the closing reps instead of Andrew Wiggins, so

513
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Speaker 2: his minutes are a little bit more sporadic, a little

514
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Speaker 2: less consistent, and I think that, in common with Kaminga,

515
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 2: just truly playing well has affected his confidence. Like once again,

516
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Speaker 2: down the stretch of that game, big play Steph and

517
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Speaker 2: Jonathan kmena pick and roll on the left wing.

518
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Speaker 1: He gets a switch.

519
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Speaker 2: Steph trusts Jonathan Kaminga in a fourth quarter close game

520
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Speaker 2: to take his smaller matchup down to the block, feed

521
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Speaker 2: him on the post. He just hits him with the dribble,

522
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Speaker 2: move into the lane and makes a little shot over

523
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Speaker 2: the top like that. Kamina's just playing really well and

524
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Speaker 2: playing super confident and playing free. And Andrew Wiggins is

525
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Speaker 2: playing kind of timid. I think you see it a

526
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Speaker 2: lot when he's attacking the rim too. I think he's

527
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Speaker 2: just kind of not going up with that same ferocity

528
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Speaker 2: that we're accustomed to seeing from him. Right I don't

529
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Speaker 2: think it's necessarily a big picture concern. It's just something

530
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Speaker 2: that's happening right now and something to keep an eye on.

531
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Speaker 2: Over the course of the season. Andrew Wiggins was the

532
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Speaker 2: second best player on the championship team. He needs to

533
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Speaker 2: get his confidence back doesn't really matter if kaminga blossoms.

534
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Speaker 2: If you're starting three, man is a shell of himself.

535
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Speaker 2: So something to keep an eye on. We just talked

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Speaker 2: yesterday about Chris Paul as a score, right, So they

537
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,800
Speaker 2: lose to Cleveland, and a big factor in that was

538
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Speaker 2: the twin rim protectors sagging back into the paint. They

539
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Speaker 2: forced the I think Golden State shot something crazy like

540
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 2: twelve for thirty one in the paint and got absolutely

541
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Speaker 2: demolished in the paint on both ends of the floor. Right,

542
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Speaker 2: So it was like a big problem in that particular game.

543
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Speaker 2: And that, to me is the closest thing we've seen

544
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Speaker 2: in this regular season to what the Lakers series was

545
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 2: like rail rim protection ignoring your non shooters sagging into

546
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Speaker 2: the paint and then top locking and denying all of

547
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Speaker 2: your off ball action, which is going to force guys

548
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Speaker 2: to back cut into your rim protection.

549
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Speaker 1: Right.

550
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Speaker 2: So, like that's the issue we saw and how did

551
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Speaker 2: the Warriors counter that in the playoffs? A lot of

552
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 2: spread pick and roll with Steph Curry, right, And so

553
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,239
Speaker 2: you know, Chris Paul struggled again to score in that

554
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Speaker 2: particular game and really for the entire season coming into

555
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,239
Speaker 2: last night, was really struggling to score the basketball, and like,

556
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 2: that's where you need Chris, that specific matchup. That's why

557
00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 2: you got Chris. You got Chris for the top tier

558
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,520
Speaker 2: rim protection teams that are going to be a bad

559
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 2: matchup for the Golden State offense as another guy who

560
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 2: can score the damn basketball and take pressure off of

561
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Speaker 2: Steph Curry, who can get a little fatigued when he's

562
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Speaker 2: the only guy on the team who can put the

563
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Speaker 2: ball in the basket, right, And so that's just something

564
00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,920
Speaker 2: to keep an eye on, right. Well, Chris last night

565
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,439
Speaker 2: in the Pistons game kind of got it going as

566
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,360
Speaker 2: a scorer six for nine from the field for seventeen points.

567
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,160
Speaker 2: More in line with what you're hoping for in production

568
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Speaker 2: from Chris. Had a huge late bucket on a face

569
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Speaker 2: up in the right corner. Thought it was big time

570
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Speaker 2: that Steph kind of trusted him and kind of prodded

571
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Speaker 2: him to shoot the ball. It goes to show you

572
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 2: that Steph wants this, he wants Chris to try to

573
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,280
Speaker 2: get some buckets and ended up elevating over the top

574
00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 2: and knocking down a big mid range jump shot out

575
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Speaker 2: of the short corner. I thought that was an encouraging

576
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,639
Speaker 2: game from Chris Paul. And then the crunch time defense

577
00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:52,640
Speaker 2: that was an issue a lot in the even though

578
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,880
Speaker 2: they were winning, that was an issue where they were

579
00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 2: kind of going bucket for bucket down the stretch of

580
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Speaker 2: these games. And then finally Clay gets the last shot,

581
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,920
Speaker 2: makes it. Finally Steph gets the last shot and makes it. Well,

582
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 2: last night, eighty defensive rating in crunch time against Detroit

583
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,880
Speaker 2: that got stops. That's a good encouraging sign of where

584
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 2: the Warriors are heading in their crunch time defense. The

585
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 2: Piston's not gonna talk too much about it right now, obviously,

586
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 2: just with the jam Pack, Slate didn't have too much

587
00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 2: time to dive into them today. I do want to

588
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 2: eventually hit on them because they've got three young players

589
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 2: that have been pretty exciting this year. Asar Thompson has

590
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 2: been one of the best perimeter defenders in the league

591
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 2: early in the season. Obviously extremely small sample size, but

592
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 2: he's just an unbelievably laterally quick athlete with the uncanny

593
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 2: ability to navigate screens. Kay Cunningham has looked like the

594
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 2: giant playmaking forward that we've all kind of hoped he

595
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 2: would be, and then Killian Hayes is having a really

596
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 2: good season in terms of playmaking and taking care of

597
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,720
Speaker 2: the basketball. Shot the ball well yesterday as well, which

598
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 2: is encouraging because he hasn't shot the ball well in

599
00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 2: his career.

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Speaker 1: So exciting. Young Pistons team.

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Speaker 2: Try to find some time to talk about them in

602
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 2: the coming weeks, all right, Moving on to Lakers heat.

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Speaker 1: So the heat followed.

604
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 2: The game plan against the Lakers is kind of a

605
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 2: you know, Anthony Davis talked about this after the Magic game,

606
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 2: but there's kind of like an existing game plan to

607
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,920
Speaker 2: beat the Lakers. It's crash the offensive glass, relentlessly push

608
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 2: the ball in transition every time you get a chance,

609
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,160
Speaker 2: and anytime you see one of the Lakers smaller, unathletic

610
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 2: guards on the perimeter and you have a chance to

611
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 2: attack them because you're going to.

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Speaker 1: Be able to score.

613
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 2: And they had eleven offensive rebounds, they had twenty transition possessions.

614
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 2: They had a steady diet of Bam Jimmy and even Jaimehawkes,

615
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 2: you know, bullying the smaller guards and getting all the

616
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 2: way into the basket to get to the foul line

617
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:42,160
Speaker 2: or get easy baskets.

618
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: Crashing the offensive glass as well.

619
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Speaker 2: They just did a lot of damage to the to

620
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 2: the Lakers, but they found themselves down twelve in the

621
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,720
Speaker 2: middle of the fourth quarter and Dangel Russell gets ejected. Obviously,

622
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,880
Speaker 2: Anthony Davis hurt his hip and left the game early

623
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 2: as well. We'll talk about that in a little bit.

624
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 2: But they go down the stretch late with this interesting

625
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 2: lineup with the lebron James and Austin Reeves with Cam Reddish,

626
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,440
Speaker 2: Tory and Prince and Christian Would and they fight back

627
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 2: into the game and they defend extremely well, and they

628
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 2: make it a close game late. It's one eight, one

629
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Speaker 2: o seven with two and a half minutes left, and

630
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 2: then neither team scored the rest of the way. I've

631
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 2: mapped out every single possession here to kind of let

632
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 2: you guys know, you know, separate process and results, because

633
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 2: a lot of times people overreact to the results when

634
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 2: basketball has a lot of you know, kind of variation

635
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 2: in it, and sometimes you can do everything right and

636
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 2: then not get a good result. And as long as

637
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 2: your process is good and you continue to replicate that,

638
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 2: then over a larger sample size you'll get more positive outcomes. Right,

639
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 2: So first possession one eight, one seven and two and

640
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 2: a half minutes left, Lebron James had a post up

641
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,520
Speaker 2: in an and one that ended up getting I think

642
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 2: it was against Josh Richardson that ended up getting the

643
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 2: game back to one point. So on the very next possession,

644
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 2: the Heat run a ball screen action the Lakers defend

645
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 2: did extremely well. Tyler Harrel throws a bad lob pass

646
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 2: that hits the top of the backboard and the Lakers

647
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 2: get the steal. Right, the Lakers push and transition and

648
00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 2: get a wide open three for Lebron James on the

649
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 2: left wing. He misses it, okay, so great defense for

650
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 2: the Lakers to force a turnover wide open three on

651
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 2: the other end they miss okay. Next possession, Jimmy Butler

652
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 2: challenges Christian Wood at the rim. Christian Wood gets a

653
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 2: really good contest and he forces an air ball. Another

654
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 2: excellent defensive possession that gets a quality stop. The Lakers

655
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 2: pushing transition again. Kyle Lowry steps in front of Lebron

656
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 2: and takes a charge. Kind of a winning play that

657
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 2: Kyle Lowry's made throughout his entire career. Right they go

658
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 2: back down the other end, Kyle Lowry shoots a pull

659
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 2: up three over Lebron. Lebron blocks it. It's another air ball, right.

660
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 2: The Lakers go down the other way and Austin kind

661
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 2: of pump takes a pump fake three point shot, tough shot,

662
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,480
Speaker 2: really well contested. I think it was Tyler Harrow on

663
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 2: defense in that possession or really well contested.

664
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 1: He misses it. They go down the other way.

665
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 2: Miami runs a another pick and roll with Tyler Harrow

666
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 2: on the right wing, kind of similar to the Austin

667
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 2: Reeves shot, like a shot that Tyler Harrow is capable

668
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 2: of making, but it was heavily contested by Austin and

669
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 2: he missed it. So two missed contested threes from the

670
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 2: two guards for either team. Then they go down the

671
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 2: other end, the Lakers again, still one to eight, one

672
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 2: oh seven, less than a minute left, and Austin Reeves

673
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 2: runs a ghost screen with Lebron and Kyle Lowry. I

674
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 2: believe or no, Tyler Harrow is guarding Austin enhdged hard

675
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:28,640
Speaker 2: on Lebron, which gave Lebron the opportunity to throw an

676
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 2: easy behind the back pass. Hits Austin right in the

677
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 2: shooting pocket and it is a wide open three, and

678
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 2: he just misses it. He just misses it right. So

679
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 2: then the Heat go down and they forced Bam to

680
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 2: travel at the foul line. They have him surrounded by

681
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 2: three bodies. Another really good defensive possession for the Lakers.

682
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 2: Lakers call time out. They appear, according to some internet

683
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 2: slewthing to draw up a play to get Cam Reddish

684
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 2: at three in the week side corner. Basically, Lebron beats

685
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler with a hard right hand drive, knowing he's

686
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 2: gonna draw help he does. He draws Bam at a

687
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 2: bio and help. Lebron throws an absolutely perfect pass in

688
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 2: the corner to Cam Reddish, hits him right in the

689
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 2: shooting pocket and he just misses the three. So, you know,

690
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 2: impressive win for the Heat because you followed the game plan.

691
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 2: You left the right guy open late on that Cam

692
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 2: reddis possession. Right. We're gonna talk more about that late

693
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 2: game possession from the same point of the Lakers in

694
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 2: a few minutes. But you followed the game plan, You

695
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 2: did the things that you have to do to beat

696
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,240
Speaker 2: the Lakers. Took advantage of Anthony Davis being out of

697
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 2: the game late, built a big enough lead for you

698
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 2: to be able to withstand that late run and get

699
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:38,479
Speaker 2: a win the matchup. Attacking Jimi Hawk has nine points

700
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 2: on five post ups in ISOs so far this year,

701
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 2: two for three on handoffs as well, so he's doing

702
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 2: a really nice job in the Heat system, getting downhill

703
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 2: and using his strength to get to little shots close

704
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 2: to the basket. He is three for thirteen on unguarded

705
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 2: threes though, that's one thing to keep an eye on.

706
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 2: With Iime two wins in a row for the Heat,

707
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 2: They're up to three and four now twenty sixth in

708
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 2: offense all shot creation stuff. They're twenty fourth in pick

709
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 2: and roll efficiency, twenty first in ISO efficiency. They're actually

710
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 2: shooting the ball well in spot up situations this year,

711
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 2: at least attacking closeouts. It's just their shot creation is

712
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 2: always going to be an issue until whenever they decide

713
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 2: to make a trade and get more offensive firepower in

714
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 2: the room. We are going to do a deep dive

715
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 2: on the Miami Heat soon. I'm not going to go

716
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 2: too much further on them, or not going to go

717
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 2: any further on them today. On the Laker front, the

718
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:32,040
Speaker 2: final play, so again, you have to think first of

719
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 2: all Lebron James. Over the course of his career has

720
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 2: there a certain benefit of the doubt, especially when it

721
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 2: comes to making the right play. Like similar situation against

722
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 2: the Minnesota Timberwolves in the play in game last year,

723
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 2: Lebron makes the exact same play, a driving kickout pass

724
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,760
Speaker 2: to Dennis Schroeder in the left corner.

725
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: He makes the shot, and.

726
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 2: If it wasn't for Anthony Davis spouling the three point

727
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 2: shooter on the next possession, that would have ended the game.

728
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 2: They ended up winning an ot anyway. But the point

729
00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 2: is is like, effectively, what should have been a game

730
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 2: winner generated the exact same way, and no one ever

731
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,280
Speaker 2: complains when it goes in because, like I talked about earlier,

732
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 2: team people tend to play the results, and it's easy

733
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 2: in retrospect to be like, oh, he should have thrown

734
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 2: it to christian Wood underneath the basket. Well, Haywood high

735
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 2: Smith was right behind christian Wood and could have easily

736
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 2: just thrown his arm up and reached from behind and

737
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 2: poked that ball free. You throw a lob up at

738
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 2: the basket, it's a high degree of difficulty pass. Maybe

739
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 2: christian Wood isn't prepared for it because maybe he's boxing out.

740
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 2: Maybe you know, maybe high Smith pushes him a little

741
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 2: bit as he jumps up and he fails to kind

742
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,720
Speaker 2: of gather the basketball. You know, I saw some people

743
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 2: saying like, oh, Lebron should have just shot it in

744
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:51,400
Speaker 2: hopes that christian Wood gets a gets a offensive rebound. Well,

745
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 2: Bam sold out on the closeout. There's a chance that

746
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 2: he shoots that and just gets blocked, right because Bam,

747
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 2: like Hard helped coming over. I thought, maybe, okay, what

748
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 2: if Lebron spins off of Jimmy on that hard drive

749
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,280
Speaker 2: and takes a little right shoulder fade. Yeah, I would

750
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 2: probably like to see him do that as well. But

751
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 2: Kyle Lowry was there on the left wing, and if

752
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 2: Lebron spins back, Kyle Lowry very likely doubles and it

753
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 2: still leads to a kickout for three in all likelihood. Right, So,

754
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 2: like at the end of the day, you generated a

755
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,919
Speaker 2: wide open three, And the only thing that I would

756
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 2: say schematically that I would do different is that's textbook

757
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 2: lowman help. Right, So when Lebron beats Jimmy, Bam comes

758
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,280
Speaker 2: over off of christian Wood and Hard helps, high Smith

759
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 2: has to come in and basically start to contend physically

760
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 2: with Christian Wood underneath the basket. Right, that leaves the lowman.

761
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,919
Speaker 2: The lowman high Smith is guarding Cam Reddish in the quarter.

762
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:45,320
Speaker 2: It's an easy kickout pass.

763
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 1: Right.

764
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,399
Speaker 2: What I would do in that situation is I would

765
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 2: have just inverted Toryan Prince and Cam Reddish, put Cam

766
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 2: Reddish on the left wing, Toryan Prince in the corner.

767
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,359
Speaker 2: That way, when you make that kickout pass, it's for

768
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 2: just a much better three point shooter, because Cam Reddish

769
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 2: is just, even in his best day, an inconsistent three

770
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 2: point shooter. So again, and part of that too is

771
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,800
Speaker 2: like personnel, Like is cam Redis she even gonna be

772
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 2: out there in a late game situation when the team

773
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 2: is healthy? No, So, like I think it's one of

774
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:13,759
Speaker 2: those things where obviously a loss is a loss. Three

775
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 2: and four is objectively bad for the Lakers at this point.

776
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:17,760
Speaker 2: We're gonna talk about it more here in a minute.

777
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 2: But like, I wouldn't get overly hung up on a

778
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 2: game where Anthony Davis was out, you know, toring excuse me,

779
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 2: Jared Vanderbilts out, Ruy Ho Chimura's out, gave Vincent's out,

780
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 2: Jackson Hayes's out, Anthony Davis goes down with an injury,

781
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 2: so like you're psychologically hurt by that, and you claw

782
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 2: all the way back to get it within one to

783
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,280
Speaker 2: two and a half minutes left. You play perfect defense

784
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 2: and basically shut the heat down on all five possessions

785
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 2: down the stretch, while you generate three wide open threes

786
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 2: and the other two possessions were a pump fake three

787
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 2: that Austin Reeves is capable of making and a Lebron

788
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 2: transition drive that Kyle Lowry took a charge that usually

789
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 2: amounts to more than a point per possession. So you

790
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,399
Speaker 2: executed well, you did everything you were supposed to do,

791
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 2: and you just lost, which is something that can happen

792
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 2: in one small sample size, especially when you spot the

793
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 2: other team a twelve point lead in the fourth quarter.

794
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,439
Speaker 2: So I think, like, really, hyper focusing on that one

795
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 2: possession and one decision from Lebron in an eighty two

796
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 2: game season, especially with his pedigree, is just missing the

797
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 2: bigger picture for what was actually kind of an encouraging

798
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,640
Speaker 2: late game flurry from the Lakers, who continued to play

799
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,759
Speaker 2: pretty damn well when Lebron James is on the floor

800
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 2: this season. But that said, the Lakers do have some issues.

801
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 2: I want to quickly kind of jump into him real

802
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 2: quick defensive rebounding. They give up the third most second

803
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,800
Speaker 2: chance points allowed in the league per one hundred possessions.

804
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,879
Speaker 2: That's a problem. They're giving up eighteen points per game

805
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,719
Speaker 2: second chance points. But again, all the forwards are out.

806
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 2: Ruy Hachimura is out, Jared Vanderbilts out, Torrian Prince was

807
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 2: out until this game.

808
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: Like, they just.

809
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 2: Don't have the like you need in order to contend

810
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,239
Speaker 2: in long rebound situations athletes, and outside of Lebron James

811
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,400
Speaker 2: and Anthony Davis, they're playing deep down the bench athletes.

812
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 2: It's a lot of Christy, It's a lot of the

813
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 2: came braddish guys that are probably not going to be

814
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 2: in the rotation when this team is healthy. So like, again,

815
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 2: it's an issue in the short term, I don't think

816
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 2: necessarily it's going to be an issue in the long term,

817
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,320
Speaker 2: at least not a significant issue. Like when they're healthy

818
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 2: and they have Jared Vanderbilt, Ruey Hotchumer out there, I

819
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 2: think they're going to be in a lot better shape

820
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 2: on the glass right. Secondly, guard athleticism, there was a

821
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 2: play I clipped and put on there where Jimihawk has

822
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 2: came off of a dribble handoff and Dilo met him

823
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 2: right around the semi circle and him A just pounded

824
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,239
Speaker 2: into a spin move and just knocked Dil out of

825
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,280
Speaker 2: the way and just made an easy right handed layup.

826
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,760
Speaker 2: There was another him Mayhawk has drive on Austin Reeves

827
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 2: in the first half where he kind of got into

828
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,399
Speaker 2: the lane, embodied him and made a little hook shot

829
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 2: over the top. The Jimmy Butler was attacking Austin in

830
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 2: the post as well. That's an issue, and like there's

831
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 2: something to be said about And this is why I

832
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 2: think all signs point to a D'Angelo Russell trade at

833
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 2: some point during the season. You can't have both both

834
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 2: of your guards be skill on ball shot creators that

835
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 2: struggle in the athleticism parts of the game. Not Austin's

836
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 2: actually better than Delo at both. He's a better shot creator,

837
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,879
Speaker 2: he's a better off ball player, and he's a better

838
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 2: defensive player. So like to me, rather than having that redundancy,

839
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 2: you move D'Angelo Russell for an athletic guard. That's why

840
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 2: I've pitched that stupid uh D'Angelo Russell and Ruey Hotcha

841
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 2: Mura in a first round pick for Demarta Rosen in

842
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 2: Alex Caruso trade because it brings in that athlete that

843
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 2: you can put next to Austin in Alex Caruso, that

844
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 2: can be like a legitimate defensive weapon that can hang

845
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 2: better in those areas of the game, right, and then

846
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:40,919
Speaker 2: Demarta Rosen gives you an option if you can play

847
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 2: the three or maybe he gets in there, and even

848
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 2: Demarta Rosen will have a better chance to contend physically

849
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 2: in those situations if Alex comes off the bench.

850
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 1: Right.

851
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 2: So like that's again and that's a long shot trade

852
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 2: because Alex Cruso is going to be highly sought after

853
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 2: around the league and the Lakers will probably have to

854
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 2: bid for him. The same thing goes for Demarta Rosen.

855
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,320
Speaker 2: But that I'm just I'm just kind of using that

856
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 2: Chicago trade as an example of the archetype that they

857
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,080
Speaker 2: should be looking for, trying to partner Austin with a

858
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 2: bigger athletic guard that excels in an off ball, dirty

859
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,839
Speaker 2: work role. If they can get that, then everything's they'll

860
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,799
Speaker 2: build do better on the defensive glass, they'll do better

861
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 2: at the point of attack, it'll simplify the order of operations. Like,

862
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 2: they're just better when Austin plays too. I put the

863
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 2: numbers today, but like they they were down twelve when

864
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 2: DLO went out of that game and Austin and Lebron

865
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 2: brought them back. You know, like they were just spamming

866
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:29,960
Speaker 2: ghost screens down the stretch of the game, right, So

867
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 2: like and Lebron balls setting ball screens for Austin. So

868
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:37,280
Speaker 2: like on the season this year, when Lebron and Austin

869
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,560
Speaker 2: are on the floor with d LO off, they're plus

870
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 2: like twenty something points per one hundred possessions. I posted

871
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 2: that set on Twitter as well, So like they're just

872
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,760
Speaker 2: better when Austin and and Lebron run the show anyway,

873
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 2: So I think that's the move. Eventually in the long run,

874
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 2: they're gonna have to move off of DLO. Good player,

875
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 2: just a redundancy on this Laker roster, and and and

876
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 2: just kind of doesn't make sense to keep on board.

877
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 2: The next big weakness. There's two other weaknesses I put

878
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 2: down weeks at shooting. They missed those three wide open

879
00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:06,359
Speaker 2: looks at the end of the game. They're just not

880
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,320
Speaker 2: shooting well. They're one of only two teams in the

881
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,480
Speaker 2: NBA shooting below thirty percent from three this season. Getting

882
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 2: Ruy Hatcha Mura back will help, But like at the

883
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 2: end of the day, guys just have to start shooting

884
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 2: to their capability. D'angela Russell is shooting twenty eight percent

885
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,240
Speaker 2: from three. He shot forty one percent last year. Austin

886
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 2: Reeves shooting thirty one percent from three. He shot forty

887
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 2: percent last year in the regular season, forty four percent

888
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 2: in the playoffs. Gabe Vincent is shooting seven percent from three.

889
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 2: He shot thirty eight percent in the playoffs last year

890
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,840
Speaker 2: from Miami. Cam Reddish fifteen percent from three. He was

891
00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 2: thirty two percent last year. Max Christy thirteen percent from three.

892
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 2: He was forty two percent last year. So like, these

893
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:47,160
Speaker 2: are good shooters that are just missing shots. And then

894
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:51,280
Speaker 2: even their average to below average shooters are not making anything.

895
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 2: So like some of this is like got It's easy

896
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:56,320
Speaker 2: to sit on your couch and be like, oh, the

897
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 2: Lakers don't have shooting. The Lakers don't have shooting. D'angela Russell,

898
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,919
Speaker 2: Austin Reeven, Gay, Austin Reeves, and Gabe Vincent are good shooters. Next,

899
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 2: Christy was a good shooter last year, Ruby hotch Murrow

900
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 2: was a good shooter. Last year's shooting okay this year

901
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,319
Speaker 2: already though. But the rest of those dudes just aren't

902
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 2: making shots that they used to make. And until they do,

903
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 2: it's gonna leave points on the board on the offensive

904
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,400
Speaker 2: end of the floor. It's going to be an issue.

905
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 2: The Anthony Davis injury, I have not seen a report

906
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 2: yet as of four point fifty Mountain time today, but

907
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,319
Speaker 2: it is very poor timing because Gavee. Vincent's already out,

908
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:28,920
Speaker 2: Ruby Hotchimura is already out, Jared Vanderbilt is already out.

909
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 1: Now, Jackson Hayes has this ankle sprain. He's out.

910
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,360
Speaker 2: So you don't have your backup center, your second backup center,

911
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 2: and you don't have three of your two of your

912
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 2: most important forwards and one of your primary shot creators.

913
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 2: So with eighty out, that's basically five of your primary

914
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 2: rotation players being out of the lineup. That's definitely going

915
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 2: to be an issue. But they still have a chance

916
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 2: to compete, and you saw that at the end of

917
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 2: the heat game. D Loo, Austin, Torrian Prince, Lebron, James

918
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 2: Christian Wood. They all did a good job fighting back

919
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 2: into that game. They have enough size and athleticism to

920
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 2: at least contend with some of the smaller teams. They'll

921
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 2: struggle in specific matchups, but it is more important than ever.

922
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: Now.

923
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 2: Let's say that Anthony Davis is out a month or

924
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:07,439
Speaker 2: even just two weeks, and you got to play seven

925
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 2: eight games without him. It's really really important to get

926
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 2: Jared Vanderbilt and Ruey Hatcher Murra back and Jackson Hayes

927
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 2: back as soon as possible. Don't be surprised if we

928
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 2: see some Colling Castleton in the meantime. One last nute

929
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,800
Speaker 2: on the Lakers. Lebron James in his last five games

930
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 2: is averaging twenty seven points, nine rebounds, and five assists

931
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 2: per game. He also is averaging two point eight stocks,

932
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:31,720
Speaker 2: steals plus blocks per game over that span as well.

933
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 2: He is now up to sixty three percent true shooting

934
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 2: for the season. He's third in the league in restricted

935
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 2: area makes, behind Giannis and Zion. Like he always is,

936
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 2: He's shooting seventy nine percent in the restricted area, which

937
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 2: is higher than both of those guys. Is also up

938
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,360
Speaker 2: at a point per possession on jump shots, both in

939
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 2: catch and shoot and pull up jump shot situations, and

940
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 2: he's ten for fourteen from the floor in the clutch,

941
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 2: second in the league in total clutch points scored. So again,

942
00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 2: even with everything that's gone wrong this season and the

943
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,080
Speaker 2: Lakers have not been good, I predicted Lakers would win

944
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:02,880
Speaker 2: a lot of regular season games. It has not been

945
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 2: a good start at three and four, and it could

946
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 2: get worse with all of the injuries, to be clear,

947
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 2: but Lebron being this good literally matters more than any

948
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,840
Speaker 2: of that because all of the other problems were fixable.

949
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,960
Speaker 2: The same core Lakers players were very good last year,

950
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 2: So I am aside from the Dennis Schroeder loss right,

951
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,640
Speaker 2: so I'm not worried about their ability to eventually play

952
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 2: very good basketball. They are going to play very good basketball.

953
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 2: It's just a matter or it's just a matter of when,

954
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 2: not if, and getting the guys healthy and out there right.

955
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 1: So like, and then the.

956
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:35,799
Speaker 2: D'Angel Russell issue that we talked about earlier, that to

957
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,319
Speaker 2: me can be easily fixed with the trade right, as

958
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 2: long as it's they're picky and make the right trade right.

959
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:46,479
Speaker 2: The four depth piece has been solved obviously, You've seen

960
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,160
Speaker 2: as guys have been out, they've been able to at

961
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 2: least slot in decently athletic forwards in Tourrium Princeton Camerads

962
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 2: to kind of float in Max Christy to kind of

963
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 2: float the ship in the short term. Right, But at

964
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 2: the end of the day, like the one big piece

965
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:03,400
Speaker 2: that was unfixable because I did not see a possible

966
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 2: trade and I didn't see any sort of free agent

967
00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:08,320
Speaker 2: signing that could address it was over the top shot making.

968
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 2: You needed Lebron James or Anthony Davis to play like

969
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:15,359
Speaker 2: a bona fide half court superstar, which neither of them

970
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:17,040
Speaker 2: were able to do on the offensive end in the

971
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 2: playoffs last year. Lebron looks like he's on track to

972
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 2: potentially be that guy again this year. If he is,

973
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 2: that solves so many of the Lakers problems. So even

974
00:45:26,840 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 2: with as poorly as this season has started, that's a

975
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,360
Speaker 2: very very encouraging start for Lebron James.

976
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: All Right, guys, that is all I have for today.

977
00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 1: As always, I sincerely appreciate your support.

978
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:37,399
Speaker 2: Well, probably with no games tonight, so we'll probably come

979
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,839
Speaker 2: back with just a deep dive on one or two

980
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 2: teams Tomorrow's keep an eye on the feeds and we'll

981
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,360
Speaker 2: hit that tomorrow. As always, I appreciate you guys, and

982
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 2: I will see you then.

983
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:13,880
Speaker 1: The volume