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I can't do that because they weren't 34 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: even thinkers were disinterested and even the fundamental actions that 35 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: have to take place on a basketball court in order 36 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: for your team to win. So how can I talk 37 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: about schemes or matchups or personnel or anything like that 38 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: when they don't care. There was a play in the 39 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: in the first quarter shot goes up, Malik Monk and 40 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook are both standing kind of right around the block, 41 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 1: and both Houston Rockets players dive in and crash and 42 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: they get an offensive rebound putback, just going right around 43 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: Malik and Russ. They were just kind of watching there, waiting, 44 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,119 Speaker 1: just kind of hoping the ball would fall in your lap. 45 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: Now again, if you're a championship caliber team with championship 46 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: caliber talent, you know the kind of team that if 47 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: you push the gas down on a team like the Rockets, 48 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna win by forty. That kind of team. They 49 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: can give up an extra ten offensive rebounds that they 50 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: normally wouldn't give up. They can fail to make out 51 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: of out of area plays, they can fail to make 52 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: extra efforts and get away with it. They can shoot 53 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: poorly and get away with it. But when you don't 54 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: have that amount of talent, you can't. But what's disappointing 55 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: is that even with that talent gap, there was still 56 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: enough with what the Lakers put on the floor tonight 57 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: to go out there and win that game by ten 58 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: or fifteen points. But instead it was close. And what 59 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: happens when the game is close, When the game is close. 60 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: It can go either way. The Lakers should have won 61 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: that game. Still, they had some great looks at the end. 62 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: You know, there's played Lebron's coming off that left wing, 63 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 1: there's a screen. Defender gets caught on the screen, the 64 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: big sitting way low. Lebron's wide open from the left wing. 65 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: You love that shot, right, but it's not a hundred 66 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: percent shot. It might miss, and he did. Last possession 67 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: of the game, Lebron does what all of us have 68 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: been begging for him to do. Don't settle for a 69 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: jump shot, put your head down and go to the rim. 70 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: He does. He puts his head down, he goes to 71 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: the rim. The Rockets did an amazing job at the 72 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: end of that game, end in overtime of sending multiple 73 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: bodies at Lebron and making his teammates beat them, which 74 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: they weren't able to do. But Lebron does what you 75 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: ask him to do. He drives into the paint, He 76 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: draws multiple defenders, he hits Carmelo Anthony, Carmelo Anthony pump fakes. 77 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: It's a wide open two fter on the right wing, 78 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: and he misses it. Because that's what happens in games 79 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 1: like this. And you know, I don't know if you 80 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: believe in the basketball gods are not. I tend to 81 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 1: just in general, it's a general philosophy of life. Call 82 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: it karma, call it whatever you want to call it. 83 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: But I tend to believe that when you are being 84 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: a brand of basketball that doesn't deserve to win, those 85 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 1: kinds of shots don't go in. And then meanwhile, on 86 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: the other end, you might see Jalen Green makes some 87 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: crazy step back three as the basketball god's reward him 88 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: for playing hard on a night like tonight. But you know, 89 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: if this was a team with championship character, they come 90 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: into this game, even if they're down a bunch of players, 91 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: and they play with the requisite effort, and they're up 92 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: by ten at the end of the game, and it 93 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: doesn't come down to one or two shots. Nooke not 94 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: going in. That's the that's the game that they played. 95 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 1: And then in overtime it was like a tidal wave. 96 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: You know, we've talked a lot this season. I've been 97 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: talking about it since the summer about the idea of 98 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrooken, what he the problem that he presents in 99 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: clutch situations because of the fact that teams are inevitably 100 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: going to leave him open. He doesn't necessarily want to 101 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: shoot open three. So it presents this weird conundrum. If 102 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: he's not cutting and being really active off the ball, 103 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: he can really hurt you in late game situations. And 104 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,799 Speaker 1: it really really hurt the acres tonight. Russ was getting 105 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 1: consistently ignored. He was the first man that his defender 106 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: was offering help on all of these Lebron possessions. Now, again, 107 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: I can't blame just that for a game like this 108 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: where the Lakers barely played you know, coherent basketball. But 109 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: that's an issue that's been rearing its ugly head all season, 110 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,359 Speaker 1: and it reared its ugly head again tonight. When you 111 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: play a guy in the fourth quarter that's not a 112 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: scoring threat got and he's not, he better be just 113 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: an unbelievable defensive weapon that's giving you a ton on 114 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: the other end of the floor, or chances are he's 115 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: actually gonna be a net negative in those situations. Russ 116 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: is playing pretty decent basketball as of late, but those 117 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,919 Speaker 1: are the kinds of problems that you're going to run into. 118 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: You know. The overall tone of this game I think 119 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: derives from Lebron and Russ. This is something that has 120 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,239 Speaker 1: been a consistent theme since the All Star Break. Lebron 121 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: and Russ, their effort on both ends of the floor 122 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: has not represented has not been representative of a team 123 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: that cares, and as a result, that percolates down the roster. 124 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 1: You know, I talked a lot about the young guys 125 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: over the All Star Break and how important they are 126 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: to this team's success. The young guys are starting to 127 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: experience some dip in effort. I was seeing Malik Monk 128 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: and Stanley Johnson start to let up in some of 129 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: the effort areas of the game. And I don't blame them. 130 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: Why wouldn't they Their leaders are doing the same thing 131 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: and that and that's the confusing part in all this. 132 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: That's why I kept saying, like the Lakers got to 133 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: decide what they want here. They got to decide what 134 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: they want to do, because I've seen Lebron try hard 135 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: for one half since the All Star Break, and that 136 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: was the second half against Golden State. On both ends 137 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: of the floor, He's been trying on offense, he's getting 138 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: his points, he's going after Kareem, but he's put together 139 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: one good defensive half, and god knows how many tries 140 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: since the All Star break. Of course, that's gonna percolate 141 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: down the roster. That's why when you roll up into 142 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: Houston in a game that your team sperainly needs to win, 143 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: you can't get stops. You give up a hundred and 144 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: forty points, and over time it looked like a pickup 145 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: game with the Rockets shooting wide open shots. And so, 146 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't We've all just kind of understood 147 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: that Lebron's gonna keep doing this. He wants to chase Corene, 148 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: but this is the product. So we all as Laker fans, 149 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: have to understand that's going to be the rest of 150 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: the journey. The rest of this season is gonna be 151 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: Lebron mailing in the defensive end of the ball, but 152 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: trying like crazy on offense to put up numbers. He's 153 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: not gonna care what happens in the wind lost column, 154 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: and I would venture to guess that a lot of 155 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: you aren't gonna be very happy about that, which is 156 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: what I said was the risk all along. The risk 157 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: here is you have to maintain some basketball integrity to 158 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: build on for next season, and instead it looks like 159 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: it's just going to continue to get uglier and uglier. 160 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: For those of you who are just joining us, this 161 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: is Lakers Tonight, presented by f go Here at the volume, 162 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: I was just talking about the poor Laker effort throughout 163 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 1: the season. I wanted to talk about a little bit 164 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: about when you and Gabriel and his appearance tonight. 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I've been begging for 192 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: Gabriel to get minutes because of the obvious fact that 193 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: the Lakers lack NBA athleticism all over the floor and 194 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: a group that has been utterly destroyed since the All 195 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: Star break. This group is basically the four bench guards 196 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: and Carmelo Anthony at center. That group has been getting 197 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: completely run over by everybody. They've played since the All 198 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: Star break. I think they've only had one or two 199 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: shifts where they've even held their own. And the reason 200 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: why is they lack the requisite amount of NBA athleticism 201 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: to hang in an NBA game. Even that Houston Rockets 202 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 1: team that limited injured Houston Rockets team has significantly more 203 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: size and athleticism all over the floor. Yeah, can Lebron 204 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: bully Alpern Seguin, Yeah, absolutely, But the rest of the 205 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: roster there's a lot of a gap there in size 206 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: and athleticism. Just seeing when you in Gabriel down there, 207 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: flying up and down the floor. He's not getting caught 208 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 1: in the foot race, He's not having trouble keeping up 209 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 1: with the pace of the game. He's crashing divorce. He 210 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: got two foul calls underneath the basket, just battling for 211 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,320 Speaker 1: offensive rebounds. And the biggest and mo important part of 212 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: those minutes and the reason why, I think when you 213 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: has to keep playing moving forward, look at Russ, Go 214 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: back and watch Russ at the end of the third quarter, 215 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: when when you Gabriel was on the floor, when you 216 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: Gabriel is the only player on the Lakers roster right 217 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: now not named Anthony Davis, who is a legitimate vertical 218 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: threat and a guy who can knock down threes. There 219 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: were handful of possessions where he went to the corner. 220 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: They were handful of possessions where he hung out on 221 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: the wing. There were handful possessions that he hung out 222 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: in the dunker spot. And every time he was in 223 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: those spots, because he's a real athlete with real vertical 224 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: pop and because he can knock down threes, there was 225 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,960 Speaker 1: just that little bit of extra space for us to 226 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: get going. And Russ was putting his head down and 227 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: he was getting to the rim NonStop at the end 228 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: of the third quarter, because that's what happens when you 229 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: run a functional NBA lineup. That lineup was plus four 230 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: in those minutes to end the third quarter. So that 231 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: same lineup that was getting utterly destroyed and all these 232 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: other games was plus four tonight. And that's a huge part, 233 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: a huge lard of that is just what when you 234 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: and Gabriel brings to the table as a functional vertical, 235 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 1: you know, skilled forward, which is something that we haven't 236 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: had this entire season. So I'm hopeful that when Frank 237 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: watches the tape tomorrow that he sees that, and he 238 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: sees particularly the way that Russ was playing in those lineups, 239 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: and understands that that's something he's gonna have to lean 240 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: into moving forward. He can play mellow with them too. 241 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, I think that's really interesting 242 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: to have Melo and when youan together together because uh, 243 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: Carmelo is actually a really good rebounder, and with the 244 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: two of them together on the interior, I think they 245 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: can run a semi competent NBA defense. So I hope 246 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,959 Speaker 1: that they'll continue to lean into that moving forward. So 247 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: I wanted to really quickly before we move on. I 248 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: wanted to expand a little bit on the comments that 249 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: I made about Russell Westbrook in the video that I 250 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: shared yesterday in the evening, because there have been, as 251 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: is typically the case with Twitter, there are a lot 252 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: of people who kind of tried to twist it into 253 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: something that it wasn't. You know, the Twitter has a 254 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: limit and and how long you're allowed to talk when 255 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: you record those videos two minutes and twenty seconds. So 256 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 1: as you can see as you watch the video, I'm 257 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: hustling through a bunch of stuff. I'm trying to make 258 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,559 Speaker 1: some points, trying to get some stuff across, and people 259 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: want to try to jump to conclusions and make it 260 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: about something that it's not, and I wanted to clarify that. 261 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 1: You know, I can't believe this has to be said. 262 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: But of course death threats are a huge problem. There 263 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: an ugly, ugly side of this experience that we have 264 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: on the internet. In so many ways, Twitter has been 265 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: so much fun for me as a place for me 266 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: to talk about basketball when my wife and my friends 267 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: are not really into basketball, and it's like an outlet 268 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: for me. I've made friends on Twitter. I've made friends 269 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: with so many of you Laker fans. I'm thankful for 270 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: all those interactions and all of the good that comes 271 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: from that. I can thank Twitter for this opportunity that 272 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: I've received at the volume. It's how I built my 273 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: platform to the point where I had this opportunity. Twitter 274 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: has been so good. But one of the war things 275 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: about it is the negativity in the way that we 276 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: as as as with with the anonymity, with the ability 277 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: of people to say things without their identity attached to 278 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: it gives them this weird courage to say things that 279 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: no normal human being would ever say, and that's awful, 280 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: and I don't know what the fixes and and I 281 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: feel terrible that Russ's family has had to deal with that, 282 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: and I am thankful that they have the resources to 283 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: at least attempt to handle it better than a lot 284 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: of people out there do not have access to. That 285 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: doesn't mean I don't sympathize with the way he's feeling. 286 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: That doesn't mean I don't feel terrible. I literally received 287 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: a death threat responding to the video that I've released. 288 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: Like I and again, I'm not experiencing anything like what 289 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook is experiencing, But I'm just saying this is 290 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: a part of what that experience is like. It's an 291 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: awful place the internet, and I'm not sure that it 292 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: can be fixed. It's a part of the deal, and 293 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: we all need to sympathize with each other and be 294 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: for it would be there for each other in these situations. 295 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: I was just trying to with the video, and I 296 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 1: hope that this is clear now. I was trying to 297 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: differentiate between fans who are frustrated with Russ's play and 298 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: his attitude and the crazy ass people on any on 299 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: the Internet that are hiding behind fake avatars and that 300 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: are saying awful, awful things that deserve to have them 301 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: thrown in prison. Those are two different things, you know. Literally, 302 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: Russ came into this season and had a meeting with 303 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: Lebron and Anthony Davis and said, I'm gonna change, I'm 304 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: going to fit alongside you guys, and I'm gonna do 305 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: whatever it takes to win the title. When he said that, 306 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: Laker fans had a certain expectation that was attached to that. 307 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: As we went into the season. Even me, I was 308 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: I have watched lots of Russell westbrook In previously, so 309 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: I was very pessimistic about the fit. But when he 310 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: came into the Lakers, even I tried to talk myself 311 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: into how it might work. I said things like, hey, 312 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,719 Speaker 1: he's a third option now, maybe that will lead him 313 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: to be more willing to embrace the little details of 314 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: the game. I thought about matchups and the fact that 315 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: when he's playing against teams like Brooklyn or Golden State, 316 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: he might be able to present some physical advantages that 317 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,959 Speaker 1: the Lakers can capitalize on. I thought, I thought, you know, hey, 318 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:35,360 Speaker 1: in the past, before he was with these bad teams, 319 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: he actually had some success on the defensive end. I 320 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: talked myself into it too. But just like all you 321 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: Laker fans, I watched the games this year and as 322 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: immediately from the start, it looked like the old Russ 323 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: from the start. It was stubbornness from the start. It 324 00:17:56,359 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: was an unwillingness to embrace the Drew Holli a type 325 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: of role, that defensive minded power guard type of role, 326 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: the obvious role that the Lakers desperately needed him to fill. 327 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: He immediately wasn't interested in doing that. And throughout the 328 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: entire season it was just this cascade of the next 329 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: story and the next thing that he did. It was 330 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: here he got benched in the fourth quarter, and he 331 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: walks off the floor before the final buzzer sounds. Here 332 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: he gets benched again. Now he's in the postgame presser 333 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: saying that his resume is why he should be in 334 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: the closing group. How did you think that was gonna 335 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: land with Laker fans? Laker fans don't care about Lebron's resume. 336 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 1: What makes you think they're gonna compare? They're gonna care 337 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: about yours. All they care about. These are hardworking people 338 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 1: that are just as passionate about this team as you players. 339 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 1: These are people that grew up with this team. These 340 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:54,479 Speaker 1: are people that live and breathe for these games, and 341 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,880 Speaker 1: they work hard all day and they sit on their 342 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 1: couch and they see a crap product, especially one that's 343 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: associated to self sabotage, an unwillingness to do the work, uh, 344 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: prideful nature, acting like you're too good for what the 345 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: team is asking you to do. Those are natural, Those 346 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: are those things are naturally going to turn a fan 347 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: base against you. I have no doubt in my mind 348 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: that had Russell Westbrook came into the Lakers and truly 349 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: embraced that culture that the Lakers built in the previous 350 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: two seasons, that none of these conversations would have happened. 351 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: Every single one of us would have vehemently defended him 352 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: to the end. I can't tell you how many times 353 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: over the course of the last year I came to 354 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 1: Kyle Kuzma's defense when people were saying he was a 355 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: bad basketball player, and I had to remind people that 356 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: he had turned himself into a very good role player 357 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: in the NBA. I can't tell you how many times 358 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 1: people said Alex Crusoe is only famous because he's a Laker, 359 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: and I had to go out of my way to explain, like, no, 360 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: he's a very very good basketball player because of X, 361 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: Y and Z. We all would have done the same 362 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: thing with Russ had he embraced that when he came 363 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,959 Speaker 1: into the team. And it's the problem I have with 364 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: the way Russ approached that postgame presser and the way 365 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: his wife was acting on Twitter was it was very 366 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: directed at Laker fans. You guys did this to my family, 367 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: and I don't think that's fair. The crazy people, they 368 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: deserve to be thrown in prison, the people who throw 369 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,920 Speaker 1: the death threats out. I hope one day we find 370 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: a way to solve that problem. That's separate the Laker 371 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: fans who booed the product on the floor, the Laker 372 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: fans who tweeted you know, I can't believe this dude's 373 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: not boxing out, or here's this guy not running back 374 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: and transition, or stop complaining at the refs and get back, 375 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: or stop taking that stupid ass jump. That is just 376 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 1: fans being fans because they love their team and they're 377 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,199 Speaker 1: not satisfied with the product on the floor. And you know, 378 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: I think I think Russ's wife said something along the 379 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 1: lines of like, hey, I hope this doesn't happen to 380 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: the next player that comes in here. I hope so too, 381 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: as it pertains to the death threats and the horrible 382 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: things that some of those people do. But as it 383 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: pertains to the fan base itself. They have seventeen championships, 384 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: They have expectations, and almost every player that has come 385 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,560 Speaker 1: through this team has been held to that same standard. 386 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: I literally have been so critical of Lebron for his effort. 387 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: This is not about russ. This is just about standards. 388 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: If you put on the Purple and gold a seventeen 389 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 1: championship organization, you should be expected to play hard. You 390 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,400 Speaker 1: should be expected to embrace your role. When the coach 391 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 1: looks to you at a film session and says, here's 392 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,200 Speaker 1: the defensive responsibility you missed, you should be like, my bad, 393 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: I'll do better next time. Not defensive, not not obstinate, 394 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: not stubborn. I don't have any problem with the way 395 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: that Laker fans have handled this season within the realm 396 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 1: of what's reasonable, not counting the crazies. I have no 397 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 1: problem with Laker fans being upset. They should be. This 398 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: was an incredibly disappointing season from the Lakers, and so 399 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 1: much of it was self inflicted. They have every right 400 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: to be upset. That's all I have to say on that. 401 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: I just I needed to clarify that last part because 402 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 1: I hate I hate how everything gets conflated into two 403 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,159 Speaker 1: completely different things. I'm trying to say one thing and 404 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: someone turns it into something else. We should all do 405 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: a better job of when we see stuff, just trying 406 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 1: to assume the best rather than assuming the worst. Just 407 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: a glass half full rather than glass half empty type attitude. 408 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: All right, Before we get out of here, I wanted 409 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: to talk about the top ten players in the NBA 410 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: SO player rankings. Again. I understand some of you guys 411 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: don't like this stuff, but a lot of NBA fans do, 412 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: and I love this stuff. This is this is the 413 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: fun stuff. This is what gets us through slow, boring 414 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 1: nights like tonight when the Lakers are playing a horrible 415 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: Rockets team and the Miami Heat are are are playing 416 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: against the Phoenix Suns with the COVID ridden Devin Booker 417 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: and no Chris Paul. This is what we do to 418 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: get through the dog days of March. I wanted to, uh, 419 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: just quick give my two cents on the top ten 420 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: players in the NBA. Now, A couple of rules here, 421 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: because what facilitated this idea was Nicolayokich in his rise 422 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: and so many people saying that they thought he deserved 423 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: to be considered the best player in the league. A 424 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 1: couple of things. I do factor in regular season basketball 425 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 1: with the way that I evaluate basketball players. But I 426 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 1: always this is just the way I do it. If 427 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: you do it differently, that's fine. I always am deferential 428 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 1: to the established, playoff proven stars that we have in 429 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: our league. I am always going to give guys like 430 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,719 Speaker 1: Lebron and Steph and Kevin Durant a little extra juice 431 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: in situations like this because they are stamped, they have resumes. 432 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: Those guys have won seven championships between the three of them. 433 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 1: We have to wait, I think I got that wrong. 434 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: They've won nine championships between between the three of them. 435 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: So at the end of the day, we have to 436 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: we have to acknowledge that and not have so much 437 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: recency bias and to be so reactionary to what happens 438 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: right in front of us that we don't pay the 439 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: necessary respect to these guys. So at number ten my 440 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: surprise appearance here, and this is a hard decision, but 441 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 1: I went with DeMar de Rosen. So DeMar de Rosen 442 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: this season is plus thirteen point four net rating in 443 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: the clutch. That's how good the Bowls have been with 444 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: DeMar de Rosen on the floor. If you it takes 445 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: just his clutch minutes and you look at his scoring 446 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:30,239 Speaker 1: on a per thirty six minute basis, He's scoring at 447 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: a rate of thirty nine point five points per thirty 448 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,439 Speaker 1: six minutes on sixty four point two percent true shooting. 449 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 1: That is unfreaking believable. And what's so interesting to me 450 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 1: about the DeMar de Rosen thing is he has had 451 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: so many fall down Like he has fallen flat on 452 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: his face so many times in his career in the 453 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: postseason that you would think he'd be the kind of 454 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: player that that's just kind of what he is. It's 455 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,239 Speaker 1: kind of like the James Harden effect. It's like year 456 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: after year, same thing, same thing. DeMar is doing. The 457 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: exact opposite is it's almost like he's playing like he 458 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 1: has nothing to lose. He's playing so free. It's like 459 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,400 Speaker 1: a confidence that has come with age for him. And 460 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: when it comes down to it. When I'm ranking the 461 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: best players in the league. One of the important skills, 462 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: I'm gonna look at his isolation, scoring and playmaking, and 463 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: to bart Rosen is really really good at both of 464 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: those things. His playmaking kind of started developed towards the 465 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: end in Toronto, really took a leap when he was 466 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,080 Speaker 1: in San Antonio. Now he's a problem. He's going to 467 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: be able to score if you leave him in isolation, 468 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 1: and he's going to be able to create shots for 469 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: his teammates. That automatically is gonna put you in a 470 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: short list of the best players in the league. The 471 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: reason why he's so low is this is a guy 472 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: who can't really impact the game much defensively relative to 473 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,399 Speaker 1: some of his peers. Number nine I have John Moran. 474 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 1: So I did a little thing on John morand last week. 475 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 1: A lot of people compare him to Derrick Rose, A 476 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 1: lot of people compare him to Russell Westbrook, a lot 477 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 1: of people compare him to John wall I don't see 478 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 1: that at all. Those guys all had escaping weaknesses at 479 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 1: some point in the early parts of their careers, and 480 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: John doesn't seem to have that. I remember there was 481 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: a little bit of a conversation about the fact that 482 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: Jaw can't shoot well. Guess what Jah's last six games, 483 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: he's from three on six attempts per game. So I 484 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 1: I've long been preaching that Jaw has a good jump shot, 485 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: that there's good form there, that he will inevitably become 486 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 1: a good jump shooter. He is a great perimeter guard 487 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: who can get into the lane, who has stuff in 488 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: the mid range floaters and pull up jump shots and 489 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: things along those lines, and as an acrobatic finisher around 490 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 1: the basket, and is a great passer. He is way 491 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: better than Wall or Rose or Russ ever were, and 492 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 1: he is going to be a legitimate, bona fide top 493 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 1: tier superstar sometime in the next couple of years. I'm 494 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 1: a huge believer in John Moran. He plays so much 495 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 1: more under control than Rusted too, so I think he's 496 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 1: better at impacting winning. He is a freaking stud and 497 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: I have him at number nine right now. Number eight 498 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: I have Jayson Tatum. I talked about this a little 499 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: bit earlier today on Twitter. I don't think he's good 500 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: enough to be considered in that like should he be 501 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: considered for m v P territory. I have some rules 502 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,719 Speaker 1: for m VP. The gist of it says, hey, if 503 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: you're not in conversation for being the best player in 504 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 1: the world, he can't be considered there. Tatum is not 505 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: quite at that level yet, but he's trending in that direction. 506 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 1: He's twenty eight eight and five since January eight and 507 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: during that span he's shooting true shooting. He's turned into 508 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 1: a legitimate bona fide two ways superstar wing and the 509 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: biggest improvement and one of the biggest reasons why the 510 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: Celtics are playing so much better lately. We have a 511 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 1: special video about this coming out later this weekend. But 512 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 1: Jason Tatum is becoming a much better playmaker. He's handling 513 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: double teams a lot better, he's reading the floor better, 514 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: he's playing a lot more under control, and that's giving 515 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 1: him the ability to handle the difficult defensive coverages that 516 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: come with being a superstar. And so that's a credit 517 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,800 Speaker 1: to Jayson Tatum, and it's a big part of why 518 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics are a bona fide championship contender in 519 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: my opinion. Like I said, later this weekend, I'll have 520 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: a video coming out specifically about that number seven. I 521 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 1: have Steph Curry, and this makes me sad because he's 522 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: my second favorite player in the league. Lebron is my favorite. 523 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: Steps my second favorite player. I love the way he 524 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 1: leads his team. I love the way that he contributes 525 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: to winning in so many ways other than just his shooting. 526 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: And I so so often that gets swept under the rug, 527 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,199 Speaker 1: and it really bothers me because this dude is just 528 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 1: a flat out winner. But again, even if I just 529 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 1: take his last seven games, he's thirty three percent from three. 530 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 1: This is like a slump that never ends. There is 531 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: I at a certain point, if it's been like forty 532 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: games and you're shooting ten percent worse than you used to, 533 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: I can't just be like shots aren't going in anymore. 534 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: This is a decline. Steph is falling off a little bit. 535 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: I still think he's one of the top four or 536 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: five guys that I would want in a playoff series 537 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: if I had to just have a player for seven games, 538 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: But because of his physical limitations and because of his 539 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: decline in shooting, I don't think you can realistically call 540 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: him a top tier superstar anymore, which sucks. Like I said, 541 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: it makes me sad. It's just the reality, and I 542 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: think we have to acknowledge it at this point. Number six, 543 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:03,320 Speaker 1: I have Luca. Luca is starting to hold up a 544 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,959 Speaker 1: lot better defensively at his position. He is probably the 545 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 1: most devastating, slow down, half court, switch everything offensive player 546 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 1: that we have in the league because of his combination 547 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: of size and skill, and because he can score from 548 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: literally any spot on the floor. He's just incredibly difficult 549 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: to guard when he can just hunt and look for 550 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: switches and attack guys. But also he's that type of 551 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: gifted playmaker that you can't send multiple bodies at him 552 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: or will make you pay every time I I I am. 553 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: He's him in the Mavericks are one of my favorite 554 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: dark horse picks to win the title this year. I'm 555 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: a huge believer in his style of play. Way too 556 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: many people want to characterize him as Oh he lost 557 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: in the first round twice, even though he was the 558 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: best player in both of those series is by a 559 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 1: country mile. I'm I'm really high on on Luca. I 560 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: have at number six, Number five Joel Embiid. He's arguably 561 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:57,959 Speaker 1: the biggest matchup problem in the league. If you're an 562 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: NBA coach and your game planning for the next night, 563 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: and Beat's probably at the very top of the list 564 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: of guys that I would not want to see. I 565 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: can't even imagine from a game planning perspective how you 566 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: could hope to keep him in single coverage. There are 567 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: probably only two or three players in the entire league 568 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: that you could put on and beat in single coverage. 569 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: Maybe honest, you know, maybe maybe Anthony Davis. Maybe, But 570 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: I've seen and be give Anthony Davis major problems. So 571 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: the point is is like, from that standpoint, you can 572 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: bank on having to send multiple bodies that embied for 573 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 1: the entire series. That instantly makes him a top tier superstar. 574 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: The flip side of that, though, is he's still not 575 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: great at handling those double teams and handling those jankie 576 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:46,480 Speaker 1: coverages and handling those zone defenses. He's still hasn't quite 577 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 1: figured out the chess match part yet, and we should 578 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: all hope that he doesn't because if he does, it's 579 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: gonna be a problem. And then, lastly, he relies way 580 00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: too much on the whistle, still too much at this 581 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: point in his career. That will always be an issue 582 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: in the postseason when the refs just simply don't fall 583 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: for foul bal bating is often That's why I have 584 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: him down at number five, number four. I've Nikola Yokichi's 585 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 1: my m v P this year. Yeah, a couple of 586 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: things with Yokas and this is the reason why I 587 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 1: have him down below at four when so many people 588 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: have him so high. I understand that he's been the 589 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,239 Speaker 1: best regular season player in basketball this year. I think 590 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: he's actually been that guy by a comfortable margin. I 591 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 1: understand that all the advanced metrics say that he's having 592 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: one of the best seasons of all time. But we 593 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: have to differentiate between playoff basketball and regular season basketball, 594 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 1: especially with big guys who play the center position. For instance, 595 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert. Rudy Gobert is the best defensive player that 596 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: we've all seen and in the in this era in 597 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: terms of like your rim protecting traditional big, tall center guy, right, 598 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: But we've seen when you play against the five out team, 599 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 1: it's really easy for teams to scheme around. That doesn't 600 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: mean that Rudy becomes unplayable, that's an inaccurate characterization, but 601 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: it's easier to game playing around him. The same thing 602 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: goes for Nikola yoke A huge part of why Nikola 603 00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 1: Yokich has taken a leap as a player. A huge 604 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: part of why his teams are winning is he's become 605 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,400 Speaker 1: a very good drop coverage big. He's very good with 606 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 1: his hands. He's deceptively like good at positioning himself around 607 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: the basket to bother guys, even though he's not a 608 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: great vertical athlete. But again, in a postseason series, they're 609 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: gonna find a way. There's he's gonna end up in 610 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,160 Speaker 1: matchups that put put him in five out scenarios where 611 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 1: he has to cover a lot of ground, and he's 612 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: going to struggle in those scenarios. I truly believe he will, 613 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: which is why it's part of why we have to 614 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: differentiate between again playoff basketball in regular season basketball. Same 615 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: thing goes from a game planning perspective, and we saw 616 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 1: this last year when they play Phoenix in the second round. 617 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: It is just harder to handle those double teams and 618 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: to handle all the defensive coverage sent at you when 619 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: they have extra time to game plan, when they can read, oh, 620 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: this is the way he likes to pick us apart. 621 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: So these are the other places we're gonna go to 622 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: counter that when he has Jamal Murray. It's a much 623 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 1: less it's much less of a problem. And maybe he 624 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 1: will have Jamal Murray and that will be okay. But 625 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: for me, with Nick will Yogi, I can't vault him 626 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: above the next guys on this list until he wins 627 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,720 Speaker 1: a championship. That's just my rule. I understand you guys 628 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 1: operating on a different rules. If you want to say 629 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,960 Speaker 1: that Yoki is better than Janice, be my guests. If 630 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: you want to say he's better than k D, be 631 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: my guest. But for me, I'm gonna wait until he 632 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: hoists that trophy, which is why I'm getting to number 633 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,479 Speaker 1: three now and getting to Lebron, a guy who's hoisted 634 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: the trophy four times. Okay, Lebron, he's a bad GM. 635 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 1: We've seen that proven this season once again, as his 636 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: priorities and what he envisioned for the roster ended up 637 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: not being what the team needed. It's not all his fault, 638 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: a lot of it's rob a lot of its genie, 639 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 1: but Lebron is partially responsible for the roster being the 640 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 1: way that it is. But even though he's been a 641 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: bad GM this year, he has been a very good player. 642 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 1: I tweeted this out the other day. The top four 643 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 1: scorers in the league are all averaging over twenty nine 644 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: points per game. It's indeed, Janice, Kevin Durant, Lebron. They're 645 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: all averaging over twenty nine points per game and over 646 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: six shooting. How insane is it that Lebron, in his 647 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 1: nineteen season, with all the mileage on his body, is 648 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: still doing this. I was looking it up before the 649 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: game when he's he got hurt in the Brooklyn Nets game. 650 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,800 Speaker 1: In every game since the Brooklyn Nets game, he's averaging 651 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 1: over thirty points and shooting on a bum knee. How 652 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,760 Speaker 1: insane is that that at his age, with all the mileage, 653 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,360 Speaker 1: with the injury, he's still able to do this. I 654 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,759 Speaker 1: would have to see a significant decline from Lebron in 655 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,759 Speaker 1: order for me to drop him below that top tier 656 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,080 Speaker 1: because of his postseason resume and because of the fact 657 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,200 Speaker 1: that he's still doing what he's doing in his age. Now, 658 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,720 Speaker 1: why do I have him at three? Because he's pretty 659 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: much completely let go of the defensive rope at this 660 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,359 Speaker 1: point in the season. That has to be factored in here. 661 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,320 Speaker 1: I can't in good faith put him ahead of guys 662 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: right now that are just simply playing better basketball, which 663 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,800 Speaker 1: brings me the honest at number two. This guy crosses 664 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 1: every box for being the guy who should be considered 665 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 1: the best player in the world. Right just won the title, 666 00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 1: just scored fifty points in Game six, unbelievable defensive play, 667 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,839 Speaker 1: crosses all the boxes that we look for in terms 668 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 1: of a guy that would be considered a best player 669 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 1: in the league. But there's one reason I haven't met 670 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,839 Speaker 1: number two, and it's because the last time I saw 671 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,360 Speaker 1: him in a playoff series against Kevin Durant, they played 672 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: seven games, and I thought Kevin Duright was better. I 673 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: thought Kevin Duright was clearly better, and I thought if 674 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,279 Speaker 1: he wasn't completely injury decimated from his role players, I 675 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,319 Speaker 1: think he would have won that series, and I think 676 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:23,840 Speaker 1: he would have won the trophy at the end of 677 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,520 Speaker 1: the day, which brings me my number one, Kevin Durant. 678 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: I think this guy very much clearly deserves to this 679 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 1: this recognition. At this point, I thought he deserved to 680 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: win m VP before he sprained his knee. He was 681 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,279 Speaker 1: playing the best defensive basketball I've seen him play since 682 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,280 Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen. To look at those early NETS games, 683 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: they were winning with defense. Joe Harris was out, James 684 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,759 Speaker 1: Harden was barely playing, Kyrie Irving was clear completely out. 685 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,879 Speaker 1: They were winning playing defense, and with Kevin Durant playing 686 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: m VP level offensive basketball. He deserves a ton of 687 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: credit for that. He's one of the few guys in 688 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,960 Speaker 1: the league that's completely unschemable. You saw that in that 689 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: Boston game. They threw a couple of random doubles at 690 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 1: him on Sunday, a couple of random stunts and doubles. 691 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: He just he splits everything because he's so comfortable with 692 00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,959 Speaker 1: the basketball. He's a much better passer at this point 693 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 1: in his career than he's ever been. He's the best 694 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,839 Speaker 1: player in the league in my opinion. I don't think 695 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 1: that the Nets have enough juice or enough time to 696 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,319 Speaker 1: get their things together to to win the trophy this year. 697 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 1: But I think he deserves to be considered the best 698 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:23,960 Speaker 1: player in the world at this point. And as is 699 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,880 Speaker 1: always the case, we'll revisit this after some playoff basketball, 700 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 1: when guys have a chance to move around a little bit. 701 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,560 Speaker 1: All Right, that's all I have for tonight. Thank you 702 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,840 Speaker 1: guys so much for coming to hang out. As always, 703 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 1: we will be back Friday night for a home game 704 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,879 Speaker 1: against the Washington Wizards, a little Kyle Kusma revenge game. 705 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:42,719 Speaker 1: It should be fun. Who knows if the Lakers will 706 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 1: try hard. They haven't for the most part, so it'll 707 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,360 Speaker 1: probably be another ugly one, but we'll be here covering 708 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 1: it anyway. I appreciate your support as always, and we'll 709 00:36:49,680 --> 00:37:04,320 Speaker 1: see you guys in a couple of days. The volume