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Speaker 1: Happy Thursday, everybody. I hope all of you guys are

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Speaker 1: having a great week so far. We are almost to

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Speaker 1: the weekend. Continuing our power rankings with number ten today

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Speaker 1: and then number nine tomorrow and then into the next week.

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Speaker 1: We will hit the final eight over the course of

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Speaker 1: get your podcasts. Under Hoops tonight. So we're in a tier,

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Speaker 1: a tier that I've called the puncher's chance tier, the

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Speaker 1: tier of teams that I don't quite think have as

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Speaker 1: much talent as the best teams in the league, but

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Speaker 1: they have these wild cards, these players that have such

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Speaker 1: the ultimate goal. They're long shots, but they absolutely have

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Speaker 1: ten the Miami Heat with Jimmy Butler. Now there's you've

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Speaker 1: ford not just looking at what the team was last year. Memphis,

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Speaker 1: do it well. A switching defense that is run like

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Speaker 1: shit isn't gonna get stops. You know. Like if you

431
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Speaker 1: have really good spacing in terms of where your players

432
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,119
Speaker 1: are positioned on the floor, but none of them can

433
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,960
Speaker 1: shoot and dribble, then you don't really have spacing, you

434
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,399
Speaker 1: know what I mean. So, like execution is also a

435
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,760
Speaker 1: big part of it. But I do think that switching

436
00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,920
Speaker 1: is the best modern defensive concept, and I think it's

437
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,199
Speaker 1: really interesting and smart that pat Riley has built the

438
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,240
Speaker 1: roster in a man inner that makes them capable of

439
00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,960
Speaker 1: running that type of defensive scheme. And it's their head coach,

440
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,879
Speaker 1: who's very forward thinking and ahead of the times, who's

441
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:14,520
Speaker 1: leaning very strongly into that defensive concept. You know, Still,

442
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,040
Speaker 1: to this day, even with that successful switching as ben,

443
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,160
Speaker 1: even with what the Houston Rockets in two thousand eighteen

444
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,680
Speaker 1: did to the most talented roster ever in the Golden

445
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,720
Speaker 1: State Warriors in the Conference finals by switching everything, even

446
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,439
Speaker 1: with all of that, teams are still slow to adopt it.

447
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,880
Speaker 1: And the main reason why is drop coverage is just easier.

448
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,600
Speaker 1: It's easier on your bigs, it's easier to use in

449
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:42,239
Speaker 1: the regular season. It's an innings eater. It's airring on

450
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 1: the side of protecting the paint and giving up pull

451
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,240
Speaker 1: up jump shooting. It's just the easy way out. And

452
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: kudos to the Miami Heat and to Rik Spoelshred pat

453
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 1: Riley and everybody on that roster for being more willing

454
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Speaker 1: to do the more difficult job because it translates better

455
00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:02,160
Speaker 1: to playoff success. And again all comes down to why

456
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,680
Speaker 1: Miami is so much better at maximizing their talent than

457
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,480
Speaker 1: the other teams in the league. Um, but again, they're

458
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 1: one of the the more switch heavy teams in the league,

459
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,560
Speaker 1: even in pick and roll. Um bamad Bio, like I

460
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,840
Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, he's the guy who unlocks all of that.

461
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,400
Speaker 1: He's not quite as gifted as a rim protector as

462
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Speaker 1: like an Anthony Davis or as a you know, Rudy Gobert,

463
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 1: Jana Santana Coumpo, but he's actually better than all three

464
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: of those guys switching out onto the perimeter. He's more

465
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,480
Speaker 1: mobile and just has better instincts on how to move

466
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 1: his feet against the perimeter. Player. That kind of makes

467
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:42,360
Speaker 1: him into the ultimate switching forward because he can functionally

468
00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,159
Speaker 1: play rim protector while also playing the role in a

469
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Speaker 1: five out switching scheme. He unlocks everything that they do defensively,

470
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:53,480
Speaker 1: and it's why bam At a Bio is as effective

471
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Speaker 1: a basketball player as he is. Um the Mighty Heat

472
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:02,520
Speaker 1: are are big on FOURD aggression picking up ball handlers,

473
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,719
Speaker 1: you know, sooner than other teams are willing to, at

474
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Speaker 1: least when they cross half court in many situations in

475
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Speaker 1: full court scenarios. Uh, it's it seems to me that

476
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 1: Sposter seems to prefer kind of attacking as soon as

477
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,399
Speaker 1: they cross half court because you can't use retreat dribbles

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Speaker 1: at that point. They had a lot of success against

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Speaker 1: Boston with that. They were seventh in points off of

480
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,000
Speaker 1: turnovers this year. That tells you all you need to know.

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Speaker 1: They understand that their weaknesses in the half court offensively,

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Speaker 1: and they use that as an opportunity to to understand

483
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Speaker 1: their weakness and push the advantage in transition as much

484
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Speaker 1: as possible. We talked about that a lot with Memphis

485
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Speaker 1: yesterday as well. I'll give you an example. So in

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Speaker 1: that Boston Celtics series, the Miami Heat got utterly obliterated

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Speaker 1: in the half court. They averaged zero point eight six

488
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Speaker 1: points per possession against Boston in the half court. On

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Speaker 1: the other end of the floor, when they were in

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Speaker 1: the half court, defensively, Boston was getting zero point seven

491
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Speaker 1: points per possession in the half court. That's the equivalent

492
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Speaker 1: to a plus eleven net rating if the game stayed

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Speaker 1: in the half court. That's dominant. That would in most

494
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Speaker 1: seasons be the best net rating and all of basketball

495
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Speaker 1: in the aggregate for the whole season. So with as

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Speaker 1: dominant as Boston was over Miami and the half court,

497
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Speaker 1: how did that series drag to seven games? How did

498
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Speaker 1: they have a chance to win it at the end?

499
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Speaker 1: They did it in transition. They had fifty eight steals

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Speaker 1: in that series, and they averaged one point three one

501
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 1: points per possession pushing in transition office steals. So again,

502
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 1: like there are many facets to basketball, and obviously the

503
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Speaker 1: core facet is half court shot creation and half court defense,

504
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,119
Speaker 1: and it's very important for you to be good in

505
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Speaker 1: those areas, but there are all these other ancillary parts

506
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Speaker 1: of the game of basketball that you need to be

507
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 1: great at, whether that's you know, taking care of the

508
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Speaker 1: basketball voting turnovers. Take a look at the Boss and Celtics,

509
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:06,679
Speaker 1: whether that's squeezing out fringe possessions, offensive rebounds, pushing in transition,

510
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: the reverse to that on defense securing defensive rebounds transition defense.

511
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,359
Speaker 1: Boston was a great half court defense, they were a

512
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 1: horrific transition defense because they would frequently fall down and

513
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 1: beg for foul calls on the other end of the

514
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: floor rather than prioritizing getting back in transition. It's kind

515
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,440
Speaker 1: of like special teams in football, or like manufacturing runs

516
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,199
Speaker 1: in baseball by stealing bases and sacrifice bunds, sacrifice flies,

517
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,160
Speaker 1: things along those lines. You know, in the core facets

518
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 1: of the game, winning is part of it, but there

519
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,919
Speaker 1: are a lot of other elements to the game, and

520
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,239
Speaker 1: the best teams are always the teams that maximize the

521
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Speaker 1: fringe elements of the game. In Miami as a team

522
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 1: that has always maximized those fringe elements, last thing I

523
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,640
Speaker 1: wanted to say about the defensive end of the floor

524
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 1: with Miami is uh, the defensive adjustments and the power

525
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: that Eric Spoelster has in a playoff series to win

526
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,520
Speaker 1: in the chess match, So I'll give you just two examples.

527
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,480
Speaker 1: Uh and and this is a big part of why

528
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:08,439
Speaker 1: they have such a high playoff upside. Um. Boston is

529
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 1: a week ball handling team, as we all know. As

530
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:17,000
Speaker 1: that series progressed, um Eric Spoelstra was more intent on

531
00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 1: pressuring the basketball and gambling more, even if at the

532
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,640
Speaker 1: risk of getting out of position and giving up baskets.

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Speaker 1: On the other end, I thought it was a really

534
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: smart adjustment from Marik Spoelstra because it actually caused Boston

535
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,639
Speaker 1: to lose their head for extended stretches in that series,

536
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 1: and it's a huge part of why it extended as

537
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: long as it did. That was an adjustment for Marik Spoelstra.

538
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: Look at the Philadelphia seventy series. Joel Embiid. They didn't

539
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 1: have anybody who could really guard him straight up, not

540
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 1: even beam at a bio. He's too big, right. But

541
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Speaker 1: one of the things they were doing that I thought

542
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 1: was really really smart was they were fronting Joel Embiid

543
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: and bringing backside help, and when they did, it made

544
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 1: it so that Philly just kind of passed the ball

545
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: around the perimeter and didn't know how to get it

546
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 1: into em beat and that kind of site them beat out,

547
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 1: and don't get me wrong, injuries played a role. He

548
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: ended up getting hurt in that series or in it

549
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 1: might have been the previous series. It was, Yeah, he

550
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 1: got hurt in the previous series against Toronto, but I

551
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 1: know his head wasn't a percent in it because of

552
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: the orble fracture or whatever. But I also think that

553
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 1: Eric Spelser did a really nice job of finding out

554
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: how to frustrate Joel Embiid through bal denial, and it

555
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 1: was a really really smart scheme he used to do. So.

556
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 1: Fronting the post is difficult. It's a very physically taxing job,

557
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 1: and it also requires really sound rotations on the back

558
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 1: end because you're obviously giving up the over the top

559
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: lob pass and when you're offering help on the backside,

560
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: it also opens up the skip pass. But their rotations

561
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: were so sound around that that it did a pretty

562
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:57,520
Speaker 1: damn good job of disrupting Phillies offense, and towards the

563
00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: end of the series it kind of came down to

564
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: James Harden his ability to create shots, which obviously he

565
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 1: wasn't able to do so credit to Erik Spoelstra. That's

566
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: a huge wild card for them. In any playoff series

567
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: is that he's usually the smartest guy on the bench

568
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 1: on both benches, and his ability to make those adjustments

569
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 1: and make other teams feel uncomfortable as a huge weapon

570
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: in Miami's in Miami's toolbox. So moving on to the

571
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Speaker 1: best case scenarios, and before we do that, I kind

572
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Speaker 1: of want to summarize really really quick. This is an

573
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Speaker 1: excellent defensive team that is built for playoff basketball. They

574
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 1: are stout on the perimeter. You know, Max rus and

575
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 1: Kyle Lowry are strong and can guard up a position,

576
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: and then Bam has position flexibility to switch out of

577
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: the center position. So as a team, they're constructed for

578
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: playoff defense and especially with switching, that's great. Offensively, they

579
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Speaker 1: maximize their talent with lots of scheme diversity. They run

580
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: tons of different sets. They are not repetitive, they're not predictable.

581
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: They're very good at creating advantage is for their guards,

582
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: who are bad at creating advantages for themselves. But this

583
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 1: is a weak ball handling team that struggles to create

584
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: advantages against defense that can get ahead of their sets,

585
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 1: especially when teams don't run drop coverage against them and

586
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 1: are willing to switch it forces them to rely on

587
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 1: shock creation, and it's not a strength of theirs. The

588
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: only superpower they have that can overcome this is Jimmy

589
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 1: Butler and his ability to play above and beyond even

590
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: his own capability in a playoff setting. He this is

591
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 1: why I thought they needed Donovan Mitchell. This is why

592
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,440
Speaker 1: I thought they should have been more aggressive on that front.

593
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: But Jimmy Butler. Let's say they stay healthy with Eric

594
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:44,880
Speaker 1: Boelscher and what he does to maximize them on the

595
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: offensive and defensive end of the floor. If Jimmy Butler

596
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: can play is to the to the highest end of

597
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: his capability like he did in that playoff front, they're

598
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: capable of beating anybody. All of these weaknesses I've described

599
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: were true last year too, and they came one shot

600
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: away from making it to the NBA Finals. Now, I

601
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: think they would have lost soundly to Golden State, but

602
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: make no mistake like they absolutely have a puncher's chance

603
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 1: because of what Jimmy Butler is capable of. He has

604
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: demonstrated that that will always put them in this mix.

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00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: If they stay healthy and Jimmy Butler's stays healthy and

606
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: he gets hot, they can beat anybody. Therefore, they are

607
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 1: a contender end of story. For me, that is their

608
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: best case scenario, but their worst case scenario health can

609
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 1: rear it's ugly head again. Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowrty

610
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: both broke down towards the end of the season. They

611
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: were playing, but they were limited. Jimmy was in really

612
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: rough physical shape in the middle of that Boston Celtics series,

613
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: and the loss of p J. Tucker makes them really

614
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 1: thin in the front court. Um, you're probably gonna have

615
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: to play Jimmy Butler a lot at the four now.

616
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: I hope that they addressed that this off during the season,

617
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 1: either in the trade market or in the buying market

618
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: by beating up that forward position. Otherwise, they need Nikola

619
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 1: Yovich to be ready or Jovic or Yovich, I'm not

620
00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: sure how to pronounce it. They need him to be

621
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 1: ready to lay and I'm just not sure that he's

622
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 1: going to be. And also I think he's a little

623
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: too thin to be able to guard bigger forwards in

624
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: the league. This team is with their lack of depth,

625
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: they are one severe injury away from basically being a

626
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: first round exit, or worse, like if Kyle Lowry gets hurt,

627
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: it greatly limits their perimeter size and switch ability. Same

628
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 1: goes for Jimmy Butler, same goes for Bamata Bio. They're

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00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: just kind of heavily exposed on that front. I don't

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00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: think they can weather an injury. That to me, has

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00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: moved them down the list. The biggest X factor on

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00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 1: this team is Tyler Harrow. The Miami Heat desperately need

633
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: him to take a significant leap as a shot creator. Now.

634
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: I know when you look at the numbers and Miami

635
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: Heat fans are gonna want to say this, Hey, he

636
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: averaged twenty one points per game last year on fifty

637
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:52,240
Speaker 1: true shooting. How is that not a legitimate shot creator? Well,

638
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: you have to dig deeper into it. The vast majority

639
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: of Tyler Harrow's offensive success came in spot up situations.

640
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 1: He is amazing attacking closeouts, one of the very best

641
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: in the league. Why because he's a knockdown three point

642
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 1: shooter and he's very good at continuing that advantage into

643
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,920
Speaker 1: the lane. Because he could shoot a pull up fifteen footer,

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Speaker 1: he could shoot floaters in the lane, and he's athletic

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Speaker 1: enough to get all the way to the rim right

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Speaker 1: so in spot up situations, he's one of the very

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Speaker 1: best in the league. He was in the percentile for

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Speaker 1: spot up possessions out of all NBA players. That's excellent.

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Speaker 1: He averaged one point to three points per spot up possession.

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Speaker 1: That's freaking incredible. That's where he succelled. But he was

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Speaker 1: either average to below average in everything else. Below average

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Speaker 1: in isolations, you know, average to below average in dribble handoffs,

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Speaker 1: average to below average coming off the screens. In any

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Speaker 1: situation where they were actually running plays for him, he

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Speaker 1: wasn't producing at a high level. The vast majority of

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Speaker 1: his offensive creation that was efficient was coming out of

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Speaker 1: spot up situations. The scoring production is unassailable, but in

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Speaker 1: ord her for this team to have a real playoff

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Speaker 1: ceiling that can contend with the Boston's and the Golden

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Speaker 1: States and the Clippers and the Bucks of the world,

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Speaker 1: they need Tyler Harrow to get to the point where

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Speaker 1: he can create his own shot. They also need him

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Speaker 1: to be able to stay on the floor defensively. He's

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Speaker 1: a little bit more of a defensive liability right now

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Speaker 1: than the Miami Heat would like for him to be. So,

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Speaker 1: from that standpoint, if this team desperately needs a high

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Speaker 1: level shot creator, and they desperately need a high level

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Speaker 1: shot creator creator that can stay on the floor. Tyler

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Speaker 1: Harrow is the answer to that question. But he's only

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Speaker 1: gonna be able to stay on the floor if he

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Speaker 1: can defend. And he only could be a high level

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Speaker 1: shot creator if he learns how to succeed out of

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Speaker 1: one of those situations office screens, driple handoffs, isolations. He

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Speaker 1: needs to get to the point where he can create

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Speaker 1: his own shot. All right, guys, that is all I

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Speaker 1: have for today. We will be back tomorrow with number nine.

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Speaker 1: As always, I sincerely appreciate your support and we'll see

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Speaker 1: you next time. And the volume