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Speaker 1: the Lakers. Overall, they ran eleven possessions of their three

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Speaker 1: to two zone against the Lakers, and they held them

433
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Speaker 1: to zero point five to five points per possession. What's

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Speaker 1: that six points and eleven possessions, So like, that's a

435
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Speaker 1: not only was it effective on a per possession basis,

436
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Speaker 1: but it also threw off the rhythm of the game.

437
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Speaker 1: Then the other the two guys that I want to

438
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Speaker 1: shout out on the OKC front during that run on

439
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Speaker 1: the offensive end of the four are Aaron Wiggins and

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Speaker 1: Jalen Williams. Aaron Wiggins made three plays that I thought

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Speaker 1: were really important during that run. Austin Reeves had just

442
00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,199
Speaker 1: hit this crazy bailout shot on the right wing, and

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Speaker 1: then the very next possession, the thunderfind themselves in a

444
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Speaker 1: late clock situation and Aaron Wiggins hits a right shoulder fade,

445
00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,440
Speaker 1: a tough shot at the buzzer, and you could tell

446
00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,960
Speaker 1: that gave him confidence because a couple possessions later, he's

447
00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,080
Speaker 1: got Lebron James in the corner and Lebron's doing one

448
00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:10,920
Speaker 1: of these, you know, one of these like where you're

449
00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:12,680
Speaker 1: the camera is the offensive player, where he's kind of

450
00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,520
Speaker 1: like daring him to shoot, and so he just kind

451
00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,560
Speaker 1: of like hits a little jab and rises up and

452
00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,480
Speaker 1: knocks down a three point shot in Lebron's face. Then

453
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Speaker 1: he's got his confidence going, you know, a full tilt,

454
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Speaker 1: and he gets downhill and draws a foul. I thought

455
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Speaker 1: it was a really good shift from Aaron Wigs. Didn't

456
00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,359
Speaker 1: didn't play to a ton last night, but it was

457
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Speaker 1: a short shift that I thought was really impactful in

458
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Speaker 1: the game. And then Jalen Williams was just cooking everybody

459
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Speaker 1: on the Lakers, specifically Austin Reeves, who, as Austin has

460
00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,960
Speaker 1: been pretty good defensively over the last like two three weeks,

461
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Speaker 1: but I didn't think he had a very good defensive

462
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Speaker 1: game against the Thunder and Jalen's just got like this,

463
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Speaker 1: first of all, he's making his jump shot at a

464
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Speaker 1: high rate, which is super important. But he's just got

465
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Speaker 1: the strength element, like he can really get to his

466
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Speaker 1: spots and deal with contact really well. And then from there,

467
00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,160
Speaker 1: like the Lakers kind of let go of the rope

468
00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,000
Speaker 1: there in that late second quarter stretch, they were swarming

469
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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis and forcing turnovers and rotating out of those

470
00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,399
Speaker 1: double teams really well, and they were running down the

471
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Speaker 1: floor the other way. They're such a good transition game.

472
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Speaker 1: They scored thirty three points in transition team I should

473
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Speaker 1: say they scored thirty three points in transition in this game.

474
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Speaker 1: And then it basically the wheels came off and it

475
00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,040
Speaker 1: turned into a blowout. The other guy I wanted to

476
00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,040
Speaker 1: quickly shut out before we talk some big picture of

477
00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,439
Speaker 1: stuff with the thunder was Chet. I thought that he

478
00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,200
Speaker 1: did a really nice shot running the floor in this game,

479
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,280
Speaker 1: which is so important against the Lakers. And then the

480
00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,879
Speaker 1: shot making, like Anthony Davis is seeing that juxtaposition of

481
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,800
Speaker 1: like Chet ready and willing to take threes, and he

482
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,400
Speaker 1: missed a couple great looks, but he ended up making

483
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Speaker 1: one I think in the second half if I remember correctly,

484
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,000
Speaker 1: and then he hit that crazy left shoulder fade over

485
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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis like he's a ready and willing perimeter shooter,

486
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Speaker 1: and like Anthony Davis just has no interest in taking

487
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Speaker 1: that shot, which is, like I thought, there was an

488
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,879
Speaker 1: interesting juxtaposition last night and a good indicator of like, hey, like,

489
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Speaker 1: watch out for this young generation of basketball players. Man, Like,

490
00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,439
Speaker 1: they're all so damn good, and there a lot of

491
00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:58,959
Speaker 1: them are good at some of the things that these

492
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Speaker 1: veteran guys are not good at, And I think it's

493
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Speaker 1: a good indicator of just how fun this next era

494
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Speaker 1: of basketball is gonna be. So as we've talked about

495
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Speaker 1: the every time we've talked to Thunder on the show,

496
00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:13,359
Speaker 1: they struggle with big teams, and I mean just recently,

497
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Speaker 1: they had another game against the Timberwolves, who obviously have

498
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Speaker 1: a big front line. They gave them all sorts of issues.

499
00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:21,480
Speaker 1: Go Baar gave Chet all sorts of issues, right, And

500
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Speaker 1: so I was interested in this particular team. Now, I

501
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Speaker 1: didn't have high hopes for the Lakers in this game

502
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,840
Speaker 1: because they're severely undermanned and they were at the tail

503
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Speaker 1: end of a long road trip. We'll talk about that

504
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:31,919
Speaker 1: in a minute. But I still was like, hey, like

505
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Speaker 1: there're one chance here is that this is the kind

506
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Speaker 1: of matchup that the Thunder struggle with. And they gave

507
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Speaker 1: them some issues early, right, Anthony Davis got chet into

508
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,600
Speaker 1: big in early foul trouble that Anthony Davis post ups

509
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,720
Speaker 1: were working early and often as they kind of blew

510
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Speaker 1: the game open in that first quarter. But a couple

511
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Speaker 1: of things they use your speed, Like a huge part

512
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Speaker 1: of basketball is understand what your advantages. Like what is

513
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Speaker 1: I was literally working on we were doing with my kids,

514
00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,600
Speaker 1: the kids that I coached in high school here in town.

515
00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,520
Speaker 1: We were working on this this morning. Like we were

516
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Speaker 1: doing some of the court stuff at the end after

517
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Speaker 1: we did our skill work, and I was working with

518
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Speaker 1: the post players, and like there were two kids in

519
00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,720
Speaker 1: that group that are like smaller and more athletic, and

520
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,240
Speaker 1: then there were two kids kids in that group that

521
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,480
Speaker 1: were like bigger and stronger, right, And I was trying

522
00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 1: to tell them like, hey, like if you're trying to

523
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Speaker 1: turn your back to the basket as a small player

524
00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,520
Speaker 1: and trying to like like play back down basketball against

525
00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:22,400
Speaker 1: a bigger player, it's just not gonna work for you, right,

526
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 1: Like you need to catch a little further away and

527
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:25,560
Speaker 1: you need to turn and face and you need to

528
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,600
Speaker 1: use your speed. That's your advantage in this situation. Identify

529
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Speaker 1: he's big and slow, you're athletic and fast. Take him

530
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Speaker 1: to where you have an opportunity to use your advantage. Right,

531
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Speaker 1: Whereas if you're the big player, then you've got the

532
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Speaker 1: smaller player buried on you. The last thing you want

533
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Speaker 1: to do is take anything far away from the basket.

534
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,120
Speaker 1: You're doing him a favor. You want to back him down,

535
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,160
Speaker 1: bury him deep post position, and catch and quick finish

536
00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,399
Speaker 1: around the basket. Right, Like, the same thing goes in

537
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,359
Speaker 1: the big picture of a basketball team. You can't play

538
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,360
Speaker 1: slow down, methodical half court basketball with the Lakers. They're

539
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,960
Speaker 1: too big. They're gonna bully you in a lot of

540
00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 1: those situations. Right, But you had a not only did

541
00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,080
Speaker 1: you have a and rest advantage, but just in general,

542
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,080
Speaker 1: you're a super young, fast team. They average twenty six

543
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,639
Speaker 1: transition points per game, that's second in the entire NBA,

544
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,080
Speaker 1: and they push that to an even higher level in

545
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 1: this game, getting it up to thirty three points. And

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00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,640
Speaker 1: that's kind of my point is like, identify, here's our advantage.

547
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 1: These dudes don't want to run if we keep running,

548
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: We're going to succeed. And like it was kind of

549
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 1: like it was like they kept kind of beating up

550
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,360
Speaker 1: against that barrier, and then eventually the barrier fell over

551
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 1: there in that late second quarter, and then it was

552
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,560
Speaker 1: just run out after run out after runout, and the

553
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 1: game was over. And so I think that might be

554
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Speaker 1: kind of the the the method of method for Oka

555
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 1: see to try to attack these big front lines like

556
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,199
Speaker 1: double and rotate. That is a way to weaponize your

557
00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 1: speed and then get out and transition as much as

558
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,720
Speaker 1: possible against those teams, hunt those possessions. Even if you

559
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,360
Speaker 1: lose in the short term, like that game, you fell

560
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,679
Speaker 1: down fourteen points, but you just keep pushing, You keep pushing,

561
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,240
Speaker 1: you keep pushing. Eventually the dam will break on the

562
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Speaker 1: Lakers front. I don't want to be overly critical, like

563
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,360
Speaker 1: I said, because it's it's a confluence of a ton

564
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,920
Speaker 1: of negative factors. Last game of a four game road trip,

565
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 1: tail end of a back to back, Lakers only had

566
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,119
Speaker 1: seven available rotation players. No Ruya Chimura, No Jared Vanderbilt.

567
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Speaker 1: That's two of your top five or six players. No

568
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,359
Speaker 1: Gay Vincent, that's three your top seven players, right, No

569
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,760
Speaker 1: Cam Reddish no Jackson Hayes, like literally they like they

570
00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,800
Speaker 1: had to play Jalen ud Chaffino in that second quarter

571
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,520
Speaker 1: shift and he can't make a jump shot right now,

572
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 1: which gave Okac all sort of leniency to help off

573
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,960
Speaker 1: of him, right and you're playing a super young team

574
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,080
Speaker 1: that runs for forty eight minutes, right, So, like, I

575
00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 1: didn't really have high hopes for them in this game. Again,

576
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Speaker 1: I thought they had a chance with the with the

577
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,639
Speaker 1: Okase struggling with the front lines, and you saw that

578
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,119
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the game, right, like Anthony Davis

579
00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,000
Speaker 1: torching chet the Lakers went up by fourteen, that the

580
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 1: zone adjustment was what kind of turned the game around.

581
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 1: But you know, it was just what ended up happening

582
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,439
Speaker 1: after that point, to me, was kind of what you

583
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,000
Speaker 1: would expect in that specific situation. But I do want

584
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,560
Speaker 1: to talk about the post up offense for a little

585
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 1: bit because in the second quarter, when Anthony Davis came back,

586
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Speaker 1: the Lakers, I had to go back to what they

587
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,679
Speaker 1: did in the first quarter, which was forced feed Anthony

588
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 1: Davis in the post or at least some of the

589
00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,879
Speaker 1: possessions they did. I wish they would have done it

590
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 1: more but it is what it is. And there was

591
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Speaker 1: all this debate among Laker fans last night about whose

592
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 1: fault is it that the Lakers can't keep punishing the

593
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,200
Speaker 1: Thunder inside in the post. And I remember sitting there

594
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,960
Speaker 1: thinking my in the live watch and like every time

595
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 1: I watch a game live, like, I can pick up

596
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,919
Speaker 1: on some things, but it's a lot easier for me

597
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:31,000
Speaker 1: to pick up on real details in a film session

598
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,720
Speaker 1: because I can watch one possession at a time. I

599
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,199
Speaker 1: can watch each individual player on a possession, rewatch the

600
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,120
Speaker 1: play three four times, like Synergy has like these these

601
00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:41,919
Speaker 1: keys that I can press to like go back two

602
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,359
Speaker 1: seconds or five seconds, or four two seconds or five seconds,

603
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 1: so I can like really quickly like cycle through a

604
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Speaker 1: play and watch it a bunch of different ways and

605
00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,840
Speaker 1: pick up all the pieces of information. Right And so

606
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 1: what I wanted to do for Lakers fans right now

607
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,560
Speaker 1: is just kind of do a breakdown of what I

608
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 1: think went wrong for the Lakers in their post attack

609
00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:01,120
Speaker 1: offense against the Thunder in that second quarter stretch where

610
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 1: they lost control of the game. So, first of all,

611
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 1: what they did at the beginning of the game was

612
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: spam cleared side post ups for Anthony Davis on the

613
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:11,959
Speaker 1: left side of the floor where he was able to

614
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: just work downhill to his strong hand. That's how he

615
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: got Chet into foul trouble. That's where the Lakers got

616
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,520
Speaker 1: control of the game early. And I've been begging a

617
00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,800
Speaker 1: lot for this all season, right, Like, I think the

618
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 1: Lakers are a brute force team. I've called them that

619
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,919
Speaker 1: for years. I think that means they need to run

620
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 1: a lot of spread pick and roll, which means pick

621
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Speaker 1: and roll out high where you're setting the screen like

622
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:33,440
Speaker 1: twenty five thirty feet away from the basket and trying

623
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,640
Speaker 1: to buy room for guys to get downhill. A lot

624
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 1: of cleared side pick and roll. That's where you put

625
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: all the shooters on the weak side and you might

626
00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,679
Speaker 1: interchange with them or something, or have them flash if

627
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 1: they see an opening, but they're pretty much out of

628
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,199
Speaker 1: the play and you're running two man game on the

629
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Speaker 1: cleared side of the floor, and it's less far from

630
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: the basket, but there's more space to operate east, west, right,

631
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,959
Speaker 1: and then lastly more cleared side post ups right. And

632
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,560
Speaker 1: that's same exact concept. But I like Lebron on the

633
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 1: right side of the floor where he can dribble with

634
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:00,840
Speaker 1: his left hand and play make and get to that

635
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: right shoulder fade. And I like Anthony Davis on the

636
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: left side of the floor where he can get to

637
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,679
Speaker 1: his right handed hooks shot and he can simplify his

638
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 1: reads because he needs a little bit more help with

639
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 1: the pass. That's kind of the way I think they

640
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: should run their offense transition and then clear side post ups,

641
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: spread pick and roll, and cleared side pick and roll.

642
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,359
Speaker 1: That's kind of to me in terms of the brute

643
00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 1: force approach. That doesn't mean they shouldn't run action. That

644
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 1: doesn't mean they shouldn't run five out occasionally. I just

645
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,120
Speaker 1: think they should lean more on that stuff. The five

646
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 1: out thing hasn't really worked all that well, and for

647
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Speaker 1: it's just not a good personnelfit for that group. They

648
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,439
Speaker 1: don't have enough downhill athleticism and they don't have enough

649
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 1: shooting to run a five out offense. In my opinion,

650
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,760
Speaker 1: in the first quarter of that game, they were spamming

651
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 1: cleared side post ups and it was working. When Ad

652
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: came back in the second that was where it fell apart.

653
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Speaker 1: So let's dive into that specifically, Why do I want

654
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 1: them to run Anthony Davis on a cleared side, it's

655
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 1: an easier post entry right. Ad can straight up give

656
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: a good wide target. You can even throw the pass

657
00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 1: like two three feet away from his hand where he

658
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: can like and then go get the basketball and then

659
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:03,680
Speaker 1: turn and face sort of back down from there right,

660
00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 1: and then it's easier reads. Ad can see the floor

661
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: like this, He's got the ball in his right hand,

662
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: which is dominant hand, and he can see every player

663
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 1: on the floor, even the guy kind of sneaking along

664
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Speaker 1: the baseline he can see, and then he can make

665
00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: easy reads from there. And you saw that in that

666
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 1: second quarter shift when the Thunder were doubling. There was

667
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: a play where they hard doubled Anthony Davis on a

668
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 1: left block, cleared side, post up rifle, right hand passed

669
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Speaker 1: to a wide open Austin Reeves on the right wing.

670
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: A wide open three for a guy who was one

671
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,239
Speaker 1: of your best shooters last year and he's just been

672
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 1: broke this year. He misses it right. There was another

673
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 1: one where Austin Reeves cuts down the middle, clear side,

674
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: post up, left block, methodically working. Here comes the double

675
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 1: dumps it off to Austin down the lane. Austin smokes

676
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: a wide open floater in the lane, easy floater in

677
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 1: the lane that was like six or seven feet uncondested.

678
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: He just missed it. And there was another one cleared

679
00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: side posts up left block, hard double. D'Angelo Russell flashes

680
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: to the high post. Anthony Davis makes the right pass

681
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 1: on on time, on target to de Lo Delo, throws

682
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 1: a one timer to Max Christie, but throws a terrible pass,

683
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: just throws like a like there was no speed on it.

684
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 1: It was almost like it slipped out of his hands

685
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 1: and as a result, the thunder were able to rotate

686
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: out of it. Had he just made the pass on

687
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,040
Speaker 1: target to Max Christie, it's a wide open catch and

688
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,640
Speaker 1: shoot three. So here's the thing. Clear side post ops.

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Speaker 1: I thought Anthony Davis was fantastic, and for the record,

690
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 1: he's been fantastic all season. It really came down to

691
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 1: the guys off the ball, skilled offensive players not doing

692
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 1: their job. Like we talk about this a lot in

693
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,640
Speaker 1: UH in the NBA, but like getting two to the

694
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 1: ball is like half the battle. Once you can do that,

695
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 1: if you can make simple reads out of it, there

696
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: it's just you play basketball, and if you have offensive

697
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 1: skill on the floor, you should be able to capitalize

698
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 1: on it. But as has been a consistent theme throughout

699
00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: this season, inconsistent play from D'Angelo Russell and Austin Reeves

700
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 1: has hampered this offense in a lot of different ways.

701
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: And you know, we'll talk about more about it in

702
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Speaker 1: a minute, but like I thought that was a significant

703
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 1: factor in that in that specific sequence, about half the

704
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 1: time during that second quarter run, they tried to feed

705
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis in the middle of the floor, and I

706
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: really disagreed with this strategy. It's a much harder post

707
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 1: entry because now you've got a tighter window as guys

708
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 1: are digging down from both sides. It's much harder for

709
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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis to see all of the floor as he's

710
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: having to kind of navigate everything working around him. And

711
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 1: then it was easier for Oklahoma City to force him

712
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: to his left hand. And like there was a there

713
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: was a play where he where Lebron made a post

714
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: entry to him in the middle of the floor and

715
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 1: he looked and he saw a defender on that strong

716
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Speaker 1: hand side, and he wanted to go to that strong

717
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: hand and he ended up having to go to a

718
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 1: left handed hook. That ad can make a left handed

719
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: hook made a huge one against Jared Allen in the

720
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: Cavs game, but it's not as high percentage a shot

721
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Speaker 1: for him or as comfortable a shot for him as

722
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: that right handed hook which he's been killing everybody with

723
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 1: this season. It's to like a near Yokic esque extent

724
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,200
Speaker 1: right And like there was another play where they tried

725
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: to force that post entry in the middle of the

726
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: floor and like all three bodies came in. It turned

727
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: into a turnover and they ran the other way for

728
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 1: a bucket, and it's like, why are you doing that? Like,

729
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: do what's working for you? You're getting like you gotta

730
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 1: separate process from results. Those clear side post ups, you're

731
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: getting great stuff out of them. They went zero for

732
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: three in the second quarter, but you were getting great

733
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: stuff out of him, So you need to keep spamming

734
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 1: that right Whereas like Ad did manage to make one

735
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 1: righty hook on a center post up, but the other

736
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: two didn't go so well and they were bad process, right,

737
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: And so like a lot of times, you have to

738
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 1: separate process from results. There there was a play where

739
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: Ad caught and scored in the post, and then the

740
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,959
Speaker 1: very next possession, Max Christy decided he wanted to take

741
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 1: a pull up jump shot and pick and roll, and

742
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: it's like, why are you going away from what's working?

743
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 1: Like like Max, his best offensive game of the season

744
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 1: in my opinion, was the Cleveland game, and it was

745
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: because he only ever really tried to do something with

746
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:49,280
Speaker 1: the basketball when it was a late clock situation and

747
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: he had to rescue possession. Everything else was in the

748
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: flow of the offense. There was another transition possession in

749
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,840
Speaker 1: the second quarter where he overpenetrated and turned the ball

750
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: over underneath the basket. So like just a lot of

751
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: bad offense process. In my opinion, the clear side post

752
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: ups are working. You almost need to keep running that

753
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: stuff so that your guys can get reps. It's a

754
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: nice methodical way to slow down the pace of the game.

755
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,000
Speaker 1: As you get better shot attempts and you have better

756
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,440
Speaker 1: floor balance, you have a better chance of defending in transition.

757
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: I just thought they were doing a lot of self

758
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 1: inflicted damage, and so keys to keep an eye on

759
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: moving forward, keep the side cleared, put him on the

760
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 1: left block rate, and go to his right hand, and

761
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: guys have to do their part off the ball. It

762
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: really is that simple to me and Ad has been

763
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: so dominant there that he's consistently drawing multiple defenders, and

764
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: so I think that to me is half the battle,

765
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: and that's a great foundation, but you have to be

766
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 1: able to build on that. A couple of specific quick

767
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: hitters on the Lakers before we move on Austin Reeves struggles.

768
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 1: Basketball players struggle. Sometimes it's really that simple. Stars struggle. Sometimes.

769
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: There was like a seven or eight game stretch after

770
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: the hard and trade where Kawhi and Paul George were

771
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 1: playing like crap, like like that's just part of basketball.

772
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 1: I still think at this point it's way too early

773
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: to act like people have solved Austin Reeves or that

774
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: he that he's nowhere near as good as his contract

775
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 1: would would lead you to believe, or or or as

776
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: good as he was at Foeba, or as good as

777
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: he was in the playoffs. Like at the end of

778
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: the day, guys, especially with how good he's been in

779
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: crunch time, because he's been so good in clutch situations,

780
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,839
Speaker 1: like I'm just not worried about it. Like he's been

781
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 1: defending a lot better lately up until last night, which again,

782
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: like the entire team sucked on defense last night because

783
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: it was the tail end of a long road trip

784
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,840
Speaker 1: and the tail end of a back to back, So like,

785
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 1: I just think I've seen a lot of Lakers fans

786
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 1: starting to turn on Austin and like, I think that's crazy.

787
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: Like eight twenty point playoff games and was excellent at

788
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: FOEBA and was great after the deadline, like literally over

789
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 1: seventy percent true shooting after the Russell Westbrook trade, and

790
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 1: people are ready if people are ready to sell the

791
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 1: dude down the river over a over a like a

792
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 1: month and a half of mediocre regular season basketball where

793
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 1: he really hasn't even been that bad. He's just been

794
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 1: bad compared to what he was last year. Like, I

795
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,360
Speaker 1: just think that's ridiculous. The slotting of perimeter defenders. I

796
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 1: thought it was really interesting how Max Christy did a

797
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 1: good job on Shae Kills with Alexander, but then when

798
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 1: Torrian Prince got on him, things fell apart. I think

799
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: that's it. I think that's an indicator of that slotting

800
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: concept that I was talking about and why it's so

801
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: important to have Cam Reddish and Jared Vanderbilt and Gabe

802
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,720
Speaker 1: Vincent on the roster so that you can keep Torrian

803
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 1: Prince in defensive assignments that he can handle. Whenever he's

804
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,840
Speaker 1: the best perimeter defender on the floor, the Lakers offense

805
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: or defense tanks. When he's the second best perimeter to

806
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 1: flayer player on the on the floor, things actually look

807
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: pretty good for them defensively. So that's the thing to

808
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: keep an eye on offensive struggles leading to bad everything else.

809
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,839
Speaker 1: When when the Lakers are missing shots and not and

810
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: not you know, scoring easily on offense, you can see

811
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 1: the demeanor and like the overall just motivation level of

812
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: the team tank and then it hurts them everywhere else.

813
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: And so I think them solving some of these offensive

814
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 1: problems could go a long way to helping them in

815
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: the other areas of the game as well. And then

816
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: here are a couple of reasons why I'm still super

817
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 1: optimistic about this Lakers team. Lebron is shooting sixty five

818
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 1: percent in effective field goal percentage on jumpers and he's

819
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: like confidently hunting them. He's shooting forty percent from three

820
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: on the season. It's been like a real encouraging trend

821
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 1: that bodes well for them down the line. And we've

822
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 1: we've already talked about it on the show before but

823
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: he's been really good in clutch situations as well. Anthony

824
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 1: Davis has been so good in the post. I have

825
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 1: other concerns about Anthony Davis, like him abandoning his jump

826
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: shot after all that narrative in the early part of

827
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: the of training camp. I just simply don't understand, Like,

828
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: why is it that like Max Christy, who probably is

829
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: in your rotation but like a bench dude, when your

830
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:50,360
Speaker 1: whole rosters put together, why is it that Max Christie

831
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: is allowed to take pull up jump shots and pick

832
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,399
Speaker 1: and roll or floaters in ISO? And by the way,

833
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: don't have any problem with those shots like in the

834
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:00,399
Speaker 1: grand scheme of things, like they're not that big a deal,

835
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 1: Like obviously I'd prefer better offensive process. But I'm not

836
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: trying to pick on Max Chrissy. He's been so good

837
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,360
Speaker 1: defensively over the course of the last couple of weeks.

838
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: But my point is, why is it that you can

839
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 1: bake into your offense random bullshit like that, but Anthony

840
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 1: Davis can't take a pick and pop three every once

841
00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:21,240
Speaker 1: in a while, Like what are we doing? Like, honestly,

842
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 1: I don't understand. I simply do not get it. That said,

843
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,920
Speaker 1: he's been so damn good in the post, and like

844
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: I said, all those post up issues that took place

845
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: in that second quarter run were not Anthony Davis's fault.

846
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: In my opinion, He's been so good in the post

847
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 1: that to me alleviates like a lot of my concerns

848
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: in the big picture, just because like that was a

849
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 1: weapon they didn't have last year in the postseason, like

850
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 1: the on ball Anthony Davis stuff was useless in the

851
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,319
Speaker 1: Denver Nuggets series, and I think that that's something they

852
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: might be able to go to more frequently this year.

853
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,399
Speaker 1: I do believe Austin Reeves will play better, and then

854
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 1: when all those other guys get healthy, it's just a

855
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: simple matter of talent. Hotchimr is a really good basketball player.

856
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 1: Gabe Vincent is two. Is he a starter? Is he not?

857
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,440
Speaker 1: I don't know, but he's a good NBA player. And

858
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: then Jared Vanderbilt is one of the second or first

859
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:14,880
Speaker 1: tier perimeter defenders in the league and an excellent rebounder.

860
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: Averaged seven rebounds a game last year in not all

861
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 1: that massive a minute allotment. So like I just I

862
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: look again, I'll say it again. If you want to

863
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: act like this guy is falling with the Lakers after

864
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,399
Speaker 1: they lose to the Thunder and all of the shit

865
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,240
Speaker 1: that's been going wrong with them in terms of injuries

866
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 1: in their schedule. Be my guests, but like it's gonna

867
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,160
Speaker 1: take a lot more bad basketball for me to feel

868
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 1: that way as well. Pacers Heat, so Bam leaves the

869
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 1: game early with a hip issue and apparently that's been

870
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: something that's kind of lingering. So hopefully Bam can get

871
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: healthy because that obviously is a massively important piece for

872
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 1: this Miami Heat team. Indiana controlled most of this game.

873
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:56,720
Speaker 1: Tyrey's Haliburton is outrageously good forty four points in tennis

874
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: sists with just two turnovers. Jimmy Butler had some success

875
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: guarding him at the end of the game, but he

876
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 1: torched everyone else but Jimi Hawkez takes over in the

877
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. Basically, the Pacers ran a ghost screen with

878
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: Buddy held that where he hit a three that made

879
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: it one h three ninety seven if I remember correctly,

880
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 1: in the early fourth quarter, and then the Heat just

881
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 1: basically took over the game from them, and Hawkez did

882
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 1: it with primary shock creation. There was a play with

883
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 1: Bruce Brown where he's on the right wing and he

884
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: runs a pick and roll and he kind of gets

885
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 1: the ball into his left hand and right as Bruce

886
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: Brown tries to jump the screen, he just whips into

887
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:32,280
Speaker 1: his spin move off of it toast. Bruce Brown gets downhill,

888
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: gets his body into Miles Turner and finishes with his

889
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 1: right hand at the basket. I'm like, WHOA, that's really

890
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: high level. By the way, He's at one point zero

891
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: eight points per possession and pick and roll this year,

892
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 1: which is in the seventy fourth percentile for his volume.

893
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,240
Speaker 1: Then there was a play where he bullies androwm Nmpard

894
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: in the post and takes like a little right shoulder

895
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:49,919
Speaker 1: fade in the lane, which is like my favorite big

896
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 1: guard move when you have an advantage against small guards.

897
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: I use that move like almost I use it move

898
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 1: religiously when I have a smaller defender on me. He's

899
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 1: one point three to six points per possession and post

900
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,879
Speaker 1: ups this year. That's in the ninety second percentile. He's

901
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 1: a really smart cutter. There were two critical possessions in

902
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. One where he's in the right slot

903
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,239
Speaker 1: and Bruce Brown's ball watching and he cuts behind and

904
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:13,800
Speaker 1: makes the left handed layup on the left side of

905
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 1: the rim. Another play where a Benedict Mathern He's in

906
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 1: the right corner and Ben Mathurin's not keeping an eye

907
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: on him. He cuts along the baseline makes a little

908
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 1: right handed shot on the other side of the rim.

909
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 1: He was awesome in that fourth quarter stretch, and like,

910
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:30,399
Speaker 1: he's just a really good basketball player. Like I don't

911
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,799
Speaker 1: think he's particularly great at anything, but he's just good

912
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,799
Speaker 1: at everything. And that's a really useful player, especially in

913
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: really well coached situations like the like the Heat, like

914
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:45,920
Speaker 1: the Warriors. It's like why Brandon Paziemski's succeeding with the Warriors.

915
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: When you're like a really well rounded basketball player and

916
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,320
Speaker 1: you're playing around other smart basketball players and you have

917
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 1: a smart coach that empowers you and puts you in

918
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,240
Speaker 1: a position to succeed, You're gonna see guys like this succeed.

919
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: And I think it's why Francis, like a franchises like

920
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,959
Speaker 1: that keep hunting players like that. And then he wasn't

921
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: making his jumper early in the season, and now he is.

922
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: He's had fifty seven percent in effective field goal percentage

923
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,320
Speaker 1: on catch and shoot jumpers this year, so far a

924
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: couple other guys I want to shout out. Duncan Robinson

925
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: is like just really good now he can He's a

926
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 1: gifted passer. He's having his best assist and assistant turnover

927
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,520
Speaker 1: season of his career. He's putting the ball on the

928
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 1: floor better than he ever has before. He had a

929
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 1: huge close out attack down the stretch where he pumped,

930
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: baked and ripped to the left and got all the

931
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,880
Speaker 1: way to the basket. He's converting spot of possessions at

932
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: one point twenty seven points per possession, which is like

933
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,760
Speaker 1: top tier in the league. That's like Michael Porter junior territory.

934
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: And then he's become a really smart help defender. There

935
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 1: was a critical play like he just he's got all

936
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 1: the little fundamental things down in terms of help side defense,

937
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:49,200
Speaker 1: Like he's got good length in height, which allows him

938
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: to work as a low man in help side situations

939
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: when he's rotating to the weak side. He's always like

940
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 1: when one of the things you'll learn one of the

941
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 1: things you talk about with young like school players in particular,

942
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:03,280
Speaker 1: because the's you know, when it comes to the younger teams,

943
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 1: everything you focus on is fundamentals because that's literally what

944
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 1: wins at that level, right, And like one of the

945
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: things you teach is like when there's when you have

946
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: to bring a third defender over and pick and roll,

947
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: you leave two shooters open on the weak side for

948
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,120
Speaker 1: one defender right, and so you always are trying to

949
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:17,919
Speaker 1: like split that difference. And one of the smart things

950
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: to do is like close out into a passing lane.

951
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 1: And so essentially, if the ball gets kicked out to

952
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 1: one of those two guys on the wing, you don't

953
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:27,840
Speaker 1: close out at that guy. You close out to the

954
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: passing lane because what it does is it tricks the

955
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: guy with the ball into thinking or closing out at

956
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: him and causes him to hesitate, and then it also

957
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 1: takes away that swing pass. There's a play that he

958
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:41,399
Speaker 1: took away in the late fourth quarter, big play during

959
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 1: their run where Buddy Heald caught the pass on a

960
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 1: kickout from Tyres Halliburton if I remember correctly, and he

961
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 1: closed out to the passing lane and he, like Buddy,

962
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:54,360
Speaker 1: He'll pump faked into Duncan Robinson and he ended up

963
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: getting like a kind of a side view contest on

964
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,760
Speaker 1: on Healed who missed the shot. And it was funny

965
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:00,840
Speaker 1: because Andrew Nempard was all pissed off after the player

966
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:04,760
Speaker 1: or not Andrew mpard excuse me. And aaron Ne Smith

967
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 1: was all pissed off after the plan And I'm like,

968
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: that was I don't know what you wanted him to do.

969
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:09,479
Speaker 1: If he would throw the pass to you, he would

970
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:10,800
Speaker 1: because he was the shooter in the corner. I was like,

971
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,680
Speaker 1: it would have just been a turnover. But I Duncan Robinson.

972
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:15,720
Speaker 1: It's been really fun just as a basketball fan watching

973
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,760
Speaker 1: him go from like a limited shooter who seemed overpaid

974
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:20,480
Speaker 1: and had to be taking off the floor in any

975
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 1: sort of serious situation to like now just like a

976
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 1: really good player. He's Michael Porter junior for this team.

977
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,759
Speaker 1: And I think he's even a better playmaker than Michael

978
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 1: Porter junior. And I think that that just kind of

979
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:34,759
Speaker 1: and he's not as good as Michael Porter junior because

980
00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,279
Speaker 1: he's not as tall, he's not as athletic, he's not

981
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: as good as a help defender, but like he's providing

982
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:41,800
Speaker 1: that type of value for this particular team in my opinion.

983
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 1: And then down the stretch, like you know, because India

984
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 1: has all sorts of small guards on the floor, I

985
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 1: thought Josh Richardson and Jimmy Butler did a really nice

986
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:50,319
Speaker 1: job bullying the smaller Pacers guards to get them into

987
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 1: rotation to get easy shots around the rim. Jimmy had

988
00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 1: a big back cut late in the game where he

989
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 1: got a bucket out of it. It was a really

990
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,600
Speaker 1: impressive win from Miami against a good Indiana Pacers team.

991
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:00,800
Speaker 1: I think they play him again tomorrow if I'm not mistaken.

992
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,720
Speaker 1: But Miami's up to eleven and eight. They're thirteenth in offense,

993
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 1: ninth and defense. This is their fifth win against the

994
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 1: five hundred better team this year. I think there's just

995
00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 1: one trade away. They're like the Lakers. They have the

996
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:13,319
Speaker 1: same kind of splits in their standings, Like they're six

997
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 1: and one against losing teams and five and seven against

998
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 1: teams that are five hundred are better. The Lakers are

999
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 1: exactly that except for their if I'm not mistaken, there

1000
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 1: seven and zero against losing or six and oh against

1001
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 1: losing teams. But they're five and eight if I'm not mistaken,

1002
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 1: against winning teams. But like that's the type of deal there.

1003
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 1: It's like they need more firepower, or the heat need

1004
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:34,760
Speaker 1: more like offensive firepower. The Lakers need more athleticism and shooting.

1005
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 1: But like my point is is like they're in that

1006
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: tier there. That's like they're just one smart move away

1007
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:45,479
Speaker 1: from being in that conversation and you struggling against good teams.

1008
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,240
Speaker 1: They're at five and seven to me as an indicator

1009
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 1: of you needing that high end firepower. Indiana, it's easy

1010
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,120
Speaker 1: to see why they're twenty ninth in defense. All of

1011
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 1: their guards are defending poorly. Even Bruce Brown, who was

1012
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: a great defensive player for the Nugge last year, made

1013
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:05,000
Speaker 1: several key mistakes late in this game guarding Himyakz Tyre's

1014
00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,840
Speaker 1: Halliburton's amazing. He's a joy to watch. I've talked a

1015
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: lot about how great he is, Like I mean, he's

1016
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:13,800
Speaker 1: entered into conversations with the best shooters in the league.

1017
00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:16,839
Speaker 1: He's he's made half of his catch and shoot jump

1018
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:20,279
Speaker 1: shots this year half and he's shooting forty six percent

1019
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 1: on pull up jump shots waited for threes at Tyre's

1020
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 1: Haliburton jump shot is worth one point three points this year.

1021
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:30,080
Speaker 1: That's outrageous. He's one of the best shooters in the league,

1022
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: and he's like so good at beating switches and he's

1023
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 1: got this thing where like there's this there's this like

1024
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,880
Speaker 1: like progression that you see with Tyres Haliburton techs. It's like,

1025
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,799
Speaker 1: beat the first dude off the dribble, high gather over

1026
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 1: the uh over the digging defender. That's where you do

1027
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,319
Speaker 1: that high dribble to kind of like avoid that dude

1028
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 1: is swinging down at the basketball, and then on the

1029
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 1: gather he takes that little floater in the lane, which,

1030
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,160
Speaker 1: by the way, he's making fifty seven percent of the

1031
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:58,880
Speaker 1: time this year, and he's making every read every single time.

1032
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:03,040
Speaker 1: Alburn's amazing. We've talked about him in the past, but

1033
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:04,880
Speaker 1: he's got so far to go on the defensive end

1034
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: of the floor, and he's a big part of what's

1035
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 1: going wrong for them defensively right now. And like, like

1036
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 1: I clipped several possessions in h in my film thread

1037
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 1: this morning that kind of demonstrates specific things he's in guard.

1038
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 1: Guard screens are trying to get him to hedge and recover,

1039
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 1: which is what you do, which is what you do

1040
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 1: with every single guard that struggles to defend. The Warriors

1041
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:26,719
Speaker 1: do with Steph Curry the war the Nuggets will do

1042
00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:29,080
Speaker 1: it with Jamal Murray. It's it's a it's a very

1043
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 1: typical defensive strategy. But like he'll just like run out

1044
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,760
Speaker 1: there like he's gonna hedge and then not do anything,

1045
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,799
Speaker 1: and then guys will like split him or like uh

1046
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:40,240
Speaker 1: or or just go right around him, or he'll foul.

1047
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:42,919
Speaker 1: Like it just it's really sloppy on that front. He's

1048
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: not when he's getting peeled off on ball screens. He's

1049
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 1: not boxing out the big man when he's rolling down

1050
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 1: to the basket. He's sloppy in rotation and everybody, like

1051
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 1: Buddy Healed is awful in all those details. Ben Matherin

1052
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,359
Speaker 1: had a possession, the one where Hima Heck has back

1053
00:46:57,360 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 1: cut out of the corner in the fourth quarter where

1054
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,200
Speaker 1: like there was nobody on the left wing. The left

1055
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:06,680
Speaker 1: wing was vacated, Okay, Hakeuz is in the left corner,

1056
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:13,160
Speaker 1: Ben Matherin was playing. The ball was on the right block,

1057
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: opposite end of the floor, low down by the baseline,

1058
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:21,239
Speaker 1: and Ben Mathern was playing like like if if I'm

1059
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:26,080
Speaker 1: if I'm Ben Matherin. The uh Literally, Hawkeuz was behind

1060
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,719
Speaker 1: me into my right so he's up here like this

1061
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 1: where he can't see how may or the ball and

1062
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,960
Speaker 1: he just gets cut right behind, Whereas where you're supposed

1063
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:37,279
Speaker 1: to be is like his butt should be on the

1064
00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:40,560
Speaker 1: baseline where he can see how may and he can

1065
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,040
Speaker 1: be in position to help at the rim if he

1066
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,239
Speaker 1: needs to. And like, literally, I'm just looking at the

1067
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:47,480
Speaker 1: defensive positioning, I'm like, what is he doing? I simply

1068
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:49,719
Speaker 1: don't understand it, Like as I'm watching the game, like

1069
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 1: the Indiana Guards are basically freelancing on defense every single possession,

1070
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 1: and so it's it's not hard to see why they're

1071
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Speaker 1: twenty ninth in defense. And then the rebounding is a

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Speaker 1: huge problem too. They're twenty seventh and rebounding, And the

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Speaker 1: problem I have with it is like they're so damn fast,

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Speaker 1: Like bad defensive teams are usually small and slow, Like

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Speaker 1: the Pacers have a legitimate rim protector and Miles Turner

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Speaker 1: one of the better ones in the league, and they

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Speaker 1: have amazing perimeter speed. They should be better than what

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Speaker 1: they are defensively, and it's just gonna be. It comes

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Speaker 1: down to two things, caring enough to do it, building

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Speaker 1: good habits, And until they do, then the defense is

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Speaker 1: gonna suck as bad as it has and it's gonna

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Speaker 1: keep them from reaching their potential in terms of like

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Speaker 1: you've got one of the best offensive players in the

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Speaker 1: league on your team in Tyres Aliburton, like that, that

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Speaker 1: is a real asset. If you can figure out how

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Speaker 1: to guard, that'll go a long way to you allow

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Speaker 1: allowing your team to make some noise in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: All right, guys, it's all I have for today and

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Speaker 1: for the week. Good. Uh there's a really good game

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Speaker 1: on tonight's six or Celtics, but it looks like potentially

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Speaker 1: both uh Tyree Smacks and Joel and Pied are gonna

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Speaker 1: miss it, so if they both end up playing, will

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Speaker 1: end up covering it on Monday. But there'll be some

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Speaker 1: good basketball weekend. We're gonna be back next week. In

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Speaker 1: Season tournament is next week too, so it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a weird week in the sense that we'll be working.

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Speaker 1: I will take probably one of the random days during

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Speaker 1: the week off and then we'll end up working Saturday

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Speaker 1: for the n Season Tournament championship. But it should be

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Speaker 1: a fun week of basketball next week. I'm looking forward

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Speaker 1: to it. I'll see you guys. Then. The volume