Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. Welcome back to the Draymond Green Show. Now,
Speaker 1: although these playing games are technically not playoff games, they
Speaker 1: feel like playoff games. They are playoff games, like so
Speaker 1: by NBA standard, of course they're not. We get it
Speaker 1: as the play in tournament. But if you want my
Speaker 1: opinion to me, that's like a marketing thing. Like that's
Speaker 1: like when you're playing in these game, you feel that pressure.
Speaker 1: You feel that, and also when you're watching these games,
Speaker 1: you also see that pressure that some guys struggle with
Speaker 1: they're in the playoffs when you watch these playing games,
Speaker 1: and so that is the playing game. No one wants
Speaker 1: to be there, yet it's there. It's been thriving for
Speaker 1: the NBA and it is here to stay. I hope
Speaker 1: you all enjoy it because it's not going anywhere. As always,
Speaker 1: as you know, we are live on app something new
Speaker 1: we may do here today at the end. We may
Speaker 1: take a couple of questions, So stick around to the
Speaker 1: end of the show if you'd like to ask questions
Speaker 1: and maybe we get to your question. If not, maybe
Speaker 1: next time. But we're going to do that at the
Speaker 1: end of the show. However, two fun games, the Lakers
Speaker 1: versus the Timberwolves, and also the Atlanta Hawks versus the
Speaker 1: Miami Heat. We're going to get into that Lakers game first. Nah,
Speaker 1: let's get into the Miami Heat game. First. News broke
Speaker 1: today that Trey Young what that ownership had given the
Speaker 1: green light for Trey Young to be traded. Why would
Speaker 1: that break on the day of the playing game is
Speaker 1: a little beyond me. I think that's not very good
Speaker 1: unless you know the player that you are dealing with.
Speaker 1: If that player has a chip on their shoulder, like
Speaker 1: a Trey Young, then it could work. In this case,
Speaker 1: I think it did, quite frankly, Something like that should
Speaker 1: not leak on the day of a playing game, essentially
Speaker 1: a playoff game, and then you, you know, you look
Speaker 1: at it and it's like, oh, well, they had this
Speaker 1: group on an their plane and they're going here, and
Speaker 1: it's like, okay, So there definitely was a meeting with
Speaker 1: the owner, all right, So there may be some merit
Speaker 1: to it, but that's not either here nor there. Quite frankly,
Speaker 1: I'm really not going to get all off into that.
Speaker 1: What I do want to get off into though, is
Speaker 1: how Trey Young responded, how Dejanta Murray responded, how Clint
Speaker 1: Cappella responded. Those guys responded in the major way. Trey
Speaker 1: Young came off from the gate, getting in the lane,
Speaker 1: putting pressure on the defense and ultimately for seeing the
Speaker 1: Miami Heat to have to adjust their pick and roll defense.
Speaker 1: They went into a switching five, and with switching five,
Speaker 1: trying to stop Trey Young from getting downhill became another issue.
Speaker 1: What was that issue that issued? It was Clint Cappella.
Speaker 1: Clint Cappella had eight offensive rebounds, twenty one rebounds in total.
Speaker 1: He had four points. So of course most of you
Speaker 1: will say, oh, Clint Coppella did nothing, he didn't score,
Speaker 1: He only had four points. Eight offensive rebounds were huge.
Speaker 1: That means when Trey was getting downhill and kicking out
Speaker 1: or shooting the ball and missing, no problem. Their best
Speaker 1: offense was a miss shot Clint Cappella on the offensive boards.
Speaker 1: And so you gotta give Clint Coppella a lot of credit.
Speaker 1: You gotta give the focus that Trey Young came out
Speaker 1: in that game with. He came out locked in, and
Speaker 1: you can tell right away he was moving the ball,
Speaker 1: he was getting down he'll he got guys in ball.
Speaker 1: Sadique Bay was extremely aggressive. He was getting them up.
Speaker 1: He was aggressive and he kept the defense honest, and
Speaker 1: I thought it was great. Dejon Ta Murray is always
Speaker 1: going to be great in the setting like this and
Speaker 1: in playoff settings, in any setting. IM one Dejonta as
Speaker 1: a hooper. But de Ganta have what a lot of
Speaker 1: guys don't have in this league today, and that is
Speaker 1: he gonna get to his spot. He know exactly what
Speaker 1: he gonna want to get to and he getting to
Speaker 1: that to go. It's essentially a go to move. Although
Speaker 1: you know de gen Te gonna get to it how
Speaker 1: he gets to it, but in acts as a go
Speaker 1: to move. He getting to his mid range, he pulling up.
Speaker 1: He shot a little more, a few more threes today.
Speaker 1: And also that is something that Quinn Snyder, their new coach,
Speaker 1: is pushing. Quinn Snyder that plays more of an up
Speaker 1: temple offense, plays more of a move the ball offense,
Speaker 1: plays more of a we want to get threes up offense,
Speaker 1: play a lot faster that. That's what Quinn Snyder does.
Speaker 1: That's what he did for years in Miami. Although they
Speaker 1: had to I mean, excuse me, in Utah, although they
Speaker 1: had to slow it down something because they did have bigs.
Speaker 1: They're pushing the temple and that's what they do. And
Speaker 1: he got a guy like Trey Young, another All Star
Speaker 1: point guard, and Dejant Murray. He's trying to push the
Speaker 1: pace and those guys were getting them up. Like I said,
Speaker 1: we saw the pressure that Trey put on their defense
Speaker 1: by cars and switches, and once you had bounds switching
Speaker 1: off Cappella onto Trey, nobody else can rebound. There were
Speaker 1: even a couple of rebounds where Jimmy was boxing out
Speaker 1: and Clint Coppella got the rebound. And we all know
Speaker 1: how tough and physical Jimmy is, and Jimmy makes winning place.
Speaker 1: Jimmy was boxing out, but it's a little different boxing
Speaker 1: a big out under the room and then trying to
Speaker 1: get up and get that rebound. That's an appreciation that
Speaker 1: most people don't have and don't understand. Not speaking of Jimmy,
Speaker 1: I'm actually speaking to be fans. You just don't really
Speaker 1: be appreciating that. However, um, that really hurt the Miami Heat.
Speaker 1: And so what we have now is the Boston Celtics
Speaker 1: meeting up with the Atlanta Hawks and a two seven matchup.
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics should handle this series pretty easily. They should.
Speaker 1: I think chance they will. But when you have two
Speaker 1: dynamic guards like a Trey and like Dejon Ta Murray,
Speaker 1: guys who can get to it, guys who can play
Speaker 1: make for other guys defend like Den Murray, can you
Speaker 1: always give yourself a chance. So I think Atlanta is
Speaker 1: going to give themselves a chance. But ultimately I'm not
Speaker 1: sure if they're deep enough to stick with the Boston Celtics.
Speaker 1: So that's that. That's that series, That's how that's shaping up.
Speaker 1: The heat will on Friday, they will take on the
Speaker 1: winner of the nineteen game, that is the Chicago Bulls
Speaker 1: versus Toronto Rappers. Will have to wait and check that
Speaker 1: out and see who comes out of there. Now, the
Speaker 1: exciting part of the night, the more exciting game was
Speaker 1: the Lakers Timberwolves. Timberwolves dominated the game for thirty six
Speaker 1: minutes and then things went south. Some of the things
Speaker 1: that hampered the Timberwolves, as upsetting as it is, are
Speaker 1: the same things that hampered the Timberwolves last year in
Speaker 1: a series where they could have and probably should have
Speaker 1: beat the Memphis Grizzlies and gave away three games, like
Speaker 1: just gift Memphis three games here to take it, and
Speaker 1: Memphis did what they were supposed to do. They close
Speaker 1: it out. Some of the same issues you get these
Speaker 1: big games, you get these big time matchups. You cannot
Speaker 1: have called ath any times in file trouble every time
Speaker 1: you have these games. Just not gonna work. He's too
Speaker 1: important to your offense. They are very shorthanded at the
Speaker 1: big position, which is why we saw a lot of
Speaker 1: Kyle Anderson at the five today now as Reader is
Speaker 1: out with a hand injury and Rudy Goberts obviously out
Speaker 1: with the suspension, so they were very limited in size
Speaker 1: and Cole and Kat ended up in foul trouble beginning.
Speaker 1: You just can't keep having that every time you have
Speaker 1: these big games. Anthony Edwards really struggled, struggled bad. I
Speaker 1: was a little disappointed in his lack of aggressiveness on
Speaker 1: the offensive end. I thought he's settled early on. I
Speaker 1: thought he'd settled for a lot of standstill jump shots,
Speaker 1: get the bass face to guy and face to guy
Speaker 1: up and then it was just settling for the jump shot,
Speaker 1: and I thought in turn, in turn, it it cost
Speaker 1: him his rhythm. So he was never able to find
Speaker 1: the rhythm in the game and ultimately that that hurt
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Timber was aunt man did some things that
Speaker 1: I really loved and thought when I saw them that
Speaker 1: it would propel him to having a great game, which
Speaker 1: is wanted. The Lebron match up was matching up with
Speaker 1: Lebron James and he was taking taking that matchup and
Speaker 1: he and he stood up to the challenge. I respect that.
Speaker 1: I can appreciate that that's a young guy with that mentality.
Speaker 1: Don't look past that. One of the reasons Anthony Edwards
Speaker 1: will be very special in this league. That thing that
Speaker 1: he has right there. Yes, he had a very forgettable game,
Speaker 1: game that I'm sure he would he'd love to forget
Speaker 1: right now. Quite frankly tomorrow he will because you got
Speaker 1: to move on to that next game. But the settling
Speaker 1: did not help him. There was something else that Anthony
Speaker 1: Edwards did that makes you. If it doesn't excite you,
Speaker 1: I don't know what you're watching. And that is guy
Speaker 1: comes flying down the lane. If I'm not mistaken, I
Speaker 1: think it was Ruy Hatchamia. Anthony Edwards tested him at
Speaker 1: the rim, really didn't have a chance to block it,
Speaker 1: but just went for it. And because he just went
Speaker 1: for it. Guess what he did. He blocked the shot.
Speaker 1: That's your star player, You're all star guard at the rim,
Speaker 1: challenging the power forward, a power for who's pretty bouncy,
Speaker 1: challenging him at the rim, blocks the shot. That's something
Speaker 1: you gotta feed off of. And I think Minnesota did
Speaker 1: feed off of at that point in the game. But
Speaker 1: eventually they also need an a man to turn it
Speaker 1: up offensively, and they never got that side of things.
Speaker 1: But if I'm a Timberwolves fan and I see to
Speaker 1: some of those things that I saw from Anthony Edwards,
Speaker 1: I'm excited. I'm very excited because just the fact that
Speaker 1: he will compete like that, the fact that he's will
Speaker 1: make those winning plays, that's something to hang your hat on,
Speaker 1: and that's something to build on. If you're a franchise,
Speaker 1: that's something to build on. If your coach, like I know,
Speaker 1: he got that thing. Now we need to teach him.
Speaker 1: I thought at Man took some very young man shots
Speaker 1: and some of those threes that he was taking and
Speaker 1: settling for which cost him this rhythm. Like I said,
Speaker 1: so unfortunately they didn't win, because if they did, everybody
Speaker 1: would be talking about this guy Kyle Anderson was incredible.
Speaker 1: Kyle Anderson got as still on Lebron. Lebron tried to
Speaker 1: throw it out like the no Anthony Davis. I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis shot through it out doetin. Kyle Anderson, go
Speaker 1: go gadget arm came out of nowhere and got to
Speaker 1: steal and I started yelling like, see, I knew that
Speaker 1: wasn't me. Man. If you remember bat when we played
Speaker 1: the Timber was recently, maybe like a week and a half,
Speaker 1: two weeks ago. I turned the ball over at the
Speaker 1: end of the game, and I'm telling you, Kyle Anderson's
Speaker 1: arm was not there, Like I can pass the ball Clay.
Speaker 1: I'm getting the ball to Clay. We're about to shoot
Speaker 1: free though his arm was not there. Those go go
Speaker 1: gadget arms come out of nowhere, and he'd make a
Speaker 1: lot of plays. He get a lot of deflections, comes
Speaker 1: up with a lot of loose balls. That is one
Speaker 1: of his skills. He has a knack for that. It's
Speaker 1: incredible and you'll always underestimate how long his arms are
Speaker 1: and they just come out within the blink of an eye.
Speaker 1: And so just here to tell y'all, Yeah, we end
Speaker 1: up losing that game, and I know I turned the
Speaker 1: ball over, But as Kyle Anderson, however, Kyle Anderson played
Speaker 1: an incredible game. He guarded Ad as good as anyone
Speaker 1: has guarded a D. He stepped up to the challenge
Speaker 1: and did that with all the foul trouble that Kat
Speaker 1: was facing him. Quite frankly, when he was on a D,
Speaker 1: he was much more effective than Kat was when Kat
Speaker 1: was on a D. Offensively, he kept getting to the floater.
Speaker 1: One thing that I was upset to see them get
Speaker 1: away from was the Aunt and Kyle Anderson pick and
Speaker 1: roll because they just kept getting the drop off and
Speaker 1: Kyle Anderson kept getting a little same pushhot and he
Speaker 1: was knocketing down and Nat really had those guys rolling
Speaker 1: in the first half, and they went away. They never
Speaker 1: came back to that in the second half. Also the
Speaker 1: mark of a young team, and where as as he
Speaker 1: continued to grow and blossom into a cell, he'll start
Speaker 1: to notice and pick up on those things. But as
Speaker 1: I said, you just needed a little more aggression. I
Speaker 1: also thought Minnesota's coach, who I am a huge fan of,
Speaker 1: huge fan of Finch. I think he does a great job.
Speaker 1: I think he's an incredible coach. I thought he could
Speaker 1: have got them into some more sets. A lot of
Speaker 1: that second half they were coming down, not really getting
Speaker 1: in the sets, getting bad shots. And then later there
Speaker 1: in the game they kept going to like this Carltown's
Speaker 1: pick and roll, getting the switch and ice on Cat,
Speaker 1: but they weren't getting anything out of the ice, so
Speaker 1: they were just loading up on Cat and he was
Speaker 1: taking tough shots. There was a couple of times you
Speaker 1: know where you know you're you're like sawing him against
Speaker 1: Lebron or getting the switch. They gotta switch a couple
Speaker 1: of times at the top of the key at the
Speaker 1: free throw line and a little bit of butter free
Speaker 1: throw line at the top of the key with like
Speaker 1: Austin Reaves on them. But they're so loaded up, like
Speaker 1: there's nowhere to go, and they kept going back to
Speaker 1: that like they like the last five six five minutes
Speaker 1: of the game. They went to that every time, and like,
Speaker 1: at some point I wanted to see and say, man,
Speaker 1: move out the way, let me go, let me go
Speaker 1: hand do what I can handle, let me get downhill
Speaker 1: those last couple Possessionally, he got to the whole a
Speaker 1: couple of times and that's what you needed to see more.
Speaker 1: And they kept running the pick and roll, getting the
Speaker 1: ice so switching and I just didn't like that. The
Speaker 1: Lakers are very lengthy team your iceo and they're in gaps,
Speaker 1: they're closing those gaps, They're making the floor looks super crowded,
Speaker 1: and it was not beneficial and they got nothing from
Speaker 1: it and just kept going to it and I did
Speaker 1: not understand that, and ultimately it ended up costing them
Speaker 1: the game. A lot of credit to Darven. Why does
Speaker 1: Darwaham get a lot of credit? Darwaham gets a lot
Speaker 1: of credit because the X factor into Night's game for
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Lakers was none other than Dennis Schroder.
Speaker 1: And Schroder what Dennis. Dennis is back with the Lakers
Speaker 1: because Dennis has a relationship with Darwa Haam, who was
Speaker 1: Dennis's assistant coach when Dennis was thriving in Atlanta. If
Speaker 1: you remember how Dennis left, there was the news of
Speaker 1: the contracts that he didn't accept, and you know, so
Speaker 1: on and so forth. He left and went through the
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics. Once the market wouldn't dry, didn't work out there,
Speaker 1: got traded to Houston, season over pretty quickly, and then
Speaker 1: he ends up in back with the Lakers after having
Speaker 1: an incredible EuroBasket last year, which also probably helped Dennis
Speaker 1: end up back with the Lakers, and because of his
Speaker 1: relationship with Darwn Haam, he comes back with the Lakers.
Speaker 1: The Lakers take another chance on him, and not only
Speaker 1: was he the X factor tonight, but he's been quite
Speaker 1: an X factor for much, if not longer than the
Speaker 1: second half of this season. He's been a real key
Speaker 1: guy for the Lakers, and tonight he was huge. He
Speaker 1: was huge, He made every big shot, he made big buckets,
Speaker 1: he guarded extremely well. Like you have to give a
Speaker 1: lot of credit to Dennis Schroder and what he did. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Lebron was great. Brown had thirty eleven and six eighty,
Speaker 1: made some huge plays down the stretch defensively and offensively.
Speaker 1: But Dennis Schroeder, it was the reason that the Lakers
Speaker 1: was able to pull that game out. So I give
Speaker 1: a lot of credit to Schroder. I give a lot
Speaker 1: of credit to de Ham for seeing and knowing and
Speaker 1: understanding and trusting your gut and knowing that this guy
Speaker 1: will eventually be able to help our team on a
Speaker 1: night where D'Angelo Russell struggled one for nine from the field.
Speaker 1: Austin Reaves was okay, he was, he was okay, But
Speaker 1: Dennis Schroeder got it done and ultimately was the reason
Speaker 1: that the Lakers was able to take that game. Now
Speaker 1: the Lakers are facing up with the Memphis Grizzlies. I
Speaker 1: think this is a this is a tough matchup for Memphis.
Speaker 1: Number one, the Lakers have been a very hot team,
Speaker 1: and number two, they match up well with Memphis. Uh
Speaker 1: lebron Lebron a D M A D and Jaren Jackson
Speaker 1: two great shot, great shot blockers, rim protectors. Um. Jaren
Speaker 1: Jackson will be all to poor A D from the rim.
Speaker 1: A D doesn't really like the guard three point shooters.
Speaker 1: So I think something to watch theres Jaren Jackson trailing
Speaker 1: into the three. Adal usually retreat back to the paint,
Speaker 1: and that's something that he's going to have to be
Speaker 1: aware of when he's guarding jar when he's match show
Speaker 1: with Jaron Jackson, he's retreating to the paint. Jaron Jackson
Speaker 1: loves the step in three, he loves the trail three
Speaker 1: and he knocks it down. That could hamper them on
Speaker 1: the flip side. John Morant loves to get to the paint.
Speaker 1: You got a shop blocker like a d at the rim.
Speaker 1: You got Jared Vanderbilt mucking stuff up. Lebron's mucking stuff up.
Speaker 1: The Lakers is absolutely great at guard in the paint.
Speaker 1: With the length that they have on their team, that
Speaker 1: can make things a little tough for the Grizzlies. As
Speaker 1: far as you know, I'm sure Grizzlies. The Grizzlies will
Speaker 1: probably match Dylan Brooks up with Lebron James. Like I said,
Speaker 1: Brons Bron, Bron's gonna do what Bron does. X factors.
Speaker 1: In this series, they'll need a better Delou, but they've
Speaker 1: shown you tonight that they can win without del playing
Speaker 1: well as long as Dennis can play well. And I
Speaker 1: think Dennis will continue to play well. He's been playing well.
Speaker 1: X factors. Malik Beasley has to show up. The Lakers
Speaker 1: will need some outside shooting. The Memphis Grizzies are very
Speaker 1: good at protecting the pain as well. The Lakers will
Speaker 1: need outside shooting Malik Beasley. This is why you were
Speaker 1: brought here. It is very important that Malik Beasley shows
Speaker 1: up and have a good series that will be huge
Speaker 1: for the Lakers. As I said, they'll need the three
Speaker 1: point shooting. They'll need him to step up, and they'll
Speaker 1: need one of either Vanderbilt or Ruin Hatrema to step up.
Speaker 1: Jared Vanderbilt is not much of an outside threat, but
Speaker 1: he uses that disadvantage and get offensive rebounds and backdoor
Speaker 1: cuts and works to dunker. Ruey has been shooting the
Speaker 1: ball a little better outside. If I had to guess,
Speaker 1: the Grizzlies are going to force him to make those
Speaker 1: shots and beat them. But yeah, I think this will
Speaker 1: be a good matchup starting off Sun Day in Memphis.
Speaker 1: I expect Lebron to get the tempo of the game
Speaker 1: where he think they should have the tempo and not
Speaker 1: just try to get up and down with that young
Speaker 1: Memphis team. I can't foresee them doing that. I can
Speaker 1: see Braun being very methodical about his approach and what
Speaker 1: he's always done and gives young teams, even dating back
Speaker 1: to Cleveland days. If you want to think back to
Speaker 1: that Boston no Jackson here remembers it very well where
Speaker 1: Boston was up three to two going in the game
Speaker 1: six and seven and Braun played forty seven minutes or
Speaker 1: forty six minutes in Game six and forty eight minutes
Speaker 1: in Game seven and walk them down very methodically. And
Speaker 1: so I expect to see some more of that from
Speaker 1: Braun to try to slow down the young, fast Memphis Grizzlies.
Speaker 1: But it's gonna be a very very, very very tough
Speaker 1: series for both teams. Like it won't just be tough
Speaker 1: for Memphis as far as the Lakers going, it won't
Speaker 1: be easy for the Lakers, like it'll be tough for
Speaker 1: them as well. So I think it's a very tough series.
Speaker 1: I probably should be careful with giving someone some bulletin
Speaker 1: board material because this will be our next opponent when
Speaker 1: we go take care of our business. But if you
Speaker 1: need bullets and board material at this point, then so
Speaker 1: be it. But I think the Lakers. I think the
Speaker 1: Lakers will take this series. I think it'll be an upset.
Speaker 1: Won't be easy, it will not be easy, But I
Speaker 1: think the Lakers may take this series just because they'll
Speaker 1: understand it and they'll slow it down. Now, Brian made
Speaker 1: some very uncharacteristic passes tonight, and he looked gassed at times.
Speaker 1: I was very shocked at at a couple of those passes.
Speaker 1: Brian made, so we'll see how that plays out. Again,
Speaker 1: this is another young team that's getting up and down.
Speaker 1: And ultimately you never got a question whether the brun
Speaker 1: is in shape or not. But he did look a
Speaker 1: little tired tonight. Also a quick turnaround from a Sunday
Speaker 1: game that they had to win, an emotional game that
Speaker 1: they had to win on Sunday. But Minnesota also had
Speaker 1: an emotional game that they had to win on Sunday
Speaker 1: and they had to fly. So what do you make
Speaker 1: of that is what you make of it. I don't know,
Speaker 1: but I think this is going to be a very
Speaker 1: tough series. But I got the Lakers ultimately edging the
Speaker 1: Grizzlies out. I think they'll be able to capitalize on
Speaker 1: some of the mistakes. It will also be interesting to
Speaker 1: see if the Grizzlies have grown. We remember some of
Speaker 1: the stakes that they were making in the playoffs last year,
Speaker 1: especially in the Minnesota series where Minnesota which is making
Speaker 1: the mistakes and giving them the games right back. But
Speaker 1: we'll see if they've grown. If they have grown, it's
Speaker 1: going to be very tough on the Lakers, and my
Speaker 1: opinion will be wrong. Well, that's yet to be seen.
Speaker 1: So we shall see Jackson can help us take a
Speaker 1: few callers before we get out of here. Let's do
Speaker 1: it first time taking callers live on Amazon AMP. I
Speaker 1: have opened up the phone lines. Let's see who we got. Okay,
Speaker 1: first caller, here we go. You mentioned obviously Aunt had
Speaker 1: a rough night in this one, in a pretty big
Speaker 1: spot that you hope he can bounce back from turn
Speaker 1: into a positive. Was there a game or a moment
Speaker 1: for you early in your career that didn't go how
Speaker 1: you hope that showed you a specific area you can
Speaker 1: improve on, or that really brought your motivation up to
Speaker 1: another level that you can think of. Well, I mean
Speaker 1: me different than Anthony Edwards. So I was a second
Speaker 1: round pick. I didn't play much in my first two years,
Speaker 1: and saying that, we did go to the playoffs my
Speaker 1: first year, and I played some pretty meaningful minutes, ultimately
Speaker 1: beating the Denver Nuggets in the first round. David League
Speaker 1: got hurt and so I was able to play a
Speaker 1: little more minutes in that series and then losing to
Speaker 1: the San Antonio Spurs in the second round. And what
Speaker 1: that taught me in that series with the Spurs were
Speaker 1: like just how to work on your weaknesses, because they
Speaker 1: just plotted on every weakness that we had and whatever
Speaker 1: your weaknesses were. Bill Belichick has to saying, I'm making
Speaker 1: guys play left handed, and they the Spurs when you
Speaker 1: got to them in the playoffs, they made you play
Speaker 1: left handed. And so I think for me it was
Speaker 1: just really understanding at that point, Like first round it's tough,
Speaker 1: you know, and teams were scouting you in and they
Speaker 1: take things away. You get to the second round, the
Speaker 1: two best things that you have are taken away, and
Speaker 1: now what are you going to next? And so it
Speaker 1: really taught me the they span my game and work
Speaker 1: on the things that I I was weak at early
Speaker 1: on in my career. Perfect. Let's do another question or two.
Speaker 1: Let's go at SETI Davis invite coming your way. Remember
Speaker 1: to join and unmute your mic. Okay, um, day, how
Speaker 1: do y'all think? How do you think y'all match up
Speaker 1: well with the Kings in this upcoming series? Well? I think, um,
Speaker 1: I think number one where two very fast paced playing teams,
Speaker 1: both teams get up and down. Um. This is a
Speaker 1: coaching staff that knows us very well. Um. Also a
Speaker 1: coaching staff that we know very well. We definitely run
Speaker 1: some similar actions. They play a little more through Sabonus
Speaker 1: maybe than the Warriors play through me. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: because we do run I think more pick and rolls
Speaker 1: than they run. They're not a very pick and roll
Speaker 1: heavy team at all. And then you got to NorCal.
Speaker 1: You know, the battle for NorCal has been a long
Speaker 1: time since this game has mattered. When I say this game,
Speaker 1: I mean Dubs versus the Kings, other than for a
Speaker 1: little bragging rights out here in the Bay Area or
Speaker 1: you know, in NorCal, it's been a long time since
Speaker 1: it matters. So I think that that would also play
Speaker 1: a difference. Player make a difference, play a role and
Speaker 1: how this series goes. Uh, crowd's going to be really loud.
Speaker 1: And then just from a from a peer matchup standpoint, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, I think for the most part, we match
Speaker 1: up pretty good. Like I said they you know, they
Speaker 1: played Sabonus a lot on the wing, myself and Looney
Speaker 1: uh and j Mike being being a custom to guard
Speaker 1: like we can guard out on the wing. So you know,
Speaker 1: I think that's an upper hand that we have, is
Speaker 1: that we're not your typical team where Biggs can't step
Speaker 1: out on the wing. I think, you know, with us
Speaker 1: being able to step out and guard sabonus out there's
Speaker 1: a great playmaker out there. I think, you know, that's
Speaker 1: a benefit for us, just not having that worry of
Speaker 1: your biggs can't step on and check, you know. But there,
Speaker 1: I think for them, they got pieces all over the board.
Speaker 1: Harrison Barnes has been really good for them, kicking Murray
Speaker 1: shot the light side of the ball. Kevin Hrder has
Speaker 1: shot the lights out Fox. We all know what Fox
Speaker 1: is doing. He gets this mid range, he gets his spots.
Speaker 1: He's you know, one man fast break, pushing the tempo,
Speaker 1: one of the fastest guys in the league. So you
Speaker 1: know it'll be a tough matchup, very tough matchup. And
Speaker 1: saying that, I think, you know, we go out there
Speaker 1: and we play doves basketball, compete, compete on both ends
Speaker 1: of the floor. How we know we need to compete
Speaker 1: in order to win games at this time of year
Speaker 1: and at this level. And I think we'll be just
Speaker 1: fine and we match up well. Last question is actually
Speaker 1: gonna be from me. I'm curious about this because King's
Speaker 1: first time of the playoffs. They got this light the
Speaker 1: beam thing going every time I watched the games on TV,
Speaker 1: the crowd, it's like it feels like Oracle and like
Speaker 1: your guys's early years. How who does playing in Sacramento
Speaker 1: this year? Their environment? Where does it rank in terms
Speaker 1: of at least not in the playoffs yet obviously, but
Speaker 1: in terms of toughest environments to play in so far? Well, honestly,
Speaker 1: a tough environment to playing in regular season isn't a
Speaker 1: real thing to me. I've played in summer, the biggest
Speaker 1: environments in sports, and so I don't really view. But
Speaker 1: what I will say is this, you know it's going
Speaker 1: to be a crazy environment because when we just played
Speaker 1: them the other day and their starters won't playing anything,
Speaker 1: it was loud as hell when the game first started,
Speaker 1: the starting lineups that they were super loud, and so
Speaker 1: I expected to be crazy electric in there. This is
Speaker 1: a team that hasn't been to the playoffs since sixteen years,
Speaker 1: but has always had a fan base that was support,
Speaker 1: you know, and this is a very eager fan base.
Speaker 1: I know it's going to be super loud in there,
Speaker 1: but you know, we all hour and ten minutes away
Speaker 1: from so I expect dumb nation to be thinking there
Speaker 1: as well. I don't know if everyone is read, but
Speaker 1: this is the The Sack has the most expensive ticket ever,
Speaker 1: which is absolutely crazy. But yeah, I think um, as
Speaker 1: far as the environment goes, there's no regular season that
Speaker 1: can prepare you for what a playoff environment is going
Speaker 1: to look like. But just by us playing them the
Speaker 1: other day, I think it's going to be absolutely insane.
Speaker 1: And that's what you live for and I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to it because that's that's why you play the game,
Speaker 1: man like you go through this eighty two game season
Speaker 1: getting beat off up to ultimately get here. And we're
Speaker 1: here now, so you look forward to thriving in those
Speaker 1: type of environments. That's that's where you gotta that's where
Speaker 1: you make your money. That'll conclude the calling section today.
Speaker 1: Thank you to everyone who called in. This is a
Speaker 1: fun first attempt at this and if you want the
Speaker 1: part of your normal pod platforms, it will be out
Speaker 1: in a little bit. It'll be out on the volumes,
Speaker 1: YouTube channeling a little bit dre The next time people
Speaker 1: might hear from us might be after a playoff game.
Speaker 1: We're definitely tapping in Saturday. It's absolutely necessary that we
Speaker 1: chop it up after the game on Saturday to make
Speaker 1: those man who's gonna say he just played the game
Speaker 1: and he should be in his hotel room looking at
Speaker 1: some film or something. You're gonna look at this pot
Speaker 1: or something until next time. That's a rap a Dremond
Speaker 1: Green show Peace,