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Happy Tuesday, everybody, 31 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: Happy season opener day. I'm very excited to be back 32 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: doing instant reaction shows late at night, getting the body 33 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: readjusted to this new schedule. I'm very, very excited. Though 34 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a really fun eight and a half 35 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,959 Speaker 1: months of basketball. We're gonna keep it really simple. Tonight, 36 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna got dive into Lakers Warriors, and then we're 37 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: gonna dive into Celtic Celtic Sixers, and then tomorrow I'll 38 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: do a deep dive into the film from both of 39 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: these games. 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Follow me on Twitter at Underscore Jason 50 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: lt so you guys don't miss any show announcements that 51 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: will be important in this early part of the season. 52 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 1: Just you know when we're going live at night. That's 53 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: also where I put all of our footage breakdowns because 54 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: we have some limitations about what we can use on YouTube. 55 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 1: And then, last but not least, for whatever reason, you 56 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: miss one of these shows and you can't get back 57 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: over to YouTube to finish them, you can find them 58 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. Under Hoops Tonight, we also 59 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: have one additional announcement tonight, we're going to take starting tonight, 60 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: We're gonna try to get in the habit of doing 61 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: this for every one of these live shows, but we're 62 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: gonna take one or two questions from the chat. Um 63 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: Our producer Ryan's gonna come on and read some of 64 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: those questions at the end of the show. I'll remind 65 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: you guys here in a couple of minutes, but definitely 66 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: get some questions into the chat about this particular game, 67 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: and we will get to them at the end of 68 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: the night. And on that No list talks in basketball, 69 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 1: So as you guys know, I I I typically like 70 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: to try to find find an overarching theme for any 71 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: particular game, and I thought one of the themes from 72 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: this particular game, this Lakers Warriors game, which was a 73 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: destructive blowout. I don't care about the late comeback from 74 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: the Lakers. All you Laker fans have seen that movie before. 75 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: That happened plenty last year when I thought they were 76 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: even worse than this team was. Uh. Teams, it's just 77 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: human nature. You let your foot off the gas when 78 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: you have a big lead, especially a team like the 79 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: Warriors that at this point is they didn't don't have 80 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 1: anything to prove during the regular season. This was a 81 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: absolute destructive performance from the Warriors. They embarrassed and humiliated 82 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: the Lakers just a few minutes after getting their rinks. 83 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: And that's the way we're gonna frame this game, not 84 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: as a oh the Lakers got it back down to 85 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 1: eleven with a few minutes left. Um. But the big 86 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 1: theme that I wanted to kind of hit on to 87 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: start this this show tonight is the value of talent 88 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: down the roster. Those of you guys who have been 89 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,600 Speaker 1: listening to this show for a while know that this 90 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: is something that have been kind of keying on for 91 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: a while. I don't think it used to be as 92 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: value as valuable as it is now, but as the 93 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: game has changed, I think it's more important than ever 94 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: to have lots of good basketball players, not just a 95 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: couple of really really good basketball players, a concept that 96 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: is completely lost on Rob Blink and Jennie Buzz. If 97 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: Lebron and a d play like I expect him to 98 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: play this year, they're both top ten players, like legit 99 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: top ten players in this league. You probably Lebron I 100 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: have at four right now. Anthony Davis when he's actually 101 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,039 Speaker 1: playing like the Anthony Davis that we know he's capable 102 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: of is probably in that seven to eight range, right, 103 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 1: He's right up there, you know, right behind Joel and 104 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: beat A Nicola Nicola Yoki's right. But the Warriors, they 105 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,559 Speaker 1: only have one player that I even consider a top 106 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: thirty player in this league. When I did my top 107 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: twenty five player rankings this summer, I had twenty nine 108 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: players that I selected from a pool and then I 109 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 1: shortened it down to twenty five. There were no Warriors 110 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: on that list outside of Steph Curry. But the Warriors 111 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: are a much much, much better basketball team than the 112 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Lakers. Why is that? Because you don't just 113 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: need top thirty players to win NBA basketball games. You 114 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: need lots and lots of good players. Every Laker not 115 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 1: named Russe Lebron in a d tonight combined for thirty 116 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: two points. Those are your three big investments on the 117 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: Lakers payroll. Every non Steph Clay Draymond Warrior scored sixty 118 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: eight points. That's more than double. They got utterly and 119 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: completely dominated down the roster. Because in the modern NBA 120 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: you need talent down the roster. It's a lot a 121 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: lot of it has to do with how the game 122 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: has changed from going you know, fifteen years ago, you'd 123 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: have to like a power forward in a center on 124 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: the court, so it's like three out two in versus 125 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: what it is now, where there's a lot more a 126 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 1: lot more speed and quickness and skill, and it's five out. 127 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: Back in those days, everybody's packing the paint, No one's 128 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: taken a ton of threes. You could just lean on 129 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: size and and strength with those power positions and the 130 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: roles are easier. But as we've gone towards five out, 131 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: it's more important than ever to have five guys on 132 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: the floor that can create their own shot. Five guys 133 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: on the floor, they could put the basketball on the floor, 134 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: knocked down a pull up jump shot or driving kick 135 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: to a teammate. You know, Kendrick Gunns a solid player. 136 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: Patrick Beverley, he's a solid basketball player. Austin Reeves solid 137 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: basketball player. Those are the third, fourth, and fifth best 138 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: Lakers in my opinion. Are any of those guys better 139 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: than any of the top five, six seven guys on 140 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: the Golden State Warriors? No, this is a This is 141 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: a massive talent deficit down the roster. Most of l 142 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: A's rotation outside Lebron and a D wouldn't even get 143 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: minutes for the Warriors want Siskono Anderson. It was completely 144 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: out of the rotation by the time the Lakers made 145 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: it to the players by the time the Warriors got 146 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: to the playoffs last year, and then you see the 147 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: difference in the offseas. He's an approach between these two teams. 148 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: The Warriors are constantly looking for talent on the margins 149 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: to supplement their roster. They place a great deal of 150 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: value in their role players. We just saw two massive 151 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: extensions handed out to Andrew Wiggins and Jordan's Pool. Lakers, 152 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: on the other hand, were obsessed with getting another star 153 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: and shipped off all of their good role players. Contagious 154 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: called Pope and Kyle Kuzma to the Wizards, and then 155 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: in the ensuing salary crunch, they lost Alex Crusoe as well. 156 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: You can even see it in the trade targets this summer. 157 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: It's like they don't want Buddy Healed and Miles Turner. 158 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: They don't want Boyan Bgdonovitch and Rudy Gay and you 159 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: know some some of the quality role players that played 160 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: for the Jazz. They wanted Kyrie Irving, and they keep 161 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: telling you they want they're they're waiting for the right 162 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: trade that makes them a true contender, which is just 163 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 1: double speak for them wanting another star. The Warriors understand 164 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: the value of role players and the Lakers do not. 165 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: The Lakers run by clutch, think that it's Lebron jay 166 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: Is and Anthony Davis winning basketball games. Guess what they 167 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: combined for fifty eight points Tonight got their ass. Kick's 168 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: just not how it works anymore. But I mean, I 169 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: just wanted to kind of get hit that like overarching 170 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: topic for a second, because I think it kind of 171 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: paints a picture of the of the difference between these 172 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: two particular franchises. On that note, we can get into 173 00:09:17,880 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: some of the basketball. I thought one of the the 174 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: key um xs and those concepts that drove the mismatch 175 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: in Tonight's game and the ability to generate quality shots 176 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: was the value of having Kevon Looney, Draymond Green, and 177 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins in your front line and the fact that 178 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: those three guys not only are they great defensive players 179 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: at their position, Kevon Looney is an outstanding, you know, 180 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: classic center defender. Draymond Green is obviously the Swiss army 181 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: knife that he is, and Andrew Wiggins is kind of 182 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: known as like your you know, stereotypical wing stopper, right, 183 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: But the truth of the matter is is all three 184 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: of those guys can guard up and down multiple positions. 185 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: Looney holds up well on switches, Draymond can guard one 186 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: through five. Andrew Wiggins could hold his own in post 187 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: mismatches against Anthony Davis. And so what you saw that 188 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: specific concept do was disrupt the Lakers offense. One of 189 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: the big things that Darvin Ham has done when he 190 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: came into the Lakers is in still more actions or motion, 191 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: just the idea of not being so brute force and 192 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: just dribbling the ball down the floor giving it to 193 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,600 Speaker 1: Lebron and being like created shot, but rather, hey, let's 194 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: let's get into a horn set, let's run a couple 195 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: of cross screens, Let's get into a dribble handoff, Let's 196 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: get people moving around a little bit, try to turn 197 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: that corner and get downhill. Then we can get into 198 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: some driving kick. Right. But one of the biggest problems 199 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: of the Lebron A d Russ trio is all three 200 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: of them can be guarded by a big strong forward. 201 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: The big strong forward is like what you have to 202 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: put on Lebron or he's just gonna bully that guy 203 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 1: every time down the floor. Anthony Davis is a finesse 204 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: big Nine times out of ten, he's not looking to 205 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: bully you in the post. He's looking to shoot fadeaways 206 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 1: over the top or top hook shots and things along 207 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: those lines. And Russell Westbrook can't shoot and tries to 208 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: pile through your chest and get to the rid. You 209 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: know that everyone expected the Lebron Anthony Davis pick and 210 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: roll to be kind of a staple of that era, 211 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: but it's never been a staple of this era because 212 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: every team in the NBA just switches that action every 213 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,320 Speaker 1: single time. So from the start of this game, and 214 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: for the record, you need the right personnel to do it. 215 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 1: And the Lakers will run into a lot of teams 216 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: here over the course of the season where they just 217 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: don't have the personnel, and they will bully their way 218 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 1: to the rim and destroy those teams offensively when they 219 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: have those particular matchups. But when you have Kevon Looney 220 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: and you have Draymond Green and you have Andrew Wiggins, 221 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: they can just switch all that stuff and you could 222 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: really see that, especially early in the game and that 223 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: horrific first quarter for the Lakers offensively, when they kind 224 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: of look stagnant and no one was turning the corner 225 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: coming off of those actions because they're just switching them. 226 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: The only guy really getting downhill was Lonnie Walker because 227 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: they weren't switching it right. You know, they're actually asking 228 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: the guards to chase over the top on that. But 229 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: you know, I don't think the Warriors have the best 230 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: defensive personnel in the league. They don't. Boston does, and 231 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: order talk about that more later, but they do have 232 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: They do have core defensive personnel that is a great 233 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: foundation to build on. And then when you put guys 234 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: like Steph Curry who competes on that end out there, 235 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: and Clay Thompson, who you know, one of the you know, 236 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: one of the undertold stories of the two thousand twenty 237 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: two Finals was the job he did on Jalen Brown, 238 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: sliding his feet and taking that contact in the chest, 239 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: shutting down Boston's driving kick. They've got three really good 240 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: foundational defenders, and then everyone else on the roster competes 241 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: and does the best they can. And especially when you've 242 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: got limited offenses like this Lakers team, They're just gonna 243 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: make everything extremely difficult for them. Lakers forced their way 244 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: to the rim a few times and managed to get 245 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: to what fifty two points I think in the first half, 246 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,640 Speaker 1: but they couldn't score easily at all in the second 247 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,959 Speaker 1: half outside of their bizarre fate comeback at the end. 248 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: I wanted to take We're gonna get to a bunch 249 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: of more warrior stuff here in a second, But I 250 00:12:55,920 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: I you have to talk about the Lakers shooting. I 251 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: said over the summer, this is the worst shooting roster 252 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: in the entire mb A. That was proven tonight. They're 253 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: gonna have a lot of bad shooting nights. You know, 254 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: the Lakers could go into the locker room and be 255 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: like Man, which just didn't make shots tonight. But judging 256 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: by the roster construct, they're gonna not make shots a 257 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 1: lot of the time. That's just the reality of their predicament, 258 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: you know. And what was funny is in this particular game, 259 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: even they're good to slightly above average shooters, guys like 260 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: Lebron you know, Patrick Beverley, Kendrick Nun they didn't shoot 261 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: well early on Patrick in and uh I think Pat 262 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: made one three at the end. Kendrick and Lebron made 263 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: a few threes in the second half when the game 264 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: was over. But when those guys don't shoot well, they're 265 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 1: gonna start two for twenty from three and they're gonna 266 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: you just can't win basketball games that way. And we 267 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: don't have to go I mean, we like it's it's 268 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: basic spacing stuff. You know. The Warriors, just like the 269 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: Lakers and a lot of other teams, they dig really 270 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: hard out of the strong sides. If Lebron's on the 271 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: left wing, or if steps on the left wing and 272 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: they come off of a ball screen towards the middle, 273 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: the guy on the right wing, the guy who's defending 274 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: him is digging down to the free throw line to 275 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: dissuade that drive, to stop the guy from getting downhill. 276 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: The differences is when the Lakers do that, they're giving 277 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: up threes to above average quality three point shooters against 278 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: most teams in the league. But when the Warriors do 279 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: that to the Lakers, that's Russell Westbrook on the right wing. 280 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 1: They will live with him shooting that all night long. 281 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: And yeah, you know what, he made one on the 282 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: left wing in the in the in the first half, 283 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 1: and he did like a you know, unloading the gun celebration. Dude, 284 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: your career three point shooter. They will they they are 285 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: happy you made that because it means you're just gonna 286 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: take more of them. You know. It obviously is gonna 287 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: impact them on spacing. And then a big part like 288 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: the Lakers had good stretches of defense in this game, 289 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: several good stretches of defense. Darvin Ham has them competing. 290 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: They're getting into the ball to make ball handlers uncomfortable. 291 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: They're chasing over the top of screens. They're bigs, are 292 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: packing the paint their to shut down the paint. They're 293 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: gonna make things tough on the ball handler. Here's the problem. 294 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: If you brick thirty three point shots in a game, 295 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: you're not gonna set your defense and they're gonna run 296 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: it down your throat and get easy stuff when your 297 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: defense isn't set. And you saw as the wheels came 298 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: off in that game, it largely came from bad offense 299 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: and the Lakers not being able to set up their defense. 300 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: The reality, the reality of that predicament is Rob Polinka 301 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 1: and Genie buss knew this going into this summer What 302 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: was Rob's response when they question him in training camp? 303 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: He said, Oh, well, they're just gonna have to get better. Well, 304 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:43,520 Speaker 1: that's not gonna happen. It takes thousands and thousands and 305 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: thousands of reps over months and months and months to 306 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: improve as a three point shooter. This team will not 307 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: shoot much better over the course of this season. This 308 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: is what they have. They had the opportunity to package 309 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: us with two first round picks to bring back some 310 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: quality shooting. They opt did not to do so because 311 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: they believe there's some better deal down in the future. 312 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: The problem is is you just lost this game. You're 313 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: gonna be under five hundred through thirteen games because nine 314 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: of those thirteen games are against teams that are better 315 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: than you right now. And so even if you do 316 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: get something better, how does that affect you in the seating, 317 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: How does that affect your continuity? This was the Rod 318 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: Polincoln Jennie Buss set these guys up for failure and 319 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: that that's a huge part of this story in tonight, 320 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: and it needed to be addressed. We're gonna talk a 321 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: little bit more about Russ here in a few minutes, 322 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: but I want to you know, the Warriors won the game, 323 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: and they deserve to get more focused. Um, there's two 324 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: guys particular on the Warriors that I wanted to spend 325 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: some time talking about, Andrew Wiggins and James Wiseman. Wiggins 326 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: to me is firmly the second best player on this team. 327 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: He was unbelievably destructive to the Lakers on defense tonight. 328 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: He holds up on switches like we were talking about earlier, 329 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: getting deflections all over the place, applying ball pressure to 330 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: make people feel uncomfortable. He is so much more than 331 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: a three in D player, And it's funny because to 332 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: a contract like he got, you just need to be 333 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: a three D player kind of like Michail Bridges is right, 334 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,199 Speaker 1: But like I mean, this is a This is a 335 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: legit catching shoot three point shooter who also is one 336 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: of the best perimeter defenders in the league. So he's 337 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: got the three and D stuff checked. But he's also 338 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: like a legit score in this league. He hit back 339 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: to back to back is O threes in Lebron's face 340 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,400 Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis his face and in Russell Westbrook's face 341 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: to stop that fake come back in the fourth quarter. 342 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:34,600 Speaker 1: Just stared Lebron in the face, hard step back dribble 343 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,439 Speaker 1: with his left hand, knocked it down, same thing against 344 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis on the left wing, and then Russ just 345 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: given him too much space there at the top of 346 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: the key. He is a legitimate scorer in this league. 347 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 1: He can rescue possessions with complex shop making. He can 348 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,479 Speaker 1: consistently punish mismatches. If you put a smaller defender on him, 349 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:54,920 Speaker 1: you could take him all the way to the rim 350 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: or He's got a really nice little step back around 351 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: fifteen ft and he's excellent attacking closeouts, and he applies 352 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: a ton of rim pressure. Like I said, with the 353 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,040 Speaker 1: tracking data from last year, he was third in the 354 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: team and drives, and we've talked a ton about all 355 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: the benefits of rim pressure. It's a huge part of 356 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: what makes a basketball team work. So he deserves every 357 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: penny and more of what he got in that deal, 358 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: and he continues to be one of the more undervalued 359 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: players on that team. UM James Wiseman, I thought I 360 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: thought he looked out standing tonight. UM. I was concerned 361 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: a little bit about him after what I saw in 362 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: summer league. I thought he was a little bit afraid 363 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: of the physicality. UM you know, like fading on hook shots, 364 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: things along those lines. But then he had some upsides 365 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: and some downsides, Like it was just classic young player stuff, 366 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 1: and bigs in general are a little bit slower to develop. 367 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: But from what I've seen in preseason and what I 368 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 1: saw tonight, like he's right now a legitimate center in 369 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: this league for the role player center, not like the 370 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: MBI yokis kind of thing, but for a guy who 371 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: does what a center needs to do in the modern MBA, 372 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: which is screen and I've hard to the rim, you know, 373 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: defend at the rim and drop coverage, hold your own 374 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: on the occasional switch, punished the occasional mismatch. He's already 375 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: good at that stuff. He's already good at that stuff. 376 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: He defended the rim really well tonight. He stopped Lebron 377 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: a few times in that first half. In particular, he 378 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,959 Speaker 1: was legit causing Lebron problems at the rim. He bothered 379 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: every laker. He was crashing the offensive glass on the 380 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: offensive end, rolling hard to the rim, catching stuff and 381 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: finishing everything. He's already good. If he can figure out 382 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: some isolation scoring and become a knockdown shooter, he could 383 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: be basically like a better version of DeAndre And that's 384 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: a really exciting prospect for the Warriors, especially if this 385 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: Draymond thing ends up crunching him out and he doesn't 386 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 1: end up getting a deal and they end up having 387 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: to let him go. You know, at this pace, I 388 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,399 Speaker 1: would feel a little bit more comfortable with that in 389 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: the future. Not for this season. You need Draymond this season, 390 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 1: but in the future, Wiseman is beginning to look like 391 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 1: the kind of guy that you can plug into that spot. 392 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: It'll be a different team. It's a totally different look. 393 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: He's not the same type of player as Raymond, but 394 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,399 Speaker 1: you can functionally build a basketball team around him as 395 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: an anchor from what I can tell so far. Okay, 396 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: so we gotta hit on the Lakers Big three before 397 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 1: we move on to the next game. Um Russ had 398 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: some moments tonight. I think at eighteen points. He made 399 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,479 Speaker 1: some plays, he got to the rim and made some 400 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: made some layups. But you gotta look at the total 401 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: picture of the way he impacts the basketball team. Like, 402 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: for instance, like I was talking about, how do you 403 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: apply a like a value quotient to the fact that 404 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: when he's on the right wing and Lebron has the 405 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: ball that his defender just digs down to the free 406 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: throw line every time, Like, how does that show up 407 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 1: on the box score? I struggled listening to Reggie Miller tonight, 408 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,400 Speaker 1: as I'm sure many of you guys did, and as 409 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 1: he's preaching, the Russ plays hard all the time. And oh, 410 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: you know he put up eighteens eight and seven last year. 411 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: You'd be so thrilled if you got eighteen eight and seven. 412 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: It's never been about the counting stats with Russ. It's 413 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: never been about that. It's been about how it's been 414 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: about the fit. It's it's the concept of diminishing returns. 415 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: What Russ is good at offensively, you don't need that 416 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: much because Lebron's just better than him at it. And 417 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: then what they actually need from a complimentary player from 418 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: Lebron and a d he's not good at. He's a 419 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 1: career three point shooter. The every team in the league's 420 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: gonna live with him taking those shots. Smoked a bunch 421 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: of layups tonight, had some unfortunate turnover, stepped out of 422 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: bounds again, but like like which he's had issues with 423 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: the sideline this entire season so far. Who knows what's 424 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,680 Speaker 1: going on there. But again, like Russ made some plays, 425 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 1: but it's the concept of diminishing returns. If you flip 426 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: him for two players or three players that actually compliment Lebron, 427 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,560 Speaker 1: James and Anthony Davis's skill sets, you might find yourself 428 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: in a better position than they were tonight. And I 429 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: don't you guys know my rule. I'm not gonna talk 430 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: much about Russ. I'm gonna try to avoid that topic 431 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: as much as possible, and hopefully he's not a Laker 432 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: soon and we won't have to talk about him. But 433 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 1: at this point, Robin Genie brought him back. They're putting 434 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: him through this again, and right now they're digging themselves 435 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: in a hole they might not be able to dig 436 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: out of. And hopefully they end up getting rid of 437 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: him sooner than later so that everyone can move on 438 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 1: from this. Two really quick notes. Lebron had a rough night, 439 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: but he's had a rough night on opening night almost 440 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: every single year since he came to the Lakers. I 441 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: think last year was the only year he played well 442 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,719 Speaker 1: on opening night. He's always a guy that kind of 443 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: plays his way into rhythm, plays his way into shape 444 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: early in the season, he's not as aggressive looking for 445 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 1: a shot. Although he did score thirty one tonight, most 446 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 1: of those points were in garbage time when the game 447 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: was actually in question. Lebron wasn't good tonight, but I'm 448 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: not worried about that. He's the last guy on this 449 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 1: team that you need to worry about. A d looked 450 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: really good in the first half, but I thought he 451 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: struggled in the Warriors physicality in the second half. Everybody's 452 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: playing them with their way into shape. I didn't even 453 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: think the Warriors start played. Warrior Stars played exceptionally well. Um, 454 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: that's all I have from this particular game. Like I said, 455 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: we're gonna dive a lot into the film from this tomorrow, 456 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: so keep and I on my Twitter feed. I underscore 457 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 1: Jason lt for film analysis, and then we'll have another show. 458 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,719 Speaker 1: I haven't decided yet when tomorrow's show will be. Got 459 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: to talk to the wife. Maybe we'll try to squeeze 460 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 1: something in at night. We'll figure it. We'll figure it out, 461 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: but keep an eye on the feeds. Tomorrow will get 462 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: further into this game. Tip off the NBA season with 463 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 1: FanDuel America's number one sports book, New customers get one 464 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty dollars in free bets guaranteed when you 465 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,439 Speaker 1: place your first five dollar bet plus FanDuel is the 466 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: only sports book that's giving all customers three months of 467 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: NBA League Pass when they make a five dollar bet 468 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: on the NBA. Then you can watch all the action 469 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: as you bet on everything from money line to point 470 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 1: spreads to totals. 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I really really like 480 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: Janice to an m v P, So don't miss out 481 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: on your chance to get one hundred and fifty dollars 482 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: in free bets plus three months of NBA League Pass 483 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 1: with promo co Jason t make every moment more with 484 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: fan Duel, the official sports book partner of the NBA. 485 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,479 Speaker 1: Before we move on to Philly Boston, don't forget we're 486 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,120 Speaker 1: gonna take a couple of questions, one or two questions 487 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: from the chat after talking Philly Boston, so make sure 488 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: you guys drop some questions in there. So, Um, Boston's 489 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 1: offense looked great tonight. They had a couple of ugly stretches, 490 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: particularly in that first quarter, but overall they looked great. 491 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 1: And I thought this was a huge part of the 492 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: upside that comes with Robert Williams being out. This is 493 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: a huge part of some of the stuff I talked 494 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 1: about over the summer and how you know Robert Williams. 495 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 1: I do think the Celtics are good with him, but 496 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: I think they're just as good without him. And because 497 00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: on the defensive end, with what Rob Williams brings, he 498 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 1: also freelances a lot and can get out of position, 499 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 1: and he's actually responsible for a lot of their defensive 500 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: breakdowns from last year's playoff run because he'll just randomly 501 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,679 Speaker 1: double a guy who doesn't need to be double, like 502 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: he randomly double Draymond Green a bunch in the finals 503 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 1: in the post, or he'll just uh, you know, freelance 504 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: randomly to to help too far off of kevn Looney, 505 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: he'll get another offensive rebound like that kind of stuff. 506 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 1: But also on the offensive end of the floor, vertical 507 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: spacing is real. Vertical spacing is a legit form of spacing, 508 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,880 Speaker 1: but it's nowhere near as good or as effective as 509 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: real five out spacing. And when Robert Williams is out 510 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 1: because of how good of a shooter Al Horford is, 511 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: they just lean into real five out basketball. And when 512 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: when you're playing a team like the Sixers in particular, 513 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,199 Speaker 1: you know, Joel Embiid is a good defensive center when 514 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: you can keep him around the basket, But if you 515 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,880 Speaker 1: really space him out the way that the Celtics did, 516 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna get driving lanes all night long. You know why, 517 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: because Tyrese Maxie is not a good defensive player and 518 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: James Harden is not a good defensive player. So Joel 519 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: Embiad's gonna become a less effective version of himself on 520 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,119 Speaker 1: the perimeter. And I've got two other bad perimeter defenders 521 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: out there. It doesn't matter how good Tobias Harris is, 522 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter how good p J. Tucker is you're 523 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 1: going to give up driving lanes all game long, and 524 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: they did. Though. Jalen Brown and Jayson Tatum were fantastic. 525 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: They combined for seventy points. They both had incredible stretches 526 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: of basketball in last year's postseason, and they're picking up 527 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: right where they left off. They didn't play this well 528 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: over the course of last year's season. It was the 529 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: defense that drove everything. They didn't even really shoot that 530 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: well in the spring. You know, consistency is key with them. 531 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: They go through these bad stretches. But if they get 532 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: to the point because the good version of Jaylen Brown 533 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: is a fringe top ten basketball player, he's just not 534 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: consistent enough, right. And then Jayson Tatum, in my opinion, 535 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 1: is absolutely a top ten basketball player. If they both 536 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 1: consistently play like top ten players, they're the best team 537 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:56,400 Speaker 1: in the league because they have the best defensive personnel 538 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: in basketball, which we'll get two in a minute. You know, 539 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 1: in order to four Boston, to reveal their ugly side 540 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: on offense, you have to contain the basketball. This is 541 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 1: what the Warriors did so well in the twenty two 542 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: Finals Finals. Over the last three games, they finally figured 543 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 1: out how to contain Taintum and Brown, largely through Clay 544 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: Thompson kind of solving Jalen's dribble package and figuring out 545 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,119 Speaker 1: he loves to drive left and he could absorb that 546 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: contact and force him to take bad jumpers. And then 547 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: Wiggins just you know what he did to Luca and 548 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: what he did to take Um over the course the 549 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 1: last two rounds of the playoffs is you know, one 550 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,919 Speaker 1: of the big reasons why the Warriors have the trophy, 551 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,640 Speaker 1: but like if you, if you, you have to contain 552 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 1: the basketball against Boston to bait them into their ugly 553 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: tendencies where they start to jack up bad shots or 554 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 1: fail to get into their driving kick, and the Sixers 555 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: just don't have the personnel to do that. It's a 556 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: really really bad matchup for them. And then you know, 557 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 1: the other thing that was killing Philly in this game 558 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: is for starters, they were throwing the ball all over 559 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: the court. They were They only had four team turnovers, 560 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: which is not terrible, but it led to twenty two 561 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 1: points because James Harden and Joel them Bead are so 562 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 1: quick to just kind of let off the gas and 563 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: not spread back in transition defense. They got outscored in 564 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,119 Speaker 1: fast breakpoints twenty four to two in this game. And 565 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: the other thing that keeps killing them on the defensive 566 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: end of the floor is Joel embiad falling down under 567 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: his offensive basket and Boston pushing the ball the other way. Then, 568 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: when Philly was on offense, very very stagnant, very little movement. 569 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: This is a brute force offense. They've never been really 570 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: you know, they've they've never been really inventive with the 571 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: stuff that they try to do with the basketball. But 572 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: at the same time, they've got such talented two stars 573 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: that they're gonna find able four stars with their top 574 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: four players. They've got such talent, so much top and talent, 575 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 1: that they're gonna find a way to score. And early 576 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 1: in that game, their shot making saved them. James Harden 577 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 1: making a ton of shots, Tyrese Maxie made a lot 578 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: of shots, Tobias Harris was playing really well in that 579 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: first half. But that stagnant, that stagnant offense eventually came 580 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: back to bite them in that second half when Boston's 581 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: defense really locked in. And that's where I want to 582 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 1: get into Boston's defense. You know, every one of the 583 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,959 Speaker 1: top four teams that we talked about you know, Golden State, Boston, Milwaukee, 584 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: and the Clippers. They all have significant strengths and significant weaknesses. 585 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: This is not a league with a perfect team at 586 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: the top. I think Golden States the smartest team, The 587 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: Clippers are the best drive and kicked team, The Bucks 588 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: have the most imposing interior size, and the Celtics have 589 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: the best defensive personnel. That's an oversimplification. There's a lot 590 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: much more. There's a lot more, but those are some 591 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: of their core identities right well. The Boston's Boston just 592 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: flat out as the best defensive personnel in the league. 593 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: Everyone can contain the ball at multiple positions. Even Marcus 594 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: Smart and Derek White can guard up a position. Everyone 595 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: can play the passing lanes. Everyone can help at the rim. 596 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: Everyone can dig down on ball handlers for steels. They 597 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: swarmed Philly from the start and made them feel uncomfortable. 598 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: They did one of the things that thought was they 599 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 1: did too particular like strategic things tonight that I thought 600 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: were really smart to keep Philly off balance. One, they 601 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: never stayed consistent with their double teams of Mbat. Sometimes 602 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: they doubled him on the dribble, sometimes they doubled him 603 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: on the catch. Sometimes they doubled him before the post entry, 604 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 1: and they never did the same thing more than once 605 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,320 Speaker 1: in a row. They just kept changing that coverage to 606 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: keep em beat off of balance, and that that that's 607 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: gonna be a consistent problem that embiads eventually gonna have 608 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: to figure out. But that's just smart defense from Boston 609 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 1: to kind of switch up their looks to keep them 610 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: off balance. And then they did a lot of pre 611 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: switching with Blake Griffin. I tweeted out a link that uh, 612 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: one of the other people that I follow on Twitter 613 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: put out there. But essentially, every time James Harden would 614 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: pull up Blake Griffin's man to set a ball screen 615 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: to try to get him on a switch, they would 616 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: just run another Celtic up there instead, and Blake would 617 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: rotate to whichever player took his spot. So they're a 618 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,600 Speaker 1: very smart defense, and they have outstanding defensive personnel. That's 619 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:53,320 Speaker 1: their strength. If you can combine that with two top 620 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: ten players, which requires Tatum and Brown becoming uh consistent, 621 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: they're gonna be a damn tough basketball team to be alright. 622 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: So a couple of quick notes James Harden eight and 623 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 1: seven nine from fourteen from the field five of nine 624 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: from three, hitting his step back twelve from twelve from 625 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: the free throw line, getting their plenty. There was a 626 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: specific reason why I thought he'd have a revenge season. 627 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: He's thirty two years old, and he hasn't suffered a 628 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: significant joint injury like a torn a, c L or 629 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: achilles or something like that. He got fat, dude, he 630 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: got fat. It happens. Happened to me too, I'm thirty one. 631 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: I'm noticing these changes for myself. I used to be 632 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: able to eat whatever the hell I wanted, never put 633 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: on any way, and then in my late twenties, I 634 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,000 Speaker 1: put on some weight when I stopped playing, but then 635 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,560 Speaker 1: as soon as I'd start playing, I dropped the weight immediately. 636 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: But then I went to Alaska with my wife for 637 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,160 Speaker 1: two weeks this summer, and I came back seventeen pounds heavier. 638 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,640 Speaker 1: And I haven't dropped it since i've I've lost about 639 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 1: half of it. But it's like it's been like a 640 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 1: like an incredibly difficult journey to drop this weight because 641 00:31:58,360 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 1: my body is just not the same as it used 642 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: to beat. James Harden used to be able to live 643 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: and like work hard, play hard, and what he's learning 644 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 1: is now that he's in his early thirties, if he 645 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 1: works hard, plays hard, then his body is going to 646 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: carry a little bit extra weight. His hamstring is not 647 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: gonna hold up as well as it used to. And 648 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 1: I think he learned that lesson and he had, you know, 649 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: the struggle of humility from having a couple of rough seasons, 650 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 1: and so I really expected a still firmly in his 651 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 1: prime James Harden to come back this season in great 652 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: shape and to play great. And again, this is just 653 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 1: one game, but it's a good start, and I know 654 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: everyone's like, even Charles Barkley at halftime was like, oh, 655 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 1: he's making a step back jumper. That's not real. That's 656 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: not something that they can really take to the big 657 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: I disagree. I think that his legs are a big 658 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: part of why he was making his step back jump 659 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: shot tonight. Having his legs underneath them as a conditioned 660 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 1: athlete in peak shape, is going to help him in 661 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: every single facet of his game. It gives him that 662 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:00,040 Speaker 1: little bit of extra burst on that first step. It 663 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 1: keeps the defender on his heels that in turn opens 664 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: up separation for him to get to his step back 665 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: and then the step back three in and of itself 666 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: is a super athletic move. You have to cover a 667 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 1: lot of ground and then go straight up and down 668 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,719 Speaker 1: and get really good lift to knock down a twenty 669 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: six ft jump shot. You need your legs for that 670 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: kind of thing. And when he was out of shape 671 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: didn't quite have that burst. Defenders coming up on him more. 672 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: Now he's not getting as much separation and then he's 673 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: not getting as much lift on the shot. So him 674 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 1: getting his legs back, that's naturally going to lead to 675 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: him getting more separation on those shots getting to the 676 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 1: rim more. And he had plenty of bursts. There was 677 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,200 Speaker 1: a really nice, nasty like double crossover movie hit on 678 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: Grant Williams to get all the way to the rim 679 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 1: in the second half. I think he's poised for a 680 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: great season now. His defense was absolutely atrocious. But that's 681 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: kind of a prime James Harden thing too, now, isn't it. 682 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: Um Joel embiid He's got to figure out how to 683 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,719 Speaker 1: handle double teams now. I get that you could make 684 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: a hog ighlight reel from this game with five or 685 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: six passes that he made that were good passes. He 686 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: made some good plays out of the double team. But 687 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: why did Boston continue to do so, because surrounding all 688 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,879 Speaker 1: those plays were a whole lot of post ups where 689 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 1: nothing happened. Meanwhile, Lebron Luca don Chitch, Nicola Yokich as 690 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: a peer of embiads, never get double teams because they 691 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: consistently make you pay every single time you do so. 692 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 1: And you know, there's a difference between just getting the 693 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 1: ball out from a double team and then consistently making 694 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: a pass on time and on target to the shooter 695 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,600 Speaker 1: that can make them pay. There are a lot of 696 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 1: times where embiad Anthony Davis does this a lot too. 697 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 1: It's a big problem that I have with big men 698 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: in general. But they get the ball, the double team 699 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:52,920 Speaker 1: comes and they're kind of just panicking and they're just 700 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 1: looking for somebody to get rid of the basketball too, 701 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 1: and every once in a while to make a nice play, 702 00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: but a lot of them are just swing passes back 703 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: out to the perimeter and nothing happened. He they you 704 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,760 Speaker 1: could see it in his body language in that fourth quarter. 705 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: He's frustrated. He doesn't like playing basketball when it's like that. 706 00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 1: It it frustrates him, and I get that. No one 707 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,600 Speaker 1: wants to just sit there and face double teams all 708 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: night long. But until he shows that he can consistently 709 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 1: beat that double team, teams will continue to do it 710 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,920 Speaker 1: to him because it's just a way better option than 711 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,319 Speaker 1: letting him on an island flop all over the place 712 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,840 Speaker 1: shoot four teen free throws of games scored thirty seven points, 713 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 1: and that on time, on target thing is the key 714 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 1: way to do that. You have to be patient and 715 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:40,919 Speaker 1: allowing the double to come to you quickly identify who 716 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: the shooter is that's open or the cutter that's open, 717 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,440 Speaker 1: and you have to hit them on a rope in 718 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 1: the shooting pocket because if you don't, they will rotate 719 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 1: to the shooter. And now the double team was effective. 720 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,879 Speaker 1: That's the underrated part of passing that we look over 721 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 1: when we're talking about Lebron, Luca and Nicola, Yo Kitchen, 722 00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 1: Chris Paul and guys like that. They are so relentless 723 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: and making the top to pass untime and on target 724 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:08,960 Speaker 1: that they consistently make you pay. There are a lot 725 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,279 Speaker 1: of guys that can make the reads, but they can't 726 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,560 Speaker 1: make the past because it's just a step too slow. 727 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,400 Speaker 1: They see the read, but it's a split second too slow, 728 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,319 Speaker 1: or because now they've picked up their dribble and the 729 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:22,480 Speaker 1: double team left and they're rotating that. It just he 730 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: was frustrated by it. But that's not gonna go away 731 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,239 Speaker 1: until he figures it out. He will have to find 732 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: a way to eventually start beating those double teams, or 733 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: every team in the league will do it too, really quickly. 734 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,399 Speaker 1: Before we take our questions that dust up at the end, 735 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,399 Speaker 1: I thought it was hilarious a couple of things. That's 736 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,360 Speaker 1: just flat out dirty play from Joel embiad trying to 737 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,000 Speaker 1: pull out Marcus Smart's shoulder. I thought it was a 738 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 1: dirty play, but I did think it was hilarious the 739 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 1: kind of altercation that took place after Smarts quote. He 740 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 1: said his reaction showed maturity because I could have cracked 741 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,279 Speaker 1: his head open, but I didn't. There was hilarious moment 742 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,480 Speaker 1: where Jalen Browns like pointing at Joel embid while backpedaling 743 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,120 Speaker 1: away from the scrum. The entire higher NBA fan base 744 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,840 Speaker 1: can see through that crap. No one wants to fight. 745 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 1: You're all a bunch of really successful guys. You have 746 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 1: too much to lose. There's just just I wish at 747 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 1: some point NBA players would figure out that we can 748 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,239 Speaker 1: see through that stuff all right, Where you're going to 749 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 1: bring the secret hero of this show, Mr Ryan Brumley 750 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:22,160 Speaker 1: on to get some questions from the audience. That's high praise, unnecessary, 751 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: but the very high praise. Um Speaking on Philly, Kyle 752 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:29,200 Speaker 1: Rector asked a few teams see one piece away from 753 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:33,319 Speaker 1: being scary good? Philadelphia included what potentially taking team has 754 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:38,400 Speaker 1: a piece that you can see working with Philly oh Man, Okay, 755 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,400 Speaker 1: I know this is going to be an unsatisfying answer, Kyle, 756 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:45,960 Speaker 1: but I don't think it's a talent issue. I think 757 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:50,240 Speaker 1: that the Sixers have the best top four in the NBA. 758 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:54,440 Speaker 1: James Harden, Joel embiid Um, Tyrese Maxie, and Tobias Harris, 759 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,759 Speaker 1: p J. Tucker and Daniel House directly address some of 760 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 1: their toughness concerns. The there's no magic piece that fixed this, 761 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,920 Speaker 1: fixes this. The thing that puts the Sixers over the 762 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,280 Speaker 1: top is Joel Embiat and James Harden having a dominant 763 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,600 Speaker 1: playoff run. And I get that that can seem discouraging 764 00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,920 Speaker 1: because James Harden is the worst playoff performer of this generation, 765 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 1: but hey, I used to make fun of Paul George 766 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,440 Speaker 1: for losing five consecutive playoff series, and then he was 767 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,320 Speaker 1: one of the best players that I've seen in a 768 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,800 Speaker 1: in in that playoff run when he dragged the Clippers 769 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,720 Speaker 1: to win two within two games of the NBA Finals. 770 00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,319 Speaker 1: So the reality of the situation is is this is 771 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,279 Speaker 1: a If James Harden plays like I expect him to 772 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:39,719 Speaker 1: play this season, and Joel Embiat is healthy, learns how 773 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,440 Speaker 1: to manage the double teams, stays active and engaged for 774 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,640 Speaker 1: a whole playoff run, I think they have enough. Now. 775 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:46,279 Speaker 1: Matchups are gonna be part of it, but that's the 776 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:49,120 Speaker 1: same for every team in the league. The Warriors beat 777 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,680 Speaker 1: the Celtics, they might have lost to the Bucks, right, 778 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,080 Speaker 1: you know, like it's all about matchups with this kind 779 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,319 Speaker 1: of thing. I don't like that Philly Boston matchup. It's 780 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 1: a really bad matchup for them because their ability to 781 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,080 Speaker 1: double and recover, their ability to push them out to 782 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:05,719 Speaker 1: the perimeter and beat them off the dribble. But then again, 783 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 1: if they run into you know, maybe maybe they're a 784 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:11,279 Speaker 1: fantastic matchup for Milwaukee, and maybe Milwaukee beats Boston. You know, 785 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:13,719 Speaker 1: like that there's no perfect team matchups are gonna be 786 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,879 Speaker 1: a big thing here, But I don't I don't necessarily 787 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,239 Speaker 1: like they didn't even use matissetybol tonight really, So I mean, 788 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 1: this is not a talent issue for Philly. They just 789 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:25,759 Speaker 1: need their stars to play better. Sticking with Philly here, 790 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,839 Speaker 1: Eugene Isaakov asked, do you think I so heavy playing 791 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,160 Speaker 1: style of hardened Max and Bead could help Philly to 792 00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:34,960 Speaker 1: win a lot or do they need to play more 793 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:40,320 Speaker 1: team friendly basketball because players stays have been out of rhythm, 794 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,680 Speaker 1: so I think it'll hurt them in the regular season. Um, 795 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,080 Speaker 1: you guys know my general philosophy with that, like brute 796 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,920 Speaker 1: force offenses, offenses that are very simple and rely on 797 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:54,120 Speaker 1: their stars to create the advantage. Those are impossible to 798 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: stop in the playoffs because there's no magic schematic fix 799 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,719 Speaker 1: for dealing with what James already can do with the 800 00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:03,040 Speaker 1: basketball or with what I mean Joel Embiid can be 801 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,319 Speaker 1: taken out with some doubles, but specifically with guys like 802 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:08,360 Speaker 1: James Harden, but even go beyond like the Lakers and 803 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:10,759 Speaker 1: you're looking at Lebron James and Anthony Davis. They were 804 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,440 Speaker 1: one of the worst half court offenses during the regular season, 805 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,759 Speaker 1: but they played that same style in the in the 806 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,480 Speaker 1: playoffs with Lebron and a d just kind of just 807 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,919 Speaker 1: bullying their way to the basket, and it turned out 808 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,239 Speaker 1: that you couldn't stop them in a playoff series. You know, 809 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:27,960 Speaker 1: I always will advocate for running actions and having more 810 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:32,120 Speaker 1: offensive organization to make basketball easy during the regular season. 811 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,840 Speaker 1: But aside from a few teams like the Heat and 812 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:39,239 Speaker 1: the Warriors, actions aren't winning you a title. Skim like, 813 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,560 Speaker 1: offensive sets aren't winning you a title because they're going 814 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,239 Speaker 1: to scout those sets they're going to do, They're going 815 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,640 Speaker 1: to switch everything, they're gonna be ahead of those actions, 816 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,760 Speaker 1: and it's not going to work. So specifically for Philly, 817 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,360 Speaker 1: I'm not super concerned about it because their offense is 818 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:57,399 Speaker 1: more geared towards a playoff environment. All right, let's get 819 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:02,120 Speaker 1: back to the Warriors here to underscore g ask Hey, Jason, 820 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,000 Speaker 1: do you think that Clay had more popped than his 821 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:07,600 Speaker 1: jump shot tonight? He will be a significant contributor this year. 822 00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:11,000 Speaker 1: Last year he had moments but was still recovering from 823 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:15,320 Speaker 1: all of his injuries. I like Clay looked awesome tonight, 824 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,880 Speaker 1: even the jumpers he was missing early pop is a 825 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,880 Speaker 1: really interesting way of describing it. I was, I was trying. 826 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,640 Speaker 1: I was actually uh talking with a friend of mine, Tommy, 827 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:28,080 Speaker 1: about this earlier, and like it's so we call it 828 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,359 Speaker 1: like a dip and a jump shooter, Like you want 829 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:33,080 Speaker 1: a natural dip as you rise up into a shot 830 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,239 Speaker 1: because it just kind of builds your rhythm for what 831 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:38,200 Speaker 1: I call energy transfer. If you don't have if you 832 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,000 Speaker 1: don't have a good pathway of energy from your feet 833 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,240 Speaker 1: all the way up through your release, if there's a hitch, 834 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,879 Speaker 1: if there's anything that stops or makes it clunky, then 835 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:47,959 Speaker 1: you don't have the transfer of energy and the shot 836 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,320 Speaker 1: doesn't look good. And one of the night one of 837 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,480 Speaker 1: the beautiful things about the way Clay Thompson plays is 838 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:55,200 Speaker 1: he's so good at getting into that dip so that 839 00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,120 Speaker 1: he can transfer his energy. He missed a couple of 840 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:00,920 Speaker 1: shots early. He also struggled on a handful of possessions 841 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:04,839 Speaker 1: driving to the rim. But man, like, the other thing 842 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:08,080 Speaker 1: with Clay's dip is he it's it effectively sells his 843 00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:09,640 Speaker 1: pump bake. And he's so good at like kind of 844 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,600 Speaker 1: dipping and pump baking to get the guy to run 845 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,080 Speaker 1: by and he's like sneaky, one of the best mid 846 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,600 Speaker 1: rain shooters in the league as well. I think Clay 847 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,480 Speaker 1: looks great. If you're a Warriors fan, you should be 848 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:20,920 Speaker 1: feeling fantastic right now. I didn't even think they played 849 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,719 Speaker 1: well and they beat the ship out of the Lakers, 850 00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,120 Speaker 1: so you've gotta be feeling good right now. Alright, last one, 851 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:28,920 Speaker 1: We'll only do one negative Lakers question because it's a 852 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,840 Speaker 1: long season. In just one game, can you tell the 853 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:37,200 Speaker 1: difference between Hands Lakers and Vogels Lakers from last year? Absolutely, 854 00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:40,520 Speaker 1: Buying is a big part of it. Um, just having 855 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,560 Speaker 1: the like and this is not entirely Vogel's fault. UM. 856 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,319 Speaker 1: I think this is a phenomenon that happens a lot 857 00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:49,799 Speaker 1: in sports, particularly with coaches that are very demanded. You 858 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,280 Speaker 1: see this with Tom Thimodo Timido a lot in the NFL. 859 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,800 Speaker 1: You see this with Bill Belichick. When you have coaches 860 00:42:54,840 --> 00:43:00,160 Speaker 1: that ask for really like labor intense um, you know, 861 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:04,360 Speaker 1: expectations from their teams. They either have lots of roster 862 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,560 Speaker 1: turnover or they burn out of a location every couple 863 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,360 Speaker 1: of years for the for the the the Patriots, you 864 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:13,319 Speaker 1: literally see that with roster turnover. But like, it's just 865 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,520 Speaker 1: I think Vogel burnt out the roster. Ham has them 866 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:19,160 Speaker 1: bought it now. The other elements of it that I'm 867 00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:23,719 Speaker 1: seeing are strong side help. Um. So Vogel was big 868 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:25,880 Speaker 1: on chasing teams off the three point line and packing 869 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:30,080 Speaker 1: the paint. The the Darvin Ham approach is more chasing 870 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:34,800 Speaker 1: the ball handler and leaving three point shots open, funneling 871 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,880 Speaker 1: to all your help around the basket. It's kind of 872 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,320 Speaker 1: the idea of like, hey, let's be great at two things. 873 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,080 Speaker 1: Let's be great at stopping the ball handler, great at 874 00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:45,160 Speaker 1: protecting the paint, and we'll live with the results of 875 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,080 Speaker 1: these role players making shots, you know, and that can 876 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,840 Speaker 1: that can that can win you a series when guys 877 00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,600 Speaker 1: don't shoot well, you know, right, especially if role players 878 00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,000 Speaker 1: get sweaty palms and they just can't knock down the 879 00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:58,560 Speaker 1: big shots. But it can also lose you a series, 880 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,319 Speaker 1: like the Bucks did last year when the Celtics made 881 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,239 Speaker 1: like thirty nine threes or something crazy like that over 882 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:07,080 Speaker 1: the last two games of that series. So you're seeing 883 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,279 Speaker 1: that in there and on the defensive end, and then 884 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:12,280 Speaker 1: just in general their offensive organization. It looks a lot better. 885 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:16,719 Speaker 1: Like with Vogel, they just they almost never ran sets. Um, 886 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,680 Speaker 1: you're seeing a ton of stuff out of Horns. Don't 887 00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,920 Speaker 1: pay too much attention tonight because Golden State has specific 888 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:26,400 Speaker 1: personnel to switch all the lebron A d Russ drivel handoffs, 889 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,239 Speaker 1: which kind of shut down the Lakers Horns actions. But 890 00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:31,640 Speaker 1: they do have much better from what I could tell 891 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:35,800 Speaker 1: in preseason, they do have much better offensive organization as well. Him, 892 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:39,880 Speaker 1: like Frank Vogel, is an outstanding coach when the situation 893 00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:43,360 Speaker 1: is perfect for him. This situation is no longer perfect 894 00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:45,160 Speaker 1: for him. They made the right move getting rid of him. 895 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:47,200 Speaker 1: Darvin Ham has done a really nice job so far. 896 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,640 Speaker 1: Like again, it's one game. He's been dealt a terrible 897 00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:54,560 Speaker 1: hand of cards in terms of a roster to work with. 898 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,799 Speaker 1: There's a trade to be made here. I I think 899 00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,680 Speaker 1: Darvin Ham is the least of the Lakers problems. I 900 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,600 Speaker 1: think Ron James and Anthony Davis are the least of 901 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,799 Speaker 1: the Lakers problems. It's everything else around that that is 902 00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,000 Speaker 1: the issue. Al Right, guys, that is all I have 903 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,719 Speaker 1: for tonight, first show in the books. I sincerely appreciate 904 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,480 Speaker 1: you guys supporting the show. Keep an eye on my 905 00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:15,800 Speaker 1: Twitter feed. Tomorrow morning, I'll have some video footage that 906 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,279 Speaker 1: will be breaking down, as well as some scheduling. I'm 907 00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,640 Speaker 1: not sure when we'll go tomorrow because I it would 908 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:23,160 Speaker 1: be nice to get to at least some of the 909 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:24,960 Speaker 1: games from tomorrow evenings, so we'll figure that out. We 910 00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:27,960 Speaker 1: might even just release it on Thursday morning, so just 911 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:29,520 Speaker 1: keep an eye on the Twitter feed and we'll figure 912 00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:32,680 Speaker 1: out those details later. As always, I appreciate you guys. 913 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:34,480 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a hell of a ride and I 914 00:45:34,480 --> 00:46:25,920 Speaker 1: will see you soon. The volume